(Asunto T‑12/04

Fecha: 30-Nov-2005

«Marca comunitaria — Marca tridimensional — Forma de una botella de gaseosa — Denegación del registro — Artículo 7, apartado 1, letrab), del Reglamento (CE) nº40/94» Marca comunitaria — Definición y adquisición de la marca comunitaria — Motivos de denegación absolutos — Marcas carentes de carácter distintivo — Marca tridimensional — Forma de una bo...

(Asunto T‑299/04

Fecha: 18-Nov-2005

«Política exterior y de seguridad común — Posiciones comunes del Consejo — Medidas restrictivas específicas dirigidas a determinadas personas y entidades con el fin de luchar contra el terrorismo — Recurso de anulación — Incompetencia manifiesta — Caducidad — Admisibilidad» 1.Unión Europea — Política exterior y de seguridad común — Competencia del ...

(Asunto T‑343/03

Fecha: 16-Nov-2005

«Ayuda de Estado — Artículo 88CE, apartado 3 — Recurso de anulación — Admisibilidad — Denuncia — Desestimación — Inexistencia de objeto» Recurso de anulación — Objeto — Anulación de la desestimación, supuestamente derivada de una decisión de la Comisión por la que se declara compatible con el mercado común una ayuda de Estado, de una denuncia prese...

(Authorisation for the placing of plant protection and biocidal products on the market – Directive 91/414/EEC – Article 8 – Directive 98/8

Fecha: 10-Nov-2005

23On 12 June 2002, the Stichting lodged a complaint against the decision delivered on the same day, whereby the College drew up a list of active substances pursuant to Article 25d of the Bmw and, by operation of law, granted the authorisations referred to in that article. 24By decision of 12 May the College declared that the Stichting’s objections ...

Case C-177/04

Fecha: 24-Nov-2005

(Failure to fulfil obligations – Judgment of the Court establishing the failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Failure to comply – Financial penalty) I–Background 1.By its judgment in Case C-52/00 Commission v France,(2) the Court of Justice declared that the French Republic had failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 9(b), Ar...

Case C-205/03

Fecha: 10-Nov-2005

(Appeal – Organisations managing the Spanish national health system – Concept of undertaking – Terms of payment imposed on suppliers of medical goods and equipment) 1.In order for an entity to be subject to Community competition law, it must be classified as an undertaking. Although the EC Treaty makes frequent reference to the concept, it does not...

Case C-206/04

Fecha: 10-Nov-2005

(Appeal – Community trade mark – Word mark ZIRH – Opposition by the proprietor of the Community trade mark SIR – Dismissal of opposition) 1.This appeal is directed against the judgment delivered by the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) on 3 March 2004, (2) which dismissed the action for annulment brought against the decision of the Second Bo...

Case C-234/04

Fecha: 10-Nov-2005

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Innsbruck (Austria)) (Final and conclusive judgment – Obligation to reopen – Principle of cooperation – Article10EC – Legal certainty – Primacy of Community law – Jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters – Regulation (EC) No44/2001 – Article5(1)(a), Article 15(1)(c) and Article 16 – Pro...

Case C-245/04

Fecha: 10-Nov-2005

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria)) (Value Added Tax – Sixth Directive – Intra-Community acquisition – Chain transactions) I–Introduction 1.In the present case, questions have been referred on the interpretation of the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of th...

Case C-294/04

Fecha: 10-Nov-2005

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Social n° 30 de Madrid (Spain)) (Directive 76/207/EEC – Equal treatment – Maternity leave – Commencement of a national public service career – Calculation of seniority – Requirement that the post actually be taken up – Discrimination?) I–Introduction 1.The essence of the case is whether a w...

Case C-317/04

Fecha: 22-Nov-2005

(Action for annulment – Commission Decision 2004/535/EC on the adequate protection of personal data contained in the Passenger Name Record of air passengers transferred to the United States Bureau of Customs and Border Protection – Directive 95/46/EC) Table of contents I– Background to the dispute II– Legal context of the two cases A– The EU Treat...

Case C-323/03

Fecha: 10-Nov-2005

(Regulation (EEC) No3577/92 – Articles1, 4, 7 and 9 – Freedom to provide maritime cabotage services – Whether applicable to transport services operated in fjords and between small-scale landing facilities – Twenty-year concession to a single operator – Whether compatible – Standstill clause – Requirement to consult the Commission) 1.This is an acti...

Case C-371/03

Fecha: 17-Nov-2005

3.In the context of the conflicts arising from the achievement of independence by several republics of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and in particular, of the conflicts affecting Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1992, the Security Council of the United Nations (‘UN’), acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the UN, adopted Resolution...

Case C-419/04

Fecha: 17-Nov-2005

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Poitiers (France)) (Regulation (EEC) No2454/93 – Import duties – Post-clearance recovery – Article871 – Obligation to consult the Commission – None) 1.By a decision of 30 September 2004, the Cour d’appel de Poitiers (Court of Appeal, Poitiers), submitted to the Court of Justice a question...

Case C-421/04

Fecha: 24-Nov-2005

4.Article 28 EC provides that quantitative restrictions on imports and all measures having equivalent effect are to be prohibited between Member States. Article 30 provides that Article 28 ‘shall not preclude prohibitions or restrictions on imports, exports or goods in transit justified on grounds of … the protection of industrial and commercial pr...

Case C-431/04

Fecha: 24-Nov-2005

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany)) (Rights conferred by a patent – Proprietary medicinal products – Supplementary protection certificates for medicinal products – The term ‘combination of active ingredients of a medicinal product’) 1.Is there a ‘combination of active ingredients of a medicinal product’ within ...

Case C-470/03

Fecha: 17-Nov-2005

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tampereen käräjäoikeus (Finland)) (Directive 98/37/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to machinery – Machinery bearing the CE marking but not complying with a harmonised standard – Article 28 EC – Measures having equivalent effect – Public warnings by a State official again...

Case C-473/04

Fecha: 17-Nov-2005

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Cassatie (Belgium)) (Regulation No1348/2000 – Service of judicial documents in Member States – Methods of service – Multiple service – Service through the agencies designated by the Member States – Service by post – Precedence of one of the methods where more than one is used) 1.By order of 22 Oc...

Case C-493/04

Fecha: 17-Nov-2005

3.Title II of Regulation No 1408/71 contains a set of choice of law rules designed to determine the social security legislation applicable to the persons falling within the scope of that regulation. Those rules are based on the principle that an employed or self-employed person is subject to the legislation of only one Member State at a time (‘the ...

Case C-499/04

Fecha: 15-Nov-2005

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesarbeitsgericht Düsseldorf (Germany)) (Transfer of undertakings – Safeguarding of employees’ rights – Contract of employment which refers to a collective agreement in respect of salary increase – Employer who does not conclude collective agreements – Maintenance of the status quo where the agreement...