Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 3 March 2005 in Case C-90/04: Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Article 7(1) of Directive 1999/32/EC — Failure to supply the report relating to the sulphur content of liquid fuels used on its national territory)
Date: 2005-04-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Austria, European Commission, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, air quality, disclosure of information, motor fuel, pollution control measures, report

C 106/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.4.2005

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

4. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the

costs.

(1) OJ C 21 of 24.01.2004.

(Sixth Chamber)

of 3 March 2005

in Case C-499/03 P: Peter Biegi Nahrungsmittel GmbH and
für Agrar-Produkte
Commonfood Handelsgesellschaft

mbH v Commission of the European Communities (1)

(Appeal — Common Customs Tariff — Subsequent recovery
of import duties — Waiver of duties to be recovered —
Conditions — Article 220(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No
2913/92 — Error of the customs authorities — Detectable
error — Combined nomenclature — Remarks — Scope)

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Fifth Chamber)

of 3 March 2005

(2005/C 106/14)

in Case C-90/04: Commission of the European Commu-
nities v Republic of Austria (1)

(Language of the case: German)

(Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Article
7(1) of Directive 1999/32/EC — Failure to supply the report
relating to the sulphur content of liquid fuels used on its
national territory)

In Case C-499/03 P: appeal under Article 56 of the Statute of
the Court of Justice lodged at the Court on 25 November 2003
by Peter Biegi Nahrungsmittel GmbH, established in Frankfurt
am Main (Germany) and Commonfood Handelsgesellschaft für
Agrar-Produkte mbH,
in Langen (Germany)
established
(laywers: K. Landry and L. Harings), the other party to the
proceedings being the Commission of the European Commu-
nities (Agents: X. Lewis and J. Schieferer) — the Court (Sixth
Chamber), composed of A. Borg Barthet, President of
the
Chamber,
J.-P. Puissochet and J. Malenovský (Rapporteur),
Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar,
gave a judgment on 3 March 2005, in which it:

1. Sets aside the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the Euro-
pean Communities of 17 September 2003 in Joined Cases T-
309/01 and T-239/02 Biegi Nahrungsmittel and Commonfood
v Commission;

2. Annuls Commission Decision C (2001) 2533 of 14 August
2001 (REC 4/00) in so far as it orders the subsequent entry in
the accounts of import duties payable by Peter Biegi Nahrungs-
mittel GmbH in the amount of DEM 218 605,64;

3. Annuls Commission Decision C (2002) 857 of 5 March 2002
(REC 4/01) ordering the subsequent entry in the accounts of
import duties payable by Commonfood Handelsgesellschaft
für
Agrar-Produkte mbH in the amount of DEM 222 116,06;

(2005/C 106/15)

(Language of the case: German)

In Case C-90/04: Action for failure to fulfil obligations under
Article 226 EC, brought on 23 February 2004 — Commission
of the European Communities (Agents:
J. Schieferer and G.
Valero Jordana) v Republic of Austria (Agent: E. Riedl) –the
Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of R. Silva de Lapuerta, Presi-
dent of the Chamber, J. Makarczyk (Rapporteur) and P. Kūris,
Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a
judgment on 3 March 2005, in which it:

1. Declares that, by failing to supply to the Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities, before 30 June 2002, the report for 2001,
the Republic of Austria has failed to fulfil its obligations under
Article 7(1) of Council Directive 1999/32/EC of 26 April 1999
relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels
and amending Directive 93/12/EEC;

2. Orders the Republic of Austria to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 94 of 17.04.2004.