CELEX: C2000/192/27
Language: en
Date: 2000-07-08 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 May 2000 in Case T-121/99: Sean Irving v Commission of the European Communities (Officials — Disciplinary measures — Removal from post — Time-limits for proceedings — Rights of the defence)

C 192/16               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                           8.7.2000
                                                         COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
     JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                              Nederlanden, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the
                                                                          Chambers of Aloyse May, 398 Route d’Esch, supported
                         of 16 May 2000                                   by Government of Aruba, represented by P.V.F. Bos and
                                                                          M.M. Slotboom, of the Rotterdam Bar, with an address for
in Case T-121/99: Sean Irving v Commission of the                         service in Luxembourg at the chambers of Loesch and Wolter,
                   European Communities (1)                               11 Rue Goethe, against Council of the European Union (Agents
                                                                          J. Huber and G. Houttuin), supported by Commission of the
                                                                          European Communities, (Agent T. van Rijn), Kingdom of Spain
(Officials — Disciplinary measures — Removal from post                    (Agent M. López-Monis Gallego) and French Republic (Agent:
     — Time-limits for proceedings — Rights of the defence)               C. Chavance) — application for partial suspension of the
                                                                          operation of Council Decision 97/803/EC of 24 November
                         (2000/C 192/27)                                  1997 amending at mid-term Decision 91/482/EEC on the
                                                                          association of the overseas countries and territories with the
                                                                          European Economic Community (OJ 1997 L 329 p. 50) —
                   (Language of the case: English)                        the President of the Court of First Instance of the European
                                                                          Communities has made an order on 6 April 2000, the
In Case T-121/99: Sean Irving, a former official of the                   operative part of which is as follows:
Commission, represented by N. Butler, Barrister, and J.
McGuill, Solicitor, with an address for service in Luxembourg             1. It is unnecessary to give a decision on the application for interim
at the Chambers of S. Le Goueff, 9 Avenue Guillaume v                         measures.
Commission of the European Communities (Agent: J. Currall)
— application for annulment of the decisions of the Com-                  2. Costs are reserved.
mission of 16 July 1998 removing the applicant from his post
and of 26 February 1999 rejecting the complaint lodged by
the applicant against the first decision — the Court (Third
Chamber), composed of: K. Lenaerts, President, J. Azizi and
M. Jaeger, Judges; B. Pastor, Principal Administrator, for the
Registrar, has given a judgment on 16 May 2000, in which it:
1. Dismisses the application;                                             ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST
                                                                                                      INSTANCE
2. Orders the parties to bear their own costs.
                                                                                                   of 6 April 2000
( 1) OJ C 226 of 7.8.1999.
                                                                          in Case T-44/98 R II Emesa Sugar (Free Zone) NV v
                                                                                  Commission of the European Communities
                                                                          (Association regime for overseas countries and territories —
                                                                          Decisions 91/482/EEC and 97/803/EC — Regulation (EC)
                                                                                No 2553/97 — Proceedings for interim measures)
ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST
                           INSTANCE
                                                                                                   (2000/C 192/29)
                         of 6 April 2000
                                                                                             (Language of the case: Dutch)
in Case T-43/98 R II Emesa Sugar (Free Zone) NV v
                Council of the European Union                             In Case T-44/98 R II, Emesa Sugar (Free Zone) NV, established
                                                                          at Oranjestad (Aruba), represented by G. van der Wal, Advo-
(Association regime for overseas countries and territories —              cate with a right of audience before the Hoge Raad der
Decisions 91/482/EEC and 97/803/EC — Proceedings for                      Nederlanden, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the
      interim measures — Unnecessary to give a decision)                  Chambers of Aloyse May, 398 Route d’Esch, supported
                                                                          by Government of Aruba, represented by P.V.F. Bos and
                         (2000/C 192/28)                                  M.M. Slotboom, of the Rotterdam Bar, with an address for
                                                                          service in Luxembourg at the chambers of Loesch and
                                                                          Wolter, 11 Rue Goethe, against Commission of the European
                    (Language of the case: Dutch)                         Communities, (Agent T. van Rijn), supported by Council of
                                                                          the European Union (Agents J. Huber and G. Houttuin),
In Case T-43/98 R II, Emesa Sugar (Free Zone) NV, established             Kingdom of Spain (Agent M. López-Monis Gallego) and French
at Oranjestad (Aruba), represented by G. van der Wal, Advo-               Republic (Agent: C. Chavance) — application, first, for suspen-
cate with a right of audience before the Hoge Raad der                    sion of the operation of the Commission Decision of