CELEX: 62017TA0163
Language: en
Date: 2018-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Case T-163/17: Judgment of the General Court of 31 May 2018 — Consorzio di garanzia dell’olio extra vergine di oliva di qualità v Commission (Non-contractual liability — Simultaneous promotion campaigns in third countries for olive oil, one financed by the EAGF and intended to promote olive oil of European origin, and the other financed by the ERDF and intended to promote olive oil of Spanish origin — Lack of coordination between the Commission’s staff responsible for managing the two programmes — Material damage — Market loss and loss of revenue — Non-material damage — Damage to commercial reputation)

201806290551986492018/C 249/331632017TC24920180716EN01ENINFO_JUDICIAL20180531272711Case T-163/17: Judgment of the General Court of 31 May 2018 — Consorzio di garanzia dell’olio extra vergine di oliva di qualità v Commission (Non-contractual liability — Simultaneous promotion campaigns in third countries for olive oil, one financed by the EAGF and intended to promote olive oil of European origin, and the other financed by the ERDF and intended to promote olive oil of Spanish origin — Lack of coordination between the Commission’s staff responsible for managing the two programmes — Material damage — Market loss and loss of revenue — Non-material damage — Damage to commercial reputation)
 ---documentbreak--- C2492018EN2710120180531EN0033271271Judgment of the General Court of 31 May 2018 — Consorzio di garanzia dell’olio extra vergine di oliva di qualità v Commission
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   ‛(Non-contractual liability — Simultaneous promotion campaigns in third countries for olive oil, one financed by the EAGF and intended to promote olive oil of European origin, and the other financed by the ERDF and intended to promote olive oil of Spanish origin — Lack of coordination between the Commission’s staff responsible for managing the two programmes — Material damage — Market loss and loss of revenue — Non-material damage — Damage to commercial reputation)’2018/C 249/33Language of the case: Italian
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Consorzio di garanzia dell’olio extra vergine di oliva di qualità (Rome, Italy) (represented by: initially by A. Fratini and G. Pandolfi, and subsequently by A. Fratini, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Lewis, D. Bianchi and F. Moro, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   APPLICATION under Article 268 TFEU for compensation for the damage which the applicant claims to have suffered as a result, in essence, of (i) a lack of coordination between the Commission’s staff responsible for managing promotion campaigns for European and Spanish olive oils in third countries (India, Russia and China), co-financed by European funds, and (ii) a failure to eliminate the distortions of competition and adverse effects resulting therefrom.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
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            Dismisses the action;
         
      
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            Orders Consorzio di garanzia dell’olio extra vergine di oliva di qualità to bear its own costs;
         
      
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            Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.
         
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      )	OJ C 129, 24.4.2017.