CELEX: C2003/264/21
Language: en
Date: 2003-11-01 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of 9 September 2003 in Case C-361/01 P: Christina Kik v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Article 115 — Rules in force governing languages at the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) — Plea of illegality — Principle of non-discrimination)

1.11.2003               EN                           Official Journal of the European Union                                              C 264/13
the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the                         D.A.O. Edward, A. La Pergola, P. Jann, V. Skouris, F. Macken,
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)                    N. Colneric, S. von Bahr, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues and A. Rosas
(OJ 2001 L 200, p. 28) in so far as it concerns the Kingdom of               (Rapporteur), Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate General; H.A. Rühl,
Spain, the Court (First Chamber), composed of: M. Wathelet,                  Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment
President of the Chamber, P. Jann and A. Rosas (Rapporteur),                 on 9 September 2003, in which it:
Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General; H. von Holstein,
Deputy Registrar, has given a judgment on 11 September
                                                                             1.    Dismisses the appeal;
2003, in which it:
                                                                             2.    Orders Ms Kik to pay the costs;
1.    Dismisses the application;
                                                                             3.    Orders the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the
2.    Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.                                Council of the European Union and the Commission of the
                                                                                   European Communities to bear their own costs.
(1) OJ C 303 of 27.10.2001.
                                                                             (1) OJ C 331 of 24.11.2001.
                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT                                                        JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
                      of 9 September 2003                                                            (Second Chamber)
in Case C-361/01 P: Christina Kik v Office for Harmonis-                                           of 11 September 2003
ation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
                             (OHIM) (1)
                                                                             in Case C-22/02: Commission of the European Communi-
                                                                                                  ties v Italian Republic (1)
(Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Article 115 — Rules in force
governing languages at the Office for Harmonisation in the
                                                                             (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to
Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) — Plea
        of illegality — Principle of non-discrimination)                                    implement Directive 1999/94/EC)
                                                                                                       (2003/C 264/22)
                         (2003/C 264/21)
                                                                                                 (Language of the case: Italian)
                    (Language of the case: Dutch)
                                                                             (Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published
(Provisional translation; the definitive translation will be published                          in the European Court Reports)
                   in the European Court Reports)
                                                                             In Case C-22/02, Commission of the European Communities
In Case C-361/01 P, Christina Kik (represented by E. H. Pijnack-             (Agents: G. Valero Jordana and R. Amorosi) v Italian Republic
er Hordijk and S. B. Noë): Appeal against the judgment of the                (Agent: I.M. Braguglia, assisted by A. De Stefano): Application
Court of First Instance of the European Communities in Case                  for a declaration that, by failing to adopt or, in any event, to
T-120/99 Kik v OHIM [2001] ECR II-2235, seeking to have                      communicate to the Commission the laws, regulations and
that judgment set aside, the other parties to the proceedings                administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive
being: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade                1999/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: A. von Mühendahl,                         13 December 1999 relating to the availability of consumer
O. Montalto and J. Miranda de Sousa) supported by Com-                       information on fuel economy and CO2 emissions in respect of
mission of the European Communities (Agents: W. Wils and                     the marketing of new passenger cars (OJ 2000 L 12, p. 16),
N. Rasmussen), Hellenic Republic (Agents: A. Samoni-Rantou                   the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under
and S. Vodina), Kingdom of Spain (Agent: S. Ortiz Vaamonde)                  that directive, the Court (Second Chamber), composed of:
and Council of the European Union (Agent: G. Houttuin and                    R. Schintgen, President of the Chamber, V. Skouris and
A. Lo Monaco), the Court, composed of: G.C. Rodríguez                        N. Colneric (Rapporteur), Judges; F.G. Jacobs, Advocate Gen-
Iglesias, President, J.-P. Puissochet, M. Wathelet, R. Schintgen             eral; R. Grass, Registrar, has given a judgment on 11 September
and C.W.A. Timmermans, Presidents of Chamber, C. Gulmann,                    2003, in which it: