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Judgment of the General Court of 24 November 2011 - Saupiquet v Commission

(Case T-131/10) 

(Customs duty - Repayment of import duties - Canned tuna originating in Thailand - Tariff quota - Opening date - Sunday - Exhaustion of quota - Article 239 of the Community Customs Code - Articles 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 - Regulation (EC) No 975/2003)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Saupiquet (Courbevoie, France) (represented by: R. Ledru, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B.-R. Killmann and L. Bouyon, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision C (2009) 10005 final of 16 December 2009 finding that the repayment to the applicant of import duties on cans of tuna originating in Thailand is not justified.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders Saupiquet to pay the costs.

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1 - OJ C 148, 5.6.2010.