CELEX: C2002/084/39
Language: en
Date: 2002-04-06 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) 24 January 2002 in Case C-170/00: Republic of Finland v Commission of the European Communities (EAGGF — Clearance of accounts — Expenditure for 1996 and 1997 — Special premiums for bulls — Procedure to be followed by the Commission)

6.4.2002                 EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                            C 84/25
      —     Commission Directive 98/51/EC of 9 July 1998 laying            D.A.O. Edward, A. La Pergola and M. Wathelet, Judges,
            down certain measures for implementing Council Directive       Advocate General: L.A. Geelhoed, Registrar: H.A. Rühl, Princi-
            95/69/EC laying down the conditions and arrangements           pal Administrator, has given a judgment on 24 January 2002,
            for approving and registering certain establishments and       in which it:
            intermediaries operating in the animal feed sector, and
                                                                           1.    Dismisses the action;
      —     Commission Directive 98/67/EC of 7 September 1998
            amending Directives 80/511/EEC, 82/475/EEC,                    2.    Orders the Republic of Finland to pay the costs.
            91/357/EEC and Council Directive 96/25/EC and
            repealing Directive 92/87/EEC,
                                                                           (1) OJ C 247 of 26.8.2000.
      the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under
      those Directives.
2.    Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.
                                                                                            JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(1) OJ C 192 of 8.7.2000.
                                                                                                     (First Chamber)
                                                                                                    15 January 2002
                                                                           in Case C-179/00 (Reference for a preliminary ruling
                                                                           from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof): Gerald Weidacher (as
                  JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                    administrator of the insolvent company Thakis Vertriebs-
                                                                           und Handels GmbH) v Bundesminister für Land- und
                                                                                                   Forstwirtschaft (1)
                           (Fifth Chamber)
                                                                           (Article 149 of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and
                          24 January 2002                                  Sweden — Transitional measures — Surplus stocks —
                                                                           Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 3108/94 —
                                                                           Competence — Holder of the goods — Import charge
in Case C-170/00: Republic of Finland v Commission of                      applicable — Legitimate expectations — Proportionality —
                  the European Communities (1)                                                      Equal treatment)
(EAGGF — Clearance of accounts — Expenditure for                                                      (2002/C 84/40)
1996 and 1997 — Special premiums for bulls — Procedure
                to be followed by the Commission)                                             (Language of the case: German)
                            (2002/C 84/39)                                 (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                                                                                              in the European Court Reports)
                    (Language of the case: Finnish)
                                                                           In Case C-179/00: reference to the Court under Article 234
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published     EC by the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) for a preliminary
                    in the European Court Reports)                         ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between
                                                                           Gerald Weidacher (as administrator of the insolvent company
                                                                           Thakis Vertriebs- und Handels GmbH) and Bundesminister für
                                                                           Land- und Forstwirtschaft on the interpretation of
In Case C-170/00, Republic of Finland (Agents: T. Pynnä and                Article 149(1) of the Act of Accession of the Republic of
E. Bygglin) v Commission of the European Communities                       Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden
(Agents: M. Niejahr and I. Koskinen): Application for partial              and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European
annulment of Commission Decision 2000/216/EC of 1 March                    Union is founded (OJ 1994 C 241, p. 21, and OJ 1995 L 1,
2000 excluding from Community financing certain expendi-                   p. 1) and on the validity and interpretation of Commission
ture incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee                     Regulation (EC) No 3108/94 of 19 December 1994 on
Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee                transitional measures to be adopted on account of the
Fund (EAGGF) (OJ 2000 L 67, p. 37), in so far as it excludes               accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden in respect of trade in
from Community financing the sum of FIM 7 270 885,76                       agricultural products (OJ 1994 L 328, p. 42),the Court (First
incurred in the applicant Member State on advance payment                  Chamber), composed of: P. Jann, President of the Chamber,
of special premiums for bulls, for the 1996 and 1997                       L. Sevón and M. Wathelet (Rapporteur), Judges, Advocate
marketing years, the Court (Fifth Chamber), composed of:                   General: J. Mischo, Registrar: R. Grass, has given a judgment
P. Jann (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, S. von Bahr,               on 15 January 2002, in which it has ruled: