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

Case C-600/14


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
26/01/2018 Germany v Council
External action
- international agreements
  • External action
  • - international agreements
  • Transport
  • Law governing the institutions
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:935		 05/12/2017 Germany v Council
External action
- international agreements
  • External action
  • - international agreements
  • Transport
  • Law governing the institutions
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:935		 05/12/2017 Germany v Council
External action
- international agreements
  • External action
  • - international agreements
  • Transport
  • Law governing the institutions
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
13/02/2015 Germany v Council
External action
- international agreements
  • External action
  • - international agreements
  • Transport
  • Law governing the institutions
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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2017:296		 24/04/2017 Germany v Council
External action
- international agreements
  • External action
  • - international agreements
  • Transport
  • Law governing the institutions
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.03 Respective powers and obligations of the European Union and of the Member States
    1.03.01 Conferring of powers
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.03 Respective powers and obligations of the European Union and of the Member States
    1.03.01 Conferring of powers
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6 External policy
  6.07 International agreements
    6.07.01 Respective competences of the European Union and of the Member States
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6 External policy
  6.07 International agreements
    6.07.01 Respective competences of the European Union and of the Member States
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6 External policy
  6.07 International agreements
    6.07.12 International agreements on transport
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.00 General
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6 External policy
  6.07 International agreements
    6.07.01 Respective competences of the European Union and of the Member States


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 22/12/2014

Date of the Opinion

  • 24/04/2017

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

05/12/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 52 from 12.02.2018, p.2

Application: OJ C 73 from 02.03.2015, p.17

Name of the parties

Germany v Council

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. De Waele, H.C.F.J.A.: Hof van Justitie - Een trip door de jungle van externe bevoegdheden: het Hof wijst de weg in de OTIF-zaak - Zaak C-600/14, Duitsland/Raad - Arrest van 5 december 2017 (Grote kamer), ECLI:EU:C:2017:935, S.E.W. : Tijdschrift voor Europees en economisch recht 2018 p.417-422 (NL)
  2. Kaddous, Christine: XV. Action extérieure - Cour de justice, gde ch., 5 décembre 2017, Allemagne c/ Conseil de l’Union européenne, aff. C-600/14, ECLI:EU:C:2017:935, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2017. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2018, p. 713-722 (FR)
  3. Simon, Denys: Compétences externes de l'Union - Accords internationaux, Europe 2018, Février nº 2, Comm. 47 (FR)
  4. Neframi, Eleftheria: Article 216(1) TFEU and the Union's shared external competence in the light of mixity: Germany v. Council (COTIF), Common Market Law Review 2019 Vol.56 N°2 p.489-520 (EN)
  5. Prete, Luca: The constitutional limits to the choice of mixity after EUSFTA, COTIF I, MPA Antarctic and COTIF II: towards a more constructive discourse?, European Law Review 2020, vol. 45, n. 1, p. 113-127 (EN)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

  • External action
  • - international agreements
  • Transport
  • Law governing the institutions

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

Grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Vajda

Advocate General

Szpunar

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French