CELEX: C2000/335/78
Language: en
Date: 2000-11-25 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 20 September 2000 in Case T-203/99: Patrizia De Palma and Others v Commission of the European Communities (Officials — Leave for trade union purposes)

C 335/42                EN                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                     25.11.2000
                                                             COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                                  G. van der Wal, advocate before the Hoge Raad der Nederlan-
                                                                             den, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the
                      of 20 September 2000                                   Chambers of A. May, 398 Route d’Esch, and Free Trade Foods
                                                                             NV, established in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, represented
in Case T-203/99: Patrizia De Palma and Others v Com-                        by R. J. van Agteren and M. M. Slotboom, both of the Rotter-
          mission of the European Communities (1)                            dam Bar, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the
                                                                             Chambers of Messrs Loesch and Wolter, 11 Rue Goethe,
         (Officials — Leave for trade union purposes)                        supported by the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Agent: M. A. Fi-
                                                                             erstra) against Commission of the European Communities
                          (2000/C 335/78)                                    (Agents: T. van Rijn and C. Van der Hauwaert), supported by
                                                                             the Kingdom of Spain (Agent: N. Dı́az Abad) — application
                                                                             for an order suspending the operation of Commission Regu-
                    (Language of the case: French)                           lation (EC) No 465/2000 of 29 February 2000 introducing
                                                                             safeguard measures for imports from the overseas countries
In Case T-203/99: Patrizia De Palma, Jacqueline Escale, Claudi-              and territories of sugar sector products with EC/OCT cumu-
ne Hamptaux and Harry Wood, officials of the Commission of                   lation of origin (OJ 2000 L 56, p. 39), or any other form of
the European Communities, residing in Brussels, represented                  interim measure of such a kind as to safeguard the applicants’
by Carlos Mourato, of the Brussels Bar, with an address for                  interests — the President of the Court of First Instance made
service at the office of Gestion Fiduciaire SARL, 2-4 Rue Beck,              an order on 12 July 2000 the operative part of which is as
against Commission of the European Communities (Agents:                      follows:
G. Valsesia and J. Currall) — application for the annulment of
Commission’s decision of 23 September 1998 refusing to                       1.    Cases T-94/00 R and T-110/00 R are joined for the purposes
grant the aplicants’ request for special leave for trade union                     of the present order.
purposes — the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber),
composed of V. Tiili, President, R.M. Moura Ramos and                        2.    The operation of Commission Regulation (EC) No 465/2000
P. Mengozzi, Judges; J. Palacio González, Administrator, for                      of 29 February 2000 introducing safeguard measures for
the Registrar, gave a judgment on 20 September 2000, in                            imports from the overseas countries and territories of sugar
which it:                                                                          sector products with EC/OCT cumulation of origin is suspended
                                                                                   in respect of each of the applicants.
1.    annuls the decision of the Commission of 23 September 1998
      refusing to grant the aplicants’ request for special leave for trade   3.    The Commission shall determine, up to an amount not
      union purposes.                                                              exceeding 4995 tonnes, the volume of sugar sector products
                                                                                   with EC/OCT cumulation of origin which may be imported
2.    orders the Commission to pay the costs.                                      into the Community until 30 September 2000 by each of the
                                                                                   applicants and shall lay down the detailed rules to which
                                                                                   imports of those products are to be subject.
(1) OJ C 333 of 20.11.99.
                                                                             4.    Costs are reserved.
ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST
                             INSTANCE                                        ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST
                                                                                                           INSTANCE
                           of 12 July 2000
                                                                                                        of 20 July 2000
in Joined Cases T-94/00 R and T-110/00 R: Rica Foods
(Free Zone) NV and Free Trade Foods NV v Commission                          in Case T-149/00 R, Innova, Centro euromediterraneo per
                 of the European Communities                                 lo sviluppo sostenibile v Commission of the European
                                                                                                         Communities
(Proceedings for interim relief — Safeguard measures —
Sugar sector products with EC/OCT cumulation of origin —                             (Procedure for interim relief — No jurisdiction)
         Admissibility — Prima facie case — Urgency)
                                                                                                       (2000/C 335/80)
                          (2000/C 335/79)
                                                                                                  (Language of the case: French)
                    (Language of the case: Dutch)
                                                                             In Case T-149/00 R, Innova, Centro euromediterraneo per lo
In Joined Cases T-94/00 R and T-110/00 R, Rica Foods (Free                   sviluppo sostenibile, established in Calatafimi (Italy), represent-
Zone) NV, established in Oranjestad, Aruba, represented by                   ed by D. Fosselard, of the Brussels Bar, with an address for