ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

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English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 49
3 June 2006

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I   Information

Court of Justice

COURT OF JUSTICE

2006/C 131/1

Case C-255/02: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the VAT and Duties Tribunal, London) — Halifax plc, Leeds Permanent Development Services Ltd, County Wide Property Investments Ltd v Commissioners of Customs & Excise (Sixth VAT Directive — Article 2(1), Article 4(1) and (2), Article 5(1) and Article 6(1) — Economic activity — Supplies of goods — Supplies of services — Abusive practice — Transactions designed solely to obtain a tax advantage)

1

2006/C 131/2

Case C-419/02: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Chancery Division) — BUPA Hospitals Ltd, Goldsborough Developments Ltd v Commissioners of Customs & Excise (Sixth VAT Directive — Article 10(2) — Chargeability of VAT — Payment of amounts on account — Prepayments for future supplies of pharmaceutical products and prostheses)

2

2006/C 131/3

Case C-152/03: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling by the Bundesfinanzhof — Hans-Jürgen Ritter-Coulais, Monique Ritter-Coulais v Finanzamt Germersheim (Tax legislation — Income tax — Article 48 EEC (subsequently Article 48 EC, now, after amendment, Article 39 EC) — National rules restricting recognition of rental income losses from immovable property situated in another Member State)

2

2006/C 131/4

Case C-223/03: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling of VAT and Duties Tribunal, Manchester (United Kingdom)) — University of Huddersfield Higher Education Corporation v Commissioners of Customs & Excise (Sixth VAT Directive — Article 2(1), Article 4(1) and (2), Article 5(1) and Article 6(1) — Economic activity — Supplies of goods — Supplies of services — Transaction designed solely to obtain a tax advantage)

3

2006/C 131/5

Case C-232/03: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 23 February 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Workers — Freedom of movement — Use of vehicles registered abroad and made available to the worker by the employer residing abroad)

3

2006/C 131/6

Case C-253/03: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 23 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof) — CLT-UFA SA v Finanzamt Köln-West (Freedom of establishment — Tax legislation — Tax on company profits)

4

2006/C 131/7

Case C-286/03: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria)) — Silvia Hosse v Land Salzburg (Social security for migrant workers — Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Article 4(2b) — Special non-contributory benefits — Austrian benefit intended to cover the risk of reliance on care — Classification of the benefit and lawfulness of the residence condition from the point of view of Regulation No 1408/71 — Dependant of the insured person)

4

2006/C 131/8

Case C-323/03: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Regulation (EEC) No 3577/92 — Maritime cabotage — Whether applicable to passenger transport services in the Vigo estuary — Twenty-year concession to a single operator — Compatibility — Possibility of concluding public service contracts or imposing public service obligations — Standstill clause)

5

2006/C 131/9

Joined Cases C-346/03 and C-529/03: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 23 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Cagliari, Tribunale ordinario di Cagliari) — Giuseppe Atzeni, Francesco Atzori, Giuseppe Ignazio Boi v Regione autonoma della Sardegna (State aid — Decision 97/612/EC — Preferential loans in favour of agricultural undertakings — Article 92(2)(b) and (3)(a) and (c) of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 87(2)(b) and (3)(a) and (c) EC) — Admissibility — Legal basis — Legitimate expectations)

5

2006/C 131/10

Case C-371/03: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 9 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Köln) — Siegfried Aulinger v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Foreign and security policy — Common commercial policy — Embargo on the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro — Regulation (EEC) No 1432/92 — Carriage of persons)

6

2006/C 131/11

Case C-513/03: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 23 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof te 's-Hertogenbosch) — Heirs of M.E.A. van Hilten-van der Heijden v Inspecteur van de Belastingdienst/Particulieren/Ondernemingen buitenland te Heerlen (Capital movements — Article 73b(1) of the EC Treaty (now Article 56(1) EC) — Inheritance tax — Legal fiction that a national of a Member State who dies within 10 years of ceasing to reside in that Member State is deemed to have been resident there at the time of his death — Non-member State)

6

2006/C 131/12

Case C-535/03: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 23 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)) — The Queen on the application of Unitymark Ltd and North Sea Fishermen's Organisation v Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Fisheries — Cod — Limitation of fishing effort — Open gear beam trawls — Principles of proportionality and non-discrimination)

7

2006/C 131/13

Case C-546/03: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 23 February 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Community' own resources — Community Customs Code — Procedures for collecting import or export duties — Late payment of own resources relating to those duties and failure to pay default interest)

8

2006/C 131/14

Case C-3/04: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Utrecht) — Poseidon Chartering BV v Marianne Zeeschip VOF, Albert Mooij, Sjoerdtje Sijswerda, Gerrit Schram (Directive 86/653/EEC — Self-employed commercial agents — Meaning of commercial agent — Conclusion and extensions of a single contract over several years)

8

2006/C 131/15

Case C-65/04: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 9 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — EAEC Treaty — Scope — Directive 89/618/Euratom — Health and safety — Ionising radiations — Use of nuclear energy for military purposes — Repairs to a nuclear-powered submarine)

9

2006/C 131/16

Case C-122/04: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 23 February 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v European Parliament, Council of the European Union (Powers of the Commission — Procedures for the exercise of implementing powers — Implementation of the Forest Focus programme)

9

2006/C 131/17

Case C-137/04: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 16 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Regeringsrätten) — Amy Rockler v Försäkringskassan, formerly Riksförsäkringsverket (Freedom of movement for workers — Officials and servants of the European Communities — Parental benefits — Taking into account of the period of affiliation to the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme of the European Communities)

10

2006/C 131/18

Case C-177/04: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 85/374/EEC — Product liability — Judgment of the Court finding a failure to fulfil obligations — Failure to take measures to comply — Article 228 EC — Financial penalties — Partial compliance with the judgment during the proceedings)

10

2006/C 131/19

Case C-185/04: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 16 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Länsrätten i Stockholms län) — Ulf Öberg v Försäkringskassan, länskontoret Stockholm, formerly Stockholms läns allmänna försäkringskassa (Freedom of movement for workers — Officials and servants of the European Communities — Parental benefits — Taking into account of the period of affiliation to the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme of the European Communities)

11

2006/C 131/20

Case C-201/04: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 23 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Beroep te Antwerpen) — Belgische Staat v Molenbergnatie NV (Community Customs Code — Post-clearance recovery of import or export duties — Duty to notify the debtor of the amount of duty owed as soon as it has been entered in the accounts and before the expiry of a period of three years from the date when the debt was incurred — Definition of ‘appropriate procedures’)

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2006/C 131/21

Case C-205/04: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 23 February 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Freedom of movement for workers — Failure to take account of seniority and professional experience acquired in the public service of other Member States — Article 39 EC — Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68)

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2006/C 131/22

Case C-206/04 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 23 March 2006 — Mülhens GmbH & Co. KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Zirh International Corp. (Appeal — Community trade mark — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Likelihood of confusion — Word mark ZIRH — Opposition by the proprietor of the Community trade mark SIR)

13

2006/C 131/23

Case C-209/04: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 23 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 79/409/EEC — Conservation of wild birds — Corncrake — Special protection area in the Lauteracher Ried national nature reserve — Exclusion of the Soren and Gleggen-Köblern sites — Directive 92/43/EEC — Conservation of natural habitats — Wild fauna and flora — Procedure for a construction plan or project — Procedure for determining the road line of a dual carriageway — Procedure for environmental impact study — Procedural breaches relating to the project for the construction of the federal S 18 dual carriageway in Austria — Temporal application of Directive 92/43)

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2006/C 131/24

Case C-210/04: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 23 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Corte Suprema di Cassazione (Italy)) — Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze, Agenzia delle Entrate v FCE Bank plc (Sixth VAT Directive — Articles 2 and 9 — Fixed establishment — Non-resident company — Legal relationship — Cost-sharing agreement — OECD Convention on double taxation — Meaning of ‘taxable person’ — Supply of services effected for consideration — Administrative practice)

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2006/C 131/25

Case C-234/04: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling of Landesgericht Innsbruck (Austria)) — Rosmarie Kapferer v Schlank & Schick GmbH (Jurisdiction in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Interpretation of Article 15 — Jurisdiction over consumer contracts — Prize notification — Misleading advertising — Judgment on jurisdiction — Res judicata — Review on appeal — Legal certainty — Primacy of Community law — Article 10 EC)

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2006/C 131/26

Case C-237/04: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 23 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale civile e penale di Cagliari) — Enirisorse SpA v Sotacarbo SpA (State aid — Articles 87 EC and 88 EC — Definition of aid — Shareholding of a public undertaking in the capital of a private undertaking — Right of withdrawal subject to a prior relinquishment of all claims over a company's assets)

15

2006/C 131/27

Case C-293/04: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof te Amsterdam) — Beemsterboer Coldstore Services BV v Inspecteur der Belastingdienst — Douanedistrict Arnhem (Post-clearance recovery of import or export duties — Article 220(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 — Application ratione temporis — System of administrative cooperation involving the authorities of a non-member country — Meaning of ‘incorrect certificate’ — Burden of proof)

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2006/C 131/28

Case C-294/04: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 16 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Social de Madrid) — Carmen Sarkatzis Herrero v Instituto Madrileño de la Salud (Imsalud) (Directive 76/207/EEC — Equal treatment for men and women — Maternity leave — Access to the career of official — Temporary servant on maternity leave who gains a permanent post after taking part in a competition — Calculation of seniority)

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2006/C 131/29

Case C-332/04: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 16 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 85/337/EEC as amended by Directive 97/11/EC — Assessment of the effects of projects on the environment — Inter-action between factors likely to be directly and indirectly affected — Obligation to publish the impact statement — Assessment limited to urban development projects outside urban areas — Construction project for a leisure complex at Paterna)

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2006/C 131/30

Case C-421/04: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 9 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona) — Matratzen Concord AG v Hukla Germany SA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 3(1)(b) and (c) of Directive 89/104/EEC — Grounds for refusal to register — Articles 28 EC and 30 EC — Free movement of goods — Measure having equivalent effect to a quantitative restriction — Justification — Protection of industrial and commercial property — National word mark registered in a Member State — Trade mark consisting of a term borrowed from the language of another Member State in which it is devoid of distinctive character and/or descriptive of the goods in respect of which the trade mark was registered)

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2006/C 131/31

Case C-436/04: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Cassatie van België) — Criminal proceedings against Léopold Henri van Esbroeck (Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement — Articles 54 and 71 — Ne bis in idem principle — Application ratione temporis — Concept of ‘the same acts’ — Import and export of narcotic drugs subject to legal proceedings in different Contracting States)

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2006/C 131/32

Case C-441/04: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 23 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Klagenfurt) — A-Punkt Schmuckhandels GmbH v Claudia Schmidt (Free movement of goods — Articles 28 EC and 30 EC — Measures having equivalent effect — Doorstep selling — Sale of silver jewellery — Prohibition)

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2006/C 131/33

Case C-455/04: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 23 February 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2001/55/EC — Asylum policy — Mass influx of displaced persons — Temporary protection — Minimum standards — Failure to transpose the directive within the prescribed period)

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2006/C 131/34

Case C-465/04: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 23 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione) — Honyvem Informazioni Commerciali Srl v Mariella De Zotti (Independent commercial agents — Directive 86/653/EEC — Entitlement of a commercial agent to an indemnity after termination of the contract)

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2006/C 131/35

Case C-471/04: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 23 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof) — Finanzamt Offenbach am Main-Land v Keller Holding GmbH (Freedom of establishment — Corporation tax — Right of a parent company to deduct costs relating to its shareholdings — Non-deductible financing costs having an economic link with dividends exempt from tax — Dividends distributed by an indirect subsidiary established in a Member State other than that in which the parent company has its seat)

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2006/C 131/36

Case C-491/04: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 23 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the VAT and Duties Tribunal, Manchester) — Dolland & Aitchison Ltd v Commissioners of Customs & Excise (Community Customs Code — Customs value — Customs import duties — Delivery of goods by a company established in Jersey and supplies of services effected in the United Kingdom)

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2006/C 131/37

Case C-499/04: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 9 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesarbeitsgericht Düsseldorf) — Hans Werhof v Freeway Traffic Systems GmbH & Co. KG (Transfer of undertakings — Directive 77/187/EEC — Safeguarding of employees' rights — Collective agreement applicable to the transferor and the employee at the time of the transfer)

21

2006/C 131/38

Case C-500/04: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 16 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf) — Proxxon GmbH v Oberfinanzdirektion Köln (Tariff classification — Hand-operated spanners and wrenches and interchangeable spanner sockets)

21

2006/C 131/39

Case C-518/04: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 92/43/EEC — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Protection of Species)

22

2006/C 131/40

Case C-3/05: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 16 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Corte d'appello di Cagliari) — Gaetano Verdoliva v J.M. Van der Hoeven BV, Banco di Sardegna, San Paolo IMI SpA (Brussels Convention — Judgment authorising the enforcement of a judgment given in another Contracting State — Failure of, or defective, service — Notice — Time for appealing)

23

2006/C 131/41

Case C-43/05: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 23 February 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2000/78/EC — Equal treatment in employment and occupation — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

23

2006/C 131/42

Case C-46/05: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 23 February 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2000/79/EC — Working conditions — Organisation of working time — Mobile workers in civil aviation — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

24

2006/C 131/43

Case C-59/05: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 23 February 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof) — Siemens AG v Gesellschaft für Visualisierung und Prozeßautomatisierung mbH (VIPA) (Approximation of laws — Directives 84/450/EEC and 97/55/EC — Comparative advertising — Taking unfair advantage of the reputation of a distinguishing mark of a competitor)

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2006/C 131/44

Case C-94/05: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 16 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht) — Emsland-Stärke GmbH v Landwirtschaftskammer Hannover (Common agricultural policy — Regulation (EC) No 97/95 — Premiums paid to starch-producing undertakings — Conditions for granting premiums — Penalties — Proportionality — Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 — Protection of the European Communities' financial interests)

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2006/C 131/45

Case C-114/05: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 9 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (France)) — Ministre de l'Économie, des Finances et de l'Industrie v Gillan Beach Ltd (VAT — Place of taxable transactions — Fiscal connection — Services provided in connection with boat shows)

25

2006/C 131/46

Case C-133/05: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 23 February 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2000/78/EC — Equal treatment in employment and occupation — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

26

2006/C 131/47

Case C-174/05: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven) — Stichting Zuid-Hollandse Milieufederatie, Stichting Natuur en Milieu v College voor de toelating van bestrijdingsmiddelen (Authorisation to place plant protection products on the market — Directive 91/414/EEC — Article 8 — Active substance named ‘aldicarb’ — Validity of Article 2(3) of Decision 2003/199/EC)

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2006/C 131/48

Case C-310/05: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 9 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2001/95/EC — General product safety — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

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2006/C 131/49

Case C-60/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerisches Landessozialgericht lodged on 3 February 2006 — Grete Schlepps v Deutsche Rentenversicherung Oberbayern

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2006/C 131/50

Case C-80/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Ordinario di Novara lodged on 5 January 2006 — CARP SNC, Di Moleri Luigi and Corsi Valter v ECORAD SRL.

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2006/C 131/51

Case C-97/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Madrid lodged on 20 February 2006 — Navicon SA v Administración del Estado

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2006/C 131/52

Case C-115/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Arbeitsgericht Berlin, lodged on 28 February 2006 — Annette Radke v Achterberg Service GmbH & Co. KG

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2006/C 131/53

Case C-119/06: Action brought on 28 February 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic

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2006/C 131/54

Case C-136/06: Action brought on 10 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Malta

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2006/C 131/55

Case C-137/06: Action brought on 10 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland

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2006/C 131/56

Case C-138/06: Action brought on 10 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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2006/C 131/57

Case C-152/06: Action brought on 21 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland

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2006/C 131/58

Case C-153/06: Action brought on 21 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland

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2006/C 131/59

Case C-154/06: Action brought on 21 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland

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2006/C 131/60

Case C-156/06: Action brought on 23 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Sweden

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2006/C 131/61

Case C-157/06: Action brought on 23 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic

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2006/C 131/62

Case C-159/06: Action brought on 21 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland

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2006/C 131/63

Case C-160/06: Action brought on 24 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic

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2006/C 131/64

Case C-167/06 P: Appeal brought on 29 March 2006 by Ermioni Komninou, Grigorios Dokos, Donatos Pappas, Vasilios Pappas, Aristidis Pappas, Eleftheria Pappa, Lamprini Pappa, Irini Pappa, Alexandra Dokou, Fotios Dimitriou, Zoi Dimitriou, Petros Bolosis, Despina Bolosi, Konstantinos Bolosis and Thomas Bolosis against the order made by the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) on 13 January 2006 in Case T-42/04 Komninou and Others v Commission

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2006/C 131/65

Case C-172/06: Action brought on 31 March 2006 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain

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2006/C 131/66

Case C-176/06 P: Appeal brought on 5 April 2006 by Stadtwerke Schwäbisch Hall GmbH, Stadtwerke Tübingen GmbH and Stadtwerke Uelzen GmbH against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 26 January 2006 in Case T-92/02 Stadtwerke Schwäbisch Hall GmbH, Stadtwerke Tübingen GmbH and Stadtwerke Uelzen GmbH v Commission of the European Communities supported by E.ON Kernkraft GmbH, RWE Power AG, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG and Hamburgische Electricitäts-Werke AG

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COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

2006/C 131/67

Assignment of Judges to Chambers

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2006/C 131/68

Case T-279/02: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 5 April 2006 — Degussa v Commission (Competition — Article 81 EC — Cartels — Methionine market — Unique and continuous nature of the infringement — Fine — Guidelines for calculating the amount of fines — Gravity and duration of the infringement — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Article 15(2) of Regulation No 17/62 — Presumption of innocence)

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2006/C 131/69

Case T-351/02: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 5 April 2006 — Deutsche Bahn v Commission (State aid — Competitor's complaint — Directive 92/81/EEC — Excise duties on mineral oils — Mineral oils used as fuel for the purpose of air navigation — Exemption from duty — Letter from the Commission to a complainant — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Challengeable act — Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Concept of aid — Imputability to the State — Equal treatment)

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2006/C 131/70

Case T-17/03: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 April 2006 — Schmitz-Gotha Fahrzeugwerke v Commission (State aid — Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty — Necessity of the aid)

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2006/C 131/71

Case T-309/03: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 April 2006 — Camós Grau v Commission (Investigation by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) concerning the management and funding of the Institute for Europeon and Latin American Relations (IRELA) — Potential conflict of interest on the part of an investigator — Removal from the investigating body — Impact on the conduct of the investigation and the content of the report of the investigation — Report terminating the investigation — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Action for damages — Admissibility)

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2006/C 131/72

Case T-344/03: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 5 April 2006 — Saiwa v OHMI (Community trade mark — Application for a figurative mark including the word element ‘SELEZIONE ORO Barilla’ — Opposition — Earlier word marks ORO and ORO SAIWA — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Opposition rejected)

