Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 July 2001 in Case T-120/99 Christina Kik v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Article 115 of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Rules governing languages at the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) — Plea of illegality — Principle of non-discrimination)
Date: 2001-11-24
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, Netherlands, action for annulment (EU), official language

24.11.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 331/19

Federal Republic of Germany

J. Lawrence, Solicitor, with an address for service in Luxem-
bourg, against Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: V. Kreuschitz and K.-D. Borchardt, and N. Khan),
supported by
(Agents:
W.-D. Plessing, T.
Jürgensen and M. Maier) and by RAG
Aktiengesellschaft, established in Essen (Germany), represented
by M. Hansen and S. Völcker, lawyers, with an address for
service in Luxembourg — applications for annulment of
Commission Decisions 1999/270/EC and 1999/299/ECSC of
2 and 22 December 1998 on German aid to the coal industry
for 1998 and 1999 (OJ 1999 L 109, p. 14 and L 117, p. 44)
— the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber, Extended
Composition), composed of A.W.H. Meij, President, K. Le-
naerts, A. Potocki, M. Jaeger and J. Pirrung, Judges; D. Chris-
tensen, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment
on 12 July 2001, in which it:

1. Dismisses the actions;

2. Orders the applicant to bear its own costs and those incurred
by the Commission and the intervener RAG Aktiengesellschaft;

3. Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 86 of 27.3.1999 and C 160 of 5.6.1999.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 12 July 2001

in Case T-120/99 Christina Kik v Office for Harmonisation
(Trade Marks and Designs)
in the Internal Market

(OHIM) (1)

(Article 115 of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Rules govern-
ing languages at the Office for Harmonisation in the
Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) — Plea of
illegality — Principle of non-discrimination)

(2001/C 331/30)

(Language of the case: Dutch)

In Case T-120/99 Christina Kik, residing in The Hague
(Netherlands), represented by G.L. Kooy,
lawyer, with an
address for service in Luxembourg, supported by the Hellenic
Republic (Agents: K. Samoni-Randou and S. Vodina), against
the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade
Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: O. Montalto, J. Miranda
de Sousa, and J. Bourgeois), supported by the Kingdom of
Spain (Agent: S. Ortiz Vaamonde) and the Council of the
European Union (Agents: G. Houttuin and A. Lo Monaco) —
action brought against the decision of the Third Board of
Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs) of 19 March 1999 (Case R 65/98-3)

— the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber, Extended
Composition), composed of P. Mengozzi, President, R. Garcı´a-
Valdecasas, V. Tiili, R.M. Moura Ramos and J.D. Cooke, Judges;
H. Jung, Registrar, has given a judgment on 12 July 2001, in
which it:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the applicant to pay her own costs and those incurred

by the defendant;

3. Orders each of the interveners to bear their own costs.

(1) OJ C 246 of 28.8.1999.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 27 June 2001

in Case T-166/99, Luis Fernando Andres de Dios and
Others v Council of the European Union (1)

(Decision 1999/307/EC — Integration of the Schengen
Secretariat into the General Secretariat of the Council —
Action for annulment — Admissibility)

(2001/C 331/31)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case T-166/99 Luis Fernando Andres de Dios, residing in
Brussels, Belgium, Maria Soledad Garcı´a Retortillo, residing in
Ca´ceres, Spain, Suzanne Kitlas, residing in Brussels, Jacques
Verraes, residing in Brussels, represented by J.-N. Louis,
G. Parmentier and V. Peere, lawyers, with an address for service
in Luxembourg, supported by Union syndicale-Bruxelles,
established in Brussels, represented by S. Parmesan, lawyer,
with an address for service in Luxembourg, against Council of
the European Union (Agents: M. Bauer, F. Anton and
A. Bentley) — application for annulment of Council Decision
1999/307/EC of 1 May 1999 laying down the detailed
arrangements for the integration of the Schengen Secretariat
into the General Secretariat of the Council (OJ 1999 L 119,
p. 49) — the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber),
composed of A.W.H. Meij, President, A. Potocki and J. Pirrung,
Judges; D. Christensen, Administrator, for the Registrar, has
given a judgment on 27 June 2001, in which it:

1. Dismisses the action as inadmissible;

2. Orders the applicants to bear their own costs and jointly and

severally to pay those of the Council;

3. Orders the intervener to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 281 of 2.10.1999.