CELEX: C1995/087/18
Language: en
Date: 1995-04-08 00:00:00
Title: JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (First Chamber) of 21 February 1995 in Case T-29/92: Vereniging van Samenwerkende Prijsregelende Organisaties in de Bouwnijverheid and Others v. Commission of the European Communities (Competition - Non-existent measure - Decisions of associations of undertakings - Complex rules and regulations - Infringement - Effect on trade between Member States - Exemption - Fines)

No C 87/8            ΓΕΝ                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                       8 . 4 . 95
 Article 1 of Regulation (EEC ) No 2241/87, not only to                     Removal from the register of Case C-146/94 ( )
 diligently to take all control measures necessary in order to                                    ( 95/C 87/16 )
ensure compliance with the rules in force but also to take
penal or administrative action against those responsible for
infringement of those rules. At no time have the French                By order of 8 February 1995 the President of the Fifth
authorities claimed that France has discharged its                     Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European
obligations in the matter.                                             Communities ordered the removal from the register of Case
                                                                       C-146/94: Commission of the European Communities v.
 (!) OJ No L 207, 29 . 7. 1987, p. 1 .                                 Hellenic Republic.
 (2 ) OJ No L 378 , 31 . 12 . 1990, p. 1 .
 (3 ) OJ No L 367, 31 . 12 . 1991 , p. 1 .                             (!) OJ No C 202 , 23 . 7. 1994 .
       Removal from the register of Case C-115/94 ( )
                             ( 95/C 87/15 )
                                                                            Removal from the register of Case C-203/94 ( )
By order of 1 February 1995 the President of the Court of                                         ( 95/C 87/17)
Justice of the European Communities ordered the removal
from the register of Case C-115/94: Commission of the                  By order of 3 February 1995 the President of the Court of
European Communities v. Hellenic Republic.                            Justice of the European Communities ordered the removal
                                                                       from the register of Case C-203/94: French Republic v.
(M OJ No C 161 , 11 . 6. 1994 .                                        Commission of the European Communities.
                                                                       (!) OJ No C 254 , 10 . 9 . 1994 .
                                                     COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                              Haarlem-Bollenstreek,           established    in    Heemstede,
                          (First Chamber)                             Netherlands, Aannemersvereniging Veluwe en Zuidelijke
                                                                      Ijsselmeerpolders, established in Apeldoorn, Netherlands,
                      of 21 February 1995                             Combinatie van Aannemers in het Noorden, established in
in Case T-29/92: Vereniging van Samenwerkende                         Leeuwarden,        Netherlands,          Vereniging     Centrale
Prijsregelende Organisaties in de Bouwnijverheid and                  Prijsregeling Kabelwerken, established in Leeuwarden,
  Others v. Commission of the European Communities (*)                Netherlands, Delftse Aannemers Vereniging, established in
(Competition — Non-existent measure — Decisions of                    Rotterdam, Netherlands, Economisch Nationaal Verbond
associations of undertakings — Complex rules and                      van Aannemers van Sloopwerken, established in Utrecht,
regulations — Infringement — Effect on trade between                  Netherlands, Aannemersvereniging 'Gouda en Omstreken',
           Member States — Exemption — Fines)                         established in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Gelderse
                                                                      Aannemers Vereniging inzake Aanbestedingen, established
                            ( 95/C 87/18 )                            in Arnhem, Netherlands, Gooise Aannemers Vereniging,
                (Language of the case: Dutch)                         established in Huizen, Netherlands, 's-Gravenhaagse
                                                                      Aannemers Vereniging, established in The Hague,
In Case T-29/92 : Vereniging van Samenwerkende                        Netherlands, Leidse Aannemersvereniging, established in
Prijsregelende Organisaties in de Bouwnijverheid,                     Leiden, Netherlands, Vereniging Markeer Aannemers
established in Amersfoort, Netherlands, Amsterdamse                   Combinatie, established in Tilburg, Netherlands,
Aannemers Vereniging, established in Amsterdam,                       Nederlandse    Aannemers-          en  Patroonsbond    voor      de
Netherlands, Algemene Aannemersvereniging voor                        Bouwbedrijven, established in Dordrecht, Netherlands,
Waterbouwkundige Werken, established in Utrecht,                      Noordhollandse           Aannemers          Vereniging       voor
Netherlands, Aannemersvereniging van Boorondernemers                  Waterbouwkundige Werken, established in Amsterdam,
en Buizenleggers, established in Soest, Netherlands,                  Netherlands, Oostnederlandse-Vereniging-Aanbestedings­
Aannemersvereniging Velsen, Beverwijk en Omstreken,                   Regeling, established in Delden, Netherlands, Provinciale
established in Velsen, Netherlands, Aannemers Vereniging              Vereniging van Bouwbedrijven in Groningen en Drenthe,
 ---pagebreak--- 8 . 4 . 95            EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No C 87/9
established in Groningen, Netherlands, Rotterdamse                    Brautigam and G. Houttuin), supported by Commission of
Aannemersvereniging,          established     in     Rotterdam,       the European Communities (Agent: X. Lewis) —
Netherlands, Aannemersvereniging 'de Rijnstreek',                     application pursuant to Article 173 of the EEC Treaty for
established in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Stichting                      annulment of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3814/92 of
Aanbestedingsregeling           van     de     Samenwerkende          28 December 1992 amending Regulation (EEC)
Bouwbedrijven in Friesland, established in Leeuwarden,                No 1785/81 and introducing application in Spain of the
Netherlands, Samenwerkende Prijsregelnd Vereniging                    sugar sector prices provided for by that Regulation (2 ) and
Nijmegen en Omstreken, established in Nijmegen,                       for damages under Article 178 and the second paragraph of
Netherlands, Samenwerkende Patroons Verenigingen in de                Article 215 of the EEC Treaty, — the Court of First Instance
Boouwbedrijven Noor-Holland-Noord, established in                     (First Chamber), composed of R. Schintgen, President, R.
