# Official Journal C 331/2012

| | ISSN 1977-091X
  doi:10.3000/1977091X.C_2012.331.eng |
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| Official Journal
  of the European Union | C 331 |
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 5527 October 2012 |

ISSN 1977-091X

doi:10.3000/1977091X.C_2012.331.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 331

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 5527 October 2012

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| | IV   Notices |
| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| 2012/C 331/01 | Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union OJ C 319, 20.10.2012 | 1 |

Contents

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Court of Justice of the European Union

2012/C 331/01

Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union OJ C 319, 20.10.2012

Official Journal of the European Union

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| | V   Announcements |
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| | COURT PROCEEDINGS |
| | Court of Justice |
| 2012/C 331/02 | Case C-355/10: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 September 2012 — European Parliament v Council of the European Union (Schengen Borders Code — Decision 2010/252/EU — Surveillance of the sea external borders — Introduction of additional rules governing border surveillance — Commission’s implementing powers — Scope — Application for annulment) | 2 |
| 2012/C 331/03 | Case C-490/10: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 6 September 2012 — European Parliament v Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 617/2010 — Notification to the Commission of investment projects in energy infrastructure within the European Union — Choice of legal basis — Article 337 TFEU and Article 187 EA — Article 194 TFEU) | 2 |
| 2012/C 331/04 | Case C-544/10: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht — Germany) — Deutsches Weintor eG v Land Rheinland-Pfalz (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Public health — Consumer information and protection — Labelling and presentation of foodstuffs — Concepts of ‘nutrition claims’ and ‘health claims’ — Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 — Description of a wine as ‘easily digestible’ — Reference to reduced acidity levels — Beverages containing more than 1,2 % by volume of alcohol — Prohibition of health claims — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 15(1) — Freedom to choose an occupation — Article 16 — Freedom to conduct a business — Compatibility) | 3 |
| 2012/C 331/05 | Case C-619/10: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākās tiesas Senāts — Latvia) — Trade Agency Ltd v Seramico Investments Ltd (Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Enforcement — Grounds for challenge — Document instituting proceedings not served on the defendant — Review by the court in which enforcement is sought — Scope — Value of the information in the certificate — Infringement of public policy — Judgment lacking reasoning) | 3 |
| 2012/C 331/06 | Case C-18/11: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) — United Kingdom) — The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs v Philips Electronics UK Ltd (Freedom of establishment — Tax legislation — Corporation tax — Tax relief — National legislation excluding the transfer of losses incurred in the national territory by a non-resident branch of a company established in another Member State to a company of the same group established in the national territory) | 4 |
| 2012/C 331/07 | Case C-42/11: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel d’Amiens — France) — European arrest warrant issued against João Pedro Lopes Da Silva Jorge (Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA — European arrest warrant and surrender procedures between Member States — Article 4(6) — Ground for optional non-execution of the European arrest warrant — Implementation in national law — Arrested person is a national of the issuing Member State — European arrest warrant issued for the purposes of enforcing a custodial sentence — Legislation of a Member State restricting the power not to execute the European arrest warrant to cases where the requested persons are nationals of that State) | 5 |
| 2012/C 331/08 | Joined Cases C-71/11 and C-99/11: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht — Germany) — Bundesrepublik Deutschland v Y (C-71/11), Z (C-99/11) (Directive 2004/83/EC — Minimum standards for determining who qualifies for refugee status or for subsidiary protection status — Article (2)(c) — Classification as a ‘refugee’ — Article 9(1) — Definition of ‘acts of persecution’ — Article 10(1)(b) — Religion as ground for persecution — Connection between the reasons for persecution and the acts of persecution — Pakistani nationals who are members of the Ahmadiyya religious community — Acts by the Pakistani authorities designed to prohibit the manifestation of a person’s religion in public — Acts sufficiently serious for the person concerned to have a well founded fear of being persecuted on account of his religion — Individual assessment of the facts and circumstances — Article 4) | 5 |
