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EN Official Journal of the European Union C 355/14

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 25 October 2011 — CHEMK and KF v Council

(Case T-190/08) (1)

(Dumping - Imports of ferro-silicon originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, China, Egypt, Kazakhstan and Russia - Calculation of the export price - Profit margin - Price undertaking - Injury - Causal link - Complaint - Rights of the defence - Obligation to state reasons)

2011/C 355/21

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Integrated Plant OAO (CHEMK) (Chelyabinsk, Russia); and Kuzneckie Ferrosplavy OAO (KF) (Novokuznetsk, Russia) (represented by P. Vander Schueren, lawyer)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented initially by J. P. Hix, and subsequently by J.-P. Hix and B. Driessen, Agents, assisted initially by G. Berrisch and G. Wolf, and subsequently by G. Berrisch, lawyers)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented initially by H. van Vliet and K. Talabér-Ritz, and subsequently by H. van Vliet and M. França, Agents)

Re:

Application for partial annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 172/2008 of 25 February 2008 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of ferro-silicon originating in the People’s Republic of China, Egypt, Kazakhstan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Russia (OJ 2008 L 55, p. 6), in so far as it affects the applicants.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action.

2. Orders Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Integrated Plant OAO (CHEMK) and Kuzneckie Ferrosplavy OAO (KF) to bear their own costs as well as those incurred by the Council of the European Union.

3. Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 197, 2.8.2008.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 319/14

Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2011 — Evropaïki Dynamiki v EIB

(Case T-461/08) (1)

(Public service contracts - Tender procedure - Provision of services in the form of assistance in the maintenance, support and development of an information technology system - Rejection of a tenderer’s bid - Contract awarded to another tenderer - Action for annulment - Admissibility - Jurisdiction - Obligation to state reasons - Right to an effective remedy - Transparency - Proportionality - Equal treatment and non-discrimination - Selection and award criteria - Action for damages - Admissibility - Loss of profit)

2011/C 319/25

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE (Athens, Greece) (represented by: N. Korogiannakis and P. Katsimani, lawyers)

Defendant: European Investment Bank (EIB) (represented by: C. Gómez de la Cruz and T. Pietilä, Agents, and J. Stuyck, lawyer)

Re:

Application, first, for annulment of the EIB’s decision of 31 January 2008 not to accept the tender submitted by the applicant in connection with a call for tenders for the provision of services in the form of assistance in the maintenance, support and development of an information technology system and to award the contract to another tenderer, on the basis of Articles 225 EC and 230 EC, and, second, for damages, on the basis of Articles 225 EC, 235 EC and 288 EC.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Annuls the decision of the European Investment Bank (EIB) not to accept the tender submitted by Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE in the context of call for tenders 2007/S 176-215155 for the provision of services in the form of ‘assistance in the maintenance, support and development of the Loans Front Office system (Serapis)’ and to award the contract to Sybase BVBA;

2. Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3. Orders the EIB to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 19, 24.1.2009.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 109/9

Judgment of the General Court of 28 February 2012 — Land Burgenland and Austria v Commission

(Joined Cases T-268/08 and T-281/08) (1)

(State aid - Aid granted by the Austrian authorities to the Grazer Wechselseitige group (GRAWE) in connection with the privatisation of Bank Burgenland - Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery - Private investor in a market economy test - Application where the State acts as vendor - Determination of the market price)

2012/C 109/19

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicants: Land Burgenland (Province of Burgenland, Austria), represented by U. Soltész and C. Herbst, lawyers (Case T-268/08); and Republic of Austria, represented by G. Hesse, C. Pesendorfer, E. Riedl, M. Fruhmann and J. Bauer, acting as Agents (Case T-281/08)

Defendant: European Commission, represented initially by V. Kreuschitz, N. Khan and K. Gross, and subsequently by V. Kreuschitz, N. Khan and T. Maxian Rusche, acting as Agents

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2008/719/EC of 30 April 2008 on State aid C 56/06 (ex NN 77/06) implemented by Austria for the privatisation of Bank Burgenland (OJ 2008 L 239, p. 32).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the actions;

2. Orders the Republic of Austria and the Province of Burgenland to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 247, 27.9.2008.
Judgment of the General Court of 8 December 2011 — Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission

(Case T-39/08) (1)

