Case T-343/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of 3 May 2007 — Tsarnavas v Commission (Officials — Staff report — Invalidity — Action for annulment — Interest to bring proceedings — Action for damages — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2007-06-23
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European official, action by staff, action for annulment (EU), damages, regulations for civil servants

23.6.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 140/21

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of
3 May 2007 — Tsarnavas v Commission

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 May 2007 —
Spain v Commission

(Case T-343/04) (1)

(Officials — Staff report — Invalidity — Action for annul-
ment — Interest to bring proceedings — Action for damages
— Inadmissibility)

(2007/C 140/34)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Vassilios Tsarnavas (Volos, Greece) (represented by N.
Lhoëst and B. d'Orléans, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by C. Berardis-Kayser and D. Martin, acting as Agents)

Re:

(Case T-99/05) (1)

(Fisheries — Regulation (EC) No 494/2002 — Conservation
of the resources of the sea — Legal basis — Principle of non-
discrimination — Obligation to state reasons)

(2007/C 140/35)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: N. Díaz Abad,
Agent)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: T. van Rijn, F. Jimeno Fernández and S. Pardo Quin-
tillán, Agents)

Re:

Action for annulment of Commission Regulation (EC) No
494/2002 of 19 March 2002 establishing additional technical
measures for the recovery of the stock of hake in ICES sub-areas
III, IV, V, VI and VII and ICES divisions VIII a, b, d, e (OJ 2002 L
77, p. 8)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

the decision of

First, application for the annulment of
the
appeal assessor of 4 August 2003 establishing the definitive
staff report in relation to the applicant for the period from 1
July 1997 to 30 June 1999 and, secondly, action for damages in
respect of the non-pecuniary damage suffered by the applicant
by reason of the late drawing up of his staff report and the
moral harassment of which he was the victim.

2. Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs and to pay

those of the Commission.

(1) OJ C 144, 15.6.2002 (formerly Case C-165/02).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Declares that the decision of the appeal assessor of 4 August 2003
establishing the definitive staff report in relation to the applicant
for the period from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1999 is annulled;

2. Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3. Orders the Commission to pay its own costs and one-half of the

costs incurred by the applicant.

(1) OJ C 262, 23.10.2004

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 15 May 2007 —
Black & Decker v OHIM — Atlas Copco (Three-dimen-
sional representations of two yellow and black electric
power tools)

(Joined Cases T-239/05, T-240/05, T-245/05 to T-247/05, T-
255/05, T-274/05 to T-280/05) (1)

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Oppo-
sition period — Transmission by telecopier — Admissibility
— Clear indentification of the earlier trade mark — Rule 18
(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95)

(2007/C 140/36)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Black & Decker (Towson, Maryland, United States)
(represented by: H. Carr QC and P. Harris Solicitor)