# Official Journal C 7/9 Ja

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 669 January 2023 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 7

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 669 January 2023

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| | IV   Notices |
| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| 2023/C 7/01 | Last publications of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union | 1 |

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Court of Justice of the European Union

2023/C 7/01

Last publications of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union

Official Journal of the European Union

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| | COURT PROCEEDINGS |
| | Court of Justice |
| 2023/C 7/02 | Case C-873/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Verwaltungsgericht — Germany) — Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Aarhus Convention — Access to justice — Article 9(3) — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 47, first paragraph — Right to effective judicial protection — Environmental association — Standing of such an association to bring an action before a national court against EC type-approval granted to certain vehicles — Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 — Article 5(2)(a) — Motor vehicles — Diesel engine — Pollutant emissions — Valve for exhaust gas recirculation (EGR valve) — Reduction of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions limited by a ‘temperature window’ — Defeat device — Authorisation of such a device where the need is justified in terms of protecting the engine against damage or accident and for safe operation of the vehicle — State of the art) | 2 |
| 2023/C 7/03 | Joined Cases C-885/19 P and C-898/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 November 2022 — Fiat Chrysler Finance Europe v Ireland (Appeal — State aid — Aid implemented by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering its recovery — Tax ruling — Advantage — Selectivity — Arm's length principle — Reference framework — National law applicable — ‘Normal’ taxation) | 3 |
| 2023/C 7/04 | Case C-211/20 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 10 November 2022 — European Commission v Valencia Club de Fútbol, SAD, Kingdom of Spain (Appeal — State aid — Public guarantee granted by a public entity — Loans to three football clubs from the Community of Valencia (Valencia CF, Hércules CF and Elche CF) — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the internal market — Annulment of the decision in so far as it concerns Valencia CF — Concept of ‘advantage’ — Assessment of the existence of an advantage — Guarantee Notice — Interpretation — Duty of care on the part of the European Commission — Burden of proof — Distortion) | 4 |
| 2023/C 7/05 | Joined Cases C-704/20 and C-39/21: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 November 2022 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State, Rechtbank Den Haag, zittingsplaats’s-Hertogenbosch — Netherlands) — Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid v C, B (C-704/20), X v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (C-39/21) (References for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Detention of third-country nationals — Fundamental right to liberty — Article 6 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Conditions governing the lawfulness of detention — Directive 2008/115/EC — Article 15 — Directive 2013/33/EU — Article 9 — Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 — Article 28 — Review of the lawfulness of detention and of the continuation of a detention measure — Ex officio review — Fundamental right to an effective judicial remedy — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights) | 4 |
| 2023/C 7/06 | Case C-163/21: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 10 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil no 7 de Barcelona — Spain) — AD and Others v PACCAR Inc, DAF TRUCKS NV, DAF Trucks Deutschland GmbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Competition — Compensation for harm caused by a practice prohibited under Article 101(1) TFEU — Collusive arrangements on pricing and gross price increases for trucks in the European Economic Area (EEA) — Directive 2014/104/EU — Rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the Member States and of the European Union — Article 22(2) — Applicability ratione temporis — First subparagraph of Article 5(1) — Concept of relevant evidence which lies in the control of the defendant or a third party — Article 5(2) — Disclosure of specified items of evidence or relevant categories of evidence on the basis of reasonably available facts — Article 5(3) — Review of the proportionality of the request to disclose evidence — Balancing the legitimate interests of the parties and third parties — Scope of the obligations resulting from those provisions) | 5 |
| 2023/C 7/07 | Case C-203/21: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 10 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Okrazhen sad — Burgas — Bulgaria) — Criminal proceedings against DELTA STROY 2003 (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Framework Decision 2005/212/JHA — Applicability — Imposition of a financial penalty on a legal person for non-payment of tax debts — Concept of ‘confiscation’ — Articles 48, 49 and 52 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Penalties of a criminal nature — Principles of the presumption of innocence and the legality and proportionality of criminal offences and penalties — Rights of the defence — Imposition of a criminal penalty on a legal person for an offence committed by the representative of that legal person — Parallel criminal proceedings against that representative that have not been concluded — Proportionality) | 6 |
