Judgment of the General Court of 19 October 2011 - France v Commission
(Failure to comply with a judgment of the Court of Justice finding that there has been failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Periodic penalty payment - Adoption, by the Member State, of certain measures - Request for payment - Competence of the Commission - Jurisdiction of the General Court)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: French Republic (represented by: initially, E. Belliard, G. de Bergues and S. Gasri and subsequently, E. Belliard, G. de Bergues and B. Cabouat, acting as Agents)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: T. van Rijn, K. Banks and F. Clotuche-Duvieusart, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: S. Behzadi-Spencer, T. Harris and C. Murrell, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision C (2006) 659 Final of 1 March 2006 seeking payment of the periodic penalty payments due pursuant to the judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-304/02 Commission v France [2005] ECR I-6263
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
dismisses the action;
orders the French Republic to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;
orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 165, 15.7.2006.