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Official Journal

of the European Union

C 55

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Information and Notices

Volume 54
19 February 2011

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Court of Justice of the European Union

2011/C 055/01

Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European UnionOJ C 46, 12.2.2011

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V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2011/C 055/02

Case C-303/08: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht — Germany) — Land Baden-Württemberg v Metin Bozkurt (EEC-Turkey Association Agreement — Family reunification — Article 7, first paragraph, of Decision No 1/80 of the Association Council — Spouse of a Turkish worker who has cohabited with her for more than five years — Continuing existence of the right of residence after divorce — Conviction of the person concerned for violence towards his ex-wife — Abuse of rights)

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2011/C 055/03

Case C-439/08: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 7 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel — Belgium) — Vlaamse federatie van verenigingen van Brood- en Banketbakkers, Ijsbereiders en Chocoladebewerkers ‘VEBIC’ VZW v Raad voor de Mededinging, Minister van Economie (Competition policy — National proceedings — National competition authorities participating in judicial proceedings — Hybrid national competition authority being judicial and administrative in nature — Appeal against the decision of such an authority — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003)

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2011/C 055/04

Case C-537/08 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 December 2010 — Kahla/Thüringen Porzellan GmbH v Freistaat Thüringen, Federal Republic of Germany, European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Commission decision finding aid to be incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Principles of legal certainty and of the protection of legitimate expectations)

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2011/C 055/05

Case C-568/08: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Assen — Netherlands) — Combinatie Spijker Infrabouw-De Jonge Konstruktie, van Spijker Infrabouw BV, de Jonge Konstruktie BV v Provincie Drenthe (Public contracts — Procedures for reviewing the award of public works contracts — Directive 89/665/EEC — Duty of Member States to make provision for a review procedure — National legislation permitting a court hearing an application for interim measures to authorise a decision awarding a public contract which may subsequently be held contrary to European Union legal rules by the court hearing the substance of the case — Compatibility with the directive — Award of damages to the tenderers harmed — Conditions)

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2011/C 055/06

Joined Cases C-585/08 and C-144/09: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 7 December 2010 (references for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria)) — Peter Pammer v Reederei Karl Schlüter GmbH & Co KG (C-585/08) and Hotel Alpenhof GesmbH v Oliver Heller (C-144/09) (Jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Article 15(1)(c) and (3) — Jurisdiction over consumer contracts — Contract for a voyage by freighter — Concept of ‘package travel’ — Contract for a hotel stay — Presentation of the voyage and the hotel on a website — Concept of activity ‘directed to’ the Member State of the consumer’s domicile — Criteria — Accessibility of the website)

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2011/C 055/07

Case C-89/09: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 16 December 2010 — European Commission v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Freedom of establishment — Article 43 EC — Public health — Operation of bio-medical analysis laboratories — National legislation under which no more than 25 % of own capital may be held by shareholders who are not professional biologists — Prohibition on holding shares in more than two companies operating jointly one or more biomedical analysis laboratories — Objective of ensuring the professional independence of biologists — Objective of maintaining diversity of supply in the biomedical field — Consistency — Proportionality)

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2011/C 055/08

Case C-103/09: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 22 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal (United Kingdom)) — The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v Weald Leasing Limited (Sixth VAT Directive — Concept of ‘abusive practice’ — Leasing transactions effected by a group of undertakings to spread the payment of non-deductible VAT)

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2011/C 055/09

Case C-137/09: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 16 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands)) — Marc Michel Josemans v Burgemeester van Maastricht (Freedom to provide services — Free movement of goods — Principle of non-discrimination — Measure adopted by a local public authority which restricts access to coffee-shops to Netherlands residents — Marketing of ‘soft’ drugs — Marketing of non-alcoholic beverages and of food — Objective of combating drug tourism and the accompanying public nuisance — Public order — Protection of public health — Coherence — Proportionality)

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2011/C 055/10

Case C-163/09: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 9 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber), United Kingdom) — Repertoire Culinaire Ltd v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Directive 92/83/EEC — Harmonisation of the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages — Article 20, first indent, and Article 27(1)(e) and (f) — Cooking wine, cooking port and cooking cognac)

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2011/C 055/11

Case C-239/09: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Berlin (Germany)) — Seydaland Vereinigte Agrarbetriebe GmbH & Co. KG v BVVG Bodenverwertungs- und -verwaltungs GmbH (State aid — Aid granted by the Federal Republic of Germany for the acquisition of land — Programme for land privatisation and restructuring of agriculture in the new Länder in Germany)

