Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber, extended composition) of 17 March 2005.#Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV v Council of the European Union.#Dumping - Failure by the Council to adopt a Commission proposal for a regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty - Absence of simple majority necessary for the adoption of a regulation - Obligation to state reasons.#Case T-177/00.

Subject of the case

Re:

ACTION for the annulment of the Council’s decision of 8 May 2000 rejecting the proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain parts of television camera systems originating in Japan, submitted by the Commission of the European Communities on 7 April 2000 (document COM(2000) 195 final)

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Annuls the Council’s decision of 8 May 2000 rejecting the proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain parts of television camera systems originating in Japan, submitted by the Commission of the European Communities on 7 April 2000 (document COM(2000) 195 final);

2. Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs.