Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2010 - HIT Trading and Berkman Forwarding v Commission
(Customs Union - Importation of compact fluorescent lamps with integrated electronic ballasts (CFL-i) from Pakistan - Post-clearance recovery of import duties - Application for remission of import duties - Article 220(2)(b) and Article 239 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92)
Language of the case: Dutch
Parties
Applicant: HIT Trading BV (Lelystad, Netherlands); and Berkman Forwarding BV (Barendrecht, Netherlands) (represented by: A.T.M. Jansen, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Bouyon and H. van Vliet, Agents, assisted by Y. van Gerven, lawyer)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision C (2009) 747 final of 12 February 2009, stating that the post-clearance entry in the accounts of certain import duties was justified and that the remission of such duties was not justified (File reference: REC 01/08).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the application;
Orders Hit Trading BV and Berkman Forwarding BV to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 180 of 1.8.2009