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2011/C 055/12

Case C-241/09: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 9 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Bruxelles — Belgium)) — Fluxys SA v Commission de régulation de l’électricité et du gaz (CREG) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Jurisdiction of the Court — Partial withdrawal by the applicant in the main proceedings — Changed legal framework — Court’s reply no longer necessary for the decision in the main proceedings — No need to adjudicate)

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2011/C 055/13

Case C-266/09: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven — Netherlands) — Stichting Natuur en Milieu, Vereniging Milieudefensie, Vereniging Goede Waar & Co. v College voor de toelating van gewasbeschermingsmiddelen en biociden, formerly College voor de toelating van bestrijdingsmiddelen (Environment — Plant protection products — Directive 91/414/EEC — Public access to information — Directives 90/313/EEC and 2003/4/EC — Temporal application — Concept of environmental information — Confidentiality of commercial and industrial information)

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2011/C 055/14

Case C-270/09: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Session (Scotland), Edinburgh — United Kingdom) — MacDonald Resorts Limited v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (VAT — Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC — Exemptions — Article 13(B)(b) — Letting of immovable property — Sale of contractual rights convertible into usage rights for timeshare holiday accommodation)

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2011/C 055/15

Case C-279/09: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Kammergericht, Berlin — Germany) — DEB Deutsche Energiehandels-und Beratungsgesellschaft mbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Effective judicial protection of rights derived from European Union law — Right of access to a court — Legal aid — National legislation refusing legal aid to legal persons in the absence of ‘public interest’)

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2011/C 055/16

Case C-285/09: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 7 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Criminal proceedings against R. (Sixth VAT Directive — Article 28c(A)(a) — Evasion of VAT — Refusal to grant an exemption of VAT on intra-Community supplies of goods — Vendor’s active participation in the fraud — Powers of the Member States in connection with the prevention of potential tax evasion, avoidance and abuse)

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2011/C 055/17

Case C-296/09: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 9 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Cassatie van België — Belgium) — Vlaamse Gemeenschap v Maurits Baesen (Social security — Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Article 13(2)(d) — Concept of ‘persons treated as’ civil servants — Employment contract with a public authority)

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2011/C 055/18

Joined Cases C-300/09 and C-301/09: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State — Netherlands) — Staatssecretaris van Justitie v F. Toprak (C-300/09), I. Oguz (C-301/09) (EEC-Turkey Association Agreement — Freedom of movement for workers — Standstill rule in Article 13 of Decision No 1/80 of the Association Council — Prohibition for Member States to introduce new restrictions on access to the labour market)

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2011/C 055/19

Case C-339/09: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud — Czech Republic) — Skoma-Lux sro v Celní ředitelství Olomouc (Common Customs Tariff — Tariff classification — Combined Nomenclature — Headings 2204 and 2206 — Beverage fermented on the basis of fresh grapes — Alcohol content of 15,8 % to 16,1 % by volume — Addition of corn alcohol and beet sugar during the course of production)

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2011/C 055/20

Case C-340/09: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 9 December 2010 — European Commission v Kingdom of Spain (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 1999/22/EC — Article 4(2) to (5) — Keeping of wild animals — Zoos)

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2011/C 055/21

Case C-362/09 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 16 December 2010 — Athinaïki Techniki AE v European Commission, Athens Resort Casino AE Symmetochon (Appeal — State aid — Complaint — Decision to take no further action on the complaint — Withdrawal of the decision to take no further action — Conditions governing the lawfulness of withdrawal — Regulation (EC) No 659/1999)

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2011/C 055/22

Case C-421/09: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 9 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht für Zivilrechtssachen Wien — Austria) — Humanplasma GmbH v Republik Österreich (Articles 28 EC and 30 EC — National rules prohibiting the importation of blood products provided from donations which were not entirely unpaid)

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2011/C 055/23

Case C-430/09: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 16 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands)) — Euro Tyre Holding BV v Staatssecretaris van Financiën (Sixth VAT Directive — Article 8(1)(a) and (b), Article 28a(1)(a), Article 28b(A)(1) and the first subparagraph of Article 28c(A)(a) — Exemption of supplies of goods dispatched or transported within the European Union — Successive supplies of the same goods giving rise to a single intra-Community dispatch or transport)

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2011/C 055/24

Case C-433/09: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 22 December 2010 — European Commission v Republic of Austria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Taxation — Directive 2006/112/EC — VAT — Taxable amount — Tax on the delivery of vehicles not yet registered in the Member State based on their value and their average consumption — ‘Normverbrauchsabgabe’)

