EUR-Lex -  61994TO0290(01) - EN - 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).

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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))

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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.

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