CELEX: C1999/136/03
Language: en
Date: 1999-05-15 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 March 1999 in Case C-119/97 P: Union Française de l'Express (Ufex), DHL International and Service CRIE v Commission of the European Communities and May Courier (Appeal - Competition - Dismissal of an application for annulment - Commission's task under Articles 85 and 86 of the EC Treaty - Assessment of Community interest)

C 136/2                 EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                          15.5.1999
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                                      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                                                                                                     (Fifth Chamber)
                          of 2 March 1999
                                                                                                    of 4 March 1999
in Case C-179/97: Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the
                   European Communities (1)                                in Case C-119/97 P: Union Française de l’Express (Ufex),
                                                                           DHL International and Service CRIE v Commission of the
                                                                                    European Communities and May Courier (1)
(Fisheries — Conservation of maritime resources — Inspec-                  (Appeal — Competition — Dismissal of an application for
tion of fishing vessels — Joint international inspection                   annulment — Commission’s task under Articles 85 and 86
programme adopted by the North-West Atlantic Fisheries                        of the EC Treaty — Assessment of Community interest)
                           Organisation)
                                                                                                     (1999/C 136/03)
                          (1999/C 136/02)
                                                                                               (Language of the case: French)
                   (Language of the case: Spanish)                         (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                                                                                              in the European Court Reports)
                                                                           In Case C-119/97 P, Union Française de l’Express (Ufex),
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published     formerly Syndicat Français de L’Express International (SFEI),
                   in the European Court Reports)                          an association of undertakings governed by French law,
                                                                           established in Roissy-en-France (France), DHL International,
                                                                           a company incorporated under French law, established in
                                                                           Roissy-en-France, Service CRIE, a company incorporated under
In Case C-179/97: Kingdom of Spain (Agent: Rosario Silva de                French law, established in Paris, represented by Eric Morgan de
Lapuerta) v Commission of the European Communities                         Rivery, of the Paris Bar, and Jacques Derenne, of the Brussels
(Agents: Thomas van Rijn and Blanca Vil Costa) — application               and Paris Bars, with an address for service in Luxembourg at
for annulment of Commission Regulation (EC) No 494/97 of                   the Chambers of Alex Schmitt, 7 Val Sainte-Croix — appeal
18 March 1997 modifying Regulation (EEC) No 2868/88                        against the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the
establishing detailed rules for the application of the Joint               European Communities (Third Chamber) of 15 January 1997
International Inspection Scheme adopted by the North-West                  in Case T-77/95 SFEI and Others v Commission 1997 ECR
Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (OJ L 77, 19.3.1997, p. 5), in             II-1, seeking to have that judgment set aside, the other
so far as it inserts Article 4(a)(6) in Commission Regulation              parties to the proceedings being Commission of the European
(EEC) No 2868/88 of 16 September 1988 (OJ L 257,                           Communities (Agents: Richard Lyal and Fabiola Mascardi,
17.9.1988, p. 20) — the Court, composed of: G. C. Rodrı́guez               assisted by Jean-Yves Art) and May Courier, a company
Iglesias, President, P. J. G. Kapteyn, J.-P. Puissochet and P. Jann        incorporated under French law, established in Paris — the
(Rapporteur) Presidents of Chambers, C. Gulmann, J. L. Murray,             Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of: J.-P. Puissochet, President
D. A. O. Edward, H. Ragnemalm, L. Sevón, M. Wathelet and                  of the Chamber, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, C. Gulmann,
R. Schintgen, Judges, M. S. Alber, Advocate General; D.                    D. A. O. Edward and M. Wathelet (Rapporteur), Judges;
Louterman-Hubeau, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar,              Advocate General: D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer; Registrar: R. Grass,
has given a judgment on 2 March 1999 in which it:                          has given a judgment on 4 March 1999, in which it:
                                                                           1. Sets aside the judgment of the Court of First Instance of
1. Dismisses the application;                                                   15 January 1997 in Case T-77/95 SFEI and Others v
                                                                                Commission;
2. Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.                           2. Refers the case back to the Court of First Instance;
                                                                           3. Reserves the costs.
( 1) OJ C 199, 28.6.1997.
                                                                           (1) OJ C 142, 10.5.1997.