15.3.2012

Official Journal of the European Union

C 76/13

Action brought on 9 January 2012 by Den norske Forleggerforening against the EFTA Surveillance Authority

(Case E-1/12)

2012/C 76/10

An action against the EFTA Surveillance Authority was brought before the EFTA Court on 9 January 2012 by Den norske Forleggerforening, represented by Jan Magne Juuhl-Langseth, advokat, Advokatfirmaet Schjødt, Munkedamsveien 45, N-0201 Oslo, Norway.

The Applicant requests the EFTA Court to:

1.	Declare Decision No 311/11/COL of the EFTA Surveillance Authority void; and

2.	Order the EFTA Surveillance Authority to pay the costs of the proceedings.

Legal and factual background and pleas in law adduced in support:

—	The Applicant is the Norwegian Publishers Association. Its members are publishing houses in Norway.

—	The Applicant seeks the annulment of Decision No 311/11/COL of the EFTA Surveillance Authority, adopted on 12 October 2011.

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The Applicant claims, inter alia, that the EFTA Surveillance Authority:

—	failed to initiate the formal investigation procedure, according to Article 1(2) in Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement (SCA); and

—	has not provided sufficient reasoning for its Decision, as stated in Article 16 SCA.