Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 September 2003 in Case T-137/01: Stadtsportverband Neuss eV v Commission of the European Communities (Action for annulment — Eurathlon Programme — Community financial assistance — Partial repayment — Obligation to state reasons — Method of calculation — Limitation period — Ineligible expenditure)
Date: 2003-11-15
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU aid, EU programme, European Commission, action for annulment (EU), redemption, sport

15.11.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 275/43

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 17 September 2003

in Case T-137/01: Stadtsportverband Neuss eV v Com-
mission of the European Communities (1)

(Action for annulment — Eurathlon Programme — Com-
munity financial assistance — Partial repayment — Obli-
gation to state reasons — Method of calculation — Limi-
tation period — Ineligible expenditure)

(2003/C 275/69)

(Language of the case: German)

In Case T-137/01, Stadtsportverband Neuss eV, established in
Neuss (Germany), represented by H.G. Hüsch and S. Schnelle,
lawyers, v Commission of the European Communities (Agent:
J. Sack): Application for annulment of the Commission’s
decision of 9 April 2001 ordering partial repayment of
financial assistance granted to the applicant under the Eur-
athlon programme, the Court of First Instance (Fourth Cham-
ber), composed of: V. Tiili, President, P. Mengozzi and
Judges; D. Christensen, Administrator, for the
M. Vilaras,
Registrar, has given a judgment on 17 September 2003, in
which it:

1. Dismisses the application.

2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 245 of 1.9.2001.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 17 September 2003

in Joined Cases T-309/01 and T-239/02: Peter Biegi Nah-
rungsmittel GmbH and Commonfood Handelsgesellschaft
für Agrar-Produkte mbH v Commission of the European
Communities (1)

(Subsequent accounting for import duties — Conditions
— Article 220(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2193/92 —
Detectable error — Duty of care — Regulation (EC) No
774/94 — Combined nomenclature — WTO tariff quotas)

(2003/C 275/70)

(Language of the case: German)

In Joined Cases T-309/01 and T-239/02, Peter Biegi Nahrungs-
mittel GmbH, established in Frankfurt am Main (Germany),

Commonfood Handelsgesellschaft für Agrar-Produkte mbH,
established in Langen (Germany), represented by K. Landry
lawyers, v Commission of the European
and L. Harings,
Communities (Agents: J.-C. Schieferer, R. Tricot, X. Lewis and
M. Núñez-Müller): Application for, first, partial annulment of
Commission Decision C (2001) 2533 of 14 August 2001
(REC 4/00), finding it appropriate to effect post-clearance
recovery of import duties not charged to Peter Biegi Nahrungs-
mittel GmbH in respect of the importation of poultry meat
from Thailand during the period from 13 to 18 July 1995 and
from 4 to 22 September 1995 (Case T-309/01), and, second,
annulment of Commission Decision C (2002) 857 of 5 March
2002 (REC 4/01), finding it appropriate to effect post-clearance
recovery of
import duties not charged to Commonfood
Handelsgesellschaft für Agrar-Produkte mbH in respect of the
importation of poultry meat from Thailand on 24 July 1995
(Case T-239/02), the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber),
composed of: V. Tiili, President, P. Mengozzi and M. Vilaras,
Judges; I. Natsinas, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given
a judgment on 17 September 2003, in which it:

1. Dismisses the applications.

2. Orders the applicants to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 56 of 2.3.2002 and C 247 of 12.10.2002.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 18 September 2003

in Case T-321/01: Internationaler Hilfsfonds eV v Com-
mission of the European Communities (1)

(Development cooperation — Community co-financing of
projects by NGOs — Ineligibility of an NGO — Rejection
of co-financing applications)

(2003/C 275/71)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case T-321/01, Internationaler Hilfsfonds eV, established in
Rosbach (Germany), represented by H. Kaltenecker, lawyer, v
Commission of the European Communities (Agents: M.-J.
the
Jonczy and S. Fries): Application for annulment of
Commission’s decision of 16 October 2001 refusing appli-
cations for the co-financing of two projects submitted by the