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Information and Notices

Volume 51
24 May 2008

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Court of Justice

2008/C 128/01

Last publication of the Court of Justice in the Official Journal of the European UnionOJ C 116, 9.5.2008

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V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2008/C 128/02

Case C-167/05: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 April 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Sweden (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Second paragraph of Article 90 EC — Internal taxes imposed on products from other Member States — Taxation liable to protect other products indirectly — Prohibition on discrimination between imported products and competing domestic products — Excise duties — Different tax treatment of beer and wine — Burden of proof)

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2008/C 128/03

Case C-337/05: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 April 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Public supply contracts — Directives 77/62/EEC and 93/36/EEC — Award of public contracts without prior publication of a notice — Absence of competitive tendering — Agusta and Agusta Bell helicopters)

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2008/C 128/04

Case C-442/05: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 3 April 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof, Germany) — Finanzamt Oschatz v Zweckverband zur Trinkwasserversorgung und Abwasserbeseitigung Torgau-Westelbien (Sixth VAT Directive — Articles 4(5) and 12(3)(a) — Annexes D and H — Concept of ‘supply of water’ or ‘water supplies’ — Reduced rate of VAT)

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2008/C 128/05

Case C-103/06: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 3 April 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal des affaires de sécurité sociale de Paris (France)) — Philippe Derouin v Union pour le recouvrement des cotisations de sécurité sociale et d'allocations familiales de Paris — Région parisienne (Urssaf) (Social security for migrant workers — Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Self employed workers living and working in France — General social contribution — Social debt repayment contribution — Account taken of income received in another Member State and taxable in that State under a double taxation treaty)

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2008/C 128/06

Case C-212/06: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 1 April 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle (formerly the Cour d'arbitrage) — Belgium) — Government of the French Community and Walloon Government v Flemish Government (Care insurance scheme established by a federated entity of a Member State — Exclusion of persons residing in part of the national territory other than that falling within the competence of that entity — Articles 18 CE, 39 EC and 43 EC — Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71)

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2008/C 128/07

Case C-230/06: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 3 April 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Corte Suprema di Cassazione (Italy), Militzer & Münch GmbH v Ministero delle Finanze (Customs union — Community transit — Recovery of a customs debt — Competent Member State — Proof of the regularity of the operation or of the place of the offence — Time-limits — Liability of the principal)

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2008/C 128/08

Case C-265/06: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 April 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Free movement of goods — Articles 28 EC and 30 EC — Articles 11 and 13 of the EEA Agreement — Quantitative restrictions on imports — Measures having equivalent effect — Motor vehicles — Affixing of tinted film to windows)

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2008/C 128/09

Case C-267/06: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 1 April 2008 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerisches Verwaltungsgericht München (Germany)) — Tadao Maruko v Versorgungsanstalt der deutschen Bühnen (Equal treatment in employment and occupation — Directive 2000/78/EC — Survivors' benefits under a compulsory occupational pensions scheme — Concept of ‘pay’ — Refusal because the persons concerned were not married — Same-sex partners — Discrimination based on sexual orientation)

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2008/C 128/10

Case C-306/06: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 3 April 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Köln, Germany) — 01051 Telecom GmbH v Deutsche Telekom AG (Directive 2000/35/EC — Combating of late payment in commercial transactions — Article 3(1)(c)(ii) — Late payment — Bank transfer — Date on which payment is to be regarded as having been made)

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2008/C 128/11

Case C-309/06: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 April 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the House of Lords — United Kingdom) — Marks & Spencer plc v Her Majesty's Commissioners of Customs and Excise (Taxation — Sixth VAT Directive — Exemption with refund of tax paid at the preceding stage — Erroneous taxation at the standard rate — Right to zero rate — Entitlement to refund — Direct effect — General principles of Community law — Unjust enrichment)

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2008/C 128/12

Case C-331/06: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 3 April 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank te Amsterdam, Netherlands) — K.D. Chuck v Raad van Bestuur van de Sociale Verzekeringsbank (Old-age insurance — Worker who is a national of a Member State — Social security contributions — Separate periods — Different Member States — Calculation of periods of insurance — Application for a pension — Residence in a non-Member State)

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2008/C 128/13

Case C-346/06: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 3 April 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Celle (Germany)) — Dirk Rüffert, in his capacity as liquidator of the assets of Objekt und Bauregie GmbH & Co. KG v Land Niedersachsen (Article 49 EC — Freedom to provide services — Restrictions — Directive 96/71/EC — Posting of workers in the context of the provision of services — Procedures for the award of public works contracts — Social protection of workers)

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2008/C 128/14

Case C-393/06: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 10 April 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Vergabekontrollsenat des Landes Wien, Austria) — Ing. Aigner, Wasser-Wärme-Umwelt GmbH v Fernwärme Wien GmbH (Public contracts — Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC — Contracting entity pursuing activities falling in part within the field of application of Directive 2004/17/EC and in part within that of Directive 2004/18/EC — Body governed by public law — Contracting authority)

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2008/C 128/15

Case C-398/06: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 10 April 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of the Netherlands (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Right of residence of nationals of Members States of the European Union and of the European Economic Area who are non-active and pensioned persons — National legislation and administrative practice requiring personal resources sufficient for a stay of at least a year in the host Member State)

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2008/C 128/16

Case C-412/06: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 10 April 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart) — Annelore Hamilton v Volksbank Filder eG (Consumer protection — Contracts negotiated away from business premises — Directive 85/577/EEC — First paragraph of Article 4 and Article 5(1) — Contract for long-term credit — Right of cancellation)

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2008/C 128/17

Case C-442/06: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 10 April 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 1999/31/EC — Landfill of waste — National legislation concerning existing landfill sites — Incorrect transposition)

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2008/C 128/18

Case C-444/06: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 3 April 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 89/665/EEC — Public supply and works contracts — Review procedures for the award of public contracts)

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2008/C 128/19

Case C-522/06: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 3 April 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 — Substances that deplete the ozone layer — Recovery, recycling, reclamation and destruction of those substances)

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2008/C 128/20

Case C-27/07: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 3 April 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (France)) — Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel v Ministre de l'Économie, des Finances et de l'Industrie (Corporation tax — Directive 90/435/EEC — Taxable income of a parent company — Non deductibility of costs and expenses relating to a holding in a subsidiary — Fixing of costs at a flat rate — Ceiling of 5 % of the profits distributed by the subsidiary — Inclusion of tax credits)

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2008/C 128/21

Case C-102/07: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 10 April 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden, Netherlands) — adidas AG, adidas Benelux BV v Marca Mode CV, C&A Nederland, H&M Hennes & Mauritz Netherlands BV, Vendex KBB Nederland BV (Trade marks — Articles 5(1)(b), 5(2) and 6(1)(b) of Directive 89/104/EEC — Requirement of availability — Three-stripe figurative marks — Two-stripe motifs used by competitors as decoration — Complaint alleging infringement and dilution of the mark)

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2008/C 128/22

Case C-124/07: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 3 April 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — J.C.M. Beheer BV v Staatssecretaris van Financiën (Sixth VAT Directive — Supply of services relating to insurance transactions — Insurance brokers and insurance agents)

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2008/C 128/23

Case C-187/07: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 3 April 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Zutphen (Netherlands)) — Criminal proceedings against Dirk Endendijk (Directive 91/629/EEC — Decision 97/182/EC — Rearing of calves — Individual pens — Prohibition on tethering calves — Meaning of the verb ‘tether’ — Material and length — Different language versions — Uniform interpretation)

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2008/C 128/24

Case C-289/07: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 3 April 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2004/17/EC — Coordination of the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors — Failure to transpose within the period prescribed)

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2008/C 128/25

Case C-363/06: Order of the Court of 20 February 2008 — Comunidad Autónoma de Valencia — Generalidad Valenciana v Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — Article 119 of the Rules of Procedure — Article 19 of the Statute of the Court of Justice — Representation by a lawyer — Compliance with the essential procedural requirements of the Rules of Procedure — Principle of non-discrimination — Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded)

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2008/C 128/26

Case C-212/07: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 February 2008 — Indorata-Serviços e Gestão, Lda v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (Appeal — Community trade mark — Word mark HAIRTRANSFER — Refusal of registration — Lack of distinctive character)

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2008/C 128/27

Case C-243/07: Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 February 2008 — Carsten Brinkmann v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (Appeal — Community trade mark — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Likelihood of confusion — Word sign ‘terranus’ — Refusal of registration)

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2008/C 128/28

Case C-262/07: Order of the Court of 19 February 2008 — Tokai Europe GmbH v Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — Regulation (EC) No 384/2004 — Classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature — Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded)

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2008/C 128/29

Case C-46/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Verwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 30 January 2008 — Carmen Media Group Ltd v Land Schleswig-Holstein and Minister for the Interior for the Land Schleswig-Holstein

