ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 143

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Information and Notices

Volume 49
17 June 2006

Notice No

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I   Information

Court of Justice

COURT OF JUSTICE

2006/C 143/1

Taking of the oath by a new Member of the Court of Justice

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2006/C 143/2

Assumption of duties by a new Judge of the Court of Justice

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2006/C 143/3

Decisions adopted by the Court of Justice at its general meeting on 16 May 2006

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2006/C 143/4

Lists for the purposes of determining the composition of the formations of the Court

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2006/C 143/5

Case C-441/02: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 27 April 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Articles 8a and 48 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Articles 18 EC and 39 EC) — Directives 64/221/EEC, 73/148/EEC and 90/364/EEC — Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 — Freedom of movement for nationals of Member States — Public policy — Right to respect for family life — National legislation relating to the prohibition on residence and expulsion — Administrative practice — Criminal conviction — Expulsion)

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2006/C 143/6

Joined Cases C-87/03 and C-100/03: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 30 March 2006 — Kingdom of Spain v Council of the European Union (Fisheries — Regulation distributing catch quotas among Member States — Act of accession of Spain — End of the transitional period — Requirement of relative stability — Principle of non-discrimination — New fishing opportunities)

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2006/C 143/7

Case C-408/03: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 23 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure to fulfil obligations — Breach of Community legislation on the right of residence of citizens of the Union — National legislation and administrative practice relating to the requirement of sufficient personal resources and the issuing of orders to leave the territory of the Member State concerned)

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2006/C 143/8

Case C-436/03: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 2 May 2006 — European Parliament v Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Regulation (EC) No 1435/2003 — European Cooperative Society (SCE) — Choice of legal basis — Article 95 EC — Article 308 EC)

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2006/C 143/9

Case C-451/03: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 30 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Corte d'appello di Milano) — Servizi Ausiliari Dottori Commercialisti Srl v Giuseppe Calafiori (Freedom of establishment — Freedom to provide services — Competition rules applicable to undertakings — State aid — Tax Advice Centres — Pursuit of certain tax advice and assistance activities — Exclusive right — Remuneration for such activities)

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2006/C 143/10

Case C-551/03 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 6 April 2006 — General Motors BV (formerly General Motors Nederland BV and Opel Nederland BV) v Commission of the European Communities (Appeals — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Article 81 EC — Regulations (EEC) No 123/85 and (EC) No 1475/95 — Distribution of Opel motor vehicles — Partitioning of the market — Restrictions on exports — Restrictive bonus policy — Fine — Guidelines for the calculation of fines)

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2006/C 143/11

Case C-36/04: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 30 March 2006 — Kingdom of Spain v Council of the European Union (Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 — Articles 3, 4 and 6 — Management of the fishing effort — Community fishing areas and resources — Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties — Non-severability — Inadmissibility)

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2006/C 143/12

Case C-46/04: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 30 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Corte Suprema di Cassazione) — Aro Tubi Trafilerie SpA v Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze (Directive 69/335 — Indirect taxes on the raising of capital — National legislation providing for the charging, in the case of a ‘reverse’ merger, of a proportional registration tax of 1 % of the value of such a transaction — Classification as capital duty — Increase in capital — Increase in the assets of the company — Increase in the value of shares — Provision of services by a member — Decision to merge made by the members of the member)

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2006/C 143/13

Case C-96/04: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 27 April 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Niebüll) — Standesamt Stadt Niebüll v Stefan Grunkin, Dorothee Regina Paul (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Determination of a child's surname — Procedure to transfer that determination to one of the parents — Lack of jurisdiction of the Court)

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2006/C 143/14

Joined Cases C-131/04 and C-257/04: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 March 2006 (references for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal, Employment Tribunal) — C.D. Robinson-Steele v R.D. Retail Services Ltd (C-131/04) — Michael Jason Clarke v Frank Staddon Ltd (C-257/04) and J.C. Caulfield, C.F. Caulfield, K.V. Barnes v Hanson Clay Products Ltd, formerly Marshalls Clay Products Ltd (C-257/04) (Social policy — Protection of the health and safety of workers — Directive 93/104/EC — Entitlement to paid annual leave — Inclusion of payment for annual leave in the hourly or daily remuneration (‘rolled-up holiday pay’)

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2006/C 143/15

Case C-184/04: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 30 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus) — Uudenkaupungin kaupunki (VAT — Deduction of input tax — Capital goods — Immovable property — Adjustment of deductions)

