Notice for the OJ

 

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 7 July 2004 in Joined Cases T-107/01 and T-175/01: Société des mines de Sacilor - Lormines SA v Commission of the European Communities 1

(ECSC Treaty - Steel - Abandonment of mining concessions - Charges imposed on mining undertakings by the French Republic - Complaint - No favourable response from the Commission - Action for failure to act - Action for annulment - Admissibility - Capacity to bring proceedings - Undertaking within the meaning of Article 80 CS)

    (Language of the case: French)

In Joined Cases T-107/01 and T-175/01: Société des mines de Sacilor - Lormines SA, established in Puteaux (France), represented initially by G. Marty and subsequently by R. Schmitt, lawyers, against Commission of the European Communities (Agents: G. Rozet and L. Ström) ( application for failure to act and, in the alternative, for annulment, concerning the Commission's refusal to uphold the applicant's complaint seeking a declaration that the French Republic had infringed the provisions of Articles 4(b) and (c) CS and 86 CS by reason of the imposition on the applicant of allegedly excessive charges in the context of procedures for the abandonment and renunciation of its mining concessions ( the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed of H. Legal, President, V. Tiili and M. Vilaras, Judges; J. Palacio González, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 7 July 2004, in which it:

1.    Dismisses the actions as inadmissible;

2.    Orders the applicant to pay the costs, including those of the procedure for interim measures.

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