CELEX: C2003/135/36
Language: en
Date: 2003-06-07 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 3 April 2003 in Case T-342/00: Petrolessence SA and Société de gestion de restauration routière SA (SG2R) v Commission of the European Communities (Competition — Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 — Decision declaring a merger compatible with the common market — Petroleum sector — Commitments — Decision refusing approval of transferees — Inadmissibility — Definitive binding act — Infringement of essential procedural requirements — Procedural time-limits for reply — Error of assessment)

C 135/24                EN                         Official Journal of the European Union                                              7.6.2003
2.     Orders the applicants to pay their own costs and those of the            JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
       Commission in Joined Cases T-93/00 and T-46/01.
                                                                                                      of 3 April 2003
( 1) OJ C 176 of 24.6.2000 and C 134 of 5.5.2001.
                                                                           in Case T-342/00: Petrolessence SA and Société de gestion
                                                                           de restauration routière SA (SG2R) v Commission of the
                                                                                                European Communities (1)
                                                                           (Competition — Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 — Decision
                                                                           declaring a merger compatible with the common market —
     JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                               Petroleum sector — Commitments — Decision refusing
                                                                           approval of transferees — Inadmissibility — Definitive
                                                                           binding act — Infringement of essential procedural require-
                          of 10 April 2003                                 ments — Procedural time-limits for reply — Error of
                                                                                                        assessment)
in Case T-195/00: Travelex Global and Financial Services
Ltd and Interpayment Services Ltd v Commission of the
                   European Communities ( 1)                                                          (2003/C 135/36)
(Non-contractual liability — Directive 89/104/EEC — Trade                                        (Language of the case: French)
                 marks — Official euro symbol)
                          (2003/C 135/35)
                   (Language of the case: English)                         In Case T-342/00: Petrolessence SA, established in Nancy
                                                                           (France), Société de gestion de restauration routière SA (SG2R),
                                                                           established in Nancy, represented by F. Puel and M. Troncoso
                                                                           Ferrer, avocats, with an address for service in Luxembourg,
                                                                           against Commission of the European Communities (Agents:
                                                                           W. Mölls, F. Siredey-Garnier and F. Lelièvre), supported by
In Case T-195/00, Travelex Global and Financial Services Ltd,              French Republic (Agents: G. de Bergues and F. Million) —
formerly Thomas Cook Group Ltd, established in London                      application for the annulment of the Commission decision
(United Kingdom), Interpayment Services Ltd, established in                of 13 September 2000 rejecting TotalFina Elf’s proposal
London, represented by C. Delcorde and D. Alexander, lawyers,              concerning approval of the applicants as transferees of six
with an address for service in Luxembourg, v Commission of                 motorway service stations — the Court of First Instance (Fifth
the European Communities (Agents: K. Banks and R. Z. Swift):               Chamber), composed of J.D. Cooke, President, R. García-
Application for compensation for the damage allegedly caused               Valdecasas and P. Lindh, Judges; B. Pastor, Deputy Registrar,
to the applicants by the Commission’s adoption, use and                    for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 3 April 2003, in
promotion of the official euro symbol, which is allegedly                  which it:
substantially identical to a graphic trade mark registered by
the applicants, the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber),
composed of: J.D. Cooke, President, R. García-Valdecasas and
P. Lindh, Judges; J. Plingers, Administrator, for the Registrar,           1.     Dismisses the application as unfounded;
has given a judgment on 10 April 2003, in which it:
                                                                           2.     Orders the applicants to bear their own costs and pay those of
1.     Dismisses the action;                                                      the Commission, including the costs relating to the application
                                                                                  for interim relief.
2.     Orders the applicants to pay the costs.
                                                                           (1 ) OJ C 4 of 6.1.01.
( 1) OJ C 302 of 21.10.2000.