# Official Journal C 15/16 J

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 6616 January 2023 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 15

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 6616 January 2023

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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| 2023/C 15/01 | 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 15/01

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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| | V   Announcements |
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| | COURT PROCEEDINGS |
| | Court of Justice |
| 2023/C 15/02 | Case C-147/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hamburg — Germany) — Novartis Pharma GmbH v Abacus Medicine A/S (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual property — EU trade mark — Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 9(2) — Rights conferred by a mark — Article 15 — Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark — Parallel import of medicinal products — Repackaging of the product bearing the mark — New outer packaging — Opposition by the proprietor of the mark — Artificial partitioning of the markets between Member States — Medicinal products for human use — Directive 2001/83/EC — Article 47a — Safety features — Replacement — Equivalent features — Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161 — Article 3(2) — Anti-tampering device — Unique identifier) | 2 |
| 2023/C 15/03 | Case C-204/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hamburg — Germany) — Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH v kohlpharma GmbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual property — Trade marks — Directive (EU) 2015/2436 — Approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks — Article 10(2) — Rights conferred by a trade mark — Article 15 — Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark — Parallel import of medicinal products — Repackaging of the product bearing the mark — New outer packaging — Opposition by the proprietor of the mark — Artificial partitioning of the markets between Member States — Medicinal products for human use — Directive 2001/83/EC — Article 47a — Safety features — Replacement — Equivalent features — Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161 — Article 3(2) — Anti-tampering device — Unique identifier) | 3 |
| 2023/C 15/04 | Case C-224/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sø- og Handelsretten — Denmark) — Merck Sharp & Dohme BV, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., MSD Danmark ApS v Abacus Medicine A/S, and Novartis AG v Abacus Medicine A/S, and Novartis AG v Abacus Medicine A/S, and Novartis AG v Paranova Danmark A/S, and H. Lundbeck A/S v Paranova Danmark A/S, and MSD Danmark ApS, MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v 2CARE4 ApS, and Ferring Lægemidler A/S v Paranova Danmark A/S (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Articles 34 and 36 TFEU — Free movement of goods — Intellectual property — Trade marks — Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — EU trade mark — Article 9(2) — Article 15 — Directive (EU) 2015/2436 — Approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks — Article 10(2) — Article 15 — Rights conferred by a trade mark — Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark — Parallel import of medicinal products — Repackaging of the product bearing the mark — New outer packaging — Replacement of the trade mark appearing on the original outer packaging by another product name — Reaffixing of the trade mark of the proprietor specific to the product, to the exclusion of the other distinctive marks or signs appearing on that original outer packaging — Opposition by the proprietor of the mark — Artificial partitioning of the markets between Member States — Medicinal products for human use — Directive 2001/83/EC — Article 47a — Safety features — Replacement — Equivalent features — Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161 — Article 3(2) — Anti-tampering device) | 4 |
| 2023/C 15/05 | Joined Cases C-253/20 and C-254/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel — Belgium) — Impexeco NV v Novartis AG (C-253/20), PI Pharma NV v Novartis AG, Novartis Pharma NV (C-254/20) (References for a preliminary ruling — Articles 34 and 36 TFEU — Free movement of goods — Intellectual property — Trade marks — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 9(2) — Article 13 — Directive 2008/95 — Article 5(1) — Article 7 — Rights conferred by a trade mark — Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark — Parallel imports of medicinal products — Reference medicinal product and generic medicinal product — Economically linked undertakings — Repackaging of the generic medicinal product — New outer packaging — Affixing the trade mark of the reference medicinal product — Opposition by the proprietor of the trade mark — Artificial partitioning of the markets between the Member States) | 6 |
| 2023/C 15/06 | Joined Cases C-331/20 P and C-343/20 P: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 17 November 2022 — Volotea SA (C-331/20 P), easyJet Airline Co. Ltd (C-343/20 P) v European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Article 107(1) TFEU — European Commission decision on compensation to Sardinian airports for public service obligations — Existence of unlawful State aid incompatible with the internal market, granted by the Italian Republic to airlines through airport operators — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Proof of the existence of an advantage — Determination of the amount — Market economy operator principle — Applicability and application — Test of the private acquirer of goods or services — Conditions — Burden of proof) | 7 |
| 2023/C 15/07 | Case C-562/20: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā rajona tiesa — Latvia) — SIA ‘Rodl & Partner’ v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing — Directive (EU) 2015/849 — Article 18(1) and (3) — Point 3(b) of Annex III — Risk-based approach — Risk assessment carried out by obliged entities — Identification of risks by Member States and obliged entities — Customer due diligence measures — Enhanced due diligence measures — High-corruption-risk third countries — Article 13(1)(c) and (d) — Evidence and documentation requirements for obliged entities — Article 14(5) — Ongoing monitoring of customers by obliged entities — Publication of decisions imposing a sanction) | 8 |
| 2023/C 15/08 | Case C-607/20: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) — United Kingdom) — GE Aircraft Engine Services Ltd v The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 26(1)(b) — Supply of services free of charge — Award of retail vouchers free of charge to staff of the taxable person’s business as part of an employee recognition and reward scheme — Transactions treated as supplies of services for consideration — Scope — Principle of fiscal neutrality) | 9 |
| 2023/C 15/09 | Case C-646/20: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 15 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Senatsverwaltung für Inneres und Sport, Standesamtsaufsicht v TB (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility — Divorce — Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 — Article 2(4) and Article 21 — Concept of ‘judgment’ — Recognition, in a Member State, of the dissolution of a marriage agreed in an agreement between spouses and pronounced by a civil registrar of another Member State — Criterion for determining the existence of a ‘judgment’) | 10 |
| 2023/C 15/10 | Case C-54/21: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Krajowa Izba Odwoławcza — Poland) — Antea Polska S.A., Pectore-Eco sp. z o.o., Instytut Ochrony Środowiska — Państwowy Instytut Badawczy v Państwowe Gospodarstwo Wodne Wody Polskie (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2014/24/EU — Principles of awarding contracts — Article 18 — Transparency — Article 21 — Confidentiality — Insertion of those principles in the national legislation — Right of access to the essential content of the information provided by tenderers concerning their experience and references, concerning the persons proposed to carry out the contract and concerning the design of the proposed projects and the manner of performance — Article 67 — Contract award criteria — Criteria relating to the quality of the proposed work or services — Requirement of precision — Directive 89/665/EEC — Article 1(1) and (3) — Right to an effective remedy — Remedy in the event of infringement of that right on account of the refusal to grant access to non-confidential information) | 11 |
| 2023/C 15/11 | Case C-175/21: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie — Poland) — Harman International Industries Inc. v AB SA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Articles 34 and 36 TFEU — Free movement of goods — Intellectual property — EU trade mark — Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 15 — Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark — Placing on the market within the European Economic Area (EEA) — Consent of the proprietor of the trade mark — Place of first marketing of products by the proprietor of the trade mark or with its consent — Proof — Directive 2004/48/EC — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Effective judicial protection — Operative part of judicial decisions not identifying the products covered — Difficulties in implementation — Restricted scope of action before the competent court for enforcement — Fair trial — Rights of the defence — Principle of the equality of arms) | 12 |
| 2023/C 15/12 | Case C-230/21: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad voor Vreemdelingenbetwistingen — Belgium) — X, acting in her own name and as legal representative of her minor children, Y and Z v Belgische Staat (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Immigration policy — Directive 2003/86/EC — Article 2(f) — Article 10(3)(a) — Concept of ‘unaccompanied minor’ — Right to family reunification — Refugee minor who is married at the time of her entry into the territory of a Member State — Child marriage not recognised in that Member State — Cohabitation with the spouse lawfully residing in that Member State) | 13 |
| 2023/C 15/13 | Case C-238/21: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark — Austria) — Porr Bau GmbH v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Graz-Umgebung (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Waste — Directive 2008/98/EC — Point 1 of Article 3 — Article 5(1) — Article 6(1) — Excavated materials — Concepts of ‘waste’ and of ‘by-product’ — Cessation of waste status) | 14 |
| 2023/C 15/14 | Case C-243/21: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie — Poland) — ‘TOYA’ sp. z o.o., Polska Izba Informatyki i Telekomunikacji v Prezes Urzędu Komunikacji Elektronicznej (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Telecommunications — Directive 2002/19/EC (Access Directive) — Article 8(3) — Directive 2014/61/EU — Articles 1(3), 1(4) and 3(5) — Power of the national regulatory authority to impose ex ante regulatory conditions relating to access to the physical infrastructure of a network operator not having significant market power — Absence of a dispute relating to access) | 15 |
| 2023/C 15/15 | Case C-304/21: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — VT v Ministero dell’Interno and Ministero dell’Interno — Dipartimento della Pubblica Sicurezza — Direzione centrale per le risorse umane (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Equal treatment in employment and occupation — Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Directive 2000/78/EC — Article 2(2), Article 4(1) and Article 6(1) — Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age — National legislation fixing a maximum age limit of 30 years for the recruitment of police commissioners — Justification) | 16 |
| 2023/C 15/16 | Case C-350/21: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski gradski sad — Bulgaria) — Criminal proceedings initiated by the Spetsializirana prokuratura (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Processing of personal data in the electronic communications sector — Confidentiality of communications — Providers of electronic communications services — General and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data for a period of six months — Combating serious crime — Access to the retained data — Informing the data subjects — Right to a remedy — Directive 2002/58/EC — Article 15(1) and (2) — Directive (EU) 2016/680 — Articles 13 and 54 — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Articles 7, 8, 11 and 47 and Article 52(1)) | 16 |
| 2023/C 15/17 | Case C-443/21: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Piteşti — Romania) — SC Avicarvil Farms SRL v Ministerul Agriculturii şi Dezvoltării Rurale, Agenţia pentru Finanţarea Investiţiilor Rurale, Agenţia de Plăţi şi Intervenţie în Agricultură, Agenţia de Plăţi şi Intervenţie în Agricultură — Centrul Judeţean Vâlcea (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common agricultural policy (CAP) — European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) — Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 — Article 40 — National rural development programme 2007-2013 — Animal welfare payments — Calculation errors — Reductions in payments by the national authorities — Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations — Principle of legal certainty) | 17 |
| 2023/C 15/18 | Case C-578/21 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 17 November 2022 — Irish Wind Farmers’ Association Clg, Carrons Windfarm Ltd, Foyle Windfarm Ltd, Greenoge Windfarm Ltd v European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Article 107(1) TFEU — Article 108(2) and (3) TFEU — Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 — Article 4 — Member State legislation on business property taxation — Methods for valuation of property used to calculate the basis of assessment of the rate payable — Complaint from wind farm operators — Allegation of an under-assessment of the basis of assessment for the business rate payable by fossil fuel electricity producers and, consequently, of a level of business rate of those electricity generators lower than that of other electricity producers due to the choice of valuation method used — Preliminary examination procedure — Decision finding that there is no State aid — No economic and selective advantage — Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure — Concept of ‘serious difficulties’ — Extent of the European Commission’s investigative duty — Principle of sound administration — Obligation to conduct the investigation procedure diligently and impartially — Scope of review by the General Court of the European Union) | 18 |
