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Information and Notices

Volume 50
10 March 2007

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Court of Justice

2007/C 056/01

Last publication of the Court of Justice in the Official Journal of the European UnionOJ C 42, 24.2.2007

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V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2007/C 056/02

Case C-321/03: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 25 January 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Chancery Division, United Kingdom) — Dyson Ltd v Registrar of Trade Marks (Trade marks — Approximation of laws — Directive 89/104/EEC — Article 2 — Concept of a sign of which a trade mark may consist — Transparent bin or collection chamber forming part of the external surface of a vacuum cleaner)

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2007/C 056/03

Joined Cases C-403/04 P and C-405/04 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 January 2007 — Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd and Nippon Steel Corp. v Commission of the European Communities (Appeals — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market in seamless steel tubes — Protection of domestic markets — Burden of proof and production of evidence — Duration of the proceedings before the Court of First Instance)

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2007/C 056/04

Case C-407/04 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 January 2007 — Dalmine SpA v Commission of the European Communities (Appeals — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Seamless steel tubes market — Protection of domestic markets — Supply contract — Rights of the defence — Self-incrimination — Anonymous evidence — Fine — Statement of reasons — Equal treatment — Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Size of the relevant market and of the undertaking concerned — Attenuating circumstances)

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2007/C 056/05

Case C-411/04 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 January 2007 — Salzgitter Mannesmann GmbH, formerly Mannesmannröhren-Werke GmbH v Commission of the European Communities (Appeals — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market in seamless steel tubes — Fair legal process — Anonymous evidence — Fine — Cooperation — Equal treatment)

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2007/C 056/06

Case C-48/05: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 January 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Nürnberg-Fürth) — Adam Opel AG v Autec AG (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Trade Marks — Article 5(1)(a) and (2), and Article 6(1)(b) of the First Directive 89/104/EEC — Right of a trade mark proprietor to prevent use by a third party of a sign identical or similar to the trade mark — Trade mark registered for motor vehicles and for toys — Reproduction of the trade mark by a third party on scale models of that make of vehicle)

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2007/C 056/07

Case C-220/05: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 18 January 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal administratif de Lyon, France) — Jean Auroux, Marie-Hélène Riamon, Christian Avocat, Laure Deroche, Pascal Mirabel, Vladimir Serdeczny, Paul Perard, Dolorès Ponramon, Elisabeth Roche v Commune de Roanne (Public procurement — Directive 93/37/EEC — Award without call for tenders — Contract for the implementation of a development project concluded between two contracting authorities — Definition of ‘public works contract’ and ‘work’ — Method of calculation of the value of the contract)

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2007/C 056/08

Case C-229/05 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 18 January 2007 — Osman Ocalan, on behalf of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Serif Vanly, on behalf of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) v Council of the European Union, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — Specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism — Action for annulment — Admissibility)

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2007/C 056/09

Case C-278/05: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 25 January 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Chancery Division, United Kingdom) — Carol Marilyn Robins and Others v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Protection of employees in the event of the employer's insolvency — Directive 80/987/EEC — Transposition — Article 8 — Supplementary company or inter-company pension schemes — Old-age benefits — Protection of rights conferring immediate entitlement — Extent of protection — Liability of a Member State by reason of the incorrect transposition of a directive — Conditions)

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2007/C 056/10

Case C-313/05: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 18 January 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyjny w Warszawie, Poland) — Maciej Brzeziński v Dyrektor Izby Celnej w Warszawie (Internal taxation — Taxes on motor vehicles — Excise duties — Second-hand vehicles — Import)

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2007/C 056/11

Case C-329/05: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 January 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany)) — Finanzamt Dinslaken v Gerold Meindl (Freedom of establishment — Article 52 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 43 EC) — Self-employed person — Income tax — Spouses who live apart on a non-permanent basis — Refusal of joint assessment — Spouses residing separately — Wage compensation benefits for the non-resident spouse — Income not subject to tax in the spouse's Member State of residence)

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2007/C 056/12

Case C-332/05: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 18 January 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundessozialgericht (Germany)) — Aldo Celozzi v Innungskrankenkasse Baden-Württemberg (Freedom of movement for workers — Calculation of daily sick pay based on net income, itself determined by tax class — Automatic placing of a migrant worker whose spouse is resident in another Member State in an unfavourable tax class — Amendment of the tax class only on application by the migrant worker — Failure to take into account a subsequent amendment of the tax class on the basis of the marital status of that worker — Principle of equal treatment — Infringement)

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2007/C 056/13

Case C-359/05: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 18 January 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de grande instance de Brive-la-Gaillarde (France)) — Estager SA v Receveur principal de la recette des douanes de Brive (Economic and monetary policy — Regulations (EC) No 1103/97 and No 974/98 — Introduction of the euro — Conversion between the euro and national currency units — Legislation of a Member State adjusting the value in euros of certain sums expressed in national currency in the legislative texts of that State)

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2007/C 056/14

Case C-370/05: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 25 January 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Vestre Landsret — Denmark) — Criminal proceedings against Uwe Kay Festersen (Freedom of establishment — Free movement of capital — Articles 43 EC and 56 EC — Restrictions on the acquisition of agricultural property — Requirement that the acquirer take up fixed residence on the agricultural property)

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2007/C 056/15

Case C-385/05: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 18 January 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'Etat (France)) — Confédération générale du travail, CFDT — Confédération française démocratique du travail, Confédération française de l'encadrement (CGC), Confédération française des travailleurs chrétiens (CFTC), Confédération générale du travail — Force ouvrière v Premier ministre, Ministre de l'Emploi, de la Cohésion sociale et du Logement (Social policy — Directives 98/59/EC and 2002/14/EC — Collective redundancies — Information and consultation of employees — Method for calculating the thresholds of workers employed — Member States' powers — Exclusion of employees belonging to a certain age group)

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2007/C 056/16

Case C-405/05: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 25 January 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 91/271/EEC — Pollution and nuisance — Treatment of urban waste water — Lack of measures to ensure the adequate treatment of urban waste water from a number of agglomerations)

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2007/C 056/17

Case C-421/05: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 18 January 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van Koophandel te Brussel, Belgium) — City Motors Groep NV v Citroën Belux NV (Competition — Distribution agreement relating to motor vehicles — Block exemption — Regulation (EC) No 1400/2002 — Article 3(4) and (6) — Termination by the supplier — Right to refer the dispute to an expert or arbitrator or to apply to a national court — Express termination clause — Compatibility with the block exemption — Validity of the grounds for the termination — Effective review)

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2007/C 056/18

Case C-104/06: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 18 January 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Sweden (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Tax legislation — Deferral of taxation on capital gains arising on sale of residential property — Articles 18 EC, 39 EC and 43 EC — Articles 28 and 31 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area)

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2007/C 056/19

Case C-204/06: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 18 January 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Czech Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 78/686/EEC — Mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications — Practitioners of dentistry — Measures to facilitate the effective exercise of the right of establishment and freedom to provide services — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

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2007/C 056/20

Case C-437/05: Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 January 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling of The Okresní soud v Českém Krumlově, Czech Republic) — Jan Vorel v Nemocnice Český Krumlov (First subparagraph of Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Social Policy — Protection of the health and safety of workers — Directives 93/104/EC and 2003/88/EC — Concept of ‘working time’ — Periods of inactivity during on-call duty provided by a doctor at his place of work — Classification — Effect on the remuneration of the person concerned)

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2007/C 056/21

Case C-40/06: Order of the Court of 9 January 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht München, Germany) — Juers Pharma Import-Export GmbH v Oberfinanzdirektion Nürnberg (First subparagraph of Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Common Customs Tariff — Combined Nomenclature — Tariff classification — Capsules containing primarily melatonin — Medicaments)

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2007/C 056/22

Case C-493/06 P: Appeal brought on 30 November 2006 by Tesco Stores Ltd against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) delivered on 13 September 2006 in Case T-191/04: MIP Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)

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2007/C 056/23

Case C-498/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Social Único de Algeciras (Spain) lodged on 7 December 2006 — Maira María Robledillo Núñez v Fondo de Garantía Salarial (‘FOGASA’)

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2007/C 056/24

Case C-506/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 14 December 2006 — Sabine Mayr v Bäckerei und Konditorei Gerhard Flöckner OHG

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2007/C 056/25

Case C-507/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Innsbruck lodged on 13 December 2006 — Malina Klöppel v Tiroler Gebietskrankenkasse

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2007/C 056/26

Case C-508/06: Action brought on 14 December 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Malta

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2007/C 056/27

Case C-509/06 P: Appeal brought on 15 December 2006 by Akzo Nobel NV against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 27 September 2006 in Case T-330/01 Akzo Nobel NV v Commission

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2007/C 056/28

Case C-510/06 P: Appeal brought on 15 December 2006 by Archer Daniels Midland Co. against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) delivered on 27 September 2006 in Case T-329/01: Archer Daniels Midland Company v Commission of the European Communities

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2007/C 056/29

Case C-511/06 P: Appeal brought on 15 December 2006 by Archer Daniels Midland Co. against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) delivered on 27 September 2006 in Case T-59/02: Archer Daniels Midland Company v Commission of the European Communities

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2007/C 056/30

Case C-514/06 P: Appeal brought on 18 December 2006 by Armacell Enterprise GmbH against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 10 October 2006 in Case T-172/05: Armacell Enterprise GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

