Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 31 January 2008 - Federación de Cooperativas Agrarias de la Comunidad Valenciana v CPVO
(Plant varieties - Appeal to the Board of Appeal of the Community Plant Variety Office - Inadmissibility - Lack of individual concern - Effective judicial protection - Obligation to state reasons)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Federación de Cooperativas Agrarias de la Comunidad Valenciana (Valencia, Spain) (represented by: S. Roig Girbes, R. Ortega Bueno and M. Delgado Echevarría, lawyers)
Defendant: Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) (represented by: M. Ekvad, acting as Agent, assisted by D. O'Keefe, Solicitor, J. Rivas de Andrés and M. Canal Fontcuberta, lawyers)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of CPVO intervening before the Court of First Instance: Nador Cott Protection SARL (Saint-Raphaël, France) (represented by: M. Fernández Mateos, S. González Malabia and M. Marín Bataller, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Board of Appeal of CPVO of 8 November 2005 (Case A 001/2005) concerning the grant of a Community plant variety right in regard to the mandarin variety Nadorcott.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders the Federación de Cooperativas Agrarias de la Comunidad Valenciana to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C131, 3. 6.2006.