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2006/C 131/73

Case T-202/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 5 April 2006 — Madaus v OHIM (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Previous international word mark ECHINACIN — Application for Community word mark ECHINAID — Relative grounds for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

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2006/C 131/74

Case T-388/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 5 April 2006 — Kachakil Amar v OHIM (Community trade mark — Figurative mark in the form of a longitudinal line ending with a triangle — Refusal to register — Lack of distinctive character — Acquisition of a distinctive character through use)

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2006/C 131/75

Case T-2/04: Order of the Court of First Instance of 30 March 2006 — Korkmas and others v Commission (Admissibility — Application for annulment — Act against which proceedings can be brought — Implied Commission decision refusing to make a proposal to the Council — Action for failure to act — Omission against which proceedings can be brought — Failure to address a proposal to the Council — Discretion — Injunction)

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2006/C 131/76

Case T-398/05 R: Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 4 April 2006 — Tesoka v EUROFOUND (Proceedings for interim relief — No need to adjudicate)

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2006/C 131/77

Case T-20/06: Action brought on 11 January 2006 — Dimitrios Grammatikopoulos v OHIM

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2006/C 131/78

Case T-85/06: Action brought on 8 March 2006 — General Química and Others v Commission of the European Communities

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2006/C 131/79

Case T-89/06: Action brought on 15 March 2006 — Lebard v Commission

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2006/C 131/80

Case T-93/06: Action brought on 23 March 2006 — Mülhens v OHIM

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2006/C 131/81

Case T-95/06: Action brought on 21 March 2006 — Federaction de Cooperativas Agrarias de la Comunidad Valenciana v Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO)

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2006/C 131/82

Case T-97/06: Action brought on 29 March 2006 — Neoperl v OHIM

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2006/C 131/83

Case T-98/06: Action brought on 28 March 2006 — Fédération nationale du Crédit agricole v Commission

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2006/C 131/84

Case T-104/06: Action brought on 3 April 2006 — Société des plantations de Mbanga (S.P.M.) v Commission of the European Communities

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2006/C 131/85

Case T-109/06: Action brought on 12 April 2006 — Vodafone España and Vodafone Group v Commission

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2006/C 131/86

Case T-112/06: Action brought on 7 April 2006 — Inter-IKEA v OHIM

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2006/C 131/87

Case T-113/06: Action brought on 10 April 2006 — Fjord Seafood Norway and Others v Council

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2006/C 131/88

Case T-114/06: Action brought on 14 April 2006 — GLOBE v Commission

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2006/C 131/89

Case T-118/06: Action brought on 12 April 2006 — Zuffa v OHIM

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2006/C 131/90

Case T-125/06: Action brought on 3 May 2006 — Centro Studi A. Manieri v Council of the European Union

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EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL

2006/C 131/91

Case F-30/06: Action brought on 13 March 2006 — Hanot v Commission

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2006/C 131/92

Case F-31/06: Action brought on 13 March 2006 — Perez-Minayo Barroso and Pino v Commission

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2006/C 131/93

Case F-32/06: Action brought on 17 March 2006 — De la Cruz and Others v European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

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2006/C 131/94

Case F-33/06: Action brought on 21 March 2006 — Campoli v Commission

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2006/C 131/95

Case F-36/06: Action brought on 5 April 2006 — Martin Magone v Commission

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2006/C 131/96

Case F-37/06: Action brought on 10 April 2006 — Strack v Commission

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2006/C 131/97

Case F-39/06: Action brought on 11 April 2006 — Chassagne v Commission

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2006/C 131/98

Case F-41/06: Action brought on 12 April 2006 — Marcuccio v Commission

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2006/C 131/99

Case F-42/06: Action brought on 13 April 2006 — Sundholm v Commission

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III   Notices

2006/C 131/100

Last publication of the Court of Justice in the Official Journal of the European Union OJ C 121, 20.5.2006

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