# Official Journal C 217/7 Ju

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 647 June 2021 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 217

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 647 June 2021

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| | IV   Notices |
| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| 2021/C 217/01 | 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

2021/C 217/01

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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| 2021/C 217/02 | Joined Cases C-798/18 and C-799/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per il Lazio — Italy) — Federazione nazionale delle imprese elettrotecniche ed elettroniche (Anie) and Others (C-798/18), Athesia Energy Srl and Others (C-799/18) v Ministero dello Sviluppo economico and Gestore dei servizi energetici (GSE) SpA (References for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Articles 16 and 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Principles of legal certainty and of the protection of legitimate expectations — Energy Charter Treaty — Article 10 — Applicability — Directive 2009/28/EC — Article 3(3)(a) — Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources — Production of electricity from solar photovoltaic installations — Alteration of a support scheme) | 2 |
| 2021/C 217/03 | Case C-30/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen — Sweden) — Diskrimineringsombudsmannen v Braathens Regional Aviation AB (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin — Directive 2000/43/EC — Article 7 — Protection of rights — Article 15 — Sanctions — Action for compensation based on an allegation of discrimination — Defendant acquiescing to claim for compensation without recognition on its part of the discrimination alleged — Connection between the compensation paid and the discrimination alleged — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Right to effective judicial protection — National procedural rules preventing the court seised from ruling on whether there was discrimination as alleged, despite the express request of the claimant) | 3 |
| 2021/C 217/04 | Case C-194/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — Belgium) — H. A. v État belge (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 — Determination of the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection — Article 27 — Remedy — Whether account should be taken of circumstances subsequent to the transfer decision — Effective judicial protection) | 3 |
| 2021/C 217/05 | Case C-221/19: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Gdańsku — Poland) — AV (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA — Article 8(2) and (4): — Article 17(1) and (2) — Article 19 — Taking into account, for the purposes of an aggregate sentence, of a conviction delivered in another Member State, which must be enforced in the Member State in which that judgment is delivered — Conditions — Framework Decision 2008/675/JHA — Article 3(3) — Concept of ‘interference with a sentence or its execution’ which must be taken into account in the event of new criminal proceedings initiated in a Member State other than that in which the ruling was delivered) | 4 |
| 2021/C 217/06 | Case C-470/19: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland) — Ireland) — Friends of the Irish Environment Ltd v Commissioner for Environmental Information (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Aarhus Convention — Directive 2003/4/EC — Right of access to environmental information held by public authorities — Article 2, point 2 — Notion of ‘public authority’ — Bodies or institutions when acting in a judicial or legislative capacity — Information in the file of closed court proceedings) | 5 |
| 2021/C 217/07 | Case C-511/19: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Areios Pagos — Greece) — AB v Olympiako Athlitiko Kentro Athinon — Spyros Louis (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Directive 2000/78/EC — Principle of equal treatment in employment and occupation — Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age — Workers placed under a labour reserve system until termination of their contract of employment — Wage reduction and reduction or loss of severance pay — System applicable to public-sector workers close to full-time retirement — Reduction of public-sector wage costs — Article 6(1) — Legitimate social policy objective — Economic crisis) | 6 |
| 2021/C 217/08 | Case C-515/19: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Eutelsat SA v Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes, Inmarsat Ventures SE, formerly Inmarsat Ventures Ltd (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Telecommunications sector — Harmonised use of radio spectrum in the 2 GHz frequency bands for bringing into operation systems providing mobile satellite services — Decision No 626/2008/EC — Article 2(2)(a) and (b) — Article 4(1)(c)(ii) — Article 7(1) and (2) — Article 8(1) and (3) — Mobile satellite systems — Concept of ‘mobile earth station’ — Concept of ‘complementary ground components’ — Concept of ‘required quality’ — Respective role of satellite and ground components — Requirement for a selected operator of mobile satellite systems to provide service for a certain percentage of the population and territory — Non-compliance — Effect) | 6 |
| 2021/C 217/09 | Case C-593/19: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzgericht (Außenstelle Graz) — Austria) — SK Telecom Co. Ltd v Finanzamt Graz-Stadt (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Determination of the place of supply of telecommunications services — Roaming of third-country nationals on mobile communications networks within the European Union — Point (b) of the first paragraph of Article 59a — Option for Member States to transfer the place of supply of telecommunications services to their territory) | 7 |
| 2021/C 217/10 | Case C-694/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 — Italmobiliare SpA, Sirap-Gema SpA, Sirap France SAS, Petruzalek GmbH, Petruzalek s.r.o., Petruzalek s.r.o. and Petruzalek kft v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Retail food packaging market — Attributability of unlawful conduct — Conditions for the granting of immunity — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Sales value — Upper limit of the fine — Duration of the administrative procedure — Reasonable time — Ability to pay) | 8 |
| 2021/C 217/11 | Case C-729/19: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland — United Kingdom) — TKF v Department of Justice for Northern Ireland (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Recognition and enforcement of decisions in matters relating to maintenance obligations — Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 — Temporal scope — Article 75 — Decisions given by a court of a Member State prior to accession to the European Union) | 9 |
| 2021/C 217/12 | Case C-733/19: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 April 2021 — Kingdom of the Netherlands v Council of the European Union, European Parliament (Action for annulment — Common fisheries policy — Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 — Conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources — Protection of marine ecosystems — Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 — Technical measures — Annex V, Part D — Ban on fishing by vessels using electric pulse trawls — Principle of proportionality — Precautionary principle) | 9 |
| 2021/C 217/13 | Case C-736/19: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Senāts) — Latvia) — ZS ‘Plaukti’ (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Agriculture — European agricultural fund for rural development (EAFRD) — Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 — Regulation (EU) No 65/2011 — Third subparagraph of Article 16(5) — Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 — Articles 4 and 6 — Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 — Support for rural development — Agri-environmental payments — Aid for the maintenance of grassland biodiversity — Non-compliance with the conditions for granting those payments — Early mowing — Reduction and exclusion of those payments — Mandatory standards — Statutory management requirements — Minimum requirements for good agricultural and environmental conditions — Commitments that exceed mandatory standards, minimum requirements and other appropriate mandatory requirements established by national legislation) | 10 |
| 2021/C 217/14 | Case C-786/19: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Köln — Germany) — The North of England P & I Association Ltd, as successor in law to Marine Shipping Mutual Insurance Company v Bundeszentralamt für Steuern (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Direct insurance other than life assurance — Second Directive 88/357/EEC — Second indent of Article 2(d) — Directive 92/49/EEC — First subparagraph of Article 46(2) — Taxation of insurance premiums — Concept of ‘Member State where the risk is situated’ — Vehicles of any type — Concept of ‘Member State of registration’ — Insurance of sea-going vessels — Ships entered in the shipping register maintained by one Member State but flying the flag of another Member State or of a third State under a temporary flagging-out authorisation) | 11 |
| 2021/C 217/15 | Case C-846/19: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d’arrondissement — Luxembourg) — EQ v Administration de l’Enregistrement, des Domaines et de la TVA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Economic activity — Supply of services for consideration — Article 2(1)(c) and Article 9(1) — Exemptions — Article 132(1)(g) — Supply of services closely linked to welfare and social security work — Services performed by a lawyer under powers of representation for the protection of adults lacking legal capacity — Body recognised as being devoted to social wellbeing) | 11 |
| 2021/C 217/16 | Case C-868/19: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Berlin-Brandenburg — Germany) — M-GmbH v Finanzamt für Körperschaften (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value-added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 9 — Taxable persons — Article 11 — Option for the Member States to treat as a single taxable person persons who are independent from a legal point of view but are closely linked to one another financially, economically and organisationally (‘VAT group’) — Concept of ‘close financial links’ — National legislation according to which partnerships, whose partners, alongside the controlling company, are not solely financially integrated persons in the undertaking of the controlling company, are prevented from being a member of a VAT group — Legal certainty — Preventative measures against fraud and tax evasion — Proportionality — VAT neutrality) | 12 |
| 2021/C 217/17 | Case C-875/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 — FV v Council of the European Union (Appeal — Application for annulment — Civil service — Staff report — Assessment criteria — Consistency of output — Delays — Submission of a medical certificate — Duty of care) | 13 |
| 2021/C 217/18 | Case C-877/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 — FV v Council of the European Union (Appeal — Application for annulment — Civil service — Staff report — Assessment criteria — Consistency of output — Delays — Submission of a medical certificate — Duty of care) | 13 |
| 2021/C 217/19 | Case C-935/19: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyjny we Wrocławiu — Poland) — Grupa Warzywna sp. z o.o. v Dyrektor Izby Administracji Skarbowej we Wrocławiu (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 273 — Overstatement in the tax return of the amount of the refund of VAT — Error of assessment by the taxable person concerning the taxable nature of a transaction — Correction of the tax return following an audit — Penalty of an amount equal to 20 % of the overstated VAT reimbursement — Principle of proportionality) | 14 |
| 2021/C 217/20 | Case C-53/20: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Hengstenberg GmbH & Co. KG v Spreewaldverein eV (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs — Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 — Article 49(3), first subparagraph, and (4), second subparagraph — Article 53(2), first subparagraph — Amendment to a product specification — Spreewald gherkins (Germany) ‘Spreewälder Gurken (PGI)’ — Amendments which are not minor — Opposition procedure — Statement of opposition to the application for amendment — Appeal against the decision granting that application — Concept of ‘legitimate interest’) | 15 |
| 2021/C 217/21 | Case C-62/20: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige rechtbank van eerste aanleg Brussel — Belgium) — Vogel Import Export NV v Belgische Staat (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 — Customs union — Common Customs Tariff — Tariff classification — Combined Nomenclature — Tariff headings — Headings 4407 and 4409 — Planed wooden boards the four corners of which have been slightly rounded over the entire length of the board) | 15 |
| 2021/C 217/22 | Case C-399/20 P: Appeal brought on 22 August 2020 by XH against the judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) delivered on 25 June 2020 in Case T-511/18, XH v Commission | 16 |
| 2021/C 217/23 | Case C-504/20 P: Appeal brought on 28 September 2020 by Lukáš Wagenknecht against the order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) delivered on 17 July 2020 in Case T-715/19, Wagenknecht v European Council | 16 |
| 2021/C 217/24 | Case C-535/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Okrazhen sad Razgrad (Bulgaria) lodged on 20 October 2020 — BNP Paribas Personal Finance S.A., Bulgaria Branch v T.G.M. | 17 |
| 2021/C 217/25 | Case C-622/20 P: Appeal brought on 12 November 2020 by Validity Foundation — Mental Disability Advocacy Centre and Center for Independent Living Association against the order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) delivered on 2 September 2020 in Case T-613/19, ENIL Brussels Office e.a. v Commission | 17 |
