CELEX: C1996/354/27
Language: en
Date: 1996-11-23 00:00:00
Title: ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT of 24 September 1996 in Joined Cases C-239/96 R and C-240/96 R: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland supported by Federal Republic of Germany v. Commission of the European Communities (Applications for interim measures - Social policy - Community measures to assist the elderly - Community measures to combat poverty and social exclusion)

No C 354/ 14           EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                23 . 11 . 96
judgment delivered by the Court of First Instance of the            24 September 1996, the operative part of which is as
European Communities ( Fifth Chamber ) on 16 November               follows :
1994 in Case T-451 /93 San Marco v. Commission [ 1994]
ECR 11-1061 , and for compensation for the damage
allegedly suffered by the appellant in relation to a public         1 . When committing expenditure in implementation of its
works contract concluded by it with the Government of the               circular of 2 May 1996 inviting applications for
Somali Democratic Republic, the other party to the                      Commission funding of measures to assist the elderly
proceedings being the Commission of the European                        and of its circular received by the United Kingdom
Communities ( Agents: Hans Peter Hartvig and Claire Bury )              authorities on 15 May 1996 inviting applications for
— the Court ( First Chamber ), composed of D. A. O. Edward              Commission funding of measures to combat poverty
( Rapporteur ), President of the Chamber, P. Jann and L.                and social exclusion, the Commission shall clearly state
Sevon, Judges; Advocate-General : N. Fennelly, Registrar: R.            that such commitments are conditional upon the
Grass, made an order on 17 September 1996 , the operative               judgment of the Court in the main proceedings and shall
part of which is as follows :                                           make no payment until that judgment is delivered.
                                                                    2.  Costs are reserved.
1 . The appeal is dismissed.
                                                                    (') OJ No C 269 , 14 . 9 . 1996 .
2 . San Marco Impex Italiana is ordered to bear its own
      costs and to pay those incurred by the Commission.
t 1 ) OJ No C 74, 1995 .
                                                                    Action brought on 26 August 1996 by the Federal Republic
                                                                    of Germany against the Commission of the European
                                                                                               Communities
                                                                                           ( Case C-288/96 )
      ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT                                                     ( 96/C 354/28 )
                     of 24 September 1996
in Joined Cases C-239/96 R and C-240/96 R: United                   An action against the Commission of the European
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland supported             Communities was brought before the Court of Justice of the
by Federal Republic of Germany v. Commission of the                 European Communities on 26 August 1996 by the Federal
                   European Communities (*)                         Republic of Germany, represented by Bernd Kloke,
(Applications for interim measures — Social policy —                Oberregierungsrat, of the Federal Ministry of Economic
Community measures to assist the elderly — Community                Affairs, and Michael Schiitte, Rechtsanwalt, of Bruckhaus
       measures to combat poverty and social exclusion)             Westrick Stegemann, Brussels .
                          96/C 354/27
                                                                    The applicant claims that the Court should :
                 (Language of the case: English)
                                                                    — declare Commission Decision COM(96)1646 def. of
                                                                        29 May 1996 on aid from Niedersachsen to JAKO
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be            Jadekost GmbH & Co. KG void;
          published in the European Court Reports)
                                                                    — order the Commission to pay the costs .
In Joined Cases C-239/96 R and C-240/96 R: United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( Agents:             Pleas in law and main arguments adduced in support:
John Collins and Derrick Wyatt ), supported by Federal
Republic of Germany ( Agents : Ernst Roder and Bernd
Kloke ), against Commission of the European Communities             Infringement of the right to be heard : the Commission did
                                                                    not make available to Niedersachsen or the Federal
 ( Agents : Peter Oliver and Maria Patakia ) — application for
suspension of operation of the decisions or acts comprised          Republic of Germany the observations submitted by
or referred to in the Commission circular of 2 May 1996             competitors of Jadekost which apparently influenced the
                                                                    Commission 's decision .
inviting applications for Commission funding of measures
to assist the elderly and in the Commission circular received
by the United Kingdom authorities on 15 May 1 996 inviting          Breach of essential procedural requirements ( Article 173 ,
applications for Commission funding of measures to                  second paragraph, of the EC Treaty ): the Commission's
combat poverty and social exclusion, or for interim                 investigation of the facts was inadequate and its account of
measures — the President of the Court made an order on              them in the decision is inaccurate .