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                                 61994B0290(01)

   Order of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber, extended
   composition) of 30 October 1998. - Fort James France, formerly
   Kaysersberg SA v Commission of the European Communities. - Taxation of
   costs. - Case T-290/94 (92).
   European Court reports 1998 Page II-04105

   [2]Summary

Keywords

   1 Procedure - Costs - Taxation - Factors to be taken into account

   (Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Art. 92(1))

   2 Procedure - Costs - Taxation - Recoverable costs - Concept -
   Participation of a number of lawyers

   (Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Art. 91(b))

Summary

   1 In the absence of Community provisions laying down fee scales, the
   Community judicature must, for the purposes of the taxation of costs,
   assess in its discretion the relevant features of the case, taking into
   account the purpose and nature of the proceedings, their significance
   from the point of view of Community law, as well as the difficulties
   presented by the case, the amount of work generated by the case for the
   agents or advisers involved and the financial interest which the
   parties had in the proceedings.

   In that connection, the ability of the Community judicature to assess
   the value of the work done by a lawyer depends on the preciseness of
   the information provided.

   2 Although, in principle, only the remuneration of a single lawyer may
   be regarded as falling within the concept of `expenses necessarily
   incurred' within the meaning of Article 91(b) of the Rules of Procedure
   of the Court of First Instance, the primary consideration is none the
   less the total number of hours of work which may appear to be
   objectively necessary for the purpose of the proceedings before the
   Court, irrespective of the number of lawyers who may have provided the
   services in question.

References

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   2. file:///tmp/lynxXXXXvDYKrw/L103295-2259TMP.html#SM