30.4.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 106/3


JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Third Chamber)

of 24 February 2005

in Case C-318/02: Kingdom of the Netherlands v Commission of the European Communities (1)

(EAGGF - Decision 2002/524/EC - Financial adjustments to expenditure by the Netherlands in the form of exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat in the Netherlands - Regulation (EC) No 413/97)

(2005/C 106/05)

Language of the case: Dutch

In Case C-318/02 Kingdom of the Netherlands (Agent: H.G. Sevenster, S. Terstal and N.A.J. Bel) v Commission of the European Communities (Agent: T. van Rijn) — action for annulment under Article 230 EC — the Court (Third Chamber), composed of A. Rosas, President of the Chamber, N. Colneric and K. Schiemann (Rapporteur), Judges; A. Tizzano, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 24 February 2005, in which it:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ 2002 C 305 of 07.04.2002.