# Official Journal C 230/2019

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 628 July 2019 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 230

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 628 July 2019

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| | IV   Notices |
| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | CDJ |
| 2019/C 230/01 | 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

CDJ

2019/C 230/01

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 |
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| 2019/C 230/02 | Case C-24/17: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund, Gewerkschaft Öffentlicher Dienst v Republik Österreich (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Prohibition of all discrimination on grounds of age — Directive 2000/78/EC — Exclusion of professional experience obtained before the age of 18 — New system of remuneration and advancement — Maintenance of the difference in treatment — Freedom of movement for workers — Article 45 TFEU — Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 — Article 7(1) — National legislation providing for account to be taken of a proportion of previous periods of service) | 2 |
| 2019/C 230/03 | Case C-396/17: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht — Austria) — Martin Leitner v Landespolizeidirektion Tirol (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Prohibition of all discrimination on grounds of age — Directive 2000/78/EC — Exclusion of professional experience acquired before the age of 18 — New system of remuneration and advancement — Maintaining a difference in treatment — Right to an effective remedy — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Justifications) | 3 |
| 2019/C 230/04 | Case C-431/17: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 7 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Symvoulio tis Epikrateias — Greece) — Monachos Eirinaios, kata kosmon Antonios Giakoumakis tou Emmanouil v Dikigorikos Syllogos Athinon (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 98/5/EC — Access to the profession of lawyer — Monk who has obtained the professional qualification of lawyer in a Member State other than the host Member State — Article 3(2) — Condition requiring registration with the competent authority of the host Member State — Certificate attesting to registration with the competent authority of the home Member State — Refusal to register — Rules of professional conduct — Incompatibility of the status of monk with practice of the profession of lawyer) | 4 |
| 2019/C 230/05 | Case C-450/17 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 — Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg — Förderbank v European Central Bank, European Commission (Appeal — Economic and monetary policy — Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 — Article 6(4) — Regulation (EU) No 468/2014 — Article 70(1) — Prudential supervision of credit institutions — Tasks conferred on the European Central Bank (ECB) — Single supervisory mechanism — Performance of those tasks by the national competent authorities — ‘Less significant’ credit institution — ‘Particular circumstances’ justifying a credit institution being considered ‘less significant’) | 5 |
| 2019/C 230/06 | Case C-494/17: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte d’appello di Trento — Italy) — Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca — MIUR v Fabio Rossato, Conservatorio di Musica F.A. Bonporti (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Fixed-term work — Contracts concluded with a public sector employer — Measures to penalise misuse of fixed-term employment contracts — Conversion of the employment relationship into a relationship of indefinite duration — Limitation on the retroactive effect of the conversion — No financial remedies) | 5 |
| 2019/C 230/07 | Case C-566/17: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyjny we Wrocławiu — Poland) — Związek Gmin Zagłębia Miedziowego w Polkowicach v Szef Krajowej Administracji Skarbowej (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 168(a) — Deduction of input tax — Principle of VAT neutrality — Taxable person engaged in both economic and non-economic activities — Goods and services purchased for the purposes of performing both transactions subject to VAT and non-taxable transactions — Absence of apportionment criteria in national legislation — Principle of lawfulness of the tax) | 6 |
| 2019/C 230/08 | Case C-568/17: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — Staatssecretaris van Financiën v L.W. Geelen (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC — Article 9(2)(c) and (e) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 52(a) — Article 56(1)(k) — Supply of services — Place of taxable transactions — Connecting factor for tax purposes — Interactive sessions of an erotic nature filmed and broadcast live on the internet — Entertainment activity — Definition — Place where the services are physically carried out) | 7 |
| 2019/C 230/09 | Case C-580/17: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus — Estonia) — Mittetulundusühing Järvelaev v Põllumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Amet (PRIA) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common agricultural policy — Support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) — Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 — Applicability ratione temporis — Article 72 — Durability of investment operations — Substantial modification to a co-financed investment operation — Asset acquired by means of an investment operation co-financed by the EAFRD and leased by the beneficiary of the funding to another — Financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy — Regulation (EC) No 1306/2013 — Articles 54 and 56 — Obligation of the Member States to recover sums unduly paid as a result of irregularity or negligence — Concept of ‘irregularity’ — Initiation of recovery proceedings) | 8 |
| 2019/C 230/10 | Case C-631/17: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — SF v Inspecteur van de Belastingdienst (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social security for migrant workers — Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 — Article 11(3)(e) — National of a Member State employed as a seaman on board a vessel flying the flag of a third State — Employer established in a Member State other than the worker’s State of residence — Determination of the applicable legislation) | 9 |
| 2019/C 230/11 | Case C-712/17: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione tributaria regionale di Lombardia — Italy) — EN.SA. Srl v Agenzia delle Entrate — Direzione Regionale Lombardia Ufficio Contenzioso (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Fictitious transactions — Impossibility of deducting the tax — Obligation on the issuer of an invoice to pay the VAT indicated thereon — Fine in an amount equal to the amount of the improperly deducted VAT — Whether compatible with the principles of VAT neutrality and proportionality) | 10 |
| 2019/C 230/12 | Case C-25/18: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Okrazhen sad — Blagoevgrad — Bulgaria) — Brian Andrew Kerr v Pavlo Postnov, Natalia Postnova (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters — Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 — Article 7(1)(a) — Special jurisdiction in matters relating to contract — Concept of ‘matters relating to a contract’ — Decision of the general meeting of the owners of property in a building — Obligation of the owners to pay annual financial contributions to the budget of the association of property owners as determined by that decision — Legal action seeking enforcement of that decision — Law applicable to contractual obligations — Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 — Article 4(1)(b) and (c) — Concepts of ‘contract for the provision of services’ and ‘a contract relating to a right in rem in immovable property’ — Decision of the general meeting of the owners of property in a building relating to maintenance costs for communal areas) | 11 |
| 2019/C 230/13 | Case C-53/18: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio — Italy) — Antonio Pasquale Mastromartino v Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Markets in financial instruments — Directive 2004/39/EC — Articles 8, 23, 50 and 51 — Scope — Financial adviser authorised to provide offsite services — Staff member who has become a defendant in criminal proceedings — National legislation providing for the possibility of temporarily prohibiting the exercise of the activity — Fundamental freedoms — Purely internal situation — Not applicable) | 12 |