| 2023/C 7/08 | Case C-278/21: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 10 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Østre Landsret — Denmark) — Dansk Akvakultur, acting for AquaPri A/S v Miljø- og Fødevareklagenævnet (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 92/43/EEC — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Article 6(3) — Assessment of a project likely to affect a protected site — Obligation to conduct an assessment — Continuation of the economic activity of an operation already authorised at the planning stage, under unchanged conditions, where authorisation has been granted following an incomplete assessment) | 7 |
| 2023/C 7/09 | Case C-385/21: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 10 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie — Romania) — Zenith Media Communications SRL v Consiliul Concurenţei (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Article 101 TFEU — Penalty imposed by the national competition authority — Determination of the amount of the fine — Consideration of turnover in the profit and loss account — Request for the national competition authority to take into account a different turnover — Refusal by the Competition Council — Real situation of the undertaking concerned — Principle of proportionality) | 8 |
| 2023/C 7/10 | Case C-414/21: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 10 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Cassatie — Belgium) — VP Capital NV v Belgische Staat (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom of establishment — Article 49 and 54 TFEU — Transfer of a company’s registered office to a Member State other than that in which it was incorporated — Recovery of write-downs recorded prior to the transfer — Exemption — Comparability of situations) | 8 |
| 2023/C 7/11 | Case C-442/21 P: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 10 November 2022 — ITD, Brancheorganisation for den danske vejgodstransport A/S, Danske Fragtmænd A/S v European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Postal sector — Compensation for the discharge of a universal service obligation — Calculation — Net avoided cost methodology — Taking into account the intangible benefits of the universal service — Use of funds granted as compensation — Guarantee covering the redundancy costs of a certain category of employee in the event of insolvency of the universal service provider — Accounting allocation of common costs between universal service activities and non-universal service activities — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market) | 9 |
| 2023/C 7/12 | Case C-486/21: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 10 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Državna revizijska komisija za revizijo postopkov oddaje javnih naročil — Slovenia) — SHARENGO najem in zakup vozil d.o.o. v Mestna občina Ljubljana (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public system for the rental and shared use of electric cars — Distinction between the concepts of ‘services concessions’ and ‘public supply contracts’ — Directive 2014/23/EU — Article 5(1)(b) — Article 20(4) — Concept of ‘mixed contracts’ — Article 8 — Determining the value of a services concession — Criteria — Article 27 — Article 38 — Directive 2014/24/EU — Article 2(1), points 5 and 8 — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1986 — Annex XXI — Possibility of imposing a condition concerning the registration of a specific professional activity under national law — Impossibility of imposing that condition on all members of a temporary business association — Regulation (EC) No 2195/2002 — Article 1(1) — Obligation to refer exclusively to the ‘Common Procurement Vocabulary’ in concession documents — Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 — Article 1(2) — Impossibility of referring to the ‘NACE Rev. 2’ nomenclature in the concession documents) | 10 |
| 2023/C 7/13 | Case C-494/21: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 10 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland) — Ireland) — Eircom Limited v Commission for Communications Regulation (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Electronic communications networks and services — Universal service and users’ rights — Directive 2002/22/EC (Universal Service Directive) — Article 12 — Costing and financing of universal service obligations — Single universal service provider and multiple telecommunications services providers operating in the market — Determination as to whether an unfair burden exists) | 11 |
| 2023/C 7/14 | Case C-631/21: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 10 November 2022 (request for a preliminary request from the Gerechtshof’s-Hertogenbosch — Netherlands) — Taxi Horn Tours BV v gemeente Weert, gemeente Nederweert, Touringcars VOF (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts — Directive 2014/24/EU — Award of contracts — Article 2(1)(10) — Concept of an ‘economic operator’ — Inclusion of a general partnership without legal personality — Article 19(2) and Article 63 — Joint undertaking or reliance on the capacities of other entities of persons linked with that undertaking — Article 59(1) — Obligation to submit one or several European Single Procurement Documents (ESPD) — Purpose of the ESPD) | 12 |
| 2023/C 7/15 | Case C-702/21 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 10 November 2022 — Laboratoire Pareva v Biotech3D Ltd & Co. KG, European Commission, French Republic, European Chemicals Agency (Appeal — Biocidal products — Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 — Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014 — Active substance PHMB (1415; 4.7) — Refusal of approval as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-types 1, 5 and 6 — Approval as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-types 2 and 4 — Teratogenic effect — Human health risk assessment) | 13 |
| 2023/C 7/16 | Case C-243/22: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 9 November 2022 — (request for a preliminary ruling from the Giudice di pace di Lecce — Italy) — Criminal proceedings against AB (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Scope — Article 49 — Principles of legality and proportionality of criminal offences and penalties — Exclusion of the criminal liability of the infringement on account of its lack of a particularly serious nature — National case-law prohibiting the application of a national rule before the Magistrate — Lack of connection to EU law — Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court) | 14 |
| 2023/C 7/17 | Case C-606/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny (Poland) lodged on 20 September 2022 — Dyrektor Izby Administracji Skarbowej w Bydgoszczy v B. sp. j. | 14 |
| 2023/C 7/18 | Case C-621/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam (Netherlands) lodged on 29 September 2022 — Koninklijke Nederlandse Lawn Tennisbond v Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens | 15 |
| 2023/C 7/19 | Case C-647/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tallinna Ringkonnakohus (Estonia) lodged on 14 October 2022 — Globex International OÜ v Duclos Legnostrutture S.r.l. and RD | 15 |
| 2023/C 7/20 | Case C-655/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany) lodged on 19 October 2022 — I (*1) 
  GmbH & Co. KG v Hauptzollamt HZA (*1) | 16 |
| 2023/C 7/21 | Case C-656/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 19 October 2022 — Askos Properties EOOD v Zamestnik izpalnitelen direktor na Darzhaven fond ‘Zemedelie’ | 17 |
| 2023/C 7/22 | Case C-675/22: Action brought on 2 November 2022 — Republic of Poland v Council of the European Union | 18 |
| 2023/C 7/23 | Case C-688/22 P: Appeal brought on 8 November 2022 by Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Ltd against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 14 September 2022 in Case T-744/19, Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) v Commission | 19 |
| | General Court |
| 2023/C 7/24 | Case T-270/20: Judgment of the General Court of 19 October 2022 — JS v SRB (Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Appraisal report — 2018 appraisal exercise — Manifest error of assessment — Principle of impartiality — Right to a fair hearing — Article 26 of the Staff Regulations — Duty to have regard for the welfare of staff — Liability) | 20 |
| 2023/C 7/25 | Case T-271/20: Judgment of the General Court of 19 October 2022 — JS v SRB (Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Time limit for complaints — Admissibility — Psychological harassment — Article 12a of the Staff Regulations — Request for assistance — Article 24 of the Staff Regulations — Rejection of the request — Absence of prima facie evidence — Duty to have regard for the welfare of staff — Liability) | 20 |
| 2023/C 7/26 | Case T-298/20: Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2022 — KD v EUIPO (Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — 2019 Appraisal exercise — Appraisal report — Pre-litigation procedure — Admissibility — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Duty of care — Liability — Non-material damage) | 21 |
| 2023/C 7/27 | Case T-475/20: Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2022 — LE v Commission (Grant agreement concluded in the framework of the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013) — Debit notes issued by the Commission for the recovery of grants awarded by contract — Enforceable decision — Article 299 TFEU) | 22 |
| 2023/C 7/28 | Case T-582/20: Judgment of the General Court of 19 October 2022 — Ighoga Region 10 and Others v Commission (State aid — Construction of a hotel and congress centre in Ingolstadt — Decision finding no State aid — Procedural rights of interested parties — Failure to initiate formal investigation procedure — No serious difficulties) | 22 |
| 2023/C 7/29 | Case T-624/20: Judgment of the General Court of 19 October 2022 — MV v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Recruitment — Notice of open competition EPSO/AD/364/19 (AD 7) — Decision of the Selection Board to exclude the applicant from the next stage of the competition — Competition eligibility requirements — Insufficient professional experience — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Rules on languages — Equal treatment) | 23 |
| 2023/C 7/30 | Case T-714/20: Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2022 — Ovsyannikov v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken in respect of actions undermining or threatening Ukraine — Freezing of funds — Restrictions on entry into the territory of the Member States — List of persons, entities and bodies subject to freezing of funds and economic resources — Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the list — Error of assessment) | 24 |
| 2023/C 7/31 | Case T-231/21: Judgment of the General Court of 19 October 2022 — Praesidiad v EUIPO — Zaun (Post) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a post — Ground for invalidity — Failure to comply with the requirements for protection — Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Features of appearance of a product solely dictated by its technical function — Article 8(1) of Regulation No 6/2002) | 25 |
| 2023/C 7/32 | Case T-273/21: Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2022 — The Bazooka Companies v EUIPO — Bilkiewicz (Shape of a baby’s bottle) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — Three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of a baby’s bottle — Genuine use of the mark — Point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 18(1) and Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Nature of use of the mark — Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character — Obligation to state reasons) | 26 |
