Case T-48/03: Order of the Court of First Instance of  31 January 2006  — Schneider Electric v Commission (Competition — Concentrations — Resumption of the control procedure following annulment by the Court of First Instance of a decision prohibiting a concentration — Initiation of the detailed examination phase — Abandonment of the concentration — Closure of the control procedure — Action for annulment — Acts adversely affecting the applicant — Interest in bringing an action — Inadmissible)
Date: 2006-04-08
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), dominant position, economic concentration, electrical equipment, electricity supply, merger control

8.4.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 86/27

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 14 February
2006 — TEA-CEGOS and Others v Commission

Order of the Court of First Instance of 13 October 2005
— Fintecna v Commission

(Joined Cases T-376/05 and T-383/05) (1)

(Public contracts — Community procedure for call
for
tenders — Recruitment of short-term experts responsible for
providing technical assistance for the benefit of third coun-
tries benefiting from external aid — Rejection of tenders)

(Case T-249/02) (1)

(European Social Fund — Reduction of financial assistance
— Action for annulment — Measure against which actions
may be brought — Preparatory measure — Inadmissibility)

(2006/C 86/53)

Language of the case: Italian

(2006/C 86/52)

Parties

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Fintecna — Finanziaria per i settori industriale e dei
servizi SpA (Rome,
(represented by: G. Roberti, A.
Franchi and R. de Lisa, lawyers)

Italy)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: initially L. Flynn and A. Aresu, subsequently E. de
March and L. Flynn, Agents, and A. Dal Ferro, lawyer)

Application for

Applicants: TEA-CEGOS, SA (Madrid, Spain) and Services tech-
niques globaux (STG) SA (Brussels, Belgium), in Case T-376/05
lawyers), and
(represented by: G. Vandersanden and L. Levi,
GHK Consulting Ltd (London, United Kingdom),
in Case T-
383/05 (represented by: M. Dittmer and J.-E. Svensson,
lawyers)

Annulment of the Commission's letter of 31 March 2000 in
relation to various pieces of financial assistance from the Euro-
pean Social Fund (ESF), granted to a number of operational
programmes under the Community scheme of support for the
achievement of Objectives 1, 3 and 4 in Italy (centre-north and
Mezzogiorno)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: M. Wilderspin and G. Boudot, Agents)

Operative part of the Order

1. The application is dismissed as inadmissible.

Application for

Annulment, first, of the Commission's decisions of 12 October
2005 rejecting the tenders submitted by the applicants in the
context of the procedure for the call for tenders bearing the
reference ‘EuropeAid/119860/C/SV/multi-Lot 7’ and, second, of
any other decision taken by the Commission in the context of
the same call for tenders following the decisions of 12 October
2005

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the actions.

2. The applicant shall bear its own costs and pay those of

the

Commission.

(1) OJ C 233, 28.9.2002.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 31 January 2006 —
Schneider Electric v Commission

(Case T-48/03) (1)

(Competition — Concentrations — Resumption of
the
control procedure following annulment by the Court of First
Instance of a decision prohibiting a concentration — Initia-
tion of the detailed examination phase — Abandonment of
the concentration — Closure of the control procedure —
Action for annulment — Acts adversely affecting the appli-
cant — Interest in bringing an action — Inadmissible)

2. Orders the applicants to pay the costs, including those relating to

the interlocutory procedures.

(2006/C 86/54)

Language of the case: French

(1) OJ C 315 of 10.12.2005

Parties

Applicant: Schneider Electric (Rueil-Malmaison) (represented by:
initially A. Winckler, M. Pittie and É de La Serre, then M. Pittie
and A. Winckler, lawyers)

C 86/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.4.2006

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: initially p. Oliver and F. Lelièvre, then P. Oliver and
O. Beynet, Agents)

Application for

annulment, first, of the Commission's decision of 4 December
2002 to open the detailed examination phase of the concentra-
tion between Schneider and Legrand (Case COMP/M.2283 —
Schneider/Legrand II) and, second, of the Commission's deci-
sion of 13 December 2002 to close the procedure for the
control of that transaction

Application for

annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 985/2003 of 5 June
2003 amending the anti-dumping measures
imposed by
Council Regulation (EC) No 1334/1999 on imports of magne-
sium oxide originating in the People's Republic of China (OJ
2003 L 143, p. 1)

Operative part of the Order

1. The application is dismissed;

2. The applicant shall bear its own costs and those of the Council;

3. The Commission shall bear its own costs.

Operative part of the Order

1. The applicant is dismissed as inadmissible.

(1) OJ C 264, 1.11.2003.

2. The applicant is ordered to bear its own costs and to pay those

incurred by the Commission.

(1) OJ C 101, 26.4.2003.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 27 January 2006 —
Van Mannekus v Council

(Case T-278/03) (1)

(Dumping — Imports of magnesium oxide originating in
China — Amendment of anti-dumping measures instituted
earlier — Action for annulment — Objection of inadmissi-
bility)

(2006/C 86/55)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Van Mannekus & Co. BV (Schiedam, Netherlands)
(represented by: H. Bleier, lawyer)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: S.
Marquardt, Agent, assisted by G. Berrisch, Agent)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities (represented by: T. Scharf and K. Talaber
Ricz, Agents)

Order of the Court of First Instance of 27 January 2006 —
Van Mannekus v Council

(Case T-280/03) (1)

(Dumping — Imports of dead-burned (sintered) magnesia
originating in China — Amendment of anti-dumping
measures previously imposed — Action for annulment —
Objection as to admissibility)

(2006/C 86/56)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Van Mannekus & Co. BV (Schiedam, Netherlands)
(represented by: H. Bleier, lawyer)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: S.
Marquardt, Agent, and by G. Berrisch, Agent)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Commission of the Euro-
pean Communities (represented by: T. Scharf and K. Talaber
Ricz, Agents)

Application for

annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 986/2003 of 5 June
2003 amending the anti-dumping measures imposed by Regu-
lation (EC) No 360/2000 on imports of dead-burned (sintered)
magnesia originating in the People's Republic of China (OJ
2003 L 143, p. 5)