(Public service contracts - Tendering procedure - Provision of information technology services relating to the hosting, management, enhancement, promotion and maintenance of an internet portal - Rejection of a tender and award of the contract to another tenderer - Selection criteria - Award criteria - Non-contractual liability)

(2012/C 25/88)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE (Athens, Greece) (represented by: N. Korogiannakis, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: E. Manhaeve and N. Bambara, Agents, assisted by J. Stuyck, lawyer)

Re:

First, application for annulment of the Commission Decision of 12 November 2007 rejecting the tender submitted by the applicant in open call for tenders EAC/04/07 relating to the hosting, management, improvement, promotion and maintenance of the Commission’s internet portal for ‘e-learning’ (elearningeuropa.info) (OJ 2007 S 87), and awarding the contract to another tenderer, and, second, application for damages.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Annuls the Commission Decision of 12 November 2007 rejecting the tender submitted by the Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE in open call for tenders EAC/04/07 relating to the hosting, management, enhancement, promotion and maintenance of the European Commission’s internet portal on eLearning (elearningeuropa.info), and awarding the contract to another tenderer;

2. Dismisses the application for damages;

3. Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis.

(1) OJ C 92, 12.4.2008.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 366/28

Judgment of the General Court of 5 October 2012 — Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission

(Case T-591/08) (1)

(Public service contracts - Tendering procedure - Provision of information technology services - Selection of the tenderer as second contractor in the cascade procedure - Action for annulment - Grounds for exclusion from the tendering procedure - Conflict of interests - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based - Manifest error of assessment - Equal treatment - Non-contractual liability)

2012/C 366/53

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE (Athens, Greece) (represented by: N. Korogiannakis and P. Katsimani, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented: initially by B. Simon and E. Manhaeve, acting as Agents, assisted by P. Wytinck, lawyer, and subsequently by E. Manhaeve, assisted by P. Wytinck and B. Hoorelbeke, lawyers)

Re:

Application for (i) annulment of the Commission decisions of 17 October 2008 selecting the applicant’s tender as second contractor in the cascade for Lots 2 and 3 under the call for tenders launched in the field of ‘Statistical Information Technologies’, concerning advisory and development services relating to the format for the exchange of statistical data and metadata (SDMX) (OJ 2008/S 120-159017), and of all further related decisions, including the decisions awarding the contract to other tenderers, and (ii) damages.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.

(1) OJ C 82, 4.4.2009.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 217/16

Judgment of the General Court of 14 June 2012 — Stichting Natuur en Milieu, Pesticide Action Network Europe v Commission

(Case T-338/08) (1)

(Environment - Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 - Maximum residue levels for pesticides - Request for internal review - Refusal - Measure of individual scope - Validity - Aarhus Convention)

2012/C 217/32

Language of the case: Dutch

Parties

Applicants: Stichting Natuur en Milieu (Utrecht (Netherlands)), Pesticide Action Network Europe (London (United Kingdom)) (represented by: B. Kloostra and A. van den Biesen, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by B. Burggraaf and S. Schønberg and subsequently by B. Burggraaf and P. Oliver, Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Republic of Poland (represented initially by M. Dowgielewicz and subsequently by M. Szpunar, Agents); and Council of the European Union (represented by: K. Michoel and B. Driessen, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decisions of the Commission of 1 July 2008 rejecting as inadmissible the requests made by the applicants for review by the Commission of Commission Regulation (EC) No 149/2008 of 29 January 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing Annexes II, III and IV setting maximum residue levels for products covered by Annex I thereto (OJ 2008 L 58, p. 1)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Annuls the decisions of the Commission of 1 July 2008 rejecting as inadmissible the requests made by Stichting Natuur en Milieu and Pesticide Action Network Europe for review by the Commission of Commission Regulation (EC) No 149/2008 of 29 January 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing Annexes II, III and IV setting maximum residue levels for products covered by Annex I thereto;

2. Orders the European Commission to bear, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by Stichting Natuur en Milieu and Pesticide Action Network Europe;

3. Orders the Polish Republic and the Council of the European Union to bear their own costs.

(1) OJ C 301, 22.11.2008.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 156/27

Judgment of the General Court of 12 April 2013 — Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto v Commission

(Case T-401/08) (1)

(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Copyright relating to public performance of musical works via the internet, satellite and cable retransmission - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Sharing of the geographic market - Bilateral agreements between national collecting societies - Concerted practices precluding the possibility of granting multi-territory and multi-repertoire licences - Proof - Presumption of innocence)

2013/C 156/46

Language of the case: Finnish

Parties

Applicant: Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto ry (Helsinki, Finland) (represented by: H. Pokela, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by E. Paasivirta, F. Castillo de la Torre and P. Aalto, and subsequently by E. Paasivirta and F. Castillo de la Torre, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2008) 3435 final of 16 July 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/C2/38.698 — CISAC).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Annuls Article 3 of Commission Decision C(2008) 3435 final of 16 July 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/C2/38.698 — CISAC), in so far as it concerns Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto ry;

2. Annuls Article 4 of Commission Decision C(2008) 3435 final, to the extent that it refers to Article 3 of that decision, in so far as it concerns Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto;

3. Dismisses the remainder of the action;

4. Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and pay one half of Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto’s costs;

5. Orders Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto to bear one half of its own costs;

6. Orders Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto and the Commission to each bear their own costs relating to the interim relief proceedings.

(1) OJ C 313, 6.12.2008.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 313/15

Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2013 — Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung v Commission

(Case T-73/08) (1)

(Financial assistance paid in the context of the Daphne II programme - Determination of the amount of the final grant - Debit note - Measure open to challenge - Obligation to state reasons - Fair trial - Errors of assessment)

2013/C 313/25

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung eV (Berlin, Germany) (represented: initially by B. Henning, then U. Claus and M. Uhmann, and finally by C. Otto, S. Reichmann and L.-J. Schmidt, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented: initially by S. Grünheid and B. Simon, then S. Grünheid and F. Dintilhac, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision of the Commission contained in the debit note of 26 November 2007, in which it requested the applicant to repay the sum of EUR 23 228,07 which the Commission paid to the applicant pursuant to the Daphne Grant Agreement (JLS/DAP/2004-1/080/YC).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung eV to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 107, 26.4.2008.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 156/32

Judgment of the General Court of 12 April 2013 — LATGA-A v Commission

(Case T-419/08) (1)

(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Copyright relating to public performance of musical works via the internet, satellite and cable retransmission - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Sharing of the geographic market - Bilateral agreements between national collecting societies - Concerted practices precluding the possibility of granting multi-territory and multi-repertoire licences - Proof - Presumption of innocence)

2013/C 156/55

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Lietuvos autorių teisių gynimo asociacijos agentūra (LATGA-A) (Vilnius, Lithuania) (represented by: M. Favart, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and A. Biolan, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the applicant: International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) (represented by J.-F. Bellis and K. Van Hove, lawyers); and European Broadcasting Union (EBU) (Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland) (represented by D. Slater, Solicitor, and D. Waelbroeck, lawyer)

Re:

Application for annulment in part of Commission Decision C(2008) 3435 final of 16 July 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/C2/38.698 — CISAC).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Annuls Article 3 of Commission Decision C(2008) 3435 final of 16 July 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/C2/38.698 — CISAC), in so far as it concerns Lietuvos autorių teisių gynimo asociacijos agentūra (LATGA-A);

2. Dismisses the remainder of the action;

3. Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 313, 6.12.2008.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 38/21

Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2016 — DEI v Commission

(Case T-169/08 RENV) (1)

((Competition - Abuse of a dominant position - Greek market for the supply of lignite and Greek wholesale electricity market - Decision finding an infringement of Article 86(1) EC, read in combination with Article 82 EC - Grant or maintenance of exploitation rights for public deposits of lignite in favour of a public undertaking - Definition of the markets at issue - Existence of unequal opportunities - Obligation to state reasons - Legitimate expectations - Misuse of powers - Proportionality))

(2017/C 038/28)

Language of the case: Greek

Parties

Applicant: Dimosia Epicheirisi Ilektrismou AE (DEI) (Athens, Greece) (represented by: P. Anestis, lawyer)

Intervener in support of the applicant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: P. Mylonopoulos and K. Boskovits, Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: T. Christoforou, Agent, and A. Oikonomou, lawyer)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Elpedison Paragogi Ilektrikis Energeias AE (Elpedison Energeiaki), formerly Energeiaki Thessalonikis AE (Marousi, Greece) and Elliniki Energeia kai Anaptyxi AE (HE & D SA) (Kifisia, Greece) (represented by: P. Skouris and E. Trova, lawyers) and Mytilinaios AE (Athens), Protergia AE (Athens) et Alouminion tis Ellados VEAE, formerly Alouminion AE (Athens) (represented by: N. Korogiannakis, I. Zarzoura, D. Diakopoulos and E. Chrisafis, lawyers)

