Order of the Court of First Instance of 22 June 2006 - Free Trade Foods v Commission
(Action for annulment - Action for damages - Sugar qualifying as EC/OCT originating products - Safeguard measure - Applicant's failure to proceed - No need to adjudicate)
Language of the case: Dutch
Parties
Applicant: Free Trade Foods NV (Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles) (represented by: M. Slotboom and N. Helder, lawyers, initially and then by M. Slotboom)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: T. van Rijn, Agent)
Party intervening in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: N. Díaz Abad, Agent)
Re:
First, an application for annulment of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1325/2001 of 29 June 2001 providing for the continued application of safeguard measures with regard to imports of sugar sector products with EC/OCT originating status from the overseas countries and territories for the period 1 July to 1 December 2001 (OJ 2001 L 177, p. 57) and, second, an application for compensation for the loss allegedly suffered by the applicant following the adoption of the contested regulation.
Operative part of the order
The Court hereby orders:
1. There is no need to adjudicate on this action.
2. The applicant shall bear its own costs and pay those of the defendant. The Kingdom of Spain must bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 303, 27.10.2001.