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Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 January 2002 in Case T-174/00: Biret International SA v Council of the European Union ¹

(Substances having a hormonal action ( Directive 88/146/EEC ( Action for damages ( Period of limitation)

    Language of the case: French

In Case T-174/00: Biret International SA, a company in judicial liquidation, established in Paris, represented in these proceedings by M. de Thoré, liquidator, and by S. Rodrigues, lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg, against Council of the European Union (Agents: J. Carbery and F.P. Ruggeri Laderchi), supported by Commission of the European Communities (Agents: T. Christoforou and A. Bordes) ( application under Article 178 of the EC Treaty (now Article 235 EC) and the second paragraph of Article 215 of the EC Treaty (now the second paragraph of Article 288 EC) for compensation for the damage allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result of the prohibition on the importation into the Community of beef and veal treated with certain hormones ( the Court of First Instance (First Chamber), composed of B. Vesterdorf, President, N.J. Forwood and H. Legal, Judges; J. Palacio González, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 11 January 2002, in which it:

1.Dismisses the action as being partly inadmissible and for the rest unfounded;

2.Orders the applicant to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by the Council. The Commission shall pay its own costs.

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¹ - OJ C 285 of 7.10.00.