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Det må fastslås, at Langnese-Iglo ikke i tilstrækkelig grad har angivet, hvilke præmisser der sigtes til i den anfægtede dom.
In that respect, its states, the judgment of the Court of First Instance was based on a misinterpretation of the scope of Article 4 of the contested decision.
Det fremgår af Rettens ovenfor anførte bemærkninger, at meddelelsen af en administrativ skrivelse ikke kan medføre, at Kommissionen herefter skulle være afskåret fra at tage hensyn til et faktisk forhold, når dette allerede forelå inden den administrative skrivelses meddelelse, men først senere var blevet bragt til
In that connection, it must be borne in mind in the first place that, pursuant to Article 48(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, no new plea in law may be introduced in the course of proceedings unless it is based on
Kommissionen har, støttet af Mars, anført, at den af Retten anlagte fortolkning af artikel 3 i forordning nr. 17 er retlig fejlagtig.
Consequently, the cross-appeal must be dismissed as inadmissible.
Virksomheden har herved anført, at Retten i den anfægtede doms præmis 209 fastslog, at artikel 4 i den omtvistede beslutning tilsidesætter dette princip, idet denne bestemmelse afskar visse virksomheder fra fremover at blive berettiget efter forordning nr. 1984/83, mens Langnese-Iglo's konkurrenter kunne udnytte den fordel, de opnåede ved denne forordning.
In those circumstances, it is unnecessary to examine the cross-appeal since it is based on the hypothesis that the legality of Article 4 of the contested decision should be assessed on the basis of the scope attributed to it by the
Efter Kommissionens opfattelse har Retten derfor i sin dom vedrørende dette spørgsmål anlagt en fejlagtig fortolkning af den omtvistede beslutnings artikel 4.
Dismisses the cross-appeal by the Commission of the European Communities;
Det findes under disse omstændigheder ikke fornødent at behandle kontraappellen, for så vidt den støttes på, at lovligheden af den omtvistede artikel 4 burde vurderes således, at bestemmelsen har den af Kommissionen for Domstolen påståede rækkevidde.
Orders Langnese-Iglo GmbH, the Commission of the European Communities and Mars GmbH to bear their own costs. '
Retten fastslog i præmis 205, at artikel 3 i forordning nr. 17 kun giver Kommissionen
Advocate General D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer delivered his Opinion at the sitting of the Fifth Chamber on 13 November 1997.
Kontraappellen kan følgelig ikke fremmes til realitetsbehandles.
(1) Declare the appeal in admissible in part and dismiss the admissible pleas;
Det hedder i domskonklusionen:
(2) Dismiss the cross-appeal.
GmbH's appel forkastes.
(EAGGF — Clearance of accounts — 1992 and 1993 — Beef and veal) (Fifth Chamber)
Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskabers kontraappel afvises.
Until 1989, there was a system of automatic intervention buying when prices fell below certain thresholds, with the result that very large quantities were purchased by the intervention agencies at prices exceeding the market price.
Langnese-Iglo GmbH, Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber og Mars GmbH bærer hver deres omkostninger.*
In order to remedy that unsatisfactory situation, the system was reformed in 1989.
Generaladvokat D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer fremsatte forslag til afgørelse i retsmødet fFemte Afdeling) den 13. november 1997.
In response to the Commission's argument that the competent national authorities should have intervened in order to stop such practices, the United Kingdom authorities objected that Commission Regulation (EEC) No 859/89 of 29 March 1989 laying down detailed rules for the application of intervention measures in the beef and veal sector did not authorise them to intervene where tenders were made by separate legal entities.
»1) delvis at afvise appellen og at forkaste den for så vidt angår de anbringender, der kan admitteres
Between 1990 and 1992, as a result of a combination of various circumstances (mad cow disease (BSE), the reunification of Germany, the Gulf War, developments in relations with Eastern Europe, etc.), the Community beef market underwent an unprecedented crisis which, as from the financial year 1991, led to a consistent increase in Community budgetary expenditure.
2) at forkaste Kommissionens påstand om ophævelse af den appellerede dom«.
According to the Commission, a number of undertakings had submitted several tenders in the context of a single tender procedure.
Sag C-209/96 Det Forenede Kongerige Storbritannien og Nordirland / Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber Landbrug
By its first plea in law, the United Kingdom Government submits that the practice of accepting tenders from any legal entity during the relevant period was lawful.
