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Case C-532/03: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 December 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Public procurement — Articles 43 EC and 49 EC — Emergency ambulance services)
Case C-532/03: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 December 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Public procurement — Articles 43 EC and 49 EC — Emergency ambulance services)
Case C-532/03: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 December 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Public procurement — Articles 43 EC and 49 EC — Emergency ambulance services)
OJ C 51, 23.2.2008, p. 3–3
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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23.2.2008 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 51/3 |
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 18 December 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland
(Case C-532/03) (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Public procurement - Articles 43 EC and 49 EC - Emergency ambulance services)
(2008/C 51/05)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: K. Wiedner and X. Lewis, Agents, and J. Flynn QC))
Defendant: Ireland (represented by: D. O'Hagan, Agent, A. Collins SC, E. Regan SC and C. O'Toole, Barrister)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: H.G. Sevenster, C. Wissels and P. van Ginneken, Agents)
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Breach of Articles 43 EC and 49 EC — Arrangements for the provision of an emergency ambulance service — Obligation to arrange prior advertising — Principles of transparency, equality and non-discrimination
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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1) |
Dismisses the action; |
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2) |
Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs. |