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2011/C 055/25

Joined Cases C-444/09 and C-456/09: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 3 de A Coruña (Spain) and the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 3 de Pontevedra (Spain)) — Rosa María Gavieiro Gavieiro (C-444/09), Ana María Iglesias Torres (C-456/09) v Consellería de Educación e Ordenación Universitaria de la Xunta de Galicia (Social Policy — Directive 1999/70/EC — Clause 4 of the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP — Principle of non-discrimination — Application of the framework agreement to the interim staff of an Autonomous Community — National rules establishing different treatment in respect of the award of a length-of-service increment on the basis of the temporary nature of the employment relationship — Obligation to recognise, with retrospective effect, the right to the length-of-service increment)

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2011/C 055/26

Case C-480/09 P: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 16 December 2010 — AceaElectrabel Produzione SpA v European Commission, Electrabel SA (Appeal — State aid — Aid declared compatible with the common market — Condition requiring prior repayment by the beneficiary of earlier aid declared unlawful — Concept of ‘economic unit’ — Joint control by two separate parent companies — Distortion of the pleas in law relied on in the application — Errors and defective reasoning)

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2011/C 055/27

Case C-31/10: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 9 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof, Germany) — Minerva Kulturreisen GmbH v Finanzamt Freital (Sixth VAT Directive — Article 26 — Special scheme for travel agents and tour operators — Scope — Sale of opera tickets without the provision of supplementary services)

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2011/C 055/28

Case C-131/10: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de première instance de Bruxelles — Belgium) — Corman SA v Bureau d’intervention et de restitution belge (BIRB) (Protection of the European Union's financial interests — Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 — Article 3 — Limitation period for bringing proceedings — Time limit — Sectoral rules — Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 — Different application of the limitation rules in the case of an irregularity committed by the recipient of a subsidy or by the persons with whom the recipient has entered into contracts)

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2011/C 055/29

Case C-233/10: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 16 December 2010 — European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2007/44/EC — Prudential assessment of acquisitions and increase of holdings in the financial sector — Procedural rules and evaluation criteria)

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2011/C 055/30

Case C-497/10 PPU: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal of England and Wales (Civil Division) — United Kingdom) — Barbara Mercredi v Richard Chaffe (Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 — Matrimonial matters and parental responsibility — Child whose parents are not married — Concept of ‘habitual residence’ of an infant — Concept of ‘rights of custody’)

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2011/C 055/31

Case C-552/10 P: Appeal brought on 24 November 2010 by Usha Martin Ltd against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 9 September 2010 in Case T-119/06: Usha Martin Ltd v Council of the European Union, European Commission

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2011/C 055/32

Case C-559/10: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Antwerpen (Belgium) lodged on 29 November 2010 — Deli Ostrich NV v Belgische Staat

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2011/C 055/33

Case C-568/10: Action brought on 6 December 2010 — European Commission v Republic of Austria

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2011/C 055/34

Case C-576/10: Action brought on 9 December 2010 — European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands

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2011/C 055/35

Case C-597/10: Action brought on 16 December 2010 — European Commission v French Republic

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General Court

2011/C 055/36

Case T-362/08: Judgment of the General Court of 13 January 2011 — IFAW Internationaler Tierschutz-Fonds v European Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to the carrying out of an industrial project in an area protected under Directive 92/43/EEC — Documents originating from a Member State — Objection on the part of the Member State — Partial refusal of access — Exception relating to the economic policy of a Member State — Article 4(5) to (7) of Regulation No 1049/2001)

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2011/C 055/37

Case T-28/09: Judgment of the General Court of 13 January 2011 — Park v OHIM — Bae (PINE TREE) (Community trade mark — Revocation proceedings — Figurative Community mark PINE TREE — Genuine use of the mark — Articles 50(1)(a) and 55(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/04 (now Articles 51(1)(a) and 56(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

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2011/C 055/38

Case T-164/09: Order of the General Court of 16 December 2010 — Kitou v EDPS (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 — No need to adjudicate)

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2011/C 055/39

Joined Cases T-219/09 and T-326/09: Order of the General Court of 15 December 2010 — Albertini and Others and Donnelly v European Parliament (Actions for annulment — Additional pension scheme for Members of the European Parliament — Amendment of the additional pension scheme — Measure of general scope — No individual concern — Inadmissibility)

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2011/C 055/40

Case T-394/09: Order of the General Court of 14 December 2010 — General Bearing v OHIM (GENERAL BEARING CORPORATION) (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark GENERAL BEARING CORPORATION — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2011/C 055/41

Case T-38/10 P: Order of the General Court of 17 December 2010 — Marcuccio v Commission (Appeal — Civil service — Officials — Non-contractual liability — Reimbursement of recoverable expenses — Availability of a parallel remedy — Procedural defects — Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded)