»EUGFL — regnskabsafslutning (Femte Afdeling)
The last sentence of Article 9(2) of Regulation No 859/89 merely provides that interested parties may submit one tender only per category in response to each invitation to tender.
Indtil 1989 gjaldt der en ordning med automatisk interventionsopkøb, når priserne faldt under bestemte tærskler, hvilket havde til følge, at interventionsorganerne opkøbte meget betydelige mængder oksekød til priser, der lå over markedspriserne.
Offers were not necessarily made by limited compames but sometimes individuals involved in the running of companies which themselves had made offers.
For at afhjælpe dette forhold blev der i 1989 indført en reform.
Offers made by connected persons and/or companies had slightly different prices which would indicate an element of speculation.
Ved stævning indleveret til Domstolens Justitskontor den 19. juni 1996 har Det Forenede Kongerige nedlagt påstand om delvis annullation af Kommissionens beslutning 96/311/EF af 10. april 1996 om afslutning af medlemsstaternes regnskaber over de udgifter for regnskabsåret 1992, der finansieres af Den Europæiske Udviklings- og Garantifond for Landbruget (EUGFL), Garantisektionen, samt visse udgifter for regnskabsåret 1993 (EFT L 117, s. 19, herefter »den anfægtede beslutning«), i det omfang den indebærer, at en udgift på 3 356 000 GBP, afholdt af Det Forenede Kongerige for interventionsopkøb af oksekød, regnskabsåret 1992, ikke kan finansieres af EUGFL.
It is only since the entry into force of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93 of 1 September 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation No 805/68 as regards the general and special intervention measures for beef that the Community rules have contained provisions on interconnections
Kommissionens forordning (EØF) nr. 859/89 af 29. marts 1985 om gennemførelsesbestemmelser for interventionsforanstaltninger for oksekød ikke bemyndigede dem til at gribe ind, når buddene hidrørte fra selvstændige juridiske personer.
between tenderers. To uphold the interpretation of Article 9(2) of Regulation No 859/89 suggested by the Commission would be tantamount to applying Article 11 of Regulation No 2456/93 retroactively.
På grund af et sammenfald af forskellige forhold (sygdommen kogalskab (BSE), Tysklands forening, Golf-krigen, udviklingen i forholdet til Østeuropa osv.) blev Fællesskabets marked for oksekød fra 1990 til 1992 ramt af en krise uden fortilfælde, som fra regnskabsåret 1991 førte til stadig stigende budgetudgifter for Fællesskabet.
of the market by the Community authorities likely to result in the purchase of excessive quantities of beef and veal, possibly at higher prices.
Anbringendet om lovligheden af den i Det Forenede Kongerige fulgte praksis
In so doing, it established the probability that harm was caused to the Community budget.
Kommissionen har fundet det godtgjort, at nogle virksomheder begyndte at indgive flere bud i den samme licitation. Kommissionen anførte således følgende i sin sammenfattende rapport for regnskabsåret 1992:
The Commission cannot be required to do more than that, since it cannot carry out the systematic checks and since analysis of the current state of a given market depends on information gathered by the Member States.
»Det Forenede Kongerige
Insufficient statement of reasons in the contested decision
Det Forenede Kongeriges regering har med sit første anbringende gjort gældende, at det var berettiget, at Det Forenede Kongerige fulgte den praksis, at enhver juridisk person kunne byde ved gennemførelse af licitationsprocedurer i den pågældende periode.
That evidence contained in the EAGGFs 1992 Summary Report was such as to give rise to serious suspicions that the prohibition on tenderers submitting more than one tender per category in response to each invitation to tender had been circumvented by the use of other names in order to disguise the fact that the tenders in actual fact emanated from a single operator.
I 1991 og 1992 havde de britiske myndigheder ikke hjemmel til at afvise bud fra selvstændige juridiske personer under henvisning til, at de ikke var uafhængige af en anden bydende.
In view of the division of powers between the Community and the Member States in the field of the common agricultural policy, those were matters which called for inspection and investigation by the latter.
EUGFL's undersøgelser af underskrifter, navne, adresser, bankkontonumre, telefonnumre osv. førte hurtigt til den konklusion, at (...) de bydende havde gjort meget lidt for at skjule deres indbyrdes relationer, og at interventionsorganet måtte have været fuldt ud klar over, hvad der foregik allerede tidligt i forløbet.
