Order of the Court of 11 July 1979. - Fédération nationale des producteurs de vins de table et vins de pays v Commission of the European Communities. - Case 59/79.
European Court reports 1979 Page 02425
Summary
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Grounds
Operative part
Keywords
ACTION FOR FAILURE TO ACT - NATURAL OR LEGAL PERSONS - NOTICE TO THE INSTITUTION TO ACT - REQUEST FOR ADOPTION OF A MEASURE - CONCEPTS - REQUEST FOR A FINDING THAT AID GRANTED BY A STATE IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMMON MARKET - BAR - INADMISSIBILITY
( EEC TREATY , SECOND AND THIRD PARAGRAPHS OF ART . 175 )
Summary
A PERSON OTHER THAN A MEMBER STATE WHO HAS BEEN GIVEN NOTICE BY THE COMMISSION , AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 93 ( 2 ) OF THE EEC TREATY , TO SUBMIT HIS COMMENTS ON AID CONTEMPLATED BY A MEMBER STATE AND WHO HAS AVAILED HIMSELF OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST THE COMMISSION TO FIND THAT THE AID IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMMON MARKET , IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 93 ( 3 ), IS NOT ENTITLED TO BRING AN ACTION FOR FAILURE TO ACT IF THE COMMISSION FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THAT REQUEST WITHIN A PERIOD OF TWO MONTHS .
IN FACT SUCH A REQUEST ON THE ONE HAND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ' ' INVITATION ' ' WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 175 OF THE TREATY SINCE THE COMMISSION HAS A REASONABLE PERIOD WITHIN WHICH TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE INITIATED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 93 AND , ON THE OTHER HAND , DOES NOT SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE THIRD PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 175 , SINCE IT IS NOT INTENDED TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSION TO ADDRESS AN ACT TO THE APPLICANT .
Parties
IN CASE 59/79
FEDERATION NATIONALE DES PRODUCTEURS DE VINS DE TABLE ET VINS DE PAYS
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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Grounds
ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 91 ( 3 ) OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE , UNLESS THE COURT OF JUSTICE DECIDES OTHERWISE THE REMAINDER OF THE PROCEEDINGS CONCERNING A PRELIMINARY OBJECTION IS TO BE ORAL . THE COURT IS OF THE OPINION THAT THERE ARE NO GROUNDS , FOR OPENING THE ORAL PROCEDURE AND IT HAS DECIDED , AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 91 ( 3 ), TO ADJUDICATE FORTHWITH UPON THE APPLICATION IN THE LIGHT OF THE WRITTEN STATEMENTS .
THE APPLICATION IS INADMISSIBLE . IF THE COMMISSION DECIDES TO INITIATE A PROCEDURE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 93 OF THE EEC TREATY IT HAS A REASONABLE PERIOD WITHIN WHICH TO COMPLETE THIS PROCEDURE . THE FACT THAT THE APPLICANT AVAILED ITSELF OF THE OPPORTUNITY AFFORDED IT BY THE COMMISSION DURING THIS PROCEDURE TO SUBMIT ITS COMMENTS CANNOT BE ASSIMILATED TO THE INSTITUTION ' S ' ' BEING CALLED UPON TO ACT ' ' WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 175 OF THE TREATY WHICH CAUSES THE PERIOD OF TWO MONTHS REFERRED TO IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF