Judgment_paragraph 36 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v Council of the European Union (C-150/94)

36With regard to the German Government's arguments concerning the lack of specific reasons pertaining to the principle of proportionality, the first point to note is that, contrary to the view taken by the Council, those arguments do not contravene Article 37(4) of the EC Statute of the Court of Justice. That provision does not prevent an intervener from using arguments other than those used by the party it supports, provided the intervener seeks to support that party's submissions or seeks the rejection of the opposing party's submissions (Case 30/59 De Gezamenlijke Steenkolenmijnen v High Authority [1961] ECR 1). In this case, the argument in question concerns the ground of annulment alleging lack of reasoning, put forward by the applicant government, and is meant to support the form of order sought by the latter. It must therefore be examined by the Court.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v Council of the European Union (C-150/94)

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