By its third plea in law, the United Kingdom Government claims that the Commission did not put forward sufficient reasons to support its conclusion that connected offers either allowed the manipulation by tenderers of the intervention procedures or led to a higher level of interventions by the national authorities.
I artikel 9, stk. 2, andet punktum, i forordning nr. 859/89 bestemmes det alene, at de pågældende kun kan indgive ét bud pr. kategori og licitation. Denne bestemmelses ordlyd kan derfor ikke anvendes som grundlag for den af Kommissionen anlagte fortolkning, hvorefter de bydende på grund af en forskellig betydning af ordene pågældende og bydende kun kan indgive ét bud i forbindelse med en licitation, når de tilhører samme koncern.
By failing to carry out such inquiries, the United Kingdom failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 8(1) of Council Regulation No 729/70 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (see Case C-2/93 Exportslachterijen van Oordegem ν Belgische Dienst voor Bedrijfsleven en Landbouw [1994] ECR 1-2283, paragraphs 16 to 18).
Bud fra relaterede personer og/eller firmaer havde meget lidt varierende priser, hvilket tyder på et element af spekulation. Det blev også konstateret, at bydende nogle gange bad om at få deres betaling overført til en tredjepart.
It is sufficient to point out that decisions concerning the clearance of accounts do not require detailed reasons if they are taken on the basis either of summary reports or of any correspondence between the Member State and the Commission, which implies that the government concerned was closely involved in the process by which the decision came about and is therefore aware of the reason for which the Commission considers that it must not charge the sums in dispute to the EAGGF.
Det er først fra ikrafttrædelsen af Kommissionens forordning (EØF) nr. 2456/93 af 1 . september 1993 om gennemførelsesbestemmelser til forordning nr. 805/68 for så vidt angår de generelle og de særlige interventionsforanstaltningerforoksekød, at fællesskabsretten indeholder bestemmelser om forholdene mellem de bydende.
That provision imposes on the Member States the general obligation to take the measures necessary to satisfy themselves that the transactions financed by the EAGGF are actually carried out and are executed correctly, even if the specific Community act does not expressly provide for the adoption of particular supervisory measures.
Gennem undersøgelserne af licitationsprocedurerne kunne EUGFL let og hurtigt fastslå, at omkring en tredjedel af de af interventionsorganet accepterede bud havde relation til andre bud (...).«
In the present case, the reasons on which the Commission's rejection is based are given in the 1992 Summary Report. Moreover, the Commission informed the United Kingdom Government of the criticisms it was making after having carried out its checks in 1992.
Ifølge Kommissionen var disse former for praksis udtrykkelig forbudt ved den for området gældende fællesskabsordning og totalt uforenelig med interventionsordningens formål.
By its second plea in law, the United Kingdom Government claims that, in its summary report, the Commission did not give a single example where the acceptance of connected offers resulted in harm to the EAGGF.
Under hensyn til kompetencefordelingen mellem Fællesskabet og medlemsstaterne på området for den fælles landbrugspolitik kræver de nævnte indicier, at sidstnævnte foretager undersøgelser og kontrol.
The Commission indicated how it was possible for the unlawful conduct of the United Kingdom tenderers to have led to an erroneous assessment
Anbringendet om utilstrækkelig begrundelse af den anfægtede beslutning
Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to pay the costs.'
Anbringendet om, at EUGFL ikke har lidt et tab
He proposed that the Court should:
En sådan utilstrækkelig begrundelse er i strid med EF-traktatens artikel 190.
(1) dismiss the application;
Kommissionen har begrænset sig til at fremføre en teoretisk fortolkning af situationen, således som den var forløbet.
(2) order the United Kingdom to pay the costs.
Den har herved godtgjort
Beef and veal — Cereals)
I den foreliggende sag fremgår Kommissionens begrundelse for afslaget af den sammenfattende rapport for regnskabsåret 1992.
(EAGGF - Clearance of accounts - 1992 and 1993 (Fifth Chamber)
Desuden har Kommissionen efter at have foretaget sin kontrol i 1992 meddelt Det Forenede Kongeriges regering sine kritikpunkter.
The financial correction in respect of intervention measures in the beef and veal sector
Det hedder i domskonklusionen:
(See the facts in Case C-209/96, with the following particular features concerning the applicant)
»1) Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber frifindes.
According to the Commission, a number of undertakings had submitted several tenders in the context of a single tender procedure.
