28.5.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 132/3


JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Grand Chamber)

of 12 April 2005

in Case C-61/03: Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1)

(Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations - EAEC Treaty - Scope - Military installations - Health and safety - Decommissioning of a nuclear reactor - Disposal of radioactive waste)

(2005/C 132/06)

Language of the case: English

In Case C-61/03: Commission of the European Communities (Agents: L. Ström and X. Lewis) v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Agents: P. Ormond and C. Jackson and D. Wyatt, R. Plender and S. Tromans), supported by French Republic, (Agents: R. Abraham, G. de Bergues and E. Puisais) — action for failure to fulfil obligations under Article 141 EA, brought on 14 February 2003 — the Court (Grand Chamber), composed of V. Skouris, President, P. Jann, C.W.A. Timmermans, A. Rosas (Rapporteur), R. Silva de Lapuerta and A. Borg Barthet, Presidents of Chambers, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr, J. N. Cunha Rodrigues, P. Kūris, E. Juhász, G. Arestis and M. Ilešič, Judges; L. A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 12 April 2005, in which it:

1.

Dismisses the application;

2.

Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs;

3.

Orders the French Republic to bear its own costs.


(1)  OJ C 101 of 26.04.2003.