CELEX: C2004/071/51
Language: en
Date: 2004-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Order of the Court of First Instance of 4 December 2003 in Case T-78/01 INNOVA – Centro euromediterraneo per lo sviluppo sostenibile v Commission of the European Communities ("Culture 2000" Programme — "Una festa per Aristofane" project — Suspension of payment of part of a Community grant awarded — No need to adjudicate)

20.3.2004                EN                          Official Journal of the European Union                                             C 71/27
      ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                                   SA, established in Nyon (Switzerland), represented by
                                                                             A. Vianello, lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg,
                                                                             against the Council of the European Union (Agents: S. Mar-
                       of 17 November 2003
                                                                             quardt and F.P. Ruggeri Laderchi) — application for taxation
                                                                             of the costs to be reimbursed by the applicants to the defendant
In Case T-340/99 DEP: Arne Mathisen AS against Council                       following the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second
                    of the European Union (1)                                Chamber, Extended Composition) of 5 April 2001 given in
                                                                             Case T-82/00 Bic and Others v Council [2001] ECR II-1241
(Taxation of costs — Expenses necessarily incurred by the                    — the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber), composed
parties for the purposes of the proceedings — Lawyers’ fees                  of: J. Pirrung, President, A.W.H. Meij and N.J. Forwood, Judges;
                       — Photocopy expenses)                                 H. Jung, Registrar, made an order on 3 December 2003, the
                                                                             operative part of which is as follows:
                           (2004/C 71/49)
                                                                             The total amount of costs recoverable by the Council in Case T-82/
                    (Language of the case: English)                          00 is fixed at EUR 5 500.
                                                                             (1) OJ C 176 of 24.6.2000.
In Case T-340/99 DEP: Arne Mathisen AS, established in
Vaeroy (Norway), represented by S. Knudtzon, lawyer, with an
address for service in Luxembourg, against Council of the
European Union, (Agents: S. Marquardt and G. Berrisch),
supported by Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: V. Kreuschitz and S. Meany): Application for taxation
of costs brought by the Council following the judgment of the
Court of First Instance in Case T-340/99 Arne Mathisen v
Council [2002] ECR II-2905, the Court of First Instance
(Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition), composed of:                                ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
H. Legal, President, V. Tiili, A.W.H. Meij, M. Vilaras and
N.J. Forwood, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, has made an order on
17 November 2003, the operative part of which is as follows:                                        of 4 December 2003
The total amount of costs to be reimbursed by Arne Mathisen AS to            in Case T-78/01 INNOVA – Centro euromediterraneo per
the Council is fixed at EUR 30 620,01.                                       lo sviluppo sostenibile v Commission of the European
                                                                                                      Communities (1)
(1) OJ C 79 of 18.3.2000.
                                                                             (‘Culture 2000’ Programme — ‘Una festa per Aristofane’
                                                                             project — Suspension of payment of part of a Community
                                                                                         grant awarded — No need to adjudicate)
                                                                                                       (2004/C 71/51)
      ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                                                                                                 (Language of the case: French)
                        of 3 December 2003
in Case T-82/00 DEP: Bic SA and Others v Council of the
                         European Union (1)                                  In Case T-78/01: INNOVA — Centro euromediterraneo per lo
                                                                             sviluppo sostenibile, established in Calatafimi (Italy), represent-
                 (Procedure — Taxation of costs)                             ed by D. Waelbroeck and J. Waldron, lawyers, v Commission
                                                                             of the European Communities (Agents: D. Martin and H.
                                                                             Speyart) — application seeking, in the first place, an order that
                           (2004/C 71/50)                                    the Commission should pay the second and final tranches of
                                                                             the grant awarded to the applicant for the ‘Una festa per
                     (Language of the case: Italian)                         Aristofane’ project under the ‘Culture 2000’ programme
                                                                             established by Decision No 508/2000/EC of the European
                                                                             Parliament and of the Council of 14 February 2000 (OJ 2000
                                                                             L 63, p. 1), and, in the alternative, annulment of the
In Case T-82/00 DEP: Bic SA, established in Clichy (France),                 Commission’s decision allegedly sent by letter of 25 January
Flamagas SA, established in Barcelona (Spain), Swedish Match                 2001, informing the applicant of the suspension of payment
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of these sums — the Court of First Instance (First Chamber),                1.   dismisses the action as being manifestly devoid of any legal
composed of: B. Vesterdorf, President, P. Mengozzi and                           basis;
E. Martins Ribeiro, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, has made an
order on 4 December 2003, the operative part of which is as                 2.   orders the parties to bear their own costs.
follows:
                                                                            (1) OJ C 144 of 15.6.2002.
1.    There is no need to adjudicate on the application.
2.    Each party shall bear its own costs.
(1) OJ C 200 of 14.7.2001.
                                                                                  ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                                                                                                 of 26 November 2003
                                                                            in Case T-96/02: Hugh Mc Bryan v Commission of the
                                                                                              European Communities (1)
      ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                                  (Officials — Pensions — Transfer of national pension rights
                                                                            — Calculation of the annual contributions to be taken into
                                                                            account — Salary used as reference — Action manifestly
                      of 26 November 2003                                                       devoid of any legal basis)
in Case T-95/02: Michael Hohenbichler v Commission of                                                 (2004/C 71/53)
                 the European Communities (1)
                                                                                               (Language of the case: French)
(Officials — Pensions — Transfer of national pension rights
— Calculation of the annual contributions to be taken into
account — Annual salary used as reference — Action
              manifestly devoid of any legal basis)                         In Case T-96/02: Hugh Mc Bryan, an official of the Commission
                                                                            of the European Communities, residing in Brussels (Belgium),
                                                                            represented by J.–N. Louis, lawyer, with an address for
                          (2004/C 71/52)                                    service in Luxembourg, against Commission of the European
                                                                            Communities (Agents: J. Currall and H. Tserepa-Lacombe) —
                                                                            application for annulment of the Commission’s decision of
                                                                            14 May 2001 calculating the annual contributions to be
                    (Language of the case: French)                          credited for the purpose of transfer to the Community scheme,
                                                                            under Article 11(2) of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations, of
                                                                            national pension rights acquired by the applicant before his
                                                                            entering the service — the Court of First Instance (Third
                                                                            Chamber), composed of: J. Azizi, President, M. Jaeger and
In case T-95/02: Michael Hohenbichler, an official of the                   F. Dehousse, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, has made an order on
Commission of the European Communities, residing in Brus-                   26 November 2003, in which it:
sels (Belgium), represented by J.–N. Louis, lawyer, with an
address for service in Luxembourg, against Commission of the
European Communities (Agents: J. Currall and H. Tserepa-                    1.   dismisses the action as being manifestly devoid of any legal
Lacombe) — application for annulment of the Commission’s                         basis;
decision of 21 May 2001 calculating the annual contributions
to be credited for the purpose of transfer to the Community                 2.   orders the parties to bear their own costs.
scheme, under Article 11(2) of Annex VIII to the Staff
Regulations, of national pension rights acquired by the appli-
cant before his entering the service — the Court of First                   (1) OJ C 131 of 1.6.2002.
Instance (Third Chamber), composed of: J. Azizi, President,
M. Jaeger and F. Dehousse, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, has made
an order on 26 November 2003, in which it: