Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 January 2002 in Case T-174/00: Biret International SA v Council of the European Union (Substances having a hormonal action — Directive 88/146/EEC — Action for damages — Period of limitation)
Date: 2002-06-29
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: Council of the European Union, action for failure to act, hormone, import restriction, liquidation, meat processing industry

29.6.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 156/19

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 11 January 2002

of 11 January 2002

in Case T-174/00: Biret International SA v Council of the
European Union (1)

in Case T-210/00: Etablissements Biret et Cie. SA v
Council of the European Union (1)

(Substances having a hormonal action — Directive 88/146/
EEC — Action for damages — Period of limitation)

(Substances having a hormonal action — Directive 88/146/
EEC — Action for damages — Period of limitation)

(2002/C 156/35)

(2002/C 156/36)

(Language of the case: French)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case T-174/00: Biret
International SA, a company in
judicial liquidation, established in Paris, represented in these
proceedings by M. de Thoré, liquidator, and by S. Rodrigues,
lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg, against
J. Carbery and
Council of
the European Union (Agents:
F.P. Ruggeri Laderchi), supported by Commission of
the
European Communities (Agents: T. Christoforou and A. Bor-
des) — application under Article 178 of the EC Treaty (now
Article 235 EC) and the second paragraph of Article 215 of
the EC Treaty (now the second paragraph of Article 288 EC)
for compensation for the damage allegedly suffered by the
applicant as a result of the prohibition on the importation into
the Community of beef and veal treated with certain hormones
— the Court of First Instance (First Chamber), composed of
B. Vesterdorf, President, N.J. Forwood and H. Legal, Judges;
J. Palacio Gonza´lez, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given
a judgment on 11 January 2002, in which it:

In Case T-210/00, E´ tablissements Biret et Cie SA, established
in Paris (France), represented by S. Rodrigues, lawyer, with an
address for service in Luxembourg, v Council of the European
Union (Agents: J. Carbery and F. P. Ruggeri Laderchi), support-
ed by Commission of the European Communities (Agents:
T. Christoforou and A. Bordes): Application under Article 178
of the EC Treaty (now Article 235 EC) and the second
paragraph of Article 215 of the EC Treaty (now the second
paragraph of Article 288 EC) for compensation for the damage
allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result of its subsidiary,
Biret International SA, being placed in judicial
liquidation
following the prohibition on the importation into the Com-
munity of beef and veal
treated with certain hormones,
the Court of First Instance (First Chamber), composed of:
B. Vesterdorf, President, N.J. Forwood and H. Legal, Judges;
J. Palacio Gonza´lez, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given
a judgment on 11 January 2002, in which it:

1. Dismisses the action as being partly inadmissible and for the

1. Dismisses the action as being partly inadmissible and for the

rest unfounded;

rest unfounded;

2. Orders the applicant to pay, in addition to its own costs, those
incurred by the Council. The Commission shall pay its own
costs.

2. Orders the applicant to pay, in addition to its own costs, those
incurred by the Council. The Commission shall pay its own
costs.

(1) OJ C 285 of 7.10.2000.

(1) OJ C 302 of 21.10.2000.