CELEX: C1997/040/42
Language: en
Date: 1997-02-08 00:00:00
Title: JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE of 12 December 1996 in Case T-16/91 RV: Rendo NV and Others v. Commission of the European Communities (Competition - Implied rejection of a complaint - Statement of reasons - Appeal - Referral of a case back to the Court of First Instance - Continuation of the proceedings - Costs)

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2 . orders the applicants jointly and severally to pay all              the Commission of the European Communities, residing at
     the costs incurred in this case, including the costs               Stutensee ( Germany ), and Vittorino Tebaldi , an official of
     relating to the proceedings for interim relief;                    the Commission of the European Communities, residing at
                                                                        Marxzell-Burbach ( Germany ), represented by Jean-Noel
3.   orders the interveners to hear their own costs .                   Louis, Thierry Demaseure, Veronique Leclercq and Ariane
                                                                        Tornel , of the Brussels Bar, with an address for service in
(') 01 No C 188 , 10 . 7 . 1993 .                                       Luxembourg at the offices of Fiduciaire Myson Sari , 1
                                                                        Rue Glesener, v. Commission of the European
                                                                        Communities (Agent: Gianluigi Valsesia ), supported by
                                                                        Council of the European Union ( Agents : Yves Cretien ,
                                                                        Antonio Lucidi and Diego Canga Fano ) and Federal
                                                                        Republic of Germany ( Agents : Ernst Röder, Bernd Kloke
  JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                               and Sabine Maass ) — application for annulment of the
                      of 11 December 1996                               pay slips issued for the period from 1 July 1 994 to
                                                                        31 December 1994 pursuant to Council Regulation
in Case T-49/95 : Van Megen Sports Group BV v.                          ( ECSC, EC , Euratom ) No 3161 /94 of 19 December 1994
        Commission of the European Communities (')                      adjusting, with effect from I July 1994 , the remuneration
(Competition — Article 85 of the EC Treaty — Proof of                   and pensions of officials and other servants of the
the infringement — Fine — Statement of the reasons for                  European Communities and the weightings applied thereto
                            the decision )                              ( OJ No L 335 , 23 . 12 . 1994 , p. 1 ), inasmuch as those pay
                                                                        slips apply retroactively a specific weighting for Karlsruhe
                            ( 97/C 40/40 )                              fixed at 99,8 — the Court of First Instance ( Fourth
                                                                        Chamber ), composed of: K. Lenaerts , President, and R
                  (Language of the case: Dutch)                         Lindh and J. D. Cooke , Judges; J. Palacio Gonzalez,
                                                                        Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
In Case T-49/95 : Van Megen Sports Group BV, formerly                    11 December 1996 , in which it:
Van Megen Tennis BV, established in Eindhoven
( Netherlands ), represented by Antonius Wouters Willems,
Advocaat, Eindhoven , with an address for service in                     1.   dismisses the action ;
Luxembourg at the Chambers of Marc Loesch , 1 1 Rue
Goethe, v. Commission of the European Communities
                                                                        2 . orders     the    applicants ,     the   defendant      and       the
( Agents : Francisco Enrique Gonzalez Diaz and Wouter                         interveners to hear their own costs .
Wils ) — application for annulment of Commission
Decision 94/987/EC of 21 December 1994 relating to a
proceeding pursuant to Article 85 of the EC Treaty ( IV/                 (') O No C ; 315 , 25 . 11 . 1995 .
 32.948 — IV/34.590 : Tretorn and others ) ( OJ No L 378 ,
 31 . 12 . 1994 , p. 45 ) — the Court of First Instance ( Fourth
 Chamber ), composed of: K. Lenaerts, President of the
 Chamber, P. Lindh and J. D. Cooke, Judges ; J. Palacio
 Gonzalez, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a
 judgment on 11 December 1996 , in which it:
                                                                            JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
 1 . dismisses the application;                                                                of 12 December 1996
                                                                         in    Case   T-16/91       RV:     Rendo    NV   and      Others       v.
 2 . orders the applicant to pay the costs.                                      Commission of the European Communities (')
 (>) OJ No C 137, 3 . 6 . 1995 .                                          (Competition — Implied rejection of a complaint —
                                                                         Statement of reasons — Appeal — Referral of a case back
                                                                          to the Court of First Instance — Continuation of the
                                                                                                proceedings — Costs)
                                                                                                      ( 97/C 40/42 )
   JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                       of 11 December 1996                                                (Language of the case: Dutch)
 in   Case    T-177/95 :      Patrick  Barraux   and    Others   v.
          Commission of the European Communities (')                      In Case T-16/91 RV: Rendo NV, established at Hoogeveen
                                                                          ( Netherlands ), Centraal Overijsselse Nutsbedrijven NV,
                  (Officials — Specific weighting)
                                                                          established     at      Almelo       ( Netherlands ),     Regionaal
                              ( 97/C 40/41 )                              Energiebedrijf Salland NV, established at Deventer
                                                                          ( Netherlands ), represented by Tom R. Ottervanger, of the
                   (Language of the case: French)                         Brussels Bar, with an address for service in Luxembourg at
                                                                          the Chambers of Stef Oostvogels, 13 Rue Aldringen v.
