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Information and Notices

Volume 50
21 July 2007

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Court of Justice

2007/C 170/01

Last publication of the Court of Justice in the Official Journal of the European UnionOJ C 155, 7.7.2007

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V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2007/C 170/02

Case C-156/04: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 7 June 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 83/182/EEC — Temporary import of means of transport — Tax exemptions — Normal residence in a Member State)

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2007/C 170/03

Case C-170/04: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 June 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen — Sweden) — Klas Rosengren, Bengt Morelli, Hans Särman, Mats Åkerström, Åke Kempe, Anders Kempe, Mats Kempe, Björn Rosengren, Martin Lindberg, Jon Pierre, Tony Staf v Riksåklagaren (Free movement of goods — Articles 28 EC, 30 EC and 31 EC — National provisions prohibiting the importation of alcoholic beverages by private individuals — Rule relating to the existence and operation of the Swedish monopoly on sales of alcoholic beverages — Assessment — Measure contrary to Article 28 EC — Justification on grounds of protection of the health and life of humans — Review of proportionality))

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2007/C 170/04

Case C-178/05: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 7 June 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (Failure of a Member to fulfil obligations — Directive 69/335/EEC — Indirect taxes on the raising of capital — Capital duty — Exhaustive harmonisation — National legislation providing for taxation of any transfer of the effective centre of management or registered office, in so far as the company concerned is not subject to capital duty in the Member State of origin — National legislation under which agricultural cooperative organisations, and associations or consortia thereof of any kind, are exempted from the tax — National legislation under which co-ownership of vessels, shipping consortia and any form of shipping company are exempted from the tax — Prevention of tax avoidance — Abuse of rights — Limitation of the temporal effects of a judgment)

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2007/C 170/05

Joined Cases C-222/05 to C-225/05: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 7 June 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven — Netherlands) — J. van der Weerd, Maatschap Van der Bijl, J.W. Schoonhoven (C-222/05), H. de Rooy, sen., H. de Rooy, jun. (C-223/05), Maatschap H. en J. van 't Oever, Maatschap F. van 't Oever en W. Fien, B. van 't Oever, Maatschap A. en J. Fien, Maatschap K. Koers en J. Stellingwerf, H. Koers, Maatschap K. en G. Polinder, G. van Wijhe (C-224/05), B.J. van Middendorp (C-225/05) v Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (Agriculture — Control of foot-and-mouth disease — Directive 85/511/EEC — National court raising Community law of its own motion — Procedural autonomy — Principles of equivalence and effectiveness)

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2007/C 170/06

Case C-254/05: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 7 June 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Articles 28 EC and 30 EC — Quantitative restrictions on imports — Measures having equivalent effect — Automatic fire detection systems with point detectors — Requirement of conformity to a national standard — National approval procedure)

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2007/C 170/07

Case C-334/05 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 12 June 2007 — Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) v Shaker di L. Laudato & C. Sas, Limiñana y Botella, SL (Appeal — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Article 8(1)(b) — Likelihood of confusion — Application for a figurative Community trade mark with the word elements ‘Limoncello della Costiera Amalfitana’ and ‘shaker’ — Opposition by the proprietor of the national word mark LIMONCHELO)

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2007/C 170/08

Case C-335/05: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 7 June 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Köln — Germany) — Řízení Letového Provozu ČR, s.p. v Bundesamt für Finanzen (Thirteenth VAT Directive — Article 2(2) — GATS — Most-favoured-nation clause — Interpretation of secondary Community law in the light of international agreements concluded by the Community)

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2007/C 170/09

Case C-362/05 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 7 June 2007 — Jacques Wunenburger v Commission of the European Communities (Appeals — Staff cases — Promotion — Selection procedure — Rejection of the appellant's candidature — Retirement in the interests of the service — Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based — Error of law — Cross-appeal — Subject-matter of the dispute — Interest in bringing proceedings)

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2007/C 170/10

Case C-50/06: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 7 June 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of the Netherlands (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Citizenship of the Union — Freedom of movement for nationals of the Member States — Directive 64/221/EEC — Public policy — National legislation concerning expulsion — Criminal conviction — Expulsion)

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2007/C 170/11

Case C-76/06 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 7 June 2007 — Britannia Alloys & Chemicals Ltd v Commission of the European Communities (Appeals — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Fines — ‘Preceding business year’ for determining the turnover on which the calculation of the fine is based)

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2007/C 170/12

Case C-80/06: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 7 June 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale ordinario di Novara — Italy) — Carp Snc di L. Moleri e V. Corsi, Associazione Nazionale Artigiani Legno e Arredamenti v Ecorad Srl (Directive 89/106/EC — Construction products — Procedure for attestation of conformity — Commission Decision 1999/93/EC — Horizontal direct effect — No such effect)

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2007/C 170/13

Case C-278/06: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 June 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany)) — Manfred Otten v Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen (Council Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1256/1999 — Article 7(2) — Expiry of a rural lease — Temporary acquisition of a reference quantity by a lessor who is not, and does not intend to become, a milk producer — Transfer of the reference quantity, as soon as possible, through the State sales office to a producer)

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2007/C 170/14

Case C-102/05: Order of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 10 May 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Regeringsrätten — Sweden) — Skatteverket v A and B (First subparagraph of Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Free movement of capital — Freedom of establishment — Taxation — Dividends paid in respect of shares distributed by a ‘close company’ — ‘Wage rules’ — Taxation of those dividends as income from assets — Calculation of a flat-rate yield — Percentage of capital invested and fraction of salaries — Branch established in a third country — Failure to take into account employees' wages at this branch)

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2007/C 170/15

Case C-99/07 P: Appeal brought on 13 February 2007 by Smanor SA, Hubert Ségaud and Monique Ségaud against the Order of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 14 December 2006 in Case T-150/06, Smanor and Others v Commission

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2007/C 170/16

Case C-202/07 P: Appeal brought on 16 April 2007 by France Télécom SA against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 30 January 2007 in Case T-340/03 France Télécom SA v Commission of the European Communities

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2007/C 170/17

Case C-214/07: Action brought on 23 April 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v French Republic

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2007/C 170/18

Case C-228/07: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 9 May 2007 — Jörn Petersen v Arbeitsmarktservice Niederösterreich

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2007/C 170/19

Case C-231/07: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d'appel de Bruxelles (Belgium) lodged on 10 May 2007 — Tiercé Ladbroke SA v Belgian State

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2007/C 170/20

Case C-232/07: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d'appel de Bruxelles (Belgium) lodged on 10 May 2007 — Derby SA v Belgian State

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2007/C 170/21

Case C-233/07: Action brought on 11 May 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic

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2007/C 170/22

Case C-239/07: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Konstitucinis Teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 14 May 2007 — Sabatauskas and Others v Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas

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2007/C 170/23

Case C-240/07: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 16 May 2007 — Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH v Falcon Neue Medien Vertrieb GmbH

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2007/C 170/24

Case C-241/07: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus (Estonia) lodged on 21 May 2007 — JK Otsa Talu OÜ v Põllumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Amet (PRIA)

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2007/C 170/25

Case C-242/07 P: Appeal brought on 18 May 2007 by the Kingdom of Belgium against the order of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 15 March 2007 in Case T-5/07 Belgium v Commission

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2007/C 170/26

Case C-247/07: Action brought on 23 May 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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2007/C 170/27

Case C-248/07: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Antwerpen (Belgium) lodged on 23 May 2007 — Trespa International B.V. v Nova Haven-en Vervoerbedrijf N.V. and Meadwestvaco Europe B.V.B.A.

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2007/C 170/28

Case C-251/07: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen (Sweden) lodged on 29 May 2007 — Gävle Kraftvärme AB v Länsstyrelsen i Gävleborgs län

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2007/C 170/29

Case C-254/07: Action brought on 30 May 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain

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2007/C 170/30

Case C-262/07P: Appeal brought on 1 June 2007 by Tokai Europe GmbH against the order of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 19 March 2007 in Case T-183/04 Tokai Europe GmbH v Commission of the European Communities

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2007/C 170/31

Case C-264/07: Action brought on 1 June 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic

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2007/C 170/32

Case C-267/07: Action brought on 5 June 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Slovenia

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2007/C 170/33

Case C-378/06: Order of the President of the Court of 15 May 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'Etat — Belgium) — Clear Channel Belgium S.A. v City of Liège

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Court of First Instance

2007/C 170/34

Joined Cases T-53/04 to T-56/04, T-58/04 and T-59/04: Order of the Court of First Instance of 12 June 2007 — Budějovický Budvar v OHIM — Anheuser-Busch, Inc. (BUDWEISER) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Applications for a Community word mark BUDWEISER — Appellations of origin registered under the Lisbon Agreement — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Rejection of the opposition)

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2007/C 170/35

Joined Cases T-57/04 and T-71/04: Order of the Court of First Instance of 12 June 2007 — Budějovický Budvar and Anheuser-Busch v OHIM (AB GENUINE Budweiser KING OF BEERS) ((Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for a Community figurative trade mark including the terms ‘AB’, ‘genuine’, ‘Budweiser’, ‘king of beers’ — Earlier international word mark BUDWEISER — Appellations of origin registered under the Lisbon Agreement — Article 8(1)(b) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Partial acceptance and partial rejection of the opposition)

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2007/C 170/36

Joined Cases T-60/04 to T-64/04: Order of the Court of First Instance of 12 June 2007 — Budějovický Budvar v OHIM — Anheuser-Busch (BUD) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Applications for a Community word mark BUD — Appellation of origin registered under the Lisbon Agreement — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Rejection of the opposition)

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2007/C 170/37

Case T-232/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 June 2007 — Greece v Commission (EAGGF — ‘Guarantee’ section — Decision ordering the reimbursement of sums paid as an advance)

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2007/C 170/38

Case T-432/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 June 2007 — Parlante v Commission (Staff case — Officials — Promotion — Promotions procedure 2003 — Refusal of promotion — Award of promotion points — Consideration of comparative merits — Equal treatment — General implementing provisions of Article 45 of the Staff Regulations — Plea of illegality — Legitimate expectations)

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2007/C 170/39

Case T-433/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 June 2007 — Davi v Commission (Staff cases — Officials — Promotion — 2003 Promotion procedure — Decision not to promote — Award of promotion points — Consideration of the comparative merits — Equal treatment — General provisions for implementing Article 45 of the Staff Regulations — Plea of illegality — Legitimate expectations)

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2007/C 170/40

Case T-442/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 June 2007 — Walderdorff v Commission (Staff cases — Officials — Promotion — 2003 Promotion procedure — Decision not to promote — Award of promotion points — Consideration of the comparative merits — Equal treatment — General provisions for implementing Article 45 of the Staff Regulations — Plea of illegality — Legitimate expectations)

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2007/C 170/41

Case T-105/05: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 June 2007 — Assembled Investments (Proprietary) v OHIM — Waterford Wedgwood (WATERFORD STELLENBOSCH) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the figurative Community mark WATERFORD STELLENBOSCH — Earlier Community word mark WATERFORD — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Absence of similarity between the goods — Absence of complementarity — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

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2007/C 170/42

Case T-167/05: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 13 June 2007 — Grether v OHIM — Crisgo (FENNEL) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the figurative Community trade mark FENNEL — Earlier Community word mark FENJAL — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b), Article 73, second sentence, and Article 74(1) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

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2007/C 170/43

Case T-190/05: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of 12 June 2007 — The Sherwin-Williams Company v OHIM (TWIST & POUR) (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark TWIST & POUR — Absolute ground for refusal of registration — Mark devoid of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

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2007/C 170/44

Joined Cases T-251/05 and T-425/05: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 June 2007 — Mediocurso v Commission (ESF — training programmes — Reduction in the assistance originally granted — Statement of reasons — Principles of legal certainty and the protection of legitimate expectations — Absence of a manifest error of assessment)

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2007/C 170/45

Case T-339/05: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 June 2007 — MacLean-Fogg v OHIM (LOKTHREAD) (Community trade mark — Application for the Community word mark LOKTHREAD — Absolute grounds for refusal of registration — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

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2007/C 170/46

Case T-441/05: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 13 June 2007 — IVG Immobilien AG v OHIM (I) (Community trade mark — Figurative signs — Absolute grounds for refusal of registration — Lack of distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

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2007/C 170/47

Case T-207/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 14 June 2007 — Europig v OHIM (EUROPIG) (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark EUROPIG — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Absence of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

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2007/C 170/48

Case T-97/04: Order of the Court of First Instance of 14 May 2007 — Gnemmi and Aguiar v Commission (Staff cases — Officials — Reports procedure — Career development review — 2001/2002 Appraisal exercise — Action manifestly inadmissible and manifestly devoid of any legal basis)

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2007/C 170/49

Case T-112/04: Order of the Court of First Instance of 14 May 2007 — Ruiz Sanz and Others v Commission (Staff cases — Officials — Reports procedure — Career development review — 2001/2002 Appraisal exercise — Action manifestly inadmissible and manifestly devoid of any legal basis)

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2007/C 170/50

Case T-149/04: Order of the Court of First Instance of 14 May 2007 — Czigàny and Others v Commission (Staff cases — Officials — Reports procedure — Career development review — 2001/2002 Appraisal exercise — Action manifestly inadmissible and manifestly devoid of any legal basis)

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2007/C 170/51

Case T-164/04: Order of the Court of First Instance of 14 May 2007 — Wauthier and Deveen v Commission (Staff cases — Officials — Reports procedure — Career development review — 2001/2002 Appraisal exercise — Action manifestly inadmissible and manifestly devoid of any legal basis)

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2007/C 170/52

Case T-199/05: Order of the Court of First Instance of 14 May 2007 — Gnemmi v Commission (Staff cases — Officials — Reports procedure — Career development review — 2003 Appraisal exercise — Action manifestly inadmissible and manifestly devoid of any legal basis)

