CELEX: C2002/144/74
Language: en
Date: 2002-06-15 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance 28 February 2002 in Case T-598/97: British Shoe Corporation Footwear Supplies Ltd e.a. v Council of the European Union (Anti-dumping duty — Action for annulment — Inadmissibility)

15.6.2002                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                              C 144/35
   JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                                 3.    Orders the Foreign Trade Association to bear its own costs and
                                                                                 pay those incurred, as a result of its intervention, by the Council;
                          28 February 2002                                 4.    Orders the Commission to bear its own costs.
in Case T-598/97: British Shoe Corporation Footwear
   Supplies Ltd e.a. v Council of the European Union (1)                   (1) OJ C 55 of 20.2.1998.
(Anti-dumping duty — Action for annulment — Inadmissi-
                                 bility)
                           (2002/C 144/74)
                                                                               JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                     (Language of the case: English)
                                                                                                   28 February 2002
                                                                           in Case T-155/98: Société internationale de diffusion et
In Case T-598/97, British Shoe Corporation Footwear Supplies               d’édition (SIDE) v Commission of the European Com-
Ltd, established in Leicester (United Kingdom), Clarks Inter-                                           munities (1)
national Ltd, established in Somerset (United Kingdom), Deich-
mann-Schuhe GmbH & Co. Vertriebs KG, established in Essen
                                                                           (State aid — Operating aid — Article 92(1) and (3)(d) of
(Germany), Groupe André SA, established in Paris (France),
Reno Versandhandel GmbH, established in Thaleischweiler-                   the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 87(1) and
Froschen (Germany), Leder & Schuh AG, established in Graz                  (3)(d) EC) — Conditions for exemption from the prohibition
                                                                           under Article 92(1) of the Treaty — Reference market —
(Austria), represented by A. Bell and M. Powell, Solicitors, with
an address for service in Luxembourg, supported by Foreign                                   Export aid in the book sector)
Trade Association (FTA), represented by B. Sheridan, Barrister,
with an address for service in Luxembourg, v Council of                                              (2002/C 144/75)
the European Union (Agents: S. Marquardt, H.-J. Rabe and
G. Berrisch), supported by Commission of the European
Communities (Agents: V. Kreuschitz, S. Meany and N. Khan)                                      (Language of the case: French)
and by Confédération européenne de l’industrie de la chaussure
(CEC), represented by P. Vlaemminck, J. Holmens and L. Van
Den Hende, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxem-
bourg: Application for the annulment of Council Regulation
(EC) No 2155/97 of 29 October 1997 imposing a definitive                   In Case T-155/98, Société internationale de diffusion and
anti-dumping duty on imports of certain footwear with textile              d’édition (SIDE), established in Bagneux (France), represented
uppers originating in the People’s Republic of China and                   by N. Coutrelis, lawyer, with an address for service in
Indonesia and collecting definitively the provisional duty                 Luxembourg, v Commission of the European Communities
imposed (OJ 1997 L 298, p. 1), Court of First Instance (Fourth             (Agents: G. Rozet and B. Mongin), supported by French
Chamber, Extended Composition), composed of: P. Mengozzi,                  Republic (Agents: J.-F. Dobelle, G. de Bergues and F. Million):
President, R. Garcı́a-Valdecasas, V. Tiili, R. M. Moura Ramos              Application for annulment of the last sentence of Article 1
and J. D. Cooke, Judges; J. Palacio González, Administrator,              of Commission Decision 1999/133/EC of 10 June 1998
for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 28 February 2002,               concerning State aid in favour of Coopérative d’exportation du
in which it:                                                               livre français (CELF) (OJ 1999 L 44, p. 37), Court of First
                                                                           Instance (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition), composed
                                                                           of: P. Mengozzi, President, R. Garcı́a-Valdecasas, V. Tiili,
1.    Dismisses the application as inadmissible;                           R. M. Moura Ramos and J. D. Cooke, Judges; D. Christensen,
                                                                           Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
                                                                           28 February 2002, in which it:
2.    Orders the applicants to bear their own costs and pay, jointly
      and severally, the costs incurred by the Council, with the
      exception of those relating to the intervention of the Foreign       1.    Annuls the last sentence of Article 1 of Commission Decision
      Trade Association, and by the Confédération européenne de                  1999/133/EC of 10 June 1998 concerning State aid in favour
      l’industrie de la chaussure;                                               of Coopérative d’exportation du livre français (CELF);