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Order of the General Court of 17 September 2014 — ATC and Others v Commission

(Case T-333/10) 1

(Non-contractual liability — Importation of birds — Agreement on the quantified amounts of the award of compensation for the damages suffered — No need to adjudicate)

Language of the case: Dutch

Parties

Applicants: Animal Trading Company (ATC) BV (Loon op Zand, Netherlands); Avicentra NV (Malle, Belgium); Borgstein Birds and Zoofood Trading VOF (Wamel, Netherlands); Bird Trading Company Van der Stappen BV (Dongen, Netherlands); New Little Bird’s srl (Anagni, Italy); Vogelhuis Kloeg (Zevenbergen, Netherlands) and Giovanni Pistone (Westerlo, Belgium) (represented by: M. Osse and J. Houdijk, lawyers

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by F. Jimeno Fernández and B. Burggraaf, and subsequently by F. Jimeno Fernández and H. Kranenborg, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action for compensation in respect of the harm allegedly suffered by the applicants as a result of the adoption first, of Commission Decision 2005/760/EC of 27 October 2005 concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza in certain third countries for the import of captive birds (OJ 2005 L 285, p. 60), as extended, and of Commission Regulation (EC) No 318/2007 of 23 March 2007 laying down animal health conditions for imports of certain birds into the Community and the quarantine conditions thereof (OJ 2007 L 84, p. 7).

Operative part of the order

1.    There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the present action.

2.    Animal Trading Company (ATC) BV, Avicentra NV, Borgstein Birds and Zoofood Trading VOF, Bird Trading Company Van der Stappen BV, New Little Birds Srl, Vogelhuis Kloeg and M. Giovanni Pistone are to bear their own costs.

3.    The European Commission is to bear its own costs.

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1     OJ C 274, 9.10.2010.