Order — ECLI:EU:T:2002:320
Date: 2002-12-13
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Transport
Concepts: General;Costs
Procedure: Action for annulment - decision unnecessary
Origin: Belgium

Summary of the Order 
1. Action for annulment — Action against a decision — Withdrawal in the course of 
proceedings of the contested decision — Action rendered devoid of purpose — No 
need to adjudicate 
(Art. 230 EC) 
2. Procedure — Costs — No need to adjudicate — Action rendered devoid of purpose 
by withdrawal of the contested decision — Defendant institution's obligation to 
consider carefully all the evidence relevant to an application for exemption before 
adopting a decision — Defendant liable for costs 
(Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Art. 87(6)) 
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