| 2021/C 217/26 | Case C-667/20 P: Appeal brought on 7 December 2020 by Laboratorios Ern, S.A. against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 5 October 2020 in Case T-51/19 Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — SBS Bilimsel Bio Çözümler (apiheal) | 17 |
| 2021/C 217/27 | Case C-678/20 P: Appeal brought on 7 December 2020 by Laboratorios Ern, S.A. against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 5 October 2020 in Case T-53/19, SBS Bilimsel Bio Çözümler Sanayi Ve Ticaret AŞ v EUIPO — Laboratorios Ern (apiheal) | 18 |
| 2021/C 217/28 | Case C-100/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Ravensburg (Germany) lodged on 17 February 2021 — QB v Daimler AG | 18 |
| 2021/C 217/29 | Case C-102/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrative Court, Autonomous Section for the Province of Bolzano (Italy) lodged on 18 February 2021 — KW v Autonomous Province of Bolzano | 19 |
| 2021/C 217/30 | Case C-103/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrative Court, Autonomous Section for the Province of Bolzano (Italy) lodged on 18 February 2021 — SG v Autonomous Province of Bolzano | 20 |
| 2021/C 217/31 | Case C-134/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal du travail de Liège (Belgium) lodged on 4 March 2021 — EV v Agence fédérale pour l’Accueil des demandeurs d’asile (FEDASIL) | 20 |
| 2021/C 217/32 | Case C-154/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 9 March 2021 — RW v Österreichische Post AG | 21 |
| 2021/C 217/33 | Case C-158/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo (Spain) lodged on 11 March 2021 — Ministerio Fiscal, Abogacía del Estado, Partido político VOX v Lluís Puig Gordi, Carles Puigdemont Casamajó, Antoni Comín Oliveres, Clara Ponsatí Obiols, Meritxell Serret Aleu, Marta Rovira Vergés, Anna Gabriel Sabaté | 21 |
| 2021/C 217/34 | Case C-161/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte dei conti — Sezione regionale di controllo per la Campania (Italy) lodged on 10 March 2021 — Comune di Camerota | 23 |
| 2021/C 217/35 | Case C-178/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Ravensburg (Germany) lodged on 22 March 2021 — GL and Others v Volkswagen AG and Audi AG | 24 |
| 2021/C 217/36 | Case C-184/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de l’entreprise francophone de Bruxelles (Belgium) lodged on 24 March 2021 — Christian Louboutin v Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon Services LLC | 25 |
| 2021/C 217/37 | Case C-198/21 P: Appeal brought on 29 March 2021 by Giacomo Santini and Others against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 10 February 2021 in Joined Cases T-345/19, T-346/19, T-364/19 to T-366/19, T-372/19 to T-375/19, and T-385/19, Santini and Others v Parliament | 26 |
| 2021/C 217/38 | Case C-202/21 P: Appeal brought on 30 March 2021 by ABLV Bank AS, in liquidation, against the judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 20 January 2021 in Case T-758/18, ABLV Bank v SRB | 27 |
| 2021/C 217/39 | Case C-212/21 P: Appeal brought on 2 April 2021 by European Investment Bank against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 27 January 2021 in Case T-9/19, ClientEarth v EIB | 29 |
| 2021/C 217/40 | Case C-223/21 P: Appeal brought on 6 April 2021 by European Commission against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 27 January 2021 in Case T-9/19, ClientEarth v EIB | 30 |
| 2021/C 217/41 | Case C-228/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione (Italy) lodged on 8 April 2021 — Ministero dell’Interno, Dipartimento per le Libertà civili e l’Immigrazione — Unità Dublino v CZA | 31 |
| 2021/C 217/42 | Case C-229/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Bruxelles (Belgium) lodged on 9 April 2021 — Le Port de Bruxelles v Infrabel SA and Région de Bruxelles-Capitale v Infrabel SA | 31 |
| 2021/C 217/43 | Case C-235/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije (Slovenia) lodged on 12 April 2021 — RAIFFEISEN LEASING, trgovina in leasing d. o. o. v Republika Slovenija | 32 |
| 2021/C 217/44 | Case C-239/21 P: Appeal brought on 14 April 2021 by Petr Fryč against the order of the General Court (Second Chamber) delivered on 11 February 2021 in Case T-92/20 Fryč v Commission | 33 |
| 2021/C 217/45 | Case C-242/21 P: Appeal brought on 13 April 2021 by Évariste Boshab against the judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) delivered on 3 February 2021 in Case T-111/19, Évariste Boshab v Council of the European Union | 34 |
| 2021/C 217/46 | Case C-259/21: Action brought on 22 April 2021 — European Parliament v Council of the European Union | 35 |
| | General Court |
| 2021/C 217/47 | Case T-193/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Andreas Stihl v EUIPO — Giro Travel Company (Combination of the colours grey and orange) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU mark consisting of a combination of the colours grey and orange — Absolute ground for refusal — Article 4 and Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Sufficiently clear and precise graphic representation — Requirement for a systematic arrangement associating the colours in a predetermined and uniform way) | 37 |
| 2021/C 217/48 | Case T-277/19: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — BK v EASO (Civil service — Temporary agents — Temporary reassignment — Action for annulment — Purely confirmatory measure — Inadmissibility — Explicit decision rejecting the complaint — Autonomous scope — Suspension of the effects of the decision subject to the complaint — Interest in bringing proceedings — Action for damages — Close link to the claim for annulment — No pre-litigation procedure — Inadmissibility) | 37 |
| 2021/C 217/49 | Case T-282/19: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Foundation for the Protection of the Traditional Cheese of Cyprus named Halloumi v EUIPO — Filotas Bellas & Yios (Halloumi) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark Halloumi χαλλούμι Vermion grill cheese/grill est/grill kase M BELAS PREMIUM GREEK DAIRY SINCE 1927 — Earlier EU collective word mark HALLOUMI — Relative ground for refusal — Bad faith — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Article 53(1)(a) and Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now article 60(1)(a) and Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation 2017/1001)) | 38 |
| 2021/C 217/50 | Case T-515/19: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Lego v EUIPO — Delta Sport Handelskontor (Building block from a toy building set) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered community design representing a building block from a toy building set — Ground for invalidity — Non-compliance with requirements for protection — Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Features of appearance of a product solely dictated by its technical function — Features of appearance of a product to be necessarily reproduced in their exact form and dimensions in order to permit the interconnection with other products — Designs whose purpose is to allow multiple assembly or connection of mutually interchangeable products within a modular system — Article 8(1) to (3) of Regulation No 6/2002) | 39 |
