CELEX: C2006/331/07
Language: en
Date: 2006-12-30 00:00:00
Title: Case C-414/04: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 28 November 2006 — European Parliament v Commission of the European Communities (Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 — Conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity — Regulation (EC) No 1223/2004 — Temporary derogations in favour of Slovenia — Legal basis)

30.12.2006   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 331/4
            
         Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 28 November 2006 — European Parliament v Commission of the European Communities
   (Case C-414/04) (1)
   
   (Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 - Conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity - Regulation (EC) No 1223/2004 - Temporary derogations in favour of Slovenia - Legal basis)
   (2006/C 331/07)
   Language of the case: French
   Parties
   
      Applicant: European Parliament, (represented by: A. Baas and U. Rösslein, Agents)
   
      Defendant: Commission of the European Communities, (represented by J. Sack and P. Van Nuffel, Agents)
   
      Intervener in support of the applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: A. Lopes Sabino and M. Bishop, Agents)
   
   
      Interveners in support of the defendant: Republic of Estonia, (represented by L. Uibo, Agent) Republic of Poland, represented by M. Węglarz, T. Nowakowski and T. Krawczyk, Agents
   Re:
   Annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 1223/2004 of 28 June 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the date of application of certain provisions to Slovenia (OJ 2004 L 233, p. 3) — Legal basis
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1)
            
            
               Annuls Council Regulation (EC) No 1223/2004 of 28 June 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the date of application of certain provisions to Slovenia;
            
         
               2)
            
            
               Maintains the effects of Regulation No 1223/2004 until the adoption, within a reasonable period, of a new regulation founded on an appropriate legal basis, without however prolonging those effects beyond 1 July 2007;
            
         
               3)
            
            
               Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs;
            
         
               4)
            
            
               Orders the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Estonia and the Commission of the European Communities to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 273, 6.11.2004.