ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 271

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 48
29 October 2005

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I   Information

Court of Justice

COURT OF JUSTICE

2005/C 271/1

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 8 September 2005 in Case C-416/02: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directives 75/442/EEC and 91/156/EEC — Meaning of ‘waste’ — Directives 85/337/EEC and 97/11/EC — Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment — Directive 80/68/EEC — Protection of groundwater against pollution caused by certain dangerous substances — Directive 91/271/EEC — Urban waste-water treatment — Directive 91/676/EEC — Protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources — Pollution caused by a pig farm)

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2005/C 271/2

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 15 September 2005 in Case C-37/03 P: BioID AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Appeal — Community trade mark — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Word and figurative mark — BioID — Absolute ground for refusal to register — Trade mark devoid of any distinctive character)

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2005/C 271/3

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 8 September 2005 in Case C-121/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directives 75/442/EEC and 91/156/EEC — Meaning of ‘waste’ — Directives 85/337/EEC and 97/11/EC — Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment — Directive 80/68/EEC — Protection of groundwater against pollution caused by certain dangerous substances — Directive 80/778/EEC — Quality of water intended for human consumption)

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2005/C 271/4

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 26 May 2005 in Case C-132/03 Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato in Ministero della Salute v Coordinamento delle associazioni per la difesa dell'ambiente e dei diritti degli utenti e dei consumatori (Codacons), Federconsumatori (Regulation (EC) No 1139/98 — Article 2(2)(b) — Additional labelling requirement for foodstuffs — Compulsory particulars concerning the presence of material derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) — Genetically modified soya beans and maize — Exemption from the requirement in the case of adventitious presence not exceeding a particular level — Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional use — Infants and young children — Whether derogation applies — Precautionary principle)

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2005/C 271/5

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 15 September 2005 in Case C-199/03: Ireland v Commission of the European Communities (Action for annulment — European Social Fund — Reduction of Community financial assistance — Manifest error of assessment — Proportionality — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations)

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2005/C 271/6

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 15 September 2005 in Joined Cases C-281/03 and C-282/03, Reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven: Cindu Chemicals BV and Others v College voor de toelating van bestrijdingsmiddelen (Directive 76/769/EEC — Dangerous substances — Ability of the Member States to lay down additional conditions for the placing on the market and use of a biocidal product the use of whose active substance is restricted by the directive — Wood preservatives containing coal-tar distillates (carbolineum and creosote) — Wood preservatives containing copper, chrome and arsenic)

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2005/C 271/7

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 15 September 2005 in Case C-372/03: Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 91/439/EEC — Driving licences — Minimum age requirement to drive certain vehicles — Possibility of driving vehicles in a category other than the one for which a driving licence has been issued — Compulsory registration and exchange of driving licences)

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2005/C 271/8

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 July 2005 in Case C-376/03: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof te 's-Hertogenbosch D. v Inspecteur van de Belastingdienst/Particulieren/Ondernemingen buitenland te Heerlen (Tax legislation — Wealth tax — Entitlement to an allowance — Separate treatment of residents and non-residents — Double taxation convention)

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2005/C 271/9

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 September 2005 in Case C-495/03 Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden in Intermodal Transport BV v Staatssecretaris van Financiën (Common Customs Tariff — Tariff headings — Classification in the combined nomenclature — Heading 8709 — ‘Magnum ET120 Terminal Tractor’ — Article 234 EC — Obligation of a national court to refer a question for a preliminary ruling — Conditions — Binding tariff information issued for a third party by the customs authorities of another Member State concerning a similar vehicle)

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2005/C 271/10

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 8 September 2005 in Case C-500/03: Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 98/34/EC — Technical standards and regulations — National rules applicable to recreational craft)

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2005/C 271/11

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 September 2005 in Joined Cases C-544/03 and C-545/03: References for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État Mobistar SA v Commune de Fléron, and Belgacom Mobile SA v Commune de Schaerbeek (Article 59 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 49 EC) — Telecommunications services — Directive 90/388/EEC — Article 3c — Lifting of all restrictions — Municipal taxes on transmission pylons, masts and antennae for GSM)

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2005/C 271/12

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 September 2005 in Case C-40/04: (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein oikeus) Syuichi Yonemoto (Approximation of laws — Machines — Directive 98/37/EC — Compatibility of national law requiring the importer to verify that machinery accompanied by an EC declaration of conformity is safe)

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2005/C 271/13

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 September 2005 in Case C-58/04 Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof: Antje Köhler v Finanzamt Düsseldorf-Nord (Sixth VAT Directive — Place of taxable transactions — Supplies of goods effected on board cruise ships — Transport effected within the Community — Exclusion of tax where a stop is made in a third territory — Scope of the exclusion)

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2005/C 271/14

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 8 September 2005 in Case C-129/04 Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État: Espace Trianon SA, Société wallonne de location-financement SA (Sofibail) v Office communautaire et régional de la formation professionnelle et de l'emploi (FOREM) (Public procurement — Directive 89/665/EEC — Review procedures concerning the award of public contracts — Persons to whom review procedures must be available — Tender by a consortium — Prohibition against members of a consortium bringing an action individually — Meaning of ’interest in obtaining a public contract’)

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2005/C 271/15

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 September 2005 in Case C-278/04: Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directives 2001/88/EC and 2001/93/EC — Animal health — Protection of pigs — Failure to transpose)

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2005/C 271/16

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 September 2005 in Case C-288/04, Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Unabhängiger Finanzsenat, Außenstelle Wien, AB v Finanzamt für den 6., 7. und 15. Bezirk (Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities — Staff regulations — Conditions of employment applicable to other servants — Local member of staff at the representation of the Commission in Austria — Tax treatment)

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2005/C 271/17

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 September 2005 in Case C-427/04: Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2001/16/EC — Trans-European networks — Interoperability of the trans-European conventional rail system — Failure to implement)

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2005/C 271/18

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 September 2005 in Case C-448/04: Commission of the European Communities v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Mutual recognition of decisions on the expulsion of third country nationals — Failure to implement within the required time-limit)

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2005/C 271/19

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 September 2005 in Case C-462/04: Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2001/40/EC — Mutual recognition of decisions on the expulsion of third-country nationals — Failure to implement within the prescribed time-limit)

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2005/C 271/20

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 July 2005 in Case C-31/05: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directives 2002/19/EC, 2002/20/EC and 2002/21/EC — Networks and services — Electronic communications — Common regulatory framework — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

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2005/C 271/21

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 8 September 2005 in Case C-57/05: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2002/46/EC — Harmonisation of the laws of the Member States in respect of food supplements — Failure to implement within the prescribed time-limit)

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2005/C 271/22

Order of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 June 2005 in Joined Cases C-483/00. C-485/00 to C-488/00, C-492/00 to C-494/00, C-496/00, C-500/00 and C-21/01: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale del Lazio (Italy) in Azienda Agricola Nardoni di Benedetto Tardoni v Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA), Ministero del Tesoro, del Bilancio e della Programmazione Economica (C-483/00), and Azienda Agricola Antonio Tonon v Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA), in the presence of: Ministero del Tesoro, del Bilancio e della Programmazione Economica (C-485/00), and Azienda Agricola Beniamino Brutti and Others v Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA), in the presence of Ministero del Tesoro, del Bilancio e della Programmazione Economica and Others (C-486/00), and Cooperativa Nuova Latte Srl v Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA), Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali (C-487/00), and Azienda Agricola Fermo e Gabriele Borini ss v Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA), Ministero del Tesoro, del Bilancio e della Programmazione Economica (C-488/00), and Giuseppe De Marchi and Others v Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA), Ministero del Tesoro, del Bilancio e della Programmazione Economica (C-492/00), and Ferdinando Pavane.a. v Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA), Ministero del Tesoro, del Bilancio e della Programmazione Economica (C-493/00), and Associazione dei Produttori di Latte delle Terre del Granducato and Others v Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA), Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali, Regione Toscana (C-494/00), and Associazione Agricola Produttori Castellani Soc. coop. arl and Others v Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA), Ministero del Tesoro, del Bilancio e della Programmazione Economica (C-496/00), and Azienda Agricola Pietro Baita and Others v Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA), Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali (C-500/00), and Giorgio Accarinie.a. v Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA), Ministero del Tesoro, del Bilancio e della Programmazione Economica (C-21/01) (Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Milk and milk products — Additional levy on milk — Regulations (EEC) Nos 3950/92 and 536/93 — Reference quantities — Correction a posteriori)

