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European Union
European Commission v Council of the European Union (C-137/12)
Judgment
Limitation of the effects of the annul…
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European Commission v Council of the European Union (C-137/12)

Judgment of 22 Oct 2013law://eu/cjeu/2012/c-137-12/para_80@2026-11-10

80The annulment of the contested decision without its effects being maintained would call in question the signing of the Convention by the European Union, which took place on 21 December 2011, even though the competence of the European Union to sign that convention has never been called in question.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-137/12 · ECLI:EU:C:2013:675
Decided: 22 Oct 2013
Procedure: Action for annulment
Ruled invalid: Decision 2011/853
Applicant: European Commission
Defendant: Council of the European Union
Rapporteur: K. Lenaerts
Advocate General: J. Kokott
Bench: 15 judges
V. Skouris, K. Lenaerts, A. Tizzano, L. Bay Larsen, T. von Danwitz, E. Juhász, A. Borg Barthet, C.G. Fernlund, J.L. da Cruz Vilaça, A. Rosas, G. Arestis, A. Arabadjiev, C. Toader, E. Jarašiūnas, C. Vajda
Language: French
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62012CJ0137

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Common commercial policy Freedom to provide services

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Interprets 1: 2011/853/EU: Council Decision of 29 November 2011 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the European Convention on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access
Cited by 8: Confédération paysanne v Ministre de l’Agriculture et de la Souveraineté alimentaire and Ministre de l'Économie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique (C-399/22); SN and SD (C-479/21 PPU); European Commission v Kingdom of Sweden (C-389/19 P); Kingdom of Sweden v European Commission (T-837/16); European Commission v Council of the European Union (C-389/15)2 provisions; European Parliament v Council of the European Union (C-48/14); United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v Council of the European Union (C-81/13); European Commission v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (C-43/12)2 provisions
Cites 10: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)6 provisions; Commission of the European Communities v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (C-411/06); Commission (Opinion 1/94); Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd and Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH v DEMO Anonimos Viomikhaniki kai Emporiki Etairia Farmakon (C-414/11); 2011/853/EU: Council Decision of 29 November 2011 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the European Convention on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access; Commission of the European Communities v Council of the European Union (C-94/03); Directive 98/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 1998 on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access; Commission (Opinion 1/75); European Parliament v Council of the European Union (C-490/10); European Parliament v Council of the European Union (C-130/10)