Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 February 2005 in Case C-141/02 P: Commission of the European Communities v T-Mobile Austria GmbH (Appeal — Article 90(3) of the EC Treaty (now Article 86(3) EC) — Amount of the fees imposed by the Republic of Austria on operators of GSM networks — Partial rejection of the complaint — Admissibility)
Date: 2005-04-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Netherlands, action for annulment (EU), dominant position, quasi-fiscal charge, radio telecommunications

16.4.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 93/1

I

(Information)

COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

3. Orders T-Mobile Austria GmbH to pay the costs.

(Grand Chamber)

of 22 February 2005

(1) OJ C 169 of 13.07.2002.

in Case C-141/02 P: Commission of the European Commu-
nities v T-Mobile Austria GmbH (1)

(Appeal — Article 90(3) of the EC Treaty (now Article 86(3)
EC) — Amount of the fees imposed by the Republic of
Austria on operators of GSM networks — Partial rejection of
the complaint — Admissibility)

(2005/C 93/01)

(Language of the case: German)

supported by: French Republic,

In Case C-141/02 P, appeal under Article 49 of the EC Statute
of the Court of Justice, brought on 15 April 2002, Commission
of
the European Communities (Agents: W. Mölls and K.
(Agents: G. de
Wiedner)
Bergues and F. Million) the other parties to the proceedings
being: T-Mobile Austria GmbH, formerly max-mobil Telekom-
munikation Service GmbH, established in Vienna (Austria)
(avocats: A. Reidlinger, M. Esser-Wellié and T. Lübbig),
the Netherlands (H.G. Sevenster) – the Court
Kingdom of
(Grand Chamber), composed of V. Skouris, President of the
Chamber, P. Jann, C.W.A. Timmermans, A. Rosas and A. Borg
Barthet, Presidents of Chambers, J.-P. Puissochet (Rapporteur),
R. Schintgen, N. Colneric, S. von Bahr, M. Ilešič, J. Malenovský,
J. Klučka and U. Lõhmus, Judges; M. Poiares Maduro, Advocate
General; M.-F. Contet, Principal Administrator, for the Regis-
trar, gave a judgment on 22 February 2005, in which it:

1. Sets aside the judgment of 30 January 2002 of the Court of First
in Case T-54/99

the European Communities

Instance of
max.mobil v Commission;

2. Dismisses the action brought by max.mobil Telekommunikation
Service GmbH before the Court of First Instance of the European
Communities;

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Second Chamber)

of 17 February 2005

in Joined Cases C-453/02 and C-462/02: (references for a
preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof) Finanzamt
Gladbeck v Edith Linneweber and Finanzamt Herne-West
v Savvas Akritidis (1)

(Sixth VAT Directive — Exemption for games of chance —
Determination of the conditions and limitations to which the
exemption is subject — Liability of games organised outside
public casinos — Respect for the principle of fiscal neutrality
— Article 13B( f) — Direct effect)

(2005/C 93/02)

(Language of the case: German)

In Joined Cases C-453/02 and C-462/02: references for a preli-
minary ruling under Article 234 EC from the Bundesfinanzhof
(Germany), made by decisions of 6 November 2002, received
at the Court on 13 and 23 December 2002, in the proceedings
Finanzamt Gladbeck v Edith Linneweber (C-453/02 and Finan-
zamt Herne-West v Savvas Akritidis (C-462/02) – the Court
(Second Chamber), composed of C.W.A. Timmermans, Presi-
dent of the Chamber, C. Gulmann and R. Schintgen (Rappor-
Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; M.F. Contet,
teur)
Administrator,
for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 17
February 2005, the operative part of which is as follows: