# Official Journal C 437/18 D

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ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 437

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 6018 December 2017

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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| 2017/C 437/01 | Last publications of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union | 1 |

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Court of Justice of the European Union

2017/C 437/01

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

Official Journal of the European Union

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| | COURT PROCEEDINGS |
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| 2017/C 437/02 | Case C-389/15: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 25 October 2017 — European Commission v Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Council decision authorising the opening of negotiations on a revised Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications — Article 3(1) TFEU — Exclusive competence of the European Union — Common commercial policy — Article 207(1) TFEU — Commercial aspects of intellectual property) | 2 |
| 2017/C 437/03 | Case C-467/15 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 25 October 2017 — European Commission v Italian Republic (Appeal — State aid — Aid granted by the Italian Republic to milk producers — Aid scheme linked to the reimbursement of the milk levy — Conditional decision — Decision adopted by the Council of the European Union pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 108(2) TFEU — Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Article 1(b) and (c) — Existing aid — New aid — Definitions — Alteration to existing aid in breach of a condition ensuring compatibility of the aid with the internal market) | 3 |
| 2017/C 437/04 | Joined Cases C-593/15 P and C-594/15 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 25 October 2017 — Slovak Republic v European Commission (Appeal — Own resources of the European Union — Decision 2007/436/EC — Financial liability of the Member States — Loss of certain import duties — Obligation to pay the European Commission the amount corresponding to the loss — Actions for annulment — Admissibility — Letter from the European Commission — Concept of ‘actionable measure’) | 3 |
| 2017/C 437/05 | Case C-599/15 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 25 October 2017 — Romania v European Commission (Appeal — Own resources of the European Union — Decision 2007/436/EC — Financial liability of the Member States — Loss of certain import duties — Obligation to pay the European Commission the amount corresponding to the loss — Actions for annulment — Admissibility — Letter from the European Commission — Concept of ‘actionable measure’) | 4 |
| 2017/C 437/06 | Case C-650/15 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 October 2017 — Polyelectrolyte Producers Group GEIE (PPG), SNF SAS v European Chemicals Agency, Kingdom of the Netherlands, European Commission (Appeal — Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) — Article 57 — Substances of very high concern — Identification — Article 2(8)(b) — Exemption — Article 3(15) — Definition of ‘intermediate’ — Acrylamide) | 5 |
| 2017/C 437/07 | Case C-687/15: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 25 October 2017 — European Commission v Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Conclusions of the Council of the European Union concerning the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 of the International Telecommunication Union — Article 218(9) TFEU — Derogation from the prescribed legal form — No indication of the legal basis) | 5 |
| 2017/C 437/08 | Case C-39/16: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 26 October 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Antwerpen — Belgium) — Argenta Spaarbank NV v Belgische Staat (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Corporation tax — Directive 90/435/EEC — Articles 1(2) and 4(2) — Parent companies and subsidiaries of different Member States — Common system of taxation — Deductibility from the taxable profits of the parent company — Domestic provisions seeking to abolish the double taxation of profits distributed by subsidiaries — No account taken of the existence of a link between the interest on loans and the financing of the holding that gave rise to the payment of dividends) | 6 |
| 2017/C 437/09 | Case C-90/16: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 26 October 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) — United Kingdom) — The English Bridge Union Limited v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Exemption for supplies of services closely linked to sport — Concept of ‘sport’ — Activity characterised by a physical element — Duplicate bridge) | 7 |
| 2017/C 437/10 | Case C-106/16: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 25 October 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy — Poland) — Proceedings brought by POLBUD — WYKONAWSTWO sp. z o.o., in liquidation (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom of establishment — Cross-border conversion of a company — Transfer of its registered office without transfer of its real head office — Refusal to remove it from the commercial register — National legislation whereby removal from commercial register is dependent on the winding up of a company after a liquidation procedure — Scope of freedom of establishment — Restriction on freedom of establishment — Protection of the interests of creditors, minority shareholders and employees — Prevention of abusive practices) | 7 |
| 2017/C 437/11 | Case C-195/16: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 26 October 2017 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Kehl) — I v Staatsanwaltschaft Offenburg (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Transport — Driving licences — Directive 2006/126/EC — Article 2(1) — Mutual recognition of driving licences — Definition of ‘driving licence’ — Driving licence pass certificate authorising its holder to drive in the Member State having awarded it before the issue of the definitive driving licence — Situation in which the holder of a test pass certificate drives a vehicle in another Member State — Obligation to recognise the test pass certificate — Penalties imposed on the holder of the test pass certificate for driving a vehicle outside of the Member State in which it was awarded — Proportionality) | 8 |
| 2017/C 437/12 | Case C-201/16: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 25 October 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Austria) — Majid Shiri, also known as Madzhdi Shiri (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 — Determination of the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national — Article 27 — Remedy — Scope of the judicial review — Article 29 — Time limit for carrying out the transfer — No transfer within the time limit laid down — Obligations of the Member State responsible — Transfer of responsibility — Requirement for a decision of the Member State responsible) | 9 |
| 2017/C 437/13 | Case C-347/16: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 26 October 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad Sofia-grad — Bulgaria) — Balgarska energiyna borsa AD (BEB) v Komisia za energiyno i vodno regulirane (KEVR) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Articles 101 and 102 TFEU — Directive 2009/72/EC — Articles 9, 10, 13 and 14 — Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 — Article 3 — Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 — Article 2(3) — Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 — Article 1(3) — Certification and designation of an independent transmission system operator — Limitation of the number of holders of electricity transmission licences in national territory) | 10 |
| 2017/C 437/14 | Case C-407/16: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 October 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākās tiesas Administratīvo lietu departaments) — ‘Aqua Pro’ SIA v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Customs union — Community Customs Code — Article 220(1) and (2)(b) — Post-clearance recovery of import or export duties — Definition of ‘entry in the accounts of the import duties’ — Decision of the competent customs authority — Time limit for submitting an application for repayment or remission — Obligation to transmit the case to the European Commission — Evidence in the event of an appeal against a decision of the competent authority of the importing Member State) | 11 |
| 2017/C 437/15 | Joined Cases C-454/16 P to C-456/16 P to C-458/16 P: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 October 2017 — Global Steel Wire, SA (C-454/16 P), Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías SA (C-455/16 P), Trefilerías Quijano SA (C-456/16 P), Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC SL (C-458/16 P) v European Commission (Appeal — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European prestressing steel market — Infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Fines — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Paragraph 35 — Ability to pay — New request for a reduction in the amount of the fine on the ground of inability to pay — Letter of rejection — Action brought against that letter — Admissibility) | 13 |
| 2017/C 437/16 | Joined Cases C-457/16 P and C-459/16 P to C-461/16 P: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 October 2017 — Global Steel Wire, SA (C-457/16 P), Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC SL (C-459/16 P), Trefilerías Quijano SA (C-460/16 P), Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías SA (C-461/16 P) v European Commission (Appeal — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European prestressing steel market — Infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Attributability of unlawful conduct of subsidiaries to their parent company — Definition of ‘undertaking’ — Evidence for the finding of an economic unit — Presumption of actual exercise of decisive influence — Successive undertakings — Amount of the fine — Ability to pay — Conditions — Observance of the rights of the defence) | 13 |
| 2017/C 437/17 | Case C-534/16: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 26 October 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Najvyšší súd Slovenskej republiky, Slovakia) — Finančné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky v BB construct s. r. o. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Inclusion in the register of taxable persons for VAT — National law requiring provision of a guarantee — Combating fraud — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Freedom to conduct a business — Principle of non-discrimination — Principle of ne bis in idem — Principle of non-retroactivity) | 14 |
| 2017/C 437/18 | Case C-505/17 P: Appeal brought on 18 August 2017 by Groupe Léa Nature against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 8 June 2017 in Case T-341/13 RENV: Groupe Léa Nature v European Union Intellectual Property Office | 15 |
| 2017/C 437/19 | Case C-548/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany) lodged on 21 September 2017 — Finanzamt Goslar v baumgarten sports & more GmbH | 16 |
| 2017/C 437/20 | Case C-552/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany) lodged on 21 September 2017 — Alpenchalets Resorts GmbH v Finanzamt München Abteilung Körperschaften | 16 |
| 2017/C 437/21 | Case C-558/17 P: Appeal brought on 22 September 2017 by OZ against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 13 July 2017 in Case T-607/16: OZ v European Investment Bank | 17 |
| 2017/C 437/22 | Case C-562/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Nacional (Spain) lodged on 25 September 2017 — Nestrade, S.A. v Agencia Estatal de la Administración Tributaria (AEAT), Tribunal Económico-Administrativo Central (TEAC) | 19 |
| 2017/C 437/23 | Case C-575/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 28 September 2017 — Sofina SA, Rebelco SA, Sidro SA v Ministre de l’Action et des Comptes Publics | 19 |
| 2017/C 437/24 | Case C-590/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France) lodged on 12 October 2017 — Henri Pouvin, Marie Dijoux, wife of Henri Pouvin v Electricité de France (EDF) | 20 |
| 2017/C 437/25 | Case C-595/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France) lodged on 16 October 2017 — Apple Sales International, Apple Inc., Apple retail France EURL v MJA, acting as liquidator of eBizcuss.com (eBizcuss) | 21 |
| 2017/C 437/26 | Case C-596/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 16 October 2017 — Japan Tobacco International SA, Japan Tobacco International France SAS v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Action et des Comptes publics, Ministre des Solidarités et de la Santé | 22 |
| 2017/C 437/27 | Case C-600/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Giudice di pace di Roma (Italy) lodged on 16 October 2017 — Pina Cipollone v Ministero della Giustizia | 22 |
| 2017/C 437/28 | Case C-602/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de première instance de Liège (Belgium) lodged on 19 October 2017 — Benoît Sauvage, Kristel Lejeune v État belge | 23 |
| 2017/C 437/29 | Case C-603/17: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom made on 20 October 2017 — Peter Bosworth, Colin Hurley v Arcadia Petroleum Limited and others | 24 |
| | General Court |
| 2017/C 437/30 | Case T-627/15: Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2017 — Frame v EUIPO — Bianca-Moden (BIANCALUNA) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark BIANCALUNA — Earlier national figurative mark bianca — Procedural economy — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Identity of the goods — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) | 26 |
| 2017/C 437/31 | Case T-628/15: Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2017 — Frame v EUIPO — Bianca-Moden (BiancalunA) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark BiancalunA — Rejection — Earlier national figurative mark bianca — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Identity of the goods — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) | 26 |
| 2017/C 437/32 | Case T-42/16: Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2017 — De Nicola v Council and Court of Justice of the European Union (Non-contractual liability — Civil service — EIB staff — Guidelines concerning laser treatment — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights — Reasonable time — Failure to comply with the rules governing the right to a fair hearing — Material damage — Non-material damage — Claims made by the applicant in the context of a case pending before the Civil Service Tribunal — Partial referral of the case to the General Court) | 27 |
| 2017/C 437/33 | Case T-99/16: Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2017 — De Nicola v Court of Justice of the European Union (Non-contractual liability — Civil service — EIB staff — Psychological harassment — Failure to comply with the rules governing the right to a fair hearing — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights — Reasonable time — Claims for compensation made in the context of an action pending before the Civil Service Tribunal — Partial referral of the case to the General Court) | 28 |
| 2017/C 437/34 | Case T-144/16: Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2017 — Mundipharma v EUIPO — Multipharma (MULTIPHARMA) (European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark MULTIPHARMA — Prior EU word mark MUNDIPHARMA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC No 207/2009) | 29 |
| 2017/C 437/35 | Case T-754/16: Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2017 — Oakley v EUIPO — Xuebo Ye (Representation of a discontinuous ellipse) (European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for registration of an EU figurative mark representing a silhouette in the shape of a discontinuous ellipse — Prior EU figurative mark representing an ellipse — Relative grounds for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) | 29 |
| 2017/C 437/36 | Case T-776/16: Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2017 — Isocell v EUIPO — iCell (iCell.) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark iCell. — Earlier EU word mark Isocell, earlier international word mark Isocell and earlier international and national word marks ISOCELL — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) | 30 |
| 2017/C 437/37 | Case T-777/16: Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2017 — Isocell v EUIPO — iCell (iCell. Insulation Technology Made in Sweden) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark iCell. Insulation Technology Made in Sweden — Earlier EU word mark Isocell, earlier international word mark Isocell and earlier international and national word marks ISOCELL — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) | 31 |
| 2017/C 437/38 | Case T-80/17: Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2017 — Steiniger v EUIPO — ista Deutschland (IST) (European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark IST — Prior EU figurative mark ISTA — Relative ground for refusal — Relevant public — Similarity of the goods and services — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) | 31 |
| 2017/C 437/39 | Case T-623/17: Action brought on 11 September 2017 — Previsión Sanitaria Nacional, PSN, Mutua de Seguros y Reaseguros a Prima Fija v SRB | 32 |
| 2017/C 437/40 | Case T-657/17: Action brought on 27 September 2017 — Anabi Blanga v EUIPO — Polo/Lauren (HPC POLO) | 33 |
| 2017/C 437/41 | Case T-667/17: Action brought on 21 September 2017 — Alkarim for Trade and Industry v Council | 33 |
| 2017/C 437/42 | Case T-698/17: Action brought on 11 October 2017 — MAN Truck & Bus v EUIPO — Halla Holdings (MANDO) | 35 |
| 2017/C 437/43 | Case T-703/17: Action brought on 12 October 2017 — Cyprus v EUIPO — Papouis Dairies (Papouis Halloumi) | 35 |
| 2017/C 437/44 | Case T-708/17: Action brought on 12 October 2017 — OPS Újpest v Commission | 36 |
| 2017/C 437/45 | Case T-709/17: Action brought on 13 October 2017 — M-Sansz v Commission | 37 |
| 2017/C 437/46 | Case T-710/17: Action brought on 13 October 2017 — Lux-Rehab Non-Profit v Commission | 38 |
| 2017/C 437/47 | Case T-712/17: Action brought on 9 October 2017 — Ntolas v EUIPO — General Nutrition Investment (GN Laboratories) | 40 |
| 2017/C 437/48 | Case T-713/17: Action brought on 14 October 2017 — Motex v Commission | 40 |
| 2017/C 437/49 | Case T-714/17: Action brought on 10 October 2017 — Aeris Invest v SRB | 42 |
| 2017/C 437/50 | Case T-97/17: Order of the General Court of 25 October 2017 — Franmax v EUIPO — R. Seelig & Hille (her-bea) | 42 |

