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C 71/24 EN Official Journal of the European Union 20.3.2004

**JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE**

**of 3 December 2003**

**in Case T-208/01: Volkswagen Ag v Commission of the**
**European Communities** ( [1] )

_**(Competition**_ _**—**_ _**Distribution**_ _**of**_ _**motor**_ _**vehicle**_ _**—**_
_**Article 81(1) EC Price agreement — Meaning of agreement**_
_**— Proof of the existence of an agreement)**_

(2004/C 71/42)

_(Language of the case: German)_

In Case T-208/01, Volkswagen AG, established in Wolfsburg
(Germany), represented by R. Bechtold, lawyer, v Commission
of the European Communities (Agent: W. Mölls): Application
for annulment of Commission Decision 2001/711/EC of
29 June 2001 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the
EC Treaty (Case COMP/F-2/36.693 Volkswagen) (OJ 2001
L 262, p. 14) or, in the alternative, reduction of the amount of
the fine imposed on the applicant, the Court of First Instance
(Fourth Chamber), composed of: V. Tiili, President, P. Mengozzi
and M. Vilaras, Judges; D. Christensen, Administrator, for the
Registrar, has given a judgment on 3 December 2003, in
which it:

1. _Annuls Commission Decision 2001/711/EC of 29 June 2001_
_relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty_
_(Case COMP/F-2/36.693 — Volkswagen);_

2. _Orders the Commission to pay the costs._

( [1] ) OJ C 331 of 24.11.2001.

**JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE**

**of 3 December 2003**

**in Case T-16/02: Audi AG v Office for Harmonisation in**
**the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)** ( [1] )

_**(Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 40/94**_
_**— Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive mark —**_
_**Distinctive character acquired through use — Word mark**_
_**TDI — Right to be heard — Scope of the duty to state**_
_**reasons — Consequences of a breach of the duty to state**_
_**reasons)**_

(2004/C 71/43)

_(Language of the case: German)_

In Case T-16/02, Audi AG, established in Ingolstadt (Germany),
represented by L. von Zumbusch, lawyer, v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
(OHIM) (Agents: A. von Mühlendahl and G. Schneider): Action
against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office
for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and
Designs) of 8 November 2001 (Case R 652/2000-1), as
rectified by decision of 19 November 2001, on the application
for registration of the word mark TDI as a Community trade
mark, the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber), composed
of: N.J. Forwood, President, J. Pirrung and A.W.H. Meij, Judges;
D. Christensen, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a
judgment on 3 December 2003, in which it:

1. _Dismisses the action;_

2. _Orders the applicant to bear three quarters of its own costs_
_and pay three quarters of those incurred by the Office for_
_Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and_
_Designs);_

3. _Orders the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market_
_(Trade Marks and Designs) to bear one quarter of its own costs_
_and pay one quarter of those incurred by the applicant._

( [1] ) OJ C 97 of 20.4.2002.