ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECOND CHAMBER OF THE COURT
28 April 2005(*)
(Joinder)
-725.905-
In Case C-182/03,
ACTION for annulment under Article 230 EC, brought on 28 April 2003,
Kingdom of Belgium, represented initially by A. Snoecx, acting as Agent, and subsequently by E. Dominkovits, acting as Agent, B. van de Walle de Ghelcke, J.Wouters and P. Kelley, avocats,
applicant,
v
Commission of the European Communities, represented by G. Rozet, R. Lyal and V. Di Bucci, acting as Agents, with an address for service in Luxembourg,
defendant,
and in Case C-217/03,
ACTION for annulment under Article 230 EC, brought on 20 May 2003 by order for reference of 16 May 2003 from the Tribunal de première instance,
Forum 187 Asbl, having its headquarters in Brussels (Belgium), represented by A. Sutton and J. Killick, Barristers,
applicant,
v
Commission of the European Communities, represented by R. Lyal, G. Rozet and V. Di Bucci, acting as Agents, with an address for service in Luxembourg,
defendant,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECOND CHAMBER OF THE COURT,
after hearing the views of Advocate General Léger,
makes the following
Order
1As the aforementioned cases concern the same subject-matter, it is appropriate, in accordance with Article 43 of the Rules of Procedure, to join them for the purposes of the oral procedure and the judgment.
On those grounds, the President of the Second Chamber of the Court hereby orders:
1.Cases C-182/03 and C-217/03 are joined for the purposes of the oral procedure and the judgment.
2.The costs are reserved.
Luxembourg, 28 April 2005.
Registrar | President of the Second Chamber |
R. Grass | C.W.A. Timmermans |
* Languages of the cases: French and English.