Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 25 June 2003 in Case T-72/01 Norman Pyres v Commission of the European Communities (Officials — Internal competition — Exclusion from the oral test)
Date: 2003-09-06
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, access to information, action for annulment (EU), competition (EU), equal treatment, servant (EU)

C 213/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.9.2003

as it charges to the applicant, for the mission to the Hague of
12 to 18 August 1999, a sum overclaimed in respect of air
travel costs of BEF 1 921 instead of BEF 1 291;

President, and P. Mengozzi and M. Vilaras, Judges; J. Plingers,
Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
25 June 2003, in which it:

2. Orders the defendant to repay to the applicant the sum of
EUR 15,62 together with interest to run from 26 June 2000,
at the rate fixed by the European Central Bank for principal
refinancing operations applicable for the period in question,
increased by two points;

1. Dismisses the application;

2. Orders the parties to bear their own costs.

3. Dismisses the remainder of the application;

(1) OJ No C 150 of 19 May 2001.

4. Orders the defendant to bear its own costs and to pay one-sixth

of those incurred by the applicant.

( 1) OJ No C 79 of 10 March 2001.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 3 July 2003

in Case T-122/01: Best Buy Concepts Inc. v Office for
Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and
Designs) (OHIM) (1)

(Community trade mark — Figurative mark containing the
word mark ‘best buy’ — Absolute ground for refusal —
Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC)
No 40/94)

(2003/C 213/58)

(Language of the case: German)

In Case T-122/01, Best Buy Concepts Inc., established in Eden
Prairie, Minnesota (United States), represented by S. Rojahn,
lawyer, v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs)
(OHIM) (Agent: G. Schneider):
Application for annulment of the decision of the Third Board
of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal
Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 21 March 2001 (Case
R 44/2000-3) concerning an application for registration of a
figurative mark containing the word mark ‘best buy’ as a
Community trade mark, the Court of First Instance (Second
Chamber), composed of: N.J. Forwood, President, J. Pirrung
and A.W.H. Meij, Judges; D. Christensen, Administrator, for
the Registrar, has given a judgment on 3 July 2003, in which
it:

1. Dismisses the application;

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 25 June 2003

in Case T-72/01 Norman Pyres v Commission of the
European Communities (1)

(Officials — Internal competition — Exclusion from the oral
test)

(2003/C 213/57)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case T-72/01 Norman Pyres, a former member of the
temporary staff, residing in Brussels (Belgium), represented by
G. Vandersanden and L. Levi, avocats, against the Commission
of the European Communities (Agent: J. Currall) — application
for annulment of the decision of
the Selection Board in
competition COM/TA/99 excluding the applicant from the
oral test in the competition and of all subsequent operations
and acts in the competition and, additionally, a claim for
damages for the loss allegedly suffered by the applicant — the
Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed of V. Tiili,