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Case C-482/17: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 3 December 2019 — Czech Republic v European Parliament, Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Approximation of laws — Directive (EU) 2017/853 — Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons — Validity — Legal basis — Article 114 TFEU — Amendment of an existing directive — Principle of proportionality — Absence of impact assessment — Interference with the right to property — Proportionality of the measures adopted — Measures creating barriers in the internal market — Principle of legal certainty — Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations — Measures obliging Member States to adopt legislation with retroactive effect — Principle of non-discrimination — Derogation for the Swiss Confederation — Discrimination affecting Member States of the European Union or Member States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) other than that State)

IO C 36, 3.2.2020, p. 2–2 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

3.2.2020   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 36/2


Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 3 December 2019 — Czech Republic v European Parliament, Council of the European Union

(Case C-482/17) (1)

(Action for annulment - Approximation of laws - Directive (EU) 2017/853 - Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons - Validity - Legal basis - Article 114 TFEU - Amendment of an existing directive - Principle of proportionality - Absence of impact assessment - Interference with the right to property - Proportionality of the measures adopted - Measures creating barriers in the internal market - Principle of legal certainty - Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations - Measures obliging Member States to adopt legislation with retroactive effect - Principle of non-discrimination - Derogation for the Swiss Confederation - Discrimination affecting Member States of the European Union or Member States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) other than that State)

(2020/C 36/02)

Language of the case: Czech

Parties

Applicant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, O. Serdula and J. Vláčil, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the applicant: Hungary (represented by: M.Z. Fehér, G. Koós and G. Tornyai, acting as Agents), Republic of Poland (represented by: B. Majczyna, M. Wiącek and D. Lutostańska, acting as Agents)

Defendants: European Parliament (represented by: O. Hrstková Šolcová and R. van de Westelaken, acting as Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by: initially by A. Westerhof Löfflerová, E. Moro and M. Chavrier, subsequently by A. Westerhof Löfflerová and M. Chavrier, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendants: French Republic (represented by: A. Daly, E. de Moustier, R. Coesme and D. Colas, acting as Agents), European Commission, (represented by: M. Šimerdová, Y.G. Marinova and E. Kružíková, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders the Czech Republic to pay, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union;

3.

Orders the French Republic, Hungary, the Republic of Poland and the European Commission to bear their own costs.


(1)  OJ C 357, 23.10.2017.


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