# Official Journal C 277/21 A

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 6021 August 2017 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 277

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 6021 August 2017

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| | IV   Notices |
| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| 2017/C 277/01 | Last publications of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the
  Official Journal of the European Union | 1 |

Contents

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Court of Justice of the European Union

2017/C 277/01

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

Official Journal of the European Union

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| | V   Announcements |
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| | COURT PROCEEDINGS |
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| 2017/C 277/02 | Case C-258/14: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 13 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Alba Iulia — Romania) — Eugenia Florescu and Others v Casa Judeţeană de Pensii Sibiu and Others (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 143 TFEU — Difficulties as regards the balance of payments of a Member State — Financial assistance from the European Union — Memorandum of Understanding concluded between the European Union and the Member State in receipt of the assistance — Social policy — Principle of equal treatment — National legislation prohibiting the combining of a public retirement pension with employment income from a professional activity carried out in a public institution — Different treatment of persons occupying posts whose term is laid down in the Constitution and of professional judges and law officers) | 2 |
| 2017/C 277/03 | Case C-368/15: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus — Finland) — proceedings brought by Ilves Jakelu Oy (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 97/67/EC — Article 9 — Freedom to provide services — Postal services — Notions of universal service and essential requirements — General and individual authorisations — Authorisation to provide postal services under individually negotiated contracts — Conditions imposed) | 3 |
| 2017/C 277/04 | Case C-436/15: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 15 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas — Lithuania) — Lietuvos Respublikos aplinkos ministerijos Aplinkos projektų valdymo agentūra v ‘Alytaus regiono atliekų tvarkymo centras’ UAB (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of the European Union’s financial interests — Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 — Article 3(1) — Funding from the Cohesion Fund — Project for the development of a regional waste management system — Irregularities — Concept of ‘multiannual programme’ — Definitive termination of a multiannual programme — Limitation period) | 4 |
| 2017/C 277/05 | Case C-513/15: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas — Lithuania) — Proceedings brought by ‘Agrodetalė’ UAB (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Internal market — EC type-approval — Directive 2003/37/EC — Scope — Agricultural or forestry tractors — Placement on the market and registration in the European Union of used or second-hand vehicles imported from a third country — Concepts of ‘new vehicle’ and ‘entry into service’) | 5 |
| 2017/C 277/06 | Case C-549/15: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Förvaltningsrätten i Linköping — Sweden) — E.ON Biofor Sverige AB v Statens energimyndighet (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Promotion of energy from renewable sources — Biofuels for transport — Directive 2009/28/EC — Article 18(1) — ‘Mass balance’ system to ensure that biogas meets the prescribed sustainability criteria — Validity — Articles 34 and 114 TFEU — National rules requiring the mass balance to be achieved within a location with a clear boundary — Practice of the competent national authority to accept that that condition may be satisfied where sustainable biogas is transported using the national gas network — Order of that authority stating that that condition cannot be satisfied where sustainable biogas is imported from other Member States via interconnected national gas networks — Free movement of goods) | 5 |
| 2017/C 277/07 | Case C-587/15: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas — Lithuania) — Lietuvos Respublikos transporto priemonių draudikų biuras v Gintaras Dockevičius, Jurgita Dockevičienė (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Insurance against civil liability in respect of motor vehicles — Accident occurring in 2006 between vehicles normally based in different Member States — Internal Regulations of the Council of Bureaux of national insurers of the Member States — Lack of jurisdiction of the Court — Directive 2009/103/EC — Not applicable ratione temporis — Directives 72/166/EEC, 84/5/EEC and 2000/26/EC — Not applicable ratione materiae — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Inapplicability — Failure to implement EU law) | 6 |
| 2017/C 277/08 | Case C-591/15: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 13 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court) — United Kingdom) — The Queen, on the application of: The Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association Limited v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, Her Majesty’s Treasury (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 355(3) TFEU — Status of Gibraltar — Article 56 TFEU — Freedom to provide services — Purely internal situation — Inadmissibility) | 7 |
| 2017/C 277/09 | Case C-610/15: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — Stichting Brein v Ziggo BV, XS4ALL Internet BV (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual and industrial property — Directive 2001/29/EC — Harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights — Article 3(1) — Communication to the public — Definition — Online sharing platform — Sharing of protected files, without the consent of the rightholder) | 8 |
| 2017/C 277/10 | Case C-621/15: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation — France) — N.W, L.W, C.W v Sanofi Pasteur MSD SNC, Caisse primaire d’assurance maladie des Hauts-de-Seine, Carpimko (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 85/374/EEC — Liability for defective products — Article 4 — Pharmaceutical laboratories — Vaccination against hepatitis B — Multiple sclerosis — Proof of defect of vaccine and of causal link between the defect and the damage suffered — Burden of proof — Methods of proof — Lack of scientific consensus — Serious, specific and consistent evidence left to the discretion of the court ruling on the merits — Whether permissible — Conditions) | 8 |
| 2017/C 277/11 | Case C-678/15: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Mohammad Zadeh Khorassani v Kathrin Pflanz (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2004/39/EC — Markets in financial instruments — Article 4(1)(2) — Definition of ‘investment services’ — point 1 of Section A of Annex I — Reception and transmission of orders in relation to one or more financial instruments — Potential inclusion of brokering with a view to concluding a portfolio management contract) | 9 |
| 2017/C 277/12 | Case C-685/15: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Oberösterreich — Austria) — Online Games Handels GmbH and Others v Landespolizeidirektion Oberösterreich (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 49 TFEU — Freedom of establishment — Article 56 TFEU — Freedom to provide services — Games of chance — Restrictive legislation of a Member State — Penal administrative sanctions — Overriding reasons in the public interest — Proportionality — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 47 — Right to effective judicial protection — National legislation laying down the requirement for the court to examine of its own motion the facts of the case before it in the context of the prosecution of administrative offences — Compliance) | 10 |
| 2017/C 277/13 | Case C-9/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Kehl — Germany) — criminal proceedings against A (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 — Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) — Articles 20 and 21 — Crossing internal borders — Checks within the territory — National legislation authorising checks to establish the identity of persons apprehended within 30 kilometres of the common border with other States parties to the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement — Possibility of checks irrespective of the behaviour of the person concerned or of the existence of specific circumstances — National legislation permitting certain controls on persons on the premises of railway stations) | 10 |
| 2017/C 277/14 | Case C-19/16 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 15 June 2017 — Al-Bashir Mohammed Al-Faqih, Ghunia Abdrabbah, Taher Nasuf, Sanabel Relief Agency Ltd v European Commission, Council of the European Union (Appeal — Common foreign and security policy (CFSP) — Fight against terrorism — Specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban — Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 — Freezing of funds and economic resources of natural and legal persons included in a list drawn up by the United Nations Sanctions Committee — Re-listing of those persons in Annex I to Regulation No 881/2002 after annulment of the original listing — Disappearance of the legal person in the course of the proceedings — Capacity to be a party to judicial proceedings) | 11 |
| 2017/C 277/15 | Case C-20/16: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 22 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof — Germany) — Wolfram Bechtel, Marie-Laure Bechtel v Finanzamt Offenburg (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom of movement of workers — Income received in a Member State other than the Member State of residence — Method of exemption with maintenance of progressivity in the Member State of residence — Pension and health insurance contributions levied on income received in a Member State other than the Member State of residence — Deduction of those contributions — Condition relating to the absence of a direct link with exempted tax revenues) | 12 |
| 2017/C 277/16 | Case C-26/16: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 14 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Arbitral Tributário (Centro de Arbitragem Administrativa — CAAD) — Portugal) — Santogal M-Comércio e Reparação de Automóveis Lda v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 138(2)(a) — Conditions for the grant of the exemption for an intra-Community supply of a new means of transport — Purchaser’s residence in the Member State of destination — Temporary registration in the Member State of destination — Risk of tax evasion — Good faith of the vendor — Obligation of diligence on the part of the vendor) | 12 |
| 2017/C 277/17 | Case C-38/16: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) — United Kingdom) — Compass Contract Services Limited v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Repayment of overpaid VAT — Right to deduct VAT — Procedures — Principles of equal treatment and fiscal neutrality — Principle of effectiveness — National legislation introducing a limitation period) | 13 |
| 2017/C 277/18 | Case C-49/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság — Hungary) — Unibet International Ltd. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Központi Hivatala (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom to provide services — Restrictions — Conditions for the award of a concession for the organisation of online games of chance — Practical impossibility of obtaining such a licence for private operators established in other Member States) | 14 |
| 2017/C 277/19 | Case C-75/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Ordinario di Verona — Italy) — Livio Menini, Maria Antonia Rampanelli v Banco Popolare — Società Cooperativa (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Consumer protection — Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures — Directive 2008/52/EC — Directive 2013/11/EU — Article 3(2) — Applications by consumers to set an order aside in the context of payment order proceedings instituted by a credit institution — Right of access to the judicial system — National legislation providing for mandatory recourse to a mediation procedure — Obligation to be assisted by a lawyer — Condition for the admissibility of proceedings before the courts) | 15 |
| 2017/C 277/20 | Case C-126/16: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 22 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Midden-Nederland — Netherlands) — Federatie Nederlandse Vakvereniging and Others v Smallsteps BV (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2001/23/EC — Articles 3 to 5 — Transfers of undertakings — Safeguarding of employees’ rights — Exceptions — Insolvency proceedings — ‘Pre-pack’ — Survival of an undertaking) | 15 |
| 2017/C 277/21 | Case C-249/16: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 15 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — Saale Kareda v Stefan Benkö (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters — Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 — Article 7(1) — Concepts of ‘matters relating to a contract’ and of a ‘contract for the provision of services’ — Recourse claim between jointly and severally liable debtors under a credit agreement — Determination of the place of performance of the credit agreement) | 16 |
| 2017/C 277/22 | Case C-279/16 P: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 June 2017 — Kingdom of Spain v European Commission, Republic of Latvia (Appeal — Action for annulment — EAGGF, EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from EU financing — Expenditure incurred by the Kingdom of Spain) | 17 |
| 2017/C 277/23 | Case C-349/16: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 15 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige rechtbank van eerste aanleg Brussel — Belgium) — T.KUP SAS v Belgische Staat (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Dumping — Regulation (EC) No 1472/2006 — Imports of certain footwear with uppers of leather originating in China and Vietnam — Validity of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1294/2009 — Expiry review of anti-dumping measures — Unrelated importers — Sampling — European Union interest) | 17 |
| 2017/C 277/24 | Case C-422/16: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Trier — Germany) — Verband Sozialer Wettbewerb eV v TofuTown.com GmbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products — Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 — Article 78 and Annex VII, Part III — Decision 2010/791/EU — Definitions, designations and sales descriptions — ‘Milk’ and ‘milk products’ — Designations used for the promotion and marketing of purely plant-based products) | 18 |
| 2017/C 277/25 | Joined Cases C-444/16 and C-445/16: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 15 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Mons — Belgium) — Immo Chiaradia SPRL (C-444/16), Docteur De Bruyne SPRL (C-445/16) v État belge (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 78/660/EEC — Annual accounts of certain types of companies — Principle that a true and fair view must be given — Principle that valuation must be made on a prudent basis — Issuing company of a share option recognising the grant date price of the option in the course of the accounting year in which the option is exercised or at the end of its period of validity) | 19 |
| 2017/C 277/26 | Case C-449/16: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte d’appello di Genova — Italy) — Kerly Del Rosario Martinez Silva v Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS), Comune di Genova (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social security — Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 — Article 3 — Family benefits — Directive 2011/98/EU — Article 12 — Right to equal treatment — Third-country nationals holding single permits) | 19 |
| 2017/C 277/27 | Case C-662/16 P: Appeal brought on 21 December 2016 by Laboratoire de la mer against the order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 18 October 2016 in Case T-109/16: Laboratoire de la mer v European Union Intellectual Property Office | 20 |
| 2017/C 277/28 | Case C-37/17 P: Appeal brought on 24 January 2017 by Rudolf Keil against the judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) delivered on 15 December 2016 in Case T-330/15 Rudolf Keil v European Union Intellectual Property Office | 20 |
| 2017/C 277/29 | Case C-87/17 P: Appeal brought on 17 February 2017 by CBA Spielapparate- und Restaurantbetriebs GmbH against the order of the General Court (Third Chamber) delivered on 19 December 2016 in Case T-655/16 CBA Spielapparate- und Restaurantbetriebs GmbH v Court of Justice of the European Union | 20 |
| 2017/C 277/30 | Case C-177/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Piemonte (Italy) lodged on 5 April 2017 — Demarchi Gino S.a.s. v Ministero della Giustizia | 21 |
| 2017/C 277/31 | Case C-178/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Piemonte (Italy) lodged on 5 April 2017 — Graziano Garavaldi v Ministero della Giustizia | 21 |
| 2017/C 277/32 | Case C-207/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione tributaria di primo grado di Bolzano (Italy) lodged on 21 April 2017 — Rotho Blaas Srl v Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli | 22 |
| 2017/C 277/33 | Case C-216/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 24 April 2017 — Autorità Garante della Concorrenza and Del Mercato — Antitrust, Coopservice Soc. coop. a r.l. v Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale della Vallecamonica — Sebino (ASST) and Others | 23 |
| 2017/C 277/34 | Case C-270/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam (Netherlands) lodged on 18 May 2017 — Openbaar Ministerie v Tadas Tupikas | 24 |
| 2017/C 277/35 | Case C-271/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam (Netherlands) lodged on 18 May 2017 — Openbaar Ministerie v Sławomir Andrzej Zdziaszek | 24 |
| 2017/C 277/36 | Case C-272/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 18 May 2017 — K.M. Zyla v Staatssecretaris van Financiën | 25 |
| 2017/C 277/37 | Case C-322/17: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland) made on 30 May 2017 — Eugen Bogatu v Minister for Social Protection | 26 |
| 2017/C 277/38 | Case C-323/17: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland) made on 30 May 2017 — People Over Wind, Peter Sweetman v Coillte Teoranta | 26 |
| 2017/C 277/39 | Case C-345/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Latvia) lodged on 12 June 2017 — Sergejs Buivids | 27 |
| 2017/C 277/40 | Case C-382/17: Action brought on 26 June 2017 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic | 27 |
| 2017/C 277/41 | Case C-383/17: Action brought on 26 June 2017 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic | 28 |
| 2017/C 277/42 | Case C-415/17: Action brought on 10 July 2017 — European Commission v Republic of Croatia | 28 |
| | General Court |
| 2017/C 277/43 | Case T-67/14: Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2017 — Viraj Profiles v Council (Dumping — Imports of certain stainless steel wires originating in India — Determination of the cost of production — Selling, General and Administrative costs — Obligation to state reasons — Injury — Causal link — Complaint — Opening of the investigation — Manifest error of assessment) | 30 |
| 2017/C 277/44 | Case T-74/14: Judgment of the General Court of 6 July 2017 — France v Commission (State aid — Aid measures implemented by France in favour of SNCM — Restructuring aid and mesures taken in the context of a privatisation plan — Private investor in a market economy test — Decision declaring the aid unlawful and incompatible with the internal market — Re-opening of the formal investigation procedure — Obligation to state reasons) | 30 |
| 2017/C 277/45 | Case T-343/14: Judgment of the General Court of 29 June 2017 — Cipriani v EUIPO — Hotel Cipriani (CIPRIANI) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark CIPRIANI — No bad faith — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No breach of the right to a name of a well-known person — Article 53(2)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009) | 31 |
| 2017/C 277/46 | Case T-1/15: Judgment of the General Court of 6 July 2017 — SNCM v Commission (State aid — Aid measures implemented by France in favour of SNCM — Restructuring aid and mesures taken in the context of a privatisation plan — Private investor in a market economy test — Decision declaring the aid unlawful and incompatible with the internal market — Social policy of the Member States — Re-opening of the formal investigation procedure — Obligation to state reasons — Equal treatment — Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights) | 32 |
| 2017/C 277/47 | Case T-215/15: Judgment of the General Court of 7 July 2017 — Azarov v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Ukraine — Freezing of funds — List of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources — Retention of the applicant’s name on the list — Duty to state reasons — Rights of defence — Right to property — Right to conduct a business — Proportionality — Misuse of power — Principle of sound administration — Manifest error of assessment) | 32 |
| 2017/C 277/48 | Case T-221/15: Judgment of the General Court of 7 July 2017 — Arbuzov v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Ukraine — Freezing of funds — List of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources — Retention of the applicant’s name on the list — Principle of sound administration — Rights of defence — Duty to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Right to property) | 33 |
| 2017/C 277/49 | Case T-234/15: Judgment of the General Court of 4 July 2017 — Sistema Teknolotzis v Commission (Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013) — Grant agreements for the PlayMancer, Mobiserv and PowerUp projects — Article 299 TFEU — Enforceable decision — Actions for annulment — Challengeable act — Admissibility — Proportionality — Duty of diligence — Obligation to state reasons) | 34 |
| 2017/C 277/50 | Case T-287/15: Judgment of the General Court of 28 June 2017 — Tayto Group v EUIPO — MIP Metro (real) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU figurative mark real — Genuine use — Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character — Point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Use of the mark by a third party — Article 15(2) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Proof of genuine use — Article 15(1) and Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons) | 34 |
| 2017/C 277/51 | Case T-333/15: Judgment of the General Court of 28 June 2017 — Josel v EUIPO — Nationale-Nederlanden Nederland (NN) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Word mark NN — Earlier national word mark NN — Relative ground for refusal — Lack of genuine use of the earlier mark — Articles 15(1)(a) and 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Form differing by elements altering the distinctive character) | 35 |
| 2017/C 277/52 | Case T-392/15: Judgment of the General Court of 4 July 2017 — European Dynamics Luxembourg and Others v European Union Agency for Railways (Public service contracts — Tendering procedure — External Service Provision for development, studies and support for information systems for the European Union Agency for Railways — Ranking of a tenderer’s bid — Rejection of the tenderer’s bid — Duty to state reasons — Abnormally low tender) | 36 |
| 2017/C 277/53 | Case T-623/15: Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2017 — Lidl Siftung v EUIPO (JEDE FLASCHE ZÄHLT!) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark JEDE FLASCHE ZÄHLT! — Mark consisting of an advertising slogan — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) | 36 |
| 2017/C 277/54 | Case T-3/16: Judgment of the General Court of 5 July 2017 — Allstate Insurance v EUIPO (DRIVEWISE) (EU trade mark — Application for registration of the EU word mark DRIVEWISE — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009) | 37 |
| 2017/C 277/55 | Case T-27/16: Judgment of the General Court of 29 June 2017 — United Kingdom v Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Fruit and vegetables — Error of law — Article 3(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003 — Article 52(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 — Principle of legality — Legal certainty — Equal treatment — Principle of non-discrimination — Obligation to state reasons) | 37 |
| 2017/C 277/56 | Case T-63/16: Judgment of the General Court of 29 June 2017 — E-Control v ACER (Energy — Conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity — National regulatory authorities’ decisions approving the methods of allocation of cross-border transmission capacity — Compatibility with Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 — Opinion of ACER — Definition of a decision open to appeal before ACER — Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 713/2009 — Decision of the Board of Appeal of ACER dismissing the appeal as inadmissible — Error of law — Failure to state reasons) | 38 |
| 2017/C 277/57 | Case T-81/16: Judgment of the General Court of 4 July 2017 — Pirelli Tyre v EUIPO (A pair of curved strips positioned on the side of a tyre) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU trade mark consisting of a pair of curved strips on the side of a tyre — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Article 76 of Regulation No 207/2009) | 39 |
| 2017/C 277/58 | Case T-90/16: Judgment of the General Court of 4 July 2017 — Murphy v EUIPO — Nike Innovate (Electronic wristband) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing an electronic wristband — Prior Community design — Ground for invalidity — Individual character — Different overall impression — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 62 of Regulation No 6/2002) | 39 |
| 2017/C 277/59 | Case T-306/16: Judgment of the General Court of 5 July 2017 — Gamet v EUIPO — ‘Metal-Bud II’ Robert Gubała (Door handle) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a door handle — Earlier design — Ground for invalidity — No individual character — Degree of freedom of the designer — No different overall impression — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Evidence submitted in support of the opposition after the expiry of the prescribed period — Production of evidence for the first time before the Board of Appeal — Discretion of the Board of Appeal — Article 63 of Regulation No 6/2002) | 40 |
| 2017/C 277/60 | Case T-359/16: Judgment of the General Court of 7 July 2017 — Axel Springer v EUIPO — Stiftung Warentest (TestBild) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for an EU word mark TestBild — Earlier national figurative marks test — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods and services — Similarity of the signs — Inherent distinctive character — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) | 41 |
| 2017/C 277/61 | Case T-406/16: Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2017 — Dogg Label v EUIPO — Chemoul (JAPRAG) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark JAPRAG — Earlier national figurative mark JAPAN-RAG — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) | 41 |
| 2017/C 277/62 | Joined Cases T-427/16 to T-429/16: Judgment of the General Court of 29 June 2017 – Martín Osete v EUIPO — Rey (AN IDEAL WIFE and Others) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU word marks AN IDEAL WIFE, AN IDEAL LOVER and AN IDEAL HUSBAND — No genuine use of the marks — Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No proper reason for non-use) | 42 |
| 2017/C 277/63 | Case T-448/16: Judgment of the General Court of 29 June 2017 — Mr. Kebab v EUIPO – Mister Kebap (Mr. KEBAB) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for registration of the EU figurative mark Mr. KEBAB — Earlier Spanish figurative mark MISTER KEBAP — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) | 43 |
| 2017/C 277/64 | Case T-470/16: Judgment of the General Court of 28 June 2017 — X-cen-tek v EUIPO (Representation of a triangle) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a triangle — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) | 43 |
| 2017/C 277/65 | Case T-479/16: Judgment of the General Court of 28 June 2017 — Colgate-Palmolive v EUIPO (AROMASENSATIONS) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark AROMASENSATIONS — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) | 44 |
| 2017/C 277/66 | Case T-506/16: Judgment of the General Court of 6 July 2017 — Bodson and Others v EIB (Civil service — EIB staff — Contractual nature of the employment relationship — Remuneration — Reform of the system of remuneration and salary progression — Legitimate expectations — Legal certainty — Manifest error of assessment — Proportionality — Duty to have regard for the welfare of staff — Article 11(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the EIB) | 44 |
| 2017/C 277/67 | Case T-508/16: Judgment of the General Court of 6 July 2017 — Bodson and Others v EIB (Civil service — EIB staff — Contractual nature of the employment relationship — Remuneration — Reform of the bonus scheme — Legitimate expectations — Legal certainty — Manifest error of assessment — Proportionality — Duty to have regard for the welfare of staff — Article 11(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the EIB — Equal treatment) | 45 |
| 2017/C 277/68 | Case T-282/17: Action brought on 11 May 2017 —  UI (
  *1
  ) v Council | 46 |
| 2017/C 277/69 | Case T-338/17: Action brought on 2017 — Air France v Commission | 46 |
| 2017/C 277/70 | Case T-377/17: Action brought on 15 June 2017 — SQ v EIB | 48 |
| 2017/C 277/71 | Case T-399/17: Action brought on 28 June 2017 — Dalli v Commission | 49 |
| 2017/C 277/72 | Case T-402/17: Action brought on 27 June 2017 — Vienna International Hotelmanagement v EUIPO (Vienna House) | 50 |
| 2017/C 277/73 | Case T-403/17: Action brought on 27 June 2017 — Vienna International Hotelmanagement v EUIPO (VIENNA HOUSE) | 51 |
| 2017/C 277/74 | Case T-411/17: Action brought on 30 June 2017 — Landesbank Baden-Württemberg v SRB | 51 |
| 2017/C 277/75 | Case T-413/17: Action brought on 29 June 2017 — Karl Storz v EUIPO (3D) | 52 |
| 2017/C 277/76 | Case T-414/17: Action brought on 3 July 2017 — Vorarlberger Landes- und Hypothekenbank v SRB | 53 |
| 2017/C 277/77 | Case T-416/17: Action brought on 03 July 2017 — Foundation for the Protection of the Traditional Cheese of Cyprus named Halloumi v EUIPO — Papouis Dairies (fino) | 53 |
| 2017/C 277/78 | Case T-417/17: Action brought on 3 July 2017 — Cyprus v EUIPO — Papouis Dairies (fino Cyprus Halloumi Cheese) | 54 |
| 2017/C 277/79 | Case T-418/17: Action brought on 4 July 2017 — Eduard Meier v EUIPO — Calzaturificio Elisabet (Safari Club) | 55 |
| 2017/C 277/80 | Case T-419/17: Action brought on 4 July 2017 — Mendes v EUIPO — Actial Farmaceutica (VSL#3) | 55 |
| 2017/C 277/81 | Case T-420/17: Action brought on 10 July 2017 — Portigon v SRB | 56 |
| 2017/C 277/82 | Case T-425/17: Action brought on 3 July 2017 — Capo d’Anzio v Commission | 57 |
| 2017/C 277/83 | Case T-426/17: Action brought on 5 July 2017 — Item Industrietechnik v EUIPO (EFUSE) | 59 |
| 2017/C 277/84 | Case T-427/17: Action brought on 5 July 2017 — Item Industrietechnik v EUIPO (EFUSE) | 59 |
| 2017/C 277/85 | Case T-428/17: Action brought on 11 July 2017 — Alpine Welten Die Bergführer v EUIPO (ALPINEWELTEN Die Bergführer) | 60 |
| 2017/C 277/86 | Case T-778/15: Order of the General Court of 29 June 2017 — It Works v EUIPO — KESA Holdings Luxembourg (IT it WORKS) | 60 |
| 2017/C 277/87 | Case T-53/17: Order of the General Court of 30 June 2017 — Austrian Power Grid v ACER | 61 |

V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2017/C 277/02

Case C-258/14: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 13 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Alba Iulia — Romania) — Eugenia Florescu and Others v Casa Judeţeană de Pensii Sibiu and Others (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 143 TFEU — Difficulties as regards the balance of payments of a Member State — Financial assistance from the European Union — Memorandum of Understanding concluded between the European Union and the Member State in receipt of the assistance — Social policy — Principle of equal treatment — National legislation prohibiting the combining of a public retirement pension with employment income from a professional activity carried out in a public institution — Different treatment of persons occupying posts whose term is laid down in the Constitution and of professional judges and law officers)

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2017/C 277/03

Case C-368/15: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus — Finland) — proceedings brought by Ilves Jakelu Oy (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 97/67/EC — Article 9 — Freedom to provide services — Postal services — Notions of universal service and essential requirements — General and individual authorisations — Authorisation to provide postal services under individually negotiated contracts — Conditions imposed)

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2017/C 277/04

Case C-436/15: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 15 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas — Lithuania) — Lietuvos Respublikos aplinkos ministerijos Aplinkos projektų valdymo agentūra v ‘Alytaus regiono atliekų tvarkymo centras’ UAB (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of the European Union’s financial interests — Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 — Article 3(1) — Funding from the Cohesion Fund — Project for the development of a regional waste management system — Irregularities — Concept of ‘multiannual programme’ — Definitive termination of a multiannual programme — Limitation period)

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2017/C 277/05

Case C-513/15: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas — Lithuania) — Proceedings brought by ‘Agrodetalė’ UAB (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Internal market — EC type-approval — Directive 2003/37/EC — Scope — Agricultural or forestry tractors — Placement on the market and registration in the European Union of used or second-hand vehicles imported from a third country — Concepts of ‘new vehicle’ and ‘entry into service’)

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2017/C 277/06

Case C-549/15: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Förvaltningsrätten i Linköping — Sweden) — E.ON Biofor Sverige AB v Statens energimyndighet (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Promotion of energy from renewable sources — Biofuels for transport — Directive 2009/28/EC — Article 18(1) — ‘Mass balance’ system to ensure that biogas meets the prescribed sustainability criteria — Validity — Articles 34 and 114 TFEU — National rules requiring the mass balance to be achieved within a location with a clear boundary — Practice of the competent national authority to accept that that condition may be satisfied where sustainable biogas is transported using the national gas network — Order of that authority stating that that condition cannot be satisfied where sustainable biogas is imported from other Member States via interconnected national gas networks — Free movement of goods)

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2017/C 277/07

Case C-587/15: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas — Lithuania) — Lietuvos Respublikos transporto priemonių draudikų biuras v Gintaras Dockevičius, Jurgita Dockevičienė (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Insurance against civil liability in respect of motor vehicles — Accident occurring in 2006 between vehicles normally based in different Member States — Internal Regulations of the Council of Bureaux of national insurers of the Member States — Lack of jurisdiction of the Court — Directive 2009/103/EC — Not applicable ratione temporis — Directives 72/166/EEC, 84/5/EEC and 2000/26/EC — Not applicable ratione materiae — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Inapplicability — Failure to implement EU law)

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2017/C 277/08

Case C-591/15: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 13 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court) — United Kingdom) — The Queen, on the application of: The Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association Limited v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, Her Majesty’s Treasury (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 355(3) TFEU — Status of Gibraltar — Article 56 TFEU — Freedom to provide services — Purely internal situation — Inadmissibility)

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2017/C 277/09

Case C-610/15: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — Stichting Brein v Ziggo BV, XS4ALL Internet BV (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual and industrial property — Directive 2001/29/EC — Harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights — Article 3(1) — Communication to the public — Definition — Online sharing platform — Sharing of protected files, without the consent of the rightholder)

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2017/C 277/10

Case C-621/15: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation — France) — N.W, L.W, C.W v Sanofi Pasteur MSD SNC, Caisse primaire d’assurance maladie des Hauts-de-Seine, Carpimko (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 85/374/EEC — Liability for defective products — Article 4 — Pharmaceutical laboratories — Vaccination against hepatitis B — Multiple sclerosis — Proof of defect of vaccine and of causal link between the defect and the damage suffered — Burden of proof — Methods of proof — Lack of scientific consensus — Serious, specific and consistent evidence left to the discretion of the court ruling on the merits — Whether permissible — Conditions)

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2017/C 277/11

Case C-678/15: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Mohammad Zadeh Khorassani v Kathrin Pflanz (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2004/39/EC — Markets in financial instruments — Article 4(1)(2) — Definition of ‘investment services’ — point 1 of Section A of Annex I — Reception and transmission of orders in relation to one or more financial instruments — Potential inclusion of brokering with a view to concluding a portfolio management contract)

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2017/C 277/12

Case C-685/15: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Oberösterreich — Austria) — Online Games Handels GmbH and Others v Landespolizeidirektion Oberösterreich (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 49 TFEU — Freedom of establishment — Article 56 TFEU — Freedom to provide services — Games of chance — Restrictive legislation of a Member State — Penal administrative sanctions — Overriding reasons in the public interest — Proportionality — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 47 — Right to effective judicial protection — National legislation laying down the requirement for the court to examine of its own motion the facts of the case before it in the context of the prosecution of administrative offences — Compliance)

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2017/C 277/13

Case C-9/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Kehl — Germany) — criminal proceedings against A (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 — Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) — Articles 20 and 21 — Crossing internal borders — Checks within the territory — National legislation authorising checks to establish the identity of persons apprehended within 30 kilometres of the common border with other States parties to the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement — Possibility of checks irrespective of the behaviour of the person concerned or of the existence of specific circumstances — National legislation permitting certain controls on persons on the premises of railway stations)

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2017/C 277/14

Case C-19/16 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 15 June 2017 — Al-Bashir Mohammed Al-Faqih, Ghunia Abdrabbah, Taher Nasuf, Sanabel Relief Agency Ltd v European Commission, Council of the European Union (Appeal — Common foreign and security policy (CFSP) — Fight against terrorism — Specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban — Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 — Freezing of funds and economic resources of natural and legal persons included in a list drawn up by the United Nations Sanctions Committee — Re-listing of those persons in Annex I to Regulation No 881/2002 after annulment of the original listing — Disappearance of the legal person in the course of the proceedings — Capacity to be a party to judicial proceedings)

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2017/C 277/15

Case C-20/16: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 22 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof — Germany) — Wolfram Bechtel, Marie-Laure Bechtel v Finanzamt Offenburg (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom of movement of workers — Income received in a Member State other than the Member State of residence — Method of exemption with maintenance of progressivity in the Member State of residence — Pension and health insurance contributions levied on income received in a Member State other than the Member State of residence — Deduction of those contributions — Condition relating to the absence of a direct link with exempted tax revenues)

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2017/C 277/16

Case C-26/16: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 14 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Arbitral Tributário (Centro de Arbitragem Administrativa — CAAD) — Portugal) — Santogal M-Comércio e Reparação de Automóveis Lda v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 138(2)(a) — Conditions for the grant of the exemption for an intra-Community supply of a new means of transport — Purchaser’s residence in the Member State of destination — Temporary registration in the Member State of destination — Risk of tax evasion — Good faith of the vendor — Obligation of diligence on the part of the vendor)

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2017/C 277/17

Case C-38/16: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) — United Kingdom) — Compass Contract Services Limited v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Repayment of overpaid VAT — Right to deduct VAT — Procedures — Principles of equal treatment and fiscal neutrality — Principle of effectiveness — National legislation introducing a limitation period)

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2017/C 277/18

Case C-49/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság — Hungary) — Unibet International Ltd. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Központi Hivatala (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom to provide services — Restrictions — Conditions for the award of a concession for the organisation of online games of chance — Practical impossibility of obtaining such a licence for private operators established in other Member States)

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2017/C 277/19

Case C-75/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Ordinario di Verona — Italy) — Livio Menini, Maria Antonia Rampanelli v Banco Popolare — Società Cooperativa (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Consumer protection — Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures — Directive 2008/52/EC — Directive 2013/11/EU — Article 3(2) — Applications by consumers to set an order aside in the context of payment order proceedings instituted by a credit institution — Right of access to the judicial system — National legislation providing for mandatory recourse to a mediation procedure — Obligation to be assisted by a lawyer — Condition for the admissibility of proceedings before the courts)

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2017/C 277/20

Case C-126/16: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 22 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Midden-Nederland — Netherlands) — Federatie Nederlandse Vakvereniging and Others v Smallsteps BV (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2001/23/EC — Articles 3 to 5 — Transfers of undertakings — Safeguarding of employees’ rights — Exceptions — Insolvency proceedings — ‘Pre-pack’ — Survival of an undertaking)

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2017/C 277/21

Case C-249/16: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 15 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — Saale Kareda v Stefan Benkö (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters — Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 — Article 7(1) — Concepts of ‘matters relating to a contract’ and of a ‘contract for the provision of services’ — Recourse claim between jointly and severally liable debtors under a credit agreement — Determination of the place of performance of the credit agreement)

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2017/C 277/22

Case C-279/16 P: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 June 2017 — Kingdom of Spain v European Commission, Republic of Latvia (Appeal — Action for annulment — EAGGF, EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from EU financing — Expenditure incurred by the Kingdom of Spain)

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2017/C 277/23

Case C-349/16: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 15 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige rechtbank van eerste aanleg Brussel — Belgium) — T.KUP SAS v Belgische Staat (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Dumping — Regulation (EC) No 1472/2006 — Imports of certain footwear with uppers of leather originating in China and Vietnam — Validity of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1294/2009 — Expiry review of anti-dumping measures — Unrelated importers — Sampling — European Union interest)

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2017/C 277/24

Case C-422/16: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Trier — Germany) — Verband Sozialer Wettbewerb eV v TofuTown.com GmbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products — Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 — Article 78 and Annex VII, Part III — Decision 2010/791/EU — Definitions, designations and sales descriptions — ‘Milk’ and ‘milk products’ — Designations used for the promotion and marketing of purely plant-based products)

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2017/C 277/25

Joined Cases C-444/16 and C-445/16: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 15 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Mons — Belgium) — Immo Chiaradia SPRL (C-444/16), Docteur De Bruyne SPRL (C-445/16) v État belge (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 78/660/EEC — Annual accounts of certain types of companies — Principle that a true and fair view must be given — Principle that valuation must be made on a prudent basis — Issuing company of a share option recognising the grant date price of the option in the course of the accounting year in which the option is exercised or at the end of its period of validity)

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2017/C 277/26

Case C-449/16: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte d’appello di Genova — Italy) — Kerly Del Rosario Martinez Silva v Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS), Comune di Genova (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social security — Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 — Article 3 — Family benefits — Directive 2011/98/EU — Article 12 — Right to equal treatment — Third-country nationals holding single permits)

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2017/C 277/27

Case C-662/16 P: Appeal brought on 21 December 2016 by Laboratoire de la mer against the order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 18 October 2016 in Case T-109/16: Laboratoire de la mer v European Union Intellectual Property Office

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2017/C 277/28

Case C-37/17 P: Appeal brought on 24 January 2017 by Rudolf Keil against the judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) delivered on 15 December 2016 in Case T-330/15 Rudolf Keil v European Union Intellectual Property Office

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2017/C 277/29

Case C-87/17 P: Appeal brought on 17 February 2017 by CBA Spielapparate- und Restaurantbetriebs GmbH against the order of the General Court (Third Chamber) delivered on 19 December 2016 in Case T-655/16 CBA Spielapparate- und Restaurantbetriebs GmbH v Court of Justice of the European Union

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2017/C 277/30

Case C-177/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Piemonte (Italy) lodged on 5 April 2017 — Demarchi Gino S.a.s. v Ministero della Giustizia

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2017/C 277/31

Case C-178/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Piemonte (Italy) lodged on 5 April 2017 — Graziano Garavaldi v Ministero della Giustizia

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2017/C 277/32

Case C-207/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione tributaria di primo grado di Bolzano (Italy) lodged on 21 April 2017 — Rotho Blaas Srl v Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli

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2017/C 277/33

Case C-216/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 24 April 2017 — Autorità Garante della Concorrenza and Del Mercato — Antitrust, Coopservice Soc. coop. a r.l. v Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale della Vallecamonica — Sebino (ASST) and Others

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2017/C 277/34

Case C-270/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam (Netherlands) lodged on 18 May 2017 — Openbaar Ministerie v Tadas Tupikas

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2017/C 277/35

Case C-271/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam (Netherlands) lodged on 18 May 2017 — Openbaar Ministerie v Sławomir Andrzej Zdziaszek

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2017/C 277/36

Case C-272/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 18 May 2017 — K.M. Zyla v Staatssecretaris van Financiën

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2017/C 277/37

Case C-322/17: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland) made on 30 May 2017 — Eugen Bogatu v Minister for Social Protection

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2017/C 277/38

Case C-323/17: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland) made on 30 May 2017 — People Over Wind, Peter Sweetman v Coillte Teoranta

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2017/C 277/39

Case C-345/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Latvia) lodged on 12 June 2017 — Sergejs Buivids

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2017/C 277/40

Case C-382/17: Action brought on 26 June 2017 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic

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2017/C 277/41

Case C-383/17: Action brought on 26 June 2017 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic

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2017/C 277/42

Case C-415/17: Action brought on 10 July 2017 — European Commission v Republic of Croatia

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General Court

2017/C 277/43

Case T-67/14: Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2017 — Viraj Profiles v Council (Dumping — Imports of certain stainless steel wires originating in India — Determination of the cost of production — Selling, General and Administrative costs — Obligation to state reasons — Injury — Causal link — Complaint — Opening of the investigation — Manifest error of assessment)

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2017/C 277/44

Case T-74/14: Judgment of the General Court of 6 July 2017 — France v Commission (State aid — Aid measures implemented by France in favour of SNCM — Restructuring aid and mesures taken in the context of a privatisation plan — Private investor in a market economy test — Decision declaring the aid unlawful and incompatible with the internal market — Re-opening of the formal investigation procedure — Obligation to state reasons)

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2017/C 277/45

Case T-343/14: Judgment of the General Court of 29 June 2017 — Cipriani v EUIPO — Hotel Cipriani (CIPRIANI) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark CIPRIANI — No bad faith — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No breach of the right to a name of a well-known person — Article 53(2)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009)

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2017/C 277/46

Case T-1/15: Judgment of the General Court of 6 July 2017 — SNCM v Commission (State aid — Aid measures implemented by France in favour of SNCM — Restructuring aid and mesures taken in the context of a privatisation plan — Private investor in a market economy test — Decision declaring the aid unlawful and incompatible with the internal market — Social policy of the Member States — Re-opening of the formal investigation procedure — Obligation to state reasons — Equal treatment — Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights)

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2017/C 277/47

Case T-215/15: Judgment of the General Court of 7 July 2017 — Azarov v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Ukraine — Freezing of funds — List of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources — Retention of the applicant’s name on the list — Duty to state reasons — Rights of defence — Right to property — Right to conduct a business — Proportionality — Misuse of power — Principle of sound administration — Manifest error of assessment)

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2017/C 277/48

Case T-221/15: Judgment of the General Court of 7 July 2017 — Arbuzov v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Ukraine — Freezing of funds — List of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources — Retention of the applicant’s name on the list — Principle of sound administration — Rights of defence — Duty to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Right to property)

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2017/C 277/49

Case T-234/15: Judgment of the General Court of 4 July 2017 — Sistema Teknolotzis v Commission (Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013) — Grant agreements for the PlayMancer, Mobiserv and PowerUp projects — Article 299 TFEU — Enforceable decision — Actions for annulment — Challengeable act — Admissibility — Proportionality — Duty of diligence — Obligation to state reasons)

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2017/C 277/50

Case T-287/15: Judgment of the General Court of 28 June 2017 — Tayto Group v EUIPO — MIP Metro (real) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU figurative mark real — Genuine use — Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character — Point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Use of the mark by a third party — Article 15(2) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Proof of genuine use — Article 15(1) and Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons)

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2017/C 277/51

Case T-333/15: Judgment of the General Court of 28 June 2017 — Josel v EUIPO — Nationale-Nederlanden Nederland (NN) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Word mark NN — Earlier national word mark NN — Relative ground for refusal — Lack of genuine use of the earlier mark — Articles 15(1)(a) and 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Form differing by elements altering the distinctive character)

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2017/C 277/52

Case T-392/15: Judgment of the General Court of 4 July 2017 — European Dynamics Luxembourg and Others v European Union Agency for Railways (Public service contracts — Tendering procedure — External Service Provision for development, studies and support for information systems for the European Union Agency for Railways — Ranking of a tenderer’s bid — Rejection of the tenderer’s bid — Duty to state reasons — Abnormally low tender)

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2017/C 277/53

Case T-623/15: Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2017 — Lidl Siftung v EUIPO (JEDE FLASCHE ZÄHLT!) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark JEDE FLASCHE ZÄHLT! — Mark consisting of an advertising slogan — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2017/C 277/54

Case T-3/16: Judgment of the General Court of 5 July 2017 — Allstate Insurance v EUIPO (DRIVEWISE) (EU trade mark — Application for registration of the EU word mark DRIVEWISE — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)

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2017/C 277/55

Case T-27/16: Judgment of the General Court of 29 June 2017 — United Kingdom v Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Fruit and vegetables — Error of law — Article 3(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003 — Article 52(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 — Principle of legality — Legal certainty — Equal treatment — Principle of non-discrimination — Obligation to state reasons)

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2017/C 277/56

Case T-63/16: Judgment of the General Court of 29 June 2017 — E-Control v ACER (Energy — Conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity — National regulatory authorities’ decisions approving the methods of allocation of cross-border transmission capacity — Compatibility with Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 — Opinion of ACER — Definition of a decision open to appeal before ACER — Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 713/2009 — Decision of the Board of Appeal of ACER dismissing the appeal as inadmissible — Error of law — Failure to state reasons)

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2017/C 277/57

Case T-81/16: Judgment of the General Court of 4 July 2017 — Pirelli Tyre v EUIPO (A pair of curved strips positioned on the side of a tyre) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU trade mark consisting of a pair of curved strips on the side of a tyre — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Article 76 of Regulation No 207/2009)

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2017/C 277/58

Case T-90/16: Judgment of the General Court of 4 July 2017 — Murphy v EUIPO — Nike Innovate (Electronic wristband) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing an electronic wristband — Prior Community design — Ground for invalidity — Individual character — Different overall impression — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 62 of Regulation No 6/2002)

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2017/C 277/59

Case T-306/16: Judgment of the General Court of 5 July 2017 — Gamet v EUIPO — ‘Metal-Bud II’ Robert Gubała (Door handle) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a door handle — Earlier design — Ground for invalidity — No individual character — Degree of freedom of the designer — No different overall impression — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Evidence submitted in support of the opposition after the expiry of the prescribed period — Production of evidence for the first time before the Board of Appeal — Discretion of the Board of Appeal — Article 63 of Regulation No 6/2002)

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2017/C 277/60

Case T-359/16: Judgment of the General Court of 7 July 2017 — Axel Springer v EUIPO — Stiftung Warentest (TestBild) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for an EU word mark TestBild — Earlier national figurative marks test — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods and services — Similarity of the signs — Inherent distinctive character — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2017/C 277/61

Case T-406/16: Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2017 — Dogg Label v EUIPO — Chemoul (JAPRAG) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark JAPRAG — Earlier national figurative mark JAPAN-RAG — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2017/C 277/62

Joined Cases T-427/16 to T-429/16: Judgment of the General Court of 29 June 2017 – Martín Osete v EUIPO — Rey (AN IDEAL WIFE and Others) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU word marks AN IDEAL WIFE, AN IDEAL LOVER and AN IDEAL HUSBAND — No genuine use of the marks — Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No proper reason for non-use)

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2017/C 277/63

Case T-448/16: Judgment of the General Court of 29 June 2017 — Mr. Kebab v EUIPO – Mister Kebap (Mr. KEBAB) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for registration of the EU figurative mark Mr. KEBAB — Earlier Spanish figurative mark MISTER KEBAP — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2017/C 277/64

Case T-470/16: Judgment of the General Court of 28 June 2017 — X-cen-tek v EUIPO (Representation of a triangle) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a triangle — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2017/C 277/65

Case T-479/16: Judgment of the General Court of 28 June 2017 — Colgate-Palmolive v EUIPO (AROMASENSATIONS) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark AROMASENSATIONS — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2017/C 277/66

Case T-506/16: Judgment of the General Court of 6 July 2017 — Bodson and Others v EIB (Civil service — EIB staff — Contractual nature of the employment relationship — Remuneration — Reform of the system of remuneration and salary progression — Legitimate expectations — Legal certainty — Manifest error of assessment — Proportionality — Duty to have regard for the welfare of staff — Article 11(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the EIB)

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2017/C 277/67

Case T-508/16: Judgment of the General Court of 6 July 2017 — Bodson and Others v EIB (Civil service — EIB staff — Contractual nature of the employment relationship — Remuneration — Reform of the bonus scheme — Legitimate expectations — Legal certainty — Manifest error of assessment — Proportionality — Duty to have regard for the welfare of staff — Article 11(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the EIB — Equal treatment)

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2017/C 277/68

Case T-282/17: Action brought on 11 May 2017 —  UI (
  *1
  ) v Council

*1

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2017/C 277/69

Case T-338/17: Action brought on 2017 — Air France v Commission

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2017/C 277/70

Case T-377/17: Action brought on 15 June 2017 — SQ v EIB

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2017/C 277/71

Case T-399/17: Action brought on 28 June 2017 — Dalli v Commission

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2017/C 277/72

Case T-402/17: Action brought on 27 June 2017 — Vienna International Hotelmanagement v EUIPO (Vienna House)

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2017/C 277/73

Case T-403/17: Action brought on 27 June 2017 — Vienna International Hotelmanagement v EUIPO (VIENNA HOUSE)

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2017/C 277/74

Case T-411/17: Action brought on 30 June 2017 — Landesbank Baden-Württemberg v SRB

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2017/C 277/75

Case T-413/17: Action brought on 29 June 2017 — Karl Storz v EUIPO (3D)

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2017/C 277/76

Case T-414/17: Action brought on 3 July 2017 — Vorarlberger Landes- und Hypothekenbank v SRB

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2017/C 277/77

Case T-416/17: Action brought on 03 July 2017 — Foundation for the Protection of the Traditional Cheese of Cyprus named Halloumi v EUIPO — Papouis Dairies (fino)

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2017/C 277/78

Case T-417/17: Action brought on 3 July 2017 — Cyprus v EUIPO — Papouis Dairies (fino Cyprus Halloumi Cheese)

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2017/C 277/79

Case T-418/17: Action brought on 4 July 2017 — Eduard Meier v EUIPO — Calzaturificio Elisabet (Safari Club)

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2017/C 277/80

Case T-419/17: Action brought on 4 July 2017 — Mendes v EUIPO — Actial Farmaceutica (VSL#3)

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2017/C 277/81

Case T-420/17: Action brought on 10 July 2017 — Portigon v SRB

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2017/C 277/82

Case T-425/17: Action brought on 3 July 2017 — Capo d’Anzio v Commission

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2017/C 277/83

Case T-426/17: Action brought on 5 July 2017 — Item Industrietechnik v EUIPO (EFUSE)

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2017/C 277/84

Case T-427/17: Action brought on 5 July 2017 — Item Industrietechnik v EUIPO (EFUSE)

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2017/C 277/85

Case T-428/17: Action brought on 11 July 2017 — Alpine Welten Die Bergführer v EUIPO (ALPINEWELTEN Die Bergführer)

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2017/C 277/86

Case T-778/15: Order of the General Court of 29 June 2017 — It Works v EUIPO — KESA Holdings Luxembourg (IT it WORKS)

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2017/C 277/87

Case T-53/17: Order of the General Court of 30 June 2017 — Austrian Power Grid v ACER

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