V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2017/C 437/02

Case C-389/15: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 25 October 2017 — European Commission v Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Council decision authorising the opening of negotiations on a revised Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications — Article 3(1) TFEU — Exclusive competence of the European Union — Common commercial policy — Article 207(1) TFEU — Commercial aspects of intellectual property)

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2017/C 437/03

Case C-467/15 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 25 October 2017 — European Commission v Italian Republic (Appeal — State aid — Aid granted by the Italian Republic to milk producers — Aid scheme linked to the reimbursement of the milk levy — Conditional decision — Decision adopted by the Council of the European Union pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 108(2) TFEU — Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Article 1(b) and (c) — Existing aid — New aid — Definitions — Alteration to existing aid in breach of a condition ensuring compatibility of the aid with the internal market)

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2017/C 437/04

Joined Cases C-593/15 P and C-594/15 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 25 October 2017 — Slovak Republic v European Commission (Appeal — Own resources of the European Union — Decision 2007/436/EC — Financial liability of the Member States — Loss of certain import duties — Obligation to pay the European Commission the amount corresponding to the loss — Actions for annulment — Admissibility — Letter from the European Commission — Concept of ‘actionable measure’)

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2017/C 437/05

Case C-599/15 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 25 October 2017 — Romania v European Commission (Appeal — Own resources of the European Union — Decision 2007/436/EC — Financial liability of the Member States — Loss of certain import duties — Obligation to pay the European Commission the amount corresponding to the loss — Actions for annulment — Admissibility — Letter from the European Commission — Concept of ‘actionable measure’)