Re:

Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking the annulment of Commission decision C(2008) 824 final of 5 March 2008 on the granting or maintaining in force by the Hellenic Republic of rights in favour of DEI for the extraction of lignite.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Dimosia Epicheirisi Ilektrismou AE (DEI), in addition to bearing its own costs, to pay those incurred by the European Commission, by Elpedison Paragogi Ilektrikis Energeias AE (Elpedison Energeiaki), by Elliniki Energeia kai Anaptyxi AE (HE & D SA), by Mytilinaios AE, by Protergia AE and by Alouminion tis Ellados VEAE;

3. Declares that the Hellenic Republic is to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 183, 19.7.2008.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 292/24

Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2014 — Sasol and Others v Commission

(Case T-541/08) (1)

((Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Paraffin waxes market - Slack wax market - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Price fixing and market sharing - Liability of a parent company for the infringements of the competition rules committed by its subsidiaries and by a joint venture owned in part by it - Decisive influence exercised by the parent company - Presumption where the parent company holds 100 % of the shares - Succession of undertakings - Proportionality - Equal treatment - 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines - Aggravating circumstances - Role of leader - Setting a limit on the fine - Unlimited jurisdiction))

2014/C 292/29

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: Sasol (Rosebank, South Africa); Sasol Holding in Germany GmbH (Hamburg, Germany); Sasol Wax International AG (Hamburg); and Sasol Wax GmbH (Hamburg) (represented by: W. Bosch, U. Denzel, C. von Köckritz, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and R. Sauer, Agents, and by M. Gray, Barrister)

Re:

Application, primarily, for annulment in part of the Commission’s decision C(2008) 5476 final of 1 October 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/39.181 — Candle waxes) and, in the alternative, for annulment or reduction of the fine imposed on the applicants.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Annuls Article 1 of Commission Decision C(2008) 5476 final of 1 October 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/39.181 — Candle Waxes) in so far as the European Commission found therein that Sasol Holding in Germany GmbH and Sasol had participated in the infringement before 1 July 2002;

2. Reduces the amount of the fine imposed on Sasol Wax GmbH to the sum of EUR 14 9 9 82 197 for the payment of which, first, Sasol Wax International AG shall be jointly and severally liable to the extent of EUR 11 9 1 22 197 and, secondly, Sasol and Sasol Holding in Germany shall be jointly and severally liable to the extent of EUR 7 1 0 42 197;

3. Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

4. Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay two thirds of the costs incurred by Sasol, Sasol Holding in Germany, Sasol Wax International and Sasol Wax;

5. Orders Sasol, Sasol Holding in Germany, Sasol Wax International and Sasol Wax to bear one third of their own costs.

(1) OJ C 44, 21.2.2009.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 195/17

Judgment of the General Court of 2 June 2010 — Procaps v OHIM — Biofarma (PROCAPS)

(Case T-35/09) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition procedure - Application for the Community word mark PROCAPS - Earlier national and international word marks PROCAPTAN - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Similarity of the goods and services - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

2010/C 195/26

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Procaps, SA (Barranquilla, Colombia) (represented by: M. Vidal-Quadras Trias de Bes, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: Ó. Mondéjar Ortuño, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Biofarma SAS (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) (represented by: A. Ruiz López and V. Gil Vega, lawyers

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 24 November 2008 (Case R 867/2007-4), concerning opposition proceedings between Biofarma SAS and Procaps, SA

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Procaps, SA to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 69, 21.3.2009.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 80/25

Judgment of the General Court of 9 February 2010 — PromoCell bioscience alive GmbH v OHIM (SupplementPack)

(Case T-113/09) (1)

(Community trade mark - Application for a Community word mark SupplementPack - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

2010/C 80/43

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: PromoCell bioscience alive GmbH Biomedizinische Produkte (Heidelberg, Germany) (represented by: K. Mende, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Schäffner, Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 January 2009 (Case R 996/2008-4) concerning an application for registration of the word sign SupplementPack as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. PromoCell bioscience alive GmbH Biomedizinische Produkte is ordered to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 129, 6.6.2009.