CELEX: C2003/275/70
Language: en
Date: 2003-11-15 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 September 2003 in Joined Cases T-309/01 and T-239/02: Peter Biegi Nahrungsmittel GmbH and Commonfood Handelsgesellschaft für Agrar-Produkte mbH v Commission of the European Communities (Subsequent accounting for import duties — Conditions — Article 220(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2193/92 — Detectable error — Duty of care — Regulation (EC) No 774/94 — Combined nomenclature — WTO tariff quotas)

15.11.2003             EN                        Official Journal of the European Union                                         C 275/43
                                                      COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                              Commonfood Handelsgesellschaft für Agrar-Produkte mbH,
                                                                         established in Langen (Germany), represented by K. Landry
                     of 17 September 2003                                and L. Harings, lawyers, v Commission of the European
                                                                         Communities (Agents: J.-C. Schieferer, R. Tricot, X. Lewis and
in Case T-137/01: Stadtsportverband Neuss eV v Com-                      M. Núñez-Müller): Application for, first, partial annulment of
          mission of the European Communities (1)                        Commission Decision C (2001) 2533 of 14 August 2001
                                                                         (REC 4/00), finding it appropriate to effect post-clearance
(Action for annulment — Eurathlon Programme — Com-                       recovery of import duties not charged to Peter Biegi Nahrungs-
munity financial assistance — Partial repayment — Obli-                  mittel GmbH in respect of the importation of poultry meat
gation to state reasons — Method of calculation — Limi-                  from Thailand during the period from 13 to 18 July 1995 and
            tation period — Ineligible expenditure)                      from 4 to 22 September 1995 (Case T-309/01), and, second,
                                                                         annulment of Commission Decision C (2002) 857 of 5 March
                         (2003/C 275/69)                                 2002 (REC 4/01), finding it appropriate to effect post-clearance
                                                                         recovery of import duties not charged to Commonfood
                  (Language of the case: German)                         Handelsgesellschaft für Agrar-Produkte mbH in respect of the
                                                                         importation of poultry meat from Thailand on 24 July 1995
                                                                         (Case T-239/02), the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber),
In Case T-137/01, Stadtsportverband Neuss eV, established in             composed of: V. Tiili, President, P. Mengozzi and M. Vilaras,
Neuss (Germany), represented by H.G. Hüsch and S. Schnelle,              Judges; I. Natsinas, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given
lawyers, v Commission of the European Communities (Agent:                a judgment on 17 September 2003, in which it:
J. Sack): Application for annulment of the Commission’s
decision of 9 April 2001 ordering partial repayment of                   1.    Dismisses the applications.
financial assistance granted to the applicant under the Eur-
athlon programme, the Court of First Instance (Fourth Cham-
                                                                         2.    Orders the applicants to pay the costs.
ber), composed of: V. Tiili, President, P. Mengozzi and
M. Vilaras, Judges; D. Christensen, Administrator, for the
Registrar, has given a judgment on 17 September 2003, in                 (1) OJ C 56 of 2.3.2002 and C 247 of 12.10.2002.
which it:
1.    Dismisses the application.
2.    Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 245 of 1.9.2001.
                                                                             JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                                                                                              of 18 September 2003
    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                                                                         in Case T-321/01: Internationaler Hilfsfonds eV v Com-
                                                                                   mission of the European Communities (1)
                     of 17 September 2003
in Joined Cases T-309/01 and T-239/02: Peter Biegi Nah-                  (Development cooperation — Community co-financing of
rungsmittel GmbH and Commonfood Handelsgesellschaft                      projects by NGOs — Ineligibility of an NGO — Rejection
für Agrar-Produkte mbH v Commission of the European                                        of co-financing applications)
                         Communities (1)
                                                                                                  (2003/C 275/71)
(Subsequent accounting for import duties — Conditions
— Article 220(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2193/92 —
Detectable error — Duty of care — Regulation (EC) No                                        (Language of the case: French)
 774/94 — Combined nomenclature — WTO tariff quotas)
                         (2003/C 275/70)
                                                                         In Case T-321/01, Internationaler Hilfsfonds eV, established in
                  (Language of the case: German)                         Rosbach (Germany), represented by H. Kaltenecker, lawyer, v
                                                                         Commission of the European Communities (Agents: M.-J.
                                                                         Jonczy and S. Fries): Application for annulment of the
In Joined Cases T-309/01 and T-239/02, Peter Biegi Nahrungs-             Commission’s decision of 16 October 2001 refusing appli-
mittel GmbH, established in Frankfurt am Main (Germany),                 cations for the co-financing of two projects submitted by the