28.5.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 132/23


JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 17 March 2005

in Case T-177/00, Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV v Council of the European Union (1)

(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)

(2005/C 132/42)

Language of the case: English

In Case T-177/00, Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV, established in Eindhoven (Netherlands), represented by C. Stanbrook, QC, and F. Ragolle, lawyer, against Council of the European Union (Agent: S. Marquardt, assisted by G.M. Berrisch, lawyer) — action for annulment of the Council's decision of 8 May 2000 to reject 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) — the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition), composed of H. Legal, President, P. Lindh, P. Mengozzi, I. Wiszniewska-Białecka and V. Vadapalas, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, gave a judgment on 17 March 2005, in which it:

1.

Annuls the Council's decision of 8 May 2000 to reject 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.


(1)  OJ C 273 of 23.9.2000.