Notice for the OJ

 

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 14 October 2004 in Case T-54/02: Vereins- und Westbank AG v Commission of the European Communities ¹

(Competition - Article 81 EC - Price-fixing agreement and ways of charging for currency exchange services - Germany - Procedure in default)

    (Language of the case: German)

In Case T-54/02: Vereins- und Westbank AG, established in Hamburg (Germany), represented by J. Schulte, M Ewen and A. Neus, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg, against Commission of the European Communities ( application for annulment of Commission Decision 2003/25/EC of 11 December 2001 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty - (Case COMP/E - 1/37.919 (ex 37.391) - Bank charges for exchanging euro-zone currencies - Germany) (OJ 2003 L 15, p. 1) ( the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber), composed of P. Lindh, President, R. García-Valdecasas and J.D. Cooke, Judges; H. Jung, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 14 October 2004, in which it:

1.    Annuls Commission Decision 2003/25/EC of 11 December 2001 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty (Case COMP/E - 1/37.919 (ex 37.391) - Bank charges for exchanging euro-zone currencies - Germany) in so far as it concerns the applicant;

2.    Orders the Commission to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 97 of 20.4.2002.