Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 14 December 2004 in Case T-317/02: Fédération des industries condimentaires de France (FICF), Confédération générale des producteurs de lait de brebis and des industriels de Roquefort, Comité économique agricole régional ‘fruits et légumes de la région Bretagne’ (Cerafel) and Comité national interprofessionnel des palmipèdes à foie gras (CIFOG) v Commission of the European Communities (Common commercial policy — World Trade Organisation (WTO) — Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 — Obstacles to trade — Prepared mustard — Termination of the examination procedure in relation to obstacles to trade — Community interest)
Date: 2005-02-19
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: United States, World Trade Organisation, action for annulment (EU), condiment, customs duties, import, infringement of EU law, restriction on competition

C 45/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.2.2005

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 14 December 2004

of 14 December 2004

in Case T-317/02: Fédération des industries condimentaires
de France (FICF), Confédération générale des producteurs
de lait de brebis and des industriels de Roquefort, Comité
économique agricole régional
légumes de la
région Bretagne’ (Cerafel) and Comité national interprofes-
sionnel des palmipèdes à foie gras (CIFOG) v Commission
of the European Communities (1)

‘fruits et

(Common commercial policy — World Trade Organisation
(WTO) — Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 — Obstacles to
trade — Prepared mustard — Termination of the examina-
tion procedure in relation to obstacles to trade — Community
interest)

(2005/C 45/49)

(Language of the case: French)

represented by O. Prost and M.-J.

In Case T-317/02, Fédération des industries condimentaires de
France (FICF), established in Paris
(France), Confédération
générale des producteurs de lait de brebis and des industriels de
Roquefort, established in Millau (France), Comité économique
agricole régional
‘fruits and légumes de la région Bretagne’
(Cerafel), established in Morlaix (France), Comité national inter-
professionnel des palmipèdes à foie gras (CIFOG), established in
Paris (France),
Jacquot,
lawyers, against the Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: P-J. Kuijper and G. Boudot, with an address for service
in Luxembourg) – action for annulment of Commission Deci-
sion 2002/604/EC of 9 July 2002 terminating the examination
procedures concerning obstacles to trade within the meaning
of Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94, consisting of trade
practices maintained by the United States of America in rela-
tion to imports of prepared mustard (OJ 2002 L 195, p. 72) –
the Court of First Instance (First Chamber, Extended Composi-
tion), composed of B. Vesterdorf, President, P. Mengozzi, M. E.
Martins Ribeiro, F. Dehousse and I. Labucka, Judges; H. Jung,
Registrar, gave a judgment on 14 December 2004, in which it:

1. Dismisses the action.

2. Orders the applicants to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 323 of 21.12.2002.

in Case T-332/02: Nordspedizionieri di Danielis Livio & C.
and Domenico D'Alessandro v
Snc, Livio Danielis

Commission of the European Communities (1)

(Customs Union — Community transit operation — Fraud
— Cigarette smuggling — Remission of import duties —
Regulation (EEC) No 1430/79 — Article 13: equitable provi-
sion — Meaning of ‘special situation’)

(2005/C 45/50)

(Language of the case: Italian)

In Case T-332/02: Nordspedizionieri di Danielis Livio & C. Snc,
established in Trieste (Italy), Livio Danielis, residing in Trieste,
and Domenico D'Alessandro, residing in Trieste, represented by
G. Leone, Lawyer, against Commission of
the European
Communities (Agents: initially X. Lewis and R. Amorosi, and
subsequently X. Lewis assisted by G. Bambara, lawyer, with an
address for service in Luxembourg) – application, principally,
for annulment of Commission Decision REM 14/01 of 28 June
2002 refusing to accede to the Italian Republic's application for
a remission of import duties in favour of the applicants and, in
the alternative, for a declaration of remission of part of the
customs debt corresponding to those duties – the Court of First
Instance (Fifth Chamber), composed of P. Lindh, President, R.
García-Valdecasas and J.D. Cooke, Judges; J. Palacio González,
Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment
on 14 December 2004, in which it:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the applicants to bear their own costs and to pay those of

the Commission.

(1) OJ C 7 of 11.1.2003.