Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 July 2012 — European Parliament v Council of the European Union

(Case C-130/10) (1)

(Common foreign and security policy - Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 - Regulation (EU) No 1286/2009 - Restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda network and the Taliban - Freezing of funds and economic resources - Choice of legal basis - Articles 75 TFEU and 215 TFEU - Entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon - Transitional provisions - CFSP common positions and decisions - Joint proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and from the Commission)

2012/C 295/03

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: European Parliament (represented initially by E. Perillo and K. Bradley, and subsequently by A. Auersperger Matić and U. Rösslein, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bishop and R. Szostak, acting as Agents)

Intervening parties in support of the Defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, E. Ruffer and K. Najmanová, acting as Agents), French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues and A. Adam, acting as Agents), Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: A. Falk and C. Meyer-Seitz, acting as Agents), European Commission (represented by: S. Boelaert and M. Konstantinidis, acting as Agents)

Re:

Annulment of decision — Action for annulment — Annulment of Council Regulation (EU) No 1286/2009 of 22 December 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda network and the Taliban (OJ 2009 L 346, p. 42) — Choice of legal basis

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 134, 22.5.2010.