Judgment of the Court of 22 November 2001 in Case C-452/98: Nederlandse Antillen v Council of the European Union (Arrangements for association of overseas countries and territories — Imports of rice originating in the overseas countries and territories — Safeguard measures — Regulation (EC) No 1036/97 — Action for annulment — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2002-02-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Council of the European Union, Netherlands Antilles, action for annulment (EU), import policy, protective clause, rice

2.2.2002

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

1. Dismisses the action as inadmissible.

of 22 November 2001

2. Orders Antillean Rice Mills NV to pay the costs.

in Case C-451/98: Antillean Rice Mills NV v Council of
the European Union (1)

3. Orders the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian
Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Commission
of the European Communities to bear their own costs.

(Arrangements for association of overseas countries and
territories — Imports of rice originating in the overseas
countries and territories — Safeguard measures — Regu-
lation (EC) No 304/97 — Action for annulment — Inadmis-
sibility)

(1) OJ C 188 of 3.7.1999.

(2002/C 31/01)

(Language of the case: Dutch)

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

In Case C-451/98: Antillean Rice Mills NV, established in
Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles), (Avocats: W. Knibbeler and
K.J. Defares), supported by Kingdom of the Netherlands (Agent:
M.A. Fierstra) v Council of the European Union (Agents:
R. Torrent, J. Huber and G. Houttuin), supported by Kingdom
of Spain (Agent: L. Pérez de Ayala Becerril), French Republic
(Agent: by K. Rispal-Bellanger and C. Chavance),
Italian
Republic (Agent: U. Leanza, assisted by F. Quadri), and
Commission of the European Communities (Agent: T. van
Rijn) —application for annulment of Council Regulation (EC)
No 304/97 of 17 February 1997 introducing safeguard
measures in respect of imports of rice originating in the
overseas countries and territories (OJ 1997 L 51, p. 1) — the
Court, composed of: G.C. Rodrı´guez Iglesias, President, P. Jann
and F. Macken (Rapporteur) (Presidents of Chambers), C. Gul-
mann, D.A.O. Edward, A. La Pergola, J.-P. Puissochet, L. Sevo´ n,
M. Wathelet, R. Schintgen and V. Skouris, Judges; P. Léger,
Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Administrator, for the Registrar,
has given a judgment on 22 November 2001, in which it:

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 22 November 2001

in Case C-452/98: Nederlandse Antillen v Council of the
European Union (1)

(Arrangements for association of overseas countries and
territories — Imports of rice originating in the overseas
countries and territories — Safeguard measures — Regu-
lation (EC) No 1036/97 — Action for annulment —
Inadmissibility)

(2002/C 31/02)

(Language of the case: Dutch)

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

In Case C-452/98: Nederlandse Antillen (Avocats: P.V.F. Bos
and M. Slotboom) v Council of the European Union (Agents:

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Official Journal of the European Communities

2.2.2002

R. Torrent, J. Huber and G. Houttuin), supported by Kingdom
of Spain (Agent: R. Silva de Lapuerta), Italian Republic (Agents:
U. Leanza, assisted by F. Quadri), and Commission of the
European Communities (Agents: P.J. Kuijper and T. van Rijn)
— application for annulment of Council Regulation (EC)
No 1036/97 of 2 June 1997 introducing safeguard measures
in respect of
imports of rice originating in the overseas
countries and territories (OJ 1997 L 151, p. 8) — the Court,
composed of: G.C. Rodrı´guez Iglesias, President, P. Jann and
F. Macken (Rapporteur) (Presidents of Chambers), C. Gulmann,
D.A.O. Edward, A. La Pergola,
J.P. Puissochet, L. Sevo´ n,
M. Wathelet, R. Schintgen and V. Skouris, Judges; P. Léger,
Advocate General; H. von Holstein, Deputy Registrar, for the
Registrar, has given a judgment on 22 November 2001, in
which it:

1. Dismisses the action as inadmissible.

2. Orders the Netherlands Antilles to pay the costs.

3. Orders the Kingdom of Spain, the Italian Republic and the
Commission of the European Communities to bear their own
costs.

(1) OJ C 188 of 3.7.1999.

GmbH, 4. Haus der Technik DI A. Gobiet und DI F. Schweig-
hofer Ziviltechniker GmbH, 5. Hopferwieser, Dipl.-Ing. Walter,
6. GC General Contract DI Wolfgang Wisserodt Ingenieurge-
sellschaft m.b.H, a bidding consortium, against Autobahnen-
und Schnellstraßen- Finanzierungs-AG (ASFINAG) on the
following questions:

Question 1

Is Article 1(3) of Council Directive 89/665/EEC of 21 Decem-
ber 1989 (1) on the coordination of the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions relating to the application of review
procedures to the award of public supply and public works
contracts to be interpreted as meaning that
the review
procedure must be available to any undertaking which has
submitted a bid, or applied to participate, in a public procure-
ment procedure?

In the event that the answer to Question 1 is no:

Question 2

Is the abovementioned provision to be understood as meaning
that an undertaking only has or had an interest in a particular
public contract if — in addition to its participating in the
public procurement procedure — it takes or took all steps
available to it under national law to prevent the contract from
being awarded to another bidder and so to secure the award
of the contract to itself?

(1) OJ L 395, p. 33.

Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Bundesverga-
beamt Wien by order of 8 October 2001 in review
proceedings brought by 1. FRITSCH, CHIARI & PART-
NER, Ziviltechniker GmbH, 2. Büro Axis Ingenieurleis-
tungen, 3. Vasko & Partner Ingenieure, Ziviltechniker für
Bauwesen GmbH, 4. Haus der Technik DI A. Gobiet und
DI F. Schweighofer Ziviltechniker GmbH, 5. Hopferwie-
ser, Dipl.-Ing. Walter, 6. GC General Contract DI Wolfgang
Wisserodt Ingenieurgesellschaft m.b.H, a bidding consor-
tium against Autobahnen- und Schnellstraßen- Finan-
zierungs-AG (ASFINAG)

(Case C-410/01)

(2002/C 31/03)

Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the
European Communities by order of 8 October 2001 by
the Bundesvergabeamt Wien (Austrian Federal Procurement
Office, Vienna), which was received at the Court Registry on
16 October 2001, for a preliminary ruling in the review
proceedings brought by 1. FRITSCH, CHIARI & PARTNER,
Ziviltechniker GmbH, 2. Büro Axis
Ingenieurleistungen,
3. Vasko & Partner Ingenieure, Ziviltechniker für Bauwesen

Action brought on 23 October 2001 by the Commission
of the European Communities against the Italian Republic

(Case C-420/01)

(2002/C 31/04)

An action against the Italian Republic was brought before the
Court of Justice of the European Communities on 23 October
2001 by the Commission of the European Communities,
represented by Hendrik Van Lier and Roberto Amorosi, acting
as Agents.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

— Declare that, by applying rules to drinks manufactured
and marketed in other Member States prohibiting the
marketing in Italy of energy drinks containing caffeine in
excess of a certain limit, without showing how such a