Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:934
Date: 2018-12-13
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Agriculture and Fisheries
Procedure: Action for damages - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2018 — Fruits de Ponent v Commission (Case T-290/16) 1 (Non-contractual liability — Agriculture — Peach and nectarine markets — Disruption during the 2014 season — Russian embargo — Temporary exceptional support measures for producers — Delegated Regulations (EU) Nos 913/2014 and 923/2014 — Rules of law intended to confer rights upon individuals — Duty of diligence and the principle of sound administration — Sufficiently serious breach — Causal link) Language of the case: Spanish Parties Applicant: Fruits de Ponent, SCCL (Alcarràs, Spain) (represented by M. Roca Junyent, J. Mier Albert, R. Vallina Hoset and A. Sellés Marco, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by I. Galindo Martín and K. Skelly, and subsequently by I. Galindo Martín, acting as Agents) Re: Action pursuant to Article 268 TFEU seeking compensation for the damage allegedly sustained by three of the applicant’s members on account of acts and omissions of the Commission, in the context of the adoption of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 913/2014 of 21 August 2014 laying down temporary exceptional support measures for producers of peaches and nectarines (OJ 2014 L 248, p. 1) and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 932/2014 of 29 August 2014 laying down temporary exceptional support measures for producers of certain fruit and vegetables and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 913/2014 (OJ 2014 L 259, p. 2). Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Fruits de Ponent, SCCL to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 270, 25.7.2016.