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18.12.2017 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 437/5 |
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 25 October 2017 — European Commission v Council of the European Union
(Case C-687/15) (1)
((Action for annulment - Conclusions of the Council of the European Union concerning the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 of the International Telecommunication Union - Article 218(9) TFEU - Derogation from the prescribed legal form - No indication of the legal basis))
(2017/C 437/07)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: L. Nicolae and F. Erlbacher, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: I. Šulce, J.-P. Hix and O. Segnana, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, J. Vláčil and M. Hedvábná, acting as Agents), Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze and K. Stranz, acting as Agents), French Republic (represented by: F. Fize, G. de Bergues, B. Fodda and D. Colas, 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, Barrister)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Annuls the conclusions of the Council of the European Union, adopted on 26 October 2015, at its 3419th meeting in Luxembourg, on the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU); |
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Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs; |
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Orders the Czech Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear their own costs. |