| 2019/C 230/14 | Case C-127/18: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud — Czech Republic) — A-PACK CZ s. r. o. v Odvolací finanční ředitelství (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 90 and 273 — Total or partial non-payment, by the debtor, of a sum due to the taxable person in respect of a transaction subject to VAT — Taxable amount — Reduction — Principles of fiscal neutrality and  proportionality) | 12 |
| 2019/C 230/15 | Case C-161/18: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla y León -Spain) — Violeta Villar Láiz v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS), Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (TGSS) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security — Directive 79/7/EEC — Article 4 — Prohibition of any discrimination on the ground of sex — Indirect discrimination — Part-time work — Calculation of retirement pension) | 13 |
| 2019/C 230/16 | Case C-194/18: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije — Slovenia) — Jadran Dodič v Banka Koper, Alta Invest (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Transfers of undertakings — Directive 2001/23/EC — Article 1(1) — Scope — Criteria for assessment of the transfer — Transfer of clients — Transfer of all the financial services of a bank, excluding staff, to a stock brokering company) | 14 |
| 2019/C 230/17 | Case C-230/18: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Tirol — Austria) — PI v Landespolizeidirektion Tirol (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 49 TFEU — Article 15(2) and Article 16 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services — Restriction — Decision to immediately close a commercial enterprise — No statement of reasons — Overriding reasons in the public interest — Prevention of criminal offences against persons engaged in prostitution — Protection of public health — Proportionality of the restriction on the freedom of establishment — Articles 47 and 48 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights — Effectiveness of judicial review — Rights of defence — General principle of the right to good administration) | 15 |
| 2019/C 230/18 | Case C-243/18 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 — European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion for Energy v Yosu Galocha (Appeal — Civil service — Officials — Competition — Judgment annulling a decision — Extent of the annulment — Weighing up of interests involved — Annulment of reserve lists — Annulment of the decisions to appoint successful candidates from those lists) | 15 |
| 2019/C 230/19 | Case C-253/18: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — Stadt Euskirchen v Rhenus Veniro GmbH & Co. KG (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Transport — Public passenger transport services by rail and by road — Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 — Article 5(1) and (2) — Direct award — Contracts for public passenger transport services by bus and by tram — Conditions — Directive 2014/24/EU — Article 12 — Directive 2014/25/EU — Article 28) | 16 |
| 2019/C 230/20 | Case C-305/18: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per il Lazio — Italy) — Verdi Ambiente e Società (VAS) — Aps Onlus, Movimento Legge Rifiuti Zero per l’Economia Circolare Aps v Presidenza dei Consiglio dei Ministri and Others (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2008/98/EC — Disposal or recovery of waste — Establishment of an integrated waste management system guaranteeing national self-sufficiency — Construction of incineration facilities or increase in capacity of existing facilities — Classification of incineration facilities as ‘strategic infrastructure and installations of major national importance’ — Compliance with the ‘waste hierarchy’ principle — Directive 2001/42/EC — Need to carry out an ‘environmental assessment’) | 17 |
| 2019/C 230/21 | Case C-486/18: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation — France) — RE v Praxair MRC SAS (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Directive 96/34/EC — Framework agreement on parental leave — Clause 2.6 — Worker employed full-time and for indefinite duration on part-time parental leave — Dismissal — Compensation payment for dismissal and redeployment leave allowance — Method of calculation — Article 157 TFEU — Equal pay for male and female workers — Part-time parental leave taken primarily by female workers — Indirect discrimination — Objective factors unrelated to any sex discrimination — None) | 18 |
| 2019/C 230/22 | Case C-780/18 P: Appeal brought on 10 December 2018 by Cuervo y Sobrinos 1882, S.L. against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) delivered on 10 October 2018 in Case T-374/17 Cuervo y Sobrinos 1882 v EUIPO — A. Salgado Nespereira | 19 |
| 2019/C 230/23 | Case C-264/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 29 March 2019 — Constantin Film Verleih GmbH v YouTube LLC, Google Inc. | 19 |
| 2019/C 230/24 | Case C-266/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 29 March 2019 — EIS GmbH v TO | 20 |
| 2019/C 230/25 | Case C-279/19: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal (United Kingdom) made on 3 April 2019 — Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v WR | 21 |
| 2019/C 230/26 | Case C-297/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 11 April 2019 — Naturschutzbund Deutschland — Landesverband Schleswig-Holstein e.V. v Kreis Nordfriesland | 21 |
| 2019/C 230/27 | Case C-343/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Klagenfurt (Austria) lodged on 30 April 2019 — Verein für Konsumenteninformation v Volkswagen AG | 22 |
| 2019/C 230/28 | Case C-354/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Svea Hovrätt, Patent- och marknadsöverdomstolen (Sweden) lodged on 3 May 2019 — Novartis AG v Patent-och registreringsverket | 23 |
| 2019/C 230/29 | Case C-390/19 P: Appeal brought on 17 May 2019 by the Italian Republic against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 12 March 2019 in Case T-135/15 Italy v Commission | 24 |
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| 2019/C 230/30 | Case T-604/15: Judgment of the General Court of 22 May 2019 — Ertico — ITS Europe v Commission (Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities — Recommendation 2003/361/EC — Decision of the Commission’s Validation Panel on qualification as a micro, small and medium-sized business — Request for review under sections 1.2.6 and 1.2.7 of the Annex to Decision 2012/838/EU, Euratom — No administrative appeal within the meaning of Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 — Rights of the defence — Principle of sound administration — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Res judicata — Criteria for the definition of micro, small and medium-sized businesses in EU policies — Concept of an ‘enterprise’ — Concept of an ‘economic activity’ — Criterion of independence — Obligation to state reasons) | 25 |
| 2019/C 230/31 | Case T-197/16: Judgment of the General Court of 22 May 2019 — Andrea Incontri v EUIPO — Higicol (ANDREA INCONTRI) (European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the European Union word mark ANDREA INCONTRI — Earlier European Union word mark ANDREIA — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Distinctive character of a first name and a surname — Power to alter decisions) | 26 |
| 2019/C 230/32 | Case T-690/16: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Enrico Colombo and Corinti Giacomo v Commission (Public works contracts — Tendering procedure — JRC in Ispra — Works for the construction and maintenance of water pipes and district heating/cooling substations — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid — Action for annulment — Action for damages — Obligation to state reasons) | 26 |
| 2019/C 230/33 | Case T-791/16: Judgment of the General Court of 22 May 2019 — Real Madrid Club de Fútbol v Commission (State aid — Aid granted by the Spanish authorities to a professional football club — Settlement aimed atcompensating for a failure to carry out a land transfer initially agreed between a city council and a football club — Football club overcompensated — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market — Advantage) | 27 |
| 2019/C 230/34 | Joined Cases T-836/16 and T-624/17: Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2019 — Poland v Commission (State aid — Polish tax on the retail sector — Progressive tax levied on turnover — Decision to open the formal investigation procedure — Final decision classifying the measure as State aid incompatible with the internal market — Concept of State aid — Condition relating to selectivity) | 28 |
