29.10.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 271/3


JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Second Chamber)

of 15 September 2005

in Case C-199/03: Ireland v Commission of the European Communities (1)

(Action for annulment - European Social Fund - Reduction of Community financial assistance - Manifest error of assessment - Proportionality - Legal certainty - Legitimate expectations)

(2005/C 271/05)

Language of the case: English

In Case C-199/03: Ireland (Agent: D. O'Hagan, P. Gallagher SC and P. McGarry BL) v Commission of the European Communities (Agent: L. Flynn) — action for annulment under Article 230 EC, brought on 13 May 2003 — the Court (Second Chamber), composed of C.W.A. Timmermans, President of the Chamber, R. Silva de Lapuerta (Rapporteur), R. Schintgen, G. Arestis and J. Klučka, Judges; A. Tizzano, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 15 September 2005, in which it:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Ireland to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 200 of 23.08.2003.