| 2023/C 15/19 | Case C-113/21 P: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 September 2022 — Maen Haikal v Council of the European Union (Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against the Syrian Arab Republic — Measures directed against leading businesspersons operating in Syria — Lists of persons subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources — Proof that the inclusion of the appellant’s name on those lists is well founded — Appeal manifestly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded) | 19 |
| 2023/C 15/20 | Case C-569/21: Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Ministero dell’Interno, Presidenza del Consiglio dei ministri v PF (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Social policy — Equal treatment in employment and occupation — Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Directive 2000/78/EC — Article 2(2), Article 4(1) and Article 6(1) — Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age — National legislation fixing a maximum age limit of 30 years for the recruitment of technical psychologist commissioners — Justification) | 19 |
| 2023/C 15/21 | Case C-56/22: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 8 September 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the tribunal de première instance de Liège — Belgium) — PL v État belge (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Requirement to set out the factual and legislative context of the dispute in the main proceedings and the reasons justifying the need for an answer to the question referred for a preliminary ruling — Lack of sufficient information — Manifest inadmissibility) | 20 |
| 2023/C 15/22 | Case C-302/22: Order of the Court (Eight Chamber) of 3 October 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Eilenburg — Germany) — YS, RW v Freebird Airlines Europe Ltd. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Air transport — Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 — Article 5(3) — Compensation for air passengers in the event of long delays to flights — Exemption from the obligation to pay compensation — Extraordinary circumstances — Collision between an aircraft and birds — Emergency braking manoeuvre leading to damage to the tyres of that aircraft) | 21 |
| 2023/C 15/23 | Case C-561/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo (Spain) lodged on 10 September 2021 — GP and BG v Banco Santander, S. A. | 21 |
| 2023/C 15/24 | Case C-337/22 P: Appeal brought on 23 May 2022 by the European Union Intellectual Property Office against the judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) delivered on 16 March 2022 in Case T-281/21, Nowhere v EUIPO | 22 |
| 2023/C 15/25 | Case C-608/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 22 September 2022 — AH | 23 |
| 2023/C 15/26 | Case C-609/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 22 September 2022 — FN | 24 |
| 2023/C 15/27 | Case C-624/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 30 September 2022 — Société BP France v Ministre de l’Économie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique | 25 |
| 2023/C 15/28 | Case C-626/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Milano (Italy) lodged on 3 October 2022 — C. Z., M. C., S. P. and Others v Ilva SpA (in extraordinary administration), Acciaierie d’Italia Holding SpA, Acciaierie d’Italia SpA | 26 |
| 2023/C 15/29 | Case C-627/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 4 October 2022 — AB v Finanzamt Köln-Süd | 27 |
| 2023/C 15/30 | Case C-630/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht (Germany) lodged on 10 October 2022 — JK v Kirchliches Krankenhaus | 28 |
| 2023/C 15/31 | Case C-659/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 20 October 2022 — RK v Ministerstvo zdravotnictví | 29 |
| 2023/C 15/32 | Case C-694/22: Action brought on 10 November 2022 — European Commission v Republic of Malta | 29 |
| 2023/C 15/33 | Case C-697/22 P: Appeal brought on 11 November 2022 by Helsingin Bussiliikenne Oy against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 14 September 2022 in Case T-603/19 Helsingin Bussiliikenne Oy v European Commission | 30 |
| 2023/C 15/34 | Case C-710/22 P: Appeal brought on 17 November 2022 by JCDecaux Street Furniture Belgium against the judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) delivered on 7 September 2022 in Case T-642/19, JCDecaux Street Furniture Belgium v Commission | 31 |
| 2023/C 15/35 | Joined Cases C-148/20 to C-150/20: Order of the President of the Court of 9 August 2022 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Köln — Germany) — AC (C-148/20), DF (C-149/20), BD (C-150/20) v Deutsche Lufthansa AG, interested party: Bundeskriminalamt (C-150/20) | 32 |
| 2023/C 15/36 | Joined Cases C-215/20 and C-222/20: Order of the President of the Court of 22 August 2022 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden — Germany) — JV (C-215/20), OC (C-222/20) v Bundesrepublik Deutschland | 32 |
| 2023/C 15/37 | Case C-486/20: Order of the President of the Court of 14 September 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Ustavno sodišče Republike Slovenije — Slovenia) — proceedings brought by Varuh človekovih pravic Republike Slovenije, intervening parties: Državni zbor Republike Slovenije, Vlada Republike Slovenije | 32 |
| 2023/C 15/38 | Case C-448/21: Order of the President of the Fifth Chamber of the Court of 7 September 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Judicial da Comarca do Porto — Juízo Central Cível — Portugal) — Portugália — Administração de Patrimónios, SGPS, SA v Banco BPI | 32 |
| 2023/C 15/39 | Case C-652/21: Order of the President of the Court of 22 August 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de Primera Instancia n.o 2 de León — Spain) — ACNC v Unicaja Banco, SA | 33 |
| 2023/C 15/40 | Case C-789/21: Order of the President of the Court of 9 September 2022 — European Commission v Republic of Bulgaria | 33 |
| 2023/C 15/41 | Case C-191/22: Order of the President of the Court of 12 September 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — Belgium) — ME v État belge | 33 |
| 2023/C 15/42 | Case C-193/22: Order of the President of the Court of 8 August 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — TR, UQ v FTI Touristik GmbH | 33 |
| 2023/C 15/43 | Case C-214/22: Order of the President of the Court of 12 September 2022 — European Commission v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg | 34 |
