ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 118

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 47
30 April 2004

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I   Information

Court of Justice

COURT OF JUSTICE

2004/C 118/1

Request for an Opinion submitted by the European Parliament under Article 300(6) of the EC Treaty (Opinion 1/04)

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2004/C 118/2

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-372/97: Italian Republic v Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Transport of goods by road — Effect on trade between Member States and distortion of competition — Conditions for exemption from the prohibition set out in Article 92(1) of the EC Treaty (now, following amendment, Article 87(1) EC) — Existing aid or new aid — Principles of reasonableness and of the protection of legitimate expectations — Mo)

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2004/C 118/3

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-387/99: Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Articles 30 and 36 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Articles 28 EC and 30 EC) — Directive 65/65/EEC — Food preparations containing three times more vitamins than the recommended daily amount — Preparations lawfully marketed as food supplements in the Member State of exportation — Preparations classified as medicinal products in the Member State of importation — ‘Medicinal product’ — Obstacle — Justification — Public health — Proportionality — Admissibility of the application)

2

2004/C 118/4

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-496/99 P: Commission of the European Communities v CAS Succhi di Frutta SpA (Appeal — Common Agricultural Policy — Food aid — Commission decision amending conditions after the contracts awarded — Payment of tenderers in fruit other than those specified in the notice of invitation to tender)

2

2004/C 118/5

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-150/00: Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Articles 28 and 30 EC — Directive 65/65/EEC — Food preparations containing vitamins A, D or K or minerals in the chromate group or containing more than once the daily amount of other vitamins or minerals — Preparations lawfully marketed as food supplements in the Member State of exportation — Preparations classified as medicinal products in the Member State of importation — “Medicinal product” — Obstacle — Justification — Public health — Proportionality)

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2004/C 118/6

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-277/00: Federal Republic of Germany v Commission of the European Communities (Action for annulment — State aid — Decision 2000/567/EC — Aid granted by the Federal Republic of Germany to System Microelectronic Innovation GmbH of Frankfurt an der Oder (Brandenburg) — Article 88(2) EC — Right to be heard — Compatibility with the common market — Article 87(1) EC — Recovery of illegal aid — Recovery from undertakings other than the original beneficiary)

3

2004/C 118/7

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-278/00: Hellenic Republic v Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Settlement by the State of debts incurred by agricultural cooperatives)

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2004/C 118/8

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-298/00 P: Italian Republic v Commission of the European Communities and Impresa Edo Collorigh and Others (Appeal — State aid — Transport of goods by road — Effect on trade between Member States and distortion of competition — Existing aid or new aid — Principles of reasonableness and of the protection of legitimate expectations — Statement of reasons)

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2004/C 118/9

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-470/00 P: European Parliament v Carlo Ripa di Meana (Appeal — Members of the European Parliament — Provisional retirement pension scheme — Time-limit for submission of applications to join that scheme — Knowledge acquired — Cross-appeal — Liability for costs — Inadmissibility)

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2004/C 118/10

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-17/01 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof): Finanzamt Sulingen v Walter Sudholz (Sixth VAT Directive — Articles 2 and 3 of Decision 2000/186/EC — Flat-rate limit on the right to deduct VAT on vehicles not used solely for business purposes — Retroactive authorisation of a national tax measure)

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2004/C 118/11

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-77/01 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Central Administrativo): Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineiro SGPS SA (EDM) v Fazenda Pública (Sixth VAT Directive — Articles 2, 4(2), 13B(d) and 19(2) — Meaning of ‘economic activities’ — Meaning of ‘incidental financial transactions’ — Services effected for consideration)

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2004/C 118/12

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-91/01: Italian Republic v Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Recommendation concerning the definition of small and medium-sized enterprises — Guidelines for State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises — Independence criterion — Protection of legitimate expectations — Legal certainty)

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2004/C 118/13

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-106/01 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) (England and Wales)): The Queen, on the application of Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd v The Licensing Authority established by the Medicines Act 1968 (acting by the Medicines Control Agency), and SangStat UK Ltd, and Imtix-SangStat UK Ltd (Medicinal products — Marketing authorisation — Procedure relating to essentially similar products)

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2004/C 118/14

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-159/01: Kingdom of the Netherlands v Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Partial exemption from mineral levies for crops grown under glass or on substrate)

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2004/C 118/15

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Joined Cases C–162/01 P and C–163/01 P: Edouard Bouma and Bernard M.J.B. Beusmans v Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities (Action for damages — Non-contractual liability — Milk — Additional levy — Reference quantity — Producers having entered into a non-marketing undertaking — SLOM 1983 producers — Non-resumption of production on expiry of the undertaking)

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2004/C 118/16

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-194/01: Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 75/442/EEC — Concept of waste — European Waste Catalogue — Directive 91/689/EEC — List of hazardous waste)

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2004/C 118/17

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-199/01 P: IPK-München GmbH against Commission of the European Communities (Appeals — Commission decision refusing to pay the balance of financial aid)

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2004/C 118/18

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-222/01 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof): British American Tobacco Manufacturing BV v Hauptzollamt Krefeld (Free movement of goods — External Community transit — Temporary removal of transit and transport documents — Breaking of seals and partial unloading of goods — Removal of goods from customs supervision — Incurring of a customs debt on importation — Unsuspected presence of undercover customs agents — Special circumstances justifying remission or repayment of import duties — Liability of the principal in the case of deception or obvious negligence on the part of persons engaged by him)

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2004/C 118/19

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-240/01: Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Excise duties on mineral oils — Directive 92/81/EEC — Mineral oils used as heating fuel)

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2004/C 118/20

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-308/01 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the VAT and Duties Tribunal, London): GIL Insurance Ltd and Others v Commissioners of Customs and Excise (Sixth VAT Directive — Tax on insurance premiums — Higher rate applicable to certain insurance contracts — Insurance connected with the rental or sale of domestic appliances — State aid)

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2004/C 118/21

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-338/01: Commission of the European Communities v Council of the European Union (Directive 2001/44/EC — Choice of legal basis)

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2004/C 118/22

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-341/01 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Korneuburg): Plato Plastik Robert Frank GmbH v Caropack Handelsgesellschaft mbH (Directive 94/62/EC — Packaging and waste packaging — Plastic carrier bags — National legislation on the collection and recovery of used packaging and waste packaging — Collection and recovery of used packaging and waste packaging — Obligation to have recourse to an approved undertaking or to organise a collection system — Admissibility)

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2004/C 118/23

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-359/01 P: British Sugar plc v Tate & Lyle plc, Napier Brown & Co. Ltd and Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — Competition — Sugar market — Article 85(1) of the EC Treaty (now Article 81(1) EC) — Agreement — Effect on trade between Member States — Fine — Proportionality)

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2004/C 118/24

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-387/01 (reference for a preliminary ruling by the Verwaltungsgerichtshof): Harald Weigel and Ingrid Weigel v Finanzlandesdirektion für Vorarlberg (Free movement of workers — Importation of a car — Duty payable on standard consumption (‘Normverbrauchsabgabe’) — Customs duties and duties having equivalent effect — Discriminatory taxation — Sixth VAT Directive — Turnover tax)

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2004/C 118/25

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) 29 April 2004 in Case C-418/01 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the the Landgericht Frankfurt am Main): IMS Health GmbH & Co. OHG v NDC Health GmbH & Co. KG (Competition — Article 82 EC — Abuse of a dominant position — Brick structure used to supply regional sales data for pharmaceutical products in a Member State — Copyright — Refusal to grant a licence)

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2004/C 118/26

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Joined Case C-456/01 P and C-457/01P: Henkel KGaA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Appeal — Community trade mark — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Three-dimensional tablets for washing machines or dishwashers — Absolute ground for refusal to register — Distinctive character)

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2004/C 118/27

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Joined Cases C-468/01 P to C-472/01 P: Procter & Gamble Company v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Appeal — Community trade mark — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Three-dimensional tablets for washing machines or dishwashers — Absolute ground for refusal to register — Distinctive character)

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2004/C 118/28

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Joined Cases C-473/01 P and C-474/01 P: Procter & Gamble Company v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Appeal — Community trade mark — Article 7(1)b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Three-dimensional tablets for washing machine or dishwashers — Absolute ground for refusal to register — Distinctive character)

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2004/C 118/29

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-476/01 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Frankenthal): Felix Kapper (Directive 91/439/EEC — Mutual recognition of driving licences — Residence requirement — Article 8(4) — Effects of withdrawal or cancellation of a previous driving licence — Recognition of a new driving licence issued by another Member State)

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2004/C 118/30

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Joined Cases C-482/01 and C-493/01 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Stuttgart): Georgios Orfanopoulos and Others v Land Baden-Württemberg and between Raffaele Oliveri and Land Baden-Württemberg (Freedom of movement of persons — Public policy — Directive 64/221/EEC — Decision to expel on ground of criminal offences — Taking into account of the length of residence and personal circumstances — Fundamental rights — Protection of family life — Taking into account circumstances occurring between the final decision of the administrative authorities and the review, by an administrative court, of the lawfulness of that decision — The person concerned's right to submit considerations of expediency before an authority called upon to give an opinion)

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2004/C 118/31

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) 29 April 2004 in Joined Case C-487/01 and C-7/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden): Gemeente Leusden (C-487/01), Holin Groep BV cs (C-7/02) v Staatssecretaris van Financiën (Turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax — Article 17 of the Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC — Deduction of input tax — Amendment of national legislation withdrawing the right to opt for taxation of lettings of immovable property — Adjustment of deductions — Application to current leases)

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2004/C 118/32

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-102/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Stuttgart): Ingeborg Beuttenmüller v Land Baden-Württemberg (Freedom of movement for workers — Recognition of diplomas — Directives 89/48/EEC and 92/51/EEC — Primary and secondary school teachers — Holder of a diploma of post-secondary studies of two years' duration — Conditions for the exercise of the profession)

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2004/C 118/33

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-111/02 P: European Parliament v Patrick Reynolds (Appeal — Officials — Secondment to a political group of the Parliament — Decision to terminate the secondment — Rights of the defence)

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2004/C 118/34

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-117/02: Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 85/337/EEC — Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment — Construction of holiday villages and hotel complexes — Failure to make a project to construct a hotel complex subject to such an assessment)

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2004/C 118/35

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-137/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof): Finanzamt Offenbach am Main-Land v Faxworld Vorgründungsgesellschaft Peter Hünninghausen und Wolfgang Klein GbR (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Interpretation of the Sixth VAT Directive — Right of a Vorgründungsgesellschaft (civil-law partnership the object of which is to prepare the means necessary for the activities of a capital company yet to be formed) to deduct input VAT — Transfer for consideration of the totality of those means upon formation of the capital company — Transfer not subject to VAT in consequence of the exercise by the Member State concerned of the option provided for in Article 5(8) of the Sixth VAT Directive)

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2004/C 118/36

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-152/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof): Terra Baubedarf-Handel GmbH v Finanzamt Osterholz-Scharmbeck (Sixth VAT Directive — Article 17(1) and Article 18(1) and (2) — Right to deduct input VAT — Conditions of exercise)

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2004/C 118/37

Judgment of the Court (Full Chamber) of 27 April 2004 in Case C-159/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the House of Lords): Gregory Paul Turner v Felix Fareed Ismail Grovit, Harada Ltd and Changepoint SA (Brussels Convention — Proceedings brought in a Contracting State — Proceedings brought in another Contracting State by the defendant in the existing proceedings — Defendant acting in bad faith in order to frustrate the existing proceedings — Compatibility with the Brussels Convention of the grant of an injunction preventing the defendant from continuing the action in another Member State)

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2004/C 118/38

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-160/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof): Friedrich Skalka v Sozialversicherungsanstalt der gewerblichen Wirtschaft (Social security for migrant workers — Austrian rules on compensatory supplements to retirement pensions — Classification of benefits and lawfulness of the residence requirement under Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71)

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2004/C 118/39

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-171/02: Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic (Articles 39 EC, 43 EC and 49 EC — Directive 92/51/EEC — General system for the recognition of professional education and training — Private security services — Provisions of a Member State requiring private security firms, in order that they may operate in Portugal, to have their head office or an establishment in Portugal, to be constituted as a legal person, to have a specific share capital and to provide references and guarantees already submitted in the Member State of origin — Failure to provide for recognition of professional qualifications in the private security services sector)

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2004/C 118/40

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-181/02 P: Commission of the European Communities v Kvaerner Warnow Werft GmbH (Appeal — State aid — Shipbuilding — Commission decisions authorising payment of aid — Condition — Compliance with a ‘capacity restriction’ — Definition)

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2004/C 118/41

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-224/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein oikeus): Heikki Antero Pusa v Osuuspankkien Keskinäinen Vakuutusyhtiö (Citizenship of the Union — Article 18 EC — Right to move freely and to reside in the Member States — Attachment of remuneration — Detailed rules)

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2004/C 118/42

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-371/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Svea hovrätt): Björnekulla Fruktindustrier AB v Procordia Food AB (Trade marks — Directive 89/104/EEC — Article 12(2)(a) — Revocation of rights conferred by the trade mark — Trade mark which has become the common name in the trade — Relevant classes of persons for purposes of the assessment)

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2004/C 118/43

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 28 April 2004 in Case C-373/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof): Sakir Öztürk v Pensionsversicherungsanstalt der Arbeiter) (Article 9 of the EEC-Turkey Association Agreement — Article 3 of Decision No 3/80 — Principle of equal treatment — Article 45(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Social security for migrant workers — Retirement pension — Early pension in the event of unemployment — Condition whereby the worker must have received unemployment benefits in the Member State concerned)

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2004/C 118/44

Order of the Court of Justice (Fourth Chamber) of 5 April 2004 in Case C-3/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per il Veneto): Alessandro Mosconi, Ordine degli Ingegneri di Verona e Provincia v Soprintendenza per i Beni Ambientali e Architettonici di Venezia – Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Directive 85/384/EEC — Mutual recognition of formal qualifications in architecture — Articles 10 and 11(g) — National legislation recognising the equivalence of qualifications in architecture and civil engineering, but reserving work on classified heritage buildings to architects — Principle of equal treatment — Situation purely internal to a Member State)

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2004/C 118/45

Order of the Court of Justice (Third Chamber) of 30 April 2004 in Case C-172/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation): Robert Bourgard v Institut national d'assurances sociales pour travailleurs indépendants (Inasti) (Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Social policy — Equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security — Directive 79/7/EEC — Self-employed workers — Derogation allowed for the determination of pensionable age — Possibility for male workers to claim early entitlement to old-age pension — Limited to forms of discrimination necessary and objectively linked to the difference in pensionable ages — Method of calculation — Reduction for early entitlement)

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2004/C 118/46

Order of the Court of Justice (Third Chamber) of 27 April 2004 in Case C-358/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal du travail de Bruxelles): Yamina Haddad v Belgian State (Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Cooperation Agreement EEC-Morocco — Article 41(1) — Persons covered — Principle of non-discrimination in matters of social security — Disability allowance)

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2004/C 118/47

Order of the Court of Justice (Third Chamber) of 30 April 2004 in Case C-446/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof): Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Jonas v Gouralnik & Partner GmbH (Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Export refunds — Inaccurate declaration — Consequential effects on the validity of the declaration)

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2004/C 118/48

Order of the Court of Justice (First Chamber) of 22 March 2004 in Case C-455/02 P: Sgaravatti Mediterranea Srl v Commission of the European Communities (Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 — Principle of non bis in idem — EAGGF — Cancellation of financial assistance — Appeal partly clearly inadmissible and partly clearly unfounded)

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2004/C 118/49

Order of the Court of Justice (Fourth Chamber) of 28 April 2004 in Case C-3/03 P Matratzen Concord GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Appeal — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Similarity between two signs — Likelihood of confusion — Application for a figurative Community trade mark containing the word ‘Matratzen’ — Earlier word mark MATRATZEN)

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2004/C 118/50

Order of the Court of Justice (Third Chamber) of 1 April 2004 in Case C-47/03 P: Michael Cwik v Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — Officials — Reasons for judgment — Reorganisation of the administrative structures of the Commission — Re-assignment — Interests of the service — Misuse of powers — Duty to have regard to the interests of officials — Manifestly inadmissible appeal)

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2004/C 118/51

Order of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 31 March 2004 in Case C-51/03 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Löbau): Nicoleta Maria Georgescu (Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 — Countries for which the application of the abolition of the visa requirement is suspended until a further decision of the Council — Extent of the suspension — Lack of jurisdiction of the Court)

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2004/C 118/52

Order of the Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) of 12 March 2004 in Case C-54/03 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht für Zivilrechtssachen Wien): Austroplant-Arzneimittel GmbH v Republik Österreich (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 104(5) of the Rules of Procedure — Request for the national court to provide clarification — Inadmissibility of the reference for a preliminary ruling)

29

2004/C 118/53

Order of the Court (First Chamber) of 1 April 2004 in Case C-156/03 P: Commission of the European Communities v Les Laboratoires Servier SA (Directives 65/65/EEC and 75/319/EEC — Medicinal products for human use — Dexfenfluramine and fenfluramine — Withdrawal of a marketing authorisation — Competence of the Commission — Conditions for withdrawal — Appeal clearly unfounded)

29

2004/C 118/54

Order of the Court of Justice (Fourth Chamber) of 1 April 2004 in Case C-184/03 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht für Zivilrechtssachen Wien): Helmut Fröschl v Republik Österreich (Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Proof of competence required in order to exercise a profession — Equivalent — Conditions — Professional experience acquired in another Member State — Principle of non-discrimination — Freedom of establishment — Freedom to provide services)

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2004/C 118/55

Order of the Court of Justice (Second Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-187/03 P: Zissis Drouvis v Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — Officials — Pensions — Weighting — Article 82(1) of the Staff Regulations — Principle of equal treatment — Freedom of movement and freedom of establishment for workers — Appeal manifestly unfounded)

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2004/C 118/56

Order of the Court of Justice (Fourth Chamber) of 29 April 2004 in Case C-202/03 (reference by the Tribunale Amministrativo per la Lombardia, Sezione Staccato di Brescia, for a preliminary ruling): DAC SpA v Azienda Ospedaliera ‘Spedali Civili’ di Brescia (Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Directive 89/665/EEC — Review procedures in the sphere of public procurement — Interim relief ante causam)

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2004/C 118/57

Order of the Court of Justice (Third Chamber) of 1 April 2004 in Case C-216/03 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht für Zivilrechtssachen Wien): DLD Trading Company Import-Export, spol. s.r.o. v Republic of Austria (Preliminary ruling — Inadmissibility)

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2004/C 118/58

Order of the Court of Justice (Third Chamber) of 1 April 2004 in Case C-229/03 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht für Zivilrechtssachen Wien): Monica Herbstrith v Republic of Austria (Preliminary ruling — Inadmissibility)

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2004/C 118/59

Case C-136/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Bundesfinanzhof, by order of that court of 3 February 2004 in the case of Deutsches Milch-Kontor GmbH against Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Jonas

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2004/C 118/60

Case C-148/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Commissione Tributaria Provinciale di Genova by order of that court of 11 February 2004 in the case of Unicredito Italiano SpA and Agenzia Entrate Ufficio Genova

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2004/C 118/61

Case C-154/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court) by order of that court dated 17 March 2004, in the case of The Queen on the application of 1) Alliance for Natural Health 2) Nutri-Link Ltd against Secretary of State for Health.

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2004/C 118/62

Case C-155/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court) by order of that court dated 17 March 2004, in the case of The Queen on the application of 1) National Association of Health Stores 2) Health Food Manufacturers Ltd against 1) Secretary of State for Health 2) National Assembly for Wales

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2004/C 118/63

Case C-163/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Bundesfinanzhof, by order of that Court of 22 January 2004 in the case of Franz Werner against Finanzamt Cloppenburg

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2004/C 118/64

Case C-176/04: Action brought on 14 April 2004 by the Kingdom of Belgium against the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 118/65

Case C-177/04: Action brought on 14 April 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Republic of France

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2004/C 118/66

Removal from the register of Case C-49/03

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2004/C 118/67

Removal from the register of Case C-56/03

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2004/C 118/68

Removal from the register of Case C-63/03

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2004/C 118/69

Removal from the register of Case C-304/03

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2004/C 118/70

Removal from the Register of Case C-326/03

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2004/C 118/71

Removal from the register of Case C-381/03

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2004/C 118/72

Removal from the register of Case C- 392/03

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2004/C 118/73

Removal from the register of Case C- 493/03

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2004/C 118/74

Removal from the register of Case C-20/04

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COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

2004/C 118/75

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 21 April 2004 in Case T-172/01 M v Court of Justice of the European Communities (Spouse divorced from a former member of a Community institution, since deceased — Maintenance — Verbal agreement between the former spouses — Law applicable to the formal requirements for the agreement and the admissibility of the means of proving its existence (Article 27 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations of the European Communities))

