Case C-243/05 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 9 November 2006 — Agraz, SA and Others v Commission of the European Communities (Appeals — Common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products — Production aid for processed tomato products — Method of calculating the amount of the aid — Non-contractual liability of the Community — Certain loss)
Date: 2006-12-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, General Court (EU), appeal, fruit vegetable, indemnification, liability, production aid, vegetable product

30.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 326/13

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 November
the European Communities v
2006 — Commission of

Ireland

(Case C-216/05) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Assessment
of the effects of certain projects on the environment — Direc-
tives 85/337/EEC and 97/11/EC — National legislation —
Participation by the public in certain assessment procedures
upon payment of fees)

(2006/C 326/26)

Language of the case: English

Defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland (represented by: S. Nwaokolo, Agent, and by D.J. Rhee,
Barrister)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement
of Article 19(i) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12
October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the
common fisheries policy (OJ 1993 L 261, p. 1) — Failure to
provide
required thereunder within the period
prescribed

the data

Parties

Operative part of the judgment

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: X. Lewis, Agent)

The Court:

Defendant:
Murray, Senior Counsel, and G. Simons, Barrister-at-Law)

Ireland (represented by: D. O'Hagan, Agent, B.

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Breach of Arti-
cles 6 and 8 of Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985
on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private
projects on the environment
(OJ 1985 L 175, p. 40), as
amended by Directive 97/11/EC of 3 March 1997 (OJ 1997 L
73, p. 5) — National legislation giving the public the opportu-
nity to participate in certain assessment procedures on payment
of a participation fee

1. Declares that by not communicating in time the data required by
the first and third indents of Article 19i of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control
system applicable to the common fisheries policy, as last amended
by Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 of 4 November
2003, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
has failed to fulfil its obligations under that regulation;

2. Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 193, 06.08.2005.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

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

costs.

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 9 November
2006 — Agraz, SA and Others v Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities

(1) OJ C 193, 06.08.2005.

(Case C-243/05 P) (1)

(Appeals — Common organisation of the markets in processed
fruit and vegetable products — Production aid for processed
tomato products — Method of calculating the amount of the
aid — Non-contractual liability of the Community — Certain
loss)

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 9 November
the European Communities v
2006 — Commission of

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

(Case C-236/05) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Regulation
(EEC) No 2847/93 — Control system in the fisheries sector
— Delay in communication of required data)

Parties

(2006/C 326/28)

Language of the case: French

(2006/C 326/27)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: K. Banks, Agent)

Appellants: Agraz, SA, established in Madrid (Spain), Agrícola
Conservera de Malpica, SA, established in Toledo (Spain), Agri-
doro Soc. coop. arl, established in Pontenure (Italy), Alfonso
Sellitto SpA, established in Mercato San Severino (Italy),
Alimentos Españoles, Alsat, SL, established in Don Benito,
(Spain), AR Industrie Alimentari SpA, established in Angri
(Italy), Argo Food — Packaging & Innovation Co. SA, estab-
lished in Serres (Greece), Asteris SA, established in Athens

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Official Journal of the European Union

