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Document C2004/094/111

Judgment of the Court of First Instance 28 January 2004 in Joined Cases T-142/01 and T-283/01: Organización de Productores de Túnidos Congelados (OPTUC) v Commission of the European Communities

OB C 94, 17.4.2004, p. 38–38 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

17.4.2004   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 94/38


JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

28 January 2004

in Joined Cases T-142/01 and T-283/01: Organización de Productores de Túnidos Congelados (OPTUC) v Commission of the European Communities (1)

(Fisheries - Common organisation of the markets - Compensation for producers of tuna intended for the processing industry - Allocation between producers' organisations - Change of membership by producers - Effect on the allocation of the allowance - Legal basis - Principle of protection of legitimate expectations)

(2004/C 94/111)

Language of the case: Spanish

In Joined Cases T-142/01 and T-283/01, Organización de Productores de Túnidos Congelados (OPTUC), established in Bermeo (Spain), represented, in Case T-142/01, by J. R. García-Gallardo Gil Fournier and M. Moya Díaz, lawyers, and, in Case T 283/01, by J. R. García Gallardo Gil-Fournier and J. Guillem Carrau, lawyers, against Commission of the European Communities, (Agents: S. Pardo Quintillán and, in Case T-142/01, also by L. Visaggio), with an address for service in Luxembourg, supported by Organización de Productores Asociados de Grandes Atuneros Congeladores (Opagac), established in Madrid (Spain), represented by J. Casas Robla and V. Arrastia de Sierra, lawyers: Applications for the annulment of Commission Regulation (EC) No 584/2001 of 26 March 2001 amending Regulations (EC) No 1103/2000 and (EC) No 1926/2000 providing for the granting of compensation to producer organisations in respect of tuna delivered to the processing industry from 1 July to 30 September 1999 and from 1 October to 31 December 1999 (OJ 2001 L 86, p. 4), and for the annulment of Article 2(2) of and the annex to each of Commission Regulations (EC) No 585/2001 of 26 March 2001, No 808/2001 of 26 April 2001, No 1163/2001 of 14 June 2001 and No 1670/2001 of 20 August 2001, providing for compensation to producer organisations for tuna delivered to the processing industry between 1 January and 31 March 2000, 1 April and 30 June 2000, 1 July and 30 September 2000 and 1 October and 31 December 2000 (OJ 2000 L 86, p. 8; OJ 2000 L 118, p. 12; OJ 2000 L 159, p. 10 and OJ 2000 L 224, p. 4 respectively), the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed of V. Tiili, President, P. Mengozzi and M. Vilaras, Judges; J. Palacio González, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 28 January 2004, in which it:

1.

Dismisses the applications;

2.

Orders the applicant to pay the costs incurred by the defendant;

3.

Orders the intervener to bear its own costs.


(1)  OJ C 245 of 1.09.2001 and OJ C 44 of 16.02.2002.


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