Judgment of the Court of 9 September 2003 in Case C-361/01 P: Christina Kik v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Article 115 — Rules in force governing languages at the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) — Plea of illegality — Principle of non-discrimination)
Date: 2003-11-01
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, General Court (EU), action for annulment (EU), equal treatment, official language

1.11.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 264/13

the Guarantee Section of

the Member States under
the
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)
(OJ 2001 L 200, p. 28) in so far as it concerns the Kingdom of
Spain, the Court (First Chamber), composed of: M. Wathelet,
President of the Chamber, P. Jann and A. Rosas (Rapporteur),
Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; H. von Holstein,
Deputy Registrar, has given a judgment on 11 September
2003, in which it:

1. Dismisses the application;

2. Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.

D.A.O. Edward, A. La Pergola, P. Jann, V. Skouris, F. Macken,
N. Colneric, S. von Bahr, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues and A. Rosas
(Rapporteur), Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate General; H.A. Rühl,
Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment
on 9 September 2003, in which it:

1. Dismisses the appeal;

2. Orders Ms Kik to pay the costs;

3. Orders the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the
Council of the European Union and the Commission of the
European Communities to bear their own costs.

(1) OJ C 303 of 27.10.2001.

(1) OJ C 331 of 24.11.2001.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 9 September 2003

in Case C-361/01 P: Christina Kik v Office for Harmonis-
ation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
(OHIM) (1)

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

(Second Chamber)

of 11 September 2003

in Case C-22/02: Commission of the European Communi-
ties v Italian Republic (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to
implement Directive 1999/94/EC)

(2003/C 264/21)

(Language of the case: Dutch)

(2003/C 264/22)

(Language of the case: Italian)

(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
in the European Court Reports)

(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
in the European Court Reports)

In Case C-361/01 P, Christina Kik (represented by E. H. Pijnack-
er Hordijk and S. B. Noë): Appeal against the judgment of the
Court of First Instance of the European Communities in Case
T-120/99 Kik v OHIM [2001] ECR II-2235, seeking to have
that judgment set aside, the other parties to the proceedings
being: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade
Marks and Designs)
(Agents: A. von Mühendahl,
O. Montalto and J. Miranda de Sousa) supported by Com-
mission of the European Communities (Agents: W. Wils and
N. Rasmussen), Hellenic Republic (Agents: A. Samoni-Rantou
and S. Vodina), Kingdom of Spain (Agent: S. Ortiz Vaamonde)
and Council of the European Union (Agent: G. Houttuin and
A. Lo Monaco), the Court, composed of: G.C. Rodríguez
Iglesias, President, J.-P. Puissochet, M. Wathelet, R. Schintgen
and C.W.A. Timmermans, Presidents of Chamber, C. Gulmann,

(OHIM)

In Case C-22/02, Commission of the European Communities
(Agents: G. Valero Jordana and R. Amorosi) v Italian Republic
(Agent: I.M. Braguglia, assisted by A. De Stefano): Application
for a declaration that, by failing to adopt or, in any event, to
communicate to the Commission the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive
1999/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
13 December 1999 relating to the availability of consumer
information on fuel economy and CO2 emissions in respect of
the marketing of new passenger cars (OJ 2000 L 12, p. 16),
the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under
that directive, the Court (Second Chamber), composed of:
R. Schintgen, President of the Chamber, V. Skouris and
N. Colneric (Rapporteur), Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate Gen-
eral; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 11 September
2003, in which it: