Case T-73/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 October 2008 — Carbone-Lorraine v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for electrical and mechanical carbon and graphite products — Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Gravity and duration of the infringement — Mitigating circumstances — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Principle of proportionality — Principle of equal treatment)
Date: 2008-10-08
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: France, action for annulment (EU), carbon, competition, electrical equipment, equal treatment, mitigating circumstances, offence, principle of proportionality

22.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 301/31

2. Orders Schunk GmbH and Schunk Kohlenstoff-Technik GmbH to

pay the costs.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 October 2008
— Helkon Media v Commission

(1) OJ C 106, 30.4.2004.

(Case T-122/06) (1)

(Arbitration clause — Programme to encourage the develop-
ment, distribution and promotion of European audio-visual
works (MEDIA Plus) — Demand for payment of financial aid
— Existence of an arbitration clause — Compensation —
Admissibility)

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 October 2008
— Carbone-Lorraine v Commission

(Case T-73/04) (1)

Parties

(2008/C 301/49)

Language of the case: German

(Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
— Market for electrical and mechanical carbon and graphite
products — Guidelines on the method of setting fines —
Gravity and duration of
the infringement — Mitigating
circumstances — Cooperation during the administrative proce-
dure — Principle of proportionality — Principle of equal
treatment)

(2008/C 301/48)

Language of the case: French

Applicant: Helkon Media AG (Munich, Germany) (represented by:
U. Karpenstein, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: G. Wilms and I. Kaufmann-Bühler, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action under Article 238 EC for an order that the Commission
pay to the applicant a sum allegedly owed under a contract
relating to Community support for the project ‘DARK BLUE
WORLD’ (Project no. 2002-4212-0103DI010006DE).

Parties

Applicant: Carbone-Lorraine (Courbevoie, France)
(represented
by: A. Winckler and I. Simic, then A. Winckler and H. Kanello-
poulos, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: F Castillo de la Torre and É. Gippini Fournier, Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Helkon Media AG to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 154, 1.7.2006.

Re:

annulment

of Commission Decision
APPLICATION for
2004/420/EC of 3 December 2003 relating to a proceeding
under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement
(Case No C.38.359 — Electrical and mechanical carbon and
graphite products), and, in the alternative, annulment or reduc-
tion of the fine imposed on the applicant by that decision

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Le Carbone-Lorraine to pay the costs.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 October
2008 — Inter-Ikea Systems v OHIM (Representation of a
pallet)

(Joined Cases T-387/06 to T-390/06) (1)

(Community trade mark — Application for registration of
figurative Community trade mark representing a pallet —
Absolute ground for refusal — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation
(EC) No 40/94)

(2008/C 301/50)

Language of the case: English

(1) OJ C 106, 30.4.2004.

Parties

Applicant: Inter-Ikea Systems BV (Delft, Netherlands) (represented
by: J. Gulliksson, lawyer)