«(Declining of jurisdiction)»

Procedure – Division of jurisdiction between the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance – Action for annulment of the same measure, brought by a Member State before the Court of Justice and by an association before the Court of First Instance – Physical or legal persons not able to intervene in disputes before the Court of Justice between Member States and Community institutions – Court of First Instance declining jurisdiction so as to allow the Court of Justice to rule simultaneously on the two actions (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 40, second para., and 54, third para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Art. 80)

ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (First Chamber, Extended Composition) 16 May 2003 (1)

((Declining of jurisdiction))

In Case T-140/03,

Forum 187 ASBL, represented by A. Sutton and J. Killick, Barristers,

applicant,

v

defendant,

APPLICATION for annulment of Decision C(2003) 564 final of 17 February 2003 concerning the system of State aid implemented by Belgium in favour of coordination centres established in Belgium,

THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (First Chamber, Extended Composition),

composed of: B. Vesterdorf, President, J. Azizi, M. Jaeger, H. Legal and E. Martins Ribeiro, Judges,

Registrar: H. Jung,

makes the following

On those grounds,

THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (First Chamber, Extended Composition)

hereby orders:

Luxembourg, 16 May 2003.

H. Jung

B. Vesterdorf

Registrar

President