Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 10 January 2006.

Commission of the European Communities v European Parliament and Council of the European Union.

Action for annulment - Regulation (EC) No 304/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals - Choice of legal basis - Articles 133 EC and 175 EC.

Case C-178/03.


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
25/02/2006 Commission v Parliament and Council
Environment
  • Environment
  • External relations
  • - Commercial policy
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2006:4		 10/01/2006 Commission v Parliament and Council
Environment
  • Environment
  • External relations
  • - Commercial policy
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2006:4		 10/01/2006 Commission v Parliament and Council
Environment
  • Environment
  • External relations
  • - Commercial policy
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
21/06/2003 Commission v Parliament and Council
Environment
  • Environment
  • External relations
  • - Commercial policy
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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2005:312		 26/05/2005 Commission v Parliament and Council
Environment
  • Environment
  • External relations
  • - Commercial policy
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
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Reports of Cases

2006 I-00107

Subject-matter

Annulment of Regulation (EC) No 304/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals (OJ 2003 L 63, p. 1) – Choice of legal basis

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-20 Acts of the institutions
    B-20.00 General
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B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-14 Commercial policy
    B-14.00 General
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B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-21 Environment
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B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-19 Legal proceedings
    B-19.02 Actions for annulment
      B-19.02.05 Effects of a declaration that a measure is void


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 24/04/2003

Date of the Opinion

  • 26/05/2005

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

10/01/2006


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 146 from 21.06.2003, p.33

Judgment: OJ C 48 from 25.02.2006, p.3

Name of the parties

Commission v Parliament and Council

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Krämer, Ludwig: Law Governing the Institutions. Trade-related environmental measures - double legal basis, Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law 2006 Vol.3 p.153-155 (EN)
  2. Mok, M.R.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2006 nº 360 (NL)
  3. Simon, Denys: Base juridique, Europe 2006 Mars Comm. nº 73 p.12-13 (FR)
  4. Müller-van Ibem, K.: La jurisprudence de la Cour de justice et du Tribunal de première instance. Chronique des arrêts. Arrêt "Commission c/ Conseil et Parlement", Revue du droit de l'Union européenne 2006 nº 1 p.177-182 (FR)
  5. Petteruti, Carmine: L'importazione e l'esportazione di sostanze pericolose tra politica ambientale e politica commerciale comune, Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo 2006 p.903-907 (IT)
  6. Adam, Stanislas: Revue des affaires européennes 2006 p.127-136 (FR)
  7. Schaffrin, Dora: Dual Legal Bases in EC Environmental Law Revisited: Note on the Judgments of the European Court of Justice in the Cases C-94/03 (Commission of the European Communities v. Council of the European Union) and C-178/03 (Commission of the European Communities v. European Parliament and Council of the European Union), Review of European Community & International Environmental Law 2006 p.339-343 (EN)
  8. Koutrakos, Panos: Common Market Law Review 2007 p.171-194 (EN)
  9. Gaeta, Piero: Grande Stevens v. Italia: il "non detto" delle sentenze, Quaderni costituzionali 2014 p.740-743 (IT)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

  • Environment
  • External relations
  • - Commercial policy

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : application granted

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Timmermans

Advocate General

Kokott

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • German