CELEX: C1997/252/27
Language: en
Date: 1997-08-16 00:00:00
Title: Action brought on 25 February 1997 by the Région Wallone against the Commission of the European Communities (Case C-95/97)

No C 252/14           I EN [               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  16 . 8 . 97
 Lisboa ( Local Civil Court, Lisbon) for a preliminary ruling           1 . The application for interim measures is dismissed.
 in the proceedings pending before that court between
 Banco de Fomento e Exterior SA and Amândio Mauricio
                                                                       2.    The costs are reserved.
 Martins Pechim, Maria de Luz Lima Barros Raposo
 Pechim and Confecções Têxteis de Vouzela Ld? ( CTV) on
 the interpretation of Articles 59, 90 and 92 of the EC
 Treaty — the Court, composed of: G. C. Rodriguez
 Iglesias, President, G. F. Mancini, J. C. Moitinho de
 Almeida ( Rapporteur ), J. L. Murray and L. Sevón
 ( Presidents of Chambers ), C. N. Kakouris, P. J. G.                  Action brought on 25 February 1997 by the Region
 Kapteyn, C. Gulmann, D. A. O. Edward, J.-P. Puissochet,               Wallone against the Commission of the European
 G. Hirsch, P. Jann, H. Ragnemalm, M. Wathelet and R.                                              Communities
 Schintgen, Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, Advocate­                                           ( Case C-95/97)
 General; R. Grass, Registrar, has made an order on 30 June
 1997, in which it has held:                                                                      ( 97/C 252/27)
                                                                       An action against the Commission of the European
 The request for a preliminary ruling submitted by the
 Tribunal Cível da Comarca de Lisboa is inadmissible.
                                                                       Communities was brought before the Court of Justice of
                                                                       the European Communities on 25 February 1997 by the
                                                                       Region Wallone, represented by Jean-Marie de Backer,
 (') OJ No C 108 , 5 . 4. 1997 .                                       Olivier Ralet and Georges Vandersanden, of the Brussels
                                                                       Bar, with an address for service in Luxembourg at
                                                                       Fiduciaire Myson Sari, 30 Rue de Cessange.
                                                                       The applicant seeks the annulment of the Commission's
                                                                       decision of 18 December 1996 entitled ' Steel ECSC —
                                                                       Forges de Clabecq'.
      ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT
                         of 21 March 1997                              By order of 21 March 1997 the Court referred the case to
                                                                       the Court of First Instance .
in Case C-l 10/97 R: Kingdom of the Netherlands v.
Council of the European Union, supported by
Commission of the European Communities and Italian
                              Republic
 (Application for interim measures — System of association
 of the overseas countries and territories — Safeguard                 Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Supremo
           measure — Serious and irreparable loss)                    Tribunal Administrativo ( Second Chamber) by judgment
                            97/C 252/26 )
                                                                      of that court of 9 April 1997 in the case of Fazenda
                                                                      Publica against Antram — Associaçao Nacional de
                                                                             Transportes Públicos Rodoviários de Mercadorias
                 (Language of the case: Dutch)                                                ( Case C-205/97 )
                                                                                                 ( 97/C 252/28 )
   (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be       Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the
          published in the European Court Reports)                    European Communities by judgment of the Second
                                                                      Chamber of the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo
                                                                      ( Supreme Administrative Court) of 9 April 1997, which
In Case C-l 10/97 R: Kingdom of the Netherlands (Agent:               was received at the Court Registry on 29 May 1997, for a
Marc Fierstra ) v. Council of the European Union (Agents:             preliminary ruling in the case of Fazenda Publica against
Ramon Torrent, Jürgen Huber and Guus Houttuin ),                      Antram — Associaçao Nacional de Transportes Públicos
supported by Commission of the European Communities                   Rodoviários de Mercadorias on the following questions :
( Agent: Thomas van Rijn ) and Italian Republic ( Agent:
Professor Umberto Leanza, assisted by Francesca Quadri,
Avvocato dello Stato) — application for suspension of                  1 . Does Article 243 et seq. of the CCC (') preclude
                                                                            a national court from ordering suspension of
operation, as regards imports of rice originating in the
Dutch Antilles and Aruba, of Council Regulation ( EC )
                                                                            implementation of a decision taken by that customs
No 304/97 of 17 February 1997 introducing safeguard                         authority, against which an appeal has been lodged,
                                                                            directly, that is without the need to submit such an
measures in respect of rice originating in the overseas
                                                                            application to the customs authority ?
countries and territories ( OJ No L 51 , 21 . 2 . 1997, p. 1 ),
or other interim measures — the President of the Court
has made an order on 21 March 1997, the operative part                2 . Does Article 243 et seq. of the CCC preclude a
of which is as follows :                                                    national court from suspending a decision taken by the