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2004/C 118/76

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 21 April 2004 in Case T-313/01: R v Commission of the European Communities (Officials — Social security — Refusal of prior authorisation of a surgical procedure — Refusal on the ground of the exclusively cosmetic nature attributed by the administration to the operation — Infringement of the provisions of the Community rules)

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2004/C 118/77

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 31 March 2004 in Case T-10/02, Marie-Claude Girardot v Commission of the European Communities (Staff case — Article 29(1) of the Staff Regulations — Permanent post remunerated on research and investment credits — Temporary agent within the meaning of Article 2(d) of the CEOS — Rejection of application — No comparative examination of merits — Interim judgment)

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2004/C 118/78

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 28 April 2004 in Joined Cases T-124/02 and T-156/02: The Sunrider Corp. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Regulations (EC) Nos 40/94 and 2868/95 — Costs of the opposition proceedings — Partial withdrawal of the trade mark application — Withdrawal of opposition — Reimbursement of the appeal fees — Duty to state reasons)

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2004/C 118/79

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 21 April 2004 in Case T-127/02: Concept-Anlagen u. Geräte nach ‘GMP’ für Produktion u. Labor GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Figurative mark containing the word element ‘ECA’ — Absolute ground for refusal — Emblem of an international intergovernmental organisation — Article 7(1)(h) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Article 6 ter of the Paris Convention)

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2004/C 118/80

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 31 March 2004 in Case T-216/02: Fieldturf Inc. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Word mark LOOKS LIKE GRASS... FEELS LIKE GRASS... PLAYS LIKE GRASS — Absolute ground for refusal — Article 7(1)(b) and Article 73 of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Refusal to register)

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2004/C 118/81

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 28 April 2004 in Case T-277/02: Athanacia-Nancy Pascall v Council of the European Union (Officials — Open competition — Oral test — Omission from the reserve list — Action for annulment)

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2004/C 118/82

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 22 April 2004 in Case T-343/02: Roland Schintgen v Commission of the European Communities (Officials — Staff Committee of the Commission in Luxembourg — Elections to the Luxembourg Staff Committee — Electoral system — Principles of fairness and democracy)

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2004/C 118/83

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 29 April 2004 in Case T-399/02: Eurocermex SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Three-dimensional trade mark — Form of a bottle — Long-neck bottle in the neck of which a slice of lemon has been plugged — Absolute grounds for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

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2004/C 118/84

Order of the Court of First Instance of 23 March 2004 in Case T-216/99: Ter Huurne's Handelsmaatschappij BV, supported by the Kingdom of the Netherlands v Commission of the European Communities (Action for annulment — Failure of applicant to act — No need to give a decision)

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2004/C 118/85

Order of the Court of First Instance of 19 April 2004 in Case T-321/01 DEP, Internationaler Hilfsfonds eV v Commission of the European Communities (Procedure — Taxation of costs)

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2004/C 118/86

Order of the Court of First Instance of 15 March 2004 in Case T-66/02, Idiotiko Institouto Epaggelmatikis Katartisis N. Avgerinopoulou Anagnorismenes Technikes Idiotikes Epaggelmatikes Scholes AE, Panellinia Enosi Idiotikon Institouton Epaggelmatikis Katarsis and Panellinia Enosi Idiotikis Technikis Epaggelmatikis Ekpaidefsis kai Katarstisis v Commission of the European Communities (Structural Funds — Community support — Operational programme — Request for amendment — Application for a declaration of failure to act — Adoption of a position terminating such failure to act — No need to give judgment)

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2004/C 118/87

Order of the Court of First Instance of 15 March 2004 in Case T-139/02, Idiotiko Institouto Epaggelmatikis Katartisis N. Avgerinopoulou Anagnorismenes Technikes Idiotikes Epaggelmatikes Scholes AE, Panellinia Enosi Idiotikon Institouton Epaggelmatikis Katarsis and Panellinia Enosi Idiotikis Technikis Epaggelmatikis Ekpaidefsis kai Katarstisis v Commission of the European Communities (Structural Funds — Community support — Operational programme — Commission's reply to a request for amendment of a decision approving an operational programme — Action for annulment — Direct allocation — Inadmissible)