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2011/C 055/42

Case T-48/10 P: Order of the General Court of 16 December 2010 — Meister v OHIM (Appeals — Civil service — Officials — Promotion — 2008 promotion procedure — Decision awarding points in the promotion procedure — Mention of points accumulated in previous promotion procedures — Distortion of the facts — Burden of costs — Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded)

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2011/C 055/43

Case T-385/10 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 7 December 2010 — ArcelorMittal Wire France and Others v Commission (Application for interim measures — Competition — Commission decision imposing a fine — Bank guarantee — Application for suspension of operation of a measure — Financial loss — Absence of exceptional circumstances — No urgency)

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2011/C 055/44

Case T-507/10 P: Order of the President of the General Court of 17 December 2010 — Uspaskich v Parliament (Interim measures — Waiver of the immunity of a member of the European Parliament — Application for suspension of operation)

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2011/C 055/45

Case T-360/10: Action brought on 26 August 2010 — Tecnimed v OHIM — Ecobrands (ZAPPER-CLICK)

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2011/C 055/46

Case T-564/10: Action brought on 15 December 2010 — Quimitécnica.com and de Mello v Commission

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2011/C 055/47

Case T-565/10: Action brought on 21 December 2010 — ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe v OHIM (Highprotect)

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2011/C 055/48

Case T-566/10: Action brought on 15 December 2010 — Ertmer v OHIM — Caterpillar (erkat)

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2011/C 055/49

Case T-573/10: Action brought on 23 December 2010 — Octapharma Pharmazeutika v EMA

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2011/C 055/50

Case T-575/10: Action brought on 14 December 2010 — Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías v Commission

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2011/C 055/51

Case T-576/10: Action brought on 14 December 2010 — Trefilerías Quijano v Commission

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2011/C 055/52

Case T-577/10: Action brought on 14 December 2010 — Trenzas y Cables de Acero v Commission

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2011/C 055/53

Case T-578/10: Action brought on 14 December 2010 — Global Steel Wire v Commission

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2011/C 055/54

Case T-579/10: Action brought on 21 December 2010 — macros consult GmbH v OHIM (makro)

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2011/C 055/55

Case T-582/10: Action brought on 23 December 2010 — Acron and Dorogobuzh v Council

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2011/C 055/56

Case T-583/10: Action brought on 27 December 2010 — Deutsche Telekom v OHIM — TeliaSonera Denmark (Shade of magenta)

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2011/C 055/57

Case T-584/10: Action brought on 27 December 2010 — Yilmaz v OHIM — Tequila Cuervo (TEQUILA MATADOR HECHO EN MEXICO)

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2011/C 055/58

Case T-591/10: Action brought on 29 December 2010 — Castiglioni v Commission

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2011/C 055/59

Case T-594/10 P: Appeal brought on 21 December 2010 by Luigi Marcuccio against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal delivered on 6 October 2010 in Case F-2/10, Marcuccio v Commission

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2011/C 055/60

Case T-10/11 P: Appeal brought on 3 January 2011 by Gerhard Birkhoff against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal delivered on 27 October 2010 in Case F-60/09, Birkhoff v Commission

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2011/C 055/61

Case T-3/08: Order of the General Court of 10 January 2011 — Coedo Suárez v Council

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2011/C 055/62

Joined Cases T-444/08 to T-448/08: Order of the General Court of 16 December 2010 — FIFA v OHIM — Ferrero (WORLD CUP 2006 and Others)

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2011/C 055/63

Case T-163/09: Order of the General Court (First Chamber) of 13 December 2010 — Martinet v Commission

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2011/C 055/64

Case T-2/10: Order of the General Court (First Chamber) of 15 December 2010 — De Lucia v OHIM — Galbani (De Lucia La natura pratica del gusto)

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European Union Civil Service Tribunal

2011/C 055/65

Case F-77/09: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 13 January 2011 — Nijs v Court of Auditors (Civil service — Officials — Disciplinary measures — Disciplinary procedure — Articles 22a and 22b of the Staff Regulations — Impartiality — Reasonable time)

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2011/C 055/66

Case F-57/10: Action brought on 14 July 2010 — Stefano Pedeferri and Others v European Commission

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2011/C 055/67

Case F-90/10: Action brought on 29 September 2010 — Florentiny v Parliament

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2011/C 055/68

Case F-100/10: Action brought on 8 October 2010 — AM v Parliament

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2011/C 055/69

Case F-114/10: Action brought on 4 November 2010 — Bowles and Others v ECB

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2011/C 055/70

Case F-116/10: Action brought on 10 November 2010 — Sandro Gozi v European Commission

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