| 2012/C 331/09 | Case C-83/11: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) — United Kingdom) — Secretary of State for the Home Department v Muhammad Sazzadur Rahman, Fazly Rabby Islam, Mohibullah Rahman (Directive 2004/38/EC — Right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States — Article 3(2) — Obligation to facilitate, in accordance with national legislation, entry and residence for ‘any other family members’ who are dependants of a Union citizen) | 6 |
| 2012/C 331/10 | Case C-96/11 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 6 September 2012 — August Storck KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (Appeal — Community trade mark — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Three-dimensional sign consisting of the shape of a chocolate mouse) | 7 |
| 2012/C 331/11 | Joined Cases C-147/11 and C-148/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (references for a preliminary ruling from the Upper Tribunal — United Kingdom) — Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Lucja Czop (C-147/11), Margita Punakova (C-148/11) (Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 — Directive 2004/38/EC — Right of permanent residence — Social assistance benefits — Care of a child — Period of residence completed before the State of origin acceded to the European Union) | 8 |
| 2012/C 331/12 | Case C-170/11: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) — Maurice Robert Josse Marie Ghislain Lippens, Gilbert Georges Henri Mittler, Jean Paul François Caroline Votron v Hendrikus Cornelis Kortekaas, Kortekaas Entertainment Marketing BV, Kortekaas Pensioen BV, Dirk Robbard De Kat, Johannes Hendrikus Visch, Euphemia Joanna Bökkerink, Laminco GLD N-A, Ageas NV, formerly Fortis NV (Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 — Cooperation in the taking of evidence in civil and commercial matters — Matters covered — Hearing by the court of a Member State of a witness who is a party in the main proceedings residing in another Member State — Possibility to summon a party as a witness before the competent court in accordance with the law of its Member State) | 8 |
| 2012/C 331/13 | Case C-308/11: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main — Germany) — Chemische Fabrik Kreussler & Co. GmbH v Sunstar Deutschland GmbH, formerly John O. Butler GmbH (Directive 2001/83/EC — Medicinal products for human use — Article 1(2)(b) — Meaning of ‘medicinal product by function’ — Definition of the term ‘pharmacological action’) | 9 |
| 2012/C 331/14 | Case C-324/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Legfelsőbb Bíróság — Hungary) — Gábor Tóth v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Észak-magyarországi Regionális Adó Főigazgatósága (Taxation — VAT — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 9 — Meaning of taxable person — Right to deduct — Refusal — Principle of tax neutrality — Issuer of the invoice removed from the business register — Issuer of the invoice having failed to declare his employees to the tax authority — Obligation of the taxable person to satisfy himself as to the propriety of the conduct of the issuer of that invoice vis-à-vis the tax authority) | 9 |
| 2012/C 331/15 | Case C-327/11 P: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 September 2012 — United States Polo Association v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (Appeal — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Article 8(1)(b) — Likelihood of confusion — Word mark ‘U.S. POLO ASSN.’ — Opposition by the holder of the earlier word mark ‘POLO-POLO’) | 10 |
| 2012/C 331/16 | Case C-471/11: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākās Tiesas Senāts — Latvia) — Cido Grupa SIA v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests (Accession of new Member States — Transitional measures — Agricultural products — Sugar — Regulation (EC) No 60/2004 — Basis of assessment and rate applicable for the charge on surplus stocks) | 11 |
| 2012/C 331/17 | Case C-487/11: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā rajona tiesa — Latvia) — Laimonis Treimanis v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests (Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 — Articles 1(2)(c), 2 and 7(1) — Relief from import duties on personal property — The term ‘property intended ... for meeting ... household needs’ — Motor vehicle imported into the European Union — Vehicle used by a member of the family of the importing owner) | 11 |
| 2012/C 331/18 | Case C-496/11: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Central Administrativo Sul — Portugal) — Portugal Telecom SGPS, SA v Fazenda Pública (VAT — Sixth Directive — Articles 17(2) and 19 — Deductions — VAT due or paid for services acquired by a holding company — Services having a direct, immediate and unequivocal relationship with taxable output transactions) | 12 |
| 2012/C 331/19 | Case C-524/11: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — Lowlands Design Holding BV v Minister van Financiën (Common Customs Tariff — Combined Nomenclature — Tariff classification — Romper bags for babies and young children — Subheadings 6209 20 00 or 6211 42 90 ) | 12 |
| 2012/C 331/20 | Case C-367/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Unabhängiger Verwaltungssenat des Landes Oberösterreich (Austria) lodged on 1 August 2012 — Corinna Prinz-Stremitzer, Susanne Sokoll-Seebacher | 13 |
| 2012/C 331/21 | Case C-383/12 P: Appeal brought on 8 August 2012 by Environmental Manufacturing LLP against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 22 May 2012 in Case T-570/10: Environmental Manufacturing LLP v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) | 13 |
| 2012/C 331/22 | Case C-397/12 P: Appeal brought on 28 August 2012 by Transports Schiocchet — Excursions against the order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) delivered on 18 June 2012 in Case T-203/11 Schiocchet v Council and Commission | 14 |
| 2012/C 331/23 | Case C-400/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) London (United Kingdom) made on 31 August 2012 — Secretary of State for the Home Department v MG | 15 |
| 2012/C 331/24 | Case C-406/12: Action brought on 4 September 2012 — European Commission v Republic of Slovenia | 15 |
| 2012/C 331/25 | Case C-407/12: Action brought on 3 September 2012 — European Commission v Republic of Slovenia | 16 |
| 2012/C 331/26 | Case C-410/12 P: Appeal brought on 7 September 2012 by medi GmbH & Co. KG against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 12 July 2012 in Case T-470/09 medi GmbH & Co. KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) | 16 |
| | General Court |
| 2012/C 331/27 | Order of the General Court of 18 September 2012 — Schräder v CPVO — Hansson (LEMON SYMPHONY) (Joined Case T-133/08, T-134/08, T-177/08 and T-242/09) (Plant varieties — Decision by the CPVO to adapt, of its own motion, the official description of the variety LEMON SYMPHONY — Application for revocation of the Community plant variety right granted for the variety LEMON SYMPHONY — Application for annulment of the Community plant variety right granted for the variety LEMON SYMPHONY — Application for a Community plant variety right for the variety SUMOST 01 — Summons to attend oral proceedings before the Board of Appeal of the CPVO — Period of notice to attend of at least one month) | 17 |
| 2012/C 331/28 | Case T-265/08: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 –Germany v Commission (ERDF — Reduction of financial assistance — Operational programme falling within Objective 1 (1994-1999), concerning the Land Thüringen (Germany)) | 17 |
| 2012/C 331/29 | Joined Cases T-168/10 and T-572/10: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Commission v SEMEA and Commune of Millau (Arbitration clause — Grant contract concerning a local development plan consisting in the performance of work for the preparation and launching of a European local enterprise centre in Millau (France) — Repayment of part of the advance payments made — Admissibility of an action brought against a company established under French law removed from the companies register — Application of French law — Administrative contract — Recovery of sum overpaid — Time-bar — Enforceability of an arbitration clause — Assumption of debt — Incidental debts rule — Stipulation in favour of third party) | 18 |
| 2012/C 331/30 | Case T-326/10: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in light grey, dark grey, beige, dark red and brown) (Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in light grey, dark grey, beige, dark red and brown — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) | 19 |
| 2012/C 331/31 | Case T-327/10: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in black, dark grey, light grey and dark red) (Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in black, dark grey, light grey and dark red — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) | 19 |
| 2012/C 331/32 | Case T-328/10: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, beige and dark red) (Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, beige and dark red — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) | 19 |
| 2012/C 331/33 | Case T-329/10: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in black, grey, beige and dark red) (Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in black, grey, beige and dark red — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) | 20 |
| 2012/C 331/34 | Case T-26/11: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in black, beige, brown, dark red and grey) (Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in black, beige, brown, dark red and grey — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) | 20 |
| 2012/C 331/35 | Case T-31/11: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in pink, violet, beige and dark grey) (Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in pink, violet, beige and dark grey — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) | 20 |
| 2012/C 331/36 | Case T-50/11: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, black, beige, dark red and light red) (Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, black, beige, dark red and light red — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) | 21 |
| 2012/C 331/37 | Case T-156/11: Judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2012 — Since Hardware (Guangzhou) v Council (Dumping — Imports of ironing boards originating in China — Proceeding initiated against a single company — Market economy treatment — Three-month time-limit provided for in the second indent of Article 2(7)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 — Burden of proof — Determination of injury) | 21 |
| 2012/C 331/38 | Case T-164/11: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Reddig v OHIM — Morleys (Knife handle) (Community trade mark — Proceedings for invalidity — Three-dimensional Community trade mark — Knife handle — Absolute ground for refusal — Sign constituted exclusively by the shape of the product necessary for obtaining a technical result — Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Declaration of invalidity by the Board of Appeal) | 21 |
| 2012/C 331/39 | Case T-220/11: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — TeamBank v OHIM — Fercredit Servizi Finanziari (f@ir Credit) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark f@ir Credit — Earlier Community figurative mark FERCREDIT — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) | 22 |
| 2012/C 331/40 | Case T-231/11: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, light blue, dark blue, ochre and beige) (Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, light blue, dark blue, ochre and beige — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) | 22 |
| 2012/C 331/41 | Case T-267/11: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Video Research USA, v OHIM (VR) (Community trade mark — Community figurative mark VR — Failure to apply for renewal of the mark — Cancellation of the mark upon expiry of the registration — Application for restitutio in integrum — Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) | 22 |
| 2012/C 331/42 | Case T-460/11: Judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2012 — Scandic Distilleries SA v OHIM — Bürgerbräu, Röhm & Söhne (BÜRGER) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark BÜRGER — Earlier Community word mark Bürgerbräu — Relative ground of refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) | 23 |
| 2012/C 331/43 | Case T-241/03 REV: Order of the General Court of 11 September 2012 — Marcuccio v Commission (Proceedings — Review — Consequences of a later judgment of the General Court — New fact — Absence — Inadmissibility) | 23 |
| 2012/C 331/44 | Case T-145/09: Order of the General Court of 6 September 2012 — Bredenkamp and Others v Commission (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures adopted having regard to the situation in Zimbabwe — Withdrawal from the list of persons concerned — Action for annulment — No need to adjudicate) | 23 |
| 2012/C 331/45 | Case T-180/10: Order of the General Court of 6 September 2012 — Nickel Institute v Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Classification, packaging and labelling of certain nickel carbonate compounds as dangerous substances — Directives 2008/58/EC and 2009/2/EC — 30th and 31st adaptations to technical progress of Directive 67/548/EEC — Partial refusal of access — Action for annulment — No need to adjudicate) | 24 |
| 2012/C 331/46 | Case T-222/11: Order of the General Court of 6 September 2012 — Rautenbach v Council and Commission (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures adopted having regard to the situation in Zimbabwe — Withdrawal from the list of persons concerned — Action for annulment — No need to adjudicate) | 24 |
| 2012/C 331/47 | Case T-564/11: Order of the General Court of 5 September 2012 — Farage v Parliament and Buzek (Law governing the institutions — Decision of the President of the Parliament imposing on a Member of the Parliament the penalty of forfeiture of entitlement to the daily subsistence allowance for a period of 10 days — Decision of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the Parliament declaring inadmissible the Member’s request for defence of his Parliamentary immunity — Manifest lack of jurisdiction of the General Court — Manifest inadmissibility) | 25 |
| 2012/C 331/48 | Case T-642/11 P: Order of the General Court of 4 September 2012 — Mische v Parliament (Appeals — Civil service — Officials — Appointment — Classification in grade — Competition published before the entry into force of the new Staff Regulations of Officials — Distortion of the facts — Appeal manifestly unfounded) | 25 |
| 2012/C 331/49 | Case T-352/12: Action brought on 3 August 2012 — Grupo Flexi de León v OHIM (FLEXI) | 26 |
| 2012/C 331/50 | Case T-372/12: Action brought on 20 August 2012 — El Corte Inglés v OHIM — Apro Tech (APRO) | 26 |
| 2012/C 331/51 | Case T-376/12: Action brought on 21 August 2012 — Hellenic Republic v Commission | 26 |
| 2012/C 331/52 | Case T-377/12: Action brought on 22 August 2012 — Spa Monopole v OHIM | 27 |
| 2012/C 331/53 | Case T-380/12: Action brought on 22 August 2012 — Demon International v OHIM — Big Line Sas di Graziani Lorenzo (DEMON) | 28 |
| 2012/C 331/54 | Case T-388/12: Action brought on 30 August 2012 — Singer v OHIM — Cordia Magyarország Ingatlanforgalmazó Zártkörüen Müködö (CORDIO) | 28 |
| 2012/C 331/55 | Case T-389/12: Action brought on 5 September 2012 — EDF v Commission | 29 |
| 2012/C 331/56 | Case T-392/12: Action brought on 3 September 2012 — Luigi Lavazza SpA v OHIM | 29 |
| 2012/C 331/57 | Case T-394/12: Action brought on 28 August 2012 — Alfastar Benelux v Council | 30 |
| 2012/C 331/58 | Case T-398/12: Action brought on 6 September 2012 — Cosma Moden v OHIM — s.Oliver Bernd Freier (COSMA) | 30 |
| 2012/C 331/59 | Case T-399/12: Action brought on 6 September 2012 — Cosma Moden v OHIM — s.Oliver Bernd Freier (COSMA) | 31 |
| 2012/C 331/60 | Case T-401/12: Action brought on 10 September 2012 — Klingel v OHIM — Develey (JUNGBORN) | 31 |
| 2012/C 331/61 | Case T-405/12: Action brought on 10 September 2012 — FH (*1) v Commission | 32 |
| | European Union Civil Service Tribunal |
| 2012/C 331/62 | Case F-89/12: Action brought on 21 August 2012 — ZZ v Commission | 33 |
| 2012/C 331/63 | Case F-91/12: Action brought on 3 September 2012 — ZZ v Commission | 33 |