| 2021/C 217/51 | Case T-588/19: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Novomatic v EUIPO — adp Gauselmann (Power Stars) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU figurative mark Power Stars — Partial revocation declaration — Partial lack of genuine use — Proof of genuine use — Article 51(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75(1), first sentence, of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94(1), first sentence, of Regulation 2017/1001) — Right to be heard — Article 75(1), second sentence, of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94(1), second sentence, of Regulation 2017/1001) | 40 |
| 2021/C 217/52 | Case T-798/19: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Bennahmias v Parliament (Institutional law — Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Parliamentary assistance allowance — Recovery of sums unduly paid — Burden of proof — Obligation to state reasons — Error of law — Error of fact — Proportionality) | 40 |
| 2021/C 217/53 | Case T-799/19: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Bennahmias v Parliament (Institutional law — Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Parliamentary assistance allowance — Recovery of sums unduly paid — Burden of proof — Obligation to state reasons — Error of law — Error of fact — Proportionality) | 41 |
| 2021/C 217/54 | Case T-93/20: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Albert Darboven Holding v EUIPO (WINDSOR-CASTLE) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark WINDSOR-CASTLE — Absolute ground for refusal — Distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Laudatory character) | 41 |
| 2021/C 217/55 | Case T-168/20: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Creaton South-East Europe v EUIPO — Henkel (CREATHERM) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark CREATHERM — Earlier international word mark CERETHERM — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) | 42 |
| 2021/C 217/56 | Case T-175/20: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Sanolie (SANOLIE) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark SANOLIE — Earlier national word mark SANODIN — 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)) | 43 |
| 2021/C 217/57 | Case T-354/20: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 –Kfz-Gewerbes v EUIPO — The Blink Fish (Representation of a fish) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark representing a fish — Earlier national word mark BLINKA — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — No similarity between the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons — First sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001) | 43 |
| 2021/C 217/58 | Case T-374/20: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — KM v Commission (Civil Service — Officials — Surviving spouse — Survivor’s pension — Articles 18 and 20 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations — Conditions for eligibility — Duration of the marriage — Plea of illegality — Equal treatment — Principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age — Proportionality) | 44 |
| 2021/C 217/59 | Case T-11/20: Order of the General Court of 26 March 2021 — Paravan v EUIPO — paragon (Paragon) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — Withdrawal of the application for revocation — No need to adjudicate) | 45 |
| 2021/C 217/60 | Case T-158/21: Action brought on 24 March 2021 — Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Commission | 45 |
| 2021/C 217/61 | Case T-168/21: Action brought on 30 March 2021 — Magnetec v EUIPO (Light blue) | 46 |
| 2021/C 217/62 | Case T-169/21: Action brought on 26 March 2021 — The Smiley Company v EUIPO — SC Ha Ha Ha Production (SMILEY) | 46 |
| 2021/C 217/63 | Case T-170/21: Action brought on 25 March 2021 — Ben Ali v Council | 47 |
| 2021/C 217/64 | Case T-173/21: Action brought on 31 March 2021 — Novelis Deutschland v EUIPO — Cuki Cofresco (grill dish) | 49 |
| 2021/C 217/65 | Case T-181/21: Action brought on 7 April 2021 — LG Electronics v EUIPO — Anferlux-Electrodomésticos (SmartThinQ) | 49 |
| 2021/C 217/66 | Case T-182/21: Action brought on 7 April 2021 — PKK v Council | 50 |
| 2021/C 217/67 | Case T-183/21: Action brought on 7 April 2021 — QP and Others v Council and Others | 51 |
| 2021/C 217/68 | Case T-187/21: Action brought on 9 April 2021 — Firearms United Network and Others v European Commission | 53 |
| 2021/C 217/69 | Case T-188/21: Action brought on 9 April 2021 — Lück v EUIPO — R.H. Investment (MALLE) | 54 |
| 2021/C 217/70 | Case T-190/21: Action brought on 7 April 2021 — RI and Others v Council and Others | 55 |
| 2021/C 217/71 | Case T-192/21: Action brought on 12 April 2021 — Laboratories Ern v EUIPO — Beta Sports (META) | 56 |
| 2021/C 217/72 | Case T-194/21: Action brought on 12 April 2021 — Fidia farmaceutici v EUIPO — Stelis Biopharma (HYALOSTEL ONE) | 57 |
| 2021/C 217/73 | Case T-196/21: Action brought on 12 April 2021 — Lea Nature Services v EUIPO — Debonair Trading Internacional (SO...?) | 58 |
| 2021/C 217/74 | Case T-197/21: Action brought on 12 April 2021 — Lea Nature Services v EUIPO — Debonair Trading Internacional (SO...?) | 59 |
| 2021/C 217/75 | Case T-198/21: Action brought on 12 April 2021 — Ancor Group v EUIPO — Cody’s Drinks International (CODE-X) | 59 |
| 2021/C 217/76 | Case T-199/21: Action brought on 30 March 2021 — EurO3zon v ECHA | 60 |
| 2021/C 217/77 | Case T-200/21: Action brought on 29 March 2021 — JS v EDPS | 61 |
| 2021/C 217/78 | Case T-201/21: Action brought on 6 April 2021 — Covington & Burling and Van Vooren v Commission | 62 |
| 2021/C 217/79 | Case T-202/21: Action brought on 13 April 2021 — Vita Zahnfabrik v EUIPO — VIPI Produtos Odontológicos (VITABLOCS TriLuxe forte) | 63 |
| 2021/C 217/80 | Case T-203/21: Action brought on 12 April 2021 — IN.PRO.DI v EUIPO — Aiello (CAPRI) | 64 |
| 2021/C 217/81 | Case T-204/21: Action brought on 14 April 2021 — Stryker v EUIPO (RUGGED) | 64 |
| 2021/C 217/82 | Case T-205/21: Action brought on 15 April 2021 — Kewazo v EUIPO (Liftbot) | 65 |
| 2021/C 217/83 | Case T-206/21: Action brought on 16 April 2021 — Kalita and Haas v EUIPO — Kitzbühel Tourismus (Representation of two animals) | 66 |
| 2021/C 217/84 | Case T-209/21: Action brought on 17 April 2021 — Ignacio Carrasco v EUIPO — Santos Carrasco Manzano (La Hoja del Carrasco) | 67 |
| 2021/C 217/85 | Case T-212/21: Action brought on 19 April 2021 — Groschopp v EUIPO (Sustainability through Quality) | 67 |
| 2021/C 217/86 | Case T-216/21: Action brought on 20 April 2021 — Ryanair and Malta Air v Commission | 68 |
| 2021/C 217/87 | Case T-220/21: Action brought on 23 April 2021 — Thomas Henry v EUIPO (Spicy Ginger) | 69 |

