Non-contractual liability - Causal link between the conduct complained of and the alleged damage - No such link.

«(Non-contractual liability – Causal link between the conduct complained of and the alleged damage – No such link)» Summary of the Judgment 1.. Procedure – Intervention – Plea in law, such as a plea of inadmissibility, not raised by the defendant – Inadmissible (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 40, fourth para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Art. 116(3)) 2.. Non-contractual liability – Conditions – Unlawfulness – Damage – Causal link – Failure to meet one of the conditions – Dismissal of an action for damages in its entirety (Art. 288, second para., EC) 3.. Acts of the institutions – Regulations – Direct applicability – Implementing power entailing the exercise of discretion granted to the Member States – Compatible (Art. 249 EC) 4.. Non-contractual liability – Conditions – Regulation or directive authorising a Member State to derogate from a Community customs allowance or fiscal exemption – Damage suffered by an exporter established in an adjacent non-member country – Causal link – None (Art. 288, second para., EC) JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (First Chamber)17 December 2003 (1) ((Non-contractual liability – Causal link between the conduct complained of and the alleged damage – No such link)) applicant, v defendant, interveners, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (First Chamber), having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 18 March 2003, gives the following On those grounds, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (First Chamber) Vesterdorf Lindh Legal H. Jung B. Vesterdorf Registrar President 1 – Language of the case: German.