Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-377/98Kingdom of the Netherlands v European Parliament and Council of the European Union
- Decided
- 2001-10-09
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2001:523
- CELEX
- 61998CJ0377
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
The court's own keywords
Annulment - Directive 98/44/EC - Legal protection of biotechnological inventions - Legal basis - Article 100a of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 95 EC), Article 235 of the EC Treaty (now Article 308 EC) or Articles 130 and 130f of the EC Treaty (now Articles 157 EC and 163 EC) - Subsidiarity - Legal certainty - Obligations of Member States under international law - Fundamental rights - Human dignity - Principle of collegiality for draft legislation of the Commission.
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