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2017/C 437/06

Case C-650/15 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 October 2017 — Polyelectrolyte Producers Group GEIE (PPG), SNF SAS v European Chemicals Agency, Kingdom of the Netherlands, European Commission (Appeal — Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) — Article 57 — Substances of very high concern — Identification — Article 2(8)(b) — Exemption — Article 3(15) — Definition of ‘intermediate’ — Acrylamide)

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2017/C 437/07

Case C-687/15: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 25 October 2017 — European Commission v Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Conclusions of the Council of the European Union concerning the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 of the International Telecommunication Union — Article 218(9) TFEU — Derogation from the prescribed legal form — No indication of the legal basis)

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2017/C 437/08

Case C-39/16: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 26 October 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Antwerpen — Belgium) — Argenta Spaarbank NV v Belgische Staat (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Corporation tax — Directive 90/435/EEC — Articles 1(2) and 4(2) — Parent companies and subsidiaries of different Member States — Common system of taxation — Deductibility from the taxable profits of the parent company — Domestic provisions seeking to abolish the double taxation of profits distributed by subsidiaries — No account taken of the existence of a link between the interest on loans and the financing of the holding that gave rise to the payment of dividends)

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2017/C 437/09

Case C-90/16: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 26 October 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) — United Kingdom) — The English Bridge Union Limited v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Exemption for supplies of services closely linked to sport — Concept of ‘sport’ — Activity characterised by a physical element — Duplicate bridge)

7

2017/C 437/10

Case C-106/16: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 25 October 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy — Poland) — Proceedings brought by POLBUD — WYKONAWSTWO sp. z o.o., in liquidation (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom of establishment — Cross-border conversion of a company — Transfer of its registered office without transfer of its real head office — Refusal to remove it from the commercial register — National legislation whereby removal from commercial register is dependent on the winding up of a company after a liquidation procedure — Scope of freedom of establishment — Restriction on freedom of establishment — Protection of the interests of creditors, minority shareholders and employees — Prevention of abusive practices)

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2017/C 437/11

Case C-195/16: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 26 October 2017 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Kehl) — I v Staatsanwaltschaft Offenburg (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Transport — Driving licences — Directive 2006/126/EC — Article 2(1) — Mutual recognition of driving licences — Definition of ‘driving licence’ — Driving licence pass certificate authorising its holder to drive in the Member State having awarded it before the issue of the definitive driving licence — Situation in which the holder of a test pass certificate drives a vehicle in another Member State — Obligation to recognise the test pass certificate — Penalties imposed on the holder of the test pass certificate for driving a vehicle outside of the Member State in which it was awarded — Proportionality)

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2017/C 437/12

Case C-201/16: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 25 October 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Austria) — Majid Shiri, also known as Madzhdi Shiri (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 — Determination of the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national — Article 27 — Remedy — Scope of the judicial review — Article 29 — Time limit for carrying out the transfer — No transfer within the time limit laid down — Obligations of the Member State responsible — Transfer of responsibility — Requirement for a decision of the Member State responsible)

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2017/C 437/13

Case C-347/16: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 26 October 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad Sofia-grad — Bulgaria) — Balgarska energiyna borsa AD (BEB) v Komisia za energiyno i vodno regulirane (KEVR) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Articles 101 and 102 TFEU — Directive 2009/72/EC — Articles 9, 10, 13 and 14 — Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 — Article 3 — Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 — Article 2(3) — Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 — Article 1(3) — Certification and designation of an independent transmission system operator — Limitation of the number of holders of electricity transmission licences in national territory)

10

2017/C 437/14

Case C-407/16: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 October 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākās tiesas Administratīvo lietu departaments) — ‘Aqua Pro’ SIA v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Customs union — Community Customs Code — Article 220(1) and (2)(b) — Post-clearance recovery of import or export duties — Definition of ‘entry in the accounts of the import duties’ — Decision of the competent customs authority — Time limit for submitting an application for repayment or remission — Obligation to transmit the case to the European Commission — Evidence in the event of an appeal against a decision of the competent authority of the importing Member State)