Alkmaar, Netherlands, Utrechtse Aannemers Vereniging,                 Garcfa-Valdecasas, H. Kirschner, B. Vesterdorf and C. W.
established in Utrecht, Netherlands, Vereniging                       Bellamy, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, gave a judgment on
Wegenbouw         Aannemers         Combinatie       Nederland,       21 February 1995 , in which it:
established in Zeist, Netherlands, and Zuid Nederlandse
Aannemers Vereniging, established in Heeze, Netherlands,              1 . dismisses the application as inadmissible in so far as it
represented by Louis H. van Lennep, of the Hague Bar, and                  seeks annulment of Council Regulation (EEC)
Erik H. Pijnacker Hordijk, of the Amsterdam Bar, with an                   No 3814/92 of 28 December 1992 amending
address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of Luc                   Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and introducing
Frieden, 6, Avenue Guillaume v. Commission of the                          application in Spain of the sugar sector prices provided
European Communities (Agents: Berend J. Drijber, and P.                    for by that Regulation;
Glazener) — application for a declaration that Commission
Decision 92/204/EEC of 5 February 1992 relating to a
proceeding pursuant to Article 85 of the EEC Treaty                   2. dismisses the application as unfounded in so far as it
(IV/31.572 and 32.571 — Building and Construction                          seeks damages;
Industry in the Netherlands (2 ) is non-existent or,
alternatively, for a declaration that it is void — the Court of       3 . orders the applicants to pay their own costs and jointly
First Instance (First Chamber), composed of R. Schintgen,                  and severally to bear the costs incurred by the
President of the Chamber, H. Kirschner, B. Vesterdorf, K.                  Council;
Lenaerts and C. W. Bellamy, Judges; Registrar, H. Jung,
gave a judgment on 21 February 1995 , in which it:                    4 . orders the Commission to bear its own costs.
1 . dismisses the application;
                                                                      (!) OJ No C 135 , 14 . 5 . 1993 .
                                                                      (2 ) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12 . 1992 , p. 7.
2 . orders the applicants jointly and severally to pay the
     costs, including those relating to the application for
     interim measures.
(M OJ No C 142 , 4 . 6 . 1992 .
(2 ) OJ No L 92, 7. 4. 1992, p. 1 .
                                                                       JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                                                                                             of 7 March 1995
                                                                      in Joined Cases T-432/93, T-433/93 and T-434/93 :
                                                                      Sociedade de Curtumes a Sul do Tejo, Ld, and Others v.
 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                                     Commission of the European Communities C )
                        (First Chamber)
                                                                       (European Social Fund — Decision reducing the amount of
                     of 21 February 1995                              financial assistance — Application for annulment —
in Case T-4 72/93 : Campo Ebro Industrial SA and Others v.            Non-existence — Admissibility — Breach of an essential
             Council of the European Union ( x )                                         procedural requirement)
(Action for annulment — Regulation — Alignment of the                                            ( 95/C 87/20
price of sugar in Spain with the common price — No
compensation for producers ofisoglucose — Admissibility                            (Language of the case: Portuguese)
— Action for damages — Legislative measure involving
                 choices of economic policy)                          In Joined Cases T-432/93 , T-433/93 and T-434/93 : Socurte
                          ( 95/C 87/19                                (Sociedade de Curtumes a Sul do Tejo, Ld ), Quavi
                                                                      ( Revestimentos de Cortiga, Ld), and Stec ( Sociedade
               (Language of the case: English)                        Transformadora di Carnes, Ld), established at Pau
                                                                      Queimado, Portugal, represented by Carlos Botelho Moniz
In Case T-472/93 : Campo Ebro Industrial, SA, Levantina               and Antonio Magalhaes Cardoso, of the Lisbon Bar, with an
Agricola Industrial, SA, and Cerestar Iberica, SA, companies          address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of Guy
established under Spanish law, represented by Paul                    Harles, 8—10 Rue Mathias Hardt, against Commission of
Glazener, of the Rotterdam Bar, with an address for service           the European Communities (Agents: N. Khan and F. de
in Luxembourg at the Chambers of Marc Loesch, 1 1 Rue                 Sousa Fialho ) — application for a declaration that the
Goethe, against Council of the European Union (Agents: A.             Decision by which the Commission reduced the amount of