Reports of Cases

2006 I-06387

Subject-matter

Action under the third subparagraph of Article 231(2) EC and the third paragraph of Article 126(2) EA – Forfeiture of pension rights of a former Member of the Commission – Breach of the obligations arising from the office of Member of the Commission

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Euratom Treaty (Rome), Article 126 : paragraphs 1, 45, 53, 147
• Euratom Treaty (Rome), Article 126 -P2 : paragraph 4
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 213 : paragraphs 1, 45, 53
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 213 -P2 : paragraphs 2, 54, 56, 64, 65, 72, 75, 90, 92, 94, 103, 104, 106, 110, 112, 118, 120, 121, 147, 149
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 213 -P2L1 : paragraph 66
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 213 -P2L2 : paragraph 67
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 213 -P2L3 : paragraphs 68 - 70, 73, 74
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 216 : paragraph 3

Operative part

Information not available

Opinion

• Euratom Treaty (Rome), Article 126 : point 1
  
• Euratom Treaty (Rome), Article 126 -P2 : point 128
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 197 : point 72
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 201 : point 72
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 213 : points 2, 83, 89
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 213 -P2 : points 1, 3, 68 - 81, 84, 87, 88, 90 - 92, 96, 98, 101, 102, 106 - 109, 111 - 113, 121, 123 - 125, 128
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 216 : points 4, 89
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 217 -P4 : point 72
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 226 : point 73
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 228 : point 73
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -290/99 : point 2
  
• General Court - Judgment T -197/00 : point 67
  
• General Court - Judgment T -307/01 : point 43
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 07/10/2004

Date of the Opinion

• 23/02/2006

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

11/07/2006

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 300 from 04.12.2004, p.34

Judgment: OJ C 224 from 16.09.2006, p.6

Name of the parties

Commission v Cresson

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Mok, M.R.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2006 nº 466 (NL)
2. Beukers, T.W.B.: S.E.W. ; Sociaal-economische wetgeving 2006 p.490-493 (NL)
3. Prevedourou, E.: Epitheorisis Dimosiou Dikaiou kai Dioikitikou Dikaiou 2006 p.928-933 (EL)
4. Simon, Denys: Sanction des violations par les membres de la Commission des obligations découlant de leur charge: les suites judiciaires de l'affaire Cresson, Europe 2006 Octobre nº 266 p.9-11 (FR)
5. Cherubini, Francesco: La Corte di giustizia per la prima volta condanna un ex commissario, ma la signora Cresson conserva la pensione, Studi sull'integrazione europea 2007 nº 1 p.145-160 (IT)
6. Borraccetti, Marco: La sentenza Cresson e i doveri dei Commissari europei, Diritto comunitario e degli scambi internazionali 2007 p.275-280 (IT)
7. Papapaschalis, P.: Elliniki Epitheorisi Evropaïkou Dikaiou 2007 p.811-816 (EL)
8. Mastroianni, Roberto ; Arena, Amedeo: Common Market Law Review 2008 p.1207-1232 (EN)
9. Jacqué, Jean-Paul: Déchéance d'une partie des droits à la retraite d'un membre de la Cour des comptes, Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2022, n° 4, p. 809-810 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• Provisions governing the institutions
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Responsibility of a member of the institutions : application granted
  
• Responsibility of a member of the institutions : dismissal on substantive grounds
  

Formation of the Court

assemblée plénière (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

von Bahr

Advocate General

Geelhoed

Language(s) of the Case

• French
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• English