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2017/C 437/15

Joined Cases C-454/16 P to C-456/16 P to C-458/16 P: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 October 2017 — Global Steel Wire, SA (C-454/16 P), Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías SA (C-455/16 P), Trefilerías Quijano SA (C-456/16 P), Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC SL (C-458/16 P) v European Commission (Appeal — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European prestressing steel market — Infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Fines — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Paragraph 35 — Ability to pay — New request for a reduction in the amount of the fine on the ground of inability to pay — Letter of rejection — Action brought against that letter — Admissibility)

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2017/C 437/16

Joined Cases C-457/16 P and C-459/16 P to C-461/16 P: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 October 2017 — Global Steel Wire, SA (C-457/16 P), Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC SL (C-459/16 P), Trefilerías Quijano SA (C-460/16 P), Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías SA (C-461/16 P) v European Commission (Appeal — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European prestressing steel market — Infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Attributability of unlawful conduct of subsidiaries to their parent company — Definition of ‘undertaking’ — Evidence for the finding of an economic unit — Presumption of actual exercise of decisive influence — Successive undertakings — Amount of the fine — Ability to pay — Conditions — Observance of the rights of the defence)

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2017/C 437/17

Case C-534/16: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 26 October 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Najvyšší súd Slovenskej republiky, Slovakia) — Finančné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky v BB construct s. r. o. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Inclusion in the register of taxable persons for VAT — National law requiring provision of a guarantee — Combating fraud — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Freedom to conduct a business — Principle of non-discrimination — Principle of ne bis in idem — Principle of non-retroactivity)

Finančné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky

BB construct s. r. o

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2017/C 437/18

Case C-505/17 P: Appeal brought on 18 August 2017 by Groupe Léa Nature against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 8 June 2017 in Case T-341/13 RENV: Groupe Léa Nature v European Union Intellectual Property Office

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2017/C 437/19

Case C-548/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany) lodged on 21 September 2017 — Finanzamt Goslar v baumgarten sports & more GmbH

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2017/C 437/20

Case C-552/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany) lodged on 21 September 2017 — Alpenchalets Resorts GmbH v Finanzamt München Abteilung Körperschaften

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2017/C 437/21

Case C-558/17 P: Appeal brought on 22 September 2017 by OZ against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 13 July 2017 in Case T-607/16: OZ v European Investment Bank

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2017/C 437/22

Case C-562/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Nacional (Spain) lodged on 25 September 2017 — Nestrade, S.A. v Agencia Estatal de la Administración Tributaria (AEAT), Tribunal Económico-Administrativo Central (TEAC)

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2017/C 437/23

Case C-575/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 28 September 2017 — Sofina SA, Rebelco SA, Sidro SA v Ministre de l’Action et des Comptes Publics

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2017/C 437/24

Case C-590/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France) lodged on 12 October 2017 — Henri Pouvin, Marie Dijoux, wife of Henri Pouvin v Electricité de France (EDF)

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2017/C 437/25

Case C-595/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France) lodged on 16 October 2017 — Apple Sales International, Apple Inc., Apple retail France EURL v MJA, acting as liquidator of eBizcuss.com (eBizcuss)

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2017/C 437/26

Case C-596/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 16 October 2017 — Japan Tobacco International SA, Japan Tobacco International France SAS v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Action et des Comptes publics, Ministre des Solidarités et de la Santé

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2017/C 437/27

Case C-600/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Giudice di pace di Roma (Italy) lodged on 16 October 2017 — Pina Cipollone v Ministero della Giustizia

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2017/C 437/28

Case C-602/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de première instance de Liège (Belgium) lodged on 19 October 2017 — Benoît Sauvage, Kristel Lejeune v État belge

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2017/C 437/29

Case C-603/17: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom made on 20 October 2017 — Peter Bosworth, Colin Hurley v Arcadia Petroleum Limited and others

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General Court

2017/C 437/30

Case T-627/15: Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2017 — Frame v EUIPO — Bianca-Moden (BIANCALUNA) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark BIANCALUNA — Earlier national figurative mark bianca — Procedural economy — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Identity of the goods — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

