CELEX: C2002/274/09
Language: en
Date: 2002-11-09 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 September 2002 in Case C-104/00 P: DKV Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Appeal — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Word "Companyline" — Absolute ground for refusal — Distinctive character)

9.11.2002                EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                            C 274/7
5.    The first paragraph of Article 95 of the Treaty precludes the                           JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
      levying of a tax such as that at issue in the main proceedings,
      which is payable on car tax, in so far as the amount charged as
      such a tax on a used car imported from another Member State
                                                                                                       (Fifth Chamber)
      exceeds the amount of the residual tax incorporated in the value
      of a similar used car already registered in the national territory.
                                                                                                   of 19 September 2002
( 1) OJ C 176 of 24.6.2000.
                                                                             in Case C-113/00: Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the
                                                                                                European Communities ( 1)
                  JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                      (State aid — Agriculture — Aid for horticultural products
                                                                             intended for industrial processing in Extremadura —
                           (Fifth Chamber)                                   Article 87(1) and (3)(a) and (c) EC — Small amount of aid
                                                                             — No comments from parties concerned — Operating aid
                                                                             — Aid relating to products subject to a common organisation
                      of 19 September 2002                                   of the market — Restrictions on the free movement of goods
                                                                                                  — Statement of reasons)
in Case C-104/00 P: DKV Deutsche Krankenversicherung
AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
             (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (1)                                                      (2002/C 274/10)
(Appeal — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC)
No 40/94 — Word ‘Companyline’ — Absolute ground for
                 refusal — Distinctive character)                                               (Language of the case: Spanish)
                           (2002/C 274/09)
                                                                             (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                                                                                                in the European Court Reports)
                   (Language of the case: German)
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
                    in the European Court Reports)
                                                                             In Case C-113/00, Kingdom of Spain (Agent: S. Ortiz Vaamon-
                                                                             de) v Commission of the European Communities (Agent:
In Case C-104/00 P, DKV Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG                      D. Triantafyllou): Application for annulment of Commission
(represented by: S. von Petersdorff-Campen): Appeal against                  Decision 2000/237/EC of 22 December 1999 concerning an
the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European                  aid scheme implemented by Spain in favour of horticultural
Communities (Fourth Chamber) of 12 January 2000 in Case                      products intended for industrial processing in Extremadura in
T-19/99 DKV v OHIM (COMPANYLINE) [2000] ECR II-1,                            the 1997/98 marketing year (OJ 2000 L 75, p. 54), the Court
seeking to have that judgment set aside, the other party to the              (Fifth Chamber), composed of: P. Jann, President of the
proceedings being: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal                  Chamber, D.A.O. Edward, A. La Pergola, M. Wathelet and
Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: A. von                      C.W.A. Timmermans (Rapporteur), Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advo-
Mühlendahl and D. Schennen), the Court (Fifth Chamber),                      cate General; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on
composed of: P. Jann (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber,                 19 September 2002, in which it:
S. von Bahr, M. Wathelet, C.W.A. Timmermans and A. Rosas,
Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, Advocate General; H.A. Rühl,
Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment
on 19 September 2002, in which it:                                           1.    Dismisses the application;
1.    Dismisses the appeal;                                                  2.    Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.
2.    Orders DKV Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG to pay the
      costs.
                                                                             (1 ) OJ C 176 of 24.6.2000.
( 1) OJ C 192 of 8.7.2000.