ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 239

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 47
25 September 2004

Notice No

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I   Information

Court of Justice

COURT OF JUSTICE

2004/C 239/1

Case C-289/04 P: Appeal brought on 1 July 2004 by Showa Denko K.K. against the judgment delivered on 29 April 2004 by the Second Chamber of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities in joined cases T-236/01, T-239/01, T-244/01 to T-246/01, T-251/01 and T-252/01 between Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd and others and the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 239/2

Case C-307/04 P: Appeal brought on 15 July 2004 by SEC Corporation against the judgment delivered on 29 April 2004 by the Second Chamber of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities in joined cases T-236/01, T-239/01, T-244/01 to T-246/01, T-251/01 and T-252/01 between Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd and others and the Commission of the European Communities.

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2004/C 239/3

Case C-309/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Bundesfinanzhof by order of that court of 20 April 2004 in the case of Fleisch-Winter GmbH & Co. KG against Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Jonas

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2004/C 239/4

Case C-311/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Gerechtshof te Amsterdam by decision of that court of 28 June 2004 in the case of B.V. Algemene Scheeps Agentuur Dordrecht against Inspecteur van de Belastingdienst – Douanedistrict Rotterdam

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2004/C 239/5

Case C-313/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main by order of that court of 24 June 2004 in the case of Franz Egenberger GmbH Molkerei und Trockenwerk against Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung

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2004/C 239/6

Case C-316/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven by order of that court of 22 July 2004 in the case of Stichting Zuid-Hollandse Milieufederatie against College voor de toelating van bestrijdingsmiddelen (Ctb)

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2004/C 239/7

Cases C-321/04, C-322/04, C-323/04, C-324/04, C-325/04: References for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d'Appel de Lyon by judgments of 24 February 2004, in the following cases SAS Distribution Casino France, as successor to Casino France, against Organic de recouvrement (Caisse Nationale de l'Organisation Autonome d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs Non-Salariés des Professions Industrielles et Commerciales), Casino France, as successor to SA Imquef, in turn successor to SA Judis, against Organic de recouvrement (Caisse Nationale de l'Organisation Autonome d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs Non-Salariés des Professions Industrielles et Commerciales), SA Dechrist Holding against Organic de recouvrement (Caisse Nationale de l'Organisation Autonome d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs Non-Salariés des Professions Industrielles et Commerciales), SA Komogo against Organic de recouvrement (Caisse Nationale de l'Organisation Autonome d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs Non-Salariés des Professions Industrielles et Commerciales), SARL Tout pour la maison against Organic de recouvrement (Caisse Nationale de l'Organisation Autonome d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs Non-Salariés des Professions Industrielles et Commerciales)

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2004/C 239/8

Case C-331/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Consiglio di Stato, in sede giurisdizionale (Sesta Sezione), by order of that court of 6 April 2004 in the case of A.T.I. E.A.C. srl and VIAGGI DI MAIO SNC against A.C.T.V. Venezia spa

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2004/C 239/9

Case C-256/04: Action brought on 15 June 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Hellenic Republic

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2004/C 239/10

Case C-273/04: Action brought on 28 June 2004 by the Republic of Poland against the Council of the European Union

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2004/C 239/11

Case C-326/04: Action brought on 27 July 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Hellenic Republic

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2004/C 239/12

Case C-327/04: Action brought on 27 July 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Republic of Finland

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2004/C 239/13

Case C-329/04: Action brought on 29 July 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Federal Republic of Germany

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2004/C 239/14

Case C-334/04: Action brought on 30 July 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Hellenic Republic

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2004/C 239/15

Case C-335/04: Action brought on 30 July 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Republic of Austria

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2004/C 239/16

Case C-337/04: Action brought on 2 August 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the French Republic

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2004/C 239/17

Case C-349/04: Action brought on 13 August 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

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2004/C 239/18

Removal from the register of Case C-401/02

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2004/C 239/19

Removal from the register of Case C-322/03

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2004/C 239/20

Removal from the register of Case C-418/03

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2004/C 239/21

Removal from the register of Case C-534/03

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2004/C 239/22

Removal from the register of Case C-76/04

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COURT OF JUSTICE AND COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

2004/C 239/23

By orders of 8 June 2004, the Court of Justice of the European Communities, pursuant to Article 2 of Council Decision 2004/407/EC, Euratom of 26 April 2004 amending Articles 51 and 54 of the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice, referred the cases listed in the left-hand column of the table below to the Court of First Instance.

