Case T-411/07 R: Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 18 March 2008 — Aer Lingus Group v Commission (Interim measures — Control of concentrations — Decision declaring a concentration to be incompatible with the common market — Article 8(4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 — Application for suspension of operation and for interim relief — Measure incompatible with the distribution of powers between institutions — Powers of the Commission — Interim measures addressed to an intervener — Application for suspension of operation — Admissibility — No prima facie case — Lack of urgency — Absence of serious and irreparable damage — Damage dependent on future, uncertain events — Insufficient reasons — Weighing of all the interests involved)
Date: 2008-03-18
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, air transport, economic concentration, merger control, transport company

C 327/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.12.2008

Operative part of the order

1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2. BOT Elektrownia Bełchatów S.A., BOT Elektrownia Turów S.A.,
BOT Elektrownia Opole S.A., Elektrownia ‘Kozienice’ S.A., Elek-
trownia Połaniec S.A. — Grupa Electrabel Polska, Elektrownia
‘Rybnik’ S.A., Elektrownia Skawina S.A., Elektrownia ‘Stalowa
Wola’ S.A., Południowy Koncern Energetyczny S.A., Zespół Elek-
trowni Dolna Odra S.A., Zespół Elektrowni Ostrołęka S.A. and
Zespół Elektrowni Pątnów-Adamów-Konin S.A. shall bear their
own costs and pay those incurred by the Commission.

3. Elektrociepłownia ‘Będzin’ S.A., Zespół Elektrociepłowni Bydgoszcz
S.A., Zespół Elektrociepłowni Bytom S.A., Elektrociepłownia
Białystok S.A., Elektrociepłownia ‘Gorzów S.A.’, Elektrociepłownia
Kalisz-Piwonice S.A., Elektrociepłownia ‘Kraków’ S.A., Dalkia
Łódź S.A., Dalkia Poznań Zespół Elektrociepłowni S.A., Elektro-
ciepłownia Tychy S.A., Zespół Elektrociepłowni Wrocławskich
Kogeneracja S.A., Elektrociepłownie Wybrzeże S.A., Elektrocie-
płownia Zabrze S.A. and Elektrociepłownia ‘Zielona Góra’ S.A.
shall bear their own costs.

(1) OJ C 183, 4.8.2007.

Annexe VII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European
Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the preven-
tion, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform
encephalopathies (OJ 2008 L 202, p. 11), in so far as it intro-
duces, into Chapter A of Annex VII point 2.3(b)(iii), point 2.3(d)
and point 4

Operative part of the order

1. The Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 746/2008 of
to Regulation (EC)
17 June 2008 amending Annexe VII
No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council
laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of
certain transmissible
suspended
until judgment has been given in the main action in so far as it
to Regulation (EC)
introduces,
No 999/2001 of 22 May 2001 point 2.3(b)(iii), point 2.3(d)
and point 4;

into Chapter A of Annex VII

spongiform encephalopathies

is

2. Costs are reserved.

Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of
18 March 2008 — Aer Lingus Group v Commission

Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of
30 October 2008 — France v Commission

(Case T-411/07 R)

(Case T-257/07 R II)

(Application for interim measures — Health measures —
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 — Eradication of certain trans-
missible spongiform encephalopathies — Regulation (EC)
No 746/2008 — Application for suspension of operation —
Prima facie case — Urgency — Balancing of interests)

(2008/C 327/48)

Language of the case: French

(Interim measures — Control of concentrations — Decision
declaring a concentration to be incompatible with the common
market — Article 8(4) and (5)
of Regulation (EC)
No 139/2004 — Application for suspension of operation and
for interim relief — Measure incompatible with the distribu-
tion of powers between institutions — Powers of the Commis-
sion — Interim measures addressed to an intervener — Appli-
cation for suspension of operation — Admissibility — No
prima facie case — Lack of urgency — Absence of serious
and irreparable damage — Damage dependent on future,
uncertain events — Insufficient reasons — Weighing of all
the interests involved)

Parties

Applicant: French Republic (represented by: E. Belliard, R. Loosli-
Surrans, A.-L. During and G. de Bergues, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: M. Nolin and A. Bordes, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland (represented initially by: C. Gibbs
and I. Rao, later by I. Rao, acting as Agents, assisted by T. Ward,
barrister)

Re:

Application for suspension of
the operation of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 746/2008 of 17 June 2008 amending

(2008/C 327/49)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Aer Lingus Group plc (Dublin, Ireland) (represented
by: A. Burnside, Solicitor, and B. van de Walle de Ghelcke and T.
Snels, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: X. Lewis, É. Gippini Fournier and S. Noë, acting as
Agents)

Intervener
(Dublin,
A. McCarthy and D. Hull, Solicitors, and G. Berrisch, lawyer)

the defendant: Ryanair Holdings plc
J. Swift, QC, V. Power,

in support of
Ireland)

(represented by:

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 327/27

Re:

Operative part of the order

seeking,

interim measures

first, an order
Application for
requiring the Commission to adopt certain measures concerning
Ryanair Holdings plc's shareholding in the applicant, second,
alternatively, any order to similar effect against the Commission
or Ryanair Holdings plc, and, third, suspension of the operation
of Commission Decision C(2007) 4600 final of 11 October
2007 rejecting the applicant's request
that proceedings be
opened under Article 8(4) of Council Regulation (EC)
No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentra-
tions between undertakings (OJ 2004 L 24, p. 1) and that
interim measures be adopted under Article 8(5) of that regu-
lation.

1. The application for

to allow
the Court of First
W. Johnston to act as representative of Imperial Chemical Industries
plc is rejected.

Instance

2. Costs are reserved.

(1) OJ C 51, 23.2.2008.

Operative part of the order

1. The application for interim measures is dismissed.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 24 September 2008
— Van Neyghem v Commission

2. Costs are reserved.

(Case T-105/08 P) (1)

(Appeal — Staff cases — Dismissal of the action at first
instance — Recruitment — Open competition — Non-admis-
sion to the oral tests — Appeal manifestly unfounded)

(2008/C 327/51)

Language of the case: French

Order of the Court of First Instance of 20 October 2008 —
Imperial Chemical Industries v OHIM (FACTORY FINISH)

(Case T-487/07) (1)

Parties

(Procedural issue — Community trade mark — Representation
by a lawyer)

(2008/C 327/50)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Appellant: Kris Van Neyghem (Vissenaken, Belgium) (represented
by: S. Rodrigues and C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyers)

the European
Other party to the proceedings: Commission of
Communities (represented by: G. Berscheid and B. Eggers,
Agents)

Re:

the judgment of

Appeal against
the European Union Civil
Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 13 December 2007 in
Case F-73/06 Van Neyghem v Commission [2007], not yet
published in the ECR, seeking annulment of that judgment.

Applicant:
Kingdom) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister)

Imperial Chemical

Industries plc (London, United

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Botis, acting as
Agent)

Operative part of the order

1. The appeal is dismissed.

2. Mr Kris Van Neyghem is ordered to bear his own costs and to pay
those incurred by the Commission in the context of the appeal.

Re:

Application under Article 114 of the Rules of Procedure of the
Court of First Instance for W. Johnston to be allowed to act as
representative of the applicant in the present case.

(1) OJ C 107, 26.4.2008.