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2004/C 118/88

Order of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 2 April 2004 in Case T-231/02: Piero Gonnelli and Associazione Italiana Frantoiani Oleari (AIFO) v Commission of the European Communities (Action for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Acts affecting them individually — Regulation — Marketing norms for olive oil — Inadmissibility)

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2004/C 118/89

Order of the Court of First Instance of 29 April 2004 in Case T-308/02: SGL Carbon AG v Commission of the European Communities (Agreements — Fines — Rejection of request for facilities for payment — Annulment of measures — Inadmissibility)

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2004/C 118/90

Order of the Court of First Instance of 23 January 2004 in Case T-248/03 Société de Produits Nestlé SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Opposition — Amicable settlement — No need to adjudicate)

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2004/C 118/91

Order of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of 2 April 2004 in Case T-337/03: Luis Bertelli Gálvez v Commission of the European Communities (Action for failure to act — Procedure laid down in Article 7 EU — Complaint of alleged breaches of the principles set out in Article 6(1) EU by the Spanish judicial authorities — Clear lack of jurisdiction)

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2004/C 118/92

Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 30 April 2004 in Case T-412/03 R, Angelo Wille v European Parliament (Interim measures — Competition procedure — Suspension of operation and application for provisional measures — Admissibility)

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2004/C 118/93

Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 30 April 2004 in Case T-439/03 R, Ulrike Eppe v European Parliament (Interim measures — Competition procedure — Application for provisional measures — Admissibility)

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2004/C 118/94

Case T-82/04: Action brought on 25 February 2004 by Jamal Ouariachi against the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 118/95

Case T-92/04: Action brought on 4 March 2004 by Marta Cristiana Moren Abat against the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 118/96

Case T-99/04: Action brought on 16 March 2004 by AC-Treuhand AG against the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 118/97

Case T-104/04: Action brought on 16 March 2004 by Peroxid-Chemie GmbH & Co. KG against the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 118/98

Case T-113/04: Action brought on 19 March 2004 by Atlantic Container Line AB, Grupo TMM SA De CV, Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd, Hyundai Merchant Marine Co Ltd, Mediterranean Shipping Co SA, Neptune Orient Lines Ltd, Orient Overseas Container Line (UK) Ltd, P & Nedlloyd Container Line Limited and Sea-Land Service, Inc against the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 118/99

Case T-116/04: Action brought on 24 March 2004 by Wieland-Werke Aktiengesellschaft against the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 118/100

Case T-117/04: Action brought on 24 March 2004 by the Vereniging Werkgroep Commerciële Jachthavens Zuidelijke Randmeren and Others against the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 118/101

Case T-118/04: Action brought on 26 March 2004 by Giuseppe Caló against the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 118/102

Case T-120/04: Action brought on 22 March 2004 by Peróxidos Orgánicos, S.A. against the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 118/103

Case T-121/04: Action brought on 26 March 2004 by Henri Boquien and 12 other applicants against the Council of the European Union and the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 118/104

Case T-122/04: Action brought on 29 March 2004 by Outokumpu OYJ and Outokumpu Copper Products OY against the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 118/105

Case T-124/04: Action brought on 1 April 2004 by Jamal Ouariachi against the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 118/106

Case T-125/04: Action brought on 28 March 2004 by Patrick Rousseaux against the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 118/107

Case T-126/04: Action brought on 24 March 2004 by Willem Goris against the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 118/108

Case T-128/04: Action brought on 29 March 2004 by Carla Piccinni-Leopardi against Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 118/109

Case T-130/04: Action brought on 1 April 2004 by Gerhard Frauerwieser against the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 118/110

Case T-131/04: Action brought on 26 March 2004 by Luc Jacobs against the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 118/111

Case T-138/04: Action brought on 7 April 2004 by Cementir Cementerie del Tirreno spa against the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 118/112

Removal from the Register of Case T-248/99

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2004/C 118/113

Removal from the Register of Case T-253/99

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2004/C 118/114

Removal from the Register of Case T-320/99

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2004/C 118/115

Removal from the Register of Case T-246/01 R

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2004/C 118/116

Removal from the Register of Case T-409/03

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2004/C 118/117

Removal from the Register of Case T-82/04

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III   Notices

2004/C 118/118

Last publication of the Court of Justice in the Official Journal of the European Union OJ C 106, 30.4.2004

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