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2008/C 128/30

Case C-47/08: Action brought on 11 February 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium

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2008/C 128/31

Case C-50/08: Action brought on 12 February 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v French Republic

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2008/C 128/32

Case C-51/08: Action brought on 12 February 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

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2008/C 128/33

Case C-77/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Unabhängiger Finanzsenat, Außenstelle Graz (Austria), lodged on 15 February 2008 — Dachsberger & Söhne GmbH v Zollamt Salzburg, Erstattungen

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2008/C 128/34

Case C-81/08 P: Appeal brought on 25 February 2008 by Miguel Cabrera Sánchez against the judgment delivered on 13 December 2007 in Case T-242/06 Miguel Cabrera Sánchez v OHIM and Industrias Cárnicas Valle, S.A.

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2008/C 128/35

Case C-83/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Thüringer Finanzgericht (Germany), lodged on 25 February 2008 — Glückauf Brauerei GmbH v Hauptzollamt Erfurt

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2008/C 128/36

Case C-88/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 27 February 2008 — David Hütter v Technische Universität Graz

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2008/C 128/37

Case C-93/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākās tiesas Senāta (Republic of Lativa) lodged on 28 February 2008 — Schenker SIA v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests

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2008/C 128/38

Case C-97/08 P: Appeal brought on 3 March 2008 by Akzo Nobel NV, Akzo Nobel Nederland BV, Akzo Nobel Chemicals International BV, Akzo Nobel Chemicals BV, Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals BV against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) delivered on 12 December 2007 in Case T-112/05: Akzo Nobel NV, Akzo Nobel Nederland BV, Akzo Nobel Chemicals International BV, Akzo Nobel Chemicals BV, Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals BV v Commission of the European Communities

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2008/C 128/39

Case C-98/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil no 7 de Madrid (Spain) lodged on 4 March 2008 — Asociación de Gestión de Derechos Intelectuales (AGEDI) and Asociación de Artistas Intérpretes o Ejecutantes — Sociedad de Gestión de España (AIE) v Sogecable S.A. and Canal Satélite Digital S.L.

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2008/C 128/40

Case C-100/08: Action brought on 3 March 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium

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2008/C 128/41

Case C-106/08: Action brought on 6 March 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic

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2008/C 128/42

Case C-112/08: Action brought on 13 March 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain

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2008/C 128/43

Case C-116/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Cassatie (Belgium) lodged on 17 March 2008 — C. Meerts v Proost NV

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2008/C 128/44

Case C-118/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo (Spain) lodged on 18 March 2008 — Transportes Urbanos y Servicios Generales, SAL v Administración del Estado

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2008/C 128/45

Case C-119/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 18 March 2008 — Mechel Nemunas UAB v Valstybinė mokesčių inspekcija prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos

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2008/C 128/46

Case C-130/08: Action brought on 31 March 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic

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2008/C 128/47

Case C-60/06: Order of the President of the Court of 20 February 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerisches Landessozialgericht, Germany) — Grete Schlepps v Deutsche Rentenversicherung Oberbayern

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2008/C 128/48

Case C-99/06: Order of the President of the First Chamber of the Court of 27 February 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart, Germany) — Raiffeisenbank Mutlangen eG v Roland Schabel

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2008/C 128/49

Case C-467/06: Order of the President of the Seventh Chamber of the Court of 11 March 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Genova, Italy) — Consel Gi. Emme Srl v Sistema Logistico dell'Arco Ligure e Alessandrino Srl (SLALA)

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2008/C 128/50

Case C-485/06: Order of the President of the Court of 13 February 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany

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2008/C 128/51

Case C-62/07: Order of the President of the Eighth Chamber of the Court of 20 February 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic

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2008/C 128/52

Case C-97/07: Order of the President of the Court of 15 January 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia (High Court of Justice of Galicia), Spain) — Doña Rosa Méndez López v Instituto Nacional de Empleo (INEM); Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS)

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2008/C 128/53

Case C-167/07: Order of the President of the Court of 28 February 2008 — Kingdom of Spain v Council of the European Union

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2008/C 128/54

Case C-216/07: Order of the President of the Court of 13 February 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany

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2008/C 128/55

Case C-218/07: Order of the President of the Court of 12 February 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany

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2008/C 128/56

Case C-254/07: Order of the President of the Court of 20 February 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain

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2008/C 128/57

Case C-255/07: Order of the President of the Court of 21 February 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain

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2008/C 128/58

Case C-314/07: Order of the President of the Court of 11 February 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic

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2008/C 128/59

Case C-412/07: Order of the President of the Court of 6 February 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland

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2008/C 128/60

Case C-422/07: Order of the President of the Court of 19 February 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain

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2008/C 128/61

Case C-469/07: Order of the President of the Court of 10 March 2008 — Commission of the European Communities v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

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Court of First Instance

2008/C 128/62

Case T-271/03: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 April 2008 — Deutsche Telekom v Commission (Competition — Article 82 EC — Charges for access to the fixed-line telecommunications network in Germany — Margin squeeze — Charges approved by the national regulatory authority for telecommunications — Leeway of the dominant undertaking)

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2008/C 128/63

Case T-389/03: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 April 2008 — Dainichiseika Colour & Chemicals Mfg. v OHIM (Representation of a pelican) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for a figurative Community trade mark depicting a pelican — Earlier Community or national figurative trade mark Pelikan — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

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2008/C 128/64

Case T-233/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 April 2008 — Netherlands v Commission (State aid — Directive 2001/81/EC — National measure establishing an emission trading scheme for nitrogen oxides — Decision finding the aid compatible with the common market — Admissibility — Advantage — Measure lacking selective character)

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2008/C 128/65

Case T-260/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 17 April 2008 — Cestas v Commission (Action for annulment — European Development Fund — Repayment of amounts paid — Debit note — Act not amenable to review — Preparatory act — Inadmissibility)

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2008/C 128/66

Case T-348/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 15 April 2008 — SIDE v Commission (State aid — Export aid in the book sector — Failure to give prior notification — Article 87(3)(d) EC — Temporal scope of Community law — Method of calculating the amount of the aid)

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2008/C 128/67

Case T-364/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 9 April 2008 — Greece v Commission (EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from Community financing — Products processed from fruit and vegetables — Animal premiums — Period of 24 months)

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2008/C 128/68

Case T-486/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 16 April 2008 — Michail v Commission (Staff Case — Officials — Acton for annulment — Duty to provide assistance — Mental harassment)

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2008/C 128/69

Case T-181/05: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 April 2008 — Citigroup and Citibank v OHIM — Citi (CITI) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative trade mark CITI — Earlier Community word mark CITIBANK — Relative ground for refusal — Reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

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2008/C 128/70

Case T-294/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 April 2008 — Nordmilch v OHIM (Vitality) (Community trade mark — Application for the Community word mark Vitality — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

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2008/C 128/71

Case T-100/03: Order of the Court of First Instance of 2 April 2008 — Maison de l'Europe Avignon Méditerranée v Commission (Action for annulment — Setting up of an Info-Point Europe — Termination of an agreement entered into by the Commission and the applicant — Manifest inadmissibility)

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2008/C 128/72

Case T-233/07: Order of the Court of First Instance of 10 March 2008 — Lebedef-Caponi v Commission (Appeal — Staff cases — Officials — Career development report — 2004 appraisal procedure — Appeal manifestly inadmissible)

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2008/C 128/73

Case T-50/08: Appeal brought on 18 January 2008 by C. Michail against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal delivered on 22 November 2007 in Case F-34/06 Michail v Commission

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2008/C 128/74

Case T-120/08: Action brought on 6 March 2008 — Arch Chemicals Inc. and Others v Commission

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2008/C 128/75

Case T-129/08: Action brought on 31 March 2008 — Sahlstedt and Others v Commission

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2008/C 128/76

Case T-136/08: Action brought on 4 April 2008 — Aurelia Finance v OHIM (AURELIA)

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2008/C 128/77

Case T-142/06: Order of the Court of First Instance of 14 April 2008 — Elektrociepłownia (Zielona Góra) v Commission

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2008/C 128/78

Case T-313/07: Order of the Court of First Instance of 25 February 2008 — Cemex UK Cement Ltd v Commission of the European Communities

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2008/C 128/79

Case T-314/07: Order of the Court of First Instance of 1 April 2008 — Simsalagrimm Filmproduktion v Commission of the European Communities and Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)

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European Union Civil Service Tribunal

2008/C 128/80

Case F-134/06: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 8 April 2008 — Bordini v Commission (Staff cases — Officials — Pensions — Correction coefficient — Member State of residence — Concept of residence — Concept of principal residence — Documents in support)

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2008/C 128/81

Case F-41/08: Action brought on 30 March 2008 — Honnefelder v Commission

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