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2005/C 271/23

Case C-284/05: Action brought on 15 July 2005 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Republic of Finland

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2005/C 271/24

Case C-289/05: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rovaniemen hallinto-oikeus by order of that court of 15 July 2005 in Länsstyrelsen i Norrbottens län v Lapin liitto

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2005/C 271/25

Case C-298/05: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Münster by order of that court of 5 July 2005 in Columbus Container Services B.V.B.A. & Co. v Finanzamt Bielefeld-Innenstadt

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2005/C 271/26

Case C-303/05: Reference for a preliminary ruling of 13 July 2005 from the Arbitragehof (Belgium) in the proceedings between Advocaten voor de wereld, a non-profit-making association, and the Council of Ministers

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2005/C 271/27

Case C-320/05 P: Appeal brought on 22 August 2005 by Fred Olsen SA against the judgment delivered on 15 June 2005 by the Court of First Instance of the European Communities (Second Chamber, Extended composition) in Case T-17/02 between Fred Olsen SA and the Commission of the European Communities, supported by the Kingdom of Spain

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2005/C 271/28

Case C-323/05: Action brought on 24 August 2005 by the Commission of the European Communities against the United Kingdom

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2005/C 271/29

Case C-326/05 P: Appeal brought on 26 August 2005 by Industrias Químicas del Vallés, SA against the judgment delivered on 28 June 2005 by the Second Chamber of the Court of First Instance in Case T-158/03 between Industrias Químicas del Vallés, SA and the Commission of the European Communities

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2005/C 271/30

Case C-329/05: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof by decision of that court of 28 June 2005 in Finanzamt Dinslaken v Gerold Meindl, third party: Christine Meindl-Berger

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2005/C 271/31

Case C-330/05: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hovrätten för övre Norrland by order of that court of 22 August 2005 in the case of Per Fredrik Lennart Granberg v Lokal åklagare I Haparanda

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2005/C 271/32

Case C-331/05 P: Appeal brought on 11 July 2005 by Internationaler Hilfsfonds e.V. against the order of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities (Third Chamber) in Case T-294/04 between Internationaler Hilfsfonds e.V. and Commission of the European Communities, lodged on 6 September 2005

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2005/C 271/33

Removal from the register of Case C-360/01

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2005/C 271/34

Removal from the register of Case C-108/04

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2005/C 271/35

Removal from the register of Case C-425/04

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2005/C 271/36

Removal from the register of Case C-458/04

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COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

2005/C 271/37

Communication

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2005/C 271/38

Case T-300/05: Action brought on 21 July 2005 — Republic of Cyprus v Commission

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2005/C 271/39

Case T-301/05: Action brought on 2 August 2005 — Philippe Guigard v Commission of the European Communities

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2005/C 271/40

Case T-305/05: Action brought on 1 August 2005 — Balabanis and Le Dour v Commission

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2005/C 271/41

Case T-306/05: Action brought on 10 August 2005 — Scippacercola and Terezakis/Commission

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2005/C 271/42

Case T-310/05: Action brought on 12 August 2005 — ASTEC Global Consultancy/Commission

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2005/C 271/43

Case T-311/05: Action brought on 9 August 2005 — Rounis v Commission

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2005/C 271/44

Case T-312/05: Action brought on 9 August 2005 — Commission v E. Alexiadou

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2005/C 271/45

Case T-316/05: Action brought on 12 August 2005 — Republic of Cyprus v Commission

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2005/C 271/46

Case T-317/05: Action brought on 16 August 2005 — Kustom Musical Amplification/OHIM

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2005/C 271/47

Case T-321/05: Action brought on 25 August 2005 — AstraZeneca/Commission

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2005/C 271/48

Case T-324/05: Action brought on 25 August 2005 — Republic of Estonia v Commission of the European Communities

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2005/C 271/49

Case T-341/05: Action brought on 8 September 2005 — Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the European Communities

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EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL

2005/C 271/50

The new Judges of the Civil Service Tribunal take the oath

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2005/C 271/51

Election of the President of the Civil Service Tribunal

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III   Notices

2005/C 271/52

Last publication of the Court of Justice in the Official Journal of the European Union OJ C 257, 15.10.2005

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