V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2021/C 217/02

Joined Cases C-798/18 and C-799/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per il Lazio — Italy) — Federazione nazionale delle imprese elettrotecniche ed elettroniche (Anie) and Others (C-798/18), Athesia Energy Srl and Others (C-799/18) v Ministero dello Sviluppo economico and Gestore dei servizi energetici (GSE) SpA (References for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Articles 16 and 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Principles of legal certainty and of the protection of legitimate expectations — Energy Charter Treaty — Article 10 — Applicability — Directive 2009/28/EC — Article 3(3)(a) — Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources — Production of electricity from solar photovoltaic installations — Alteration of a support scheme)

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2021/C 217/03

Case C-30/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen — Sweden) — Diskrimineringsombudsmannen v Braathens Regional Aviation AB (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin — Directive 2000/43/EC — Article 7 — Protection of rights — Article 15 — Sanctions — Action for compensation based on an allegation of discrimination — Defendant acquiescing to claim for compensation without recognition on its part of the discrimination alleged — Connection between the compensation paid and the discrimination alleged — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Right to effective judicial protection — National procedural rules preventing the court seised from ruling on whether there was discrimination as alleged, despite the express request of the claimant)

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2021/C 217/04

Case C-194/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — Belgium) — H. A. v État belge (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 — Determination of the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection — Article 27 — Remedy — Whether account should be taken of circumstances subsequent to the transfer decision — Effective judicial protection)

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2021/C 217/05

Case C-221/19: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Gdańsku — Poland) — AV (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA — Article 8(2) and (4): — Article 17(1) and (2) — Article 19 — Taking into account, for the purposes of an aggregate sentence, of a conviction delivered in another Member State, which must be enforced in the Member State in which that judgment is delivered — Conditions — Framework Decision 2008/675/JHA — Article 3(3) — Concept of ‘interference with a sentence or its execution’ which must be taken into account in the event of new criminal proceedings initiated in a Member State other than that in which the ruling was delivered)

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2021/C 217/06

Case C-470/19: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland) — Ireland) — Friends of the Irish Environment Ltd v Commissioner for Environmental Information (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Aarhus Convention — Directive 2003/4/EC — Right of access to environmental information held by public authorities — Article 2, point 2 — Notion of ‘public authority’ — Bodies or institutions when acting in a judicial or legislative capacity — Information in the file of closed court proceedings)

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2021/C 217/07

Case C-511/19: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Areios Pagos — Greece) — AB v Olympiako Athlitiko Kentro Athinon — Spyros Louis (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Directive 2000/78/EC — Principle of equal treatment in employment and occupation — Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age — Workers placed under a labour reserve system until termination of their contract of employment — Wage reduction and reduction or loss of severance pay — System applicable to public-sector workers close to full-time retirement — Reduction of public-sector wage costs — Article 6(1) — Legitimate social policy objective — Economic crisis)

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2021/C 217/08

Case C-515/19: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Eutelsat SA v Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes, Inmarsat Ventures SE, formerly Inmarsat Ventures Ltd (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Telecommunications sector — Harmonised use of radio spectrum in the 2 GHz frequency bands for bringing into operation systems providing mobile satellite services — Decision No 626/2008/EC — Article 2(2)(a) and (b) — Article 4(1)(c)(ii) — Article 7(1) and (2) — Article 8(1) and (3) — Mobile satellite systems — Concept of ‘mobile earth station’ — Concept of ‘complementary ground components’ — Concept of ‘required quality’ — Respective role of satellite and ground components — Requirement for a selected operator of mobile satellite systems to provide service for a certain percentage of the population and territory — Non-compliance — Effect)

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2021/C 217/09

Case C-593/19: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzgericht (Außenstelle Graz) — Austria) — SK Telecom Co. Ltd v Finanzamt Graz-Stadt (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Determination of the place of supply of telecommunications services — Roaming of third-country nationals on mobile communications networks within the European Union — Point (b) of the first paragraph of Article 59a — Option for Member States to transfer the place of supply of telecommunications services to their territory)

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2021/C 217/10

Case C-694/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 — Italmobiliare SpA, Sirap-Gema SpA, Sirap France SAS, Petruzalek GmbH, Petruzalek s.r.o., Petruzalek s.r.o. and Petruzalek kft v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Retail food packaging market — Attributability of unlawful conduct — Conditions for the granting of immunity — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Sales value — Upper limit of the fine — Duration of the administrative procedure — Reasonable time — Ability to pay)

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2021/C 217/11

Case C-729/19: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland — United Kingdom) — TKF v Department of Justice for Northern Ireland (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Recognition and enforcement of decisions in matters relating to maintenance obligations — Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 — Temporal scope — Article 75 — Decisions given by a court of a Member State prior to accession to the European Union)

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2021/C 217/12

Case C-733/19: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 April 2021 — Kingdom of the Netherlands v Council of the European Union, European Parliament (Action for annulment — Common fisheries policy — Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 — Conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources — Protection of marine ecosystems — Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 — Technical measures — Annex V, Part D — Ban on fishing by vessels using electric pulse trawls — Principle of proportionality — Precautionary principle)

