Official Journal of the European Union

C 98/5

(Case C-163/14) (<span class="super">1</span>)

((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Article 343 TFEU - Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Union - Article 3 - Tax exemptions - Brussels-Capital Region - Contributions in respect of the supply of electricity and gas))

(2016/C 098/05)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: F. Clotuche-Duvieusart and I. Martínez del Peral, Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: J.-C Halleux, S. Vanrie and T. Materne, Agents, assisted by G. Block, D. Remy and H. Delahaije, avocats)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Declares that by not exempting the EU institutions from the contributions laid down by Article 26 of the Order concerning the organisation of the electricity market in the Brussels-Capital Region and by Article 20 of the Order concerning the organisation of the gas market in the Brussels-Capital Region, as amended, and by objecting to the refund of the contributions thereby collected by the Brussels-Capital Region, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under the second paragraph of Article 3 of the Protocol of 8 April 1965 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union, originally annexed to the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities, and subsequently under the Treaty of Lisbon, as Protocol No 7, annexed to the TEU, the TFEU and the Euratom Treaty;

2.Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.

(<span class="super">1</span>) OJ C 184, 16.6.2014.