ECLI:EU:T:2005:451•Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Grand Chamber) of 14 December 2005.#Groupe Fremaux SA and Palais Royal, Inc. v Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities.#Non-contractual liability of the Community - Incompatibility of the Community regime governing the import of bananas with the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) - Imposition by the United States of America of retaliatory measures in the form of increased customs duty levied on imports from the Community, pursuant to a WTO authorisation - Decision of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body - Legal effects - Community liability in the absence of unlawful conduct of its institutions - Causal link - Unusual and special damage.#Case T-301/00.
Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Grand Chamber) of 14 December 2005.#Groupe Fremaux SA and Palais Royal, Inc. v Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities.#Non-contractual liability of the Community - Incompatibility of the Community regime governing the import of bananas with the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) - Imposition by the United States of America of retaliatory measures in the form of increased customs duty levied on imports from the Community, pursuant to a WTO authorisation - Decision of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body - Legal effects - Community liability in the absence of unlawful conduct of its institutions - Causal link - Unusual and special damage.#Case T-301/00.
ECLI:EU:T:2005:451Eu Chamb Gd TDec 14, 2005
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Subject of the case
Operative part
Subject of the case
Re:
ACTION for compensation in respect of the damage allegedly caused by the levying by the United States of America of increased customs duty on imports of the applicants’ cotton bed linen, as authorised by the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), following a finding that the Community regime governing the import of bananas was incompatible with the agreements and understandings annexed to the Agreement establishing the WTO.
Operative part
Operative part
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders the applicants to bear, in addition to their own costs, the costs incurred by the Council and the Commission;
3. Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs.
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