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COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

2004/C 239/24

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 July 2004 in Case T-44/00: Mannesmannröhren-Werke v Commission of the European Communities (Competition — Cartels — Markets in seamless steel tubes — Duration of the infringement — Fines)

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2004/C 239/25

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 July 2004 in Case T-48/00: Corus UK Ltd v Commission of the European Communities (Competition — Agreements — Seamless steel tubes market — Duration of the infringement — Fines)

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2004/C 239/26

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 July 2004 in Case T-50/00: Dalmine SpA v Commission of the European Communities (Competition — Cartels — Markets for seamless steel pipes and tubes — Duration of the infringement — Fines)

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2004/C 239/27

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 July 2004 in Joined Cases T-67/00, T-68/00, T-7100 and T-78/00: JFE Engineering Corp and Others v Commission of the European Communities (Cartels — Market in seamless steel tubes and pipes — EFTA — Powers of the Commission — Infringement — Fines)

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2004/C 239/28

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 1 July 2004 in Case T-308/00: Salzgitter AG v Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Article 4(c) CS, Articles 67 CS and 95 CS — Financial intervention in favour of the undertaking Salzgitter — Border between the former German Democratic Republic and former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic — Non-notified aid — Sixth Steel Aid Code — Legal certainty)

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2004/C 239/29

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 7 July 2004 in Joined Cases T-107/01 and T-175/01: Société des mines de Sacilor — Lormines SA v Commission of the European Communities (ECSC Treaty — Steel — Abandonment of mining concessions — Charges imposed on mining undertakings by the French Republic — Complaint — No favourable response from the Commission — Action for failure to act — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Capacity to bring proceedings — Undertaking within the meaning of Article 80 CS)

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2004/C 239/30

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 July 2004 in Case T-198/01: Technische Glaswerke Ilmenau GmbH v Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Action for annulment — Private creditor test — Aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty — Rights of the defence — Statement of reasons)

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2004/C 239/31

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 July 2004 in Case T-281/01: Hubert Huygens v Commission of the European Communities (Officials — Reporting procedure — Delay in the drawing-up of the staff report — Reasonable period — Action for damages — Material and non-material damage — Promotions procedure — Implied rejection of the applicant's promotion — Action for annulment — Decision not to promote the applicant in the 2000 promotions procedure — Lack of statement of reasons — Decision to promote 54 officials in the 2000 promotions procedure — Inadmissibility)

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2004/C 239/32

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 30 June 2004 in Case T-317/01: M+M Gesellschaft für Unternehmensberatung und Informationssysteme mbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for verbal mark ‘M+M EUROdATA’ — Earlier verbal mark EURODATA TV — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

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2004/C 239/33

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 July 2004 in Case T-334/01: MFE Marienfelde GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Earlier word mark HIPPOVIT — Application for Community word mark HIPOVITON — Genuine use of the earlier trade mark — Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Right to be heard)

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2004/C 239/34

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 30 June 2004 in Case T-107/02: GE Betz Inc. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Opposition procedure — Earlier figurative mark — Application for Community word mark BIOMATE — Failure to produce evidence in the language of the opposition proceedings — Legitimate expectation — Rules 16, 17 and 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95)

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2004/C 239/35

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 13 July 2004 in Case T-115/02: AVEX Inc v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Opposition procedure — Application for a Community figurative mark comprising the letter ‘a’ — Earlier Community figurative mark comprising the letter ‘a’ — Likelihood of confusion)

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2004/C 239/36

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 July 2004 in Case T-117/02: Grupo El Prado Cervera, SL v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ‘CHUFAFIT’ — Earlier national word and figurative marks ‘CHUFI’ — Likelihood of confusion — Likelihood of association — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

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2004/C 239/37

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 15 July 2004 in Joined Cases T-180/02 and T-113/03: Georgios Gouvras v Commission of the European Communities (Officials — Posting — Secondment in the interest of the service — Change with retrospective effect of the place of employment and of the financial entitlements relating to it — Recovery of undue payment — Installation allowance and daily subsistence allowance — Transfer of part of emoluments from the place of posting)

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2004/C 239/38

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 30 June 2004 in Case T-186/02: BMI Bertollo Srl v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Opposition procedure — Earlier DIESEL word marks — Application for Community figurative trade mark DIESELIT — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

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2004/C 239/39

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 July 2004 in Case T-203/02: The Sunrider Corp. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Earlier word mark VITAFRUT — Application for Community word mark VITAFRUIT — Genuine use of the earlier trade mark — Similarity of products — Article 8(1)(b), Article 15 and Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

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2004/C 239/40

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 July 2004 in Case T-270/02: MLP Finanzdienstleistungen AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Word mark ‘bestpartner’ — Absolute grounds for refusing registration — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Mark devoid of distinctive character — Descriptive mark)

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2004/C 239/41

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 30 June 2004 in Case T-281/02: Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb GmbH & Co. KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Word mark ‘Mehr für Ihr Geld’ — Absolute grounds for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

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2004/C 239/42

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 July 2004 in Case T-289/02: Telepharmacy Solutions Inc. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Word mark TELEPHARMACY SOLUTIONS — Absolute grounds for refusal — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Observance of the rights of defence)

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2004/C 239/43

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 15 July 2004 in Case T-384/02: Fernando Valenzuela Marzo v Commission of the European Communities (Officials — Pay — Installation allowance — Article 9(3) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations — Period of one year)

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2004/C 239/44

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 13 July 2004 in Case T-115/03: Samar SpA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark GAS STATION — Earlier national figurative mark BLUE JEANS GAS — Registration refused)

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2004/C 239/45

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 July 2004 in Case T-136/03: Robert Charles Schochaert v Council of the European Union (Officials — Action for damages — Refusal of promotion — Emotional harassment — Duty of assistance)

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2004/C 239/46

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 7 July 2003 in Case T-175/03: Norbert Schmitt v European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR) (Member of the temporary staff — Termination of contract — Article 47(2)(a) of the CEOS — Observance of the provisions of the contract — Legitimate expectations)

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2004/C 239/47

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 29 June 2004 in Case T-188/03: Joëlle Hivonnet v Council of the European Union (Officials — Education allowance — Criteria for grant — Primary schooling — Nursery school)

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2004/C 239/48

Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 12 May 2004 in Case T-198/01 R [III]: Technische Glaswerke Ilmenau GmbH v Commission of the European Communities (Proceedings for interim measures — State aid — Obligation to recover aid — Prima facie case — Urgency — Weighing up of interests — Exceptional circumstances)

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2004/C 239/49

Order of the Court of First Instance of 7 June 2004 in Case T-230/02: X v Commission of the European Communities (Action for damages — Prior complaint through official channels — Action in part devoid of any legal basis and in part inadmissible)

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2004/C 239/50

Order of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 27 May 2004 in Case T-379/02: Antonio Di Adolfo v Commission of the European Communities (Action for annulment — Time-limits — Claim for compensation — Originating application — Formal requirements — Injunction against an institution — Manifestly inadmissible)

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2004/C 239/51

Order of the Court of First Instance of 6 May 2004 in Case T-34/03: André Hecq v Commission of the European Communities (Staff cases — Act adversely affecting an official — Capacity to bring proceedings — Official acting personally and not on behalf of a trade union organisation — Inadmissibility)

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2004/C 239/52

Order of the Court of First Instance of 10 May 2004 in Joined Cases T-314/03 and T-378/03: Musée Grévin SA v Commission of the European Communities (PHARE/JOP Programme — Joint venture project in Poland — Community financing — Claim for reimbursement of the full amount paid — Arbitration clause — Action for annulment — Inadmissibility)

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2004/C 239/53

Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 9 June 2004 in Case T-91/04 R: Alexander Just v Commission of the European Communities (Proceedings for interim measures — Competition procedure — Suspension of enforcement — Admissibility)

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2004/C 239/54

Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 9 June 2004 in Case T-92/04 R: Marta Christina Moren Abat v Commission of the European Communities (Interim measures — Competition — Suspension of operation — Admissibility)

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2004/C 239/55

Case T-150/04: Action brought on 23 April 2004 by Mühlens GmbH & Co. KG against the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

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2004/C 239/56

Case T-208/04: Action brought on 7 June 2004 by Dominique Hardy against the Council of the European Union and the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 239/57

Case T-265/04: Action brought on 24 June 2004 by Adriatica di Navigazione S.p.A. against the Commission of the European Communities

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2004/C 239/58

Removal from the Register of Case T-14/00

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2004/C 239/59

Removal from the Register of Case T-236/99

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2004/C 239/60

Removal from the Register of Case T-263/99

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2004/C 239/61

Removal from the Register of Case T-264/99

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2004/C 239/62

Removal from the Register of Case T-280/99

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2004/C 239/63

Removal from the Register of Case T-284/99

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2004/C 239/64

Removal from the Register of Case T-325/03

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III   Notices

2004/C 239/65

Last publication of the Court of Justice in the Official Journal of the European Union OJ C 228, 11.9.2004

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