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2007/C 056/31

Case C-515/06 P: Appeal brought on 19 December 2006 by European Association of Euro Pharmaceutical Companies (EAEPC) against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 27 September 2006 in Case T-168/01: GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited v Commission of the European Communities

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2007/C 056/32

Case C-519/06 P: Appeal brought on 20 December 2006 by Asociación de exportadores españoles de productos farmacéuticos (Aseprofar) against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 27 September 2006 in Case T-168/01: GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited, formerly Glaxo Wellcome plc v Commission of the Eurooean communities

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2007/C 056/33

Case C-520/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from House of Lords (United Kingdom) made on 20 December 2006 — Stringer and others v Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

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2007/C 056/34

Case C-524/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberverwaltungsgericht für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany) lodged on 28 December 2006 — Heinz Huber v Federal Republic of Germany

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2007/C 056/35

Case C-527/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden lodged on 27 December 2006 — R.H.H. Renneberg v Staatssecretaris van Financiën

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2007/C 056/36

Case C-532/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Simvoulio tis Epikratias (Greece) lodged on 29 December 2006 — Emm. G. Lianakis AE, Sima Anonimi Techniki Etairia Meleton kai Epivlepseon and Nikolaos Vlachopoulos v Dimos Alexandroupolis, Planitiki A.E., Aikaterini Georgoula, Dim. Vasios, N. Loukatos & Sinergates Anonimi Etairia Meleton, Eratosthenis Meletitiki A.E., A. Pantazis — Pan. Kiriopoulou & Sinergates (‘Filon’) O.E. and Nikolaos Sideris

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2007/C 056/37

Case C-533/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from Court of Appeal (United Kingdom) made on 28 December 2006 — 02 Holdings Limited & 02 (UK) Limited v Hutchinson 3G UK Limited

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2007/C 056/38

Case C-6/07: Action brought on 12 January 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain

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2007/C 056/39

Case C-11/07: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Beroep te Gent (Belgium) lodged on 18 January 2007 — Hans Eckelkamp and Others v Belgian State

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2007/C 056/40

Case C-13/07: Action brought on 18 January 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Council of the European Union

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2007/C 056/41

Case C-14/07: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 22 January 2007 — Ingenieurbüro Michael Weiss und Partner GbR v Industrie und Handelskammer Berlin, intervener: Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners Ltd

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2007/C 056/42

Case C-18/07: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Kammarrätten i Jönköping (Sweden) lodged on 22 January 2007 — Mattias Jalkhed v Jordbruksverket

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2007/C 056/43

Case C-20/07: Action brought on 23 January 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland

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2007/C 056/44

Case C-21/07: Action brought on 23 January 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland

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2007/C 056/45

Case C-22/07: Action brought on 24 January 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain

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2007/C 056/46

Case C-26/07: Action brought on 25 January 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic

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2007/C 056/47

Case C-29/07: Action brought on 29 January 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic

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2007/C 056/48

Case C-31/07: Action brought on 26 January 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland

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2007/C 056/49

Case C-35/07: Action brought on 30 January 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic

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Court of First Instance

2007/C 056/50

Case T-231/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 January 2007 — Greece v Commission (Action for annulment — Common diplomatic mission in Abuja (Nigeria) — Recovery of a debt by offsetting — Regulations (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 and No 2342/2002 — Principle of good faith in public international law)

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2007/C 056/51

Case T-283/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 January 2007 — Georgia-Pacific v OHIM (embossed motif) (Community trade mark — Three-dimensional mark — Embossed motif — Refusal of registration — Distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

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2007/C 056/52

Case T-288/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 9 January 2007 — Van Neyghem v Committee of the Regions of the European Union (Officials — Appointment — Classification in grade and step — Pay slip — Late complaint — Admissibility)

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2007/C 056/53

Case T-472/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 23 January 2007 — Tsarnavas v Commission (Officials — Article 45 of the Staff Regulations — Promotion — Judgment annulling the decision not to promote the applicant — Re-examination of the merits — Reasons)

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2007/C 056/54

Case T-53/05: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 January 2007 — Calavo Growers v OHIM — Calvo Sanz (Calvo) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative mark CALVO — Earlier Community word mark CALAVO — Admissibility of the opposition — Grounds of the opposition lodged in a language other than the language of the proceedings — Article 74(1) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Rule 20(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95)

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2007/C 056/55

Case T-92/05: Order of the Court of First Instance of 6 December 2006 — movingpeople.net International BV v OHIM — Schäfer (movingpeople.net) (Community trade mark — Community figurative trade mark movingpeople.net — Opposition of the proprietor of the national word mark MOVING PEOPLE — Partial refusal of registration — Applicant's acquisition of the earlier trade mark — No need to adjudicate)