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2006/C 143/16

Case C-217/04: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 2 May 2006 — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (Regulation (EC) No 460/2004 — European Network and Information Security Agency — Choice of legal basis)

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2006/C 143/17

Case C-245/04: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 6 April 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof) — EMAG Handel Eder OHG v Finanzlandesdirektion für Kärnten (Preliminary references — Sixth VAT Directive — Article 8(1)(a) and (b), the first subparagraph of Article 28a(1)(a), Article 28b(A)(1) and the first subparagraph of Article 28c(A)(a) — Intra-Community dispatch or transport of goods — Supplies — Intra-Community acquisition of goods — Chain transactions — Place of transaction)

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2006/C 143/18

Case C-259/04: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 30 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division)) — Elizabeth Florence Emanuel v Continental Shelf 128 Ltd, (Trade marks of such a nature as to deceive the public or liable to mislead the public as to the nature, quality or geographical origin of a product — Trade mark assigned by the proprietor together with the undertaking producing the goods to which the mark relates — Directive 89/104/EEC)

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2006/C 143/19

Case C-274/04: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 6 April 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Hamburg) — ED & F Man Sugar Ltd v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Jonas (Agriculture — Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 — Export refunds — Sanction applied following a decision to recover a refund that has become final — Possibility of re-examining the decision imposing a sanction)

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2006/C 143/20

Case C-341/04: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) Chamber) of 2 May 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court (Ireland)) Eurofood IFCS Ltd — Enrico Bondi v Bank of America N.A., Pearse Farrell, Official Liquidator, Director of Corporate Enforcement, Certificate/Note holders (Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Insolvency proceedings — Decision to open the proceedings — Centre of the debtor's main interests — Recognition of insolvency proceedings — Public policy (keywords)

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2006/C 143/21

Case C-410/04: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 6 April 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Puglia) — Associazione Nazionale Autotrasporto Viaggiatori (ANAV) v Commune di Bari, A.M.T.A.B. Servizio SpA (Freedom to provide services — Local public transport service — Award with no call for tenders — Award by a public authority to an undertaking of which it owns the share capital)

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2006/C 143/22

Case C-417/04 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 2 May 2006 — Regione Siciliana v Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) — Closure of Community financial assistance — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Local or regional entity — Measures of direct and individual concern to that entity — Direct concern)

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2006/C 143/23

Case C-423/04: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 27 April 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Social Security Commissioner) — Sarah Margaret Richards v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security — Directive 79/7/EEC — Refusal to award a retirement pension at the age of 60 to a transsexual who has undergone male-to-female gender reassignment surgery)

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2006/C 143/24

Case C-428/04: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 6 April 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria (Failure to fulfil obligations — Directive 89/391/EEC — Measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work — Failure to notify implementing measures — Incorrect or inadequate implementation — Articles 2(1), 7(3), 8(2), 11(2)(c) and (d), 13(2)(b) and 18)

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2006/C 143/25

Joined Cases C-443/04 and C-444/04: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 27 April 2006 (references for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden) — H.A. Solleveld (C-443/04) and J.E. van den Hout-van Eijnsbergen (C-444/04) v Staatssecretaris van Financiën (Sixth VAT Directive — Article 13A(1)(c) — Exemptions — Provision of medical care in the exercise of the medical and paramedical professions — Therapeutic treatments given by a physiotherapist and a psychotherapist — Definition by the Member State concerned of paramedical professions — Discretion — Limits)

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2006/C 143/26

Case C-456/04: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 6 April 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Sicilia) — Agip Petroli SpA v Capitaneria di porto di Siracusa, Capitaneria di porto di Siracusa — Sezione staccato di Santa Panagia, Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti (Maritime cabotage — Regulation (EEC) No 3577/92 — Law applicable to the manning of vessels over 650 gt carrying out island cabotage — Meaning of ‘voyage which follows or precedes’ a voyage to or from another State)

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2006/C 143/27

Case C-493/04: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 9 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof te 's-Hertogenbosch) — L.H. Piatkowski v Inspecteur van de Belastingdienst — grote ondernemingen Eindhoven (Freedom of movement for workers — Social security — Person simultaneously employed in one Member State and self-employed in another Member State — Person subject to the social security legislation of each of those States — Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Article 14c(b) and Annex VII — Social security contributions levied on interest paid by a company established in one Member State to a person resident in another Member State)

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2006/C 143/28

Case C-495/04: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 30 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden) — A.C. Smits-Koolhoven v Staatssecretaris van Financiën (Directive 95/59 — Tax on the consumption of manufactured tobacco — Herbal cigarettes — Used exclusively for medical purposes)

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2006/C 143/29

Case C-502/04: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 16 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht — Ergün Torun v Stadt Augsburg) (EEC-Turkey Association — Freedom of movement for workers — Article 7, second paragraph, of Decision No 1/80 of the Association Council — Child of a Turkish worker who has reached the age of majority and completed a course of vocational training in the host Member State — Criminal conviction — Effect on right of residence)

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2006/C 143/30

Case C-10/05: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 30 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour administrative) — Cynthia Mattern, Hajrudin Cikotic v Ministre du Travail et de l'Emploi (Freedom of movement for persons — Workers — Family members — Right of a national of a third country married to a Community national to take up an activity as an employed person — Conditions)

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2006/C 143/31

Case C-15/05: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 27 April 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof te Amsterdam ) — Kawasaki Motors Europe NV v Inspecteur van de Belastingdienst/Douane district Rotterdam (Common Customs Tariff — Tariff headings — Classification of vehicles — Tractors — Cars and vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons — Regulation (EC) No 2518/98 — Point 5 of the annexed table — Invalidity)

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2006/C 143/32

Case C-27/05: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 27 April 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Hamburg) — Elfering Export GmbH v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Jonas (Export refunds — Material condition — Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 — Beef and veal — Absence of proof as to the origin of the products — Applicability of penalties)

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2006/C 143/33

Case C-124/05: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 6 April 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof te 's-Gravenhage) — Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging v Staat der Nederlanden (Social policy — Protection of the safety and health of workers — Directive 93/104/EC — Right to paid annual leave — Financial compensation for not taking the minimum period of paid annual leave)

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2006/C 143/34

Case C-145/05: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 27 April 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (Belgium)) — Levi Strauss & Co. v Casucci SpA (Trade marks — Directive 89/104/EEC — Article 5(1)(b) — Relevant time for assessing likelihood of confusion between a trade mark and a similar sign — Loss of distinctive character owing to conduct of the proprietor of the trade mark after use of the sign has commenced)

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2006/C 143/35

Case C-180/05: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 April 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 92/100/EEC — Rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property — Public lending right — Failure to transpose within the period prescribed)

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2006/C 143/36

Case C-482/04 P: Order of the Court of 21 November 2005 — SNF SA v Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — Directive on cosmetic products — Restrictions on the use of polyacrylamides in the composition of cosmetic products)

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2006/C 143/37

Case C-200/05 P: Appeal brought on 9 May 2005 by Carlos Correia de Matos against the order of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 23 February 2005 in Case T-454/04 Carlos Correia de Matos v Commission

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2006/C 143/38

Case C-16/06 P: Appeal brought on 13 January 2006 by Les Éditions Albert René SARL against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) delivered on 27 October 2005 in Case T-336/03: Les Éditions Albert Réné SARL v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

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2006/C 143/39

Case C-142/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Østre Landsret lodged on 16 March 2006 — Olicom A/S v Skatteministeriet

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2006/C 143/40

Case C-145/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione tributaria di secondo grado di Trento lodged on 17 March 2006 — Fendt Italiana Srl v Agenzia Dogane Ufficio Dogane di Trento

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2006/C 143/41

Case C-146/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione tributaria di secondo grado di Trento lodged on 17 March 2006 — Fendt Italiana Srl v Agenzia Dogane Ufficio Dogane di Trento

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2006/C 143/42

Case C-147/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato, Quinta Sezione lodged on 20 March 2006 — SECAP SpA v Comune di Torino

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2006/C 143/43

Case C-162/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo lodged on 27 March 2006 — International Mail Spain SL v Administración del Estado — Correos

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2006/C 143/44

Case C-168/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyny w Łodzi (Regional Administrative Court, Łódź) lodged on 29 March 2006 — Ceramika Paradyż sp.z oo v Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w Łodzi

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2006/C 143/45

Case C-170/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Tribunale di Napoli lodged on 30 March 2006 — Giuseppina Montoro and Michelangelo Liguori v Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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2006/C 143/46

Case C-173/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione Tributaria Regionale di Genova lodged on 3 April 2006 — Agrover S.r.l. v Agenzia Dogane Circoscrizione Doganale di Genova

