Court of Justice of the European Communities (including Court of First Instance Decisions)

ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT

14 September 2011*(1)

(Joinder)

In Case C-628/10 P,

APPEAL under Article 56 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, brought on 29 December 2010 (fax of 28 December 2010),

Alliance One International, Inc., established in Danville, Virginia (United States),

Standard Commercial Tobacco Company, Inc., established in Wilson, North Carolina (United States),

represented by M. Odriozola Alén and A. João Vide, lawyers,

appellants,

the other parties to the proceedings being:

Trans-Continental Leaf Tobacco Corp. Ltd, established in Vaduz (Liechtenstein),

applicant at first instance,

European Commission, represented by F. Castillo de la Torre, E. Gippini Fournier and R. Sauer, acting as Agents, with an address for service in Luxembourg,

defendant at first instance,

and in Case C-14/11 P,

APPEAL under Article 56 of the Statute of the Court of Justice, brought on 11 January 2011 (fax of 7 January 2011),

European Commission, represented by F. Castillo de la Torre, E. Gippini Fournier and R. Sauer, acting as Agents, with an address for service in Luxembourg,

appellant,

the other parties to the proceedings being:

Alliance One International, Inc., established in Danville, Virginia,

Standard Commercial Tobacco Company, Inc., established in Wilson, North Carolina,

Trans-Continental Leaf Tobacco Corp. Ltd, established in Vaduz,

represented by M. Odriozola Alén and A. João Vide, lawyers,

applicants at first instance,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT,

after hearing the Advocate General, J. Kokott,

makes the following

Order

1 By letter of 8 August 2011, the Court invited the parties to express their views on the possible joinder of Cases C-628/10 P and C-14/11 P for the purposes of the oral procedure and the judgment.

2 By letters received at the Court Registry on 11 August 2011, the Commission informed the Court that it had no objections to the joinder of those cases.

3 The other parties did not lodge any observations within the period given to them for doing so.

4 Since the above cases are connected by their subject-matter, it is appropriate, in accordance with Article 43 of the Rules of Procedure, to join them for the purposes of the oral procedure and the judgment.

On those grounds, the President of the Court hereby orders:

1. Cases C-628/10 P and C-14/11 P are joined for the purposes of the oral procedure and the judgment.

2. The costs are reserved.

Luxembourg, 14 September 2011.

1* Language of the case: English.

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