CELEX: C2003/146/14
Language: en
Date: 2003-06-21 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 8 May 2003 in Case C-122/01 P: T. Port GmbH & Co. KG v Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — Bananas — Common organisation of the markets — Regulation (EC) No 478/95 — Export licence scheme — Action for damages — Proof of damage and causal link)

21.6.2003                EN                          Official Journal of the European Union                                               C 146/9
2.    The calorific value of waste which is to be combusted is not a                          JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
      relevant criterion for the purpose of determining whether that
      operation constitutes a disposal operation as referred to in
      point D10 of Annex IIA to Directive 75/442, as amended by                                        (Sixth Chamber)
      Directive 91/156 and by Decision 96/350, or a recovery
      operation as referred to in point R1 of Annex IIB thereof.
      Member States may establish distinguishing criteria for that                                       of 8 May 2003
      purpose, provided that those criteria comply with those laid
      down in the Directive.
                                                                             in Case C-171/01 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from
                                                                             the Verfassungsgerichtshof): Wählergruppe ‘Gemeinsam
( 1) OJ C 161 of 2.6.2001.                                                   Zajedno/Birlikte Alternative und Grüne Gewerkschafter-
                                                                                                          Innen/UG’ (1)
                                                                             (EEC-Turkey Association — Freedom of movement for
                                                                             workers — Article 10(1) of Decision No 1/80 of the
                                                                             Association Council — Prohibition of discrimination as
                                                                             regards conditions of work — Direct effect — Scope —
                  JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                      Legislation of a Member State excluding Turkish workers
                                                                                  from eligibility for election to a chamber of workers)
                          (Sixth Chamber)
                                                                                                        (2003/C 146/15)
                            of 8 May 2003
in Case C-122/01 P: T. Port GmbH & Co. KG v Com-                                                (Language of the case: German)
           mission of the European Communities (1)
                                                                             (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
(Appeal — Bananas — Common organisation of the markets                                          in the European Court Reports)
— Regulation (EC) No 478/95 — Export licence scheme —
    Action for damages — Proof of damage and causal link)
                           (2003/C 146/14)
                                                                             In Case C-171/01: Reference to the Court under Article 234
                                                                             EC by the Verfassungsgerichtshof (Austria) for a preliminary
                    (Language of the case: German)                           ruling in the proceedings brought before that court by
                                                                             Wählergruppe ‘Gemeinsam Zajedno/Birlikte Alternative und
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published       Grüne GewerkschafterInnen/UG’, also represented: Bundesmi-
                    in the European Court Reports)                           nister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit, Kammer für Arbeiter und
                                                                             Angestellte für Vorarlberg, Wählergruppe ‘Vorarlberger Arbei-
                                                                             ter- und Angestelltenbund (ÖAAB) — AK-Präsident Josef Fink’,
                                                                             Wählergruppe ‘FSG — Walter Gelbmann — mit euch ins
In Case C-122/01 P, T. Port GmbH & Co. KG, established in                    nächste Jahrtausend/Liste 2’, Wählergruppe ‘Freiheitliche und
Hambourg (Germany), represented by G. Meier, Rechtwanwalt:                   parteifreie Arbeitnehmer Vorarlberg — FPÖ’, Wählergruppe
Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance of                ‘Gewerkschaftlicher Linksblock’, and Wählergruppe ‘NBZ —
the European Communities (Fifth Chamber) of 1 February                       Neue Bewegung für die Zukunft’, on the interpretation of
2001 in Case T-1/99 T. Port v Commission [2001] ECR II-                      Article 10(1) of Decision No 1/80 of 19 September 1980 on
465, seeking to have that judgment set aside in part, the other              the development of the Association, adopted by the Associ-
party to the proceedings being: Commission of the European                   ation Council established by the Association Agreement
Communities (Agents: K.-D. Borchardt and M. Niejahr), the                    between the European Economic Community and Turkey, the
Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of: J.-P. Puissochet, President              Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of: J.-P. Puissochet, President
of the Chamber, R. Schintgen (Rapporteur), V. Skouris,                       of the Chamber, R. Schintgen (Rapporteur), V. Skouris,
F. Macken and N. Colneric, Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General;               F. Macken and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges; F.G. Jacobs,
M.-F. Contet, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has                Advocate General; M.-F. Contet, Principal Administrator, for
given a judgment on 8 May 2003, in which it:                                 the Registrar, has given a judgment on 8 May 2003, in which
                                                                             it has ruled:
1.    Dismisses the appeal.
                                                                             Article 10(1) of Decision No 1/80 of 19 September 1980 on the
2.    Orders T. Port GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
                                                                             development of the Association, adopted by the Association Council
                                                                             established by the Association Agreement between the European
( 1) OJ C 161 of 2.6.2001.                                                   Economic Community and Turkey, must be interpreted as:
                                                                             —     having direct effect in the Member States, and