Generaladvokat S. Alber fremsatte forslag til afgørelse i retsmødet (Femte Afdeling') den 24. marts 1998.
The EAGGF concludes that Ofival, the competent paying agency, must have been fully
Han foreslog Domstolen at træffe følgende afgørelse:
The correction in respect of intervention measures in the context of the public storage of cereals
»1) Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber frifindes.
The submission that the national management and control system was in accordance with Community legislation
Sag C-232/96 Den Franske Republik / Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber Landbrug
According to the Commission, those practices were expressly prohibited by the applicable Community rules and totally incompatible with the purpose of the intervention scheme.
— regnskabsårene 1992 og 1993 oksekød — korn*
Next, the improvements announced by the French authorities were not introduced until 1993, so that the irregularities found by the Commission during 1992 must be considered to have been established.
»EUGFL — regnskabsafslutning (Femte Afdeling) følgende i sin sammenfattende rapport for regnskabsåret 1992:
In response to the Commission's argument that the competent national authorities should have intervened in order to stop such practices, the French authorities objected that Commission Regulation (EEC) No 859/89 of 29 March 1989 laying down detailed rules for the application of intervention measures in the beef and veal sector did not authorise them to intervene where tenders were made by separate legal entities.
Den finansielle korrektion med hensyn til interventionsforanstaltninger inden for oksekødssektoren
By its first plea in law, the French Government submits that the practice of accepting tenders from any legal entity during the relevant period was lawful.
EUGFL konkluderer, at Ofival (det kompetente udbetalende organ) må have været fuldt ud klar over, at mange af buddene stod i forbindelse med hinanden, men der blev ikke gjort en indsats for at forhindre accept af disse bud, enten ved at afvise dem eller ved at gøre Kommissionens tjenestegrene opmærksomme på det potentielle misbrug. Ydermere mener EUGFL også, at de priser og mængder, der blev tilbudt af disse indbyrdes forbundne firmaer, tyder på et element af prisspekulation.
Finally, so før as concerns the measures required by the Commission but which are not provided for by the legislation in force, it need only be observed that Article 8(1) of Regulation No 729/70, which defines the principles according to which the Community and the Member States must ensure the implementation of Community decisions on agricultural intervention financed by the EAGGF and combat fraud and irregularities in relation to those operations, imposes on the Member States the general obligation to take the measures necessary to satisfy themselves that the transactions financed by the EAGGF are actually carried out and are executed correctly, even if the specific Community art does not expressly provide for the adoption of particular supervisory measures.
Endelig tyder overførslen af overleverancer til andre firmaers kontrakter (hvilket kun blev opdaget af EUGFL, hvor der var lavet administrative og/eller regnskabsmæssige fejl, og som normalt ville være forblevet uopdaget), på bevidst omgåelse af reglerne for ikke-betaüng af overleverancer og inddragelse af sikkerhedsstillelser ved underleverancer.«
By its second and third pleas in law, the French Government alleges that the Commission's demonstration of the interest which traders might have in submitting multiple tenders is of a purely theoretical nature, bearing no relation to the submission of multiple tenders.
Kommissionen anførte således
(See Case C209/96)
(Jf. sag C-209/96)
1 October 1998
Anbringendet om, at EUGFL ikke har lidt et tab, og anbringendet om tilsidesættelse af proportionalitetsprincippet
(See the facts in Case C-209/96, with the following particular features concerning the applicant)
Med hensyn til de af Kommissionen krævede foranstaltninger er det tilstrækkeligt at bemærke - skønt de ikke er foreskrevet i de gældende bestemmelser — at artikel 8, stk. 1, i forordning nr. 729/70 fastlægger de principper, hvorefter Fællesskabet og medlemsstaterne skal gennemføre fællesskabsretlige afgørelser om foranstaltninger på landbrugsområdet, der finansieres af EUGFL, og bekæmpelse af misbrug og uregelmæssigheder i forbindelse med disse foranstaltninger. Den pålægger medlemsstaterne en generel forpligtelse til at træffe de nødvendige foranstaltninger for at sikre, at de af EUGFL finansierede foranstaltninger virkelig er blevet gennemført og på behørig måde, selv om den konkrete fællesskabsretsakt ikke udtrykkeligt foreskriver vedtagelse af denne eller hin kontrolforanstaltning.
By application lodged at the Court Registry on 9 July 1996, the Kingdom of Denmark brought an action for the annulment in part of Commission Decision 96/311/EC of 10 April 1996 on the clearance of the accounts presented by the Member States in respect of the expenditure for 1992 of the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and in respect of certain expenditure for 1993 ('the contested decision'), in so far as it refused to charge to the EAGGF DKR 26 867 909 declared by the Kingdom of Denmark in respect of 1991 and 1992 in the context of intervention purchases of beef and veal.
Korrektionen for interventionsforanstaltninger i
By linking names, addresses, telefax and telex numbers, securities and payments, the EAGGF established for every adjudication procedure examined that many individual offers originated from the same source.
Det hedder i domskonklusionen:
Invoices forwarded by the
Generaladvokat S. Alber fremsatte forslag til afgørelse i retsmødet (Femte Afdeling') den 24. marts 1998.
According to the Commission, those practices were expressly prohibited by the applicable Community rules and totally incompatible with the purpose of the intervention scheme.
Han foreslog Domstolen at træffe følgende afgørelse:
By its second plea in law, the Danish Government claims that the EAGGF suffered no harm.
»1) Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber frifindes.
(See Case C209/96)
Sag C-233/96 Kongeriget Danmark / Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber Landbrug
By its third plea in law, the Danish Government claims that the contested decision does not fulfil the requirement laid down in Article 190 of the EC Treaty that reasons be stated, since it does not make clear the reason for refusing to cover the costs.
— regnskabsårene
(See Case C-209/96, with the following particular features concerning the applicant)
»EUGFL — regnskabsafslutning (Femte Afdeling)
In the present case, the reasons on which the Commission's rejection is based are given in the 1991 Summary Report.
»Danmark
The Court:
(Jf. de faktiske omstændigheder i sag C-209/96, med følgende enkeltheder angående sagsøgeren)
Advocate General S. Alber delivered his Opinion at the sitting of the Fifth Chamber on 24 March 1998.
(Jf. sag C-209/96)
Case C-238/96 Ireland ν Commission of the European Communities Agriculture
Anbringendet om lovligheden af den i Danmark fulgte praksis
1 October 1998
Anbringendet om manglende begrundelse af den anfægtede beslutning
(EAGGF - Clearance of accounts - 1992 and 1993 - Beef and veal) (Fifth Chamber)
Den danske regering har med sit første anbringende gjort gældende, at det var berettiget, at Danmark fulgte den praksis, at enhver juridisk person kunne byde ved gennemførelse af licitationsprocedurer i den pågældende periode. I 1991 og 1992 havde de danske myndigheder ikke hjemmel til at afvise bud fra selvstændige juridiske personer under henvisning til, at de ikke var uafhængige af en anden bydende.
In this regard, it is sufficient to point out that decisions concerning the clearance of accounts do not require detailed reasons if they are taken on the basis either of summary reports or of any correspondence between the Member State and the Commission, which implies that the government concerned was closely involved in the process by which the decision came about and is therefore aware of the reason for which the Commission considers that it must not charge the sums in dispute to the EAGGF.
Den danske regering har med sit tredje anbringende gjort gældende, at den anfægtede beslutning ikke opfyldte kravene til begrundelse i EF-traktatens artikel 190, fordi det ikke klart fremgår, hvorfor Kommissionen ikke har anerkendt finansieringen af de omtvistede omkostninger.
By application lodged at the Court Registry on 10 July 1996, Ireland brought an action for the annulment in part of Commission Decision 96/311/EC of 10 April 1996 on the clearance of the accounts presented by the Member States in respect of the expenditure for 1992 of the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and in respect of certain expenditure for 1993 ('the contested decision'), in so far as it related to Ireland.
(Jf. sag C-209/96 med følgende enkeltheder angående sagsøgeren)
It is clear from the correspondence between the Commission and the national authorities that the Commission informed them of the weaknesses in the control system which, moreover, had already been mentioned in the 1991 Summary Report.
Anbringendet om, at EUGFL ikke har lidt et tab
Failure to assess the risks to the EAGGF
I den foreliggende sag fremgår Kommissionens begrundelse for afslaget af den sammenfattende rapport for regnskabsåret 1991.
The regulations concerning intervention purchases provide that only meat of a certain quality, deboned and packed to certain standards can be accepted into intervention.
Desuden har Kommissionen efter at have foretaget sin kontrol i 1992 meddelt den danske regering sine kritikpunkter.
In addition, the competent national authorities must carry out checks to ensure compliance with provisions requiring a specified result.