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Kingdom of Spain v Council of the European Union (C-147/13)
Judgment
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Kingdom of Spain v Council of the European Union (C-147/13)

Judgment of 5 May 2015law://eu/cjeu/2013/c-147-13/para_2@2026-11-10

2That regulation was adopted by the Council of the European Union following Council Decision 2011/167/EU of 10 March 2011 authorising enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection (OJ 2011 L 76, p. 53: ‘the decision on enhanced cooperation’).

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-147/13 · ECLI:EU:C:2015:299
Decided: 5 May 2015
Procedure: Action for annulment
Applicant: Kingdom of Spain
Defendant: Council of the European Union
Rapporteur: M. Ilešič
Advocate General: Y. Bot
Bench: 14 judges
V. Skouris, K. Lenaerts, A. Tizzano, R. Silva de Lapuerta, M. Ilešič, A. Ó Caoimh, C. Vajda, S. Rodin, A. Borg Barthet, J. Malenovský, E. Levits, E. Jarašiūnas, C.G. Fernlund, J.L. da Cruz Vilaça
Language: Spanish
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62013CJ0147

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Cited by 3: Czech Republic v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (C-482/17); Czech Republic v European Commission (T-509/18); French Republic v European Parliament (C-73/17)
Cites 19: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Treaty on European Union (consolidated 2016); United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v Council of the European Union (C-81/13); European Commission v Council of the European Union (C-377/12); LVK — 56 EOOD v Direktor na Direktsia ‘Obzhalvane i upravlenie na izpalnenieto’ — Varna pri Tsentralno upravlenie na Natsionalnata agentsia za prihodite (C-643/11); Christina Kik v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (C-361/01); Giuseppe Romano v Institut national d'assurance maladie-invalidité (C-98/80); BASF AG v Präsident des Deutschen Patentamts (C-44/98); Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2012 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection; Francesco Bussone v Ministro dell'agricoltura e foreste (C-31/78); Council Regulation (EU) No 1260/2012 of 17 December 2012 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection with regard to the applicable translation arrangements; 2011/167/EU: Council Decision of 10 March 2011 authorising enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection; Carmine Salvatore Tralli v European Central Bank (C-301/02); Meroni & Co., Industrie Metallurgiche, SpA v High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (C-9/56); France Télécom SA v European Commission (C-81/10 P); Association nationale d’assistance aux frontières pour les étrangers (ANAFE) v Ministre de l’Intérieur, de l’Outre-mer, des Collectivités territoriales et de l’immigration (C-606/10); Italian Republic v European Commission (C-566/10 P); Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa sp. z o.o. v Prezes Urzędu Komunikacji Elektronicznej (C-410/09)