Reports of Cases

2011 I-08065

Subject-matter

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Infringement of Articles 9(e) and 20(1) of European Parliament and Council Directive 2003/54/EC of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 96/92/EC (OJ 2003 L 176, p. 37) – Priority access of an operator to part of the cross-border electricity transmission capacity – Infringement of the obligation to ensure non-discriminatory access for transport and distribution networks

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 307 -L1 : paragraphs 40 - 41, 52
• Directive 2003/54 : paragraph 32
• Directive 2003/54 -A09LE : paragraphs 1, 9
• Directive 2003/54 -A20P1 : paragraphs 1, 10
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -812/79 : paragraph 41
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -158/91 : paragraph 42
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -62/98 : paragraphs 44 - 45

Operative part

• Reference : Directive 2003/54 -A09LE
• Reference : Directive 2003/54 -A20P1

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 81 : point 48
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 82 : point 48
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 307 : points 15, 72, 103, 109
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 307 -L1 : points 29, 64, 67, 72, 74, 75, 77, 80, 107
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 307 -L2 : point 72
  
• Directive 86/378 : point 101
  
• Directive 90/547 : point 86
  
• Directive 96/92 : points 1, 43, 44, 47
  
• Directive 96/92 -A24 : points 39, 45, 56, 106, 109
  
• Directive 96/97 : point 101
  
• Directive 2003/54 : points 1, 4, 29, 52, 57, 59 - 61, 63, 66, 105, 109
  
• Directive 2003/54 -A09 : points 16, 108
  
• Directive 2003/54 -A09LE : point 3
  
• Directive 2003/54 -A20 : points 17, 52, 53, 108
  
• Directive 2003/54 -A20P1 : point 3
  
• Directive 2003/54 -A26 : point 18
  
• Directive 2003/54 -A29 : point 19
  
• Directive 2003/54 -A30 : point 20
  
• Directive 2003/54 -A31 : point 21
  
• Directive 2003/54 -C1 : point 50
  
• Directive 2003/54 -C2 : point 50
  
• Directive 2003/54 -C3 : point 50
  
• Directive 2003/54 -C4 : point 50
  
• Directive 2003/54 -C5 : point 50
  
• Regulation 1228/2003 : point 63
  
• Regulation 1228/2003 -A02P1 : point 52
  
• Regulation 1228/2003 -A07 : points 22, 52, 53, 106, 109
  
• Regulation 1228/2003 -A07P4LA : point 53
  
• Regulation 1228/2003 -A07P5 : point 53
  
• Directive 2005/89 : point 51
  
• Directive 2009/72 : points 1, 52
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -812/79 : point 75
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -812/79 : points 74, 75
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -309/84 : point 102
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -203/86 : point 41
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -38/87 : points 34, 35
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -200/88 : point 28
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -362/90 : point 28
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -158/91 : point 80
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -61/94 : point 60
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -87/94 : point 31
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -15/95 : point 41
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -124/95 : point 80
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -364/95 : point 80
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -136/96 : point 61
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -328/96 : point 36
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -292/97 : point 41
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -62/98 : point 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -27/00 : point 41
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -442/00 : point 41
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -14/01 : point 41
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -20/01 : point 36
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -29/01 : point 28
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -17/03 : point 50
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -17/03 : points 39, 43, 45, 47, 52, 56, 61, 66, 77
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -128/03 : point 41
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -205/06 : points 72, 73
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -249/06 : point 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -439/06 : point 50
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -118/07 : point 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -239/07 : point 50
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 14/07/2009

Date of the Opinion

• 15/03/2011

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

15/09/2011

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 282 from 21.11.2009, p.19

Judgment: OJ C 319 from 29.10.2011, p.2

Name of the parties

Commission v Slovakia

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Thiele, Björn: Investitionsschutzabkommen rechtfertigt Diskriminierung bei Netzzugang, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2011 p.796-798
2. Moschetta, Teresa Maria: Gli investimenti nel mercato interno dell'energia: questioni di compatibilità con gli obblighi internazionali degli Stati membri, Studi sull'integrazione europea 2012 nº 1 p.163-179
3. Boute, Anatole: Common Market Law Review 2012 p.1179-1196
4. Donnat, Francis: Chronique annuelle 2011 de jurisprudence de la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne. Marché intérieur de l'électricité, Revue juridique de l'Economie publique 2012 nº 699 p.13

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• Freedom of establishment
  
• Freedom to provide services
  
• Approximation of laws
  
• Energy
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Action for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations : dismissal on substantive grounds
  

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Borg Barthet

Advocate General

Jääskinen

Language(s) of the Case

• Slovak
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• English