3.11.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 363/8


Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 September 2015 — Kingdom of Spain v European Parliament, Council of the European Union

(Case C-44/14) (1)

((Actions for annulment - Regulation (EU) No 1052/2013 - Crossing of the external borders - Eurosur system - Development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis - Participation - Cooperation with Ireland and the United Kingdom - Validity))

(2015/C 363/09)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: A. Rubio González, acting as Agent)

Defendants: European Parliament (represented by: D. Moore, S. Alonso de Leon and A. Pospíšilová Padowska, acting as Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Chavrier, F. Florindo Gijón, M.-M. Joséphidès and P. Plaza García, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendants: Ireland (represented by: E. Creedon, G. Hodge and A. Joyce, acting as Agents, and G. Gilmore, Barrister), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: L. Christie, acting as Agent, and J. Holmes, Barrister), European Commission (represented by: J. Baquero Cruz and G. Wils, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1)

Dismisses the action;

2)

Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs;

3)

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


(1)  OJ C 71, 8.3.2014.