Arbitration clause - Admissibility.

«(Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 – Food aid to Russia – Regulation (EC) No 1799/1999 – Supply of beef – Regulation (EC) No 1815/1999 – Supply of skimmed-milk powder – Tender procedure for the supply of transport – Contractual relationship – Arbitration clause – Contractual liability – Non-contractual liability – Admissibility)» Summary of the Judgment 1.. Procedure – Action brought before the Court of First Instance on the basis of an arbitration clause – Condition – Existence of a contract – Relationship created between the successful tenderer for food aid and the Commission – Contractual nature (Council Regulation No 2802/98; Commission Regulation No 111/1999, Art. 16) 2.. Procedure – Action brought before the Court of First Instance on the basis of an arbitration clause – Claim for payment of default interest – Admissibility 3.. Agriculture – Common agricultural policy – Food aid – Implementation – Award of tender for the supply of transport for skimmed-milk powder – Obligation on the successful tenderer to take care of the operation of loading the goods – None – Principle of sound management of the Community's financial resources (Commission Regulations Nos 1643/89 and 1815/1999, Art. 2) 4.. Agriculture – Common agricultural policy – Food aid – Implementation – Award of tender for the supply of transport for beef – Obligation on the successful tenderer to take care of the operation of loading the goods (Commission Regulations Nos 1643/89 and 1799/1999, Art. 2) 5.. Procedure – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Summary of the pleas in law relied on – Application for compensation for damages caused by a Community institution (Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Art. 44(1)(c)) JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Second Chamber)10 February 2004 (1) ((Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 – Food aid to Russia – Regulation (EC) No 1799/1999 – Supply of beef – Regulation (EC) No 1815/1999 – Supply of skimmed-milk powder – Tender procedure for the supply of transport – Contractual relationship – Arbitration clause – Contractual liability – Non-contractual liability – Admissibility)) applicant, v defendant, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (Second Chamber), having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 8 July 2003, gives the following On those grounds, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Second Chamber) Forwood Pirrung Meij H. Jung N.J. Forwood Registrar President 1 – Language of the case: French.