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Document 62011CA0237
Joined Cases C-237/11 and C-238/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 December 2012 — French Republic v European Parliament (Actions for annulment — Law governing the institutions — Calendar of plenary part-sessions of the European Parliament for 2012 and 2013 — Protocols on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies, offices, agencies and departments of the European Union)
Joined Cases C-237/11 and C-238/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 December 2012 — French Republic v European Parliament (Actions for annulment — Law governing the institutions — Calendar of plenary part-sessions of the European Parliament for 2012 and 2013 — Protocols on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies, offices, agencies and departments of the European Union)
Joined Cases C-237/11 and C-238/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 December 2012 — French Republic v European Parliament (Actions for annulment — Law governing the institutions — Calendar of plenary part-sessions of the European Parliament for 2012 and 2013 — Protocols on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies, offices, agencies and departments of the European Union)
IO C 38, 9.2.2013, p. 7–7
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
9.2.2013 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 38/7 |
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 December 2012 — French Republic v European Parliament
(Joined Cases C-237/11 and C-238/11) (1)
(Actions for annulment - Law governing the institutions - Calendar of plenary part-sessions of the European Parliament for 2012 and 2013 - Protocols on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies, offices, agencies and departments of the European Union)
2013/C 38/06
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: French Republic (represented by: E. Belliard, G. de Bergues and A. Adam, acting as Agents)
Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: C. Pennera, N. Lorenz and E. Waldherr, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the applicant: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (represented by: C. Schiltz, acting as Agent)
Re:
Actions for annulment — Vote of the European Parliament of 9 March 2011 concerning the calendar of the session periods of the Parliament for 2012 — Calendar laying down that two of the twelve monthly plenary sessions are to be held during the same week in October — Infringement of Protocol No 3 and Protocol No 6 on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies, offices agencies and departments of the European Union — Place of work of the European Parliament.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. |
Annuls the votes of the European Parliament of 9 March 2011 adopting the Parliament’s calendar of part-sessions for 2012 and 2013 to the extent that they do not provide for 12 monthly plenary part-sessions to be held in Strasbourg in 2012 and 2013; |
2. |
Orders the European Parliament to pay the costs; |
3. |
Orders the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to bear its own costs. |