| 2023/C 15/44 | Case C-215/22: Order of the President of the Court of 13 September 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Research Consorzio Stabile Scarl, acting on its own account and as agent of the association of undertakings to be constituted (Research-Cisa), C.I.S.A. SpA, acting on its own account and as agent of the same association (Research-Cisa), Debar Costruzioni SpA, acting on its own account and as agent of the association to be constituted with Consorzio Stabile COM Scarl, C.N. Costruzioni Generali SpA and Edil.Co. Srl, Invitalia — Agenzia Nazionale per l’Attrazione degli Investimenti e lo Sviluppo di Impresa v Invitalia — Agenzia Nazionale per l’Attrazione degli Investimenti e lo Sviluppo di Impresa, Debar Costruzioni SpA, acting on its own account and as agent of the association to be constituted with Consorzio Stabile COM Scarl, C.N. Costruzioni Generali SpA and Edil.Co. Srl, Research Consorzio Stabile Scarl, acting on its own account and as agent of the association of undertakings to be constituted (Research-Cisa), C.I.S.A. SpA, acting on its own account and as agent of the same association (Research-Cisa), intervening party: Invitalia — Agenzia Nazionale per l’Attrazione degli Investimenti e lo Sviluppo di Impresa | 34 |
| | General Court |
| 2023/C 15/45 | Case T-246/19: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — Cambodia and CRF v Commission (Safeguard measures — Rice market — Imports of Indica rice originating in Cambodia and Myanmar/Burma — Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 — Concept of ‘Union producers’ — Concept of ‘like or directly competing products’ — Serious difficulties — Rights of the defence — Essential facts and considerations — Manifest errors of assessment) | 35 |
| 2023/C 15/46 | Case T-111/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — Ryanair v Commission (Croatia Airlines; COVID-19) (State aid — Croatian air transport market — Aid granted by Croatia to an airline in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic — Direct grant — Decision not to raise any objections — Action for annulment — Individual concern — Admissibility — Serious difficulties — Aid intended to make good the damage caused by an exceptional occurrence — Equal treatment — Freedom of establishment — Free provision of services — Assessment of the damage — Obligation to state reasons) | 36 |
| 2023/C 15/47 | Case T-158/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Commission (Law governing the institutions — European citizens’ initiative — ‘Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe’ — Commission communication setting out the reasons for not adopting the proposals for legal acts contained in the European citizens’ initiative — Obligation to state reasons — Equal treatment — Principle of sound administration — Manifest error of assessment) | 36 |
| 2023/C 15/48 | Case T-164/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — QM v Europol (Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Non-renewal of a fixed-term contract for an indefinite period — Interests of the service — Error of law — Manifest error of assessment — Right to be heard — Principle of sound administration — Duty to have regard for the welfare of staff) | 37 |
| 2023/C 15/49 | Case T-596/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — Société Elmar Wolf v EUIPO — Fuxtec (Representation of the head of an animal) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark representing a head — Earlier national figurative mark representing the head of a canine — Earlier international registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark representing the head of a canine — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion) | 38 |
| 2023/C 15/50 | Case T-610/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — L’Oréal v EUIPO — Heinze (K K WATER) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark K K WATER — Earlier EU figurative mark K — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) | 39 |
| 2023/C 15/51 | Case T-639/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — CB v EUIPO — China Construction Bank (CCB) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark CCB — Earlier EU figurative mark CB — Earlier international registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark CB — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Reputation and enhanced distinctiveness of the earlier mark — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001) | 39 |
| 2023/C 15/52 | Case T-779/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — Financiere Batteur v EUIPO — Leno Beauty (by L.e.n.o beauty) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark by L.e.n.o beauty — Earlier national word mark LAINO — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) | 40 |
| 2023/C 15/53 | Case T-407/21 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 20 October 2022 — PB v Commission (Interim relief — Public service contracts — Irregularities in the contract award procedure — Recovery of amounts unduly paid — Enforceable decision — Application for interim measures — Urgency — Prima facie case — Balance of interests) | 41 |
| 2023/C 15/54 | Case T-603/21: Order of the General Court of 25 October 2022 — WO v European Public Prosecutor’s Office (Civil service — Appointment of the European Delegated Prosecutors of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office — Candidates nominated by [confidential] — Refusal by the College of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to appoint the applicant — No dispute between the Union and one of its servants within the limits and under the conditions laid down in the Staff Regulations and the CEOS — Article 270 TFEU — Manifest lack of jurisdiction) | 41 |
| 2023/C 15/55 | Case T-55/22: Order of the General Court of 17 October 2022 — Swords v Commission and ECDC (Action for annulment — Public health — Measures introduced in the European Union in the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic — Risk assessment reports drawn up by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) — Acts not open to challenge — European Commission communication and coordinated approach published on the basis of the risk assessment reports drawn up by the ECDC — Plea of illegality — Inadmissibility) | 42 |
| 2023/C 15/56 | Case T-624/22: Action brought on 6 October 2022 — RS v EIB | 43 |
| 2023/C 15/57 | Case T-671/22: Action brought on 7 November 2022 — Vima World v Commission | 44 |
| 2023/C 15/58 | Case T-677/22: Action brought on 11 November 2022 — Portal Golf Gestión v EUIPO — Augusta National (imaster.golf) | 45 |
| 2023/C 15/59 | Case T-679/22: Action brought on 14 November 2022 — Shaman Spirits/EUIPO — Global Drinks Finland (LAPLANDIA Land of purity et al.) | 45 |
| 2023/C 15/60 | Case T-706/22: Action brought on 16 November 2022 — Nicoventures Trading and Others v Commission | 46 |
| 2023/C 15/61 | Case T-719/22: Action brought on 8 November 2022 — Puma v EUIPO — Herno (HERZO) | 47 |
| 2023/C 15/62 | Case T-87/22: Order of the General Court of 8 November 2022 — Hahn Rechtsanwälte v Commission | 48 |
| 2023/C 15/63 | Case T-160/22: Order of the General Court of 8 November 2022 — 1906 Collins v EUIPO — Peace United (bâoli BEACH) | 48 |

