CELEX: C2003/304/40
Language: en
Date: 2003-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 30 September 2003 in Case T-17/01: Georgios Rounis v Commission of the European Communities (Officials — Articles 17(2)(a) and (b) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations — Transfer of a part of remuneration in the currency of a Member State other than the country in which the institution has its seat — Conditions — Loss — Assessment of damages)

13.12.2003             EN                          Official Journal of the European Union                                           C 304/23
1)    Dismisses the application.                                           3.    Orders the Commission to pay the costs of the proceedings
                                                                                 which gave rise to the Judgment of the Court of First Instance
                                                                                 of 16 May 2002 Rounis v Commission (T-17/01).
2)    Orders the applicant to bear its own costs and to pay those of
      the Commission and the interveners, KirchPayTV and BSkyB.
                                                                           4.    In the present proceedings, orders the Commission to bear its
                                                                                 own costs and to pay one-third of the costs incurred by the
(1) OJ 2000 C 247 of 26.8.2000.                                                  applicant.
                                                                           (1) OJ C 95 of 24.3.2001.
    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                     of 30 September 2003
                                                                               JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
in Case T-17/01: Georgios Rounis v Commission of the
                   European Communities (1)                                                     of 30 September 2003
(Officials — Articles 17(2)(a) and (b) of Annex VII to the                 in Case T-26/01: Fiocchi munizioni SpA v Commission of
Staff Regulations — Transfer of a part of remuneration in                                   the European Communities (1)
the currency of a Member State other than the country in
which the institution has its seat — Conditions — Loss —
                    Assessment of damages)                                 (Articles 296 EC and 298 EC — State aid granted to an
                                                                           arms production undertaking — Complaint — Action for
                                                                                    declaration of failure to act — Inadmissibility)
                         (2003/C 304/40)
                                                                                                    (2003/C 304/41)
                   (Language of the case: French)
                                                                                              (Language of the case: Italian)
In Case T-17/01, Georgios Rounis, an official of the Com-
mission of the European Communities, residing in Brussels
(Belgium), represented by É. Boigelot, lawyer, with an address
for service in Luxembourg, against the Commission of the                   In Case T-26/01, Fiocchi Munizioni SpA, established in Lecco
European Communities (Agents: J. Currall and F. Clotuche-                  (Italy), represented by I. Van Bael, E. Raffaelli, F. Di Gianni
Duvieusart) — application for determination of the amount of               and R. Antonini, lawyers, v Commission of the European
the loss for which the Commission was ordered to compensate                Communities (Agent: V. Di Bucci), supported by Kingdom of
the applicant following annulment by the Court of First                    Spain (Agent: S. Ortiz Vaamonde): Application for a declar-
Instance of the Commission’s decision of 24 February 2000                  ation that the Commission unlawfully refrained from taking a
limiting transfer of the applicant’s emoluments to the United              decision on the merits of the complaint by the applicant
Kingdom to 19 % of his net monthly earnings, the Court of                  concerning a State aid granted by the Kingdom of Spain to the
First Instance, M. Vilaras, Judge; and I. Natsinas, Administrator,         Santa Barbara company, the Court of First Instance (Third
for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 30 September                    Chamber, Extended Composition), composed of: K. Lenaerts,
2003, in which it:                                                         President, P. Lindh, J. Azizi, J.D. Cooke and M. Jaeger, Judges;
                                                                           J. Palacio González, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar,
                                                                           has given a judgment on 30 September 2003, in which it:
1.    Orders the Commission to pay the applicant damages of
      GBP 17 394,64, with interest for late payment at the annual
      rate of 5,25 % annually until payment.                               1.    Dismisses the action as inadmissible;
2.    Dismisses the remainder of the action for damages.                   2.    Orders the applicant to pay the costs;