CELEX: C2000/149/58
Language: en
Date: 2000-05-27 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 March 2000 in Case T-72/98: Astilleros Zamacona SA v Commission of the European Communities (State aid — Shipbuilding — Article 4(3) of Council Directive 90/684/EEC — Determination of the ceiling for production aid)

27.5.2000             EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                    C 149/31
    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                             A.J. Tweedale Willoughby and, at the hearing, by B.H.E.
                                                                        Halliday, Solicitors, London, with an address for service in
                        of 16 March 2000                                Luxembourg at the Chambers of Loeff, Claeys and Verbeke, 58
                                                                        Rue Charles Martel, against Office for Harmonisation in the
in Case T-72/98: Astilleros Zamacona SA v Commission                    Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents:
              of the European Communities (1)                           F. López de Rego, A. Di Carlo and A. von Mühlendahl) —
                                                                        application for annulment of the decision of the Second Board
                                                                        of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal
(State aid — Shipbuilding — Article 4(3) of Council                     Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 11 February 1999 (Case
Directive 90/684/EEC — Determination of the ceiling for                 R 150/98-2) refusing registration of the word OPTIONS as a
                          production aid)                               Community trade mark — the Court of First Instance (Fourth
                                                                        Chamber), composed of: V. Tiili, President, R.M. Moura Ramos
                         (2000/C 149/58)                                and P. Mengozzi, Judges; G. Herzig, Administrator, for the
                                                                        Registrar, has given a judgment on 30 March 2000, in which
                                                                        it:
                  (Language of the case: Spanish)
                                                                        1. Dismisses the application;
In Case T-72/98 Astilleros Zamacona SA, established in
Santurce, Spain, represented by A. Creus Carreras, of the               2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
Barcelona Bar, and B. Uriarte, of the Madrid Bar, Cabinet
Cuatrecasas, 60 Avenue de Cortenberg, Brussels, Belgium v
                                                                        (1) OJ C 174 of 19.6.1999.
Commission of the European Communities, (Agents: P. Nem-
itz, M. Desantes and M. Muñoz) — application for the
annulment of Commission Decision 98/157/EC of 5 Novem-
ber 1997 concerning aid Spain proposes to grant to Astilleros
Zamacona SA in respect of five tugboats (OJ 1998 L 50, p. 38)
— the Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition),
composed of: A. Potocki, President, K. Lenaerts, J. Azizi,
J. Pirrung and A.W.H. Meij, Judges; J. Palacio González,                      ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on
16 March 2000, in which it:                                                                     of 7 March 2000
1. Dismisses the action;                                                in Case T-2/95 (92): Industrie des Poudres Sphériques v
                                                                                      Council of the European Union (1)
2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
                                                                        (Taxation of costs — Costs of an intervener — Lawyer’s fees
(1) OJ C 209 of 4.7.98.                                                            — Travel and accommodation expenses)
                                                                                                (2000/C 149/60)
                                                                                           (Language of the case: French)
    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                             In Case T-2/95 (92): Industrie des Poudres Sphériques, estab-
                                                                        lished in Annemasse, France, represented by C. Momège, of
                        of 30 March 2000                                the Paris Bar, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the
                                                                        Chambers of A. May, 398 Route d’Esch, against Council of the
                                                                        European Union (Agents: originally R. Torrent and J. Monteiro,
in Case T-91/99: Ford Motor Company v Office for
                                                                        then Mr Torrent and Y. Cretien, and subsequently Mr Torrent,
Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and
                                                                        A. Tanca and P. Bentley), supported by Commission of the
                      Designs) (OHIM) (1)
                                                                        European Communities (Agents: N. Khan and X. Lewis),
                                                                        Péchiney Électrométallurgie, established in Courbevoie, France,
(Community trade mark — The word OPTIONS — Absolute                     and Chambre Syndicale de l’Électrométallurgie et de l’Électro-
ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article            chimie, established in Paris, represented originally by J.-P.
7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Acquisition through                  Gunther and H. de Broca, of the Paris Bar, then by Mr Gunther
                 use in part of the Community)                          alone, and subsequently by O. Prost, of the Paris Bar, 99-101
                                                                        Rue de la Loi, Brussels — application for taxation of the costs
                         (2000/C 149/59)                                to be reimbursed by the applicant to the intervener Péchiney
                                                                        Électrométallurgie following the judgment of the Court of First
                                                                        Instance of 15 October 1998 in Case T-2/95 Industrie des
                  (Language of the case: English)                       Poudres Sphériques v Council [1998] ECR II-3939 — the
                                                                        Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition),
In Case T-91/99: Ford Motor Company, established in Dear-               composed of: R. Garcı́a-Valdecasas, President, P. Lindh, R.M.
born, Michigan, United States of America, represented by                Moura Ramos, J.D. Cooke and M. Vilaras, Judges; H. Jung,