Order of the Court of First Instance of 10 September 2002 in Case T-223/01: Japan Tobacco Inc. and JT International SA v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Article 7 of Directive 2001/37/EC — Admissibility — Locus standi — Direct concern)
Date: 2002-11-23
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Parliament, action for annulment (EU), brand name, intellectual property, tobacco industry

C 289/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

23.11.2002

ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 12 July 2002

of 10 September 2002

in Case T-302/00: Anthony Goldstein v Commission of
the European Communities (1)

in Case T-223/01: Japan Tobacco Inc. and JT International
SA v European Parliament and Council of the European
Union (1)

(Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements
— Competition — Rejection of complaint — Action mani-
festly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded)

(Action for annulment — Article 7 of Directive 2001/37/EC
— Admissibility — Locus standi — Direct concern)

(2002/C 289/46)

(Language of the case: English)

(2002/C 289/47)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case T-302/00, Anthony Goldstein, residing at Harrow,
Middlesex (United Kingdom), represented by R. St.
John
Murphy, Solicitor, against Commission of the European Com-
munities (Agent: P. Oliver) — application for annulment of
the Commission’s decision of 7 July 2000 rejecting the
applicant’s complaint concerning alleged infringement of
Articles 81 EC and 82 EC by the General Medical Council,
training bodies and insurance companies — the Court of First
Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed of: M. Vilaras, President,
V. Tiili and P. Mengozzi, Judges; Registrar: H. Jung, has made
an order on 12 July 2002 in which it:

for

In Case T-223/01, Japan Tobacco Inc., established in Tokyo
(Japan), and JT International SA, established in Geneva (Switz-
erland), represented by O. Brouwer,
lawyer, and P. Lomas,
Solicitor, with an address
service in Luxembourg,
v European Parliament (Agents: C. Pennera and M. Moore),
and Council of the European Union (Agent: E. Karlsson):
Application for annulment of Article 7 of Directive No 2001/
37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June
2001 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the
manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products (OJ
2001 L 194 p. 26), the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber),
composed of: J.D. Cooke, President, R. García-Valdecasas and
P. Lindh, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, has made an order on
10 September 2002, the operative part of which is as follows:

1. Dismisses the application;

2. Orders the applicant to bear his own costs incurred both in
these proceedings and in the proceedings for interim relief in
Cases T-302/00 R and T-302/00 R II, and pay the costs
incurred by the Commission in these proceedings and in the
proceedings for interim relief in Case T-302/00 R.

1.

The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2.

The applicants are ordered to pay the costs.

3.

There is no need to rule upon the applications to intervene.

( 1) OJ C 355 of 9 December 2000.

(1) OJ C 3 of 5.1.2002.