V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2023/C 15/02

Case C-147/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hamburg — Germany) — Novartis Pharma GmbH v Abacus Medicine A/S (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual property — EU trade mark — Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 9(2) — Rights conferred by a mark — Article 15 — Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark — Parallel import of medicinal products — Repackaging of the product bearing the mark — New outer packaging — Opposition by the proprietor of the mark — Artificial partitioning of the markets between Member States — Medicinal products for human use — Directive 2001/83/EC — Article 47a — Safety features — Replacement — Equivalent features — Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161 — Article 3(2) — Anti-tampering device — Unique identifier)

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2023/C 15/03

Case C-204/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hamburg — Germany) — Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH v kohlpharma GmbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual property — Trade marks — Directive (EU) 2015/2436 — Approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks — Article 10(2) — Rights conferred by a trade mark — Article 15 — Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark — Parallel import of medicinal products — Repackaging of the product bearing the mark — New outer packaging — Opposition by the proprietor of the mark — Artificial partitioning of the markets between Member States — Medicinal products for human use — Directive 2001/83/EC — Article 47a — Safety features — Replacement — Equivalent features — Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161 — Article 3(2) — Anti-tampering device — Unique identifier)

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2023/C 15/04

Case C-224/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sø- og Handelsretten — Denmark) — Merck Sharp & Dohme BV, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., MSD Danmark ApS v Abacus Medicine A/S, and Novartis AG v Abacus Medicine A/S, and Novartis AG v Abacus Medicine A/S, and Novartis AG v Paranova Danmark A/S, and H. Lundbeck A/S v Paranova Danmark A/S, and MSD Danmark ApS, MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v 2CARE4 ApS, and Ferring Lægemidler A/S v Paranova Danmark A/S (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Articles 34 and 36 TFEU — Free movement of goods — Intellectual property — Trade marks — Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — EU trade mark — Article 9(2) — Article 15 — Directive (EU) 2015/2436 — Approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks — Article 10(2) — Article 15 — Rights conferred by a trade mark — Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark — Parallel import of medicinal products — Repackaging of the product bearing the mark — New outer packaging — Replacement of the trade mark appearing on the original outer packaging by another product name — Reaffixing of the trade mark of the proprietor specific to the product, to the exclusion of the other distinctive marks or signs appearing on that original outer packaging — Opposition by the proprietor of the mark — Artificial partitioning of the markets between Member States — Medicinal products for human use — Directive 2001/83/EC — Article 47a — Safety features — Replacement — Equivalent features — Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161 — Article 3(2) — Anti-tampering device)

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2023/C 15/05

Joined Cases C-253/20 and C-254/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Brussel — Belgium) — Impexeco NV v Novartis AG (C-253/20), PI Pharma NV v Novartis AG, Novartis Pharma NV (C-254/20) (References for a preliminary ruling — Articles 34 and 36 TFEU — Free movement of goods — Intellectual property — Trade marks — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 9(2) — Article 13 — Directive 2008/95 — Article 5(1) — Article 7 — Rights conferred by a trade mark — Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark — Parallel imports of medicinal products — Reference medicinal product and generic medicinal product — Economically linked undertakings — Repackaging of the generic medicinal product — New outer packaging — Affixing the trade mark of the reference medicinal product — Opposition by the proprietor of the trade mark — Artificial partitioning of the markets between the Member States)

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2023/C 15/06

Joined Cases C-331/20 P and C-343/20 P: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 17 November 2022 — Volotea SA (C-331/20 P), easyJet Airline Co. Ltd (C-343/20 P) v European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Article 107(1) TFEU — European Commission decision on compensation to Sardinian airports for public service obligations — Existence of unlawful State aid incompatible with the internal market, granted by the Italian Republic to airlines through airport operators — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Proof of the existence of an advantage — Determination of the amount — Market economy operator principle — Applicability and application — Test of the private acquirer of goods or services — Conditions — Burden of proof)

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2023/C 15/07

Case C-562/20: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā rajona tiesa — Latvia) — SIA ‘Rodl & Partner’ v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing — Directive (EU) 2015/849 — Article 18(1) and (3) — Point 3(b) of Annex III — Risk-based approach — Risk assessment carried out by obliged entities — Identification of risks by Member States and obliged entities — Customer due diligence measures — Enhanced due diligence measures — High-corruption-risk third countries — Article 13(1)(c) and (d) — Evidence and documentation requirements for obliged entities — Article 14(5) — Ongoing monitoring of customers by obliged entities — Publication of decisions imposing a sanction)

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2023/C 15/08

Case C-607/20: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) — United Kingdom) — GE Aircraft Engine Services Ltd v The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 26(1)(b) — Supply of services free of charge — Award of retail vouchers free of charge to staff of the taxable person’s business as part of an employee recognition and reward scheme — Transactions treated as supplies of services for consideration — Scope — Principle of fiscal neutrality)

