Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 8 May 2003 in Case C-122/01 P: T. Port GmbH & Co. KG v Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — Bananas — Common organisation of the markets — Regulation (EC) No 478/95 — Export licence scheme — Action for damages — Proof of damage and causal link)
Date: 2003-06-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), common organisation of markets, export licence, tropical fruit

21.6.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 146/9

2.

The calorific value of waste which is to be combusted is not a
relevant criterion for the purpose of determining whether that
operation constitutes a disposal operation as referred to in
point D10 of Annex IIA to Directive 75/442, as amended by
Directive 91/156 and by Decision 96/350, or a recovery
operation as referred to in point R1 of Annex IIB thereof.
Member States may establish distinguishing criteria for that
purpose, provided that those criteria comply with those laid
down in the Directive.

( 1) OJ C 161 of 2.6.2001.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 8 May 2003

in Case C-122/01 P: T. Port GmbH & Co. KG v Com-
mission of the European Communities (1)

(Appeal — Bananas — Common organisation of the markets
— Regulation (EC) No 478/95 — Export licence scheme —
Action for damages — Proof of damage and causal link)

(2003/C 146/14)

(Language of the case: German)

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

In Case C-122/01 P, T. Port GmbH & Co. KG, established in
Hambourg (Germany), represented by G. Meier, Rechtwanwalt:
Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance of
the European Communities (Fifth Chamber) of 1 February
2001 in Case T-1/99 T. Port v Commission [2001] ECR II-
465, seeking to have that judgment set aside in part, the other
party to the proceedings being: Commission of the European
Communities (Agents: K.-D. Borchardt and M. Niejahr), the
Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of: J.-P. Puissochet, President
of
the Chamber, R. Schintgen (Rapporteur), V. Skouris,
F. Macken and N. Colneric, Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General;
M.-F. Contet, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has
given a judgment on 8 May 2003, in which it:

1. Dismisses the appeal.

2. Orders T. Port GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.

( 1) OJ C 161 of 2.6.2001.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 8 May 2003

in Case C-171/01 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Verfassungsgerichtshof): Wählergruppe ‘Gemeinsam
Zajedno/Birlikte Alternative und Grüne Gewerkschafter-
Innen/UG’ (1)

(EEC-Turkey Association — Freedom of movement for
workers — Article 10(1) of Decision No 1/80 of the
Association Council — Prohibition of discrimination as
regards conditions of work — Direct effect — Scope —
Legislation of a Member State excluding Turkish workers
from eligibility for election to a chamber of workers)

(2003/C 146/15)

(Language of the case: German)

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

In Case C-171/01: Reference to the Court under Article 234
EC by the Verfassungsgerichtshof (Austria) for a preliminary
ruling in the proceedings brought before that court by
Wählergruppe ‘Gemeinsam Zajedno/Birlikte Alternative und
Grüne GewerkschafterInnen/UG’, also represented: Bundesmi-
nister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit, Kammer für Arbeiter und
Angestellte für Vorarlberg, Wählergruppe ‘Vorarlberger Arbei-
ter- und Angestelltenbund (ÖAAB) — AK-Präsident Josef Fink’,
Wählergruppe ‘FSG — Walter Gelbmann — mit euch ins
nächste Jahrtausend/Liste 2’, Wählergruppe ‘Freiheitliche und
parteifreie Arbeitnehmer Vorarlberg — FPÖ’, Wählergruppe
‘Gewerkschaftlicher Linksblock’, and Wählergruppe ‘NBZ —
Neue Bewegung für die Zukunft’, on the interpretation of
Article 10(1) of Decision No 1/80 of 19 September 1980 on
the development of the Association, adopted by the Associ-
ation Council established by the Association Agreement
between the European Economic Community and Turkey, the
Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of: J.-P. Puissochet, President
of
the Chamber, R. Schintgen (Rapporteur), V. Skouris,
Jacobs,
F. Macken and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges; F.G.
Advocate General; M.-F. Contet, Principal Administrator, for
the Registrar, has given a judgment on 8 May 2003, in which
it has ruled:

Article 10(1) of Decision No 1/80 of 19 September 1980 on the
development of the Association, adopted by the Association Council
established by the Association Agreement between the European
Economic Community and Turkey, must be interpreted as:

— having direct effect in the Member States, and