Case C-205/03 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 11 July 2006 — Federación Española de Empresa de Tecnología Sanitaria (FENIN), formerly Federación Nacional de Empresa de Instrumentación Científica, Médica, Técnica y Dental v Commission of the European Communities (Appeal — Competition — Management bodies of the Spanish national health system — Medical treatment — Definition of undertaking — Payment conditions imposed on suppliers of medical goods and equipment)
Date: 2006-09-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Spain, action for annulment (EU), appeal, producer organisation, provision of services, social security

2.9.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 212/1

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COURT OF JUSTICE

COURT OF JUSTICE

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 June 2006
— Kingdom of Belgium v Commission of the European
Communities

which the contested decision was notified or with an authorisation
which expired at the same time as or shortly after the notification
of the decision;

(Joined Cases C-182/03 (1) and C-217/03) (2)

2. Rejects the application of Forum 187 ASBL as to the remainder;

(State aid — Existing aid regime — Tax regime for coordina-
tion centres established in Belgium — Application by an
association — Admissibility — Commission Decision that
the regime does not constitute aid — Change in the Commis-
sion's appraisal — Article 87(1) EC — Protection of legiti-
mate expectations — General principle of equal treatment)

3. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the
costs in Case C-182/03 and half of the costs of Forum 187
ASBL in Case C-217/03;

4. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the

costs in Cases C-182/03 R and C-217/03 R.

(2006/C 212/01)

Language of the case: French

(1) OJ C 135 of 7.06.2003.
(2) (T-276/02 – OJ C 289 of 23.11.2002).

Parties

Applicant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: initially by A.
Snoecx, and subsequently by E. Dominkovits, Agents, assisted
by B. van de Walle de Ghelcke,
J. Wouters and P. Kelley,
avocats) (Case C-182/03)

Forum 187 ASBL:
Barristers) (Case C-217/03)

(represented by: A. Sutton and J. Killick,

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: G. Rozet, R. Lyal, and V. Di Bucci, Agents)

Re:

Action for annulment of the decision of the Commission of the
European Communities C(2003) final of 17 February 2003
concerning the aid scheme implemented by the Kingdom of
Belgium in favour of coordination centres established in
Belgium inasmuch as it does not authorise the renewal of
current authorisations of centres

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 11 July 2006
— Federación Española de Empresa de Tecnología Sani-
taria (FENIN), formerly Federación Nacional de Empresa
de Instrumentación Científica, Médica, Técnica y Dental v
Commission of the European Communities

(Case C-205/03 P) (1)

(Appeal — Competition — Management bodies of
the
Spanish national health system — Medical treatment —
Definition of ‘undertaking’ — Payment conditions imposed
on suppliers of medical goods and equipment)

(2006/C 212/02)

Language of the case: Spanish

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Parties

1. Annuls Commission Decision 2003/757/EC of 17 February
2003 on the aid scheme implemented by Belgium for coordination
centres established in Belgium in so far as it does not lay down
transitional measures for those coordination centres with an appli-
cation for renewal of their authorisation pending on the date on

Appellant: Federación Española de Empresa de Tecnología Sani-
formerly Federación Nacional de Empresa de
taria (FENIN),
Instrumentación Científica, Médica, Técnica y Dental
(repre-
sented by: J.-R. García-Gallardo Gil-Fournier and D. Domínguez
Pérez, abogados)

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2.9.2006

Other party to the proceedings: Commission of the European
Communities (represented by: W. Wils and F. Castillo de la
Torre, acting as Agents, and J. Rivas de Andrés and J. Gutiérrez
Gisbert, abogados)

Interveners in support of the defendants: United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: M. Bethell, Agent,
and G. Barling QC), Kingdom of Spain (represented by N. Díaz
Abad, L. Fraguas Gadea and F. Díez Moreno, Agents)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance
(First Chamber, Extended Composition) of 4 March 2003 in
Case T-319/99 FENIN v Commission in which the Court
dismissed the action for annulment brought by the appellant
against the Commission's decision of 26 August 1999 (SG(99)
D/7.040)
relating to the organisations which manage the
Spanish national health system concerning the conditions for
payment imposed by those organisations on their suppliers of
health products and other allegedly anti-competitive practices
of such organisations — Definition of ‘undertaking’

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the appeal;

2. Orders the Federación Española de Empresas de Tecnología Sani-

taria (FENIN) to pay the costs of these proceedings;

3. Orders

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern

Ireland and the Kingdom of Spain to bear their own costs.

(1) OJ C 184, 02.08.2003.

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 June 2006
— Commission of the European Communities v Council
of the European Union

(Case C-399/03) (1)

(State aid — Existing aid scheme — Tax scheme for coordi-
nation centres established in Belgium — Competence of the
Council)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: A.-
M. Colaert and F. Florindo Gijón, Agents)

Re:

Annulment of Council Decision 2003/531/EC of 16 July 2003
on the granting of aid by the Belgian Government to certain
coordination centres established in Belgium (OJ 2003 L 184, p.
17)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Annuls Council Decision 2003/531/EC of 16 July 2003 on the
granting of aid by the Belgian Government to certain coordination
centres established in Belgium;

2. Orders the Council of the European Union to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 275, 15.11.2003.

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 4 July 2006
(reference for a preliminary ruling from the Monomeles
Protodikio Thessalonikis — Greece) — Konstantinos
Adeneler, Pandora Kosa-Valdirka, Nikolaos Markou, Agapi
Pantelidou, Christina Topalidou, Apostolos Alexopoulos,
Konstantinos Vasiniotis, Vasiliki Karagianni, Apostolos
Tsitsionis, Aristidis Andreou, Evangelia Vasila, Kalliopi
Peristeri, Spiridon Sklivanitis, Dimosthenis Tselefis, Theo-
pisti Patsidou, Dimitrios Vogiatzis, Rousas Voskakis, Vasi-
lios Giatakis v Ellinikos Organismos Galaktos (ELOG)

(Case C-212/04) (1)

(Directive 1999/70/EC — Clauses 1(b) and 5 of the frame-
work agreement on fixed-term work — Successive fixed-term
employment contracts in the public sector — Concepts of
‘successive contracts’ and ‘objective reasons’ justifying the
renewal of such contracts — Measures intended to prevent
abuse — Sanctions — Scope of the obligation to interpret
national law in conformity with Community law)

(2006/C 212/03)

Language of the case: French

(2006/C 212/04)

Language of the case: Greek

Parties

Referring court

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: G. Rozet, V. Di Bucci and R. Lyal, Agents)

Monomeles Protodikio Thessalonikis