Case T-420/08: Action brought on 29 September 2008 — SAZAS v Commission
Date: 2008-09-29
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Community, Slovenia, action for annulment (EU), copyright, intellectual property

C 313/42

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.12.2008

Action brought on 29 September 2008 — LATGA-A v
Commission

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

(Case T-419/08)

(2008/C 313/76)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Lietuvos Autorių Teisių Gynimo Asociacijos Agentūra
(LATGA-A)
(represented by: M. Favart,
lawyer)

(Vilnius, Lithuania)

Defendant: Commission of the European communities

Form of order sought

— Annul Article 3 of the Commission decision of 16 July
2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 EC and
Article 53 EEA (Case COMP/C2/38.698 — CISAC); and

— Order the Commission to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

By means of this application the applicant seeks partial annul-
ment pursuant
to Article 230 EC of Commission Decision
C(2008) 3435 final of 16 July 2008 (Case COMP/C2/38.698 —
CISAC) relating to a proceeding under Article 81 EC and
Article 53 EEA. Precisely, the applicant contests the Commission
findings in Article 3 of the contested decision stating that terri-
the reciprocal representation mandates
torial delineations of
society to another constitute a
granted by one authors'
concerted practice
in violation of Article 81 EC and
Article 53 EEA.

The pleas in law and main arguments raised by the applicant
are identical to those raised by the applicant in Case T-415/08
IMRO v Commission.

Form of order sought

— Annul Article 3 of the Commission Decision of 16 July
2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 EC and
Article 53 EEA (Case COMP/C2/38698 — CISAC); and

— Order the Commission to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

the present application,

By means of
the applicant seeks,
pursuant to Article 230 EC, the annulment of Article 3 of
Commission Decision C(2008) 3435 of 16 July 2008 relating
to a proceeding under Article 81 EC and Article 53 EEA (Case
COMP/C2/38698 — CISAC) alleging that 24 of CISAC's (1) EEA
based societies, including the applicant, engaged in a concerted
practice ‘by coordinating the territorial delineations of the reci-
procal representation mandates granted to one another in a way
which limits a licence to the domestic territory of each
collecting society’.

The main pleas and arguments are similar or identical to those
raised in Case T-413/08.

(1) Refers to the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and

Composers (‘CISAC’).

Action brought on 29 September 2008 — Performing
Right Society v Commission

(Case T-421/08)

(2008/C 313/78)

Language of the case: English

Action brought on 29 September 2008 — SAZAS v
Commission

(Case T-420/08)

(2008/C 313/77)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Združenje skladateljev, avtorjev in založnikov za
zaščito avtorskih pravic Slovenije (Sazas) (Trzin, Slovenia) (repre-
sented by: M. Favart, lawyer)

Parties

Applicant: Performing Right Society Ltd (London, United
Kingdom)
J. Rivas Andrés and M. Nissen,
lawyers)

(represented by:

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Form of order sought

— Annul the Commission decision dated 16 July 2008 relating
to a proceeding under Article 81 EC and Article 53 EEA
(Case COMP/C2/38.698 — CISAC) on the ground of the
absence of a starting date of the infractions and hence of
their duration;