CELEX: C2006/224/11
Language: en
Date: 2006-09-16 00:00:00
Title: Case C-432/04: Judgment of the Court (Full Court) of 11 July 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Edith Cresson (Article 213(2) EC — Article 126(2) EA — Breach of the obligations arising from the office of Member of the Commission — Deprivation of the right to a pension)

16.9.2006   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 224/6
            
         Judgment of the Court (Full Court) of 11 July 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Edith Cresson
   (Case C-432/04) (1)
   
   (Article 213(2) EC - Article 126(2) EA - Breach of the obligations arising from the office of Member of the Commission - Deprivation of the right to a pension)
   (2006/C 224/11)
   Language of the case: French
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: H. P. Hartvig and J. Currall, Agents)
   
      Defendant: Edith Cresson (represented by: G. Vandersanden, L. Levi and M. Hirsch, avocats)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: French Republic (represented by: E. Belliard, C. Jurgensen and G. de Bergues, Agents)
   Re:
   Action under the third subparagraph of Article 231(2) EC and the third subparagraph of Article 126(2) of the Euratom Treaty — Forfeiture of pension rights of a former Commissioner — Breach of the obligations arising from the office of Commissioner
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that Mrs Édith Cresson acted in breach of the obligations arising from her office as a Member of the Commission of the European Communities, for the purposes of Article 213(2) EC and Article 126(2) EA, in relation to the appointment of Mr René Berthelot and as regards the terms under which he worked;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               As to the remainder, dismisses the action;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Commission of the European Communities, Mrs Édith Cresson and the French Republic to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 300, 4.12.2004.