Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 March 2005 in Case T-195/98 Ettlin Gesellschaft für Spinnerei und Weberei AG and Others v Council of the European Union (Dumping — Failure by the Council to adopt a Commission proposal for a regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty — Absence of simple majority necessary for the adoption of a regulation — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2005-05-28
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: Council of the European Union, action for annulment (EU), anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, cotton, textile industry

C 132/22

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Official Journal of the European Union

28.5.2005

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 17 March 2005

India, Indonesia and Pakistan, definitively collecting the provi-
sional duty imposed by Regulation (EC) No 773/98 (OJ 1998 L
111, p. 19) and terminating the anti-dumping proceeding in
respect of imports of these fabrics originating in Turkey, submitted
by
the European Communities on 21
September 1998 (document COM (98) 540 final).

the Commission of

in Case T-192/98 Comité des industries du coton and des
fibres connexes de l'Union européenne (Eurocoton) v
Council of the European Union (1)

2. Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs.

(Dumping — Failure by the Council to adopt a Commission
proposal for a regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping
duty — Absence of simple majority necessary for the adop-
tion of a regulation — Obligation to state reasons)

(1) OJ C 160 of 5.6.1999.

3. Orders

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern

Ireland to bear its own costs.

(2005/C 132/40)

(Language of the case: English)

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

In Case T-192/98: Comité des industries du coton and des
fibres connexes de l'Union européenne (Eurocoton), established
in Brussels (Belgium), represented by C. Stanbrook, QC, and A.
Dashwood, Barrister, against Council of the European Union
(Agent: S. Marquardt, assisted by G.M. Berrisch,
lawyer),
supported by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, (Agent: initially M. Ewing, subsequently K. Manji) —
action for annulment of the Council's decision of 5 October
1998 to reject
the proposal for a Council Regulation (EC)
imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain
unbleached cotton fabrics originating in the People's Republic
Indonesia and Pakistan, definitively
of China, Egypt,
collecting the provisional duty imposed by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 773/98 of 7 April 1998 (OJ 1998 L 111, p. 19)
and terminating the anti-dumping proceeding in respect of
imports of these fabrics originating in Turkey, submitted by the
Commission of the European Communities on 21 September
1998 (document COM (98) 540 final) — the Court of First
Instance (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition), composed
of H. Legal, President, P. Lindh, P. Mengozzi, I. Wiszniewska-
Białecka and V. Vadapalas, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, gave a
judgment on 17 March 2005, in which it:

India,

of 17 March 2005

in Case T-195/98 Ettlin Gesellschaft für Spinnerei und
the European
Weberei AG and Others v Council of

Union (1)

(Dumping — Failure by the Council to adopt a Commission
proposal for a regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping
duty — Absence of simple majority necessary for the adop-
tion of a regulation — Obligation to state reasons)

(2005/C 132/41)

(Language of the case: English)

1. Annuls the Council's decision of 5 October 1998 to reject the
Commission's proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) imposing
definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain unbleached
cotton fabrics originating in the People's Republic of China, Egypt,

In Case T-195/98: Ettlin Gesellschaft für Spinnerei und Weberei
AG and Others, established in Ettlingen (Germany), Textil Hof
(Germany),
Weberei GmbH & Co. KG, established in Hof
Spinnweberei Uhingen GmbH,
in Uhingen
(Germany), F. A. Kümpers GmbH & Co., established in Rheine

established

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lawyer)

(Germany), Tenthorey SA, established in Eloyes (France), Les
tissages des héritiers de G. Perrin — Groupe Alain Thirion
(HGP-GAT Tissages), established in Thiéfosse (France), Établisse-
ments des fils de Victor Perrin SARL, established in Thiéfosse
(France), Filatures & tissages de Saulxures-sur-Moselotte, estab-
lished in Saulxures-sur-Moselotte (France), Tissage Mouline
Thillot, established in Le Thillot (France), Filature Niggeler &
Küpfer SpA, established in Capriolo (Italy), Standardtela SpA,
established in Milan (Italy), Verlener Textilwerk, Grimmelt,
Wevers & Co. GmbH, established in Velen (Germany), repre-
sented by C. Stanbrook, QC, and A. Dashwood, Barrister,
against Council of the European Union (Agent: S. Marquardt,
supported by United
assisted by G.M. Berrisch,
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Agent: initially
M. Ewing, subsequently K. Manji) — action for annulment of
the Council's decision of 5 October 1998 to reject the Commis-
sion's proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) imposing defini-
tive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain unbleached
cotton fabrics originating in the People's Republic of China,
Egypt, India, Indonesia and Pakistan, definitively collecting the
provisional duty imposed by Commission Regulation (EC) No
773/98 of 7 April 1998 (OJ 1998 L 111, p. 19) and termi-
nating the anti-dumping proceeding in respect of imports of
these fabrics originating in Turkey, submitted by the Commis-
sion of the European Communities on 21 September 1998
(document COM (98) 540 final) — the Court of First Instance
(Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition), composed of H.
Legal, President, P. Lindh, P. Mengozzi, I. Wiszniewska-Białecka
and V. Vadapalas, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, gave a judgment
on 17 March 2005, in which it:

1. Annuls the Council's decision of 5 October 1998 to reject the
Commission's proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) imposing
definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain unbleached
cotton fabrics originating in the People's Republic of China, Egypt,
India, Indonesia and Pakistan, definitively collecting the provi-
sional duty imposed by Regulation (EC) No 773/98 (OJ 1998 L
111, p. 19) and terminating the anti-dumping proceeding in
respect of imports of these fabrics originating in Turkey, submitted
by
the European Communities on 21
September 1998 (document COM (98) 540 final).

the Commission of

2. Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs.

3. Orders

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern

Ireland to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 160 of 5.6.1999.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 17 March 2005

in Case T-177/00, Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV v
Council of the European Union (1)

(Dumping — Failure by the Council to adopt a Commission
proposal for a regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping
duty — Absence of simple majority necessary for the adop-
tion of a regulation — Obligation to state reasons)

(2005/C 132/42)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case T-177/00, Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV, estab-
lished in Eindhoven (Netherlands), represented by C. Stanbrook,
QC, and F. Ragolle, lawyer, against Council of the European
Union (Agent: S. Marquardt, assisted by G.M. Berrisch, lawyer)
— action for annulment of the Council's decision of 8 May
2000 to reject
the proposal for a Council Regulation (EC)
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain
parts of
television camera systems originating in Japan,
submitted by the Commission of the European Communities
on 7 April 2000 (document COM (2000) 195 final) — the
Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composi-
tion), composed of H. Legal, President, P. Lindh, P. Mengozzi, I.
Wiszniewska-Białecka and V. Vadapalas, Judges; H. Jung, Regis-
trar, gave a judgment on 17 March 2005, in which it:

1. Annuls the Council's decision of 8 May 2000 to reject

the
proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) imposing a definitive anti-
dumping duty on imports of certain parts of television camera
systems originating in Japan, submitted by the Commission of the
European Communities on 7 April 2000 (document COM
(2000) 195 final).

2. Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 273 of 23.9.2000.