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2006/C 143/47

Case C-177/06: Action brought on 4 April 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain

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2006/C 143/48

Case C-178/06: Action brought on 5 April 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Estonia

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2006/C 143/49

Case C-179/06: Action brought on 5 April 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic

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2006/C 143/50

Case C-182/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour administrative lodged on 10 April 2006 — État du grand-duché de Luxembourg v Hans Ulrich Lakebrink and Katrin Peters-Lakebrink

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2006/C 143/51

Case C-183/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht München lodged on 13 April 2006 — RUMA GmbH v Oberfinanzdirektion Nürnberg

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2006/C 143/52

Case C-203/06: Action brought on 4 May 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Czech Republic

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2006/C 143/53

Case C-204/06: Action brought on 4 May 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Czech Republic

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2006/C 143/54

Case C-294/03: Order of the President of the Court of 1 December 2005 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland

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2006/C 143/55

Case C-526/03: Order of the President of the Court of 14 November 2005 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic

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2006/C 143/56

Case C-279/04: Order of the President of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 15 December 2005 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Retten i Hørsholm) — Anklagemyndighedden v Steffen Ryborg

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2006/C 143/57

Case C-352/04: Order of the President of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 December 2005 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln) — mdm Versandservice GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland

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2006/C 143/58

Case C-87/05: Order of the President of the Court of 7 September 2005 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic

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2006/C 143/59

Case C-126/05: Order of the President of the Court of 5 December 2005 — Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

2006/C 143/60

Case T-394/03: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 April 2006 — Angeletti v Commission of the European Communities (Community officials — Social security — Occupational illness — Exposure to asbestos — Refusal to recognise the occupational origin of the illness — Obligation to render a decision within a reasonable time — Non-pecuniary damage)

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2006/C 143/61

Case T-74/05: Order of the Court of First Instance of 3 April 2006 — The International Institute for the Urban Environment v Commission (Research and technological development programme entitled ‘Promotion of innovation and encouragement of SME participation’ — Community financing — Articles 230 EC and 238 EC — Arbitration clause — Action for annulment — Admissibility)

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2006/C 143/62

Case T-420/05 R: Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 4 April 2006 — Vischim v Commission (Application for interim measures — Application for suspension of operation — Directive 91/414/EEC — Urgency — None)

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2006/C 143/63

Case T-106/06: Action brought on 6 April 2006 — Demp Holding v OHIM — BAU HOW (BAUHOW)

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2006/C 143/64

Case T-111/06: Action brought on 12 April 2006 — Wesergold Getränkeindustrie v OHIM — Lidl Stiftung (VITAL& FIT)

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2006/C 143/65

Case T-115/06: Action brought on 7 April 2006 — Fiskeri og Havbruksnæringens Landsforening and Others v Council

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2006/C 143/66

Case T-117/06: Action brought on 13 April 2006 — DeTeMedien v OHIM (suchen.de)

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2006/C 143/67

Case T-124/06: Action brought on 27 April 2006 — MIP METRO v OHIM — MetroRED Telecom (MetroRED)

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2006/C 143/68

Case T-126/06: Action brought on 24 April 2006 — Italian Republic v Commission of the European Communities

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EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL

2006/C 143/69

Case F-16/05: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Plenary session) of 26 April 2006 — Falcione v Commission (Officials — Appointment — Classification in the higher career grade — Articles 5 and 31(2) of the Staff Regulations — Costs — Article 7(5) of Annex I to the Statute of the Court of Justice and Article 88 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance)

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2006/C 143/70

Case F-35/06: Action brought on 30 March 2006 — Grünheid v Commission

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2006/C 143/71

Case F-38/06: Action brought on 14 April 2006 — Irène Bianchi v European Training Foundation

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2006/C 143/72

Case F-40/06: Action brought on 8 April 2006 — Luigi Mancuccio v Commission of the European Communities

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2006/C 143/73

Case F-43/06: Action brought on 21 April 2006 — Tuomo Talvela v Commission of the European Communities

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2006/C 143/74

Case F-45/06: Action brought on 25 April 2006 — Martin Avendano and Others v Commission

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2006/C 143/75

Case F-46/06: Action brought on 4 May 2006 — Skareby v Commission

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III   Notices

2006/C 143/76

Last publication of the Court of Justice in the Official Journal of the European Union OJ C 131, 3.6.2006

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