CELEX: C2003/019/55
Language: en
Date: 2003-01-25 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 20 November 2002 in Case T-251/00: Lagardère SCA and Canal+ SA v Commission of the European Communities (Competition — Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 — Modification of a decision declaring a concentration compatible with the common market — Restrictions directly related and necessary to the implementation of the concentration ("Ancillary restrictions") — Action for annulment — Challengeable acts — Legal interest in bringing proceedings — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Reasons)

C 19/30                  EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                     25.1.2003
Case T-178/00, J. Fernández Martín, V. Saintot and B. Wägen-                 Economic Area Agreement (Case COMP/JV 40 Canal+/Lagard-
baur, and, in Case T-341/00, V. Saintot, T. Gulliams and                     ère and COMP/JV 47 Canal+/Lagardère/Liberty Media), the
Wägenbaur): Application for annulment of the applicant’s                     Court of First Instance (Third Chamber, Extended Compo-
performance appraisal report for 1999, in Case T-178/00, and                 sition), composed of M. Jaeger, President, R. García-Valdecasas,
for annulment of the note of 28 June 2000 from the Director-                 K. Lenaerts, P. Lindh and J. Azizi, Judges; J. Palacio González,
General of the Directorate-General for Information Systems                   Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 20 Nov-
(DG IS) of the European Central Bank concerning the duties                   ember 2002, in which it:
allocated to the applicant, in Case T-341/00, the Court of First
Instance (Fifth Chamber), composed of: J.D. Cooke, President,
R. García-Valdecasas and P. Lindh, Judges; D. Christensen,                   1.     annuls the Commission’s decision of 10 July 2000 amending
Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on                           the decision of the Commission of 22 June 2000 declaring a
22 October 2002, in which it:                                                       concentration compatible with the common market and with
                                                                                    the European Economic Area Agreement (Case COMP/JV
                                                                                    40 Canal+/Lagardère and COMP/JV 47 Canal+/Lagardère/
1.     Orders that Cases T-178/00 and T-341/00 shall be joined                      Liberty Media);
       for the purposes of the judgment;
2.     Dismisses the applications in Cases T-178/00 and T-341/00;            2.     orders the defendant to pay the costs.
3.     Orders the parties to bear their own costs.
                                                                             (1 ) OJ C 335 of 25.11.2000.
( 1) OJ C 259 of 9.9.2000.
                                                                                  JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
     JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                       of 20 November 2002                                                            of 23 October 2002
in Case T-251/00: Lagardère SCA and Canal+ SA v                              in Case T-388/00: Institut für Lernsysteme GmbH v Office
        Commission of the European Communities ( 1)                          for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks
                                                                                                    and Designs) (OHIM) (1)
(Competition — Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 — Modifi-
cation of a decision declaring a concentration compatible
                                                                             (Community trade mark — Opposition procedure — Earlier
with the common market — Restrictions directly related
                                                                             figurative mark containing the acronym ILS — Application
and necessary to the implementation of the concentration
                                                                             for Community word mark ELS — Proof of use of earlier
(‘Ancillary restrictions’) — Action for annulment — Chal-
                                                                             mark — Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94
lengeable acts — Legal interest in bringing proceedings —
                                                                             and Rule 22 of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 — Relative
    Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Reasons)
                                                                             ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC)
                                                                                             No 40/94 — Statement of reasons)
                            (2003/C 19/55)
                                                                                                         (2003/C 19/56)
                    (Language of the case: French)
                                                                                                  (Language of the case: English)
In Case T-251/00: Lagardère SCA, established in Paris, rep-
resented by A. Winckler, avocat, with an address for service in
Luxembourg, Canal+ SA, established in Paris, represented
by J.-P. de La Laurencie and P.-M. Louis, avocats, against                   In Case T-388/00, Institut für Lernsysteme GmbH, established
Commission of the European Communities (Agents: W. Wils                      in Hamburg (Germany), represented by J. Schneider and
and F. Lelièvre) — application for annulment of the Com-                     A. Buddee, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg,
mission’s decision of 10 July 2000 amending the decision of                  v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks
the Commission of 22 June 2000 declaring a concentration                     and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: A. von Mühlendahl, A. di Carlo
compatible with the common market and with the European                      and O. Waelbroeck), the other party to the proceedings before