CELEX: C2002/156/35
Language: en
Date: 2002-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 January 2002 in Case T-174/00: Biret International SA v Council of the European Union (Substances having a hormonal action — Directive 88/146/EEC — Action for damages — Period of limitation)

29.6.2002              EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                          C 156/19
    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                                   JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                       of 11 January 2002                                                        of 11 January 2002
in Case T-174/00: Biret International SA v Council of the                 in Case T-210/00: Etablissements Biret et Cie. SA v
                       European Union (1)                                                Council of the European Union (1)
(Substances having a hormonal action — Directive 88/146/                  (Substances having a hormonal action — Directive 88/146/
     EEC — Action for damages — Period of limitation)                          EEC — Action for damages — Period of limitation)
                         (2002/C 156/35)                                                           (2002/C 156/36)
                   (Language of the case: French)                                            (Language of the case: English)
In Case T-174/00: Biret International SA, a company in                    In Case T-210/00, Établissements Biret et Cie SA, established
judicial liquidation, established in Paris, represented in these          in Paris (France), represented by S. Rodrigues, lawyer, with an
proceedings by M. de Thoré, liquidator, and by S. Rodrigues,              address for service in Luxembourg, v Council of the European
lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg, against                Union (Agents: J. Carbery and F. P. Ruggeri Laderchi), support-
Council of the European Union (Agents: J. Carbery and                     ed by Commission of the European Communities (Agents:
F.P. Ruggeri Laderchi), supported by Commission of the                    T. Christoforou and A. Bordes): Application under Article 178
European Communities (Agents: T. Christoforou and A. Bor-                 of the EC Treaty (now Article 235 EC) and the second
des) — application under Article 178 of the EC Treaty (now                paragraph of Article 215 of the EC Treaty (now the second
Article 235 EC) and the second paragraph of Article 215 of                paragraph of Article 288 EC) for compensation for the damage
the EC Treaty (now the second paragraph of Article 288 EC)                allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result of its subsidiary,
for compensation for the damage allegedly suffered by the                 Biret International SA, being placed in judicial liquidation
applicant as a result of the prohibition on the importation into          following the prohibition on the importation into the Com-
the Community of beef and veal treated with certain hormones              munity of beef and veal treated with certain hormones,
— the Court of First Instance (First Chamber), composed of                the Court of First Instance (First Chamber), composed of:
B. Vesterdorf, President, N.J. Forwood and H. Legal, Judges;              B. Vesterdorf, President, N.J. Forwood and H. Legal, Judges;
J. Palacio González, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given         J. Palacio González, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given
a judgment on 11 January 2002, in which it:                               a judgment on 11 January 2002, in which it:
1.    Dismisses the action as being partly inadmissible and for the       1.    Dismisses the action as being partly inadmissible and for the
      rest unfounded;                                                           rest unfounded;
2.    Orders the applicant to pay, in addition to its own costs, those    2.    Orders the applicant to pay, in addition to its own costs, those
      incurred by the Council. The Commission shall pay its own                 incurred by the Council. The Commission shall pay its own
      costs.                                                                    costs.
(1) OJ C 285 of 7.10.2000.                                                (1) OJ C 302 of 21.10.2000.