Judgment of the Court of First Instance 28 February 2002 in Case T-598/97: British Shoe Corporation Footwear Supplies Ltd e.a. v Council of the European Union (Anti-dumping duty — Action for annulment — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2002-06-15
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: Council of the European Union, action for annulment (EU), administrative procedure, anti-dumping legislation, economic survey, footwear industry

15.6.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 144/35

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

3. Orders the Foreign Trade Association to bear its own costs and
pay those incurred, as a result of its intervention, by the Council;

28 February 2002

4. Orders the Commission to bear its own costs.

in Case T-598/97: British Shoe Corporation Footwear
Supplies Ltd e.a. v Council of the European Union (1)

(1) OJ C 55 of 20.2.1998.

(Anti-dumping duty — Action for annulment — Inadmissi-
bility)

(2002/C 144/74)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case T-598/97, British Shoe Corporation Footwear Supplies
Ltd, established in Leicester (United Kingdom), Clarks Inter-
national Ltd, established in Somerset (United Kingdom), Deich-
mann-Schuhe GmbH & Co. Vertriebs KG, established in Essen
(Germany), Groupe André SA, established in Paris (France),
Reno Versandhandel GmbH, established in Thaleischweiler-
Froschen (Germany), Leder & Schuh AG, established in Graz
(Austria), represented by A. Bell and M. Powell, Solicitors, with
an address for service in Luxembourg, supported by Foreign
Trade Association (FTA), represented by B. Sheridan, Barrister,
with an address for service in Luxembourg, v Council of
the European Union (Agents: S. Marquardt, H.-J. Rabe and
G. Berrisch), supported by Commission of the European
Communities (Agents: V. Kreuschitz, S. Meany and N. Khan)
and by Confédération européenne de l’industrie de la chaussure
(CEC), represented by P. Vlaemminck, J. Holmens and L. Van
Den Hende, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxem-
bourg: Application for the annulment of Council Regulation
(EC) No 2155/97 of 29 October 1997 imposing a definitive
anti-dumping duty on imports of certain footwear with textile
uppers originating in the People’s Republic of China and
Indonesia and collecting definitively the provisional duty
imposed (OJ 1997 L 298, p. 1), Court of First Instance (Fourth
Chamber, Extended Composition), composed of: P. Mengozzi,
President, R. Garcı´a-Valdecasas, V. Tiili, R. M. Moura Ramos
and J. D. Cooke, Judges; J. Palacio Gonza´lez, Administrator,
for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 28 February 2002,
in which it:

1. Dismisses the application as inadmissible;

2. Orders the applicants to bear their own costs and pay, jointly
and severally, the costs incurred by the Council, with the
exception of those relating to the intervention of the Foreign
Trade Association, and by the Confédération européenne de
l’industrie de la chaussure;

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

28 February 2002

in Case T-155/98: Société internationale de diffusion et
d’édition (SIDE) v Commission of the European Com-
munities (1)

(State aid — Operating aid — Article 92(1) and (3)(d) of
the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 87(1) and
(3)(d) EC) — Conditions for exemption from the prohibition
under Article 92(1) of the Treaty — Reference market —
Export aid in the book sector)

(2002/C 144/75)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case T-155/98, Société internationale de diffusion and
d’édition (SIDE), established in Bagneux (France), represented
by N. Coutrelis,
lawyer, with an address for service in
Luxembourg, v Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: G. Rozet and B. Mongin), supported by French
Republic (Agents: J.-F. Dobelle, G. de Bergues and F. Million):
Application for annulment of the last sentence of Article 1
of Commission Decision 1999/133/EC of 10 June 1998
concerning State aid in favour of Coopérative d’exportation du
livre français (CELF) (OJ 1999 L 44, p. 37), Court of First
Instance (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition), composed
of: P. Mengozzi, President, R. Garcı´a-Valdecasas, V. Tiili,
R. M. Moura Ramos and J. D. Cooke, Judges; D. Christensen,
Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
28 February 2002, in which it:

1. Annuls the last sentence of Article 1 of Commission Decision
1999/133/EC of 10 June 1998 concerning State aid in favour
of Coopérative d’exportation du livre français (CELF);