CELEX: C1998/278/16
Language: en
Date: 1998-09-05 00:00:00
Title: ORDER OF THE COURT of 25 May 1998 in Case C-82/97: Bergpracht Milchwerk GmbH & Co. KG and Others v. Commission of the European Communities (Actions brought before the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance for annulment of the same act - Decision of the Court of First Instance declining jurisdiction - Objection of inadmissibility - Referral of proceedings to the Court of First Instance)

5.9.98               EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                    C 278/9
2. Costs are reserved.                                               Brown Holding SA, 310 Route d'Esch, L-1471
                                                                     Luxembourg Ð application for annulment of Commission
(1) OJ C 108, 5.4.1997.                                              Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 of 12 June 1996 on the
                                                                     registration of geographical indications and designations
                                                                     of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of
                                                                     Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 (OJ L 148,
                                                                     21.6.1996, p. 1) in so far as it concerns registration of the
                                                                     name feta' as a protected designation of origin Ð the
                                                                     Court, composed of: G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias, President,
                 ORDER OF THE COURT                                  C. Gulmann, H. Ragnemalm, M. Wathelet and R.
                                                                     Schintgen (Rapporteur), Presidents of Chambers, G. F.
                       of 25 May 1998                                Mancini, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, P. J. G. Kapteyn, J. L.
in Case C-81/97: MD Foods Amba and Danske Mejeriers                  Murray, D. A. O. Edward, J.-P. Puissochet, G. Hirsch, P.
Fñllesorganisation v. Commission of the European                     Jann, L. Sevón and K. M. Ioannou, Judges; A. La Pergola,
                        Communities (1)                              Advocate-General; R. Grass, Registrar, made an order on
                                                                     25 May 1998, the operative part of which is as follows:
(Actions brought before the Court of Justice and the
Court of First Instance for annulment of the same act Ð
Decision of the Court of First Instance declining
jurisdiction Ð Objection of inadmissibility Ð Referral of            1. Case C-81/97 is referred to the Court of First Instance.
         proceedings to the Court of First Instance)
                         (98/C 278/15)
                                                                     2. The costs are reserved.
               (Language of the case: Danish)
                                                                     (1) OJ C 131, 26.4.1997.
In Case C-81/97: MD Foods Amba, established at Viby
(Denmark), and Danske Mejeriers Fñllesorganisation,
established at Aarhus (Denmark), acting on behalf of
1. KlùverMñlk        Amba,      established    at     Fredericia
    (Denmark),                                                                        ORDER OF THE COURT
                                                                                            of 25 May 1998
2. Lùgismose Produktion A/S, established at Hårby                    in Case C-82/97: Bergpracht Milchwerk GmbH & Co.
    (Denmark),                                                       KG and Others v. Commission of the European
                                                                                            Communities (1)
3. Mejeriselskabet Vesthimmerland, established at Farsù              (Actions brought before the Court of Justice and the
    (Denmark),                                                       Court of First Instance for annulment of the same act Ð
                                                                     Decision of the Court of First Instance declining
4. Nordex Food         A/S,   established   at  Dronninglund         jurisdiction Ð Objection of inadmissibility Ð Referral of
    (Denmark),                                                                proceedings to the Court of First Instance)
                                                                                             (98/C 278/16)
5. Sinai Landmejeri, in the person of Gunnar Larsen,
    established at Broby (Denmark),
                                                                                    (Language of the case: German)
6. Sñdager       Andelsmejeri,     established     at    Hobro
    (Denmark),
                                                                     In Case C-82/97: Bergpracht Milchwerk GmbH & Co.
                                                                     KG, established at Tettnang (Germany), Hochland Reich,
represented by G. Lett, of the Copenhagen Bar, and N.                Summer & Co. KG, established in Heimenkirch
Scandamis, of the Athens Bar, with an address for service            (Germany), Milchwerk Crailsheim eG, established at
in Luxembourg at the Chambers of R. Assa, 1 Rue                      Crailsheim (Germany), Milchwerk Geislingen eG,
Jean-Pierre Brasseur, v. Commission of the European                  established at Geislingen/Steige (Germany), Wendelstein
Communities (Agents: J. L. Iglesias Buhigues and H.                  Käsewerk Molkerei Ziegenhain GmbH & Co. KG,
Stùvlbñk), supported by the Hellenic Republic (Agents: I.            established at Bad Aibling (Germany), and Zentral-
Chalkias and I. Galani-Maragkoudaki), the Council of the             Molkerei Aurich GmbH, established at Aurich (Germany),
European Union (Agents: O. Petersen and J.-P. Hix) and               represented by J. Salzwedel and M. Loschelder,
Koinopraktiki Tyrokomikon Monadon Ioanninon Pindos                   Rechtsanwälte, Cologne, with an address for service in
AEBE, the seat of which is at Ioannina (Greece),                     Luxembourg at the Chambers of M. Loesch, 11 Rue
represented by N. Korojiannakis, of he Athens Bar, with              Goethe, v. Commission of the European Communities
an address for service in Luxembourg at the office of                (Agents: J. L. Iglesias Buhigues and U. Wölker), supported
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by the Hellenic Republic (Agents: I. Chalkias and                  By orders of 25 May 1998, the Court (Second Chamber)
I.    Galani-Maragkoudaki)       and    by    Koinopraktiki        ordered:
Tyrokomikon Monadon Ioanninon Pindos AEBE, the seat
of which is at Ioannina (Greece), represented by N.
Korojiannakis, of the Athens Bar, with an address for              The Court has no jurisdiction to answer the questions
service in Luxembourg at the office of Brown Holding SA,           referred by the ASVG-Landesberufungskommission für
310 Route d'Esch, L-1471 Luxembourg Ð application for              das Burgenland.
annulment of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 of
12 June 1996 on the registration of geographical
indications and designations of origin under the procedure
laid down in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2081/92 (OJ L 148, 21.6.1996, p. 1) in so far as it
concerns registration of the name feta' as a protected
designation of origin Ð the Court, composed of: G. C.
Rodríguez Iglesias, President, C. Gulmann, H.                                        ORDER OF THE COURT
Ragnemalm, M. Wathelet and R. Schintgen (Rapporteur),
Presidents of Chambers, G. F. Mancini, J. C. Moitinho de                                 (Third Chamber)
Almeida, P. J. G. Kapteyn, J. L. Murray, D. A. O. Edward,                                 of 25 June 1998
J.-P. Puissochet, G. Hirsch, P. Jann, L. Sevón and K. M.
Ioannou, Judges; A. La Pergola, Advocate-General; R.               in Case C-312/97 P: Augusto Fichtner v. Commission of
Grass, Registrar, made an order on 25 May 1998, the                                the European Communities (1)
operative part of which is as follows:
                                                                   (Officials Ð Action manifestly inadmissible before the
                                                                   Court of First Instance Ð Appeal manifestly unfounded or
                                                                                             inadmissible)
1. Case C-82/97 is referred to the Court of First Instance.
                                                                                            (98/C 278/18)
2. The costs are reserved.
                                                                                   (Language of the case: Italian)
( ) OJ C 108, 5.4.1997.
 1
                                                                     (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be
                                                                            published in the European Court Reports)
                                                                   In Case C-312/97 P: Augusto Fichtner, an official of the
References for a preliminary ruling from the ASVG-Lan-             Commission of the European Communities, represented
desberufungskommission für das Burgenland by decisions             by Vincenzo Salvatore, of the Pavia Bar, with an address
of that tribunal in the cases of Rouhollah Nour, Margarita         for service at 6 Via Orrigoni, Varese Ð appeal against the
Karner and Arthur Lindau v. Burgenländische Gebiets-               order of the Court of First Instance of the European
                        krankenkasse                               Communities (Fourth Chamber) of 9 July 1997 in Case
         (Cases C-361/97, C-362/97 and C-363/97)                   T-63/96 Fichtner v. Commission [1997] ECR-SC II-563,
                                                                   seeking to have that order set aside, the other party to the
                        (98/C 278/17)                              proceedings being the Commission of the European
                                                                   Communities (Agent: Gianluigi Valsesia, assisted by
                                                                   Alberto Dal Ferro) Ð the Court (Third Chamber),
              (Language of the case: German)                       composed of: C. Gulmann, President of the Chamber, J. C.
                                                                   Moitinho de Almeida and J.-P. Puissochet (Rapporteur),
                                                                   Judges; G. Cosmas, Advocate-General; R. Grass, Registrar,
                                                                   made an order on 25 June 1998, the operative part of
Reference was made to the Court of Justice of the
                                                                   which is as follows:
European Communities on 21 October 1997 by three
decisions of the ASVG-Landesberufungskommission für
das Burgenland (Social Security Appeals Board for
Burgenland), Austria, for preliminary rulings under                1. The appeal is dismissed.
Article 177 of the EC Treaty in the proceedings pending
before that tribunal between Rouhollah Nour (Case
C-361/97), Margarita Karner (Case C-362/97) and Arthur             2. The appellant is ordered to pay the costs.
Lindau (Case C-363/97) and Burgenländische Gebietskran-
kenkasse, concerning essentially the method of calculating
the remuneration of the President of the Landesberufungs-          (1) OJ C 331, 1.11.1997.
kommission and the relationship between the Paritätische
Schiedskommission as first-instance institution and the
Landesberufungskommission as appellate body.