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2007/C 170/53

Case T-335/06: Order of the Court of First Instance of 22 May 2007 — Italy v Commission (Health requirements — Italian market for poultrymeat — Failure of the Commission to take exceptional measures to alleviate the consequences of the epidemic of avian influenza — Action for a declaration of failure to act — Definition of position bringing the failure to act to an end — No need to adjudicate)

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2007/C 170/54

Case T-167/07: Action brought on 18 May 2007 — Far Eastern Textile v Council

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2007/C 170/55

Case T-168/07: Action brought on 16 May 2007 — Professional Tennis Registry v OHIM — Registro Profesional de Tenis (PTR PROFESSIONAL TENNIS REGISTRY)

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2007/C 170/56

Case T-170/07: Action brought on 8 May 2007 — Opus Arte UK v OHMI — Arte (OPUS ARTE)

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2007/C 170/57

Case T-171/07: Action brought on 14 May 2007 — Avaya v OHMI — ZyXEL Communications (VANTAGE CNM)

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2007/C 170/58

Case T-172/07: Action brought on 11 May 2007 — Atlantic Dawn and Others v Commission

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2007/C 170/59

Case T-173/07: Action brought on 18 May 2007 — Reno Schuhcentrum v OHIM — Payless ShoeSource Worldwide (Payless ShoeSource)

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2007/C 170/60

Case T-177/07: Action brought on 23 May 2007 — Mediaset v Commission

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2007/C 170/61

Case T-178/07: Action brought on 21 May 2007 — Euro-Information v OHIM

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2007/C 170/62

Case T-179/07: Action brought on 23 May 2007 — Anvil Knitwear v OHIM — Aprile e Aprile (Aprile)

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2007/C 170/63

Case T-181/07: Action brought on 25 May 2007 — Eurocopter v OHIM (STEADYCONTROL)

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2007/C 170/64

Case T-182/07: Action brought on 29 May 2007 — Borco-Marken-Import Matthiesen v OHMI — Tequilas del Señor (TEQUILA GOLD Sombrero Negro)

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2007/C 170/65

Case T-184/07: Action brought on 25 May 2007 — Avon Products v OHIM (ANEW ALTERNATIVE)

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2007/C 170/66

Case T-185/07: Action brought on 29 May 2007 — Calvin Klein Trademark Trust v OHIM — Zafra Marroquineros (CK CREACIONES KENNYA)

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2007/C 170/67

Case T-186/07: Action brought on 29 May 2007 — Ashoka v OHIM (DREAM IT, DO IT!)

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2007/C 170/68

Case T-188/07: Action brought on 28 May 2007 — Fastweb v Commission

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2007/C 170/69

Case T-192/07: Action brought on 4 June 2007 — Comité de défense de la viticulture charentaise v Commission

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2007/C 170/70

Case T-193/07: Action brought on 5 June 2007 — Gόrażdże Cement v Commission

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2007/C 170/71

Case T-195/07: Action brought on 5 June 2007 — Lafarge Cement v Commission

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2007/C 170/72

Case T-196/07: Action brought on 5 June 2007 — Dyckerhoff Polska v Commission

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2007/C 170/73

Case T-197/07: Action brought on 5 June 2007 — Grupa Ożarów v Commission

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2007/C 170/74

Case T-198/07: Action brought on 5 June 2007 — Cementownia ‘Warta’ v Commission

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2007/C 170/75

Case T-199/07: Action brought on 5 June 2007 — Cementownia ‘Odra’ v Commission

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2007/C 170/76

Case T-203/07: Action brought on 5 June 2007 — Cemex Polska v Commission

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2007/C 170/77

Case T-204/07: Action brought on 4 June 2007 — Italy v Commission

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2007/C 170/78

Case T-205/07: Action brought on 4 June 2007 — Italy v Commission

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2007/C 170/79

Case T-206/07: Action brought on 12 June 2007 — Foshan Shunde Yongjian Housewares & Hardware v Council

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European Union Civil Service Tribunal

2007/C 170/80

Case F-121/05: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 14 June 2007 — De Meerleer v Commission (Staff case — Officials — Open Competition — Non-admission to the written tests — Professional experience — Obligation to state reasons — Communication of the decision of the selection board — Request for re-examination)

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2007/C 170/81

Case F-46/07: Action brought on 18 May 2007 — Tzirani v Commission of the European Communities

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2007/C 170/82

Case F-47/07: Action brought on 21 May 2007 –Behmer v Parliament

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2007/C 170/83

Case F-51/07: Action brought on 30 May 2007 — Bui Van v Commission

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