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2021/C 217/13

Case C-736/19: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Senāts) — Latvia) — ZS ‘Plaukti’ (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Agriculture — European agricultural fund for rural development (EAFRD) — Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 — Regulation (EU) No 65/2011 — Third subparagraph of Article 16(5) — Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 — Articles 4 and 6 — Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 — Support for rural development — Agri-environmental payments — Aid for the maintenance of grassland biodiversity — Non-compliance with the conditions for granting those payments — Early mowing — Reduction and exclusion of those payments — Mandatory standards — Statutory management requirements — Minimum requirements for good agricultural and environmental conditions — Commitments that exceed mandatory standards, minimum requirements and other appropriate mandatory requirements established by national legislation)

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2021/C 217/14

Case C-786/19: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Köln — Germany) — The North of England P & I Association Ltd, as successor in law to Marine Shipping Mutual Insurance Company v Bundeszentralamt für Steuern (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Direct insurance other than life assurance — Second Directive 88/357/EEC — Second indent of Article 2(d) — Directive 92/49/EEC — First subparagraph of Article 46(2) — Taxation of insurance premiums — Concept of ‘Member State where the risk is situated’ — Vehicles of any type — Concept of ‘Member State of registration’ — Insurance of sea-going vessels — Ships entered in the shipping register maintained by one Member State but flying the flag of another Member State or of a third State under a temporary flagging-out authorisation)

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2021/C 217/15

Case C-846/19: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d’arrondissement — Luxembourg) — EQ v Administration de l’Enregistrement, des Domaines et de la TVA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Economic activity — Supply of services for consideration — Article 2(1)(c) and Article 9(1) — Exemptions — Article 132(1)(g) — Supply of services closely linked to welfare and social security work — Services performed by a lawyer under powers of representation for the protection of adults lacking legal capacity — Body recognised as being devoted to social wellbeing)

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2021/C 217/16

Case C-868/19: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Berlin-Brandenburg — Germany) — M-GmbH v Finanzamt für Körperschaften (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value-added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 9 — Taxable persons — Article 11 — Option for the Member States to treat as a single taxable person persons who are independent from a legal point of view but are closely linked to one another financially, economically and organisationally (‘VAT group’) — Concept of ‘close financial links’ — National legislation according to which partnerships, whose partners, alongside the controlling company, are not solely financially integrated persons in the undertaking of the controlling company, are prevented from being a member of a VAT group — Legal certainty — Preventative measures against fraud and tax evasion — Proportionality — VAT neutrality)

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2021/C 217/17

Case C-875/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 — FV v Council of the European Union (Appeal — Application for annulment — Civil service — Staff report — Assessment criteria — Consistency of output — Delays — Submission of a medical certificate — Duty of care)

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2021/C 217/18

Case C-877/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 — FV v Council of the European Union (Appeal — Application for annulment — Civil service — Staff report — Assessment criteria — Consistency of output — Delays — Submission of a medical certificate — Duty of care)

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2021/C 217/19

Case C-935/19: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyjny we Wrocławiu — Poland) — Grupa Warzywna sp. z o.o. v Dyrektor Izby Administracji Skarbowej we Wrocławiu (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 273 — Overstatement in the tax return of the amount of the refund of VAT — Error of assessment by the taxable person concerning the taxable nature of a transaction — Correction of the tax return following an audit — Penalty of an amount equal to 20 % of the overstated VAT reimbursement — Principle of proportionality)

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2021/C 217/20

Case C-53/20: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Hengstenberg GmbH & Co. KG v Spreewaldverein eV (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs — Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 — Article 49(3), first subparagraph, and (4), second subparagraph — Article 53(2), first subparagraph — Amendment to a product specification — Spreewald gherkins (Germany) ‘Spreewälder Gurken (PGI)’ — Amendments which are not minor — Opposition procedure — Statement of opposition to the application for amendment — Appeal against the decision granting that application — Concept of ‘legitimate interest’)

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2021/C 217/21

Case C-62/20: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige rechtbank van eerste aanleg Brussel — Belgium) — Vogel Import Export NV v Belgische Staat (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 — Customs union — Common Customs Tariff — Tariff classification — Combined Nomenclature — Tariff headings — Headings 4407 and 4409 — Planed wooden boards the four corners of which have been slightly rounded over the entire length of the board)

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2021/C 217/22

Case C-399/20 P: Appeal brought on 22 August 2020 by XH against the judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) delivered on 25 June 2020 in Case T-511/18, XH v Commission

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2021/C 217/23

Case C-504/20 P: Appeal brought on 28 September 2020 by Lukáš Wagenknecht against the order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) delivered on 17 July 2020 in Case T-715/19, Wagenknecht v European Council

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2021/C 217/24

Case C-535/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Okrazhen sad Razgrad (Bulgaria) lodged on 20 October 2020 — BNP Paribas Personal Finance S.A., Bulgaria Branch v T.G.M.

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2021/C 217/25

Case C-622/20 P: Appeal brought on 12 November 2020 by Validity Foundation — Mental Disability Advocacy Centre and Center for Independent Living Association against the order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) delivered on 2 September 2020 in Case T-613/19, ENIL Brussels Office e.a. v Commission

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2021/C 217/26

Case C-667/20 P: Appeal brought on 7 December 2020 by Laboratorios Ern, S.A. against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 5 October 2020 in Case T-51/19 Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — SBS Bilimsel Bio Çözümler (apiheal)

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2021/C 217/27

Case C-678/20 P: Appeal brought on 7 December 2020 by Laboratorios Ern, S.A. against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 5 October 2020 in Case T-53/19, SBS Bilimsel Bio Çözümler Sanayi Ve Ticaret AŞ v EUIPO — Laboratorios Ern (apiheal)

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2021/C 217/28

Case C-100/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Ravensburg (Germany) lodged on 17 February 2021 — QB v Daimler AG

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2021/C 217/29

Case C-102/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrative Court, Autonomous Section for the Province of Bolzano (Italy) lodged on 18 February 2021 — KW v Autonomous Province of Bolzano

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2021/C 217/30

Case C-103/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrative Court, Autonomous Section for the Province of Bolzano (Italy) lodged on 18 February 2021 — SG v Autonomous Province of Bolzano

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2021/C 217/31

Case C-134/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal du travail de Liège (Belgium) lodged on 4 March 2021 — EV v Agence fédérale pour l’Accueil des demandeurs d’asile (FEDASIL)

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2021/C 217/32

Case C-154/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 9 March 2021 — RW v Österreichische Post AG

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2021/C 217/33

Case C-158/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo (Spain) lodged on 11 March 2021 — Ministerio Fiscal, Abogacía del Estado, Partido político VOX v Lluís Puig Gordi, Carles Puigdemont Casamajó, Antoni Comín Oliveres, Clara Ponsatí Obiols, Meritxell Serret Aleu, Marta Rovira Vergés, Anna Gabriel Sabaté

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2021/C 217/34

Case C-161/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte dei conti — Sezione regionale di controllo per la Campania (Italy) lodged on 10 March 2021 — Comune di Camerota

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2021/C 217/35

Case C-178/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Ravensburg (Germany) lodged on 22 March 2021 — GL and Others v Volkswagen AG and Audi AG

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2021/C 217/36

Case C-184/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de l’entreprise francophone de Bruxelles (Belgium) lodged on 24 March 2021 — Christian Louboutin v Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon Services LLC

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2021/C 217/37

Case C-198/21 P: Appeal brought on 29 March 2021 by Giacomo Santini and Others against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 10 February 2021 in Joined Cases T-345/19, T-346/19, T-364/19 to T-366/19, T-372/19 to T-375/19, and T-385/19, Santini and Others v Parliament

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2021/C 217/38

Case C-202/21 P: Appeal brought on 30 March 2021 by ABLV Bank AS, in liquidation, against the judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 20 January 2021 in Case T-758/18, ABLV Bank v SRB

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2021/C 217/39

Case C-212/21 P: Appeal brought on 2 April 2021 by European Investment Bank against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 27 January 2021 in Case T-9/19, ClientEarth v EIB

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2021/C 217/40

Case C-223/21 P: Appeal brought on 6 April 2021 by European Commission against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 27 January 2021 in Case T-9/19, ClientEarth v EIB

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2021/C 217/41

Case C-228/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione (Italy) lodged on 8 April 2021 — Ministero dell’Interno, Dipartimento per le Libertà civili e l’Immigrazione — Unità Dublino v CZA

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2021/C 217/42

Case C-229/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Bruxelles (Belgium) lodged on 9 April 2021 — Le Port de Bruxelles v Infrabel SA and Région de Bruxelles-Capitale v Infrabel SA

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2021/C 217/43

Case C-235/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije (Slovenia) lodged on 12 April 2021 — RAIFFEISEN LEASING, trgovina in leasing d. o. o. v Republika Slovenija

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2021/C 217/44

Case C-239/21 P: Appeal brought on 14 April 2021 by Petr Fryč against the order of the General Court (Second Chamber) delivered on 11 February 2021 in Case T-92/20 Fryč v Commission

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2021/C 217/45

Case C-242/21 P: Appeal brought on 13 April 2021 by Évariste Boshab against the judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) delivered on 3 February 2021 in Case T-111/19, Évariste Boshab v Council of the European Union

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2021/C 217/46

Case C-259/21: Action brought on 22 April 2021 — European Parliament v Council of the European Union

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General Court

2021/C 217/47

Case T-193/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Andreas Stihl v EUIPO — Giro Travel Company (Combination of the colours grey and orange) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU mark consisting of a combination of the colours grey and orange — Absolute ground for refusal — Article 4 and Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Sufficiently clear and precise graphic representation — Requirement for a systematic arrangement associating the colours in a predetermined and uniform way)

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2021/C 217/48

Case T-277/19: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — BK v EASO (Civil service — Temporary agents — Temporary reassignment — Action for annulment — Purely confirmatory measure — Inadmissibility — Explicit decision rejecting the complaint — Autonomous scope — Suspension of the effects of the decision subject to the complaint — Interest in bringing proceedings — Action for damages — Close link to the claim for annulment — No pre-litigation procedure — Inadmissibility)

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2021/C 217/49

Case T-282/19: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Foundation for the Protection of the Traditional Cheese of Cyprus named Halloumi v EUIPO — Filotas Bellas & Yios (Halloumi) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark Halloumi χαλλούμι Vermion grill cheese/grill est/grill kase M BELAS PREMIUM GREEK DAIRY SINCE 1927 — Earlier EU collective word mark HALLOUMI — Relative ground for refusal — Bad faith — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Article 53(1)(a) and Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now article 60(1)(a) and Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation 2017/1001))

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2021/C 217/50

Case T-515/19: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Lego v EUIPO — Delta Sport Handelskontor (Building block from a toy building set) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered community design representing a building block from a toy building set — Ground for invalidity — Non-compliance with requirements for protection — Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Features of appearance of a product solely dictated by its technical function — Features of appearance of a product to be necessarily reproduced in their exact form and dimensions in order to permit the interconnection with other products — Designs whose purpose is to allow multiple assembly or connection of mutually interchangeable products within a modular system — Article 8(1) to (3) of Regulation No 6/2002)

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2021/C 217/51

Case T-588/19: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Novomatic v EUIPO — adp Gauselmann (Power Stars) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU figurative mark Power Stars — Partial revocation declaration — Partial lack of genuine use — Proof of genuine use — Article 51(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75(1), first sentence, of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94(1), first sentence, of Regulation 2017/1001) — Right to be heard — Article 75(1), second sentence, of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94(1), second sentence, of Regulation 2017/1001)

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2021/C 217/52

Case T-798/19: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Bennahmias v Parliament (Institutional law — Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Parliamentary assistance allowance — Recovery of sums unduly paid — Burden of proof — Obligation to state reasons — Error of law — Error of fact — Proportionality)

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2021/C 217/53

Case T-799/19: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Bennahmias v Parliament (Institutional law — Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Parliamentary assistance allowance — Recovery of sums unduly paid — Burden of proof — Obligation to state reasons — Error of law — Error of fact — Proportionality)

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2021/C 217/54

Case T-93/20: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Albert Darboven Holding v EUIPO (WINDSOR-CASTLE) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark WINDSOR-CASTLE — Absolute ground for refusal — Distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Laudatory character)

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2021/C 217/55

Case T-168/20: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Creaton South-East Europe v EUIPO — Henkel (CREATHERM) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark CREATHERM — Earlier international word mark CERETHERM — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2021/C 217/56

Case T-175/20: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Sanolie (SANOLIE) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark SANOLIE — Earlier national word mark SANODIN — 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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2021/C 217/57

Case T-354/20: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 –Kfz-Gewerbes v EUIPO — The Blink Fish (Representation of a fish) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark representing a fish — Earlier national word mark BLINKA — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — No similarity between the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons — First sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)

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2021/C 217/58

Case T-374/20: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — KM v Commission (Civil Service — Officials — Surviving spouse — Survivor’s pension — Articles 18 and 20 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations — Conditions for eligibility — Duration of the marriage — Plea of illegality — Equal treatment — Principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age — Proportionality)

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2021/C 217/59

Case T-11/20: Order of the General Court of 26 March 2021 — Paravan v EUIPO — paragon (Paragon) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — Withdrawal of the application for revocation — No need to adjudicate)

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2021/C 217/60

Case T-158/21: Action brought on 24 March 2021 — Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Commission

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2021/C 217/61

Case T-168/21: Action brought on 30 March 2021 — Magnetec v EUIPO (Light blue)

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2021/C 217/62

Case T-169/21: Action brought on 26 March 2021 — The Smiley Company v EUIPO — SC Ha Ha Ha Production (SMILEY)

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2021/C 217/63

Case T-170/21: Action brought on 25 March 2021 — Ben Ali v Council

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2021/C 217/64

Case T-173/21: Action brought on 31 March 2021 — Novelis Deutschland v EUIPO — Cuki Cofresco (grill dish)

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2021/C 217/65

Case T-181/21: Action brought on 7 April 2021 — LG Electronics v EUIPO — Anferlux-Electrodomésticos (SmartThinQ)

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2021/C 217/66

Case T-182/21: Action brought on 7 April 2021 — PKK v Council

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2021/C 217/67

Case T-183/21: Action brought on 7 April 2021 — QP and Others v Council and Others

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2021/C 217/68

Case T-187/21: Action brought on 9 April 2021 — Firearms United Network and Others v European Commission

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2021/C 217/69

Case T-188/21: Action brought on 9 April 2021 — Lück v EUIPO — R.H. Investment (MALLE)

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2021/C 217/70

Case T-190/21: Action brought on 7 April 2021 — RI and Others v Council and Others

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2021/C 217/71

Case T-192/21: Action brought on 12 April 2021 — Laboratories Ern v EUIPO — Beta Sports (META)

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2021/C 217/72

Case T-194/21: Action brought on 12 April 2021 — Fidia farmaceutici v EUIPO — Stelis Biopharma (HYALOSTEL ONE)

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2021/C 217/73

Case T-196/21: Action brought on 12 April 2021 — Lea Nature Services v EUIPO — Debonair Trading Internacional (SO...?)

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2021/C 217/74

Case T-197/21: Action brought on 12 April 2021 — Lea Nature Services v EUIPO — Debonair Trading Internacional (SO...?)

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2021/C 217/75

Case T-198/21: Action brought on 12 April 2021 — Ancor Group v EUIPO — Cody’s Drinks International (CODE-X)

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2021/C 217/76

Case T-199/21: Action brought on 30 March 2021 — EurO3zon v ECHA

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2021/C 217/77

Case T-200/21: Action brought on 29 March 2021 — JS v EDPS

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2021/C 217/78

Case T-201/21: Action brought on 6 April 2021 — Covington & Burling and Van Vooren v Commission

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2021/C 217/79

Case T-202/21: Action brought on 13 April 2021 — Vita Zahnfabrik v EUIPO — VIPI Produtos Odontológicos (VITABLOCS TriLuxe forte)

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2021/C 217/80

Case T-203/21: Action brought on 12 April 2021 — IN.PRO.DI v EUIPO — Aiello (CAPRI)

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2021/C 217/81

Case T-204/21: Action brought on 14 April 2021 — Stryker v EUIPO (RUGGED)

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2021/C 217/82

Case T-205/21: Action brought on 15 April 2021 — Kewazo v EUIPO (Liftbot)

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2021/C 217/83

Case T-206/21: Action brought on 16 April 2021 — Kalita and Haas v EUIPO — Kitzbühel Tourismus (Representation of two animals)

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2021/C 217/84

Case T-209/21: Action brought on 17 April 2021 — Ignacio Carrasco v EUIPO — Santos Carrasco Manzano (La Hoja del Carrasco)

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2021/C 217/85

Case T-212/21: Action brought on 19 April 2021 — Groschopp v EUIPO (Sustainability through Quality)

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2021/C 217/86

Case T-216/21: Action brought on 20 April 2021 — Ryanair and Malta Air v Commission

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2021/C 217/87

Case T-220/21: Action brought on 23 April 2021 — Thomas Henry v EUIPO (Spicy Ginger)

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