| 2019/C 230/35 | Case T-37/17: Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2019 — Bank Tejarat v Council (Non-contractual liability — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran — Freezing of funds — Restriction on admission to the territory of the Member States — Compensation for the damage allegedly sustained by the applicant following its inclusion and re-inclusion in the list of persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures at issue — Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals) | 29 |
| 2019/C 230/36 | Case T-107/17: Judgment of the General Court of 23 May 2019 — Steinhoff and Others v ECB (Non-contractual liability — Economic and monetary policy — ECB — National central banks — Restructuring of the Greek public debt — Involvement of the private sector — Collective action clauses — Mandatory exchange of Greek bonds — Private creditors — Opinion of the ECB — Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals — Principle of pacta sunt servanda — Article 17(1) and (2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights — Article 63(1) TFEU — Article 124 TFUE) | 30 |
| 2019/C 230/37 | Case T-728/17: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Marinvest and Porting v Commission (State aid — Pleasure port infrastructure — Concession for the management of a port and the provision of infrastructures and services without economic consideration — Decision finding that there is no State aid — Effect on trade between Member States) | 30 |
| 2019/C 230/38 | Case T-733/17: Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2019 — GMPO v Commission (Medicinal products for human use — Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 141/2000 — Definition of ‘significant benefit’ — Availability of orphan medicinal products — Article 5(12)(b) of Regulation No 141/2000 — Commission decision to remove a medicinal product from the Register of Orphan Medicinal Products — Error of assessment — Error of law — Legitimate expectations) | 31 |
| 2019/C 230/39 | Case T-751/17: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Commune de Fessenheim and Others v Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Letter sent by the Commission to the French authorities regarding the protocol for the compensation of the EDF Group in respect of the repeal of the permit to operate the Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant — Refusal of access — Exception relating to the protection of the commercial interests of a third party — Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits — General presumption of confidentiality — Overriding public interest) | 32 |
| 2019/C 230/40 | Case T-795/17: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Moreira v EUIPO — Da Silva Santos Júnior (NEYMAR) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark NEYMAR — Declaration of invalidity — Bad faith — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) | 33 |
| 2019/C 230/41 | Case T-813/17: Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2019 — Nerantzaki v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Recruitment — Notice of competition — Open competition EPSO/AD/331/16 — Conditions for admission — Decision of the selection board not to admit the applicant to the next stage of the competition — Error of law) | 33 |
| 2019/C 230/42 | Joined Cases T-3/18 and T-4/18: Judgment of the General Court of 23 May 2019 — Holzer y Cia v EUIPO — Annco (ANN TAYLOR and AT ANN TAYLOR) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word and figurative marks ANN TAYLOR and AT ANN TAYLOR — Absolute ground for invalidity — Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Bad faith) | 34 |
| 2019/C 230/43 | Case T-12/18: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Zweirad-Center Stadler v EUIPO — Triumph Designs (Triumph) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark Triumph — Earlier EU word mark TRIUMPH — Partial rejection of the application for registration — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Identical signs — Enhanced distinctiveness of the earlier mark acquired through use — Similarity between products — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) | 35 |
| 2019/C 230/44 | Case T-37/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Stirlinx Arkadiusz Kamusiński v EUIPO — Heinrich Bauer Verlag (Brave Paper) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark Brave Paper — Earlier national word mark BRAVO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Conceptual similarity) | 36 |
| 2019/C 230/45 | Joined Cases T-89/18 and T-90/18: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Guiral Broto v EUIPO — Gastro & Soul (Café del Sol and CAFE DEL SOL) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Applications for the EU word and figurative marks Café del Sol and CAFE DEL SOL — Earlier national figurative mark Café del Sol — Proof of the existence, validity and scope of protection of the earlier mark — Translation — Rights of the defence — Article 95(2) of Regulation 2017/1001) | 36 |
| 2019/C 230/46 | Case T-99/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Stamatopoulos v ENISA (Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Recruitment — Vacancy notice — Appointment to a post of head of unit — Rejection of application — Duty to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Equal treatment — Transparency — Liability) | 37 |
| 2019/C 230/47 | Case T-104/18: Judgment of the General Court of 20 May 2019 — Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation v REA (Arbitration clause — Grant agreement concluded in the framework of the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013) — Development of a system to monitor process and quality in the sector of industrial food production — Food-Watch Project — Overlap of the project with another project funded under the same programme — Information requirements on beneficiaries — Decision to demand repayment of the financial contribution paid under the grant agreement) | 38 |
| 2019/C 230/48 | Case T-185/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Lucchini v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for concrete reinforcing bars in bars or coils — Decision finding an infringement of Article 65 CS after the expiry of the ECSC Treaty on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Partial annulment of the Commission decision — Rejection of a request for reimbursement of a fine paid pursuant to a decision annulled in part — Rejection of a request to be allowed to participate in the administrative procedure that was reopened following the partial annulment of the decision — Rights of the defence — Non-existent act — Non-contractual liability — Limitation) | 39 |
| 2019/C 230/49 | Case T-228/18: Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2019 — Transtec v Commission (Public service contracts — Tender procedure — Framework contract for the provision of services — Services to third countries benefiting from external aid — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid and award of the contract to other tenderers — Allegations of grave professional misconduct against a tenderer — No final judgment or final administrative decision establishing grave professional misconduct — Conditions for referral to the panel referred to in Article 108 of the Financial Regulation — Abnormally low tenders — Duty to state reasons — Taking into account of a letter sent by the awarding authority after the action had been brought — Right to an effective remedy — Standstill period for bringing an action against the award decision — Equal treatment — Principle of non-discrimination — Articles 105a, 106, 108, 113 and 118 of the Financial Regulation — Non-contractual liability) | 40 |
| 2019/C 230/50 | Case T-269/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Inditex v EUIPO — Ffauf Italia (ZARA) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark ZARA — Earlier national word and figurative marks LE DELIZIE ZARA and ZARA — Proof of genuine use of the earlier marks — Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 18(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons) | 40 |
| 2019/C 230/51 | Case T-324/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — VI.TO. v EUIPO — Bottega (Shape of a golden bottle) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of a golden bottle — Absolute grounds for refusal — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(e)(i) to (iii) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(e)(i) to (iii) of Regulation 2017/1001) | 41 |
| 2019/C 230/52 | Case T-325/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — VI.TO. v EUIPO — Bottega (Shape of a pink bottle) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of a pink bottle — Absolute grounds for refusal — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(e)(i) to (iii) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(e)(i) to (iii) of Regulation 2017/1001) | 42 |
| 2019/C 230/53 | Case T-354/18: Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2019 — KID-Systeme v EUIPO — Sky (SKYFi) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark SKYFi — Earlier national and EU word marks SKY — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of signs — Identity of goods and services — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Suspension of the administrative procedure — Rule 20(7)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 (now Article 71(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625) — Misuse of powers — Right to a fair trial — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights — Oral proceedings before the Board of Appeal — Article 96 of Regulation 2017/1001) | 43 |
| 2019/C 230/54 | Case T-465/18: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Eurolamp v EUIPO (EUROLAMP pioneers in new technology) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark EUROLAMP pioneers in new technology — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Mark consisting of an advertising slogan — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) | 44 |
| 2019/C 230/55 | Case T-466/18: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Eurolamp v EUIPO (EUROLAMP pioneers in new technology) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark EUROLAMP pioneers in new technology — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Mark consisting of an advertising slogan — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) | 44 |
| 2019/C 230/56 | Case T-469/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Battelle Memorial Institute v EUIPO (HEATCOAT) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark HEATCOAT — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptiveness — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Equal treatment — Principle of sound administration) | 45 |
| 2019/C 230/57 | Case T-629/18: Judgment of the General Court of 7 May 2019 — mobile.de v EUIPO (Representation of a car in a speech bubble) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a car in a speech bubble — Admissibility of the action before the Board of Appeal — Article 49(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Restriction of the list of goods or services covered by the mark applied for — Article 27(5) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 — Extent of the examination to be carried out by the Board of Appeal — Obligation to adjudicate on a request for restriction) | 46 |
| 2019/C 230/58 | Case T-237/18: Order of the General Court of 17 May 2019 — Martini-Sportswear v EUIPO — Olympique de Marseille (M) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark M — Withdrawal of the contested measure — Action which has become devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate) | 46 |
| 2019/C 230/59 | Case T-281/18: Order of the General Court of 6 May 2019 — ABLV Bank v ECB (Action for annulment — Economic and monetary union — Banking union — Single resolution mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms (SRM) — Resolution procedure applicable where an entity is failing or is likely to fail — Parent company and subsidiary — Declaration by the ECB that an entity is failing or is likely to fail — Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 — Preparatory measures — Acts not open to judicial review — Inadmissibility) | 47 |
| 2019/C 230/60 | Case T-283/18: Order of the General Court of 6 May 2019 — Bernis and Others v ECB (Action for annulment — Economic and monetary union — Banking union — Single resolution mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms (SRM) — Resolution procedure applicable where an entity is failing or is likely to fail — Parent company and subsidiary — Declaration by the ECB that an entity is failing or is likely to fail — Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 — Preparatory measures — Acts not open to judicial review — Inadmissibility) | 48 |
| 2019/C 230/61 | Case T-330/18: Order of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Carvalho and Others v Parliament and Council (Action for annulment and damages — Environment — Greenhouse gas emissions — 2030 climate and energy package — Directive (EU) 2018/410 — Regulation (EU) 2018/842 — Regulation (EU) 2018/841 — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissibility) | 49 |
| 2019/C 230/62 | Case T-396/18: Order of the General Court of 16 May 2019 — ITSA v Commission (Action for annulment — Approximation of laws — Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products and related product — Establishment and operation of a traceability system for tobacco products — Delegated Regulation and implementing acts — Lack of direct concern — Inadmissibility) | 50 |
| 2019/C 230/63 | Case T-422/18: Order of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — RATP v Commission (Action for annulment — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to a procedure initiated by the Commission against a Member State — Documents originating from the applicant — Third party access request — Initial decision to grant partial access — Lack of purpose — Inadmissibility) | 50 |
| 2019/C 230/64 | Case T-473/18: Order of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Getsmarter Online v EUIPO (getsmarter) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark getsmarter — Mark consisting of an advertising slogan — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(3) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law) | 51 |
| 2019/C 230/65 | Case T-517/18: Order of the General Court of 10 May 2019 — Zott v EUIPO — TSC Food Products (Ready-to-eat rectangular cake) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Community design representing a ready-to-eat rectangular cake — Earlier Community design — Ground for invalidity — No individual character — No different overall impression — Designer’s degree of freedom — Informed user — Article 4(1), Article 6(1)(b) and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law) | 52 |
| 2019/C 230/66 | Case T-602/18: Order of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Ayuntamiento de Enguera v Commission (Action for annulment — Grant agreement concluded under the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) — Reduction of the amount of the grant — Reclassification of the action — Refusal of the applicant — Inadmissibility) | 53 |
| 2019/C 230/67 | Case T-734/18 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Sumitomo Chemical and Tenka Best v Commission (Interim measures — Biocidal products — Active substance empenthrin — Non-approval — Application for suspension of operation of a measure — No urgency) | 53 |
| 2019/C 230/68 | Case T-245/19: Action brought on 10 April 2019 — Uzina Metalurgica Moldoveneasca/Commission | 54 |
| 2019/C 230/69 | Case T-266/19: Action brought on 20 April 2019 — gastivo portal v EUIPO — La Fourchette (Representation of a fork on a green background) | 55 |
| 2019/C 230/70 | Case T-267/19: Action brought on 20 April 2019 — gastivo portal v EUIPO — La Fourchette (Representation of a fork on a green background) | 56 |
| 2019/C 230/71 | Case T-294/19: Action brought on 4 May 2019 — Vanhoudt and Others v EIB | 57 |
| 2019/C 230/72 | Case T-299/19: Action brought on 9 May 2019 — VG v Commission | 58 |
| 2019/C 230/73 | Case T-305/19: Action brought on 14 May 2019 — Welmax + v EUIPO — Valmex Medical Imaging (welmax) | 59 |
| 2019/C 230/74 | Case T-307/19: Action brought on 20 May 2019 — SQlab v EUIPO (Innerbarend) | 60 |
| 2019/C 230/75 | Case T-308/19: Action brought on 17 May 2019 — BU v Commission | 61 |
| 2019/C 230/76 | Case T-312/19: Action brought on 21 May 2019 — Wilhelm Sihn jr. v EUIPO — Golden Frog (CHAMELEON) | 63 |
| 2019/C 230/77 | Case T-314/19: Action brought on 22 May 2019 — Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation v Commission | 64 |
| 2019/C 230/78 | Case T-419/18: Order of the General Court of 7 May 2019 — Crédit agricole and Crédit agricole Corporate and Investment Bank v Commission | 65 |
| 2019/C 230/79 | Case T-699/18: Order of the General Court of 6 May 2019 — Apera Capital Master v EUIPO — Altera Capital (APERA CAPITAL) | 66 |
| 2019/C 230/80 | Case T-115/19: Order of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Bacardi v EUIPO — La Fée (ANGEL’S ENVY) | 66 |

