Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 14 October 2004 in Case T-54/02: Vereins- und Westbank AG v Commission of the European Communities (Competition — Article 81 EC — Price-fixing agreement and ways of charging for currency exchange services — Germany — Procedure in default)
Date: 2004-12-18
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, Germany, action for annulment (EU), bank, bank charges, euro, exchange transaction

18.12.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 314/13

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 14 October 2004

(Fifth Chamber), composed of P. Lindh, President, R. García-
Valdecasas and J.D. Cooke, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, has given
a judgment on 14 October 2004, in which it:

in Case T-1/02, Robert Polinsky v Court of Justice of the
European Communities (1)

(Officials — Action for damages — Exposure to asbestos —
Occupational disease — Damage)

1. Annuls Commission Decision 2003/25/EC of 11 December
2001 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty
(Case COMP/E — 1/37.919 (ex 37.391) — Bank charges for
in so far as it
exchanging euro-zone currencies — Germany)
concerns the applicant;

(2004/C 314/32)

2. Orders the Commission to pay the costs.

(Language of the case: French)

(1) OJ C 109 of 4.5.2002.

Justice of

In Case T-1/02, Robert Polinsky, an official of the Court of
Justice of the European Communities, residing in Thionville
(France), represented by J. Iturriagagoitia Bassas, lawyer, against
Court of
the European Communities (Agent: M.
Schauss, with an address for service in Luxembourg) — appli-
cation for damages for the physical harm and the non-material,
professional and financial loss allegedly suffered by the appli-
cant — the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed
of: H. Legal, President, V. Tiili and M. Vilaras, Judges; J. Palacio
González, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given
a judgment on 14 October 2004, in which it:

1) Dismisses the action;

2) Orders the parties to bear their own costs.

(1) OJ C 84 of 6.4.2002.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 14 October 2004

in Case T-44/02: Dresdner Bank AG v Commission of the
European Communities (1)

(Competition — Article 81 EC — Price-fixing agreement and
ways of charging for currency exchange services — Germany
— Procedure in default)

(2004/C 314/33)

(Language of the case: German)

In Case T-44/02: Dresdner Bank AG, established in Frankfurt
am Main (Germany), represented by M. Hirsch and W. Bosch,
lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg, against
Commission of the European Communities — application for
annulment of Commission Decision 2003/25/EC of 11
December 2001 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of
the EC Treaty — (Case COMP/E — 1/37.919 (ex 37.391) —
Bank
currencies —
Germany) (OJ 2003 L 15, p. 1) — the Court of First Instance

exchanging

euro-zone

charges

for

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 14 October 2004

in Case T-54/02: Vereins- und Westbank AG v Commis-
sion of the European Communities (1)

(Competition — Article 81 EC — Price-fixing agreement and
ways of charging for currency exchange services — Germany
— Procedure in default)

(2004/C 314/34)

(Language of the case: German)

In Case T-54/02: Vereins- und Westbank AG, established in
Hamburg (Germany), represented by J. Schulte, M Ewen and
A. Neus, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg,
against Commission of the European Communities — applica-
tion for annulment of Commission Decision 2003/25/EC of 11
December 2001 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of
the EC Treaty — (Case COMP/E — 1/37.919 (ex 37.391) —
Bank
currencies —
Germany) (OJ 2003 L 15, p. 1) — the Court of First Instance
(Fifth Chamber), composed of P. Lindh, President, R. García-
Valdecasas and J.D. Cooke, Judges; H. Jung, for the Registrar,
has given a judgment on 14 October 2004, in which it:

exchanging

euro-zone

charges

for

1. Annuls Commission Decision 2003/25/EC of 11 December
2001 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty
(Case COMP/E — 1/37.919 (ex 37.391) — Bank charges for
exchanging euro-zone currencies — Germany)
in so far as it
concerns the applicant;

2. Orders the Commission to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 97 of 20.4.2002.