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Case C-600/14: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 December 2017 — Federal Republic of Germany v Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — External action of the European Union — Article 216(1) TFEU — Article 218(9) TFEU — Establishment of the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union in a body set up by an international agreement — Revision Committee of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) — Amendment of the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) and the Appendices thereto — Competence shared between the European Union and its Member States — External competence of the European Union in an area where the Union has not yet adopted common rules — Validity of Decision 2014/699/EU — Obligation to state reasons — Principle of sincere cooperation)

OJ C 52, 12.2.2018, p. 2–2 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

12.2.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 52/2


Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 December 2017 — Federal Republic of Germany v Council of the European Union

(Case C-600/14) (1)

((Action for annulment - External action of the European Union - Article 216(1) TFEU - Article 218(9) TFEU - Establishment of the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union in a body set up by an international agreement - Revision Committee of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) - Amendment of the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) and the Appendices thereto - Competence shared between the European Union and its Member States - External competence of the European Union in an area where the Union has not yet adopted common rules - Validity of Decision 2014/699/EU - Obligation to state reasons - Principle of sincere cooperation))

(2018/C 052/02)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze and J. Möller, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the applicant: French Republic (represented initially by D. Colas, G. de Bergues and M. Hours, acting as Agents, and subsequently by D. Colas and M.-L. Kitamura, acting as Agents), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by C. Brodie, M. Holt and D. Robertson, acting as Agents, and by J. Holmes QC)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: E. Finnegan, Z. Kupčová and J.-P. Hix, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by F. Erlbacher, W. Mölls and J. Hottiaux, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs;

3.

Orders the French Republic, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the European Commission to bear their own costs.


(1)  OJ C 73, 2.3.2015.


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