Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 13 September 2006.#Sociedade de Indústrias Agricolas Açoreanas (Sinaga) SA v Commission of the European Communities.#Sugar - Poseima Programme - Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 - Sugar forecast supply balance for the Azores - Action for annulment - Admissibility - Definition of traditional shipment to the rest of the Community - Statement of reasons - Compliance with essential procedural requirements.#Joined cases T-217/99, T-321/00, T-222/01.

Subject of the case

Re:

ACTION for annulment, firstly, of the annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1434/1999 of 30 June 1999 establishing the sugar forecast supply balance for the 1999/2000 marketing year for the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands provided for in Council Regulations (EEC) No 1600/92 and (EEC) No 1601/92 (OJ 1999 L 166, p. 58); secondly, of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1481/2000 of 6 July 2000 establishing the sugar forecast supply balance for 2000/2001 for the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands provided for in Council Regulations No 1600/92 and No 1601/92 (OJ 2000 L 167, p. 6) and also of the annex thereto and, thirdly, of the annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1281/2001 of 28 June 2001 establishing the forecast supply balance for sugar for the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands provided for in Council Regulations No 1600/92 and No 1601/92 for the period 1 July 2001 to 31 December 2001 (OJ 2001 L 176, p. 12), inasmuch as they set the quantities of sugar considered necessary for supplying the Azores.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs.