# Official Journal C 481/29 N

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ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 481

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 6429 November 2021

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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| 2021/C 481/01 | 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 481/01

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 481/02 | Opinion 1/19: Opinion of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — European Parliament (Opinion pursuant to Article 218(11) TFEU — Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) — Signature by the European Union — Draft conclusion by the European Union — Concept of an ‘agreement envisaged’, within the meaning of Article 218(11) TFEU — External competences of the European Union — Substantive legal basis — Article 78(2) TFEU — Article 82(2) TFEU — Article 83(1) TFEU — Article 84 TFEU — Article 336 TFEU — Articles 1 to 4a of Protocol (No 21) on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice — Partial participation of Ireland in the conclusion of the Istanbul Convention by the European Union — Possibility of splitting the act concluding an international agreement into two separate decisions according to the applicable legal bases — Practice of ‘common accord’ — Compatibility with the TEU and the TFEU) | 2 |
| 2021/C 481/03 | Case C-50/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — Sigma Alimentos Exterior SL v European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Article 107(1) TFEU — Tax system — Corporate tax provisions allowing undertakings which are tax resident in Spain to amortise the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of shareholdings in companies which are tax resident outside that Member State — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Condition relating to selectivity — Reference system — Derogation — Difference in treatment — Justification for the difference in treatment) | 3 |
| 2021/C 481/04 | Joined Cases C-51/19 P and C-64/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — World Duty Free Group SA, formerly Autogrill España SA (C-51/19 P), Kingdom of Spain (C-64/19 P) v European Commission, Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland (Appeal — State aid — Article 107(1) TFEU — Tax system — Corporate tax provisions allowing undertakings which are tax resident in Spain to amortise the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of shareholdings in companies which are tax resident outside that Member State — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Condition relating to selectivity — Reference system — Derogation — Difference in treatment — Justification for the difference in treatment) | 3 |
| 2021/C 481/05 | Case C-52/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — Banco Santander SA v European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Article 107(1) TFEU — Tax system — Corporate tax provisions allowing undertakings which are tax resident in Spain to amortise the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of shareholdings in companies which are tax resident outside that Member State — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Condition relating to selectivity — Reference system — Derogation — Difference in treatment — Justification for the difference in treatment) | 4 |
| 2021/C 481/06 | Joined Cases C-53/19 P and C-65/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — Banco Santander SA, Santusa Holding SL (C-53/19 P), Kingdom of Spain (C-65/19 P) v European Commission, Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland (Appeal — State aid — Article 107(1) TFEU — Tax system — Corporate tax provisions allowing undertakings which are tax resident in Spain to amortise the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of shareholdings in companies which are tax resident outside that Member State — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Condition relating to selectivity — Reference system — Derogation — Difference in treatment — Justification for the difference in treatment) | 5 |
| 2021/C 481/07 | Case C-54/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — Axa Mediterranean Holding SA v European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Article 107(1) TFEU — Tax system — Corporate tax provisions allowing undertakings which are tax resident in Spain to amortise the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of shareholdings in companies which are tax resident outside that Member State — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Condition relating to selectivity — Reference system — Derogation — Difference in treatment — Justification for the difference in treatment) | 5 |
| 2021/C 481/08 | Case C-55/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — Prosegur Compañía de Seguridad SA v European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Article 107(1) TFEU — Tax system — Corporate tax provisions allowing undertakings which are tax resident in Spain to amortise the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of shareholdings in companies which are tax resident outside that Member State — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Condition relating to selectivity — Reference system — Derogation — Difference in treatment — Justification for the difference in treatment) | 6 |
| 2021/C 481/09 | Case C-130/19: Judgment of the Court (Full Court) of 30 September 2021 — European Court of Auditors v Karel Pinxten (Article 286(6) TFEU — Breach of the obligations arising from the office of Member of the European Court of Auditors — Deprivation of the right to a pension — Right to effective judicial protection — Regularity of the investigation by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) — Internal procedure at the Court of Auditors — Activity incompatible with the duties of a Member of the Court of Auditors — Mission expenses and daily allowances — Representation and entertainment expenses — Use of an official car — Use of a driver — Conflict of interests — Proportionality of the penalty) | 6 |
| 2021/C 481/10 | Joined Cases C-174/19 P and C-175/19 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — Scandlines Danmark ApS, Scandlines Deutschland GmbH v European Commission, Kingdom of Denmark, Föreningen Svensk Sjöfart, Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) eV (C-174/19 P), Stena Line Scandinavia AB v European Commission, Kingdom of Denmark, Föreningen Svensk Sjöfart (C-175/19 P) (Appeal — Action for annulment — State aid — Public financing of the Fehmarn Belt fixed rail-road link — Individual aid — Notified aid declared compatible with the internal market — Execution of an important project of common European interest — Decision not to raise any objections — Monopoly — Distortion of competition and effect on trade) | 7 |
| 2021/C 481/11 | Case C-458/19 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — ClientEarth v European Commission, European Chemicals Agency (Appeal — Action for annulment — Commission Implementing Decision C(2016) 3549 final — Authorisation for uses of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) — Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 — Articles 60 and 62 — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Request for internal review — Commission Decision C(2016) 8454 final — Rejection of the request) | 8 |
| 2021/C 481/12 | Case C-487/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy — Poland) — Proceedings brought by W.Ż. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Rule of law — Effective legal protection in the fields covered by EU law — Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU — Principles of the irremovability of judges and judicial independence — Transfer without consent of a judge of an ordinary court — Action — Order of inadmissibility made by a judge of the Sąd Najwyższy (Izba Kontroli Nadzwyczajnej i Spraw Publicznych) (Supreme Court (Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs), Poland) — Judge appointed by the President of the Republic of Poland on the basis of a resolution of the National Council of the Judiciary, despite a court decision ordering that the effects of that resolution be suspended pending a preliminary ruling of the Court — Judge not constituting an independent and impartial tribunal previously established by law — Primacy of EU law — Possibility of finding such an order of inadmissibility to be null and void) | 9 |
| 2021/C 481/13 | Case C-538/19: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 6 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Constanţa — Romania) — TS, UT, VU v Casa Naţională de Asigurări de Sănătate, Casa de Asigurări de Sănătate Constanţa (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social security — Sickness insurance — Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 — Article 20(1) and (2) — Medical treatment received in a Member State other than that in which the insured person resides — Prior authorisation — Conditions — Requirement for a report prescribing treatment, drawn up by a doctor of the national public sickness insurance scheme — Prescription, by way of a second medical opinion, drawn up in a Member State other than that in which the insured person resides, of an alternative treatment which has the advantage of not causing a disability — Full reimbursement of the medical expenses incurred in respect of that alternative treatment — Freedom to provide services — Article 56 TFEU) | 10 |
| 2021/C 481/14 | Case C-544/19: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 6 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad — Blagoevgrad — Bulgaria) — ‘ECOTEX BULGARIA’ EOOD v Teritorialna direktsia na Natsionalnata agentsia za prihodite — Sofia (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 63 TFEU — Free movement of capital — Directive (EU) 2015/849 — Scope — National legislation requiring payments exceeding a certain amount to be made only by transfer or deposit into a payment account — Article 65 TFEU — Justification — Combating tax evasion and tax avoidance — Proportionality — Administrative penalties of a criminal nature — Article 49 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Principles of legality and proportionality of criminal offences and penalties) | 10 |
| 2021/C 481/15 | Case C-561/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Consorzio Italian Management, Catania Multiservizi SpA v Rete Ferroviaria Italiana SpA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 267 TFEU — Scope of the obligation on national courts or tribunals of last instance to make a reference for a preliminary ruling — Exceptions to that obligation — Criteria — Question on the interpretation of EU law raised by the parties to the national proceedings after the Court has given a preliminary ruling in those proceedings — Failure to state the reasons justifying the need for an answer to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Partial inadmissibility of the request for a preliminary ruling) | 11 |
| 2021/C 481/16 | Case C-598/19: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia del País Vasco — Spain) — Confederación Nacional de Centros Especiales de Empleo (Conacee) v Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2014/24/EU — Article 20 — Reserved contracts — National legislation reserving the right to participate in certain public procurement procedures to Social initiative special employment centres — Additional conditions not provided for by the directive — Principles of equal treatment and proportionality) | 12 |
| 2021/C 481/17 | Case C-186/20: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 30 September 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Najvyšší súd Slovenskej republiky — Slovak Republic) — HYDINA SK s.r.o. v Finančné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Administrative cooperation and combating fraud in the field of value added tax (VAT) — Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 — Articles 10 to 12 — Exchange of information — Tax audit — Time limits — Suspension of the tax audit in case of exchange of information — Non-compliance with the time limits laid down for providing information — Effect on the lawfulness of the suspension of the tax audit) | 13 |
| 2021/C 481/18 | Case C-285/20: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 30 September 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Centrale Raad van Beroep — Netherlands) — K v Raad van bestuur van het Uitvoeringsinstituut werknemersverzekeringen (Uwv) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 — Article 65(2) and (5) — Scope — Wholly unemployed worker — Unemployment benefits — Worker who resides and pursues an activity as an employed person in the competent Member State — Transfer of his or her residence to another Member State — Person not actually pursuing an activity as an employed person in the competent Member State before becoming wholly unemployed — Person on sick leave and receiving, on that basis, sickness benefits paid by the competent Member State — Pursuit of an activity as an employed person — Comparable legal situations) | 13 |
| 2021/C 481/19 | Case C-296/20: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 30 September 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Commerzbank AG v E.O. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments — Civil and commercial matters — Lugano II Convention — Article 15(1)(c) — Jurisdiction over consumer contracts — Transfer of the consumer’s domicile to another State bound by the convention) | 14 |
| 2021/C 481/20 | Case C-299/20: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 30 September 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Icade Promotion SAS, formerly Icade Promotion Logement SAS v Ministère de l’Action et des Comptes publics (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 392 — Margin taxation scheme — Scope — Supply of buildings and building land purchased for resale — Taxable person for whom the VAT on the purchase of buildings was not deductible — Resale subject to VAT — Concept of ‘building land’) | 15 |
| 2021/C 481/21 | Case C-451/21 P: Appeal brought on 21 July 2021 by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 12 May 2021 in Joined Cases T-516/18 and T-525/18, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Engie Global LNG Holding and Others v Commission | 15 |
| 2021/C 481/22 | Case C-489/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 6 August 2021 — Banka DSK EAD v M. V. | 17 |
| 2021/C 481/23 | Case C-491/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție (Romania) lodged on 10 August 2021 — WA v Direcția pentru Evidența Persoanelor și Administrarea Bazelor de Date din Ministerul Afacerilor Interne | 18 |
| 2021/C 481/24 | Case C-572/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen (Sweden) lodged on 16 September 2021 — CC v VO | 18 |
| 2021/C 481/25 | Case C-574/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší soud České republiky (Czech Republic) lodged on 20 September 2021 — QT v 02 Czech Republic a.s. | 19 |
| 2021/C 481/26 | Case C-579/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Itä-Suomen hallinto-oikeus (Finland) lodged on 22 September 2021 — J.M. | 19 |
| 2021/C 481/27 | Case C-419/19: Order of the President of the Court of 9 September 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio — Italy) — Irideos SpA v Poste Italiane SpA, interveners: Fastweb SpA, Tim SpA | 20 |
| 2021/C 481/28 | Case C-442/19: Order of the President of the Court of 15 September 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — Stichting Brein v News-Service Europe BV | 20 |
| 2021/C 481/29 | Case C-705/19: Order of the President of the Third Chamber of the Court of 9 September 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Axpo Trading Ag v Gestore dei Servizi Energetici SpA — GSE, intervener: Fallimento Esperia SpA | 21 |
| | General Court |
| 2021/C 481/30 | Case T-518/19: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Sipcam Oxon v Commission (Plant protection products — Active substance chlorothalonil — Non-renewal of inclusion in the annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 — Assessment procedure — Rights of the defence — Proposed classification of an active substance — Legal certainty — Proportionality — Precautionary principle) | 22 |
| 2021/C 481/31 | Case T-254/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Kondyterska korporatsiia ‘Roshen’ v EUIPO — Krasnyj Octyabr (Representation of a lobster) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a lobster — Absolute grounds for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — No descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Right to be heard — Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001) | 22 |
| 2021/C 481/32 | Case T-342/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Indo European Foods v EUIPO — Chakari (Abresham Super Basmati Selaa Grade One World’s Best Rice) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark Abresham Super Basmati Selaa Grade One World’s Best Rice — Earlier non-registered word mark BASMATI — Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and Euratom — Transition period — Interest in bringing proceedings — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Rules governing common law actions for passing off — Likelihood of misrepresentation — Likelihood of dilution of the reputation of the earlier mark) | 23 |
| 2021/C 481/33 | Case T-372/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Dermavita Company v EUIPO — Allergan Holdings France (JUVEDERM) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU word mark JUVEDERM — Genuine use of the mark — Use in connection with the goods in respect of which the mark is registered — Use with the consent of the proprietor — Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) | 24 |
| 2021/C 481/34 | Case T-397/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Allergan Holdings France v EUIPO — Dermavita Company (JUVEDERM) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU word mark JUVEDERM — Genuine use of the mark — Use in connection with the goods in respect of which the mark is registered — Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) | 24 |
| 2021/C 481/35 | Case T-404/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Global Translation Solutions v Commission (Public service contracts — Tendering procedure — Translation services — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid — Award of the contract to another tenderer — Award criteria — Method of evaluation — Manifest error of assessment — Equal treatment — Transparency — Obligation to state reasons — Duty of diligence — Principle of sound administration) | 25 |
| 2021/C 481/36 | Case T-417/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Esteves Lopes Granja v EUIPO — IVDP (PORTWO GIN) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark PORTWO GIN — Earlier designation of origin ‘Porto’ — Concepts of ‘use’ and ‘exploitation’ of a protected designation of origin — Article 103(2)(a)(ii) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013) | 26 |
| 2021/C 481/37 | Case T-505/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Guo v EUIPO — Sand Cph (sandriver) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark sandriver — Earlier EU word mark SAND — 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)) | 26 |
| 2021/C 481/38 | Case T-635/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Dermavita Company v EUIPO — Allergan Holdings France (JUVÉDERM VYBRANCE) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark JUVÉDERM VYBRANCE — Late payment of the appeal fee — Inadmissibility of the appeal before the Board of Appeal — Article 101(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 106(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Restitutio in integrum) | 27 |
| 2021/C 481/39 | Case T-636/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Dermavita Company v EUIPO — Allergan Holdings France (JUVÉDERM VOLUMA) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark JUVÉDERM VOLUMA — Late payment of the appeal fee — Inadmissibility of the appeal before the Board of Appeal — Article 101(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 106(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Restitutio in integrum) | 27 |
| 2021/C 481/40 | Case T-637/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Dermavita Company v EUIPO — Allergan Holdings France (JUVÉDERM VOLITE) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark JUVÉDERM VOLITE — Late payment of the appeal fee — Inadmissibility of the appeal before the Board of Appeal — Article 101(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 106(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Restitutio in integrum) | 28 |
| 2021/C 481/41 | Case T-3/21: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Power Horse Energy Drinks v EUIPO — Robot Energy Europe (UNSTOPPABLE) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark UNSTOPPABLE — Absolute grounds for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Lack of descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation 2017/1001)) | 29 |
| 2021/C 481/42 | Case T-511/21: Action brought on 18 August 2021 — TB v ENISA | 29 |
| 2021/C 481/43 | Case T-560/21: Action brought on 2 September 2021 — TB v ENISA | 30 |
| 2021/C 481/44 | Case T-585/21: Action brought on 9 September 2021 — Zásilkovna v Commission | 31 |
| 2021/C 481/45 | Case T-589/21: Action brought on 16 September 2021 — Serrano Velázquez v Parliament | 32 |
| 2021/C 481/46 | Case T-600/21: Action brought on 20 September 2021 — WS and Others v Frontex | 32 |
| 2021/C 481/47 | Case T-601/21: Action brought on 20 September 2021 — Pharmadom v EUIPO — Wellstat Therapeutics (WELLMONDE) | 33 |
| 2021/C 481/48 | Case T-610/21: Action brought on 22 September 2021 — L’Oréal v EUIPO — Heinze (K K WATER) | 34 |
| 2021/C 481/49 | Case T-614/21: Action brought on 24 September 2021 — KPMG Advisory v Commission | 35 |
| 2021/C 481/50 | Case T-624/21: Action brought on 29 September 2021 — Primagran v EUIPO — Primagaz (prımagran) | 36 |
| 2021/C 481/51 | Case T-638/21: Action brought on 4 October 2021 — Apart v EUIPO — S. Tous (Representation of the outline of a bear) | 37 |
| 2021/C 481/52 | Case T-639/21: Action brought on 4 October 2021 — CB v EUIPO — China Construction Bank (CCB) | 38 |
| 2021/C 481/53 | Case T-643/21: Action brought on 5 October 2021 — Foodwatch v Commission | 38 |
| 2021/C 481/54 | Case T-645/21: Action brought on 6 October 2021 — Bloom v Parliament and Council | 39 |
| 2021/C 481/55 | Case T-647/21: Action brought on 1 October 2021 — Sberbank Europe v ECB | 40 |
| 2021/C 481/56 | Case T-651/21: Action brought on 7 October 2021 — Saure v Commission | 41 |
| 2021/C 481/57 | Case T-652/21: Action brought on 11 October 2021 — L. Oliva Torras v EUIPO — Mecánica del Frío (Vehicle couplings) | 42 |

V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2021/C 481/02

Opinion 1/19: Opinion of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — European Parliament (Opinion pursuant to Article 218(11) TFEU — Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) — Signature by the European Union — Draft conclusion by the European Union — Concept of an ‘agreement envisaged’, within the meaning of Article 218(11) TFEU — External competences of the European Union — Substantive legal basis — Article 78(2) TFEU — Article 82(2) TFEU — Article 83(1) TFEU — Article 84 TFEU — Article 336 TFEU — Articles 1 to 4a of Protocol (No 21) on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice — Partial participation of Ireland in the conclusion of the Istanbul Convention by the European Union — Possibility of splitting the act concluding an international agreement into two separate decisions according to the applicable legal bases — Practice of ‘common accord’ — Compatibility with the TEU and the TFEU)

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2021/C 481/03

Case C-50/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — Sigma Alimentos Exterior SL v European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Article 107(1) TFEU — Tax system — Corporate tax provisions allowing undertakings which are tax resident in Spain to amortise the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of shareholdings in companies which are tax resident outside that Member State — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Condition relating to selectivity — Reference system — Derogation — Difference in treatment — Justification for the difference in treatment)

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2021/C 481/04

Joined Cases C-51/19 P and C-64/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — World Duty Free Group SA, formerly Autogrill España SA (C-51/19 P), Kingdom of Spain (C-64/19 P) v European Commission, Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland (Appeal — State aid — Article 107(1) TFEU — Tax system — Corporate tax provisions allowing undertakings which are tax resident in Spain to amortise the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of shareholdings in companies which are tax resident outside that Member State — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Condition relating to selectivity — Reference system — Derogation — Difference in treatment — Justification for the difference in treatment)

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2021/C 481/05

Case C-52/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — Banco Santander SA v European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Article 107(1) TFEU — Tax system — Corporate tax provisions allowing undertakings which are tax resident in Spain to amortise the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of shareholdings in companies which are tax resident outside that Member State — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Condition relating to selectivity — Reference system — Derogation — Difference in treatment — Justification for the difference in treatment)

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2021/C 481/06

Joined Cases C-53/19 P and C-65/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — Banco Santander SA, Santusa Holding SL (C-53/19 P), Kingdom of Spain (C-65/19 P) v European Commission, Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland (Appeal — State aid — Article 107(1) TFEU — Tax system — Corporate tax provisions allowing undertakings which are tax resident in Spain to amortise the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of shareholdings in companies which are tax resident outside that Member State — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Condition relating to selectivity — Reference system — Derogation — Difference in treatment — Justification for the difference in treatment)

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2021/C 481/07

Case C-54/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — Axa Mediterranean Holding SA v European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Article 107(1) TFEU — Tax system — Corporate tax provisions allowing undertakings which are tax resident in Spain to amortise the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of shareholdings in companies which are tax resident outside that Member State — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Condition relating to selectivity — Reference system — Derogation — Difference in treatment — Justification for the difference in treatment)

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2021/C 481/08

Case C-55/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — Prosegur Compañía de Seguridad SA v European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Article 107(1) TFEU — Tax system — Corporate tax provisions allowing undertakings which are tax resident in Spain to amortise the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of shareholdings in companies which are tax resident outside that Member State — Concept of ‘State aid’ — Condition relating to selectivity — Reference system — Derogation — Difference in treatment — Justification for the difference in treatment)

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2021/C 481/09

Case C-130/19: Judgment of the Court (Full Court) of 30 September 2021 — European Court of Auditors v Karel Pinxten (Article 286(6) TFEU — Breach of the obligations arising from the office of Member of the European Court of Auditors — Deprivation of the right to a pension — Right to effective judicial protection — Regularity of the investigation by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) — Internal procedure at the Court of Auditors — Activity incompatible with the duties of a Member of the Court of Auditors — Mission expenses and daily allowances — Representation and entertainment expenses — Use of an official car — Use of a driver — Conflict of interests — Proportionality of the penalty)

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2021/C 481/10

Joined Cases C-174/19 P and C-175/19 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — Scandlines Danmark ApS, Scandlines Deutschland GmbH v European Commission, Kingdom of Denmark, Föreningen Svensk Sjöfart, Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) eV (C-174/19 P), Stena Line Scandinavia AB v European Commission, Kingdom of Denmark, Föreningen Svensk Sjöfart (C-175/19 P) (Appeal — Action for annulment — State aid — Public financing of the Fehmarn Belt fixed rail-road link — Individual aid — Notified aid declared compatible with the internal market — Execution of an important project of common European interest — Decision not to raise any objections — Monopoly — Distortion of competition and effect on trade)

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2021/C 481/11

Case C-458/19 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 6 October 2021 — ClientEarth v European Commission, European Chemicals Agency (Appeal — Action for annulment — Commission Implementing Decision C(2016) 3549 final — Authorisation for uses of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) — Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 — Articles 60 and 62 — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Request for internal review — Commission Decision C(2016) 8454 final — Rejection of the request)

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2021/C 481/12

Case C-487/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy — Poland) — Proceedings brought by W.Ż. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Rule of law — Effective legal protection in the fields covered by EU law — Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU — Principles of the irremovability of judges and judicial independence — Transfer without consent of a judge of an ordinary court — Action — Order of inadmissibility made by a judge of the Sąd Najwyższy (Izba Kontroli Nadzwyczajnej i Spraw Publicznych) (Supreme Court (Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs), Poland) — Judge appointed by the President of the Republic of Poland on the basis of a resolution of the National Council of the Judiciary, despite a court decision ordering that the effects of that resolution be suspended pending a preliminary ruling of the Court — Judge not constituting an independent and impartial tribunal previously established by law — Primacy of EU law — Possibility of finding such an order of inadmissibility to be null and void)

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2021/C 481/13

Case C-538/19: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 6 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Constanţa — Romania) — TS, UT, VU v Casa Naţională de Asigurări de Sănătate, Casa de Asigurări de Sănătate Constanţa (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social security — Sickness insurance — Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 — Article 20(1) and (2) — Medical treatment received in a Member State other than that in which the insured person resides — Prior authorisation — Conditions — Requirement for a report prescribing treatment, drawn up by a doctor of the national public sickness insurance scheme — Prescription, by way of a second medical opinion, drawn up in a Member State other than that in which the insured person resides, of an alternative treatment which has the advantage of not causing a disability — Full reimbursement of the medical expenses incurred in respect of that alternative treatment — Freedom to provide services — Article 56 TFEU)

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2021/C 481/14

Case C-544/19: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 6 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad — Blagoevgrad — Bulgaria) — ‘ECOTEX BULGARIA’ EOOD v Teritorialna direktsia na Natsionalnata agentsia za prihodite — Sofia (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 63 TFEU — Free movement of capital — Directive (EU) 2015/849 — Scope — National legislation requiring payments exceeding a certain amount to be made only by transfer or deposit into a payment account — Article 65 TFEU — Justification — Combating tax evasion and tax avoidance — Proportionality — Administrative penalties of a criminal nature — Article 49 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Principles of legality and proportionality of criminal offences and penalties)

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2021/C 481/15

Case C-561/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 6 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Consorzio Italian Management, Catania Multiservizi SpA v Rete Ferroviaria Italiana SpA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 267 TFEU — Scope of the obligation on national courts or tribunals of last instance to make a reference for a preliminary ruling — Exceptions to that obligation — Criteria — Question on the interpretation of EU law raised by the parties to the national proceedings after the Court has given a preliminary ruling in those proceedings — Failure to state the reasons justifying the need for an answer to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Partial inadmissibility of the request for a preliminary ruling)

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2021/C 481/16

Case C-598/19: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 6 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia del País Vasco — Spain) — Confederación Nacional de Centros Especiales de Empleo (Conacee) v Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2014/24/EU — Article 20 — Reserved contracts — National legislation reserving the right to participate in certain public procurement procedures to Social initiative special employment centres — Additional conditions not provided for by the directive — Principles of equal treatment and proportionality)

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2021/C 481/17

Case C-186/20: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 30 September 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Najvyšší súd Slovenskej republiky — Slovak Republic) — HYDINA SK s.r.o. v Finančné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Administrative cooperation and combating fraud in the field of value added tax (VAT) — Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 — Articles 10 to 12 — Exchange of information — Tax audit — Time limits — Suspension of the tax audit in case of exchange of information — Non-compliance with the time limits laid down for providing information — Effect on the lawfulness of the suspension of the tax audit)

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2021/C 481/18

Case C-285/20: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 30 September 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Centrale Raad van Beroep — Netherlands) — K v Raad van bestuur van het Uitvoeringsinstituut werknemersverzekeringen (Uwv) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 — Article 65(2) and (5) — Scope — Wholly unemployed worker — Unemployment benefits — Worker who resides and pursues an activity as an employed person in the competent Member State — Transfer of his or her residence to another Member State — Person not actually pursuing an activity as an employed person in the competent Member State before becoming wholly unemployed — Person on sick leave and receiving, on that basis, sickness benefits paid by the competent Member State — Pursuit of an activity as an employed person — Comparable legal situations)

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2021/C 481/19

Case C-296/20: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 30 September 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Commerzbank AG v E.O. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments — Civil and commercial matters — Lugano II Convention — Article 15(1)(c) — Jurisdiction over consumer contracts — Transfer of the consumer’s domicile to another State bound by the convention)

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2021/C 481/20

Case C-299/20: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 30 September 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Icade Promotion SAS, formerly Icade Promotion Logement SAS v Ministère de l’Action et des Comptes publics (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 392 — Margin taxation scheme — Scope — Supply of buildings and building land purchased for resale — Taxable person for whom the VAT on the purchase of buildings was not deductible — Resale subject to VAT — Concept of ‘building land’)

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2021/C 481/21

Case C-451/21 P: Appeal brought on 21 July 2021 by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 12 May 2021 in Joined Cases T-516/18 and T-525/18, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Engie Global LNG Holding and Others v Commission

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2021/C 481/22

Case C-489/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 6 August 2021 — Banka DSK EAD v M. V.

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2021/C 481/23

Case C-491/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție (Romania) lodged on 10 August 2021 — WA v Direcția pentru Evidența Persoanelor și Administrarea Bazelor de Date din Ministerul Afacerilor Interne

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2021/C 481/24

Case C-572/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen (Sweden) lodged on 16 September 2021 — CC v VO

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2021/C 481/25

Case C-574/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší soud České republiky (Czech Republic) lodged on 20 September 2021 — QT v 02 Czech Republic a.s.

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2021/C 481/26

Case C-579/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Itä-Suomen hallinto-oikeus (Finland) lodged on 22 September 2021 — J.M.

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2021/C 481/27

Case C-419/19: Order of the President of the Court of 9 September 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio — Italy) — Irideos SpA v Poste Italiane SpA, interveners: Fastweb SpA, Tim SpA

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2021/C 481/28

Case C-442/19: Order of the President of the Court of 15 September 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — Stichting Brein v News-Service Europe BV

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2021/C 481/29

Case C-705/19: Order of the President of the Third Chamber of the Court of 9 September 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Axpo Trading Ag v Gestore dei Servizi Energetici SpA — GSE, intervener: Fallimento Esperia SpA

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General Court

2021/C 481/30

Case T-518/19: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Sipcam Oxon v Commission (Plant protection products — Active substance chlorothalonil — Non-renewal of inclusion in the annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 — Assessment procedure — Rights of the defence — Proposed classification of an active substance — Legal certainty — Proportionality — Precautionary principle)

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2021/C 481/31

Case T-254/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Kondyterska korporatsiia ‘Roshen’ v EUIPO — Krasnyj Octyabr (Representation of a lobster) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a lobster — Absolute grounds for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — No descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Right to be heard — Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001)

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2021/C 481/32

Case T-342/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Indo European Foods v EUIPO — Chakari (Abresham Super Basmati Selaa Grade One World’s Best Rice) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark Abresham Super Basmati Selaa Grade One World’s Best Rice — Earlier non-registered word mark BASMATI — Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and Euratom — Transition period — Interest in bringing proceedings — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Rules governing common law actions for passing off — Likelihood of misrepresentation — Likelihood of dilution of the reputation of the earlier mark)

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2021/C 481/33

Case T-372/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Dermavita Company v EUIPO — Allergan Holdings France (JUVEDERM) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU word mark JUVEDERM — Genuine use of the mark — Use in connection with the goods in respect of which the mark is registered — Use with the consent of the proprietor — Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

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2021/C 481/34

Case T-397/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Allergan Holdings France v EUIPO — Dermavita Company (JUVEDERM) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU word mark JUVEDERM — Genuine use of the mark — Use in connection with the goods in respect of which the mark is registered — Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

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2021/C 481/35

Case T-404/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Global Translation Solutions v Commission (Public service contracts — Tendering procedure — Translation services — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid — Award of the contract to another tenderer — Award criteria — Method of evaluation — Manifest error of assessment — Equal treatment — Transparency — Obligation to state reasons — Duty of diligence — Principle of sound administration)

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2021/C 481/36

Case T-417/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Esteves Lopes Granja v EUIPO — IVDP (PORTWO GIN) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark PORTWO GIN — Earlier designation of origin ‘Porto’ — Concepts of ‘use’ and ‘exploitation’ of a protected designation of origin — Article 103(2)(a)(ii) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013)

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2021/C 481/37

Case T-505/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Guo v EUIPO — Sand Cph (sandriver) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark sandriver — Earlier EU word mark SAND — 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 481/38

Case T-635/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Dermavita Company v EUIPO — Allergan Holdings France (JUVÉDERM VYBRANCE) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark JUVÉDERM VYBRANCE — Late payment of the appeal fee — Inadmissibility of the appeal before the Board of Appeal — Article 101(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 106(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Restitutio in integrum)

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2021/C 481/39

Case T-636/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Dermavita Company v EUIPO — Allergan Holdings France (JUVÉDERM VOLUMA) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark JUVÉDERM VOLUMA — Late payment of the appeal fee — Inadmissibility of the appeal before the Board of Appeal — Article 101(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 106(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Restitutio in integrum)

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2021/C 481/40

Case T-637/20: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Dermavita Company v EUIPO — Allergan Holdings France (JUVÉDERM VOLITE) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark JUVÉDERM VOLITE — Late payment of the appeal fee — Inadmissibility of the appeal before the Board of Appeal — Article 101(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 106(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Restitutio in integrum)

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2021/C 481/41

Case T-3/21: Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Power Horse Energy Drinks v EUIPO — Robot Energy Europe (UNSTOPPABLE) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark UNSTOPPABLE — Absolute grounds for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Lack of descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation 2017/1001))

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2021/C 481/42

Case T-511/21: Action brought on 18 August 2021 — TB v ENISA

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2021/C 481/43

Case T-560/21: Action brought on 2 September 2021 — TB v ENISA

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2021/C 481/44

Case T-585/21: Action brought on 9 September 2021 — Zásilkovna v Commission

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2021/C 481/45

Case T-589/21: Action brought on 16 September 2021 — Serrano Velázquez v Parliament

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2021/C 481/46

Case T-600/21: Action brought on 20 September 2021 — WS and Others v Frontex

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2021/C 481/47

Case T-601/21: Action brought on 20 September 2021 — Pharmadom v EUIPO — Wellstat Therapeutics (WELLMONDE)

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2021/C 481/48

Case T-610/21: Action brought on 22 September 2021 — L’Oréal v EUIPO — Heinze (K K WATER)

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2021/C 481/49

Case T-614/21: Action brought on 24 September 2021 — KPMG Advisory v Commission

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2021/C 481/50

Case T-624/21: Action brought on 29 September 2021 — Primagran v EUIPO — Primagaz (prımagran)

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2021/C 481/51

Case T-638/21: Action brought on 4 October 2021 — Apart v EUIPO — S. Tous (Representation of the outline of a bear)

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2021/C 481/52

Case T-639/21: Action brought on 4 October 2021 — CB v EUIPO — China Construction Bank (CCB)

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2021/C 481/53

Case T-643/21: Action brought on 5 October 2021 — Foodwatch v Commission

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2021/C 481/54

Case T-645/21: Action brought on 6 October 2021 — Bloom v Parliament and Council

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2021/C 481/55

Case T-647/21: Action brought on 1 October 2021 — Sberbank Europe v ECB

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2021/C 481/56

Case T-651/21: Action brought on 7 October 2021 — Saure v Commission

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2021/C 481/57

Case T-652/21: Action brought on 11 October 2021 — L. Oliva Torras v EUIPO — Mecánica del Frío (Vehicle couplings)

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