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2023/C 15/09

Case C-646/20: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 15 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Senatsverwaltung für Inneres und Sport, Standesamtsaufsicht v TB (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility — Divorce — Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 — Article 2(4) and Article 21 — Concept of ‘judgment’ — Recognition, in a Member State, of the dissolution of a marriage agreed in an agreement between spouses and pronounced by a civil registrar of another Member State — Criterion for determining the existence of a ‘judgment’)

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2023/C 15/10

Case C-54/21: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Krajowa Izba Odwoławcza — Poland) — Antea Polska S.A., Pectore-Eco sp. z o.o., Instytut Ochrony Środowiska — Państwowy Instytut Badawczy v Państwowe Gospodarstwo Wodne Wody Polskie (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2014/24/EU — Principles of awarding contracts — Article 18 — Transparency — Article 21 — Confidentiality — Insertion of those principles in the national legislation — Right of access to the essential content of the information provided by tenderers concerning their experience and references, concerning the persons proposed to carry out the contract and concerning the design of the proposed projects and the manner of performance — Article 67 — Contract award criteria — Criteria relating to the quality of the proposed work or services — Requirement of precision — Directive 89/665/EEC — Article 1(1) and (3) — Right to an effective remedy — Remedy in the event of infringement of that right on account of the refusal to grant access to non-confidential information)

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2023/C 15/11

Case C-175/21: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie — Poland) — Harman International Industries Inc. v AB SA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Articles 34 and 36 TFEU — Free movement of goods — Intellectual property — EU trade mark — Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 15 — Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark — Placing on the market within the European Economic Area (EEA) — Consent of the proprietor of the trade mark — Place of first marketing of products by the proprietor of the trade mark or with its consent — Proof — Directive 2004/48/EC — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Effective judicial protection — Operative part of judicial decisions not identifying the products covered — Difficulties in implementation — Restricted scope of action before the competent court for enforcement — Fair trial — Rights of the defence — Principle of the equality of arms)

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2023/C 15/12

Case C-230/21: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad voor Vreemdelingenbetwistingen — Belgium) — X, acting in her own name and as legal representative of her minor children, Y and Z v Belgische Staat (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Immigration policy — Directive 2003/86/EC — Article 2(f) — Article 10(3)(a) — Concept of ‘unaccompanied minor’ — Right to family reunification — Refugee minor who is married at the time of her entry into the territory of a Member State — Child marriage not recognised in that Member State — Cohabitation with the spouse lawfully residing in that Member State)

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2023/C 15/13

Case C-238/21: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark — Austria) — Porr Bau GmbH v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Graz-Umgebung (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Waste — Directive 2008/98/EC — Point 1 of Article 3 — Article 5(1) — Article 6(1) — Excavated materials — Concepts of ‘waste’ and of ‘by-product’ — Cessation of waste status)

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2023/C 15/14

Case C-243/21: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie — Poland) — ‘TOYA’ sp. z o.o., Polska Izba Informatyki i Telekomunikacji v Prezes Urzędu Komunikacji Elektronicznej (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Telecommunications — Directive 2002/19/EC (Access Directive) — Article 8(3) — Directive 2014/61/EU — Articles 1(3), 1(4) and 3(5) — Power of the national regulatory authority to impose ex ante regulatory conditions relating to access to the physical infrastructure of a network operator not having significant market power — Absence of a dispute relating to access)

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2023/C 15/15

Case C-304/21: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — VT v Ministero dell’Interno and Ministero dell’Interno — Dipartimento della Pubblica Sicurezza — Direzione centrale per le risorse umane (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Equal treatment in employment and occupation — Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Directive 2000/78/EC — Article 2(2), Article 4(1) and Article 6(1) — Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age — National legislation fixing a maximum age limit of 30 years for the recruitment of police commissioners — Justification)

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2023/C 15/16

Case C-350/21: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski gradski sad — Bulgaria) — Criminal proceedings initiated by the Spetsializirana prokuratura (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Processing of personal data in the electronic communications sector — Confidentiality of communications — Providers of electronic communications services — General and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data for a period of six months — Combating serious crime — Access to the retained data — Informing the data subjects — Right to a remedy — Directive 2002/58/EC — Article 15(1) and (2) — Directive (EU) 2016/680 — Articles 13 and 54 — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Articles 7, 8, 11 and 47 and Article 52(1))

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2023/C 15/17

Case C-443/21: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Piteşti — Romania) — SC Avicarvil Farms SRL v Ministerul Agriculturii şi Dezvoltării Rurale, Agenţia pentru Finanţarea Investiţiilor Rurale, Agenţia de Plăţi şi Intervenţie în Agricultură, Agenţia de Plăţi şi Intervenţie în Agricultură — Centrul Judeţean Vâlcea (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common agricultural policy (CAP) — European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) — Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 — Article 40 — National rural development programme 2007-2013 — Animal welfare payments — Calculation errors — Reductions in payments by the national authorities — Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations — Principle of legal certainty)

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2023/C 15/18

Case C-578/21 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 17 November 2022 — Irish Wind Farmers’ Association Clg, Carrons Windfarm Ltd, Foyle Windfarm Ltd, Greenoge Windfarm Ltd v European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Article 107(1) TFEU — Article 108(2) and (3) TFEU — Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 — Article 4 — Member State legislation on business property taxation — Methods for valuation of property used to calculate the basis of assessment of the rate payable — Complaint from wind farm operators — Allegation of an under-assessment of the basis of assessment for the business rate payable by fossil fuel electricity producers and, consequently, of a level of business rate of those electricity generators lower than that of other electricity producers due to the choice of valuation method used — Preliminary examination procedure — Decision finding that there is no State aid — No economic and selective advantage — Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure — Concept of ‘serious difficulties’ — Extent of the European Commission’s investigative duty — Principle of sound administration — Obligation to conduct the investigation procedure diligently and impartially — Scope of review by the General Court of the European Union)

