25.8.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 282/3

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 11 June 2014 — European Commission v Council of the European Union

(Case C-377/12) (1)

((Action for annulment - Council Decision 2012/272/EU on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and the Republic of the Philippines - Choice of legal basis - Articles 79 TFEU, 91 TFEU, 100 TFEU, 191 TFEU and 209 TFEU - Readmission of third-country nationals - Transport - Environment - Development cooperation))

2014/C 282/04

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: S. Bartelt, G. Valero Jordana and F. Erlbacher, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: A. Vitro and J.-P. Hix, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, D. Hadroušek and E. Ruffer, acting as Agents), Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze, J. Möller and N. Graf Vitzthum, acting as Agents), Ireland (represented by: E. Creedon and A. Joyce, acting as Agents, and A. Carroll, Barrister), Hellenic Republic (represented by: S. Khala and G. Papagianni, acting as Agents), Republic of Austria (represented by: C. Pesendorfer, acting as Agent), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented initially by A. Robinson, and subsequently by E. Jenkinson and M. Holt, acting as Agents, and by J. Holmes, Barrister)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1)

Annuls Council Decision 2012/272/EU of 14 May 2012 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of the Philippines, of the other part, in so far as the Council of the European Union added thereto the legal bases relating to readmission of third-country nationals, transport and the environment;

2)

Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs;

3)

Orders the Czech Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Republic of Austria and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear their own costs.

(1)  OJ C 319, 20.10.2012.