Order of the General Court of 4 June 2012 - Azienda Agricola Bracesco v Commission
(Case T-440/09)
(Extra-contractual liability - Agriculture - Bird flu - Exceptional market support measures in the eggs and poultry sector - Non-inclusion of quails among the poultry types for which compensation is available - Equal treatment and non-discrimination - No causal link - Action manifestly devoid of any basis in law)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Azienda Agricola Bracesco Srl - in liquidazione (Orgiano, Italy) (represented by: F. Tosello, S. Rizzioli and C. Pauly, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Jimeno Fernández and D. Nardi, Agents)
Re:
Action for damages seeking compensation for the harm allegedly suffered by the applicant following the adoption of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1010/2006 of 3 July 2006 on certain exceptional market support measures in the eggs and poultry sector in certain Member States (OJ 2006 L 180, p. 3), in so far as that regulation does not provide for such measures in favour of poultry farmers active in the farming and marketing of quails.
Operative part of the order
1. The action is dismissed as being manifestly devoid of any basis in law.
2. Azienda Agricola Bracesco Srl - in liquidazione is ordered to bear its own costs and those incurred by the European Commission.
____________1 - OJ C 312, 19.12.2009.