Order of the Court of First Instance of 4 December 2003 in Case T-78/01 INNOVA – Centro euromediterraneo per lo sviluppo sostenibile v Commission of the European Communities ("Culture 2000" Programme — "Una festa per Aristofane" project — Suspension of payment of part of a Community grant awarded — No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2004-03-20
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU aid, European Commission, action for annulment (EU), cultural event, infringement of EU law, suspension of aid

20.3.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 71/27

ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 17 November 2003

In Case T-340/99 DEP: Arne Mathisen AS against Council
of the European Union (1)

(Taxation of costs — Expenses necessarily incurred by the
parties for the purposes of the proceedings — Lawyers’ fees
— Photocopy expenses)

(2004/C 71/49)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case T-340/99 DEP: Arne Mathisen AS, established in
Vaeroy (Norway), represented by S. Knudtzon, lawyer, with an
address for service in Luxembourg, against Council of the
(Agents: S. Marquardt and G. Berrisch),
European Union,
supported by Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: V. Kreuschitz and S. Meany): Application for taxation
of costs brought by the Council following the judgment of the
Court of First Instance in Case T-340/99 Arne Mathisen v
Council [2002] ECR II-2905, the Court of First Instance
(Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition), composed of:
H. Legal, President, V. Tiili, A.W.H. Meij, M. Vilaras and
N.J. Forwood, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, has made an order on
17 November 2003, the operative part of which is as follows:

represented by
SA, established in Nyon (Switzerland),
A. Vianello, lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg,
against the Council of the European Union (Agents: S. Mar-
quardt and F.P. Ruggeri Laderchi) — application for taxation
of the costs to be reimbursed by the applicants to the defendant
following the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second
Chamber, Extended Composition) of 5 April 2001 given in
Case T-82/00 Bic and Others v Council [2001] ECR II-1241
— the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber), composed
of: J. Pirrung, President, A.W.H. Meij and N.J. Forwood, Judges;
H. Jung, Registrar, made an order on 3 December 2003, the
operative part of which is as follows:

The total amount of costs recoverable by the Council in Case T-82/
00 is fixed at EUR 5 500.

(1) OJ C 176 of 24.6.2000.

ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 4 December 2003

The total amount of costs to be reimbursed by Arne Mathisen AS to
the Council is fixed at EUR 30 620,01.

in Case T-78/01 INNOVA – Centro euromediterraneo per
lo sviluppo sostenibile v Commission of the European
Communities (1)

(1) OJ C 79 of 18.3.2000.

(‘Culture 2000’ Programme — ‘Una festa per Aristofane’
project — Suspension of payment of part of a Community
grant awarded — No need to adjudicate)

ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 3 December 2003

in Case T-82/00 DEP: Bic SA and Others v Council of the
European Union (1)

(Procedure — Taxation of costs)

(2004/C 71/50)

(Language of the case: Italian)

In Case T-82/00 DEP: Bic SA, established in Clichy (France),
Flamagas SA, established in Barcelona (Spain), Swedish Match

(2004/C 71/51)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case T-78/01: INNOVA — Centro euromediterraneo per lo
sviluppo sostenibile, established in Calatafimi (Italy), represent-
ed by D. Waelbroeck and J. Waldron, lawyers, v Commission
of the European Communities (Agents: D. Martin and H.
Speyart) — application seeking, in the first place, an order that
the Commission should pay the second and final tranches of
the grant awarded to the applicant for the ‘Una festa per
Aristofane’ project under the ‘Culture 2000’ programme
established by Decision No 508/2000/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 14 February 2000 (OJ 2000
L 63, p. 1), and,
the
Commission’s decision allegedly sent by letter of 25 January
2001, informing the applicant of the suspension of payment

in the alternative, annulment of

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of these sums — the Court of First Instance (First Chamber),
composed of: B. Vesterdorf, President, P. Mengozzi and
E. Martins Ribeiro, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, has made an
order on 4 December 2003, the operative part of which is as
follows:

1.

2.

dismisses the action as being manifestly devoid of any legal
basis;

orders the parties to bear their own costs.

There is no need to adjudicate on the application.

(1) OJ C 144 of 15.6.2002.

Each party shall bear its own costs.

1.

2.

(1) OJ C 200 of 14.7.2001.

ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 26 November 2003

in Case T-96/02: Hugh Mc Bryan v Commission of the
European Communities (1)

(Officials — Pensions — Transfer of national pension rights
— Calculation of the annual contributions to be taken into
account — Salary used as reference — Action manifestly
devoid of any legal basis)

(2004/C 71/53)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case T-96/02: Hugh Mc Bryan, an official of the Commission
of the European Communities, residing in Brussels (Belgium),
lawyer, with an address for
represented by J.–N. Louis,
service in Luxembourg, against Commission of the European
Communities (Agents: J. Currall and H. Tserepa-Lacombe) —
application for annulment of the Commission’s decision of
14 May 2001 calculating the annual contributions to be
credited for the purpose of transfer to the Community scheme,
under Article 11(2) of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations, of
national pension rights acquired by the applicant before his
entering the service — the Court of First Instance (Third
Chamber), composed of: J. Azizi, President, M. Jaeger and
F. Dehousse, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, has made an order on
26 November 2003, in which it:

1.

2.

dismisses the action as being manifestly devoid of any legal
basis;

orders the parties to bear their own costs.

(1) OJ C 131 of 1.6.2002.

ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 26 November 2003

in Case T-95/02: Michael Hohenbichler v Commission of
the European Communities (1)

(Officials — Pensions — Transfer of national pension rights
— Calculation of the annual contributions to be taken into
account — Annual salary used as reference — Action
manifestly devoid of any legal basis)

(2004/C 71/52)

(Language of the case: French)

In case T-95/02: Michael Hohenbichler, an official of the
Commission of the European Communities, residing in Brus-
sels (Belgium), represented by J.–N. Louis, lawyer, with an
address for service in Luxembourg, against Commission of the
European Communities (Agents: J. Currall and H. Tserepa-
Lacombe) — application for annulment of the Commission’s
decision of 21 May 2001 calculating the annual contributions
to be credited for the purpose of transfer to the Community
scheme, under Article 11(2) of Annex VIII
to the Staff
Regulations, of national pension rights acquired by the appli-
cant before his entering the service — the Court of First
Instance (Third Chamber), composed of: J. Azizi, President,
M. Jaeger and F. Dehousse, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, has made
an order on 26 November 2003, in which it: