# Official Journal C 423/2019

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 6216 December 2019 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 423

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 6216 December 2019

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| | IV   Notices |
| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | Court of Justice |
| 2019/C 423/01 | 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

2019/C 423/01

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

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| | COURT PROCEEDINGS |
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| 2019/C 423/02 | Case C-674/17: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 10 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus — Finland) — proceedings brought by Luonnonsuojeluyhdistys Tapiola Pohjois-Savo — Kainuu ry (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Directive 92/43/EEC — Article 12(1) — System of strict protection of animal species — Annex IV — Canis lupus (wolf) — Article 16(1)(e) — Derogation allowing the taking of certain specimens in limited numbers — Hunting for population management purposes — Evaluation of the conservation status of populations of the species concerned) | 2 |
| 2019/C 423/03 | Case C-692/17: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo — Portugal) — Paulo Nascimento Consulting — Mediação Imobiliária Lda v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Exemptions — Article 135(1)(b) and (d) — Transactions relating to the granting, negotiation and management of credit — Transactions concerning debts, with the exception of the recovery of debt — Assignment for consideration, to a third party, of a position held in enforcement proceedings for recovery of a debt recognised by a judgment) | 3 |
| 2019/C 423/04 | Case C-703/17: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 10 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Wien - Austria) – Adelheid Krah v Universität Wien (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Free movement of persons — Article 45 TFEU — Workers — Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 — Article 7(1) — Postdoctoral senior lecturers — Limitation on the recognition of previous professionally-relevant periods of service completed in another Member State — System of pay linking a higher rate of pay to the duration of employment with the current employer) | 4 |
| 2019/C 423/05 | Joined Cases C-4/18 and C-5/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 October 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof - Germany) – Michael Winterhoff, acting as liquidator of DIREKTexpress Holding AG v Finanzamt Ulm (C-4/18) and Jochen Eisenbeis, acting as liquidator of JUREX GmbH v Bundeszentralamt für Steuern (C-5/18) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 132(1)(a) — Exemptions for certain activities in the public interest — Public postal services — Directive 97/67/EC — Universal postal service provider — Private operator providing the service of formally serving court or administrative authority documents) | 4 |
| 2019/C 423/06 | Case C-31/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad Sofia-grad — Bulgaria) — ‘Elektrorazpredelenie Yug’ EAD v Komisia za energiyno i vodno regulirane (KEVR) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2009/72/EC — Internal market in electricity — Article 2(3) to (6) — Concepts of electricity transmission system and electricity distribution system — Distinguishing criteria — Voltage — Ownership of installations — Article 17(1)(a) — Independent transmission operator — Articles 24 and 26 — Distribution system operator — Article 32(1) — Free third-party access — Access to medium-voltage electricity — Interconnection points between transmission and distribution systems — Discretion of the Member States) | 5 |
| 2019/C 423/07 | Case C-128/18: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 15 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht Hamburg — Germany) — Execution of a European arrest warrant issued for Dumitru-Tudor Dorobantu (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA — European arrest warrant — Grounds for refusal of execution — Article 4 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment — Conditions of detention in the issuing Member State — Assessment by the executing judicial authority — Criteria) | 6 |
| 2019/C 423/08 | Case C-171/18: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 7 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal — United Kingdom) — Safeway Ltd v Andrew Richard Newton, Safeway Pension Trustees Ltd (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Article 119 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 141 EC) — Male and female workers — Equal pay — Private occupational retirement pension scheme — Normal pension age differentiated by gender — Date of adoption of measures reinstating equal treatment — Retroactive equalisation of that age to the normal pension age of the persons previously disadvantaged) | 7 |
| 2019/C 423/09 | Case C-189/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság — Hungary) — Glencore Agriculture Hungary Kft. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 167 and 168 — Right to deduct VAT — Refusal — Fraud — Taking of evidence — Principle of respect for the rights of defence — Right to be heard — Access to the file — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Effective judicial review — Principle of equality of arms — Adversarial principle — National legislation or a national practice whereby, during an assessment of the right to deduct VAT exercised by a taxable person, the tax authority is bound by the findings of fact and legal qualifications which were made by it in the context of related administrative procedures to which that taxable person was not party) | 8 |
| 2019/C 423/10 | Case C-239/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Thüringer Oberlandesgericht — Germany) — Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungs GmbH v Freistaat Thüringen (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Plant variety rights — Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — Derogation provided for in Article 14 — Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 — Article 11(1) and (2) — Requests for information — Information provided by official bodies — Request for information on the actual use of material of specific species or varieties — Content of the request) | 9 |
| 2019/C 423/11 | Case C-270/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — UPM France v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Action et des Comptes publics (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2003/96/EC — Taxation of energy products and electricity — Third subparagraph of Article 21(5) — Exemption of small producers of electricity, subject to the taxation of electricity produced — Lack, during an authorised transitional period, of an internal tax on end consumption of electricity — Article 14(1)(a) — Obligation to exempt energy products and electricity used to produce electricity) | 10 |
| 2019/C 423/12 | Case C-403/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 — Alcogroup SA, Alcodis SA v European Commission, Orde van Vlaamse Balies, Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophone, Ordre français des avocats du barreau de Bruxelles (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Ethanol market — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Article 20(4) — Inspection decision — Conduct of the inspection — Legal professional privilege — Refusal to suspend measures of investigation — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Preparatory decision) | 10 |
| 2019/C 423/13 | Case C-423/18: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Baden-Württemberg — Germany) — Südzucker AG v Hauptzollamt Karlsruhe (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Agriculture — Common organisation of markets — Regulation (EC) No 967/2006 — Article 3(2) — Sugar — Surplus amount — Time limit for notifying the total levy to be paid — Time limit for a retrospective correction — Principles of proportionality, legal certainty and the protection of legitimate expectations) | 11 |
| 2019/C 423/14 | Case C-459/18: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Antwerpen — Belgium) — Argenta Spaarbank NV v Belgische Staat (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Tax legislation — Corporation tax — Deduction for risk capital — Reduction of the amount deductible by companies with a permanent establishment in another Member State which generates exempt income under a double taxation convention — Article 49 TFEU — Freedom of establishment — Unfavourable treatment — No such treatment) | 12 |
| 2019/C 423/15 | Case C-490/18: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 16 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Budapest Környéki Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság — Hungary) — SD v Agrárminiszter (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common agricultural policy — Apiculture sector — Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 — Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1366 — Application for aid — Conditions — Minimum number of bee colonies — Fixing with retro-active effect — Principle of legal certainty — Principle of protection of legitimate expectations) | 13 |
| 2019/C 423/16 | Case C-514/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 – Landeskammer für Land- und Forstwirtschaft in Steiermark v Gabriele Schmid, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (Appeal — European Union trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 15 — Concept of ‘genuine use’ — Requirement to use the mark in accordance with its essential function) | 13 |
| 2019/C 423/17 | Case C-548/18: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 9 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Saarländisches Oberlandesgericht — Germany) — BGL BNP Paribas SA v TeamBank AG Nürnberg (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 — Law applicable to contractual obligations — Article 14 — Assignment of claims — Third-party effects) | 14 |
| 2019/C 423/18 | Case C-569/18: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Caseificio Cirigliana Srl, Mail Srl, Sorì Italia Srl v Ministero delle Politiche agricole, alimentari e forestali, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Ministero della Salute (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 — Article 4(c) and Article 7(1)(e) — Quality schemes applicable to agricultural products and foodstuffs — Fair competition — PDO Mozzarella di Bufala Campana — Obligation to separate production areas for ‘PDO Mozzarella di Bufala Campana’) | 15 |
| 2019/C 423/19 | Joined Cases C-573/18 and C-574/18: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 9 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof — Germany) — C GmbH & Co. KG (C-573/18), C-eG (C-574/18) v Finanzamt Z (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC — Article 11A(1)(a) — Taxable amount — Subsidy directly linked to price — Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 — Article 11(1) and Article 15 — Producer organisation having set up an operational fund — Deliveries made by the producer organisation to its members in exchange for payments not covering the entirety of the purchase price — Additional financing paid by the operational fund) | 16 |
| 2019/C 423/20 | Case C-579/18: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d'appel de Liège — Belgium) — Ministère public, Ministre des Finances du Royaume de Belgique v QC, Comida paralela 12. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Excise duties — Directive 2008/118/EC — Articles 8 and 38 — Person liable to pay excise duty following the unlawful introduction of goods into the territory of a Member State — Concept — Company civilly liable for acts committed by its manager) | 16 |
| 2019/C 423/21 | Case C-653/18: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny — Poland) — Unitel Sp. z o.o. w Warszawie v Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w Warszawie (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 146 — Exemptions on exportation — Concept of ‘supply of goods’ — Article 131 — Conditions laid down by the Member States — Principle of proportionality — Principle of fiscal neutrality — Evidence — Tax evasion — Practice of a Member State consisting in refusing the right to exemption where the person acquiring the goods exported is not identified) | 17 |
| 2019/C 423/22 | Case C-489/19 PPU: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Kammergericht Berlin — Germany) — Execution of a European arrest warrant issued against NJ (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Urgent preliminary ruling procedure — Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters — European arrest warrant — Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA — Article 1(1) — Concept of ‘European arrest warrant’ — Minimum requirements on which validity depends — Article 6(1) — Concept of “issuing judicial authority” — European arrest warrant issued by the public prosecutor’s office of a Member State — Status — Whether subordinate to a body of the executive — Power of a Minister for Justice to issue instructions in a specific case — Certification of the European arrest warrant by a court before its transmission) | 18 |
| 2019/C 423/23 | Case C-652/18: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 3 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad — Haskovo — Bulgaria) — SZ v Mitnitsa Burgas (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Controls of cash entering or leaving the European Union — Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005 — Article 3(1) — Infringement of the obligation to declare — Article 9(1) — Penalties provided for by national law — National legislation — Fine and confiscation of the undeclared sum by the State — Proportionality) | 19 |
| 2019/C 423/24 | Case C-284/19 P: Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 1 October 2019 — Andrew Clarke v European Commission (Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Action for annulment — Actions for failure to act — Refusal of the European Commission to bring infringement proceedings under Article 258 TFEU against a Member State) | 19 |
| 2019/C 423/25 | Case C-467/19 PPU: Order of the Court (Second Chamber) of 24 September 2019 — (Request for a preliminary ruling from the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad — Bulgaria) — Criminal proceedings against QR (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Urgent preliminary ruling procedure — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Directive (EU) 2016/343 — Article 7(4) — Strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and of the right to be present at the trial in criminal proceedings — Right to remain silent and right not to incriminate oneself — Agreement between the prosecutor and the offender — Approval of such an agreement by the court — Condition — Consent of the other accused persons — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Not applicable) | 20 |
| 2019/C 423/26 | Case C-673/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands) lodged on 11 September 2019 — M, A, Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid, other parties: Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid, T | 21 |
| 2019/C 423/27 | Case C-679/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Ilfov (Romania) lodged on 12 September 2019 – NL v Direcția Generală Regională a Finanțelor Publice București | 21 |
| 2019/C 423/28 | Case C-683/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo (Spain) lodged on 16 September 2019 – Viesgo Infraestructuras Energéticas, S.L. v Administración del Estado and Others | 22 |
| 2019/C 423/29 | Case C-691/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Alicante (Spain) lodged on 18 September 2019 — Banco Santander, S.A. v VF and WD | 23 |
| 2019/C 423/30 | Case C-692/19: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Watford Employment Tribunal (United Kingdom) made on 19 September 2019 – B v Yodel Delivery Network Ltd | 24 |
| 2019/C 423/31 | Case C-712/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo (Spain) lodged on 24 September 2019 — Novo Banco S.A. v Junta de Andalucía | 25 |
| 2019/C 423/32 | Case C-716/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil No 2 de Madrid (Spain) lodged on 26 September 2019 — ZA and Others v Repsol Comercial de Productos Petrolíferos S.A. | 26 |
| 2019/C 423/33 | Case C-728/19: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) (United Kingdom) made on 2 October 2019 – Beverly Hills Teddy Bear Company v PMS International Group | 27 |
| 2019/C 423/34 | Case C-729/19: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) made on 2 October 2019 – TKF v Department of Justice for Northern Ireland | 27 |
| 2019/C 423/35 | Case C-733/19: Action brought on 4 October 2019 — Kingdom of the Netherlands v Council of the European Union, European Parliament | 28 |
| 2019/C 423/36 | Case C-755/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (Belgium) lodged on 15 October 2019 — T.H.C. v Commissaire général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides | 29 |
| 2019/C 423/37 | Case C-762/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rīgas apgabaltiesas Civillietu tiesu kolēģija (Latvia) lodged on 17 October 2019 — SIA ‘CV-Online Latvia’ v SIA ‘Melons’ | 30 |
| | General Court |
| 2019/C 423/38 | Case T-121/15: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Fortischem v Commission (State aid — Chemical industry — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market — Concept of State aid — State resources — Advantage — Recovery — Economic continuity — Principle of sound administration — Obligation to state reasons) | 31 |
| 2019/C 423/39 | Case T-500/17: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Hubei Xinyegang Special Tube v Commission (Dumping — Imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron (other than cast iron) or steel (other than stainless steel), of circular cross-section, of an external diameter exceeding 406.4 mm, originating in China — Definitive anti-dumping duty — Injury — Price undercutting — Causal link) | 32 |
| 2019/C 423/40 | Case T-805/17: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 – BASF v ECHA (REACH — Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 — Article 3(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/9 — Requirement for joint submission of data — Joint submission with possibility of a complete opt-out — Administrative practice of ECHA requiring an agreement on the terms for making a joint submission with the lead registrant for a registered substance — Failure to reach an agreement — Dispute resolution mechanism applied by analogy — Decision granting access to a joint submission — Legal basis — Broad discretion of ECHA — Manifest error of assessment — Obligation to state reasons — Legal certainty) | 33 |
| 2019/C 423/41 | Case T-806/17: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 – BASF and REACH & colours v ECHA (REACH — Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 — Article 3(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/9 — Requirement for joint submission of data — Joint submission with possibility of a complete opt-out — Administrative practice of ECHA requiring an agreement on the terms for making a joint submission with the lead registrant for a registered substance — Failure to reach an agreement — Dispute resolution mechanism applied by analogy — Decision granting access to a joint submission — Legal basis — Broad discretion of ECHA — Manifest error of assessment — Obligation to state reasons — Legal certainty) | 33 |
| 2019/C 423/42 | Case T-112/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Pink Lady America v CPVO — WAAA (Cripps Pink) (Plant varieties — Nullity proceedings — Cripps Pink apple variety – Articles 10 and 116 of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — Novelty — Derogative grace period — Definition of exploitation of the variety — Commercial evaluation — Article 76 of Regulation (EC) No 874/2009 — Late submission of evidence before the Board of Appeal — Evidence submitted for the first time before the General Court) | 34 |
| 2019/C 423/43 | Case T-261/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Roxtec v EUIPO — Wallmax (Representation of a black square containing seven concentric blue circles) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative trade mark depicting a black square containing seven concentric blue circles — Absolute ground for refusal — Sign consisting exclusively of the shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result — Article 7(1)(e)(ii), of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) | 35 |
| 2019/C 423/44 | Case T-300/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 –Yanukovych 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 — Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the list — Council’s obligation to verify that the decision of an authority of a third State was taken in accordance with the rights of the defence and the right to effective judicial protection) | 36 |
| 2019/C 423/45 | Case T-301/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Yanukovych 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 — Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the list — Council’s obligation to verify that the decision of an authority of a third State was taken in accordance with the rights of the defence and the right to effective judicial protection) | 37 |
| 2019/C 423/46 | Case T-372/18: Judgment of the General Court of 10 October 2019 — Colombani v EEAS (Civil service — Officials — Promotion — 2017 promotion year — Decision not to promote the applicant to Grade AD 14 — Article 43 and Article 45(1) of the Staff Regulations — Consideration of comparative merits — Taking into account staff reports for the purpose of promotion — Purely literal assessments — No method enabling staff reports to be compared for the purpose of promotion) | 38 |
| 2019/C 423/47 | Case T-404/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Zhadanov v EUIPO (PDF Expert) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark PDF Expert — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) | 38 |
| 2019/C 423/48 | Case T-428/18: Judgment of the General Court of 10 October 2019 – McDreams Hotel GmbH v EUIPO – McDonald’s International Property (mc dreams hotels Träumen zum kleinen Preis!) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark mc dreams hotels Träumen zum kleinen Preis! — Earlier EU word mark McDONALD’S — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Family of marks — Taking unfair advantage of the distinctive character or repute of the earlier mark) | 39 |
| 2019/C 423/49 | Case T-453/18: Judgment of the General Court of 10 October 2019 — Biasotto v EUIPO — Oofos (OOF) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark OOF — Earlier EU word mark OOFOS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) | 40 |
| 2019/C 423/50 | Case T-491/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 — Vafo Praha v EUIPO — Rutzinger-Kurpas (Meatlove) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark Meatlove — Earlier EU word mark carnilove — 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)) | 40 |
| 2019/C 423/51 | Case T-497/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — IAK — Forum International v EUIPO — Schwalb (IAK) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark IAK — Earlier national word mark IAK — Institut für angewandte Kreativität — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Genuine use of the earlier mark) | 41 |
| 2019/C 423/52 | Case T-500/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 — Puma v EUIPO — Destilerias MG (MG PUMA) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark MG PUMA — Earlier EU word mark GINMG — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the signs — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) | 42 |
| 2019/C 423/53 | Case T-533/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 – Wanda Films and Wanda Visión v EUIPO – Dalian Wanda Group (WANDA FILMS) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark WANDA FILMS — Earlier EU word mark WANDA — Relative ground for refusal — Restriction of the application for registration — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) | 43 |
| 2019/C 423/54 | Case T-536/18: Judgment of the General Court of 10 October 2019 — Société des produits Nestlé v EUIPO — European Food (FITNESS) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark FITNESS — Absolute grounds for refusal — Decision taken following the annulment of an earlier decision by the General Court — Article 65(6) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 72(6) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Production of evidence for the first time before the Board of Appeal) | 43 |
| 2019/C 423/55 | Case T-542/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 – Wanda Films and Wanda Visión v EUIPO – Dalian Wanda Group Co. (wanda films) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark wanda films — Earlier EU word mark WANDA — Relative ground for refusal — Restriction of the application for registration — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) | 44 |
| 2019/C 423/56 | Case T-632/18: Judgment of the General Court of 10 October 2019 – ZM and Others v Council (Civil service — Officials — Members of the temporary staff — Remuneration — Family allowances — Education allowance — Refusal to reimburse education costs — Article 3(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations) | 45 |
| 2019/C 423/57 | Case T-666/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 — 6Minutes Media v EUIPO — ad pepper media International (ad pepper) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — Figurative mark ad pepper — Genuine use of the trade mark — Article 18(1)(a) and Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character) | 46 |
| 2019/C 423/58 | Case T-668/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 — 6Minutes Media v EUIPO — ad pepper media International (ADPepper) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — Word mark ADPepper — Genuine use of the trade mark — Article 18(1)(a) and Article 58(1)(a) and Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character) | 46 |
| 2019/C 423/59 | Case T-686/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 — LegalCareers v EUIPO (LEGALCAREERS) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU figurative mark LEGALCAREERS — Absolute grounds for refusal — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 7(1)(b)of Regulation 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons) | 47 |
| 2019/C 423/60 | Case T-700/18: Judgment of the General Court of 10 October 2019 — Kalypso Media Group v EUIPO — Wizards of the Coast (DUNGEONS) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark DUNGEONS — Earlier EU word mark DUNGEONS & DRAGONS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) | 48 |
| 2019/C 423/61 | Case T-730/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 — DQ and Others v Parliament (Civil Service — Officials — Article 24 of the Staff Regulations — Request for assistance — Article 12a of the Staff Regulations — Psychological harassment — Scope of the duty to provide assistance — Removal measure — Duration of the administrative procedure — Liability — Non-material damage) | 48 |
| 2019/C 423/62 | Case T-749/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Daimler v EUIPO (ROAD EFFICIENCY) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark ROAD EFFICIENCY — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) | 49 |
| 2019/C 423/63 | Case T-491/17: Order of the General Court of 24 September 2019 –Opere Pie d’Onigo v Commission (Action for annulment — State aid — Aid scheme established by Italy for certain providers of socio-sanitary services — Costs associated with staff absences in respect of maternity and care provided to dependent family members — Contributions paid by the State to private undertakings — Decision not to raise any objections — No placement in an unfavourable competitive position — Lack of direct concern — Inadmissibility) | 50 |
| 2019/C 423/64 | Case T-605/17: Order of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — CX v Commission (Civil Service — Officials — Remuneration — Decision of the Commission to recover salaries paid to the applicant — Debit note ordering recovery of the sums at issue — Replacement of the contested measures in the course of the proceedings — Abandonment of any measure seeking the recovery of the sums at issue — Action which has become devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate) | 51 |
| 2019/C 423/65 | Case T-677/17: Order of the General Court of 18 September 2019 — ClientEarth v Commission (Action for annulment — Internal market — Environment — Regulation (EU) 2017/1154 — Action which has become devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate) | 51 |
| 2019/C 423/66 | Case T-451/18: Order of the General Court of 25 September 2019 — Triantafyllopoulos and Others v ECB (Action for damages — Harm allegedly caused to the applicants due to the absence of supervision of the Achaiki Cooperative Bank by the National Bank of Greece and the ECB — Limitation period — Article 46 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union — Causal link — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded in law) | 52 |
| 2019/C 423/67 | Case T-599/18: Order of the General Court of 10 October 2019 — Aeris Invest v SRB (Action for annulment — Economic and monetary policy — Single resolution mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms — Resolution scheme in respect of Banco Popular Español — No ex-post definitive valuation of Banco Popular Español — Act not open to challenge — Inadmissibility) | 53 |
| 2019/C 423/68 | Case T-607/18: Order of the General Court of 9 October 2019 — Essity Hygiene and Health v EUIPO (Representation of a leaf) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a leaf — Absolute ground for refusal — Revocation of the contested decision — Action which has become devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate) | 54 |
| 2019/C 423/69 | Case T-663/18: Order of the General Court of 26 September 2019 — Nissin Foods Holdings v EUIPO — The GB Foods (Soba JAPANESE FRIED NOODLES) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark Soba JAPANESE FRIED NOODLES — Absolute ground for invalidity — Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law) | 54 |
| 2019/C 423/70 | Case T-713/18: Order of the General Court of 9 October 2019 — Esim Chemicals v EUIPO — Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite (ESIM Chemicals) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark ESIM Chemicals — Earlier national word mark ESKIM — Relative ground for refusal — Failure to comply with the obligation to pay the appeal fee within the period prescribed — Decision of the Board of Appeal declaring that the appeal is deemed not to have been filed — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law) | 55 |
| 2019/C 423/71 | Case T-2/19: Order of the General Court of 10 October 2019 — Algebris (UK) v Anchorage Capital Group v SRB (Action for annulment — Economic and monetary policy — Single resolution mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms — Resolution scheme in respect of Banco Popular Español — No ex post definitive valuation of Banco Popular Español — Lack of direct concern — Inadmissibility) | 56 |
| 2019/C 423/72 | Case T-99/19: Order of the General Court of 25 September 2019 — Magnan v Commission (Action for failure to act, for damages and for annulment — Free movement of workers — Freedom to choose an occupation — Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons — Alleged infringement of that agreement by Swiss laws and regulations governing the exercise of the profession of medical practitioner — Application for the adoption of measures against Switzerland and application for compensation for harm suffered — Reply of EEAS — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law) | 57 |
| 2019/C 423/73 | Case T-102/19 and T-132/19: Order of the General Court of 7 October 2019 — Garriga Polledo and Others v Parliament (Action for annulment — Institutional law — Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Amendment of the additional voluntary pension scheme — Regulatory act — Implementing measures — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissibility) | 57 |
| 2019/C 423/74 | Case T-525/19 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 13 September 2019 — Intering and Others v Commission (Interim measures — Procedure for the award of a contract — Application for suspension of operation — Application for interim measures — Lack of urgency) | 58 |
| 2019/C 423/75 | Case T-542/19 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 2 October 2019 — FV v Council (Interim relief — Civil service — Officials — Placing on leave and retirement in the interests of the service — Article 42c of the Staff Regulations — Application for a suspension of operation of a measure — No urgency) | 59 |
| 2019/C 423/76 | Case T-662/19: Action brought on 27 September 2019 – BP International v Commission | 59 |
| 2019/C 423/77 | Case T-680/19: Action brought on 30 September 2019 – Irish Wind Farmers' Association and Others v Commission | 62 |
| 2019/C 423/78 | Case T-689/19: Action brought on 8 October 2019 – ZU v EEAS | 62 |
| 2019/C 423/79 | Case T-721/19: Action brought on 18 October 2019 — Rübig v Parliament | 63 |
| 2019/C 423/80 | Case T-722/19: Action brought on 18 October 2019 — Grossetete v Parliament | 65 |
| 2019/C 423/81 | Case T-723/19: Action brought on 18 October 2019 — Díaz de Mera García Consuegra v Parliament | 66 |
| 2019/C 423/82 | Case T-724/19: Action brought on 18 October 2019 — Ayuso v Parliament | 68 |
| 2019/C 423/83 | Case T-725/19: Action brought on 18 October 2019 — de Grandes Pascual v Parliament | 70 |
| 2019/C 423/84 | Case T-729/19: Action brought on 30 October 2019 — Dinamo v EUIPO (Favorit) | 71 |
| 2019/C 423/85 | Case T-183/18: Order of the General Court of 26 September 2019 — VL and Others v Parliament | 72 |
| 2019/C 423/86 | Case T-562/18: Order of the General Court of 26 September 2019 — YP v Commission | 72 |
| 2019/C 423/87 | Case T-563/18: Order of the General Court of 26 September 2019 — YP v Commission | 73 |

V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2019/C 423/02

Case C-674/17: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 10 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus — Finland) — proceedings brought by Luonnonsuojeluyhdistys Tapiola Pohjois-Savo — Kainuu ry (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora — Directive 92/43/EEC — Article 12(1) — System of strict protection of animal species — Annex IV — Canis lupus (wolf) — Article 16(1)(e) — Derogation allowing the taking of certain specimens in limited numbers — Hunting for population management purposes — Evaluation of the conservation status of populations of the species concerned)

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2019/C 423/03

Case C-692/17: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo — Portugal) — Paulo Nascimento Consulting — Mediação Imobiliária Lda v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Exemptions — Article 135(1)(b) and (d) — Transactions relating to the granting, negotiation and management of credit — Transactions concerning debts, with the exception of the recovery of debt — Assignment for consideration, to a third party, of a position held in enforcement proceedings for recovery of a debt recognised by a judgment)

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2019/C 423/04

Case C-703/17: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 10 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Wien - Austria) – Adelheid Krah v Universität Wien (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Free movement of persons — Article 45 TFEU — Workers — Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 — Article 7(1) — Postdoctoral senior lecturers — Limitation on the recognition of previous professionally-relevant periods of service completed in another Member State — System of pay linking a higher rate of pay to the duration of employment with the current employer)

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2019/C 423/05

Joined Cases C-4/18 and C-5/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 October 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof - Germany) – Michael Winterhoff, acting as liquidator of DIREKTexpress Holding AG v Finanzamt Ulm (C-4/18) and Jochen Eisenbeis, acting as liquidator of JUREX GmbH v Bundeszentralamt für Steuern (C-5/18) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 132(1)(a) — Exemptions for certain activities in the public interest — Public postal services — Directive 97/67/EC — Universal postal service provider — Private operator providing the service of formally serving court or administrative authority documents)

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2019/C 423/06

Case C-31/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad Sofia-grad — Bulgaria) — ‘Elektrorazpredelenie Yug’ EAD v Komisia za energiyno i vodno regulirane (KEVR) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2009/72/EC — Internal market in electricity — Article 2(3) to (6) — Concepts of electricity transmission system and electricity distribution system — Distinguishing criteria — Voltage — Ownership of installations — Article 17(1)(a) — Independent transmission operator — Articles 24 and 26 — Distribution system operator — Article 32(1) — Free third-party access — Access to medium-voltage electricity — Interconnection points between transmission and distribution systems — Discretion of the Member States)

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2019/C 423/07

Case C-128/18: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 15 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht Hamburg — Germany) — Execution of a European arrest warrant issued for Dumitru-Tudor Dorobantu (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA — European arrest warrant — Grounds for refusal of execution — Article 4 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment — Conditions of detention in the issuing Member State — Assessment by the executing judicial authority — Criteria)

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2019/C 423/08

Case C-171/18: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 7 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal — United Kingdom) — Safeway Ltd v Andrew Richard Newton, Safeway Pension Trustees Ltd (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Article 119 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 141 EC) — Male and female workers — Equal pay — Private occupational retirement pension scheme — Normal pension age differentiated by gender — Date of adoption of measures reinstating equal treatment — Retroactive equalisation of that age to the normal pension age of the persons previously disadvantaged)

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2019/C 423/09

Case C-189/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság — Hungary) — Glencore Agriculture Hungary Kft. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 167 and 168 — Right to deduct VAT — Refusal — Fraud — Taking of evidence — Principle of respect for the rights of defence — Right to be heard — Access to the file — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Effective judicial review — Principle of equality of arms — Adversarial principle — National legislation or a national practice whereby, during an assessment of the right to deduct VAT exercised by a taxable person, the tax authority is bound by the findings of fact and legal qualifications which were made by it in the context of related administrative procedures to which that taxable person was not party)

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2019/C 423/10

Case C-239/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Thüringer Oberlandesgericht — Germany) — Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungs GmbH v Freistaat Thüringen (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Plant variety rights — Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — Derogation provided for in Article 14 — Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 — Article 11(1) and (2) — Requests for information — Information provided by official bodies — Request for information on the actual use of material of specific species or varieties — Content of the request)

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2019/C 423/11

Case C-270/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — UPM France v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Action et des Comptes publics (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2003/96/EC — Taxation of energy products and electricity — Third subparagraph of Article 21(5) — Exemption of small producers of electricity, subject to the taxation of electricity produced — Lack, during an authorised transitional period, of an internal tax on end consumption of electricity — Article 14(1)(a) — Obligation to exempt energy products and electricity used to produce electricity)

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2019/C 423/12

Case C-403/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 — Alcogroup SA, Alcodis SA v European Commission, Orde van Vlaamse Balies, Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophone, Ordre français des avocats du barreau de Bruxelles (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Ethanol market — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Article 20(4) — Inspection decision — Conduct of the inspection — Legal professional privilege — Refusal to suspend measures of investigation — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Preparatory decision)

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2019/C 423/13

Case C-423/18: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Baden-Württemberg — Germany) — Südzucker AG v Hauptzollamt Karlsruhe (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Agriculture — Common organisation of markets — Regulation (EC) No 967/2006 — Article 3(2) — Sugar — Surplus amount — Time limit for notifying the total levy to be paid — Time limit for a retrospective correction — Principles of proportionality, legal certainty and the protection of legitimate expectations)

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2019/C 423/14

Case C-459/18: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Antwerpen — Belgium) — Argenta Spaarbank NV v Belgische Staat (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Tax legislation — Corporation tax — Deduction for risk capital — Reduction of the amount deductible by companies with a permanent establishment in another Member State which generates exempt income under a double taxation convention — Article 49 TFEU — Freedom of establishment — Unfavourable treatment — No such treatment)

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2019/C 423/15

Case C-490/18: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 16 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Budapest Környéki Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság — Hungary) — SD v Agrárminiszter (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common agricultural policy — Apiculture sector — Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 — Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1366 — Application for aid — Conditions — Minimum number of bee colonies — Fixing with retro-active effect — Principle of legal certainty — Principle of protection of legitimate expectations)

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2019/C 423/16

Case C-514/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 – Landeskammer für Land- und Forstwirtschaft in Steiermark v Gabriele Schmid, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (Appeal — European Union trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 15 — Concept of ‘genuine use’ — Requirement to use the mark in accordance with its essential function)

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2019/C 423/17

Case C-548/18: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 9 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Saarländisches Oberlandesgericht — Germany) — BGL BNP Paribas SA v TeamBank AG Nürnberg (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 — Law applicable to contractual obligations — Article 14 — Assignment of claims — Third-party effects)

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2019/C 423/18

Case C-569/18: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Caseificio Cirigliana Srl, Mail Srl, Sorì Italia Srl v Ministero delle Politiche agricole, alimentari e forestali, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Ministero della Salute (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 — Article 4(c) and Article 7(1)(e) — Quality schemes applicable to agricultural products and foodstuffs — Fair competition — PDO Mozzarella di Bufala Campana — Obligation to separate production areas for ‘PDO Mozzarella di Bufala Campana’)

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2019/C 423/19

Joined Cases C-573/18 and C-574/18: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 9 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof — Germany) — C GmbH & Co. KG (C-573/18), C-eG (C-574/18) v Finanzamt Z (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC — Article 11A(1)(a) — Taxable amount — Subsidy directly linked to price — Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 — Article 11(1) and Article 15 — Producer organisation having set up an operational fund — Deliveries made by the producer organisation to its members in exchange for payments not covering the entirety of the purchase price — Additional financing paid by the operational fund)

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2019/C 423/20

Case C-579/18: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d'appel de Liège — Belgium) — Ministère public, Ministre des Finances du Royaume de Belgique v QC, Comida paralela 12. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Excise duties — Directive 2008/118/EC — Articles 8 and 38 — Person liable to pay excise duty following the unlawful introduction of goods into the territory of a Member State — Concept — Company civilly liable for acts committed by its manager)

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2019/C 423/21

Case C-653/18: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 17 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny — Poland) — Unitel Sp. z o.o. w Warszawie v Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w Warszawie (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 146 — Exemptions on exportation — Concept of ‘supply of goods’ — Article 131 — Conditions laid down by the Member States — Principle of proportionality — Principle of fiscal neutrality — Evidence — Tax evasion — Practice of a Member State consisting in refusing the right to exemption where the person acquiring the goods exported is not identified)

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2019/C 423/22

Case C-489/19 PPU: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 9 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Kammergericht Berlin — Germany) — Execution of a European arrest warrant issued against NJ (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Urgent preliminary ruling procedure — Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters — European arrest warrant — Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA — Article 1(1) — Concept of ‘European arrest warrant’ — Minimum requirements on which validity depends — Article 6(1) — Concept of “issuing judicial authority” — European arrest warrant issued by the public prosecutor’s office of a Member State — Status — Whether subordinate to a body of the executive — Power of a Minister for Justice to issue instructions in a specific case — Certification of the European arrest warrant by a court before its transmission)

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2019/C 423/23

Case C-652/18: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 3 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad — Haskovo — Bulgaria) — SZ v Mitnitsa Burgas (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Controls of cash entering or leaving the European Union — Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005 — Article 3(1) — Infringement of the obligation to declare — Article 9(1) — Penalties provided for by national law — National legislation — Fine and confiscation of the undeclared sum by the State — Proportionality)

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2019/C 423/24

Case C-284/19 P: Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 1 October 2019 — Andrew Clarke v European Commission (Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Action for annulment — Actions for failure to act — Refusal of the European Commission to bring infringement proceedings under Article 258 TFEU against a Member State)

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2019/C 423/25

Case C-467/19 PPU: Order of the Court (Second Chamber) of 24 September 2019 — (Request for a preliminary ruling from the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad — Bulgaria) — Criminal proceedings against QR (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Urgent preliminary ruling procedure — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Directive (EU) 2016/343 — Article 7(4) — Strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and of the right to be present at the trial in criminal proceedings — Right to remain silent and right not to incriminate oneself — Agreement between the prosecutor and the offender — Approval of such an agreement by the court — Condition — Consent of the other accused persons — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Not applicable)

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2019/C 423/26

Case C-673/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands) lodged on 11 September 2019 — M, A, Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid, other parties: Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid, T

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2019/C 423/27

Case C-679/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Ilfov (Romania) lodged on 12 September 2019 – NL v Direcția Generală Regională a Finanțelor Publice București

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2019/C 423/28

Case C-683/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo (Spain) lodged on 16 September 2019 – Viesgo Infraestructuras Energéticas, S.L. v Administración del Estado and Others

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2019/C 423/29

Case C-691/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Alicante (Spain) lodged on 18 September 2019 — Banco Santander, S.A. v VF and WD

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2019/C 423/30

Case C-692/19: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Watford Employment Tribunal (United Kingdom) made on 19 September 2019 – B v Yodel Delivery Network Ltd

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2019/C 423/31

Case C-712/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo (Spain) lodged on 24 September 2019 — Novo Banco S.A. v Junta de Andalucía

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2019/C 423/32

Case C-716/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil No 2 de Madrid (Spain) lodged on 26 September 2019 — ZA and Others v Repsol Comercial de Productos Petrolíferos S.A.

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2019/C 423/33

Case C-728/19: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) (United Kingdom) made on 2 October 2019 – Beverly Hills Teddy Bear Company v PMS International Group

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2019/C 423/34

Case C-729/19: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) made on 2 October 2019 – TKF v Department of Justice for Northern Ireland

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2019/C 423/35

Case C-733/19: Action brought on 4 October 2019 — Kingdom of the Netherlands v Council of the European Union, European Parliament

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2019/C 423/36

Case C-755/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (Belgium) lodged on 15 October 2019 — T.H.C. v Commissaire général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides

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2019/C 423/37

Case C-762/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rīgas apgabaltiesas Civillietu tiesu kolēģija (Latvia) lodged on 17 October 2019 — SIA ‘CV-Online Latvia’ v SIA ‘Melons’

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General Court

2019/C 423/38

Case T-121/15: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Fortischem v Commission (State aid — Chemical industry — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market — Concept of State aid — State resources — Advantage — Recovery — Economic continuity — Principle of sound administration — Obligation to state reasons)

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2019/C 423/39

Case T-500/17: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Hubei Xinyegang Special Tube v Commission (Dumping — Imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron (other than cast iron) or steel (other than stainless steel), of circular cross-section, of an external diameter exceeding 406.4 mm, originating in China — Definitive anti-dumping duty — Injury — Price undercutting — Causal link)

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2019/C 423/40

Case T-805/17: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 – BASF v ECHA (REACH — Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 — Article 3(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/9 — Requirement for joint submission of data — Joint submission with possibility of a complete opt-out — Administrative practice of ECHA requiring an agreement on the terms for making a joint submission with the lead registrant for a registered substance — Failure to reach an agreement — Dispute resolution mechanism applied by analogy — Decision granting access to a joint submission — Legal basis — Broad discretion of ECHA — Manifest error of assessment — Obligation to state reasons — Legal certainty)

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2019/C 423/41

Case T-806/17: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 – BASF and REACH & colours v ECHA (REACH — Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 — Article 3(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/9 — Requirement for joint submission of data — Joint submission with possibility of a complete opt-out — Administrative practice of ECHA requiring an agreement on the terms for making a joint submission with the lead registrant for a registered substance — Failure to reach an agreement — Dispute resolution mechanism applied by analogy — Decision granting access to a joint submission — Legal basis — Broad discretion of ECHA — Manifest error of assessment — Obligation to state reasons — Legal certainty)

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2019/C 423/42

Case T-112/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Pink Lady America v CPVO — WAAA (Cripps Pink) (Plant varieties — Nullity proceedings — Cripps Pink apple variety – Articles 10 and 116 of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — Novelty — Derogative grace period — Definition of exploitation of the variety — Commercial evaluation — Article 76 of Regulation (EC) No 874/2009 — Late submission of evidence before the Board of Appeal — Evidence submitted for the first time before the General Court)

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2019/C 423/43

Case T-261/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Roxtec v EUIPO — Wallmax (Representation of a black square containing seven concentric blue circles) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative trade mark depicting a black square containing seven concentric blue circles — Absolute ground for refusal — Sign consisting exclusively of the shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result — Article 7(1)(e)(ii), of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 423/44

Case T-300/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 –Yanukovych 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 — Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the list — Council’s obligation to verify that the decision of an authority of a third State was taken in accordance with the rights of the defence and the right to effective judicial protection)

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2019/C 423/45

Case T-301/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Yanukovych 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 — Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the list — Council’s obligation to verify that the decision of an authority of a third State was taken in accordance with the rights of the defence and the right to effective judicial protection)

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2019/C 423/46

Case T-372/18: Judgment of the General Court of 10 October 2019 — Colombani v EEAS (Civil service — Officials — Promotion — 2017 promotion year — Decision not to promote the applicant to Grade AD 14 — Article 43 and Article 45(1) of the Staff Regulations — Consideration of comparative merits — Taking into account staff reports for the purpose of promotion — Purely literal assessments — No method enabling staff reports to be compared for the purpose of promotion)

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2019/C 423/47

Case T-404/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Zhadanov v EUIPO (PDF Expert) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark PDF Expert — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 423/48

Case T-428/18: Judgment of the General Court of 10 October 2019 – McDreams Hotel GmbH v EUIPO – McDonald’s International Property (mc dreams hotels Träumen zum kleinen Preis!) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark mc dreams hotels Träumen zum kleinen Preis! — Earlier EU word mark McDONALD’S — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Family of marks — Taking unfair advantage of the distinctive character or repute of the earlier mark)

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2019/C 423/49

Case T-453/18: Judgment of the General Court of 10 October 2019 — Biasotto v EUIPO — Oofos (OOF) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark OOF — Earlier EU word mark OOFOS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 423/50

Case T-491/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 — Vafo Praha v EUIPO — Rutzinger-Kurpas (Meatlove) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark Meatlove — Earlier EU word mark carnilove — 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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2019/C 423/51

Case T-497/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — IAK — Forum International v EUIPO — Schwalb (IAK) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark IAK — Earlier national word mark IAK — Institut für angewandte Kreativität — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Genuine use of the earlier mark)

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2019/C 423/52

Case T-500/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 — Puma v EUIPO — Destilerias MG (MG PUMA) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark MG PUMA — Earlier EU word mark GINMG — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the signs — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 423/53

Case T-533/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 – Wanda Films and Wanda Visión v EUIPO – Dalian Wanda Group (WANDA FILMS) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark WANDA FILMS — Earlier EU word mark WANDA — Relative ground for refusal — Restriction of the application for registration — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 423/54

Case T-536/18: Judgment of the General Court of 10 October 2019 — Société des produits Nestlé v EUIPO — European Food (FITNESS) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark FITNESS — Absolute grounds for refusal — Decision taken following the annulment of an earlier decision by the General Court — Article 65(6) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 72(6) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Production of evidence for the first time before the Board of Appeal)

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2019/C 423/55

Case T-542/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 – Wanda Films and Wanda Visión v EUIPO – Dalian Wanda Group Co. (wanda films) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark wanda films — Earlier EU word mark WANDA — Relative ground for refusal — Restriction of the application for registration — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

44

2019/C 423/56

Case T-632/18: Judgment of the General Court of 10 October 2019 – ZM and Others v Council (Civil service — Officials — Members of the temporary staff — Remuneration — Family allowances — Education allowance — Refusal to reimburse education costs — Article 3(1) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations)

45

2019/C 423/57

Case T-666/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 — 6Minutes Media v EUIPO — ad pepper media International (ad pepper) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — Figurative mark ad pepper — Genuine use of the trade mark — Article 18(1)(a) and Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character)

46

2019/C 423/58

Case T-668/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 — 6Minutes Media v EUIPO — ad pepper media International (ADPepper) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — Word mark ADPepper — Genuine use of the trade mark — Article 18(1)(a) and Article 58(1)(a) and Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character)

46

2019/C 423/59

Case T-686/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 — LegalCareers v EUIPO (LEGALCAREERS) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU figurative mark LEGALCAREERS — Absolute grounds for refusal — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 7(1)(b)of Regulation 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons)

47

2019/C 423/60

Case T-700/18: Judgment of the General Court of 10 October 2019 — Kalypso Media Group v EUIPO — Wizards of the Coast (DUNGEONS) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark DUNGEONS — Earlier EU word mark DUNGEONS & DRAGONS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

48

2019/C 423/61

Case T-730/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2019 — DQ and Others v Parliament (Civil Service — Officials — Article 24 of the Staff Regulations — Request for assistance — Article 12a of the Staff Regulations — Psychological harassment — Scope of the duty to provide assistance — Removal measure — Duration of the administrative procedure — Liability — Non-material damage)

48

2019/C 423/62

Case T-749/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Daimler v EUIPO (ROAD EFFICIENCY) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark ROAD EFFICIENCY — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

49

2019/C 423/63

Case T-491/17: Order of the General Court of 24 September 2019 –Opere Pie d’Onigo v Commission (Action for annulment — State aid — Aid scheme established by Italy for certain providers of socio-sanitary services — Costs associated with staff absences in respect of maternity and care provided to dependent family members — Contributions paid by the State to private undertakings — Decision not to raise any objections — No placement in an unfavourable competitive position — Lack of direct concern — Inadmissibility)

50

2019/C 423/64

Case T-605/17: Order of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — CX v Commission (Civil Service — Officials — Remuneration — Decision of the Commission to recover salaries paid to the applicant — Debit note ordering recovery of the sums at issue — Replacement of the contested measures in the course of the proceedings — Abandonment of any measure seeking the recovery of the sums at issue — Action which has become devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate)

51

2019/C 423/65

Case T-677/17: Order of the General Court of 18 September 2019 — ClientEarth v Commission (Action for annulment — Internal market — Environment — Regulation (EU) 2017/1154 — Action which has become devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate)

51

2019/C 423/66

Case T-451/18: Order of the General Court of 25 September 2019 — Triantafyllopoulos and Others v ECB (Action for damages — Harm allegedly caused to the applicants due to the absence of supervision of the Achaiki Cooperative Bank by the National Bank of Greece and the ECB — Limitation period — Article 46 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union — Causal link — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded in law)

52

2019/C 423/67

Case T-599/18: Order of the General Court of 10 October 2019 — Aeris Invest v SRB (Action for annulment — Economic and monetary policy — Single resolution mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms — Resolution scheme in respect of Banco Popular Español — No ex-post definitive valuation of Banco Popular Español — Act not open to challenge — Inadmissibility)

53

2019/C 423/68

Case T-607/18: Order of the General Court of 9 October 2019 — Essity Hygiene and Health v EUIPO (Representation of a leaf) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a leaf — Absolute ground for refusal — Revocation of the contested decision — Action which has become devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate)

54

2019/C 423/69

Case T-663/18: Order of the General Court of 26 September 2019 — Nissin Foods Holdings v EUIPO — The GB Foods (Soba JAPANESE FRIED NOODLES) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark Soba JAPANESE FRIED NOODLES — Absolute ground for invalidity — Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)

54

2019/C 423/70

Case T-713/18: Order of the General Court of 9 October 2019 — Esim Chemicals v EUIPO — Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite (ESIM Chemicals) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark ESIM Chemicals — Earlier national word mark ESKIM — Relative ground for refusal — Failure to comply with the obligation to pay the appeal fee within the period prescribed — Decision of the Board of Appeal declaring that the appeal is deemed not to have been filed — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)

55

2019/C 423/71

Case T-2/19: Order of the General Court of 10 October 2019 — Algebris (UK) v Anchorage Capital Group v SRB (Action for annulment — Economic and monetary policy — Single resolution mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms — Resolution scheme in respect of Banco Popular Español — No ex post definitive valuation of Banco Popular Español — Lack of direct concern — Inadmissibility)

56

2019/C 423/72

Case T-99/19: Order of the General Court of 25 September 2019 — Magnan v Commission (Action for failure to act, for damages and for annulment — Free movement of workers — Freedom to choose an occupation — Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons — Alleged infringement of that agreement by Swiss laws and regulations governing the exercise of the profession of medical practitioner — Application for the adoption of measures against Switzerland and application for compensation for harm suffered — Reply of EEAS — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)

57

2019/C 423/73

Case T-102/19 and T-132/19: Order of the General Court of 7 October 2019 — Garriga Polledo and Others v Parliament (Action for annulment — Institutional law — Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Amendment of the additional voluntary pension scheme — Regulatory act — Implementing measures — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissibility)

57

2019/C 423/74

Case T-525/19 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 13 September 2019 — Intering and Others v Commission (Interim measures — Procedure for the award of a contract — Application for suspension of operation — Application for interim measures — Lack of urgency)

58

2019/C 423/75

Case T-542/19 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 2 October 2019 — FV v Council (Interim relief — Civil service — Officials — Placing on leave and retirement in the interests of the service — Article 42c of the Staff Regulations — Application for a suspension of operation of a measure — No urgency)

59

2019/C 423/76

Case T-662/19: Action brought on 27 September 2019 – BP International v Commission

59

2019/C 423/77

Case T-680/19: Action brought on 30 September 2019 – Irish Wind Farmers' Association and Others v Commission

62

2019/C 423/78

Case T-689/19: Action brought on 8 October 2019 – ZU v EEAS

62

2019/C 423/79

Case T-721/19: Action brought on 18 October 2019 — Rübig v Parliament

63

2019/C 423/80

Case T-722/19: Action brought on 18 October 2019 — Grossetete v Parliament

65

2019/C 423/81

Case T-723/19: Action brought on 18 October 2019 — Díaz de Mera García Consuegra v Parliament

66

2019/C 423/82

Case T-724/19: Action brought on 18 October 2019 — Ayuso v Parliament

68

2019/C 423/83

Case T-725/19: Action brought on 18 October 2019 — de Grandes Pascual v Parliament

70

2019/C 423/84

Case T-729/19: Action brought on 30 October 2019 — Dinamo v EUIPO (Favorit)

71

2019/C 423/85

Case T-183/18: Order of the General Court of 26 September 2019 — VL and Others v Parliament

72

2019/C 423/86

Case T-562/18: Order of the General Court of 26 September 2019 — YP v Commission

72

2019/C 423/87

Case T-563/18: Order of the General Court of 26 September 2019 — YP v Commission

73

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Corrigenda

2019/C 423/88

Corrigendum to the notice in the Official Journal in Case T-642/19 ( OJ C 383, 11.11.2019 )

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