CELEX: C2000/102/48
Language: en
Date: 2000-04-08 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 3 February 2000 in Case T-60/99: Malcolm Townsend v Commission of the European Communities (Officials — Joint sickness insurance scheme — Cover for spouses)

C 102/24               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                     8.4.2000
    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                                   JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                                                                                                of 3 February 2000
                      of 16 December 1999
                                                                          in Case T-60/99: Malcolm Townsend v Commission of the
                                                                                            European Communities (1)
in Case T-198/98: Micro Leader Business v Commission
                of the European Communities (1)
                                                                          (Officials — Joint sickness insurance scheme — Cover for
                                                                                                       spouses)
(Competition — Complaint — Rejection — Articles 85 and
86 of the EC Treaty (now Articles 81 and 82 EC) —                                                 (2000/C 102/48)
Prohibition on importing software marketed in a third
country — Exhaustion of copyright — Directive
                           91/250/EEC)                                                       (Language of the case: French)
                                                                          In Case T-60/99: Malcolm Townsend, an official of the
                         (2000/C 102/47)                                  Commission of the European Communities, residing at Sterre-
                                                                          beek (Belgium), represented by Jean-Noël Louis and Greta-Fran-
                                                                          çoise Parmentier, of the Brussels Bar, with an address for
                                                                          service in Luxembourg at the offices of Fiduciaire Myson
                    (Language of the case: French)                        SARL, 30 Rue de Cessange, v Commission of the European
                                                                          Communities (Agents: Julian Currall and Florence Duvieusart-
                                                                          Clotuche) — application for annulment of the decision of the
                                                                          Brussels Settlements Office of 12 March 1998 refusing to
In Case T-198/98, Micro Leader Business, a company incorpor-              reimburse to the applicant certain medical expenses incurred
ated under French law, established in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France,           by his wife — the Court of First Instance (Single Judge),
represented by Silvestre Tandeau de Marsac, of the Paris Bar,             composed of: V. Tiili, sitting as a single judge; J. Palacio
with an address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of              González, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judg-
Brucher and Seimetz, 10 Rue de Vianden, against Commission                ment on 3 February 2000, in which it:
of the European Communities, (Agents: initially José Crespo
Carrillo, and Loïc Guérin and, subsequently, Giuliano Marenco,            1. Dismisses the application;
and Loïc Guérin) — application for annulment of the Com-
mission’s decision of 15 October 1998 (Case IV/36.219                     2. Orders the parties to bear their own costs.
Micro Leader/Microsoft) definitively rejecting the applicant’s
complaint that the actions of Microsoft France and Microsoft
Corporation in seeking to prevent French-language editions of             (1) OJ C 160 of 5.6.1999.
Microsoft software packages marketed in Canada from being
imported into France are contrary to Articles 85 and 86 of the
EC Treaty (now Articles 81 and 82 EC) — the Court of First
Instance of the European Communities (Third Chamber),
composed of: M. Jaeger, President, K. Lenaerts and J. Azizi,
Judges; A. Mair, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a
judgment on 16 December 1999, in which it:
                                                                                ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
1. Annuls the Commission’s decision of 15 October 1998 (Case                                    of 7 February 2000
     IV/36.219 Micro Leader/Microsoft) definitively rejecting the
     applicant’s complaint that the actions of Microsoft France and
     Microsoft Corporation in seeking to prevent French-language          in Case T-168/94 (92): Blackspur DIY Ltd and Others v
     editions of Microsoft software packages marketed in Canada                        Council of the European Union (1)
     from being imported into France are contrary to Articles 85 and
     86 of the EC Treaty (now Article 81 EC and 82 EC).                                          (Taxation of costs)
                                                                                                  (2000/C 102/49)
2. Orders the Commission to pay the costs.
                                                                                            (Language of the case: English)
(1) OJ C 71 of 13.3.1999.
                                                                          In Case T-168/94 (92): Blackspur DIY Ltd, having its registered
                                                                          office in Unsworth, Bury (United Kingdom), Steven Kellar,
                                                                          J.M.A. Glancy and Ronald Cohen, residing in Manchester
                                                                          (United Kingdom), represented by K.P.E. Lasok, Barrister,
                                                                          instructed by C. Khan, Solicitor, with an address for service in