Case T-170/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 July 2007 — Alrosa v Commission (Competition — Abuse of a dominant position — World market for the production and supply of rough diamonds — Decision making binding the commitments proposed by the undertaking in a dominant position — Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Principle of proportionality — Contractual freedom — Right to be heard)
Date: 2007-08-25
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), precious stones, purchase, trade restriction

25.8.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 199/37

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 July 2007 —
Alrosa v Commission

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 5 July 2007 —
Sanchez Ferriz v Commission

(Case T-170/06) (1)

(Competition — Abuse of a dominant position — World
market for the production and supply of rough diamonds —
Decision making binding the commitments proposed by the
undertaking in a dominant position — Article 9 of Regulation
(EC) No 1/2003 — Principle of proportionality — Contrac-
tual freedom — Right to be heard)

(2007/C 199/70)

Language of the case: English

(Case T-247/06 P) (1)

(Appeal — Civil service — Officials — Career development
report — 2003 promotions procedure — Appeal unfounded)

(2007/C 199/71)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Appellant: Carlos Sanchez Ferriz (Brussels, Belgium) (represented
by: F. Frabetti, lawyer)

the European
Other party to the proceedings: Commission of
Communities (represented by: G. Berscheid and M. Velardo,
acting as Agents)

Parties

Re:

Applicant: Alrosa Company Ltd (Mirny, Russia) (represented by:
R. Subiotto, S. Mobley and K. Jones, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, A. Whelan and R. Sauer,
Agents)

the judgment of

Appeal brought against
the Civil Service
Tribunal of the European Union (Second Chamber) of 28 June
2006 in Case F-19/05 Sanchez Ferriz v Commission (not yet
published in European Court Reports), seeking the annulment
of that judgment.

Re:

of Commission Decision

2006/520/EC of
Annulment
to
22 February 2006 relating to a proceeding pursuant
Article 82 [EC] and Article 54 of the EEA Agreement (Case
COMP/B-2/38.381 — De Beers) (OJ 2006 L 205, p. 24) making
binding the commitments given by De Beers to bring to an end
its purchases of rough diamonds from Alrosa with effect from
2009, after a period of progressive reduction of the amounts
purchased by it from 2006 to 2008, and bringing the proceed-
ings to an end in accordance with Article 9 of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implemen-
tation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 [EC]
and 82 [EC] (OJ 2003 L 1, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Annuls Commission Decision 2006/520/EC of 22 February
2006 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 82 [EC] and
Article 54 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/B-2/38.381 —
De Beers);

2. Orders the Commission to pay its own costs and those incurred by

Alrosa Company Ltd.

(1) OJ C 212, 2.9.2006.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the appeal;

2. Orders Mr Carlos Sanchez Ferriz to pay the costs of these proceed-

ings.

(1) OJ C 261, 28.10.2006.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 9 July 2007 —
Sun Chemical Group and Others v Commission

(Case T-282/06) (1)

(Competition — Concentration — European rosin resin
market for printing ink applications — Decision declaring a
concentration compatible with the common market — Guide-
lines on the assessment of horizontal mergers — Market
shares and concentration levels — Non-coordinated effects —
Coordinated effects — Obligation to state reasons)

(2007/C 199/72)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: Sun Chemical Group and Others (Weesp, Nether-
lands); Siegwerk Druckfarben AG (Sieburg, Germany) and Flint
Group Germany GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) (represented by:
N. Dodoo and K.H. Eichhorn, lawyers)