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(Appeal - Competition - Article 82 EC - System for the collection and recovery of used packaging in Germany - ‘Der Grüne Punkt’ logo - Fee payable under a trade mark agreement - Abuse of dominant position - Exclusive right of the proprietor of a trade mark - Excessive duration of the proceedings before the Court of First Instance - Reasonable time - Principle of effective legal protection - Articles 58 and 61 of the Statute of the Court of Justice)
2009/C 220/03
Language of the case: German
Appellant: Der Grüne Punkt — Duales System Deutschland GmbH (represented by: W. Deselaers, E. Wagner and B. Meyring, Rechtsanwälte)
Other parties to the proceedings: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: W. Mölls and R. Sauer, acting as Agents), Vfw GmbH (represented by: H. Wissel, Rechtsanwalt), Landbell AG für Rückhol-Systeme (represented by: A. Rinne and M. Westrup, Rechtsanwälte), Belland Vision GmbH (represented by: A. Rinne and M. Westrup, Rechtsanwälte)
Intervener in support of the Commission: Interseroh Dienstleistungs GmbH (represented by: W. Pauly, A. Oexle and J. Kempkes, Rechtsanwälte)
Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 24 May 2007 in Case T-151/01 Duales System Deutschland v Commission, by which that Court dismissed the action seeking annulment of Commission Decision 2001/463/EC of 20 April 2001 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 82 EC (Case COMP D3/34493 — DSD) (OJ 2001 L 166, p. 1) — Abuse of a dominant position — Collection and recovery system for packaging put into circulation in Germany and carrying the Der Grüne Punkt logo
The Court:
1.Dismisses the appeal;
2.Orders Der Grüne Punkt — Duales System Deutschland GmbH to bear its own costs, together with the costs of these proceedings incurred by the Commission of the European Communities, Interseroh Dienstleistungs GmbH, Vfw GmbH, Landbell AG für Rückhol-Systeme and BellandVision GmbH.
(1) OJ C 269, 10.11.2009.