Notice for the OJ
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
17 September 2003
In Joined Cases T-309/01 and T-239/02: Peter Biegi Nahrungsmittel GmbH and Commonfood Handelsgesellschaft für Agrar-Produkte mbH v Commission of the European Communities(1) (Subsequent accounting for import duties ( Conditions ( Article 220(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2193/92 ( Detectable error ( Duty of care ( Regulation (EC) No 774/94 ( Combined nomenclature ( WTO tariff
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(Language of the case: German)
In Joined Cases T-309/01 and T-239/02, Peter Biegi Nahrungsmittel GmbH, established in Frankfurt am Main (Germany), Commonfood Handelsgesellschaft für Agrar-Produkte mbH, established in Langen (Germany), represented by K. Landry and L. Harings, lawyers, v Commission of the European Communities (Agents: J.-C. Schieferer, R. Tricot, X. Lewis and M. Núñez-Müller): Application for, first, partial annulment of Commission Decision C (2001) 2533 of 14 August 2001 (REC 4/00), finding it appropriate to effect post-clearance recovery of import duties not charged to Peter Biegi Nahrungsmittel GmbH in respect of the importation of poultry meat from Thailand during the period from 13 to 18 July 1995 and from 4 to 22 September 1995 (Case T-309/01), and, second, annulment of Commission Decision C (2002) 857 of 5 March 2002 (REC 4/01), finding it appropriate to effect post-clearance recovery of import duties not charged to Commonfood Handelsgesellschaft für Agrar-Produkte mbH in respect of the importation of poultry meat from Thailand on 24 July 1995 (Case T-239/02), the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed of: V. Tiili, President, P. Mengozzi and M. Vilaras, Judges; I. Natsinas, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 17 September 2003, in which it:
1.Dismisses the applications;
2.Orders the applicants to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 56 of 2.3.2002 and C 247 of 12.10.2002