Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 November 2000 in Joined Cases T-485/93, T-491/93, T-494/93 and T-61/98: Société Anonyme Louis Dreyfus & Cie v Commission of the European Communities (Emergency aid provided by the Community to the States of the former Soviet Union — Invitation to tender — Action for annulment — Action for damages)
Date: 2001-04-21
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: Community loan, European Commission, agricultural product, distribution business, export, free competition

C 118/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.4.2001

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 8 November 2000

in Joined Cases T-485/93, T-491/93, T-494/93 and T-61/98:
Société Anonyme Louis Dreyfus & Cie v Commission of
the European Communities (1)

(Emergency aid provided by the Community to the States of
the former Soviet Union — Invitation to tender — Action
for annulment — Action for damages)

(2001/C 118/93)

(Languages of the case: French and Dutch)

In Joined Cases T-485/93, T-491/93, T-494/93 and T-61/98:
Société Anonyme Louis Dreyfus & Cie, established in Paris
(France), represented by R. Saint-Esteben, of the Paris Bar, with
an address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of
A. May, 398 Route d’Esch, Glencore Grain Ltd, formerly
Richco Commodities Ltd, established in Hamilton (Bermuda),
represented by P.V.F. Bos and J.G.A. van Zuuren, of the
Rotterdam Bar, with an address for service in Luxembourg at
the Chambers of M. Loesch, 11 Rue Goethe, Compagnie
Continentale (France), established at Labège (France), represent-
ed by P. Chabrier, of the Paris Bar, with an address for service
in Luxembourg at the Chambers of E. Arendt, 8-10 Rue
Mathias Hardt, v Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: initially M.-J. Jonczy, B.J. Drijber and N. Khan and
subsequently Ms Jonczy and H. van Vliet) — application, first,
for annulment of the Commission’s decision of 1 April 1993
relating to contracts concluded between each of the applicants
and Exportkhleb and, second,
for compensation for the
damage allegedly suffered as a result of that decision — the
Court of First
Instance (Second Chamber), composed of:
J. Pirrung, President, A. Potocki and A.W.H. Meij, Judges;
J. Palacio Gonza´lez, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given
a judgment on 8 November 2000, in which it:

3. Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay the
costs incurred by each of the applicants up until delivery of the
judgments of the Court of Justice of 5 May 1998. Each
applicant is to bear its own costs incurred following delivery of
those judgments and the applicants are jointly and severally to
pay the costs incurred by the Commission after that delivery.

(1) OJ C 198 of 22.7.1993, C 231 of 27.8.1993 and C 209 of

4.7.1998.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 8 November 2000

in Case T-509/93: Glencore Grain Ltd v Commission of
the European Communities (1)

(Emergency aid provided by the Community to the States of
the former Soviet Union — Invitation to tender — Action
for annulment)

(2001/C 118/94)

(Language of the case: Dutch)

In Case T-509/98: Glencore Grain Ltd, formerly trading as
Richco Commodities Ltd, established in Hamilton (Bermuda),
represented by M. Slotboom, P.V.F. Bos and J.G.A. van
Zuuren, of the Rotterdam Bar, with an address for service in
Luxembourg at the Chambers of M. Loesch, 11 Rue Goethe, v
Commission of the European Communities (Agents: initially
B.J. Drijber and N. Khan and subsequently M.-J. Jonczy and
H. van Vliet) — application for annulment of the Commission’s
decision of 12 July 1993 addressed to the State Export-Import
Bank of Ukraine, refusing to approve the contract entered into
between the applicant and Ukrimpex — the Court of First
Instance (Second Chamber), composed of: J. Pirrung, President,
A. Potocki and A.W.H. Meij,
J. Palacio Gonza´lez,
Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
8 November 2000, in which it:

Judges;

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the Commission to pay the costs incurred up until
delivery of the judgment of the Court of Justice of 5 May 1998
and orders the applicant to pay the costs incurred following
delivery of that judgment.

1.

Joins Cases T-485/93, T-491/93, T-494/93 and T-61/98
for the purposes of the judgment;

(1) OJ C 282 of 20.10.1993.

2. Dismisses the actions;