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30.4.2005 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 106/8 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Sixth Chamber)
of 3 March 2005
in Case C-499/03 P: Peter Biegi Nahrungsmittel GmbH and Commonfood Handelsgesellschaft für Agrar-Produkte mbH v Commission of the European Communities (1)
(Appeal - Common Customs Tariff - Subsequent recovery of import duties - Waiver of duties to be recovered - Conditions - Article 220(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 - Error of the customs authorities - Detectable error - Combined nomenclature - Remarks - Scope)
(2005/C 106/14)
Language of the case: German
In Case C-499/03 P: appeal under Article 56 of the Statute of the Court of Justice lodged at the Court on 25 November 2003 by Peter Biegi Nahrungsmittel GmbH, established in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) and Commonfood Handelsgesellschaft für Agrar-Produkte mbH, established in Langen (Germany) (laywers: K. Landry and L. Harings), the other party to the proceedings being the Commission of the European Communities (Agents: X. Lewis and J. Schieferer) — the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of A. Borg Barthet, President of the Chamber, J.-P. Puissochet and J. Malenovský (Rapporteur), Judges; L.A. Geelhoed, Advocate General; R. Grass, Registrar, gave a judgment on 3 March 2005, in which it:
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Sets aside the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities of 17 September 2003 in Joined Cases T-309/01 and T-239/02 Biegi Nahrungsmittel and Commonfood v Commission; |
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Annuls Commission Decision C (2001) 2533 of 14 August 2001 (REC 4/00) in so far as it orders the subsequent entry in the accounts of import duties payable by Peter Biegi Nahrungsmittel GmbH in the amount of DEM 218 605,64; |
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Annuls Commission Decision C (2002) 857 of 5 March 2002 (REC 4/01) ordering the subsequent entry in the accounts of import duties payable by Commonfood Handelsgesellschaft für Agrar-Produkte mbH in the amount of DEM 222 116,06; |
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Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs. |