30.12.2006

(Greece), Attianese Srl, established in Nocera Superiore (Italy),
Audecoop Distillerie Arzens — Techniques séparatives (AUDIA),
established in Bram (France), Benincasa Srl, established in Angri,
Boschi Luigi e Figli SpA, established in Fontanellato (Italy), CAS
SpA, established in Castagnaro (Italy), Calispa SpA, established
in Castel San Giorgio (Italy), Campil — Agro Industrial do
Campo do Tejo Lda, established in Cartaxo (Portugal), Campo-
verde Srl, established in Nocelleto di Carinola (Italy), Carlo
Manzella & C. Sas, established in Castel San Giovanni (Italy),
Carnes y Conservas Españolas SA, established in Mérida (Spain),
CO.TRA.PO Soc. coop. arl, in liquidation, established in Adria
(Italy), Columbus Srl, established in Parma (Italy), Compal —
Companhia Produtora de Conservas Alimentares, SA, established
in Almeirim (Portugal), Conditalia Srl, established in Nocera
Superiore, Conservas El Cidacos, SA, established in Autol
(Spain), Conservas Elagón, SA, established in Coria (Spain),
Conservas Martinete, SA, established in Puebla de la Calzada
(Spain), Conservas Vegetales de Extremadura, SA, established in
Villafranco del Guadiana (Spain), Conserve Italia Soc. coop. arl,
established in San Lazzaro di Savena (Italy), Conserves France
SA, established in Nîmes (France), Conserves Guintrand SA,
established in Carpentras (France), Conservificio Cooperativo
Valbiferno Soc. coop. arl, established in Guglionesi
(Italy),
Consorzio Casalasco del Pomodoro Soc. coop. arl, established in
Rivarolo del Re ed Uniti (Italy), Consorzio Padano Ortofrutticolo
(Copador) Soc. coop. arl, established in Collecchio (Italy), Copais
Food and Beverage Company SA, established in Nea Ionia
(Greece), Tin Industry D. Nomikos SA, established in Marousi
(Greece), Davia Srl, established in Gragnano (Italy), De Clemente
Conserve Srl, established in Fisciano (Italy), De.Con Srl, estab-
lished in Scafati
(Italy), Desco SpA, established in Terracina
(Italy), Di Leo Nobile SpA — Industria Conserve Alimentari,
established in Castel San Giorgio, Ditta Emilio Marotta, estab-
lished in Sant'Antonio Abate (Italy), E. & O. von Felten SpA,
established in Fontanini (Italy), Elais SA, established in Athens,
Emiliana Conserve Srl, established in Busseto (Italy), Enrico
Perano & Figli Spa, established in San Valentino Torio (Italy), FIT
— Fomento da Indústria do Tomate, SA, established in Águas de
Moura (Portugal), Faiella & C. Srl, established in Scafati, Feger di
Gerardo Ferraioli SpA, established in Angri, Fratelli D'Acunzi
Srl, established in Nocera Superiore, Fruttagel Soc. coop. arl,
established in Alfonsine (Italy), Giaguaro SpA, established in
Sarno (Italy), Giulio Franzese Srl, established in Carbonara di
Nola (Italy), Greci Geremia & Figli SpA, established in Parma,
Greci — Industria Alimentare SpA, established in Parma, Greek
Canning Co. SA ‘Kyknos’, established in Nauplie (Greece), ‘Grilli
Paolo & Figli Sas’ di Grilli Enzo e Togni Selvino, established in
Gambettola (Italy), Heinz Iberica, SA, established in Alfaro
(Spain), IAN — Industrias Alimentarias de Navarra, SA, estab-
lished in Vilafranca (Spain), Indústrias de Alimentação Idal, Lda,
established in Benavente (Portugal), Industrie Rolli Alimentari
SpA, established in Roseto degli Abruzzi
Italagro —
Indústria de Transformação de Produtos Alimentares, SA, estab-
lished in Castanheira do Ribatejo (Portugal), La Cesenate
Conserve Alimentari SpA, established in Cesena (Italy), La Doria
SpA, established in Angri, La Dorotea di Giuseppe Alfano & C.
Srl, established in Sant'Antonio Abate, La Rosina Srl, established
in Angri, Le Quattro Stelle Srl, established in Angri, Louis
Martin Production SAS, established in Monteux (France), Menu
Srl, established in Medolla (Italy), Mutti SpA, established in
Montechiarugolo (Italy), National Conserve Srl, established in
Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino (Italy), Nestlé España, SA, estab-
lished in Miajadas (Spain), Nuova Agricast Srl, established in
Verignola (Italy), Pancrazio SpA, established in Cava De' Tirreni
(Italy), Pecos SpA, established in Castel San Giorgio, Pomagro
Srl, established in Fisciano (Italy), Raffaele Viscardi Srl, estab-
lished in Scafati, Rodolfi Mansueto SpA, established in Ozzano
Taro, Salvati Mario & C. SpA, established in Mercato San

(Italy),

Severino, Sefa Srl, established in Nocera Superiore, Serraiki
Konservopia Oporokipeftikon Serko SA, established in Serres,
Soc. coop. arl. A.R.P. — Agricoltori Riuniti Piacentini, estab-
lished in Gariga di Podenzano (Italy), Sociedade de Industriali-
zação de Produtos Agrícolas — Sopragol SA, established in
Mora (Portugal), Spineta SpA, established in Pontecagnano
Faiano (Italy), Star Stabilimento Alimentare SpA, established in
Agrate Brianza (Italy), Sugal Alimentos, SA, established in
Azambuja (Portugal), Sutol Indústrias Alimentares, Lda, estab-
lished in Alcácer do Sal (Portugal), Tomsil — Sociedade Indus-
trial de Concentrado de Tomate, SA, established in Ferreira do
Alentejo (Portugal), Zanae — Nicoglou levures de boulangerie,
Industrie commerce alimentaire SA, established in Thessaloniki
(Greece), (represented by: J.L. da Cruz Vilaça and D. Choussy,
lawyers,)

Other party to the proceedings: Commission of
the European
Communities (represented by: M. Nolin, F. Clotuche-Duvieusart
and L. Visaggio, acting as Agents,)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment delivered on 17 March 2005 by
the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber), Agraz, SA and
Others v Commission, in which the Court rejected an action for
compensation for the damage allegedly sustained by the appli-
cants by reason of
the method adopted for calculation of
production aid as set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No
1519/2000 of 12 July 2000 setting for the 2000/1 marketing
year the minimum price and the amount of production aid for
processed tomato products (OJ 2000 L 174, p. 29)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1) Sets aside the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the Euro-
pean Communities of 17 March 2005 in Case T-285/03 Agraz
and Others v Commission in so far as it dismissed the claims of
the appellants in the present appeal on the ground that the alleged
loss was not certain and, consequently, in so far as it ordered them
to bear five sixths of their costs and ordered the Commission to pay
a sixth of the appellants' costs and to bear its own costs;

2) Refers the case back to the Court of First Instance of the European

Communities;

3) Reserves the costs.

(1) OJ C 193 of 6.8.2005.