CELEX: 62003CA0532
Language: en
Date: 2007-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Case C-532/03: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 December 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Public procurement — Articles 43 EC and 49 EC — Emergency ambulance services)

23.2.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 51/3
            
         Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 December 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland
   (Case C-532/03) (1)
   
   (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Public procurement - Articles 43 EC and 49 EC - Emergency ambulance services)
   (2008/C 51/05)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: K. Wiedner and X. Lewis, Agents, and J. Flynn QC))
   
      Defendant: Ireland (represented by: D. O'Hagan, Agent, A. Collins SC, E. Regan SC and C. O'Toole, Barrister)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: H.G. Sevenster, C. Wissels and P. van Ginneken, Agents)
   Re:
   Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Breach of Articles 43 EC and 49 EC — Arrangements for the provision of an emergency ambulance service — Obligation to arrange prior advertising — Principles of transparency, equality and non-discrimination
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1)
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2)
            
            
               Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 85, 3.4.2004.