Order of the Court (First Chamber) of 1 April 2004 in Case C-156/03 P: Commission of the European Communities v Les Laboratoires Servier SA (Directives 65/65/EEC and 75/319/EEC — Medicinal products for human use — Dexfenfluramine and fenfluramine — Withdrawal of a marketing authorisation — Competence of the Commission — Conditions for withdrawal — Appeal clearly unfounded)
Date: 2004-04-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, General Court (EU), appeal, drug surveillance, marketing, withdrawal from the market

30.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 118/29

ruling in the criminal proceedings pending before that court
against Nicoleta Maria Georgescu - on the interpretation of
Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001
listing the third countries whose nationals must be in posses-
sion of visas when crossing the external borders and those
whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (OJ 2001 L
81, p. 1) - the Court (Fourth Chamber), composed of: J. N.
Cunha Rodrigues (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, J.-P.
Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate
Puissochet and F. Macken,
General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 31 March
2004, the operative part of which is as follows:

The Court of Justice of the European Communities manifestly has no
jurisdiction to answer the question referred by the Amtsgericht Löbau
(Germany) by order of 21 October 2002.

(1) OJ C 112 of 10.5.2003.

ORDER OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE

(Grand Chamber)

of 12 March 2004

in Case C-54/03 (reference for a preliminary ruling from
the Landesgericht für Zivilrechtssachen Wien): Austro-
plant-Arzneimittel GmbH v Republik Österreich (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 104(5) of the
Rules of Procedure — Request for the national court to
provide clarification — Inadmissibility of the reference for a
preliminary ruling)

(2004/C 118/52)

(Language of the case: German)

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

In Case C-54/03: reference to the Court under Article 234 EC
für Zivilrechtssachen Wien (Austria),
by the Landesgericht
seeking to obtain, in the proceedings pending before that court
between Austroplant-Arzneimittel GmbH and Republik Öster-
reich, a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of Council
Directive 89/105/EEC of 21 December 1988 relating to the
transparency of measures regulating the pricing of medicinaI
products for human use and their inclusion in the scope of
national health insurance systems (OJ 1989 L 40, p. 8) – the
Court (Grand Chamber), composed of V. Skouris, President, P.
Jann, C.W.A. Timmermans, C. Gulmann, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues
and A. Rosas, Presidents of Chambers, R. Schintgen, F. Macken,
N. Colneric, S. von Bahr and R. Silva de Lapuerta (Rapporteur),
Judges, made an order on 12 March 2004, the operative part
of which is as follows:

The request for a preliminary ruling by the Landesgericht für Zivil-
rechtssachen Wien, by order of 29 January 2003, is manifestly inad-
missible.

(1) OJ C 112 of 10. 5. 2003.

ORDER OF THE COURT

(First Chamber)

of 1 April 2004

in Case C-156/03 P: Commission of the European Commu-
nities v Les Laboratoires Servier SA (1)

(Directives 65/65/EEC and 75/319/EEC — Medicinal
products for human use — Dexfenfluramine and fenflura-
mine — Withdrawal of a marketing authorisation — Compe-
tence of the Commission — Conditions for withdrawal —
Appeal clearly unfounded)

(2004/C 118/53)

(Language of the case: English)

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

In Case C-156/03 P: Commission of the European Commu-
nities (Agents: R.B. Wainwright and H. Støvlbæk), appeal
against the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the Euro-
pean Communities (Second Chamber, Extended Composition)
of 28 January 2003 in Case T-147/00 Laboratoires Servier v
Commission [2003] ECR II-85, seeking to have that judgment
set aside, the other party to the proceedings being: Les Labora-
toires Servier SA, established in Neuilly-sur-Seine (France)
(Lawyers: I. S. Forrester QC and J. Killick, barrister) - the Court
(First Chamber), composed of: P. Jann (Rapporteur), President
of the Chamber, A. Rosas, A. La Pergola, R. Silva de Lapuerta
and K. Lenaerts, Judges; J. Kokott, Advocate General; R. Grass,
Registrar, made an order on 1 April 2004, the operative part
of which is as follows:

1) The appeal is dismissed.

2) The Commission of the European Communities shall pay the costs
of these proceedings and of those relating to the application for
interim relief.

(1) OJ C 146 of 21.6.2003.