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Information and Notices

Volume 48
19 February 2005

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I   Information

Court of Justice

COURT OF JUSTICE

2005/C 045/1

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 December 2004 in Case C-463/01: Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (Environment — Free movement of goods — Packaging and packaging waste — Directive 94/62/EC — Exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters — Directive 80/777/EEC — Deposit and return obligations for non-reusable packaging that depend on the overall percentage of reusable packaging)

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2005/C 045/2

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 9 December 2004 in Case C-19/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof): Viktor Hlozek v Roche Austria Gesellschaft mbH ((Social policy — Male and female workers — Equal pay — Pay — Concept — Bridging allowance (‘Überbrückungsgeld’) provided for by a works agreement — Social plan drawn up as part of an operation to restructure an undertaking — Benefit granted to workers having reached a certain age at the time of their dismissal — Benefit granted from a different age according to the sex of the dismissed workers — Account taken of national statutory retirement age, different according to sex))

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2005/C 045/3

Judgment of the Court of Justice (Third Chamber) of 16 December 2004 in Case C-271/02: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Sweden (Failure to fulfil obligations — Fishing — Conservation and management of resources — Measures to control fishing activity)

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2005/C 045/4

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 December 2004 in Case C-277/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberverwaltungsgericht): EU-Wood-Trading GmbH v Sonderabfall-Management-Gesellschaft Rheinland-Pfalz mbH (Environment — Waste — Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 on shipments of waste — Waste intended for recovery — Objections — Powers of the authority of dispatch — Recovery contravening the requirements of Article 4 of Directive 75/442/EEC or those of national provisions — Power of the authority of dispatch to raise such objections)

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2005/C 045/5

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 December 2004 in Case C-309/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Stuttgart): Radlberger Getränkegesellschaft mbH & Co., and S. Spitz KG v Land Baden-Württemberg (Environment — Free movement of goods — Packaging and packaging waste — Directive 94/62/EC — Deposit and return obligations for non-reusable packaging that depend on the overall percentage of reusable packaging)

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2005/C 045/6

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 December 2004 in Case C-434/02 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Minden): Arnold André GmbH & Co. KG v Landrat des Kreises Herford (Directive 2001/37/EC — Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products — Article 8 — Prohibition of placing on the market of tobacco products for oral use — Validity)

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2005/C 045/7

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 9 December 2004 in Case C-460/02: Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (Air transport — Groundhandling — Directive 96/67/EC)

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2005/C 045/8

Judgment of the Court of Justice (Fourth Chamber) of 16 December 2004 in Case C-24/03: Italian Republic v Commission of the European Communities (EAGGF — Partial annulment of Commission Decision 2002/881/EC — Financial corrections — Fruit and vegetable and public grain storage sector)

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2005/C 045/9

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 December 2004 in Case C-36/03 (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: Approved Prescription Services Ltd, v Licensing Authority (Medicinal products — Marketing authorisation — Procedures for essentially similar products)

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2005/C 045/10

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 16 December 2004 in Case C-62/03: Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Waste — Directives 75/442/EEC and 91/156/EEC — Transposition)

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2005/C 045/11

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 December 2004 in Case C-79/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 79/409/EEC — Conservation of wild birds — Hunting)

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2005/C 045/12

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 December 2004 in Case C-123/03 P: Commission of the European Communities v Greencore Group plc (Application for annulment of a letter of the Commission — Refusal to pay interest on a sum refunded — Concept of act confirming an earlier act — Payment of the principal sum without interest — No earlier decision to refuse)

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2005/C 045/13

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 9 December 2004 in Case C-177/03: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 89/618/Euratom — Informing the general public in the event of a radiological emergency — Non-transposition)

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2005/C 045/14

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 December 2004 in Case C-210/03 (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: Swedish Match AB, Swedish Match UK Ltd v Secretary of State for Health (Directive 2001/37/EC — Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products — Article 8 — Prohibition of placing on the market of tobacco products for oral use — Validity — Interpretation of Articles 28 EC to 30 EC — Compatibility of national legislation laying down the same prohibition)

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2005/C 045/15

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 December 2004 in Case C-272/03 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof): Hauptzollamt Neubrandenburg v Jens Christian Siig (Community Customs Code — Incurrence of a customs debt — Temporary admission procedure — Change of the tractor of a semi-trailer)

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2005/C 045/16

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 16 December 2004 in Case C-293/03 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal du travail de Bruxelles): Gregorio My v Office national des pensions (ONP) (Community officials — Transfer of pension rights — Article 11 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations — Early retirement pension — Reckoning of periods of employment with the European Community — Article 10 EC)

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2005/C 045/17

Judgment of the Court of Justice (Fifth Chamber) of 16 September 2004 in Case C-516/03: Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic (Failure to fulfil obligations — Environment — Waste management — Campolungo (Ascoli Piceno) waste plant — Directive 75/442/EEC amended by Directive 91/156/EEC — Articles 4 and 8)

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2005/C 045/18

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 December 2004 in Case 520/03 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Valenciana): José Vicente Olaso Valero v Fondo de Garantía Salarial (Fogasa) (Social policy — Protection of workers in the event of the insolvency of their employer — Directive 80/987/EEC — Scope — Definition of ‘claims’ — Definition of ‘pay’ — Compensation payable in the event of unfair dismissal)

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2005/C 045/19

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 9 December 2004 in Case C-523/03: Commission of the European Communities v Biotrast SA (Arbitration clause — Recovery of moneys advanced — Interest — Default procedure)

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2005/C 045/20

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 December 2004 in Case C-528/03: Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of the Netherlands (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2002/35/EC — Maritime transport — Safety of fishing vessels)

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2005/C 045/21

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 9 December 2004 in Case C-88/04: Commission of the European Communities v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2001/29/EC — Harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society — Failure to implement within the period prescribed)

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2005/C 045/22

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 December 2004 in Case C-172/04: Commission of the European Communities v French Republic (Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations — Failure to transpose — Directive 1999/31/EC — Waste management — Landfill of waste — Inert waste from building and public works)

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2005/C 045/23

Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 14 October 2004 in Case C-238/03 P: Maja Srl v Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — Community financial aid — Discontinuation of aid granted for the modernisation of an agricultural production unit)

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2005/C 045/24

Case C-459/04: Action brought on 29 October 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Kingdom of Sweden

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2005/C 045/25

Case C-489/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Verwaltungsgericht Sigmaringen by order of that court of 28 September 2004 in the case of Alexander Jehle and Weinhaus Kiderlen against Land Baden-Württemberg

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2005/C 045/26

Case C-490/04: Action brought on 29 November 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Federal Republic of Germany

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2005/C 045/27

Case C-491/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the VAT and Duties Tribunals, Manchester Tribunal Centre, by direction of that court dated 24 November 2004, in the case of Dollond and Aitchison Ltd against Commissioners of Customs and Excise.

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2005/C 045/28

Case C-494/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden by decision of that court of 26 November 2004 in the case of Heintz van Landewyck SARL against Staatssecretaris van Financiën)

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2005/C 045/29

Case C-503/04: Action brought on 7 December 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Federal Republic of Germany

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2005/C 045/30

Case C-507/04: Action brought on 8 December 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Republic of Austria

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2005/C 045/31

Case C-508/04: Action brought on 8 December 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Republic of Austria

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2005/C 045/32

Case C-511/04: Action brought on 14 December 2004 by the Commission of the European Communities against the Portuguese Republic

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2005/C 045/33

Case C-512/04 P: Appeal brought on 15 December 2004 by Vitakraft-Werke Wührmann & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG against the judgment delivered on 6 October 2004 by the Second Chamber of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities in Case T-356/02 between Vitakraft-Werke Wührmann & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG and the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), supported by Krafft SA

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2005/C 045/34

Removal from the register of Case C-410/02

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2005/C 045/35

Removal from the register of Case C-50/03

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2005/C 045/36

Removal from the register of Case C-95/03

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2005/C 045/37

Removal from the register of Case C-146/03 P

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2005/C 045/38

Removal from the register of Case C-194/03

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2005/C 045/39

Removal from the register of Case C-345/03

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2005/C 045/40

Removal from the register of Case C-35/04

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2005/C 045/41

Removal from the register of Case C-50/04

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2005/C 045/42

Removal from the register of Case C-106/04

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2005/C 045/43

Removal from the register of Case C-163/04

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2005/C 045/44

Removal from the register of Case C-238/04

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2005/C 045/45

Removal from the register of Case C-263/04

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2005/C 045/46

Removal from the register of Case C-382/04

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COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

2005/C 045/47

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 7 December 2004 In Case T-240/02: Koninklijke Coöperatie Cosun UA v Commission of the European Communities (Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Sugar — Sum due for C Sugar disposed of on the internal market — Customs duty — Application for remission — Relief clause in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1430/79 — Concept of import or export duties — Principles of equality and legal certainty — Fairness)

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2005/C 045/48

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 13 December 2004 In Case T-251/02, E v Commission of the European Communities (Officials — Pay — Expatriation allowance — Daily subsistence allowance — Installation allowance — Reimbursement of travel expenses on taking up functions, and removal expenses — Place of recruitment — Articles 4, 5, 7, 9 and 10 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations — Language of the case: French — In Case T-251/02: E, residing in Brussels (Belgium), represented by G. Vandersanden and L. Levi, lawyers, against Commission of the European Communities (Agent: J. Currall, assisted by D. Waelbroeck, lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg))

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2005/C 045/49

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 14 December 2004 in Case T-317/02: Fédération des industries condimentaires de France (FICF), Confédération générale des producteurs de lait de brebis and des industriels de Roquefort, Comité économique agricole régional ‘fruits et légumes de la région Bretagne’ (Cerafel) and Comité national interprofessionnel des palmipèdes à foie gras (CIFOG) v Commission of the European Communities (Common commercial policy — World Trade Organisation (WTO) — Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 — Obstacles to trade — Prepared mustard — Termination of the examination procedure in relation to obstacles to trade — Community interest)

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2005/C 045/50

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 14 December 2004 in Case T-332/02: Nordspedizionieri di Danielis Livio & C. Snc, Livio Danielis and Domenico D'Alessandro v Commission of the European Communities (Customs Union — Community transit operation — Fraud — Cigarette smuggling — Remission of import duties — Regulation (EEC) No 1430/79 — Article 13: equitable provision — Meaning of‘special situation’)

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2005/C 045/51

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 23 November 2004 in Case 376/02, O v Commission of the European Communities (Officials — Article 78 of the Staff Regulations — Invalidity pension — Invalidity Committee — Membership — Occupational disease)

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2005/C 045/52

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 13 December 2004 in Case T-8/03 El Corte Inglés, SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Figurative mark EMILIO PUCCI — Opposition by the proprietor of the national figurative marks EMIDIO TUCCI — Partial refusal to register)

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2005/C 045/53

Case T-422/04: Action brought on 12 October 2004 by Luciano Lavagnoli against the Commission of the European Communities

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2005/C 045/54

Case T-439/04: Action brought on 5 November 2004 by Eurohypo AG against the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

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2005/C 045/55

Case T-452/04: Action brought on 8 November 2004 by Éditions Odile Jacob SAS against the Commission of the European Communities

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2005/C 045/56

Case T-458/04: Action brought on 22 November 2004 by Au Lys de France against the Commission of the European Communities

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2005/C 045/57

Case T-459/04: Action brought on 22 November 2004 by Jorge Manuel Pinheiro de Jesus Ferreira against the Commission of the European Communities

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2005/C 045/58

Case T-473/04: Action brought on 6 December 2004 by Cristina Asturias Cuerno against the Commission of the European Communities

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2005/C 045/59

Case T-474/04: Action brought on 10 December 2004 by Pergan GmbH against the Commission of the European Communities

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2005/C 045/60

Case T-501/04: Action brought on 23 December 2004 by Bodegas Franco-Españolas S.A. against the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM))

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III   Notices

2005/C 045/61

Last publication of the Court of Justice in the Official Journal of the European Union OJ C 31, 5.2.2005

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