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2023/C 15/19

Case C-113/21 P: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 September 2022 — Maen Haikal v Council of the European Union (Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against the Syrian Arab Republic — Measures directed against leading businesspersons operating in Syria — Lists of persons subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources — Proof that the inclusion of the appellant’s name on those lists is well founded — Appeal manifestly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded)

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2023/C 15/20

Case C-569/21: Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 17 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Ministero dell’Interno, Presidenza del Consiglio dei ministri v PF (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Social policy — Equal treatment in employment and occupation — Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Directive 2000/78/EC — Article 2(2), Article 4(1) and Article 6(1) — Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age — National legislation fixing a maximum age limit of 30 years for the recruitment of technical psychologist commissioners — Justification)

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2023/C 15/21

Case C-56/22: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 8 September 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the tribunal de première instance de Liège — Belgium) — PL v État belge (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Requirement to set out the factual and legislative context of the dispute in the main proceedings and the reasons justifying the need for an answer to the question referred for a preliminary ruling — Lack of sufficient information — Manifest inadmissibility)

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2023/C 15/22

Case C-302/22: Order of the Court (Eight Chamber) of 3 October 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Eilenburg — Germany) — YS, RW v Freebird Airlines Europe Ltd. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Air transport — Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 — Article 5(3) — Compensation for air passengers in the event of long delays to flights — Exemption from the obligation to pay compensation — Extraordinary circumstances — Collision between an aircraft and birds — Emergency braking manoeuvre leading to damage to the tyres of that aircraft)

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2023/C 15/23

Case C-561/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo (Spain) lodged on 10 September 2021 — GP and BG v Banco Santander, S. A.

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2023/C 15/24

Case C-337/22 P: Appeal brought on 23 May 2022 by the European Union Intellectual Property Office against the judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) delivered on 16 March 2022 in Case T-281/21, Nowhere v EUIPO

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2023/C 15/25

Case C-608/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 22 September 2022 — AH

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2023/C 15/26

Case C-609/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 22 September 2022 — FN

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2023/C 15/27

Case C-624/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 30 September 2022 — Société BP France v Ministre de l’Économie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique

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2023/C 15/28

Case C-626/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Milano (Italy) lodged on 3 October 2022 — C. Z., M. C., S. P. and Others v Ilva SpA (in extraordinary administration), Acciaierie d’Italia Holding SpA, Acciaierie d’Italia SpA

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2023/C 15/29

Case C-627/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 4 October 2022 — AB v Finanzamt Köln-Süd

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2023/C 15/30

Case C-630/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht (Germany) lodged on 10 October 2022 — JK v Kirchliches Krankenhaus

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2023/C 15/31

Case C-659/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 20 October 2022 — RK v Ministerstvo zdravotnictví

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2023/C 15/32

Case C-694/22: Action brought on 10 November 2022 — European Commission v Republic of Malta

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2023/C 15/33

Case C-697/22 P: Appeal brought on 11 November 2022 by Helsingin Bussiliikenne Oy against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 14 September 2022 in Case T-603/19 Helsingin Bussiliikenne Oy v European Commission

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2023/C 15/34

Case C-710/22 P: Appeal brought on 17 November 2022 by JCDecaux Street Furniture Belgium against the judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) delivered on 7 September 2022 in Case T-642/19, JCDecaux Street Furniture Belgium v Commission

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2023/C 15/35

Joined Cases C-148/20 to C-150/20: Order of the President of the Court of 9 August 2022 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Köln — Germany) — AC (C-148/20), DF (C-149/20), BD (C-150/20) v Deutsche Lufthansa AG, interested party: Bundeskriminalamt (C-150/20)

interested party:

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2023/C 15/36

Joined Cases C-215/20 and C-222/20: Order of the President of the Court of 22 August 2022 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden — Germany) — JV (C-215/20), OC (C-222/20) v Bundesrepublik Deutschland

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2023/C 15/37

Case C-486/20: Order of the President of the Court of 14 September 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Ustavno sodišče Republike Slovenije — Slovenia) — proceedings brought by Varuh človekovih pravic Republike Slovenije, intervening parties: Državni zbor Republike Slovenije, Vlada Republike Slovenije

intervening parties:

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2023/C 15/38

Case C-448/21: Order of the President of the Fifth Chamber of the Court of 7 September 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Judicial da Comarca do Porto — Juízo Central Cível — Portugal) — Portugália — Administração de Patrimónios, SGPS, SA v Banco BPI

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2023/C 15/39

Case C-652/21: Order of the President of the Court of 22 August 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de Primera Instancia n.o 2 de León — Spain) — ACNC v Unicaja Banco, SA

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2023/C 15/40

Case C-789/21: Order of the President of the Court of 9 September 2022 — European Commission v Republic of Bulgaria

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2023/C 15/41

Case C-191/22: Order of the President of the Court of 12 September 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — Belgium) — ME v État belge

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2023/C 15/42

Case C-193/22: Order of the President of the Court of 8 August 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — TR, UQ v FTI Touristik GmbH

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2023/C 15/43

Case C-214/22: Order of the President of the Court of 12 September 2022 — European Commission v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

