Notice for the OJ
SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Action brought on 13 Jan 2004 by Le Front National and seven others against Council of the European Union and European Parliament
(Case T-17/04)
Language of the case: French.
An action was brought before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities on 13 January 2004 against the Council of the Union and the SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1European Parliament by Le Front National, established in St-Cloud, France, Marie- France Stirbois, residing in Villeneuve-Loubey, France, Bruno Gollnisch, residing in Limonest, France, Carl Lang, residing in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, Jean-Claude Martinez, residing in Montpellier, France, Philip Claeys, residing in Overijse, Belgium, Koen Dillen, residing in Antwerp, Belgium, and Mario Borghezio, residing in Turin, Italy, represented by a Maître Wallerand de St-Just, lawyer.
SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1The applicants claim that the Court of First Instance should:
- Annul Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding;
- Order the European Parliament and the council to pay the costs and lawyers' fees amounting to EUR 10 000.
Pleas in law and main arguments:
In support of their application, the applicants rely on the same pleas as those put forward by the applicant in Case T-13/04.
1 They also claim that the contested regulation infringes French Law No 95-65 of 19 January 1995 on the financing of political parties. The latter law prohibits financing by legal persons, whereas the contested regulation contains no such prohibition and could result in evasion of the French prohibition.