Notice for the OJ

 

Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 21 January 2004 in Case T-252/03 R Fédération nationale de l 'industrie et des commerces en gros des viandes (FNICGV) v Commission of the European Communities

(Interim proceedings - Competition - Payment of a fine - Bank guarantee - Admissibility - Urgency - None)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case T-252/03 R: Fédération nationale de l 'industrie et des commerces en gros des viandes (FNICGV), established in Paris (France), represented by P. Abegg, lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg, supported by the French Republic (agents: G. de Bergues and F. Million), against Commission of the European Communities (agents: P. Oliver and F. Lelièvre) - application for suspension of operation of Commission Decision 2003/600/EC of 2 April 2003 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 of the EC Treaty (Case COMP/C.38.279/F3 - French beef) (OJ 2003 L 209, p. 12) inasmuch as it imposed on the applicant a fine of EUR 720 000 and required it to establish a bank guarantee as a condition of the non-enforcement of that fine - the President of the Court of First Instance, made an order on 21 January 2004, the operative part of which is as follows:

1) The application for interim measures is dismissed;

2) The costs are reserved.

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