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2023/C 15/44

Case C-215/22: Order of the President of the Court of 13 September 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Research Consorzio Stabile Scarl, acting on its own account and as agent of the association of undertakings to be constituted (Research-Cisa), C.I.S.A. SpA, acting on its own account and as agent of the same association (Research-Cisa), Debar Costruzioni SpA, acting on its own account and as agent of the association to be constituted with Consorzio Stabile COM Scarl, C.N. Costruzioni Generali SpA and Edil.Co. Srl, Invitalia — Agenzia Nazionale per l’Attrazione degli Investimenti e lo Sviluppo di Impresa v Invitalia — Agenzia Nazionale per l’Attrazione degli Investimenti e lo Sviluppo di Impresa, Debar Costruzioni SpA, acting on its own account and as agent of the association to be constituted with Consorzio Stabile COM Scarl, C.N. Costruzioni Generali SpA and Edil.Co. Srl, Research Consorzio Stabile Scarl, acting on its own account and as agent of the association of undertakings to be constituted (Research-Cisa), C.I.S.A. SpA, acting on its own account and as agent of the same association (Research-Cisa), intervening party: Invitalia — Agenzia Nazionale per l’Attrazione degli Investimenti e lo Sviluppo di Impresa

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General Court

2023/C 15/45

Case T-246/19: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — Cambodia and CRF v Commission (Safeguard measures — Rice market — Imports of Indica rice originating in Cambodia and Myanmar/Burma — Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 — Concept of ‘Union producers’ — Concept of ‘like or directly competing products’ — Serious difficulties — Rights of the defence — Essential facts and considerations — Manifest errors of assessment)

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2023/C 15/46

Case T-111/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — Ryanair v Commission (Croatia Airlines; COVID-19) (State aid — Croatian air transport market — Aid granted by Croatia to an airline in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic — Direct grant — Decision not to raise any objections — Action for annulment — Individual concern — Admissibility — Serious difficulties — Aid intended to make good the damage caused by an exceptional occurrence — Equal treatment — Freedom of establishment — Free provision of services — Assessment of the damage — Obligation to state reasons)

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2023/C 15/47

Case T-158/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Commission (Law governing the institutions — European citizens’ initiative — ‘Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe’ — Commission communication setting out the reasons for not adopting the proposals for legal acts contained in the European citizens’ initiative — Obligation to state reasons — Equal treatment — Principle of sound administration — Manifest error of assessment)

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2023/C 15/48

Case T-164/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — QM v Europol (Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Non-renewal of a fixed-term contract for an indefinite period — Interests of the service — Error of law — Manifest error of assessment — Right to be heard — Principle of sound administration — Duty to have regard for the welfare of staff)

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2023/C 15/49

Case T-596/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — Société Elmar Wolf v EUIPO — Fuxtec (Representation of the head of an animal) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark representing a head — Earlier national figurative mark representing the head of a canine — Earlier international registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark representing the head of a canine — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion)

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2023/C 15/50

Case T-610/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — L’Oréal v EUIPO — Heinze (K K WATER) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark K K WATER — Earlier EU figurative mark K — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2023/C 15/51

Case T-639/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — CB v EUIPO — China Construction Bank (CCB) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark CCB — Earlier EU figurative mark CB — Earlier international registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark CB — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Reputation and enhanced distinctiveness of the earlier mark — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)

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2023/C 15/52

Case T-779/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 November 2022 — Financiere Batteur v EUIPO — Leno Beauty (by L.e.n.o beauty) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark by L.e.n.o beauty — Earlier national word mark LAINO — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2023/C 15/53

Case T-407/21 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 20 October 2022 — PB v Commission (Interim relief — Public service contracts — Irregularities in the contract award procedure — Recovery of amounts unduly paid — Enforceable decision — Application for interim measures — Urgency — Prima facie case — Balance of interests)

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2023/C 15/54

Case T-603/21: Order of the General Court of 25 October 2022 — WO v European Public Prosecutor’s Office (Civil service — Appointment of the European Delegated Prosecutors of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office — Candidates nominated by [confidential] — Refusal by the College of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to appoint the applicant — No dispute between the Union and one of its servants within the limits and under the conditions laid down in the Staff Regulations and the CEOS — Article 270 TFEU — Manifest lack of jurisdiction)

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2023/C 15/55

Case T-55/22: Order of the General Court of 17 October 2022 — Swords v Commission and ECDC (Action for annulment — Public health — Measures introduced in the European Union in the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic — Risk assessment reports drawn up by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) — Acts not open to challenge — European Commission communication and coordinated approach published on the basis of the risk assessment reports drawn up by the ECDC — Plea of illegality — Inadmissibility)

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2023/C 15/56

Case T-624/22: Action brought on 6 October 2022 — RS v EIB

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2023/C 15/57

Case T-671/22: Action brought on 7 November 2022 — Vima World v Commission

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2023/C 15/58

Case T-677/22: Action brought on 11 November 2022 — Portal Golf Gestión v EUIPO — Augusta National (imaster.golf)

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2023/C 15/59

Case T-679/22: Action brought on 14 November 2022 — Shaman Spirits/EUIPO — Global Drinks Finland (LAPLANDIA Land of purity et al.)

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2023/C 15/60

Case T-706/22: Action brought on 16 November 2022 — Nicoventures Trading and Others v Commission

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2023/C 15/61

Case T-719/22: Action brought on 8 November 2022 — Puma v EUIPO — Herno (HERZO)

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2023/C 15/62

Case T-87/22: Order of the General Court of 8 November 2022 — Hahn Rechtsanwälte v Commission

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2023/C 15/63

Case T-160/22: Order of the General Court of 8 November 2022 — 1906 Collins v EUIPO — Peace United (bâoli BEACH)

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