Order of the Court of First Instance of 12 March 2007 - Confcooperative, Unione regionale della Cooperazione Friuli-Venezia Giulia Federagricole and Others v Commission
(Action for annulment - Regulation (EC) No 1429/2004 - Agriculture - Common organisation of the market in wine - Rules for the use of the names of vine varieties and their synonyms - Temporal limits as regards use - Legal persons - Persons individually concerned - Inadmissibility)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicants: Confcooperative, Unione regionale della Cooperazione Friuli-Venezia Giulia Federagricole (Udine, Italy); Friulvini Soc. coop. rl (Zoppola, Italy); Cantina Produttori di Ramuscello e San Vito Soc. coop. rl (Sesto Al Reghena, Italy); Cantina Produttori Cormòns - Vini del Collio e dell'Isonzo Soc. coop. rl (Cormòns, Italy); and Luigi Soini (Cormòns) (represented by: F. Capelli, lawyer)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: L. Visaggio and E. Righini, Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Republic of Hungary (represented by: P. Gottfried, Agent)
Re:
Application for annulment of the provision limiting to 31 March 2007 the right to use the name 'Tocai friulano' referred to, in the form of an explanatory note, in item 103 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/2004 of 9 August 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 laying down certain rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 as regards the description, designation, presentation and protection of certain wine sector products (OJ 2004 L 263, p. 11)
Operative part of the order
1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
2. The applicants are to bear their own costs and to pay the costs of the Commission.
3. The Republic of Hungary is to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 300, 4.12.2004.