CELEX: C1997/387/01
Language: en
Date: 1997-12-20 00:00:00
Title: JUDGMENT OF THE COURT of 23 October 1997 in Case C-157/94: Commission of the European Communities, supported by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v. Kingdom of the Netherlands, supported by French Republic and Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Exclusive rights to import electricity for public distribution)

20 . 12 . 97           EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                       C 387/1
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                                              COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                        COURT OF JUSTICE
               JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                  1 . dismisses the application;
                      of 23 October 1997
in Case C-157/94: Commission of the European                          2 . orders the Commission of the European Communities
Communities, supported by United Kingdom of Great                          to pay the costs;
Britain and Northern Ireland v. Kingdom of the
Netherlands, supported by French Republic and Ireland (')             3 . orders the interveners, the United Kingdom of Great
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations —                     Britain and Northern Ireland, the French Republic and
Exclusive rights to import electricity for public                          Ireland, to bear their own costs.
                           distribution)
                                                                      o OJ C 202, 23 . 7 . 1994 .
                         ( 97/C 387/01 )
                (Language of the case: Dutch)
                                                                                     JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
  (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
          published in the European Court Reports)                                          of 23 October 1997
                                                                      in Case C-158/94: Commission of the European
                                                                      Communities, supported by United Kingdom of Great
In Case C-157/94 : Commission of the European                         Britain and Northern Ireland v. Italian Republic,
Communities ( Agents : Richard B. Wainwright and Berend                       supported by French Republic and Ireland ( 1 )
J. Drijber), supported by United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland ( Agent: Lindsey Nicoll, assisted by             (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligation —
David Anderson ) v. Kingdom of the Netherlands ( Agents:                     Exclusive rights to import and export electricity)
Adrian Bos, Jaap W. de Zwaan and Johannes S. van den                                           ( 97/C 387/02 )
Oosterkamp ), supported by French Republic ( Agents :
Catherine de Salins and Jean-Marc Belorgey ), Ireland
( Agent: Michael A. Buckley, assisted by John D. Cooke                                (Language of the case: Italian)
and Jennifer Payne ) — application for a declaration that,
by granting exclusive import rights for electricity intended
for public distribution, the Kingdom of the Netherlands                 (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 30 and 37                   published in the European Court Reports)
of the EC Treaty — the Court, composed of: G. C.
Rodriguez Iglesias, President, G. F. Mancini, J. C.
Moitinho de Almeida, J. L. Murray and L. Sevón                        In    Case    C-158/94 :    Commission     of the    European
( Presidents of Chambers ), P. J. G. Kapteyn, C. Gulmann,             Communities (Agents: Richard B. Wainwright and
D. A. O. Edward ( Rapporteur ), J. -P. Puissochet, G.                 Antonio Aresu ), supported by United Kingdom of Great
Hirsch, P. Jann, H. Ragnemalm and M. Wathelet, Judges;                Britain and Northern Ireland ( Agent: Lindsey Nicoll,
G. Cosmas, Advocate General; H. von Holstein, Deputy                  assisted by David Anderson ) v. Italian Republic ( Agent:
Registrar, D. Louterman-Hubeau, Principal Administrator,              Professor Umberto Leanza, assisted by Ivo M. Braguglia ),
for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 23 October                 supported by French Republic (Agents: Catherine de Salins
1997, in which it:                                                    and Jean-Marc Belorgey ), Ireland ( Agent: Michael A.