CELEX: C1997/108/01
Language: en
Date: 1997-04-05 00:00:00
Title: JUDGMENT OF THE COURT of 4 February 1997 in Joined Cases C-71/95, C-155/95 and C-271/95: Kingdom of Belgium v. Commission of the European Communities, supported by the French Republic (Bananas - Common organization of the markets - Import quota - Accession of new Member States - Transitional measures)

5 . 4 . 97            EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 108/ 1
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                                               COURT OF JUSTICE
                                                         COURT OF JUSTICE
                JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                     arrangements for the import of bananas as a result of
                                                                          the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden for the
                      of 4 February 1997
                                                                          second quarter of 1995 ( OJ No L 49, 4 . 3 . 1995 ,
in Joined Cases C-71/95 , C-155/95 and C-271/95 :                         P- 18 ),
Kingdom of Belgium v. Commission of the European
     Communities, supported by the French Republic ( l )
                                                                      — in Case C-271 /95 , Commission Regulation ( EC )
(Bananas — Common organization of the markets —                           No 1219/95 of 30 May 1995 adopting transitional
Import quota — Accession of new Member States —                           measures for the application of the tariff quota
                     Transitional measures)                               arrangements for imports of bananas for the third
                         ( 97/C 108/01 )
                                                                          quarter of 1995 as a result of the accession of Austria,
                                                                          Finland and Sweden ( OJ No L 120, 31 . 5 . 1995 ,
                                                                          p. 20 ),
                 (Language of the case: Dutch)
                                                                      the Court, composed of: G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias,
                                                                      President, G. F. Mancini, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida
                                                                      ( Rapporteur) and J. L. Murray ( Presidents of Chambers ),
  (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be        P. J. G. Kapteyn, C. Gulmann, D. A. O. Edward, J. -P.
           published in the European Court Reports)                   Puissochet, G. Hirsch, P. Jann and H. Ragnemalm, Judges;
                                                                      M. B. Elmer, Advocate-General; D. Louterman-Hubeau,
                                                                      Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a
In Joined Cases C-71 /95 , C-155/95 and C-271 /95 :                   judgment on 4 February 1997, in which it:
Kingdom of Belgium (Agent: J. Devadder) v. Commission
of the European Communities (Agent: T. van Rijn ),
supported in Cases C-71/95 and C-155/95 by the French                 1 . dismisses the applications;
Republic ( Agents : C. de Salins and F. Pascal ) —
application for the annulment of:
                                                                      2 . orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs;
— in Case C-71 /95 , Commission Regulation ( EC )
      No 3303/94 of 21 December 1994 introducing                      3 . orders the French Republic, which intervened, to bear
      transitional measures for imports of bananas into                    its own costs .
      Austria, Finland and Sweden in the first quarter of
       1995 ( OJ No L 341 , 30 . 12 . 1994, p. 46 ),
                                                                      (') OJ No C 159, 24 . 6 . 1995 .
                                                                          OJ No C 208 , 12 . 8 . 1995 .
                                                                          OJ No C 286 , 28 . 10 . 1995
— in Case C-155/95, Commission Regulation ( EC )
       No 479/95 of 1 March 1995 introducing transitional
       measures for the application of the tariff quota