V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

CDJ

2019/C 230/02

Case C-24/17: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund, Gewerkschaft Öffentlicher Dienst v Republik Österreich (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Prohibition of all discrimination on grounds of age — Directive 2000/78/EC — Exclusion of professional experience obtained before the age of 18 — New system of remuneration and advancement — Maintenance of the difference in treatment — Freedom of movement for workers — Article 45 TFEU — Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 — Article 7(1) — National legislation providing for account to be taken of a proportion of previous periods of service)

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2019/C 230/03

Case C-396/17: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht — Austria) — Martin Leitner v Landespolizeidirektion Tirol (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Prohibition of all discrimination on grounds of age — Directive 2000/78/EC — Exclusion of professional experience acquired before the age of 18 — New system of remuneration and advancement — Maintaining a difference in treatment — Right to an effective remedy — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Justifications)

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2019/C 230/04

Case C-431/17: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 7 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Symvoulio tis Epikrateias — Greece) — Monachos Eirinaios, kata kosmon Antonios Giakoumakis tou Emmanouil v Dikigorikos Syllogos Athinon (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 98/5/EC — Access to the profession of lawyer — Monk who has obtained the professional qualification of lawyer in a Member State other than the host Member State — Article 3(2) — Condition requiring registration with the competent authority of the host Member State — Certificate attesting to registration with the competent authority of the home Member State — Refusal to register — Rules of professional conduct — Incompatibility of the status of monk with practice of the profession of lawyer)

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2019/C 230/05

Case C-450/17 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 — Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg — Förderbank v European Central Bank, European Commission (Appeal — Economic and monetary policy — Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 — Article 6(4) — Regulation (EU) No 468/2014 — Article 70(1) — Prudential supervision of credit institutions — Tasks conferred on the European Central Bank (ECB) — Single supervisory mechanism — Performance of those tasks by the national competent authorities — ‘Less significant’ credit institution — ‘Particular circumstances’ justifying a credit institution being considered ‘less significant’)

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2019/C 230/06

Case C-494/17: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte d’appello di Trento — Italy) — Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca — MIUR v Fabio Rossato, Conservatorio di Musica F.A. Bonporti (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Fixed-term work — Contracts concluded with a public sector employer — Measures to penalise misuse of fixed-term employment contracts — Conversion of the employment relationship into a relationship of indefinite duration — Limitation on the retroactive effect of the conversion — No financial remedies)

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2019/C 230/07

Case C-566/17: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyjny we Wrocławiu — Poland) — Związek Gmin Zagłębia Miedziowego w Polkowicach v Szef Krajowej Administracji Skarbowej (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 168(a) — Deduction of input tax — Principle of VAT neutrality — Taxable person engaged in both economic and non-economic activities — Goods and services purchased for the purposes of performing both transactions subject to VAT and non-taxable transactions — Absence of apportionment criteria in national legislation — Principle of lawfulness of the tax)

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2019/C 230/08

Case C-568/17: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — Staatssecretaris van Financiën v L.W. Geelen (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC — Article 9(2)(c) and (e) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 52(a) — Article 56(1)(k) — Supply of services — Place of taxable transactions — Connecting factor for tax purposes — Interactive sessions of an erotic nature filmed and broadcast live on the internet — Entertainment activity — Definition — Place where the services are physically carried out)

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2019/C 230/09

Case C-580/17: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus — Estonia) — Mittetulundusühing Järvelaev v Põllumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Amet (PRIA) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common agricultural policy — Support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) — Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 — Applicability ratione temporis — Article 72 — Durability of investment operations — Substantial modification to a co-financed investment operation — Asset acquired by means of an investment operation co-financed by the EAFRD and leased by the beneficiary of the funding to another — Financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy — Regulation (EC) No 1306/2013 — Articles 54 and 56 — Obligation of the Member States to recover sums unduly paid as a result of irregularity or negligence — Concept of ‘irregularity’ — Initiation of recovery proceedings)

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2019/C 230/10

Case C-631/17: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — SF v Inspecteur van de Belastingdienst (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social security for migrant workers — Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 — Article 11(3)(e) — National of a Member State employed as a seaman on board a vessel flying the flag of a third State — Employer established in a Member State other than the worker’s State of residence — Determination of the applicable legislation)

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2019/C 230/11

Case C-712/17: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione tributaria regionale di Lombardia — Italy) — EN.SA. Srl v Agenzia delle Entrate — Direzione Regionale Lombardia Ufficio Contenzioso (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Fictitious transactions — Impossibility of deducting the tax — Obligation on the issuer of an invoice to pay the VAT indicated thereon — Fine in an amount equal to the amount of the improperly deducted VAT — Whether compatible with the principles of VAT neutrality and proportionality)

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2019/C 230/12

Case C-25/18: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Okrazhen sad — Blagoevgrad — Bulgaria) — Brian Andrew Kerr v Pavlo Postnov, Natalia Postnova (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters — Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 — Article 7(1)(a) — Special jurisdiction in matters relating to contract — Concept of ‘matters relating to a contract’ — Decision of the general meeting of the owners of property in a building — Obligation of the owners to pay annual financial contributions to the budget of the association of property owners as determined by that decision — Legal action seeking enforcement of that decision — Law applicable to contractual obligations — Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 — Article 4(1)(b) and (c) — Concepts of ‘contract for the provision of services’ and ‘a contract relating to a right in rem in immovable property’ — Decision of the general meeting of the owners of property in a building relating to maintenance costs for communal areas)

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2019/C 230/13

Case C-53/18: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio — Italy) — Antonio Pasquale Mastromartino v Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Markets in financial instruments — Directive 2004/39/EC — Articles 8, 23, 50 and 51 — Scope — Financial adviser authorised to provide offsite services — Staff member who has become a defendant in criminal proceedings — National legislation providing for the possibility of temporarily prohibiting the exercise of the activity — Fundamental freedoms — Purely internal situation — Not applicable)