V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2012/C 331/02

Case C-355/10: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 September 2012 — European Parliament v Council of the European Union (Schengen Borders Code — Decision 2010/252/EU — Surveillance of the sea external borders — Introduction of additional rules governing border surveillance — Commission’s implementing powers — Scope — Application for annulment)

2

2012/C 331/03

Case C-490/10: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 6 September 2012 — European Parliament v Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 617/2010 — Notification to the Commission of investment projects in energy infrastructure within the European Union — Choice of legal basis — Article 337 TFEU and Article 187 EA — Article 194 TFEU)

2

2012/C 331/04

Case C-544/10: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht — Germany) — Deutsches Weintor eG v Land Rheinland-Pfalz (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Public health — Consumer information and protection — Labelling and presentation of foodstuffs — Concepts of ‘nutrition claims’ and ‘health claims’ — Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 — Description of a wine as ‘easily digestible’ — Reference to reduced acidity levels — Beverages containing more than 1,2 % by volume of alcohol — Prohibition of health claims — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 15(1) — Freedom to choose an occupation — Article 16 — Freedom to conduct a business — Compatibility)

3

2012/C 331/05

Case C-619/10: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākās tiesas Senāts — Latvia) — Trade Agency Ltd v Seramico Investments Ltd (Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Enforcement — Grounds for challenge — Document instituting proceedings not served on the defendant — Review by the court in which enforcement is sought — Scope — Value of the information in the certificate — Infringement of public policy — Judgment lacking reasoning)

3

2012/C 331/06

Case C-18/11: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) — United Kingdom) — The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs v Philips Electronics UK Ltd (Freedom of establishment — Tax legislation — Corporation tax — Tax relief — National legislation excluding the transfer of losses incurred in the national territory by a non-resident branch of a company established in another Member State to a company of the same group established in the national territory)

4

2012/C 331/07

Case C-42/11: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel d’Amiens — France) — European arrest warrant issued against João Pedro Lopes Da Silva Jorge (Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA — European arrest warrant and surrender procedures between Member States — Article 4(6) — Ground for optional non-execution of the European arrest warrant — Implementation in national law — Arrested person is a national of the issuing Member State — European arrest warrant issued for the purposes of enforcing a custodial sentence — Legislation of a Member State restricting the power not to execute the European arrest warrant to cases where the requested persons are nationals of that State)

5

2012/C 331/08

Joined Cases C-71/11 and C-99/11: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht — Germany) — Bundesrepublik Deutschland v Y (C-71/11), Z (C-99/11) (Directive 2004/83/EC — Minimum standards for determining who qualifies for refugee status or for subsidiary protection status — Article (2)(c) — Classification as a ‘refugee’ — Article 9(1) — Definition of ‘acts of persecution’ — Article 10(1)(b) — Religion as ground for persecution — Connection between the reasons for persecution and the acts of persecution — Pakistani nationals who are members of the Ahmadiyya religious community — Acts by the Pakistani authorities designed to prohibit the manifestation of a person’s religion in public — Acts sufficiently serious for the person concerned to have a well founded fear of being persecuted on account of his religion — Individual assessment of the facts and circumstances — Article 4)

5

2012/C 331/09

Case C-83/11: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) — United Kingdom) — Secretary of State for the Home Department v Muhammad Sazzadur Rahman, Fazly Rabby Islam, Mohibullah Rahman (Directive 2004/38/EC — Right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States — Article 3(2) — Obligation to facilitate, in accordance with national legislation, entry and residence for ‘any other family members’ who are dependants of a Union citizen)

