Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 April 2003 in Case T-195/00: Travelex Global and Financial Services Ltd and Interpayment Services Ltd v Commission of the European Communities (Non-contractual liability — Directive 89/104/EEC — Trade marks — Official euro symbol)
Date: 2003-06-07
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EC action to establish liability, European Commission, fine arts, intellectual property, monetary union

C 135/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.6.2003

2. Orders the applicants to pay their own costs and those of the

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

Commission in Joined Cases T-93/00 and T-46/01.

( 1) OJ C 176 of 24.6.2000 and C 134 of 5.5.2001.

of 3 April 2003

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 10 April 2003

in Case T-342/00: Petrolessence SA and Société de gestion
de restauration routière SA (SG2R) v Commission of the
European Communities (1)

(Competition — Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 — Decision
declaring a merger compatible with the common market —
Petroleum sector — Commitments — Decision refusing
approval of transferees — Inadmissibility — Definitive
binding act — Infringement of essential procedural require-
time-limits for reply — Error of
ments — Procedural
assessment)

in Case T-195/00: Travelex Global and Financial Services
Ltd and Interpayment Services Ltd v Commission of the
European Communities (1)

(2003/C 135/36)

(Non-contractual liability — Directive 89/104/EEC — Trade
marks — Official euro symbol)

(Language of the case: French)

(2003/C 135/35)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case T-195/00, Travelex Global and Financial Services Ltd,
formerly Thomas Cook Group Ltd, established in London
(United Kingdom), Interpayment Services Ltd, established in
London, represented by C. Delcorde and D. Alexander, lawyers,
with an address for service in Luxembourg, v Commission of
the European Communities (Agents: K. Banks and R. Z. Swift):
Application for compensation for the damage allegedly caused
to the applicants by the Commission’s adoption, use and
promotion of the official euro symbol, which is allegedly
substantially identical to a graphic trade mark registered by
the applicants, the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber),
composed of: J.D. Cooke, President, R. García-Valdecasas and
P. Lindh, Judges; J. Plingers, Administrator, for the Registrar,
has given a judgment on 10 April 2003, in which it:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the applicants to pay the costs.

( 1) OJ C 302 of 21.10.2000.

In Case T-342/00: Petrolessence SA, established in Nancy
(France), Société de gestion de restauration routière SA (SG2R),
established in Nancy, represented by F. Puel and M. Troncoso
Ferrer, avocats, with an address for service in Luxembourg,
against Commission of the European Communities (Agents:
W. Mölls, F. Siredey-Garnier and F. Lelièvre), supported by
French Republic (Agents: G. de Bergues and F. Million) —
application for the annulment of the Commission decision
of 13 September 2000 rejecting TotalFina Elf’s proposal
concerning approval of the applicants as transferees of six
motorway service stations — the Court of First Instance (Fifth
Chamber), composed of J.D. Cooke, President, R. García-
Valdecasas and P. Lindh, Judges; B. Pastor, Deputy Registrar,
for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 3 April 2003, in
which it:

1. Dismisses the application as unfounded;

2. Orders the applicants to bear their own costs and pay those of
the Commission, including the costs relating to the application
for interim relief.

(1) OJ C 4 of 6.1.01.