Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 20 March 2001 in Case T-206/99: Métropole Télévision SA v Commission of the European Communities (Competition — Rejection of a complaint — Compliance with a judgment of the Court of First Instance annulling an exemption decision of the Commission — Duty to state reasons — Obligations in relation to the investigation of complaints)
Date: 2001-06-02
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Broadcasting Union, European Commission, action for annulment (EU), complaint to the Commission, television

2.6.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 161/17

represented by A. Dashwood and W.-J. Outhwaite, Barristers,
with an address for service in Luxembourg, against European
Investment Bank (Agents: J.-P. Minnaert, Z. Zachariadis, and
A. Barav) — application for annulment of both the decision to
abolish, as of 1 January 1999, the system of special conversion
rates and the salary statements of the applicants in which that
decision was applied — the Court of First Instance (Third
Chamber), composed of: J. Azizi, President, K. Lenaerts and
M. Jaeger, Judges; B. Pastor, Principal Administrator, for the
Registrar, has given a judgment on 6 March 2001, in which it:

1. Annuls the applicants’ salary statements for January 1999 in
so far as the system of special conversion rates is not applied in
them;

2. Declares the remainder of the application inadmissible;

3. Orders the European Investment Bank to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 314 of 30.10.99.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 20 March 2001

in Case T-206/99: Métropole Télévision SA v Commission
of the European Communities (1)

(Competition — Rejection of a complaint — Compliance
with a judgment of the Court of First Instance annulling an
exemption decision of the Commission — Duty to state
reasons — Obligations in relation to the investigation of
complaints)

(2001/C 161/37)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case T-206/99: Métropole Télévision SA, established in
Paris (France), represented by D. Théophile, Avocat, with an
address for service in Luxembourg, against Commission of the
European Communities (Agents: K. Wiedner and B. Mongin)
— application for the annulment of the Commission’s decision
of 29 June 1999 rejecting the complaint lodged by Métropole
Télévision on 5 December 1997 — the Court of First Instance
(Fourth Chamber), composed of V. Tiili, President, R.M. Moura
Ramos and P. Mengozzi, Judges; G. Herzig, administrator, for
the Registrar gave a judgment on 21 March 2001, in which it:

1. Annuls the Commission’s decision of 29 June 1999, rejecting
the complaint of Métropole Télévision SA of 5 December
1997;

2. Orders the Commission to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 333 of 20.11.99.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 6 March 2001

in Case T-100/00: Franco Campoli v Commission of the
European Communities (1)

(Officials — Transfer/Reassignment — Statement of
reasons — Misuse of powers — Interests of the service)

(2001/C 161/38)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case T-100/00: Franco Campoli, an official of the Com-
mission of the European Communities, residing at Brussels,
represented by S. Diana, Avocat, with an address for service in
Luxembourg, against Commission of the European Communi-
ties (Agents: G. Valsesia and D. Waelbroeck) — first, appli-
cation for the annulment of the decision of the Commission
transferring the applicant from the ‘Foodstuffs — Legislation
and scientific and technical aspects’ unit 1 to the ‘Food
production and biotechnology’ unit 2 of Industry Directorate E
of DG III as well as the decision to appoint another official to
the ‘Foodstuffs — Legislation and scientific and technical
aspects’ unit as deputy-head and, secondly, a claim for damages
— the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber), composed of
P. Lindh , President, R. Garcı´a-Valdecasas and J.D. Cooke,
Judges; J. Palacio Gonza´lez, Administrator, gave a judgment on
6 March 2001, in which it:

1.

2.

dismisses the application;

orders each of the parties to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 176 of 24.6.00.