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2007/C 056/56

Case T-127/05: Order of the Court of First Instance of 9 January 2007 — Lootus Teine Osaühing v Council (Action for annulment — Regulation (EC) No 2269/2004 and Regulation (EC) No 2270/2004 — Fisheries — Fishing opportunities for deep sea species for the new Member States which acceded in 2004 — Persons directly and individually concerned — Inadmissibility)

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2007/C 056/57

Case T-104/06: Order of the Court of First Instance of 12 January 2007 — SPM v Commission (Common organisation of the markets — Bananas — Scheme for the import of bananas originating in ACP countries to the European Union — Regulation (EC) No 219/2006 — Action for annulment — Locus standi — Inadmissibility)

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2007/C 056/58

Case T-368/06: Action brought on 8 December 2006 — Rath v OHIM — Sanorell Pharma (Immunocell)

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2007/C 056/59

Case T-400/06: Action brought on 22 December 2006 — ZERO Industry v OHIM — zero International Holding (zerorh+)

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2007/C 056/60

Case T-1/07: Action brought on 2 January 2007 — Apache Footwear and Apache II Footwear v Council

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2007/C 056/61

Case T-2/07: Action brought on 2 February 2007 — Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the European Communities

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2007/C 056/62

Case T-3/07: Action brought on 2 January 2007 — Spain v Commission

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2007/C 056/63

Case T-5/07: Action brought on 5 January 2007 — Belgium v Commission

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2007/C 056/64

Case T-6/07: Action brought on 2 January 2007 — Galderma v OHIM — Lelas (Nanolat)

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2007/C 056/65

Case T-8/07: Action brought on 4 January 2007 — Torres v OHIM–Gala-Salvador Dalí (TG Torre Galatea)

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2007/C 056/66

Case T-9/07: Action brought on 9 January 2007 — Grupo Promer Mon-Graphic v OHIM — PepsiCo (Designs)

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2007/C 056/67

Case T-10/07: Action brought on 8 January 2007 — FVB v OHIM — FVD (FVB)

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2007/C 056/68

Case T-11/07: Action brought on 12 January 2007 — Frucona Košice v Commission

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2007/C 056/69

Case T-12/07: Action brought on 16 January 2007 — Polimeri Europa v Commission

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2007/C 056/70

Case T-13/07: Action brought on 12 January 2007 — Cemex UK Cement v Commission

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2007/C 056/71

Case T-22/07: Action brought on 1 February 2007 — US Steel Košice v Commission

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2007/C 056/72

Case T-163/06: Order of the Court of First Instance of 22 January 2007 — BA.LA. di Lanciotti Vittorio and Others v Commission

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2007/C 056/73

Case T-229/06: Order of the Court of First Instance of 12 January 2007 — Kretschmer v Parliament

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European Union Civil Service Tribunal

2007/C 056/74

Case F-42/05: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 1 February 2007 — Rossi Ferreras v Commission (Officials — Appraisal — Career development report — 2003 appraisal procedure — Action for annulment — Action for damages)

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2007/C 056/75

Case F-43/05: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 23 January 2007 — Chassagne v Commission (Officials — Pay — Annual travel expenses — Provisions applicable to officials originating from French overseas departments — Article 8 of Annex VII to the amended Staff Regulations)

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2007/C 056/76

Case F-125/05: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 1 February 2007 — Tsarnavas v Commission (Officials — Promotion — Consideration of comparative merits of officials in different services — Application for damages — Admissibility — Reasonable period — Lawyers' fees — Pre-litigation procedure — Non-material harm)

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2007/C 056/77

Case F-55/06: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of 25 January 2007 — de Albuquerque v Commission (Officials — Reassignment — Article 7(1) of the Staff Regulations — Manifest error of assessment — Principle of equal treatment — Abuse of power — Interest of the service)

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2007/C 056/78

Case F-142/06 R: Order of the President of the Civil Service Tribunal of 1 February 2007 — Bligny v Commission (Interim measures — Application for suspension of operation — Application for provisional measures — Urgency — None)

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2007/C 056/79

Case F-145/06: Action brought on 22 December 2006 — Pascual García v Commission

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2007/C 056/80

Case F-146/06: Action brought on 11 December 2006 — Speiser v Parliament

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2007/C 056/81

Case F-2/07: Action brought on 12 January 2007 — Matos Martins v Commission

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2007/C 056/82

Case F-3/07: Action brought on 18 January 2007 — Moschonaki v EUROFOUND

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2007/C 056/83

Case F-4/07: Action brought on 19 January 2007 — Skoulidi v Commission

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2007/C 056/84

Case F-5/07: Action brought on 21 January 2007 — Nijs v Court of Auditors

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2007/C 056/85

Case F-6/07: Action brought on 26 January 2007 — Suvikas v Council

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