CELEX: C2003/213/01
Language: en
Date: 2003-09-06 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of 10 July 2003 in Case C-11/00: Commission of the European Communities v European Investment Bank (European Central Bank (ECB) — Decision 1999/726/EC on fraud prevention — Protection of the Communities' financial interests — European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) — Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 — Applicability to the ECB — Plea of illegality — Admissibility — Independence of the ECB — Article 108 EC — Legal basis — Article 280 EC — Consultation of the ECB — Article 105(4) EC — Proportionality)

6.9.2003                EN                           Official Journal of the European Union                                               C 213/1
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                                                      COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                               COURT OF JUSTICE
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                       1.    Annuls Decision 1999/726/EC of the European Central Bank
                                                                                   of 7 October 1999 on fraud prevention (ECB/1999/5);
                           of 10 July 2003                                   2.    Orders the European Central Bank to pay the costs;
                                                                             3.    Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the European Parlia-
in Case C-11/00: Commission of the European Communi-                               ment and the Council of the European Union to bear their own
             ties v European Investment Bank (1)
                                                                                   costs.
(European Central Bank (ECB) — Decision 1999/726/EC                          (1 ) OJ C 122 of 29.4.2000.
on fraud prevention — Protection of the Communities’
financial interests — European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)
— Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 — Applicability to the
ECB — Plea of illegality — Admissibility — Independence
of the ECB — Article 108 EC — Legal basis —
Article 280 EC — Consultation of the ECB —
             Article 105(4) EC — Proportionality)                                             JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                          (2003/C 213/01)                                                              of 10 July 2003
                                                                             in Case C-15/00: Commission of the European Communi-
                    (Language of the case: French)
                                                                                          ties v European Investment Bank ( 1)
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published       (European Investment Bank (EIB) — Decision of the Man-
                   in the European Court Reports)                            agement Committee — Action for annulment — Jurisdiction
                                                                             of the Court — Article 237 EC — Protection of the
                                                                             Communities’ financial interests — European Anti-Fraud
                                                                             Office (OLAF) — Regulations (EC) No 1073/1999 and
                                                                             (Euratom) No 1074/1999 — Applicability to EIB — Pleas
In Case C-11/00, Commission of the European Communities
                                                                             of illegality — Independence of the EIB — Legal bases —
(Agents: C.W.A. Timmermans, H.P. Hartvig and U. Wölker,
                                                                             Articles 280 EC and 203 EA — Proportionality — Statement
and, subsequently, J.-L. Dewost, H.P. Hartvig and U. Wölker)                                              of reasons)
supported by Kingdom of the Netherlands (Agent: M.A. Fiers-
tra, and, subsequently, J. van Bakel) by European Parliament
(Agents: J. Schoo and H. Duintjer Tebbens) and by Council of                                           (2003/C 213/02)
the European Union (Agents: J. Aussant F. van Craeyenest and
F. Anton) v European Investment Bank (Agents: A. Sáinz de                                        (Language of the case: French)
Vicuña and C. Zilioli, assisted by A. Dashwood, barrister):
Application for annulment of Decision 1999/726/EC of the                     (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
European Central Bank of 7 October 1999 on fraud prevention                                     in the European Court Reports)
(ECB/1999/5) (OJ 1999 L 291, p. 36), the Court, composed
of: G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias, President, J.-P. Puissochet,
M. Wathelet and R. Schintgen (Presidents of Chambers),
C. Gulmann, D.A.O. Edward, A. La Pergola (Rapporteur),                       In Case C-15/00, Commission of the European Communities
P. Jann, V. Skouris, F. Macken, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr and                 (Agents: C.W.A. Timmermans, H.P. Hartvig and C. Gómez de
A. Rosas, Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate General; R. Grass,                   la Cruz, and, subsequently, J.-L. Dewost, H.P. Hartvig and
Registrar, has given a judgment on 10 July 2003, in which it:                C. Gómez de la Cruz) supported by Kingdom of the Nether-