Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 20 November 2002 in Case T-251/00: Lagardère SCA and Canal+ SA v Commission of the European Communities (Competition — Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 — Modification of a decision declaring a concentration compatible with the common market — Restrictions directly related and necessary to the implementation of the concentration ("Ancillary restrictions") — Action for annulment — Challengeable acts — Legal interest in bringing proceedings — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Reasons)
Date: 2003-01-25
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: action for annulment (EU), cable distribution, economic concentration, interactivity, joint venture, merger control, pay television, service, television

C 19/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

25.1.2003

Case T-178/00, J. Fernández Martín, V. Saintot and B. Wägen-
baur, and, in Case T-341/00, V. Saintot, T. Gulliams and
Wägenbaur): Application for annulment of the applicant’s
performance appraisal report for 1999, in Case T-178/00, and
for annulment of the note of 28 June 2000 from the Director-
General of the Directorate-General for Information Systems
(DG IS) of the European Central Bank concerning the duties
allocated to the applicant, in Case T-341/00, the Court of First
Instance (Fifth Chamber), composed of: J.D. Cooke, President,
R. García-Valdecasas and P. Lindh, Judges; D. Christensen,
Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
22 October 2002, in which it:

1. Orders that Cases T-178/00 and T-341/00 shall be joined

for the purposes of the judgment;

Economic Area Agreement (Case COMP/JV 40 Canal+/Lagard-
ère and COMP/JV 47 Canal+/Lagardère/Liberty Media), the
Court of First Instance (Third Chamber, Extended Compo-
sition), composed of M. Jaeger, President, R. García-Valdecasas,
K. Lenaerts, P. Lindh and J. Azizi, Judges; J. Palacio González,
Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 20 Nov-
ember 2002, in which it:

1.

annuls the Commission’s decision of 10 July 2000 amending
the decision of the Commission of 22 June 2000 declaring a
concentration compatible with the common market and with
the European Economic Area Agreement (Case COMP/JV
40 Canal+/Lagardère and COMP/JV 47 Canal+/Lagardère/
Liberty Media);

2. Dismisses the applications in Cases T-178/00 and T-341/00;

2.

orders the defendant to pay the costs.

3. Orders the parties to bear their own costs.

(1) OJ C 335 of 25.11.2000.

( 1) OJ C 259 of 9.9.2000.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 20 November 2002

of 23 October 2002

in Case T-251/00: Lagardère SCA and Canal+ SA v
Commission of the European Communities (1)

in Case T-388/00: Institut für Lernsysteme GmbH v Office
for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks
and Designs) (OHIM) (1)

(Competition — Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 — Modifi-
cation of a decision declaring a concentration compatible
with the common market — Restrictions directly related
and necessary to the implementation of the concentration
(‘Ancillary restrictions’) — Action for annulment — Chal-
lengeable acts — Legal interest in bringing proceedings —
Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Reasons)

(2003/C 19/55)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case T-251/00: Lagardère SCA, established in Paris, rep-
resented by A. Winckler, avocat, with an address for service in
Luxembourg, Canal+ SA, established in Paris, represented
by J.-P. de La Laurencie and P.-M. Louis, avocats, against
Commission of the European Communities (Agents: W. Wils
and F. Lelièvre) — application for annulment of the Com-
mission’s decision of 10 July 2000 amending the decision of
the Commission of 22 June 2000 declaring a concentration
compatible with the common market and with the European

(Community trade mark — Opposition procedure — Earlier
figurative mark containing the acronym ILS — Application
for Community word mark ELS — Proof of use of earlier
mark — Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94
and Rule 22 of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 — Relative
ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC)
No 40/94 — Statement of reasons)

(2003/C 19/56)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case T-388/00, Institut für Lernsysteme GmbH, established
in Hamburg (Germany), represented by J. Schneider and
A. Buddee, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg,
v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks
and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: A. von Mühlendahl, A. di Carlo
and O. Waelbroeck), the other party to the proceedings before