CELEX: C2002/003/43
Language: en
Date: 2002-01-05 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 October 2001 in Case T-111/00: British American Tobacco International (Investments) Ltd v Commission of the European Communities (Decision 94/90/ECSC, EC, Euratom — Public access to Commission documents — Minutes of the Committee on Excise Duties — Partial access — Exception — Identities of national delegations — Protection of an institution's interest in the confidentiality of its proceedings)

C 3/26                   EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                   5.1.2002
    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                                    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                        of 10 October 2001                                                      of 19 September 2001
in Case T-111/00: British American Tobacco International                   in Case T-117/00: Procter & Gamble Company v Office
(Investments) Ltd v Commission of the European Com-                        for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks
                              munities (1)                                                     and Designs) (OHIM) (1)
                                                                           (Community trade mark — Shape of a product for washing
(Decision 94/90/ECSC, EC, Euratom — Public access to
                                                                           machines or dishwashers — Three-dimensional mark —
Commission documents — Minutes of the Committee on
                                                                           Absolute ground for refusal — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation
Excise Duties — Partial access — Exception — Identities of
                                                                                                     (EC) No 40/94)
national delegations — Protection of an institution’s interest
            in the confidentiality of its proceedings)
                                                                                                      (2002/C 3/44)
                            (2002/C 3/43)
                                                                                             (Language of the case: English)
                    (Language of the case: English)
                                                                           In Case T-117/00: Procter & Gamble Company, established in
                                                                           Cincinnati, Ohio (United States of America), represented by
In Case T-111/00: British American Tobacco International                   C.J.J.C. van Nispen and G. Kuipers, lawyers, with an address
(Investments) Ltd, established in London (United Kingdom),                 for service in Luxembourg, against Office for Harmonisation
represented by S. Crosby, Solicitor, against Commission of the             in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)
European Communities (Agents: U. Wölker and X. Lewis) —                    (Agents: A. von Mühlendahl, D. Schennen and C. Røhl Søberg)
application for annulment of the Commission’s decision                     — application brought against the decision of the First Board
partially refusing an application for access to certain minutes            of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal
of the Committee on Excise Duties — the Court of First                     Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 8 March 2000 (Case
Instance (First Chamber), composed of B. Vesterdorf, President,            R-509/1999-1), which was notified to the applicant on
M. Vilaras and N.J. Forwood, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, has               13 March 2000 — the Court of First Instance (Second
given a judgment on 10 October 2001, in which it:                          Chamber), composed of A.W.H. Meij, President, A. Potocki
                                                                           and J. Pirrung, Judges; D. Christensen, Administrator, for the
                                                                           Registrar, has given a judgment on 19 September 2001, in
                                                                           which it:
1.    Annuls the Commission’s decision partially to reject an appli-
      cation for access to certain minutes of the Committee on Excise
      Duties.
                                                                           1.    Dismisses the action;
2.    Orders the Commission to pay the costs.
                                                                           2.    Orders the parties to bear their own costs.
(1) OJ C 192 of 8.7.2000.                                                  (1) OJ C 192 of 8.7.2000.