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2012/C 331/10

Case C-96/11 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 6 September 2012 — August Storck KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (Appeal — Community trade mark — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Three-dimensional sign consisting of the shape of a chocolate mouse)

7

2012/C 331/11

Joined Cases C-147/11 and C-148/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (references for a preliminary ruling from the Upper Tribunal — United Kingdom) — Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Lucja Czop (C-147/11), Margita Punakova (C-148/11) (Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 — Directive 2004/38/EC — Right of permanent residence — Social assistance benefits — Care of a child — Period of residence completed before the State of origin acceded to the European Union)

8

2012/C 331/12

Case C-170/11: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) — Maurice Robert Josse Marie Ghislain Lippens, Gilbert Georges Henri Mittler, Jean Paul François Caroline Votron v Hendrikus Cornelis Kortekaas, Kortekaas Entertainment Marketing BV, Kortekaas Pensioen BV, Dirk Robbard De Kat, Johannes Hendrikus Visch, Euphemia Joanna Bökkerink, Laminco GLD N-A, Ageas NV, formerly Fortis NV (Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 — Cooperation in the taking of evidence in civil and commercial matters — Matters covered — Hearing by the court of a Member State of a witness who is a party in the main proceedings residing in another Member State — Possibility to summon a party as a witness before the competent court in accordance with the law of its Member State)

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2012/C 331/13

Case C-308/11: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main — Germany) — Chemische Fabrik Kreussler & Co. GmbH v Sunstar Deutschland GmbH, formerly John O. Butler GmbH (Directive 2001/83/EC — Medicinal products for human use — Article 1(2)(b) — Meaning of ‘medicinal product by function’ — Definition of the term ‘pharmacological action’)

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2012/C 331/14

Case C-324/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Legfelsőbb Bíróság — Hungary) — Gábor Tóth v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Észak-magyarországi Regionális Adó Főigazgatósága (Taxation — VAT — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 9 — Meaning of taxable person — Right to deduct — Refusal — Principle of tax neutrality — Issuer of the invoice removed from the business register — Issuer of the invoice having failed to declare his employees to the tax authority — Obligation of the taxable person to satisfy himself as to the propriety of the conduct of the issuer of that invoice vis-à-vis the tax authority)

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2012/C 331/15

Case C-327/11 P: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 September 2012 — United States Polo Association v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (Appeal — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Article 8(1)(b) — Likelihood of confusion — Word mark ‘U.S. POLO ASSN.’ — Opposition by the holder of the earlier word mark ‘POLO-POLO’)

10

2012/C 331/16

Case C-471/11: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākās Tiesas Senāts — Latvia) — Cido Grupa SIA v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests (Accession of new Member States — Transitional measures — Agricultural products — Sugar — Regulation (EC) No 60/2004 — Basis of assessment and rate applicable for the charge on surplus stocks)

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2012/C 331/17

Case C-487/11: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā rajona tiesa — Latvia) — Laimonis Treimanis v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests (Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 — Articles 1(2)(c), 2 and 7(1) — Relief from import duties on personal property — The term ‘property intended ... for meeting ... household needs’ — Motor vehicle imported into the European Union — Vehicle used by a member of the family of the importing owner)

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2012/C 331/18

Case C-496/11: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Central Administrativo Sul — Portugal) — Portugal Telecom SGPS, SA v Fazenda Pública (VAT — Sixth Directive — Articles 17(2) and 19 — Deductions — VAT due or paid for services acquired by a holding company — Services having a direct, immediate and unequivocal relationship with taxable output transactions)

12

2012/C 331/19

Case C-524/11: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 September 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — Lowlands Design Holding BV v Minister van Financiën (Common Customs Tariff — Combined Nomenclature — Tariff classification — Romper bags for babies and young children — Subheadings 6209 20 00 or 6211 42 90 )

12

2012/C 331/20

Case C-367/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Unabhängiger Verwaltungssenat des Landes Oberösterreich (Austria) lodged on 1 August 2012 — Corinna Prinz-Stremitzer, Susanne Sokoll-Seebacher

13

2012/C 331/21

Case C-383/12 P: Appeal brought on 8 August 2012 by Environmental Manufacturing LLP against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 22 May 2012 in Case T-570/10: Environmental Manufacturing LLP v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)

13

2012/C 331/22

Case C-397/12 P: Appeal brought on 28 August 2012 by Transports Schiocchet — Excursions against the order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) delivered on 18 June 2012 in Case T-203/11 Schiocchet v Council and Commission

14

2012/C 331/23

Case C-400/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) London (United Kingdom) made on 31 August 2012 — Secretary of State for the Home Department v MG

15

2012/C 331/24

Case C-406/12: Action brought on 4 September 2012 — European Commission v Republic of Slovenia

15

2012/C 331/25

Case C-407/12: Action brought on 3 September 2012 — European Commission v Republic of Slovenia

16

2012/C 331/26

Case C-410/12 P: Appeal brought on 7 September 2012 by medi GmbH & Co. KG against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 12 July 2012 in Case T-470/09 medi GmbH & Co. KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

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General Court

2012/C 331/27

Order of the General Court of 18 September 2012 — Schräder v CPVO — Hansson (LEMON SYMPHONY) (Joined Case T-133/08, T-134/08, T-177/08 and T-242/09) (Plant varieties — Decision by the CPVO to adapt, of its own motion, the official description of the variety LEMON SYMPHONY — Application for revocation of the Community plant variety right granted for the variety LEMON SYMPHONY — Application for annulment of the Community plant variety right granted for the variety LEMON SYMPHONY — Application for a Community plant variety right for the variety SUMOST 01 — Summons to attend oral proceedings before the Board of Appeal of the CPVO — Period of notice to attend of at least one month)

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2012/C 331/28

Case T-265/08: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 –Germany v Commission (ERDF — Reduction of financial assistance — Operational programme falling within Objective 1 (1994-1999), concerning the Land Thüringen (Germany))

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2012/C 331/29

Joined Cases T-168/10 and T-572/10: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Commission v SEMEA and Commune of Millau (Arbitration clause — Grant contract concerning a local development plan consisting in the performance of work for the preparation and launching of a European local enterprise centre in Millau (France) — Repayment of part of the advance payments made — Admissibility of an action brought against a company established under French law removed from the companies register — Application of French law — Administrative contract — Recovery of sum overpaid — Time-bar — Enforceability of an arbitration clause — Assumption of debt — Incidental debts rule — Stipulation in favour of third party)

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2012/C 331/30

Case T-326/10: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in light grey, dark grey, beige, dark red and brown) (Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in light grey, dark grey, beige, dark red and brown — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2012/C 331/31

Case T-327/10: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in black, dark grey, light grey and dark red) (Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in black, dark grey, light grey and dark red — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2012/C 331/32

Case T-328/10: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, beige and dark red) (Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, beige and dark red — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2012/C 331/33

Case T-329/10: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in black, grey, beige and dark red) (Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in black, grey, beige and dark red — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2012/C 331/34

Case T-26/11: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in black, beige, brown, dark red and grey) (Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in black, beige, brown, dark red and grey — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2012/C 331/35

Case T-31/11: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in pink, violet, beige and dark grey) (Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in pink, violet, beige and dark grey — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2012/C 331/36

Case T-50/11: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, black, beige, dark red and light red) (Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, black, beige, dark red and light red — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2012/C 331/37

Case T-156/11: Judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2012 — Since Hardware (Guangzhou) v Council (Dumping — Imports of ironing boards originating in China — Proceeding initiated against a single company — Market economy treatment — Three-month time-limit provided for in the second indent of Article 2(7)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 — Burden of proof — Determination of injury)

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2012/C 331/38

Case T-164/11: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Reddig v OHIM — Morleys (Knife handle) (Community trade mark — Proceedings for invalidity — Three-dimensional Community trade mark — Knife handle — Absolute ground for refusal — Sign constituted exclusively by the shape of the product necessary for obtaining a technical result — Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Declaration of invalidity by the Board of Appeal)

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2012/C 331/39

Case T-220/11: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — TeamBank v OHIM — Fercredit Servizi Finanziari (f@ir Credit) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark f@ir Credit — Earlier Community figurative mark FERCREDIT — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2012/C 331/40

Case T-231/11: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, light blue, dark blue, ochre and beige) (Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, light blue, dark blue, ochre and beige — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2012/C 331/41

Case T-267/11: Judgment of the General Court of 19 September 2012 — Video Research USA, v OHIM (VR) (Community trade mark — Community figurative mark VR — Failure to apply for renewal of the mark — Cancellation of the mark upon expiry of the registration — Application for restitutio in integrum — Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2012/C 331/42

Case T-460/11: Judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2012 — Scandic Distilleries SA v OHIM — Bürgerbräu, Röhm & Söhne (BÜRGER) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark BÜRGER — Earlier Community word mark Bürgerbräu — Relative ground of refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2012/C 331/43

Case T-241/03 REV: Order of the General Court of 11 September 2012 — Marcuccio v Commission (Proceedings — Review — Consequences of a later judgment of the General Court — New fact — Absence — Inadmissibility)

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2012/C 331/44

Case T-145/09: Order of the General Court of 6 September 2012 — Bredenkamp and Others v Commission (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures adopted having regard to the situation in Zimbabwe — Withdrawal from the list of persons concerned — Action for annulment — No need to adjudicate)

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2012/C 331/45

Case T-180/10: Order of the General Court of 6 September 2012 — Nickel Institute v Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Classification, packaging and labelling of certain nickel carbonate compounds as dangerous substances — Directives 2008/58/EC and 2009/2/EC — 30th and 31st adaptations to technical progress of Directive 67/548/EEC — Partial refusal of access — Action for annulment — No need to adjudicate)

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2012/C 331/46

Case T-222/11: Order of the General Court of 6 September 2012 — Rautenbach v Council and Commission (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures adopted having regard to the situation in Zimbabwe — Withdrawal from the list of persons concerned — Action for annulment — No need to adjudicate)

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2012/C 331/47

Case T-564/11: Order of the General Court of 5 September 2012 — Farage v Parliament and Buzek (Law governing the institutions — Decision of the President of the Parliament imposing on a Member of the Parliament the penalty of forfeiture of entitlement to the daily subsistence allowance for a period of 10 days — Decision of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the Parliament declaring inadmissible the Member’s request for defence of his Parliamentary immunity — Manifest lack of jurisdiction of the General Court — Manifest inadmissibility)

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2012/C 331/48

Case T-642/11 P: Order of the General Court of 4 September 2012 — Mische v Parliament (Appeals — Civil service — Officials — Appointment — Classification in grade — Competition published before the entry into force of the new Staff Regulations of Officials — Distortion of the facts — Appeal manifestly unfounded)

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2012/C 331/49

Case T-352/12: Action brought on 3 August 2012 — Grupo Flexi de León v OHIM (FLEXI)

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2012/C 331/50

Case T-372/12: Action brought on 20 August 2012 — El Corte Inglés v OHIM — Apro Tech (APRO)

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2012/C 331/51

Case T-376/12: Action brought on 21 August 2012 — Hellenic Republic v Commission

26

2012/C 331/52

Case T-377/12: Action brought on 22 August 2012 — Spa Monopole v OHIM

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2012/C 331/53

Case T-380/12: Action brought on 22 August 2012 — Demon International v OHIM — Big Line Sas di Graziani Lorenzo (DEMON)

28

2012/C 331/54

Case T-388/12: Action brought on 30 August 2012 — Singer v OHIM — Cordia Magyarország Ingatlanforgalmazó Zártkörüen Müködö (CORDIO)

28

2012/C 331/55

Case T-389/12: Action brought on 5 September 2012 — EDF v Commission

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2012/C 331/56

Case T-392/12: Action brought on 3 September 2012 — Luigi Lavazza SpA v OHIM

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2012/C 331/57

Case T-394/12: Action brought on 28 August 2012 — Alfastar Benelux v Council

30

2012/C 331/58

Case T-398/12: Action brought on 6 September 2012 — Cosma Moden v OHIM — s.Oliver Bernd Freier (COSMA)

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2012/C 331/59

Case T-399/12: Action brought on 6 September 2012 — Cosma Moden v OHIM — s.Oliver Bernd Freier (COSMA)

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2012/C 331/60

Case T-401/12: Action brought on 10 September 2012 — Klingel v OHIM — Develey (JUNGBORN)

31

2012/C 331/61

Case T-405/12: Action brought on 10 September 2012 — FH (*1) v Commission

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European Union Civil Service Tribunal

2012/C 331/62

Case F-89/12: Action brought on 21 August 2012 — ZZ v Commission

33

2012/C 331/63

Case F-91/12: Action brought on 3 September 2012 — ZZ v Commission

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