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Action brought on 18 April 2003 by Common Market Fertilizers (CMF) against the Commission of the European Communities

    (Case T-135/03)

    (Language of the case: French)

An action against the Commission of the European Communities was brought before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities on 18 April 2003 by Common Market Fertilizers, a company established in Brussels, represented by Alastair Sutton and Nathalie Flandin, lawyers.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

(annul Commission Decision REM 03/02;

(order the Commission to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The applicant is a wholesaler of chemical products and in particular nitrogen solutions. It applied to the French customs authorities, under Article 239 of Regulation (EC) No 2913/92, ¹ for remission of customs duties in accordance with Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3319/94. ² That application was forwarded by the French authorities to the defendant who, by its contested decision, refused remission.

In support of its action, the applicant relies on pleas in law and arguments which are similar to those relied on by the same applicant in Case T-134/03.

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¹ - (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1).

² - (Council Regulation (EC) No 3319/94 of 22 December 1994 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of urea ammonium nitrate solution originating in Bulgaria and Poland, exported by companies not exempted from the duty, and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed (OJ L 350, 31.12.1994, p. 20).