| 2023/C 7/33 | Case T-275/21: Judgment of the General Court of 19 October 2022 — Louis Vuitton Malletier v EUIPO — Wisniewski (Representation of a chequerboard pattern II) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark representing a chequerboard pattern — Absolute ground for invalidity — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) and Article 51(2) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(3) and Article 59(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Overall assessment of the evidence of distinctive character acquired through use — Geographical scope of the evidence of distinctive character acquired through use — Evidence of use of the mark on the internet — Evidence regarding infringement proceedings) | 27 |
| 2023/C 7/34 | Case T-323/21: Judgment of the General Court of 19 October 2022 — Castel Frères v EUIPO — Shanghai Panati (Representation of Chinese characters) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU figurative mark representing Chinese characters — Genuine use of the trade mark — Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Alteration of the distinctive character) | 27 |
| 2023/C 7/35 | Case T-601/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — Pharmadom v EUIPO — Wellstat Therapeutics (WELLMONDE) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark WELLMONDE — Earlier national word mark WELL AND WELL — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — No similarity between the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) | 28 |
| 2023/C 7/36 | Case T-604/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — WP and Others v Commission (Civil service — Members of the contract staff — Pensions — Pension rights acquired before entry into the service of the EU — Transfer to the EU scheme — Additional years of pensionable service — Application for restitution of the amount of transferred national pension rights — Dismissal of application — ‘Minimum subsistence figure’ rule — Undue enrichment — Equal treatment) | 29 |
| 2023/C 7/37 | Case T-621/21: Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2022 — Lemken v EUIPO (shade of sky blue) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU trade mark consisting of a shade of sky blue — Absolute grounds for refusal — No descriptive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation 2017/1001) | 29 |
| 2023/C 7/38 | Case T-668/21: Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2022 — Siremar v Commission (State aid — Maritime transport — Rescue aid — Decision declaring the aid unlawful — Decision declaring the aid in part compatible and in part incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Service of general economic interest — Obligation to submit a restructuring or liquidation plan — Six-month time limit — Extension — Tax exemption — Advantage — Effect on trade between Member States — Adverse effect on competition — Length of proceedings — Legitimate expectations — Legal certainty — Principle of sound administration) | 30 |
| 2023/C 7/39 | Case T-776/21: Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2022 — Gameageventures v EUIPO — (GAME TOURNAMENTS) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark GAME TOURNAMENTS — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation 2017/1001 — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Right to be heard — Equal treatment — Principle of sound administration) | 31 |
| 2023/C 7/40 | Case T-13/22: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — Loutsou v EUIPO (POLIS LOUTRON) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark POLIS LOUTRON — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001) | 31 |
| 2023/C 7/41 | Case T-329/22: Action brought on 11 October 2022 — Canalones Castilla v EUIPO — Canalones Novokanal (Water-collection guttering; waterspouts) | 32 |
| 2023/C 7/42 | Case T-614/22: Action brought on 30 September 2022 — MBDA France v Commission | 33 |
| 2023/C 7/43 | Case T-617/22: Action brought on 30 September 2022 — Safran Aircraft Engines v Commission | 34 |
| 2023/C 7/44 | Case T-633/22: Action brought on 10 October 2022 — LD v EUIPO | 36 |
| 2023/C 7/45 | Case T-661/22: Action brought on 31 October 2022 — Claro v EUIPO — Claranet Europe (Claro) | 37 |
| 2023/C 7/46 | Case T-662/22: Action brought on 31 October 2022 — Tavitova v EUIPO — Uccoar (AURUS) | 38 |
| 2023/C 7/47 | Case T-663/22: Action brought on 31 October 2022 — Mood Media Netherlands v EUIPO — Tailoradio (RADIO MOOD In-store Radio, made easy) | 39 |
| 2023/C 7/48 | Case T-664/22: Action brought on 31 October 2022 — Mood Media Netherlands v EUIPO — Tailoradio (VIDEO MOOD Digital Signage, made easy) | 40 |
| 2023/C 7/49 | Case T-670/22: Action brought on 4 November 2022 — Calrose Rice v EUIPO — Ricegrowers (Device of a sun with arabic characters) | 40 |
| 2023/C 7/50 | Case T-672/22: Action brought on 7 November 2022 — López-Ibor Aliño v EUIPO — Dimensión Estratégica Quality Research (LOPEZ-IBOR ABOGADOS) | 41 |
| 2023/C 7/51 | Case T-673/22: Action brought on 7 November 2022 — Dr. Neumann & Kindler v EUIPO — Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LABCORP) | 42 |
| 2023/C 7/52 | Case T-674/22: Action brought on 7 November 2022 — Dr. Neumann & Kindler v EUIPO — Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) | 43 |
| 2023/C 7/53 | Case T-676/22: Action brought on 9 November 2022 — Giuffrida v European Public Prosecutor’s Office | 43 |
| 2023/C 7/54 | Case T-682/22: Action brought on 14 November 2022 — Meta Platforms Ireland v EDPB | 45 |
| 2023/C 7/55 | Case T-694/22: Action brought on 9 November 2022 — CMT v EUIPO — Camomilla (CAMOMILLA italia) | 45 |

