Order of the Court (Second Chamber) of 20 September 2001 in Case C-1/01 P: Asia Motor France SA, André-François Bach, and Monin automoles SA v Commission of the European Communities, and Europe Auto Services SA (EAS) (Competition — Decision rejecting complaints — Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded)
Date: 2001-11-24
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), administrative procedure, import restriction, motor vehicle industry, unlawful agreement

C 331/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24.11.2001

ORDER OF THE COURT

ORDER OF THE COURT

(Fifth Chamber)

of 10 July 2001

in Case C-497/99 P: Irish Sugar plc v Commission of the
European Communities (1)

(Appeal — Article 86 of the EC Treaty (now Article 82 EC)
— Sugar — Collective dominant position — Abuse —
Appeal partly clearly inadmissible and partly clearly
unfounded)

(2001/C 331/08)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case C-497/99 P: Irish Sugar plc, established in Carlow
(Ireland), represented by A. Böhlke, Rechtsanwalt — appeal
against the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the
European Communities (Third Chamber) of 7 October 1999
in Case T-228/97 Irish Sugar v Commission [1999] ECR II-
2969, seeking to have that judgment set aside, the other
party to the proceedings being Commission of the European
Communities (Agent: K. Wiedner, assisted by C. Quigley) —
(Fifth Chamber), composed of: A. La Pergola,
the Court
President of the Chamber, P. Jann, L. Sevo´ n, S. von Bahr
(Rapporteur) and C.W.A. Timmermans, Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo
Colomer, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has made an
order on 10 July 2001, in which it:

(Second Chamber)

of 20 September 2001

in Case C-1/01 P: Asia Motor France SA, André-François
Bach, and Monin automoles SA v Commission of the
European Communities, and Europe Auto Services SA
(EAS) (1)

(Competition — Decision rejecting complaints — Appeal
in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly
unfounded)

(2001/C 331/09)

(Language of the case: French)

(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
in the European Court Reports)

In Case C-1/01 P: Asia Motor France SA, established in
Chemille (France), in liquidation, André-François Bach, acting
in his capacity as receiver of the business of Jean-Michel
Cesbron, residing in Chemille, the subject of a court order in
bankruptcy, and Monin automobiles SA, established in Bourg-
de-Péage (France) in liquidation, (avocat: J-C. Fourgoux) —
appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance of
the European Communities (Fifth Chamber) of 26 October
2000 in Case T-154/98 Asia Motor France and Others v
Commission [2000] ECR II-3453, seeking to have that judgment
set aside, the other parties to the proceedings being: Com-
mission of the European Communities (Agents: G. Marenco
and F. Siredey-Garnier) and Europe Auto Services SA (EAS),
established in Livange (Luxembourg) — the Court (Second
Chamber), composed of: V. Skouris, President of the Chamber,
R. Schintgen (Rapporteur) and N. Colneric, Judges; F.G. Jacobs,
Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has made an order on
20 September 2001, the operative part of which is as follows:

1. Dismisses the appeal;

1.

The appeal is dismissed;

2. Orders Irish Sugar plc to pay the costs.

2. Asia Motor France SA, Mr Bach, in his capacity as receiver of
the business of Mr Cesbron, and Monin automobiles SA shall
pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 63, 4.3.2000.

(1) OJ C 61 of 24.2.2001.