CELEX: C2004/300/76
Language: en
Date: 2004-12-04 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 30 September 2004 in Case T-313/02: David Meca-Medina, Igor Majcen v Commission of the European Communities (Competition — Freedom to provide services — Anti-doping legislation adopted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) — Purely sporting legislation)

4.12.2004   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 300/39
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
   
   of 30 September 2004
   in Case T-313/02: David Meca-Medina, Igor Majcen v Commission of the European Communities (1)
   
   (Competition - Freedom to provide services - Anti-doping legislation adopted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) - Purely sporting legislation)
   (2004/C 300/76)
   Language of the case: French
   In Case T-313/02: David Meca-Medina, residing at Barcelona (Spain), Igor Majcen, residing at Ljubljana (Slovenia), represented by J.-L. Dupont, lawyer, against Commission of the European Communities (Agents: O. Beynet and A. Bouquet, with an address for service in Luxembourg), supported by Republic of Finland (Agent: T. Pynnä, with an address for service in Luxembourg) — application for the annulment of the Commission's decision of 1 August 2002 rejecting the complaint lodged by the applicants against the International Olympic Committee (IOC) seeking a declaration that certain rules adopted by the latter and implemented by the Fédération internationale de natation (FINA) and certain practices relating to doping control are incompatible with the Community competition rules and the freedom to provide services (Case COMP/38158 – Meca-Medina and Majcen/IOC) — the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed of: H. Legal, President, V. Tiili and M. Vilaras, Judges; J. Palacio González, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 30 September 2004, in which it:
   
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               Dismisses the action;
            
         
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               Orders the applicants to bear their own costs and to pay the Commission's costs;
            
         
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               Orders that the Republic of Finland shall bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 305 of 7.12.2002.