CELEX: C2003/251/30
Language: en
Date: 2003-10-18 00:00:00
Title: Case T-280/03: Action brought on 8 August 2003 by Van Mannekus & Co. B.V. against the Council of the European Union

C 251/16              EN                       Official Journal of the European Union                                         18.10.2003
Pleas in law and main arguments                                         The pleas in law and arguments of the applicant are the same
                                                                        as in Case T-278/03 (Van Mannekus v Council).
The applicants, who are the proprietors of a number of trade
marks and company names containing the word ‘Galileo’ as an
                                                                        (1) OJ L 143, p. 5.
essential component, argue that the adoption of that word by
the Commission as the name for the Community project on
the European satellite radio navigation system infringes their
trade mark rights.
The action is based on Article 288 of the EC Treaty. The
applicants claim there is a likelihood of confusion based on
the alleged similarity between the signs in question and                Action brought on 5 August 2003 by Xanthippi Liakoura
between the goods and services sold by the applicants and                        against the Council of the European Union
the subject-matter of the Community project. They also claim
that the Commission acted unfairly and negligently with regard                                     (Case T-281/03)
to their rights, and plead infringement of the principle of
proportionality.                                                                                  (2003/C 251/31)
                                                                                             (Language of the case: French)
                                                                        An action against the Council of the European Union was
                                                                        brought before the Court of Justice of the European
                                                                        Communities on 5 August 2003 by Xanthippi Liakoura,
                                                                        residing in Brussels, represented by Jean A. Martin, lawyer.
Action brought on 8 August 2003 by Van Mannekus &
   Co. B.V. against the Council of the European Union
                        (Case T-280/03)
                                                                        The applicant claims that the Court should:
                        (2003/C 251/30)
                  (Language of the case: German)
                                                                        —     annul the decision of the Council of 5 May 2003 in so far
                                                                              as it does not:
An action against the Council of the European Union was
brought before the Court of First Instance of the European
Communities on 8 August 2003 by Van Mannekus & Co. B.V.,
Schiedam (Netherlands), represented by H. Bleier, lawyer.                    1.    delete, from the definitive report for the period from
                                                                                   1 July 1999 to 30 June 2001, the following words
                                                                                   included under general observations: ‘She is encour-
The applicant claims that the Court should:                                        aged to resume tasks of coordination and distribution
                                                                                   of work in the Pool which she has performed
                                                                                   efficiently in the past’;
—     annul Council Regulation (EC) No 986/2003 of 5 June
      2003 amending the antidumping measures imposed by
      Regulation (EC) No 360/2000 on imports of dead-burned
      (scintered) magnesia originating in the People's Republic              2.    include a reference in that report to her ‘capacity for
      of China (1);                                                                mobility and versatility’;
—     order the Council of the European Union to pay all the            —     order the Council to pay the costs.
      costs.
Pleas in law and main arguments                                         Pleas in law and main arguments
By the contested regulation the Council altered the nature of
antidumping duties on imports of dead-burned magnesia ori-              The applicant takes issue with the appointing authority's
ginating in the People's Republic of China on the basis of a            refusal to delete one phrase and include another in her staff
partial interim review.                                                 report for the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2001.