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Subject-matter

Action for annulment – Vote of the European Parliament of 9 March 2011 concerning the calendar of the session periods of the Parliament for 2012 – Calendar laying down that two of the twelve monthly plenary sessions are to be held during the same week in October – Infringement of Protocol No 3 and Protocol No 6 on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies, offices agencies and departments of the European Union – Place of work of the European Parliament

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• ECSC Treaty (Paris), Article 77 : paragraph 2
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 216 : paragraph 2
• TFEU, Article 263 : paragraph 19
• Euratom Treaty (Lisbon) - Protocol No 3 : paragraphs 4, 36, 40, 42, 45, 60, 71
• Euratom Treaty (Rome), Article 189 : paragraph 2
• TFEU - Protocol No 6 : paragraphs 4, 36, 40, 42, 45, 60, 71
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -230/81 : paragraph 20
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -149/85 : paragraph 69
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -358/85 : paragraph 20
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -213/88 : paragraph 20
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -345/95 : paragraphs 36, 38 - 42, 57, 66

Operative part

Information not available

Opinion

• ECSC Treaty (Paris), Article 77 : point 3
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 216 : point 3
  
• Euratom Treaty (Lisbon) - Protocol No 3 : points 5, 50, 68
  
• Euratom Treaty (Lisbon), Article 189 : point 3
  
• TFEU - Protocol No 6 : points 5, 50, 68
  
• TFEU, Article 232 : point 18
  
• TFEU, Article 263 : point 20
  
• TFEU, Article 263 -L1 : points 20, 25
  
• TEU, Article 48 : point 66
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -6/60 : point 26
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -230/81 : points 25, 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -149/85 : points 52, 53
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -78/85 : point 23
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -213/88 : points 20, 22
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -68/90 : point 14
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -314/91 : points 21, 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -345/95 : points 17, 26, 45 - 49, 53, 54, 56, 59, 63, 71
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 17/05/2011

Date of the Opinion

• 06/09/2012

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

13/12/2012

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Applications: OJ C 226 from 30.07.2011, p.12

Judgment: OJ C 38 from 09.02.2013, p.7

Name of the parties

France v Parliament

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Picod, Fabrice: Annulation de délibérations écourtant des sessions à Strasbourg, La Semaine Juridique - édition générale 2012 nº 52 p.2369-2370 (FR)
2. Dumitraşcu, Augustina: Curtea de Justiție a Uniunii Europene. Hotărârea Curţii de Justiţie Europene din 13 decembrie 2012, cauzele conexate nr. C-237/11 și C-238/11, Curierul Judiciar 2012 p.105-106 (RO)
3. Wildemeersch, Jonathan: Bruxelles-Strasbourg, une liaison qui ne connaît pas la crise, Revue des affaires européennes 2012 p.881-885 (FR)
4. Simon, Denys: Calendrier des sessions. La Cour annule le calendrier des périodes de sessions 2012/2013 pour violation du protocole nº 6 annexé aux Traité UEet TFUE, Europe 2013 Février Comm. nº 2 p.16-17 (FR)
5. Vatovec, Katarina: Do spremembe sedeža Evropskega parlamenta le s soglasjem držav članic, Pravna praksa 2013 nº 5 p.26-27 (SL)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• Provisions governing the institutions
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Actions for annulment
  

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

von Danwitz

Advocate General

Mengozzi

Language(s) of the Case

• French
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• French