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2019/C 230/14

Case C-127/18: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud — Czech Republic) — A-PACK CZ s. r. o. v Odvolací finanční ředitelství (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 90 and 273 — Total or partial non-payment, by the debtor, of a sum due to the taxable person in respect of a transaction subject to VAT — Taxable amount — Reduction — Principles of fiscal neutrality and  proportionality)

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2019/C 230/15

Case C-161/18: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla y León -Spain) — Violeta Villar Láiz v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS), Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (TGSS) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security — Directive 79/7/EEC — Article 4 — Prohibition of any discrimination on the ground of sex — Indirect discrimination — Part-time work — Calculation of retirement pension)

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2019/C 230/16

Case C-194/18: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije — Slovenia) — Jadran Dodič v Banka Koper, Alta Invest (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Transfers of undertakings — Directive 2001/23/EC — Article 1(1) — Scope — Criteria for assessment of the transfer — Transfer of clients — Transfer of all the financial services of a bank, excluding staff, to a stock brokering company)

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2019/C 230/17

Case C-230/18: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Tirol — Austria) — PI v Landespolizeidirektion Tirol (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 49 TFEU — Article 15(2) and Article 16 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services — Restriction — Decision to immediately close a commercial enterprise — No statement of reasons — Overriding reasons in the public interest — Prevention of criminal offences against persons engaged in prostitution — Protection of public health — Proportionality of the restriction on the freedom of establishment — Articles 47 and 48 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights — Effectiveness of judicial review — Rights of defence — General principle of the right to good administration)

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2019/C 230/18

Case C-243/18 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 — European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion for Energy v Yosu Galocha (Appeal — Civil service — Officials — Competition — Judgment annulling a decision — Extent of the annulment — Weighing up of interests involved — Annulment of reserve lists — Annulment of the decisions to appoint successful candidates from those lists)

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2019/C 230/19

Case C-253/18: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — Stadt Euskirchen v Rhenus Veniro GmbH & Co. KG (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Transport — Public passenger transport services by rail and by road — Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 — Article 5(1) and (2) — Direct award — Contracts for public passenger transport services by bus and by tram — Conditions — Directive 2014/24/EU — Article 12 — Directive 2014/25/EU — Article 28)

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2019/C 230/20

Case C-305/18: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per il Lazio — Italy) — Verdi Ambiente e Società (VAS) — Aps Onlus, Movimento Legge Rifiuti Zero per l’Economia Circolare Aps v Presidenza dei Consiglio dei Ministri and Others (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2008/98/EC — Disposal or recovery of waste — Establishment of an integrated waste management system guaranteeing national self-sufficiency — Construction of incineration facilities or increase in capacity of existing facilities — Classification of incineration facilities as ‘strategic infrastructure and installations of major national importance’ — Compliance with the ‘waste hierarchy’ principle — Directive 2001/42/EC — Need to carry out an ‘environmental assessment’)

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2019/C 230/21

Case C-486/18: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation — France) — RE v Praxair MRC SAS (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Directive 96/34/EC — Framework agreement on parental leave — Clause 2.6 — Worker employed full-time and for indefinite duration on part-time parental leave — Dismissal — Compensation payment for dismissal and redeployment leave allowance — Method of calculation — Article 157 TFEU — Equal pay for male and female workers — Part-time parental leave taken primarily by female workers — Indirect discrimination — Objective factors unrelated to any sex discrimination — None)

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2019/C 230/22

Case C-780/18 P: Appeal brought on 10 December 2018 by Cuervo y Sobrinos 1882, S.L. against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) delivered on 10 October 2018 in Case T-374/17 Cuervo y Sobrinos 1882 v EUIPO — A. Salgado Nespereira

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2019/C 230/23

Case C-264/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 29 March 2019 — Constantin Film Verleih GmbH v YouTube LLC, Google Inc.

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2019/C 230/24

Case C-266/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 29 March 2019 — EIS GmbH v TO

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2019/C 230/25

Case C-279/19: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal (United Kingdom) made on 3 April 2019 — Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v WR

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2019/C 230/26

Case C-297/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 11 April 2019 — Naturschutzbund Deutschland — Landesverband Schleswig-Holstein e.V. v Kreis Nordfriesland

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2019/C 230/27

Case C-343/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Klagenfurt (Austria) lodged on 30 April 2019 — Verein für Konsumenteninformation v Volkswagen AG

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2019/C 230/28

Case C-354/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Svea Hovrätt, Patent- och marknadsöverdomstolen (Sweden) lodged on 3 May 2019 — Novartis AG v Patent-och registreringsverket

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2019/C 230/29

Case C-390/19 P: Appeal brought on 17 May 2019 by the Italian Republic against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 12 March 2019 in Case T-135/15 Italy v Commission

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GCEU

2019/C 230/30

Case T-604/15: Judgment of the General Court of 22 May 2019 — Ertico — ITS Europe v Commission (Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities — Recommendation 2003/361/EC — Decision of the Commission’s Validation Panel on qualification as a micro, small and medium-sized business — Request for review under sections 1.2.6 and 1.2.7 of the Annex to Decision 2012/838/EU, Euratom — No administrative appeal within the meaning of Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 — Rights of the defence — Principle of sound administration — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Res judicata — Criteria for the definition of micro, small and medium-sized businesses in EU policies — Concept of an ‘enterprise’ — Concept of an ‘economic activity’ — Criterion of independence — Obligation to state reasons)

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2019/C 230/31

Case T-197/16: Judgment of the General Court of 22 May 2019 — Andrea Incontri v EUIPO — Higicol (ANDREA INCONTRI) (European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the European Union word mark ANDREA INCONTRI — Earlier European Union word mark ANDREIA — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Distinctive character of a first name and a surname — Power to alter decisions)

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2019/C 230/32

Case T-690/16: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Enrico Colombo and Corinti Giacomo v Commission (Public works contracts — Tendering procedure — JRC in Ispra — Works for the construction and maintenance of water pipes and district heating/cooling substations — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid — Action for annulment — Action for damages — Obligation to state reasons)

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2019/C 230/33

Case T-791/16: Judgment of the General Court of 22 May 2019 — Real Madrid Club de Fútbol v Commission (State aid — Aid granted by the Spanish authorities to a professional football club — Settlement aimed atcompensating for a failure to carry out a land transfer initially agreed between a city council and a football club — Football club overcompensated — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market — Advantage)

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2019/C 230/34

Joined Cases T-836/16 and T-624/17: Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2019 — Poland v Commission (State aid — Polish tax on the retail sector — Progressive tax levied on turnover — Decision to open the formal investigation procedure — Final decision classifying the measure as State aid incompatible with the internal market — Concept of State aid — Condition relating to selectivity)

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2019/C 230/35

Case T-37/17: Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2019 — Bank Tejarat v Council (Non-contractual liability — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran — Freezing of funds — Restriction on admission to the territory of the Member States — Compensation for the damage allegedly sustained by the applicant following its inclusion and re-inclusion in the list of persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures at issue — Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals)

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2019/C 230/36

Case T-107/17: Judgment of the General Court of 23 May 2019 — Steinhoff and Others v ECB (Non-contractual liability — Economic and monetary policy — ECB — National central banks — Restructuring of the Greek public debt — Involvement of the private sector — Collective action clauses — Mandatory exchange of Greek bonds — Private creditors — Opinion of the ECB — Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals — Principle of pacta sunt servanda — Article 17(1) and (2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights — Article 63(1) TFEU — Article 124 TFUE)

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2019/C 230/37

Case T-728/17: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Marinvest and Porting v Commission (State aid — Pleasure port infrastructure — Concession for the management of a port and the provision of infrastructures and services without economic consideration — Decision finding that there is no State aid — Effect on trade between Member States)

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2019/C 230/38

Case T-733/17: Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2019 — GMPO v Commission (Medicinal products for human use — Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 141/2000 — Definition of ‘significant benefit’ — Availability of orphan medicinal products — Article 5(12)(b) of Regulation No 141/2000 — Commission decision to remove a medicinal product from the Register of Orphan Medicinal Products — Error of assessment — Error of law — Legitimate expectations)

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2019/C 230/39

Case T-751/17: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Commune de Fessenheim and Others v Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Letter sent by the Commission to the French authorities regarding the protocol for the compensation of the EDF Group in respect of the repeal of the permit to operate the Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant — Refusal of access — Exception relating to the protection of the commercial interests of a third party — Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits — General presumption of confidentiality — Overriding public interest)

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2019/C 230/40

Case T-795/17: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Moreira v EUIPO — Da Silva Santos Júnior (NEYMAR) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark NEYMAR — Declaration of invalidity — Bad faith — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

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2019/C 230/41

Case T-813/17: Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2019 — Nerantzaki v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Recruitment — Notice of competition — Open competition EPSO/AD/331/16 — Conditions for admission — Decision of the selection board not to admit the applicant to the next stage of the competition — Error of law)

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2019/C 230/42

Joined Cases T-3/18 and T-4/18: Judgment of the General Court of 23 May 2019 — Holzer y Cia v EUIPO — Annco (ANN TAYLOR and AT ANN TAYLOR) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word and figurative marks ANN TAYLOR and AT ANN TAYLOR — Absolute ground for invalidity — Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Bad faith)

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2019/C 230/43

Case T-12/18: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Zweirad-Center Stadler v EUIPO — Triumph Designs (Triumph) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark Triumph — Earlier EU word mark TRIUMPH — Partial rejection of the application for registration — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Identical signs — Enhanced distinctiveness of the earlier mark acquired through use — Similarity between products — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 230/44

Case T-37/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Stirlinx Arkadiusz Kamusiński v EUIPO — Heinrich Bauer Verlag (Brave Paper) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark Brave Paper — Earlier national word mark BRAVO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Conceptual similarity)

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2019/C 230/45

Joined Cases T-89/18 and T-90/18: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Guiral Broto v EUIPO — Gastro & Soul (Café del Sol and CAFE DEL SOL) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Applications for the EU word and figurative marks Café del Sol and CAFE DEL SOL — Earlier national figurative mark Café del Sol — Proof of the existence, validity and scope of protection of the earlier mark — Translation — Rights of the defence — Article 95(2) of Regulation 2017/1001)

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2019/C 230/46

Case T-99/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Stamatopoulos v ENISA (Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Recruitment — Vacancy notice — Appointment to a post of head of unit — Rejection of application — Duty to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Equal treatment — Transparency — Liability)

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2019/C 230/47

Case T-104/18: Judgment of the General Court of 20 May 2019 — Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation v REA (Arbitration clause — Grant agreement concluded in the framework of the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013) — Development of a system to monitor process and quality in the sector of industrial food production — Food-Watch Project — Overlap of the project with another project funded under the same programme — Information requirements on beneficiaries — Decision to demand repayment of the financial contribution paid under the grant agreement)

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2019/C 230/48

Case T-185/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Lucchini v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for concrete reinforcing bars in bars or coils — Decision finding an infringement of Article 65 CS after the expiry of the ECSC Treaty on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Partial annulment of the Commission decision — Rejection of a request for reimbursement of a fine paid pursuant to a decision annulled in part — Rejection of a request to be allowed to participate in the administrative procedure that was reopened following the partial annulment of the decision — Rights of the defence — Non-existent act — Non-contractual liability — Limitation)

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2019/C 230/49

Case T-228/18: Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2019 — Transtec v Commission (Public service contracts — Tender procedure — Framework contract for the provision of services — Services to third countries benefiting from external aid — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid and award of the contract to other tenderers — Allegations of grave professional misconduct against a tenderer — No final judgment or final administrative decision establishing grave professional misconduct — Conditions for referral to the panel referred to in Article 108 of the Financial Regulation — Abnormally low tenders — Duty to state reasons — Taking into account of a letter sent by the awarding authority after the action had been brought — Right to an effective remedy — Standstill period for bringing an action against the award decision — Equal treatment — Principle of non-discrimination — Articles 105a, 106, 108, 113 and 118 of the Financial Regulation — Non-contractual liability)

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2019/C 230/50

Case T-269/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Inditex v EUIPO — Ffauf Italia (ZARA) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark ZARA — Earlier national word and figurative marks LE DELIZIE ZARA and ZARA — Proof of genuine use of the earlier marks — Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 18(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons)

40

2019/C 230/51

Case T-324/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — VI.TO. v EUIPO — Bottega (Shape of a golden bottle) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of a golden bottle — Absolute grounds for refusal — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(e)(i) to (iii) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(e)(i) to (iii) of Regulation 2017/1001)

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2019/C 230/52

Case T-325/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — VI.TO. v EUIPO — Bottega (Shape of a pink bottle) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of a pink bottle — Absolute grounds for refusal — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(e)(i) to (iii) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(e)(i) to (iii) of Regulation 2017/1001)

42

2019/C 230/53

Case T-354/18: Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2019 — KID-Systeme v EUIPO — Sky (SKYFi) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark SKYFi — Earlier national and EU word marks SKY — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of signs — Identity of goods and services — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Suspension of the administrative procedure — Rule 20(7)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 (now Article 71(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625) — Misuse of powers — Right to a fair trial — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights — Oral proceedings before the Board of Appeal — Article 96 of Regulation 2017/1001)

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2019/C 230/54

Case T-465/18: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Eurolamp v EUIPO (EUROLAMP pioneers in new technology) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark EUROLAMP pioneers in new technology — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Mark consisting of an advertising slogan — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 230/55

Case T-466/18: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Eurolamp v EUIPO (EUROLAMP pioneers in new technology) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark EUROLAMP pioneers in new technology — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Mark consisting of an advertising slogan — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 230/56

Case T-469/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Battelle Memorial Institute v EUIPO (HEATCOAT) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark HEATCOAT — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptiveness — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Equal treatment — Principle of sound administration)

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2019/C 230/57

Case T-629/18: Judgment of the General Court of 7 May 2019 — mobile.de v EUIPO (Representation of a car in a speech bubble) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a car in a speech bubble — Admissibility of the action before the Board of Appeal — Article 49(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Restriction of the list of goods or services covered by the mark applied for — Article 27(5) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 — Extent of the examination to be carried out by the Board of Appeal — Obligation to adjudicate on a request for restriction)

46

2019/C 230/58

Case T-237/18: Order of the General Court of 17 May 2019 — Martini-Sportswear v EUIPO — Olympique de Marseille (M) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark M — Withdrawal of the contested measure — Action which has become devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate)

46

2019/C 230/59

Case T-281/18: Order of the General Court of 6 May 2019 — ABLV Bank v ECB (Action for annulment — Economic and monetary union — Banking union — Single resolution mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms (SRM) — Resolution procedure applicable where an entity is failing or is likely to fail — Parent company and subsidiary — Declaration by the ECB that an entity is failing or is likely to fail — Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 — Preparatory measures — Acts not open to judicial review — Inadmissibility)

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2019/C 230/60

Case T-283/18: Order of the General Court of 6 May 2019 — Bernis and Others v ECB (Action for annulment — Economic and monetary union — Banking union — Single resolution mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms (SRM) — Resolution procedure applicable where an entity is failing or is likely to fail — Parent company and subsidiary — Declaration by the ECB that an entity is failing or is likely to fail — Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 — Preparatory measures — Acts not open to judicial review — Inadmissibility)

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2019/C 230/61

Case T-330/18: Order of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Carvalho and Others v Parliament and Council (Action for annulment and damages — Environment — Greenhouse gas emissions — 2030 climate and energy package — Directive (EU) 2018/410 — Regulation (EU) 2018/842 — Regulation (EU) 2018/841 — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissibility)

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2019/C 230/62

Case T-396/18: Order of the General Court of 16 May 2019 — ITSA v Commission (Action for annulment — Approximation of laws — Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products and related product — Establishment and operation of a traceability system for tobacco products — Delegated Regulation and implementing acts — Lack of direct concern — Inadmissibility)

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2019/C 230/63

Case T-422/18: Order of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — RATP v Commission (Action for annulment — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to a procedure initiated by the Commission against a Member State — Documents originating from the applicant — Third party access request — Initial decision to grant partial access — Lack of purpose — Inadmissibility)

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2019/C 230/64

Case T-473/18: Order of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Getsmarter Online v EUIPO (getsmarter) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark getsmarter — Mark consisting of an advertising slogan — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(3) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)

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2019/C 230/65

Case T-517/18: Order of the General Court of 10 May 2019 — Zott v EUIPO — TSC Food Products (Ready-to-eat rectangular cake) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Community design representing a ready-to-eat rectangular cake — Earlier Community design — Ground for invalidity — No individual character — No different overall impression — Designer’s degree of freedom — Informed user — Article 4(1), Article 6(1)(b) and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)

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2019/C 230/66

Case T-602/18: Order of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Ayuntamiento de Enguera v Commission (Action for annulment — Grant agreement concluded under the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) — Reduction of the amount of the grant — Reclassification of the action — Refusal of the applicant — Inadmissibility)

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2019/C 230/67

Case T-734/18 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Sumitomo Chemical and Tenka Best v Commission (Interim measures — Biocidal products — Active substance empenthrin — Non-approval — Application for suspension of operation of a measure — No urgency)

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2019/C 230/68

Case T-245/19: Action brought on 10 April 2019 — Uzina Metalurgica Moldoveneasca/Commission

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2019/C 230/69

Case T-266/19: Action brought on 20 April 2019 — gastivo portal v EUIPO — La Fourchette (Representation of a fork on a green background)

55

2019/C 230/70

Case T-267/19: Action brought on 20 April 2019 — gastivo portal v EUIPO — La Fourchette (Representation of a fork on a green background)

56

2019/C 230/71

Case T-294/19: Action brought on 4 May 2019 — Vanhoudt and Others v EIB

57

2019/C 230/72

Case T-299/19: Action brought on 9 May 2019 — VG v Commission

58

2019/C 230/73

Case T-305/19: Action brought on 14 May 2019 — Welmax + v EUIPO — Valmex Medical Imaging (welmax)

59

2019/C 230/74

Case T-307/19: Action brought on 20 May 2019 — SQlab v EUIPO (Innerbarend)

60

2019/C 230/75

Case T-308/19: Action brought on 17 May 2019 — BU v Commission

61

2019/C 230/76

Case T-312/19: Action brought on 21 May 2019 — Wilhelm Sihn jr. v EUIPO — Golden Frog (CHAMELEON)

63

2019/C 230/77

Case T-314/19: Action brought on 22 May 2019 — Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation v Commission

64

2019/C 230/78

Case T-419/18: Order of the General Court of 7 May 2019 — Crédit agricole and Crédit agricole Corporate and Investment Bank v Commission

65

2019/C 230/79

Case T-699/18: Order of the General Court of 6 May 2019 — Apera Capital Master v EUIPO — Altera Capital (APERA CAPITAL)

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2019/C 230/80

Case T-115/19: Order of the General Court of 14 May 2019 — Bacardi v EUIPO — La Fée (ANGEL’S ENVY)

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