61976O0027 Order of the President of the Second Chamber of the Court of 5 April 1976. United Brands Company and United Brands Continentaal BV v Commission of the European Communities. Case 27-76 R. European Court reports 1976 Page 00425
IN CASE 27/76 R UNITED BRANDS COMPANY , A COMPANY REGISTERED IN NEW JERSEY , UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , AND UNITED BRANDS CONTINENTAAL BV , A NETHERLANDS COMPANY HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT 3 VAN VOLLENHOVENSTRAAT , 3002 ROTTERDAM , REPRESENTED AND ASSISTED BY IVO VAN BAEL AND JEAN-FRANCOIS BELLIS OF THE BRUSSELS BAR , WITH AN ADDRESS FOR SERVICE IN LUXEMBOURG AT THE CHAMBERS OF MR ELVINGER AND MR HOSS , 84 GRAND RUE , APPLICANTS , V COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , REPRESENTED BY ITS LEGAL ADVISERS , ANTONIO MARCHINI-CAMIA AND JOHN TEMPLE LANG , WITH AN ADDRESS FOR SERVICE IN LUXEMBOURG AT THE OFFICE OF MARIO CERVINO , BATIMENT CFL , PLACE DE LA GARE , DEFENDANT , FINDING THAT , AS REGARDS THE INTERIM MEASURES , THE PARTIES ARE NO LONGER OPPOSED IN LAW , THE PRESIDENT CONSIDERS THAT THERE ARE GROUNDS FOR ORDERING THE SAID MEASURES , WHILST TAKING NOTE OF THE DECLARATIONS MADE BY THE PARTIES CONCERNING IN PARTICULAR THE AMENDMENT OF THE CLAUSE CONCERNING THE RE-SALE OF BANANAS WHILE STILL GREEN . IT IS THEREFORE POSSIBLE TO REACH A DECISION WITHOUT OPENING THE ORAL PROCEDURE , WHICH HAS BECOME UNNECESSARY . IT IS UNNECESSARY , AT THIS STAGE , TO MAKE ANY ORDER AS TO COSTS . ON THOSE GROUNDS , THE PRESIDENT AS AN INTERIM MEASURE HEREBY : ORDERS 1 . THE SUSPENSION OF THE OPERATION OF ARTICLE 3 ( A ) AND THE FIRST INDENT OF ARTICLE 3 ( B ) OF THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSION OF 17 DECEMBER 1975 ( IV/26 699 ) IS GRANTED UNTIL JUDGMENT IS GIVEN ON THE SUBSTANCE OF CASE 27/76 , IN SO FAR AS THE APPLICANTS HAVE NOT ALREADY OF THEIR OWN ACCORD BROUGHT TO AN END THE INFRINGEMENTS REFERRED TO BY THE COMMISSION IN ARTICLE 1 OF THE SAID DECISION ; 2 . THE COSTS ARE RESERVED .
FINDING THAT , AS REGARDS THE INTERIM MEASURES , THE PARTIES ARE NO LONGER OPPOSED IN LAW , THE PRESIDENT CONSIDERS THAT THERE ARE GROUNDS FOR ORDERING THE SAID MEASURES , WHILST TAKING NOTE OF THE DECLARATIONS MADE BY THE PARTIES CONCERNING IN PARTICULAR THE AMENDMENT OF THE CLAUSE CONCERNING THE RE-SALE OF BANANAS WHILE STILL GREEN . IT IS THEREFORE POSSIBLE TO REACH A DECISION WITHOUT OPENING THE ORAL PROCEDURE , WHICH HAS BECOME UNNECESSARY . IT IS UNNECESSARY , AT THIS STAGE , TO MAKE ANY ORDER AS TO COSTS . ON THOSE GROUNDS , THE PRESIDENT AS AN INTERIM MEASURE HEREBY : ORDERS 1 . THE SUSPENSION OF THE OPERATION OF ARTICLE 3 ( A ) AND THE FIRST INDENT OF ARTICLE 3 ( B ) OF THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSION OF 17 DECEMBER 1975 ( IV/26 699 ) IS GRANTED UNTIL JUDGMENT IS GIVEN ON THE SUBSTANCE OF CASE 27/76 , IN SO FAR AS THE APPLICANTS HAVE NOT ALREADY OF THEIR OWN ACCORD BROUGHT TO AN END THE INFRINGEMENTS REFERRED TO BY THE COMMISSION IN ARTICLE 1 OF THE SAID DECISION ; 2 . THE COSTS ARE RESERVED .
ON THOSE GROUNDS , THE PRESIDENT AS AN INTERIM MEASURE HEREBY : ORDERS 1 . THE SUSPENSION OF THE OPERATION OF ARTICLE 3 ( A ) AND THE FIRST INDENT OF ARTICLE 3 ( B ) OF THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSION OF 17 DECEMBER 1975 ( IV/26 699 ) IS GRANTED UNTIL JUDGMENT IS GIVEN ON THE SUBSTANCE OF CASE 27/76 , IN SO FAR AS THE APPLICANTS HAVE NOT ALREADY OF THEIR OWN ACCORD BROUGHT TO AN END THE INFRINGEMENTS REFERRED TO BY THE COMMISSION IN ARTICLE 1 OF THE SAID DECISION ; 2 . THE COSTS ARE RESERVED .