CELEX: C2006/224/91
Language: en
Date: 2006-09-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-311/03: Order of the Court of First Instance of 29 June 2006 — Nürburgring v Parliament and Council (Action for annulment — Directive 2003/33/CE — Advertising and sponsorship of tobacco products — Ban on sponsorship of events or activities concerning more than one Member State — Locus standi — Inadmissibility)

16.9.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 224/42
            
         Order of the Court of First Instance of 29 June 2006 — Nürburgring v Parliament and Council
   (Case T-311/03) (1)
   
   (Action for annulment - Directive 2003/33/CE - Advertising and sponsorship of tobacco products - Ban on sponsorship of events or activities concerning more than one Member State - Locus standi - Inadmissibility)
   (2006/C 224/91)
   Language of the case: German
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Nürburgring GmbH (Nürburg/Eifel, Germany) (represented by : H. J. Rabe, lawyer, assisted by M. Dauses, Professor)
   
      Defendants: European Parliament (represented by : E.Waldherr and U. Rösslein, Agents) and Council of the European Union (represented by E. Karlsson and J.-P. Hix, Agents)
   
      Interveners in support of the applicant: Hockenheim-Ring GmbH (Hockenheim, Germany) and Exploitatie Circuit Park Zandvoort BV (Zandvoort, Netherlands) (represented by: M. Dauses, Professor)
   
      Interveners in support of the defendants: Republic of Finland (represented by: T. Pynnä, A. Guimaraes-Purokoski and E. Bygglin, Agents), Commission of the European Communities (represented by: M.-J. Jonczy, L. Pignataro-Nolin and F. Hoffmeister, Agents) and Kingdom of Spain (Represented by: L. Fraguas Gadea, Agents)
   Re:
   Application for annulment of Directive 2003/33/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003, on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the advertising and sponsorship of tobacco products (OJ 2003 L 152, p. 16), in particular Article 5(1) thereof.
   Operative part of the order
   
               (1)
            
            
               The action is dismissed as being inadmissible.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The applicant shall bear its own costs, as well as those of the Parliament and the Council.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               The Kingdom of Spain, the Republic of Finland and the Commission, as well as Hockenheim-Ring GmbH and Exploitatie Circuit Park Zandvoort BV, shall bear their own respective costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 275 of 15.11.2003.