V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2023/C 7/02

Case C-873/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Verwaltungsgericht — Germany) — Deutsche Umwelthilfe eV v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Aarhus Convention — Access to justice — Article 9(3) — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 47, first paragraph — Right to effective judicial protection — Environmental association — Standing of such an association to bring an action before a national court against EC type-approval granted to certain vehicles — Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 — Article 5(2)(a) — Motor vehicles — Diesel engine — Pollutant emissions — Valve for exhaust gas recirculation (EGR valve) — Reduction of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions limited by a ‘temperature window’ — Defeat device — Authorisation of such a device where the need is justified in terms of protecting the engine against damage or accident and for safe operation of the vehicle — State of the art)

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2023/C 7/03

Joined Cases C-885/19 P and C-898/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 November 2022 — Fiat Chrysler Finance Europe v Ireland (Appeal — State aid — Aid implemented by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering its recovery — Tax ruling — Advantage — Selectivity — Arm's length principle — Reference framework — National law applicable — ‘Normal’ taxation)

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2023/C 7/04

Case C-211/20 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 10 November 2022 — European Commission v Valencia Club de Fútbol, SAD, Kingdom of Spain (Appeal — State aid — Public guarantee granted by a public entity — Loans to three football clubs from the Community of Valencia (Valencia CF, Hércules CF and Elche CF) — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the internal market — Annulment of the decision in so far as it concerns Valencia CF — Concept of ‘advantage’ — Assessment of the existence of an advantage — Guarantee Notice — Interpretation — Duty of care on the part of the European Commission — Burden of proof — Distortion)

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2023/C 7/05

Joined Cases C-704/20 and C-39/21: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 November 2022 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State, Rechtbank Den Haag, zittingsplaats’s-Hertogenbosch — Netherlands) — Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid v C, B (C-704/20), X v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (C-39/21) (References for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Detention of third-country nationals — Fundamental right to liberty — Article 6 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Conditions governing the lawfulness of detention — Directive 2008/115/EC — Article 15 — Directive 2013/33/EU — Article 9 — Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 — Article 28 — Review of the lawfulness of detention and of the continuation of a detention measure — Ex officio review — Fundamental right to an effective judicial remedy — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights)

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2023/C 7/06

Case C-163/21: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 10 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil no 7 de Barcelona — Spain) — AD and Others v PACCAR Inc, DAF TRUCKS NV, DAF Trucks Deutschland GmbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Competition — Compensation for harm caused by a practice prohibited under Article 101(1) TFEU — Collusive arrangements on pricing and gross price increases for trucks in the European Economic Area (EEA) — Directive 2014/104/EU — Rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the Member States and of the European Union — Article 22(2) — Applicability ratione temporis — First subparagraph of Article 5(1) — Concept of relevant evidence which lies in the control of the defendant or a third party — Article 5(2) — Disclosure of specified items of evidence or relevant categories of evidence on the basis of reasonably available facts — Article 5(3) — Review of the proportionality of the request to disclose evidence — Balancing the legitimate interests of the parties and third parties — Scope of the obligations resulting from those provisions)

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2023/C 7/07

Case C-203/21: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 10 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Okrazhen sad — Burgas — Bulgaria) — Criminal proceedings against DELTA STROY 2003 (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Framework Decision 2005/212/JHA — Applicability — Imposition of a financial penalty on a legal person for non-payment of tax debts — Concept of ‘confiscation’ — Articles 48, 49 and 52 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Penalties of a criminal nature — Principles of the presumption of innocence and the legality and proportionality of criminal offences and penalties — Rights of the defence — Imposition of a criminal penalty on a legal person for an offence committed by the representative of that legal person — Parallel criminal proceedings against that representative that have not been concluded — Proportionality)

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2023/C 7/08

Case C-278/21: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 10 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Østre Landsret — Denmark) — Dansk Akvakultur, acting for AquaPri A/S v Miljø- og Fødevareklagenævnet (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 92/43/EEC — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Article 6(3) — Assessment of a project likely to affect a protected site — Obligation to conduct an assessment — Continuation of the economic activity of an operation already authorised at the planning stage, under unchanged conditions, where authorisation has been granted following an incomplete assessment)

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2023/C 7/09

Case C-385/21: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 10 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie — Romania) — Zenith Media Communications SRL v Consiliul Concurenţei (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Article 101 TFEU — Penalty imposed by the national competition authority — Determination of the amount of the fine — Consideration of turnover in the profit and loss account — Request for the national competition authority to take into account a different turnover — Refusal by the Competition Council — Real situation of the undertaking concerned — Principle of proportionality)

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2023/C 7/10

Case C-414/21: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 10 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Cassatie — Belgium) — VP Capital NV v Belgische Staat (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom of establishment — Article 49 and 54 TFEU — Transfer of a company’s registered office to a Member State other than that in which it was incorporated — Recovery of write-downs recorded prior to the transfer — Exemption — Comparability of situations)

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2023/C 7/11

Case C-442/21 P: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 10 November 2022 — ITD, Brancheorganisation for den danske vejgodstransport A/S, Danske Fragtmænd A/S v European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Postal sector — Compensation for the discharge of a universal service obligation — Calculation — Net avoided cost methodology — Taking into account the intangible benefits of the universal service — Use of funds granted as compensation — Guarantee covering the redundancy costs of a certain category of employee in the event of insolvency of the universal service provider — Accounting allocation of common costs between universal service activities and non-universal service activities — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market)

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2023/C 7/12

Case C-486/21: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 10 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Državna revizijska komisija za revizijo postopkov oddaje javnih naročil — Slovenia) — SHARENGO najem in zakup vozil d.o.o. v Mestna občina Ljubljana (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public system for the rental and shared use of electric cars — Distinction between the concepts of ‘services concessions’ and ‘public supply contracts’ — Directive 2014/23/EU — Article 5(1)(b) — Article 20(4) — Concept of ‘mixed contracts’ — Article 8 — Determining the value of a services concession — Criteria — Article 27 — Article 38 — Directive 2014/24/EU — Article 2(1), points 5 and 8 — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1986 — Annex XXI — Possibility of imposing a condition concerning the registration of a specific professional activity under national law — Impossibility of imposing that condition on all members of a temporary business association — Regulation (EC) No 2195/2002 — Article 1(1) — Obligation to refer exclusively to the ‘Common Procurement Vocabulary’ in concession documents — Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 — Article 1(2) — Impossibility of referring to the ‘NACE Rev. 2’ nomenclature in the concession documents)

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2023/C 7/13

Case C-494/21: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 10 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland) — Ireland) — Eircom Limited v Commission for Communications Regulation (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Electronic communications networks and services — Universal service and users’ rights — Directive 2002/22/EC (Universal Service Directive) — Article 12 — Costing and financing of universal service obligations — Single universal service provider and multiple telecommunications services providers operating in the market — Determination as to whether an unfair burden exists)

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2023/C 7/14

Case C-631/21: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 10 November 2022 (request for a preliminary request from the Gerechtshof’s-Hertogenbosch — Netherlands) — Taxi Horn Tours BV v gemeente Weert, gemeente Nederweert, Touringcars VOF (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts — Directive 2014/24/EU — Award of contracts — Article 2(1)(10) — Concept of an ‘economic operator’ — Inclusion of a general partnership without legal personality — Article 19(2) and Article 63 — Joint undertaking or reliance on the capacities of other entities of persons linked with that undertaking — Article 59(1) — Obligation to submit one or several European Single Procurement Documents (ESPD) — Purpose of the ESPD)

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2023/C 7/15

Case C-702/21 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 10 November 2022 — Laboratoire Pareva v Biotech3D Ltd & Co. KG, European Commission, French Republic, European Chemicals Agency (Appeal — Biocidal products — Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 — Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014 — Active substance PHMB (1415; 4.7) — Refusal of approval as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-types 1, 5 and 6 — Approval as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-types 2 and 4 — Teratogenic effect — Human health risk assessment)

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2023/C 7/16

Case C-243/22: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 9 November 2022 — (request for a preliminary ruling from the Giudice di pace di Lecce — Italy) — Criminal proceedings against AB (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Scope — Article 49 — Principles of legality and proportionality of criminal offences and penalties — Exclusion of the criminal liability of the infringement on account of its lack of a particularly serious nature — National case-law prohibiting the application of a national rule before the Magistrate — Lack of connection to EU law — Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court)

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2023/C 7/17

Case C-606/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny (Poland) lodged on 20 September 2022 — Dyrektor Izby Administracji Skarbowej w Bydgoszczy v B. sp. j.

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2023/C 7/18

Case C-621/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam (Netherlands) lodged on 29 September 2022 — Koninklijke Nederlandse Lawn Tennisbond v Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens

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2023/C 7/19

Case C-647/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tallinna Ringkonnakohus (Estonia) lodged on 14 October 2022 — Globex International OÜ v Duclos Legnostrutture S.r.l. and RD

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2023/C 7/20

Case C-655/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany) lodged on 19 October 2022 — I (*1) 
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2023/C 7/21

Case C-656/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 19 October 2022 — Askos Properties EOOD v Zamestnik izpalnitelen direktor na Darzhaven fond ‘Zemedelie’

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2023/C 7/22

Case C-675/22: Action brought on 2 November 2022 — Republic of Poland v Council of the European Union

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2023/C 7/23

Case C-688/22 P: Appeal brought on 8 November 2022 by Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Ltd against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 14 September 2022 in Case T-744/19, Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) v Commission

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General Court

2023/C 7/24

Case T-270/20: Judgment of the General Court of 19 October 2022 — JS v SRB (Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Appraisal report — 2018 appraisal exercise — Manifest error of assessment — Principle of impartiality — Right to a fair hearing — Article 26 of the Staff Regulations — Duty to have regard for the welfare of staff — Liability)

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2023/C 7/25

Case T-271/20: Judgment of the General Court of 19 October 2022 — JS v SRB (Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Time limit for complaints — Admissibility — Psychological harassment — Article 12a of the Staff Regulations — Request for assistance — Article 24 of the Staff Regulations — Rejection of the request — Absence of prima facie evidence — Duty to have regard for the welfare of staff — Liability)

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2023/C 7/26

Case T-298/20: Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2022 — KD v EUIPO (Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — 2019 Appraisal exercise — Appraisal report — Pre-litigation procedure — Admissibility — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Duty of care — Liability — Non-material damage)

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2023/C 7/27

Case T-475/20: Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2022 — LE v Commission (Grant agreement concluded in the framework of the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013) — Debit notes issued by the Commission for the recovery of grants awarded by contract — Enforceable decision — Article 299 TFEU)

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2023/C 7/28

Case T-582/20: Judgment of the General Court of 19 October 2022 — Ighoga Region 10 and Others v Commission (State aid — Construction of a hotel and congress centre in Ingolstadt — Decision finding no State aid — Procedural rights of interested parties — Failure to initiate formal investigation procedure — No serious difficulties)

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2023/C 7/29

Case T-624/20: Judgment of the General Court of 19 October 2022 — MV v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Recruitment — Notice of open competition EPSO/AD/364/19 (AD 7) — Decision of the Selection Board to exclude the applicant from the next stage of the competition — Competition eligibility requirements — Insufficient professional experience — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Rules on languages — Equal treatment)

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2023/C 7/30

Case T-714/20: Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2022 — Ovsyannikov v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken in respect of actions undermining or threatening Ukraine — Freezing of funds — Restrictions on entry into the territory of the Member States — List of persons, entities and bodies subject to freezing of funds and economic resources — Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the list — Error of assessment)

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2023/C 7/31

Case T-231/21: Judgment of the General Court of 19 October 2022 — Praesidiad v EUIPO — Zaun (Post) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a post — Ground for invalidity — Failure to comply with the requirements for protection — Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Features of appearance of a product solely dictated by its technical function — Article 8(1) of Regulation No 6/2002)

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2023/C 7/32

Case T-273/21: Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2022 — The Bazooka Companies v EUIPO — Bilkiewicz (Shape of a baby’s bottle) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — Three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of a baby’s bottle — Genuine use of the mark — Point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 18(1) and Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Nature of use of the mark — Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character — Obligation to state reasons)

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2023/C 7/33

Case T-275/21: Judgment of the General Court of 19 October 2022 — Louis Vuitton Malletier v EUIPO — Wisniewski (Representation of a chequerboard pattern II) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark representing a chequerboard pattern — Absolute ground for invalidity — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) and Article 51(2) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(3) and Article 59(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Overall assessment of the evidence of distinctive character acquired through use — Geographical scope of the evidence of distinctive character acquired through use — Evidence of use of the mark on the internet — Evidence regarding infringement proceedings)

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2023/C 7/34

Case T-323/21: Judgment of the General Court of 19 October 2022 — Castel Frères v EUIPO — Shanghai Panati (Representation of Chinese characters) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU figurative mark representing Chinese characters — Genuine use of the trade mark — Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Alteration of the distinctive character)

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2023/C 7/35

Case T-601/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — Pharmadom v EUIPO — Wellstat Therapeutics (WELLMONDE) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark WELLMONDE — Earlier national word mark WELL AND WELL — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — No similarity between the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

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2023/C 7/36

Case T-604/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — WP and Others v Commission (Civil service — Members of the contract staff — Pensions — Pension rights acquired before entry into the service of the EU — Transfer to the EU scheme — Additional years of pensionable service — Application for restitution of the amount of transferred national pension rights — Dismissal of application — ‘Minimum subsistence figure’ rule — Undue enrichment — Equal treatment)

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2023/C 7/37

Case T-621/21: Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2022 — Lemken v EUIPO (shade of sky blue) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU trade mark consisting of a shade of sky blue — Absolute grounds for refusal — No descriptive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation 2017/1001)

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2023/C 7/38

Case T-668/21: Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2022 — Siremar v Commission (State aid — Maritime transport — Rescue aid — Decision declaring the aid unlawful — Decision declaring the aid in part compatible and in part incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Service of general economic interest — Obligation to submit a restructuring or liquidation plan — Six-month time limit — Extension — Tax exemption — Advantage — Effect on trade between Member States — Adverse effect on competition — Length of proceedings — Legitimate expectations — Legal certainty — Principle of sound administration)

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2023/C 7/39

Case T-776/21: Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2022 — Gameageventures v EUIPO — (GAME TOURNAMENTS) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark GAME TOURNAMENTS — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation 2017/1001 — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Right to be heard — Equal treatment — Principle of sound administration)

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2023/C 7/40

Case T-13/22: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — Loutsou v EUIPO (POLIS LOUTRON) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark POLIS LOUTRON — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001)

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2023/C 7/41

Case T-329/22: Action brought on 11 October 2022 — Canalones Castilla v EUIPO — Canalones Novokanal (Water-collection guttering; waterspouts)

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2023/C 7/42

Case T-614/22: Action brought on 30 September 2022 — MBDA France v Commission

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2023/C 7/43

Case T-617/22: Action brought on 30 September 2022 — Safran Aircraft Engines v Commission

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2023/C 7/44

Case T-633/22: Action brought on 10 October 2022 — LD v EUIPO

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2023/C 7/45

Case T-661/22: Action brought on 31 October 2022 — Claro v EUIPO — Claranet Europe (Claro)

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2023/C 7/46

Case T-662/22: Action brought on 31 October 2022 — Tavitova v EUIPO — Uccoar (AURUS)

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2023/C 7/47

Case T-663/22: Action brought on 31 October 2022 — Mood Media Netherlands v EUIPO — Tailoradio (RADIO MOOD In-store Radio, made easy)

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2023/C 7/48

Case T-664/22: Action brought on 31 October 2022 — Mood Media Netherlands v EUIPO — Tailoradio (VIDEO MOOD Digital Signage, made easy)

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2023/C 7/49

Case T-670/22: Action brought on 4 November 2022 — Calrose Rice v EUIPO — Ricegrowers (Device of a sun with arabic characters)

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2023/C 7/50

Case T-672/22: Action brought on 7 November 2022 — López-Ibor Aliño v EUIPO — Dimensión Estratégica Quality Research (LOPEZ-IBOR ABOGADOS)

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2023/C 7/51

Case T-673/22: Action brought on 7 November 2022 — Dr. Neumann & Kindler v EUIPO — Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LABCORP)

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2023/C 7/52

Case T-674/22: Action brought on 7 November 2022 — Dr. Neumann & Kindler v EUIPO — Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp)

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2023/C 7/53

Case T-676/22: Action brought on 9 November 2022 — Giuffrida v European Public Prosecutor’s Office

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2023/C 7/54

Case T-682/22: Action brought on 14 November 2022 — Meta Platforms Ireland v EDPB

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2023/C 7/55

Case T-694/22: Action brought on 9 November 2022 — CMT v EUIPO — Camomilla (CAMOMILLA italia)

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