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24.8.2002 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 202/21

**JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE** **JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE**

**of 14 May 2002** **of 3 July 2002**

**in** **Case** **T-81/00:** **Associaça˜o** **Comercial** **de** **Aveiro** **in Case T-179/00: A. Menarini — Industrie Farmaceutiche**
**v Commission of the European Communities** ( [1] ) **Riunite Srl v Commission of the European Communi-**
**ties** ( [1] )

_**(Social policy — European Social Fund — Application for**_
_**(Council Directive 92/27/EEC — Labelling of a medicinal**_
_**annulment — Reduction of financial assistance — State-**_
_**product — Centralised procedure for the authorisation of**_
_**ment of reasons — Manifest error of assessment)**_
_**medicinal products — Inclusion of the local representative’s**_
_**logo in the blue box on the outer packaging of a medicinal**_
_**product)**_
(2002/C 202/29)

(2002/C 202/30)
_(Language of the case: Portuguese)_

_(Language of the case: English)_

In Case T-81/00, Associaça˜o Comercial de Aveiro, established
in Aveiro (Portugal), represented by J. Amaral e Almeida and
B. Diniz de Ayala, lawyers, with an address for service in In Case T-179/00, A. Menarini — Industrie Farmaceutiche
Luxembourg, v Commission of the European Communities Riunite Srl, established in Florence (Italy), represented by
(Agents: H. Speyart and M. França): Application for annulment D. Waelbroeck and D. Brinckman, lawyers, with an address
of Commission Decision C(99) 3721 of 30 November 1999 for service in Luxembourg, supported by European Federation
reducing the European Social Fund assistance granted in the of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, established in
framework of project No 891038/P 3 to Associaça˜o Comercial Brussels (Belgium), represented by D. Anderson QC, J. Stratde Aveiro, the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber), ford, Barrister, I. Dodds-Smith and A. Wearing, Solicitors, with
composed of: J.D. Cooke, President, R. Garcı´a-Valdecasas and an address for service in Luxembourg, v Commission of the
P. Lindh, Judges; J. Plingers, Administrator, for the Registrar, European Communities (Agents: R. Wainwright and
has given a judgment on 14 May 2002, in which it has ruled: H. Støvlbæk): Application for annulment of the Commission’s
decision of 17 April 2000 rejecting the request by the applicant
to include its logo in the blue box of the packaging of
1. _Annuls Commission Decision C(96) 3721 of 30 November_ OPTRUMA, a pharmaceutical product registered under the
_1999 reducing the European Social Fund assistance granted to_ centralised authorisation procedure, the Court of First Instance
_the Associaça˜o Comercial de Aveiro in the context of project_ (Fourth Chamber), composed of: M. Vilaras, President, V. Tiili
_No 891038/P 3 in so far as it reduces the amount of the_ and P. Mengozzi, Judges; B. Pastor, Principal Administrator,
_services invoiced by SI — Sistemas de Informaça˜o Ld_ _[a]_ _under_ for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 3 July 2002, in
_subheading 14.3.9, hire and rental charges;_ which it:

2. _Dismisses the remainder of the application;_ 1. _Annuls the Commission Decision of 17 April 2000 rejecting_
_the applicant’s request to include its logo in the blue box of the_
_packaging of OPTRUMA, a pharmaceutical product registered_
3. _Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay one_
_under the centralised authorisation procedure;_
_third of those incurred by the applicant;_

2. _Orders the defendant to bear its own costs and to pay those of_
4. _Orders the applicant to bear two thirds of its own costs._
_the applicant and of the intervener._

( [1] ) OJ C 176 of 24.6.2000. ( [1] ) OJ C 285 of 7.10.2000.