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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Court of Justice of the European Communities (including Court of First Instance Decisions) >> Meca-Medina and Majcen v Commission (Competition) [2004] EUECJ T-313/02 (30 September 2004) URL: https://www.bailii.org/eu/cases/EUECJ/2004/T31302.html Cite as: [2004] ECR II-3291, [2004] EUECJ T-313/02, [2004] EUECJ T-313/2, [2005] CEC 176, [2004] 3 CMLR 60 |
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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Fourth Chamber)
30 September 2004 (1)
(Competition - Freedom to provide services - Anti-doping legislation adopted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) - Purely sporting legislation)
In Case T-313/02, David Meca-Medina, residing at Barcelona (Spain),Igor Majcen, residing at Ljubljana (Slovenia),represented by J.-L. Dupont, lawyer,applicants,
v
Commission of the European Communities, represented by O. Beynet and A. Bouquet, acting as Agents, with an address for service in Luxembourg,defendant,
supported byRepublic of Finland, represented by T. Pynnä, acting as Agent, with an address for service in Luxembourg, APPLICATION for the annulment of the Commission-s decision of 1 August 2002 rejecting the complaint lodged by the applicants against the International Olympic Committee (IOC) seeking a declaration that certain rules adopted by the latter and implemented by the Fédération internationale de natation (FINA) and certain practices relating to doping control are incompatible with the Community competition rules and the freedom to provide services (Case COMP/38158 - Meca-Medina and Majcen/IOC),THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (Fourth Chamber),
having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 21 April 2004,
gives the following
- dismiss the action; - order the applicants to pay the costs.
Findings of the Court
The application to sporting regulations of the EC Treaty provisions on economic freedoms
The nature of the anti-doping rules at issue
On those grounds,
THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Fourth Chamber)
hereby: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders the applicants to bear their own costs and to pay the Commission-s costs; 3. Orders that the Republic of Finland shall bear its own costs.
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1 - Language of the case: French.