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2017/C 437/31

Case T-628/15: Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2017 — Frame v EUIPO — Bianca-Moden (BiancalunA) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark BiancalunA — Rejection — Earlier national figurative mark bianca — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Identity of the goods — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2017/C 437/32

Case T-42/16: Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2017 — De Nicola v Council and Court of Justice of the European Union (Non-contractual liability — Civil service — EIB staff — Guidelines concerning laser treatment — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights — Reasonable time — Failure to comply with the rules governing the right to a fair hearing — Material damage — Non-material damage — Claims made by the applicant in the context of a case pending before the Civil Service Tribunal — Partial referral of the case to the General Court)

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2017/C 437/33

Case T-99/16: Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2017 — De Nicola v Court of Justice of the European Union (Non-contractual liability — Civil service — EIB staff — Psychological harassment — Failure to comply with the rules governing the right to a fair hearing — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights — Reasonable time — Claims for compensation made in the context of an action pending before the Civil Service Tribunal — Partial referral of the case to the General Court)

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2017/C 437/34

Case T-144/16: Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2017 — Mundipharma v EUIPO — Multipharma (MULTIPHARMA) (European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark MULTIPHARMA — Prior EU word mark MUNDIPHARMA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC No 207/2009)

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2017/C 437/35

Case T-754/16: Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2017 — Oakley v EUIPO — Xuebo Ye (Representation of a discontinuous ellipse) (European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for registration of an EU figurative mark representing a silhouette in the shape of a discontinuous ellipse — Prior EU figurative mark representing an ellipse — Relative grounds for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

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2017/C 437/36

Case T-776/16: Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2017 — Isocell v EUIPO — iCell (iCell.) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark iCell. — Earlier EU word mark Isocell, earlier international word mark Isocell and earlier international and national word marks ISOCELL — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

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2017/C 437/37

Case T-777/16: Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2017 — Isocell v EUIPO — iCell (iCell. Insulation Technology Made in Sweden) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark iCell. Insulation Technology Made in Sweden — Earlier EU word mark Isocell, earlier international word mark Isocell and earlier international and national word marks ISOCELL — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

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2017/C 437/38

Case T-80/17: Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2017 — Steiniger v EUIPO — ista Deutschland (IST) (European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark IST — Prior EU figurative mark ISTA — Relative ground for refusal — Relevant public — Similarity of the goods and services — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

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2017/C 437/39

Case T-623/17: Action brought on 11 September 2017 — Previsión Sanitaria Nacional, PSN, Mutua de Seguros y Reaseguros a Prima Fija v SRB

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2017/C 437/40

Case T-657/17: Action brought on 27 September 2017 — Anabi Blanga v EUIPO — Polo/Lauren (HPC POLO)

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2017/C 437/41

Case T-667/17: Action brought on 21 September 2017 — Alkarim for Trade and Industry v Council

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2017/C 437/42

Case T-698/17: Action brought on 11 October 2017 — MAN Truck & Bus v EUIPO — Halla Holdings (MANDO)

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2017/C 437/43

Case T-703/17: Action brought on 12 October 2017 — Cyprus v EUIPO — Papouis Dairies (Papouis Halloumi)

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2017/C 437/44

Case T-708/17: Action brought on 12 October 2017 — OPS Újpest v Commission

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2017/C 437/45

Case T-709/17: Action brought on 13 October 2017 — M-Sansz v Commission

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2017/C 437/46

Case T-710/17: Action brought on 13 October 2017 — Lux-Rehab Non-Profit v Commission

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2017/C 437/47

Case T-712/17: Action brought on 9 October 2017 — Ntolas v EUIPO — General Nutrition Investment (GN Laboratories)

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2017/C 437/48

Case T-713/17: Action brought on 14 October 2017 — Motex v Commission

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2017/C 437/49

Case T-714/17: Action brought on 10 October 2017 — Aeris Invest v SRB

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2017/C 437/50

Case T-97/17: Order of the General Court of 25 October 2017 — Franmax v EUIPO — R. Seelig & Hille (her-bea)

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