CELEX: 62014CA0600
Language: en
Date: 2017-12-05 00:00:00
Title: Case C-600/14: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 December 2017 — Federal Republic of Germany v Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — External action of the European Union — Article 216(1) TFEU — Article 218(9) TFEU — Establishment of the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union in a body set up by an international agreement — Revision Committee of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) — Amendment of the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) and the Appendices thereto — Competence shared between the European Union and its Member States — External competence of the European Union in an area where the Union has not yet adopted common rules — Validity of Decision 2014/699/EU — Obligation to state reasons — Principle of sincere cooperation)

12.2.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 52/2
            
         Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 December 2017 — Federal Republic of Germany v Council of the European Union
   (Case C-600/14) (1)
   
   ((Action for annulment - External action of the European Union - Article 216(1) TFEU - Article 218(9) TFEU - Establishment of the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union in a body set up by an international agreement - Revision Committee of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) - Amendment of the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) and the Appendices thereto - Competence shared between the European Union and its Member States - External competence of the European Union in an area where the Union has not yet adopted common rules - Validity of Decision 2014/699/EU - Obligation to state reasons - Principle of sincere cooperation))
   (2018/C 052/02)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze and J. Möller, acting as Agents)
   
      Interveners in support of the applicant: French Republic (represented initially by D. Colas, G. de Bergues and M. Hours, acting as Agents, and subsequently by D. Colas and M.-L. Kitamura, acting as Agents), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by C. Brodie, M. Holt and D. Robertson, acting as Agents, and by J. Holmes QC)
   
      Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: E. Finnegan, Z. Kupčová and J.-P. Hix, acting as Agents)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by F. Erlbacher, W. Mölls and J. Hottiaux, acting as Agents)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the French Republic, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the European Commission to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 73, 2.3.2015.