  In Case T-177/95 : Patrick Barraux, an official of the                  Commission of the European Communities ( Agent: Berend
  Commission of the European Communities, residing at                     Jan Drijber ), supported by Samenverkende Elecktriciteits­
  Karlsruhe ( Germany ), Klaus Kammerichs, an official of                 produktiebedrijven          NV,     established       at    Arnhem
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( Netherlands ), represented initially by Martijn van Empel ,            Parfumerie, established in Paris, represented by Robert
subsequently by Onno W. Brouwer, of the Amsterdam Bar,                   Collin, of the Paris Bar, with an address for service in
with an address for service in Luxembourg at the                         Luxembourg at the Chambers of Ernest Arendt, 8—10
Chambers of Marc Loesch , 1 1 Rue Goethe — application                   Rue Mathias Hardt, Comité de Liaison des Syndicats Eu­
for the partial annulment of Commission Decision                         ropéens de l'Industrie de la Parfumerie et des Cosmétiques,
91 /50/EEC of 16 January 1991 relating to a proceeding                   established in Brussels, represented by Stephen Kon , Solici­
under Article 85 of the EEC Treaty [ IV/32.732 —                         tor, and Melanie Thill-Tayara , of the Paris Bar, with an
IJsselcentrale { IJC ) and Others , OJ No L 28 , 2 . 2 . 1991 ,          address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of Wi­
p. 32 ) — the Court ( Second Chamber, Extended                           nandy and Err, 60 Avenue Gaston Diderich , and Federa­
Composition ), composed of: H. Kirschner, President, B.                  tion Européenne des Parfumeurs Détaillants , established in
Vesterdorf, C. W. Bellamy, A. Kalogeropoulos and A.                      Paris , represented by Rolland Verniau , of the Lyon Bar,
Potocki , Judges; Registrar : J. Palacio Gonzalez, gave a                with an address for service in Luxembourg at the
judgment on 12 December 1996 , the operative part of                     Chambers of Nico Schaeffer, 12 Avenue de la Porte-Neuve
which is as follows :                                                    — application for annulment of Commission Decision
                                                                         92/33/EEC of 16 December 1991 relating to a proceeding
1 . Commission Decision 91 /50/EEC of 16 January 1991                    under Article 85 of the EEC Treaty ( IV/33.242 — Yves
      relating to a proceeding under Article 85 of the EEC               Saint Laurent Parfums ) ( OJ No L 12 , 18 . 1 . 1992 , p. 24 )
       Treaty (JV/32.732 — IJsselcentrale (1JC) and Others)              — the Court of First Instance ( Second Chamber, Extended
      is annulled in so far as it rejects the applicants '               Composition ), composed of H. Kirschner, President, and
       complaint with regard to the import restrictions                  B. Vesterdorf, C. W. Bellamy, A. Kalogeropoulos and A.
      applicable      during       the    period     before     the      Potocki , Judges; J. Palacio Gonzalez, Administrator, for
       Elektriciteitswet 1989 entered into force.                        the Registrar, gave a judgment on 12 December 1996 , in
                                                                         which it :
2 . The applicants are ordered to bear their own costs and
      jointly and severally to pay half of the costs incurred            1 . annuls        Commission Decision         92/33/EEC of
       by the Commission and the intervener before the                         16 December 1991 relating to a proceeding under
      judgment of the Court of First Instance of                              Article 85 of the EEC Treaty (IV/33.242 — Yves Saint
       18 November 1992 , the defendant and the intervener                     Laurent Parfums) in so far as it decides that a
       each being ordered to bear the other half of their                     provision allowing Yves Saint Laurent to treat
       costs .                                                                retailers ' applications less favourably merely because
                                                                              perfumery represents a minority of their activities is
3 . The Commission is ordered to pay the costs incurred                       not covered by Article 85 ( 1 ) of the Treaty;
       after the judgment of the Court of Justice, with the
       exception of the intervener s costs, which shall be               2 . dismisses the remainder of the action;
       borne by the intervener.
                                                                         3 . orders the applicant to pay the costs of the
 (') OJ No C 101 , 18 . 4 . 1991 .                                             Commission and of the intervener Yves Saint Laurent
                                                                               Parfums SA , and to bear its own costs;
                                                                         4 , orders each of the other interveners , the Fédération
                                                                               des Industries de la Parfumerie, the Comité de Liaison
                                                                               des Syndicats Européens de l'Industrie de la Parfume­
   JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                                     rie et des Cosmétiques and the Fédération Européenne
                        of 12 December 1996                                    des Parfumeurs Détaillants, to bear its own costs.
 in Case T-19/92 : Groupement d'Achat Edouard Leclerc v.
          Commission of the European Communities (')                      (') OJ No C 90 , 10 . 4 . 1992 .
 (Selective     distribution     system —      Luxury     cosmetic
                                products)
                             ( 97/C 40/43 )
                   (Language of the case: French)                           JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                                                                                                of 12 December 1996
 In Case T-19/92 : Groupement d'Achat Edouard Leclerc,
 established in Paris, represented by Mario Amadio and                    in Case T-87/92 : BVBA Kruidvat v. Commission of the
  Gilbert Parléani, of the Paris Bar, with an address for                                     European Communities (')
 service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of Philippe Hoss,                  (Selective     distribution      system —  Luxury     cosmetic
  15 Cote d'Eich , against Commission of the European                                                    products)
  Communities ( Agents : initially Bernd Langeheine, then
  Berend Jan Drijber and Hervé Lehman ), supported by                                                 ( 97/C 40/44 )
  Yves Saint Laurent Parfums SA, established in Neuilly-sur-
  Seine, France , represented by Dominique Voillemot and                                    (Language of the case: Dutch)
  Arnaud Michel , of the Paris Bar, with an address for
  service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of Jacques                        In Case T-87/92 : BVBA Kruidvat, established in Antwerp,
  Loesch, 1 1 Rue Goethe, Federation des Industries de la                 Belgium, represented by Onno Willem Brouwer, of the