CELEX: C2005/143/03
Language: en
Date: 2005-06-11 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 March 2005 in Case C-294/02: Commission of the European Communities v AMI Semiconductor Belgium BVBA and Others (Arbitration clause — Designation of the Court of First Instance — Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice — Parties in liquidation — Capacity to be parties to legal proceedings — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Insolvency proceedings — Recovery of advances — Reimbursement under a clause of the contract — Joint and several liability — Recovery of sums paid but not due)

11.6.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 143/5
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (First Chamber)
   of 17 March 2005
   in Case C-294/02: Commission of the European Communities v AMI Semiconductor Belgium BVBA and Others (1)
   
   (Arbitration clause - Designation of the Court of First Instance - Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice - Parties in liquidation - Capacity to be parties to legal proceedings - Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 - Insolvency proceedings - Recovery of advances - Reimbursement under a clause of the contract - Joint and several liability - Recovery of sums paid but not due)
   (2005/C 143/03)
   Language of the case: German
   In Case C-294/02, Commission of the European Communities (Agent: M G. Wilms, assisted by R. Karpenstein) v AMI Semiconductor Belgium BVBA, formerly Alcatel Microelectronics NV, established in Oudenaarde (Belgium), (Rechtsanwälte: M. Hallweger and R. Lutz), A-Consult EDV-Beratungsgesellschaft mbH (in liquidation), established in Vienna (Austria), (Rechtsanwalt: E. Roehlich), Intracom SA Hellenic Telecommunications & Electronic Industry, established in Athens (Greece), (avocats: M. Lienemeyer, U. Zinsmeister and D. Waelbroeck), ISION Sales + Services GmbH & Co. KG (in liquidation), established in Hamburg (Germany), (Rechtsanwälte: H. Fialski and T. Delhey), Euram-Kamino GmbH, established in Hallbergmoos (Germany), (Rechtsanwälte: M. Hallweger and R. Lutz), HSH Nordbank AG, formerly Landesbank Kiel Girozentrale, established in Kiel (Germany), (Rechtsanwälte: B. Treibmann and E. Meincke), and InterTeam GmbH (in liquidation), established in Itzehoe (Germany), (Rechtsanwälte: M. Hallweger and R. Lutz) — application under Article 238 EC brought on 12 August 2002 — the Court (First Chamber), composed of P. Jann, President of the Chamber, R. Silva de Lapuerta, K. Lenaerts, S. von Bahr and K. Schiemann (Rapporteur), Judges; J. Kokott, Advocate General; M.-F. Contet, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 17 March 2005, in which it:
   
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               Dismisses the application;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the counterclaim by Intracom SA Hellenic Telecommunications & Electronic Industry;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 289 of 23.11.2002.