Joined Cases T-217/03 and T-245/03: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 13 December 2006 — FNCBV and Others v Commission (Competition — Article 81(1) EC — Beef and veal — Suspension of imports — Fixing of a trade union price scale — Regulation No 26 — Associations of undertakings — Restriction of competition — Trade union action — Affecting of trade between Member States — Duty to state reasons — Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Principle of proportionality — Gravity and duration of the infringement — Aggravating and mitigating circumstances — Non-aggregation of penalties — Rights of the defence)
Date: 2006-12-30
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, France, action for annulment (EU), beef, import restriction, minimum price, trade agreement

C 331/32

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Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 December
2006 — Asociaciόn de Estaciones de Servicio de Madrid
and Federaciόn Catalana de Estaciones de Servicio v
Commission

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 13 December
2006 — FNCBV and Others v Commission

(Joined Cases T-217/03 and T-245/03) (1)

(Case T-146/03) (1)

(State aid — Spanish law providing for measures in favour of
the agricultural sector following the increase in fuel prices —
Formal examination procedure provided for by Article 88(2)
EC — Decision declaring that certain measures did not consti-
tute aid — Action for annulment — Admissibility —
Standing to bring proceedings — Duty to state reasons)

(2006/C 331/70)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicants: Asociaciόn de Empresarios de Estaciones de Servicio
de la Comunidad Autόnoma de Madrid (Madrid, Spain) and
Federaciόn Catalana de Estaciones de Servicio (Barcelona, Spain)
(represented by: R. Ortega Bueno and M. Delgado Echevarría,
lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: originally by J.L. Buendía Sierra, and subsequently by
J.R. Vidal Puig)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (repre-
sented by: E. Braquehais Conesa, lawyer, and M. Muñoz Pérez,
Agent)

Re:

Application for partial annulment of Commission Decision
2003/293/EC of 11 December 2002 on the measures imple-
mented by Spain in the agricultural sector following the increase
in fuel prices (OJ 2003 L 111, p. 24)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

finds that

1. Declares that Article 1 of Commission Decision of 11 December
2002 on the measures implemented by Spain in the agricultural
sector following the increase in fuel prices is annulled in so far that
the measures to support agricultural cooperatives
it
provided for by Royal Decree Law 10/2000 de medidas urgentes
de apoyo a los sectores agrario, pesquero y del transporte (Decree
Law on emergency support for agriculture, fisheries and transport)
do not constitute aid within the meaning of Article 87(1) EC.

2. Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those

incurred by the applicants.

3. Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 171, of 19.7.2003.

(Competition — Article 81(1) EC — Beef and veal — Suspen-
sion of imports — Fixing of a trade union price scale —
Regulation No 26 — Associations of undertakings — Restric-
tion of competition — Trade union action — Affecting of
trade between Member States — Duty to state reasons —
Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Principle of
proportionality — Gravity and duration of the infringement
— Aggravating and mitigating circumstances — Non-aggre-
gation of penalties — Rights of the defence)

(2006/C 331/71)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: in Case T-217/03, Fédération nationale de la coop-
ération bétail et viande (FNCBV) (Paris, France) (represented by:
R. Collin, M. Ponsard and N. Decker, lawyers), and in Case T-
245/03, Fédération nationale des syndicats d'exploitants agri-
coles (FNSEA) (Paris); Fédération nationale bovine (FNB) (Paris);
Fédération nationale des producteurs de lait (FNPL) (Paris); and
Jeunes agriculteurs (JA) (Paris) (represented by: B. Neouze and
V. Ledoux, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: P. Oliver, A. Bouquet and O. Beynet, Agents)

Intervener in support of the applicants: French Republic (represented
by: initially G. de Bergues, F. Million and R. Abraham, subse-
quently G. de Bergues, E. Belliard and S. Ramet, lawyers)

Re:

for

annulment

Applications
Commission Decision
2003/600/EC of 2 April 2003 relating to a proceeding pursuant
to Article 81 of the EC Treaty (Case COMP/C.38.279/F3 —
French beef) (OJ 2003 L 209, p. 12) and, in the alternative, for
cancellation or reduction of the fines thereby imposed.

of

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Sets the amount of the fine imposed on the Fédération nationale de
la coopération bétail et viande, the applicant in Case T-217/03, at
EUR 360 000;

2. Sets the amount of the fines imposed on the applicants in Case T-
245/03 at EUR 9 000 000 for the Fédération nationale des
syndicats d'exploitants agricoles, EUR 1 080 000 for the Fédéra-
tion nationale bovine, EUR 1 080 000 for the Fédération natio-
nale des producteurs de lait and EUR 450 000 for the Jeunes
agriculteurs;

3. Dismisses the remainder of the application;

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4. Orders the applicants to bear their own costs incurred in the main
proceedings, together with three-quarters of the costs incurred by
the Commission in those proceedings;

5. Orders the Commission to bear one-quarter of

its own costs
incurred in the main proceedings and to pay all costs relating to
the applications for interim measures;

6. Orders the French Republic to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 200, 23.8.2003.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 28 November
2006 — Milbert and Others v Commission

(Case T-47/04) (1)

(Officials — Career development

report — 2001/2002

appraisal procedure)

(2006/C 331/73)

Language of the case: French

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 5 December
2006 — Angelidis v Parliament

(Case T-416/03) (1)

(Officials — Staff report — Action for annulment — No
consultation of the previous immediate superior — Statement
of reasons — Action for compensation — Late establishment
— Non-material damage — Admissibility)

(2006/C 331/72)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Angel Angelidis (Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
sented by: É. Boigelot, lawyer)

(repre-

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: J. de Wachter
and M. Mustapha Pacha, Agents)

Re:

In the first place, annulment of the staff report relating to the
applicant, an official in Grade A 3 of the European Parliament,
for the period from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001 and,
second, application for compensation in respect of the harm
allegedly suffered by reason both of alleged irregularities in the
disputed staff report and of its allegedly late establishment.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the application;

2. Orders each party to bear its own costs.

Parties

Applicants: Alex Milbert (Hesperange, Luxembourg), Saturnino
Durán Vidal
(Dudelange,
(Brussels, Belgium), Roland Hanff
Luxembourg), Maria Anita Nuotio (Brussels), Paraskevi Papageor-
giou (Brussels), Andrea Ranschaert (Drongen, Belgium), Rein-
hard Rieder (Brussels) and Ioannis Terezakis (Brussels) (repre-
sented by: initially G. Bounéou and F. Frabetti, then F. Frabetti,
lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: J. Currall and H. Krämer, Agents)

Re:

application for

Primarily,
the 2001-2002
appraisal procedure in so far as it concerns the applicants or, in
the alternative, annulment of the applicants' career development
reports in respect of that procedure

annulment of

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Annuls the decisions adopting the career development reports of Mr
Terezakis and Ms Papageorgiou for the period from 1 July 2001 to
31 December 2002;

2. Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3. Orders the Commission, in addition to bearing its own costs, to

pay those of Mr Terezakis and Ms Papageorgiou;

4. Orders Mr Milbert, Mr Durán Vidal, Mr Hanff, Mr Rieder, Ms

Nuotio and Ms Ranschaert to bear their own costs.

(1) OJ C 59, 6.3.2004.

(1) OJ C 94, 17.4.2004.