# Official Journal C 166/14 M

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 6114 May 2018 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 166

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 6114 May 2018

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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| 2018/C 166/01 | Last publications of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union | 1 |

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Court of Justice of the European Union

2018/C 166/01

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

Official Journal of the European Union

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| | COURT PROCEEDINGS |
| | Court of Justice |
| 2018/C 166/02 | Case C-524/15: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 20 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Bergamo — Italy) — Criminal proceedings against Luca Menci (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Failure to pay VAT due — Penalties — National legislation which provides for an administrative penalty and a criminal penalty for the same acts — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 50 — Ne bis in idem principle — Criminal nature of the administrative penalty — Existence of the same offence — Article 52(1) — Limitations to the ne bis in idem principle — Conditions) | 2 |
| 2018/C 166/03 | Joined Cases C-688/15 and C-109/16: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 22 March 2018 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas — Lithuania) — proceedings brought by Agnieška Anisimovienė and Others (C-688/15) and ‘Indėlių ir investicijų draudimas’ VĮ (C-109/16) (References for a preliminary ruling — Deposit-guarantee and investor-compensation schemes — Directive 94/19/EC — Article 1(1) — Deposits — Temporary situations deriving from normal banking transactions — Directive 97/9/EC — Second subparagraph of Article 2(2) — Money owed to or belonging to an investor and held on his behalf by an investment firm in connection with investment business — Credit institution which issues transferable securities — Funds transferred by individuals to that institution in respect of subscription to future transferable securities — Application of Directive 2004/39/EC — Insolvency of that institution before the transferable securities in question are issued — Public undertaking entrusted with the deposit-guarantee and investor-compensation schemes — Ability to rely on Directives 94/19/EC and 97/9/EC against that undertaking) | 3 |
| 2018/C 166/04 | Case C-187/16: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 20 March 2018 — European Commission v Republic of Austria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directives 92/50/EEC and 2004/18/EC — Public service contracts — State printing office — Production of identity documents and other official documents — Award of contracts to an undertaking governed by private law without a procurement procedure first being conducted — Special security measures — Protection of the essential interests of the Member States) | 4 |
| 2018/C 166/05 | Case C-244/16 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 13 March 2018 — Industrias Químicas del Vallés SA v European Commission (Appeal — Plant protection products — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 — Placing on the market of plant protection products and establishing a list of candidates for substitution — Inclusion of active substance metalaxyl in that list — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Article 263, fourth paragraph, TFEU — Regulatory act that does not entail implementing measures — Individually concerned person) | 5 |
| 2018/C 166/06 | Case C-256/16: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 15 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — Deichmann SE v Hauptzollamt Duisburg (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Admissibility — Anti-dumping — Validity of a regulation seeking to implement a judgment of the Court declaring previous regulations invalid — Obligation to implement — Legal basis — Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 — Article 14 — Setting of the criteria relating to the collection of anti-dumping duties by Member States — Direction suspending the repayment of anti-dumping duties by national customs authorities — Resumption of the proceeding that preceded the regulations declared invalid — Article 10 — Non-retroactivity — Community Customs Code — Article 221 — Time-bar — Article 236 — Repayment of duties not owed) | 5 |
| 2018/C 166/07 | Joined Cases C-327/16 and C-421/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 March 2018 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Marc Jacob v Ministre des Finances et des Comptes publics (C-327/16), Ministre des Finances et des Comptes publics v Marc Lassus (C-421/16) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Direct taxation — Freedom of establishment — Mergers, divisions, transfers of assets and exchanges of shares concerning companies of different Member States — Directive 90/434/EEC — Article 8 — Exchange of securities — Capital gains relating to that transaction — Deferred taxation — Capital losses upon the subsequent transfer of securities received — Tax competence of the State of residence — Difference in treatment — Justification — Preservation of the allocation of fiscal competence between Member States) | 6 |
| 2018/C 166/08 | Case C-355/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Council of State, France) — Christian Picart v Ministre des Finances et des Comptes publics (Reference for a preliminary ruling — 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 — Direct taxation — Transfer of the place of residence from a Member State to Switzerland — Taxation of unrealised gains on significant shareholdings in a number of companies established in the Member State of origin at the time of such transfer — Scope of the Agreement) | 7 |
| 2018/C 166/09 | Case C-384/16 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 13 March 2018 — European Union Copper Task Force v European Commission (Appeal — Plant protection products — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 — Placing on the market of plant protection products and establishing a list of candidates for substitution — Inclusion of active substance ‘copper compounds’ in that list — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Article 263, fourth paragraph, TFEU — Regulatory act that does not entail implementing measures — Individually concerned person) | 8 |
| 2018/C 166/10 | Case C-431/16: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 15 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla y León — Spain) — Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS), Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (TGSS) v José Blanco Marqués (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social security for migrant workers — Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Articles 12 and 46a to 46c — Benefits of the same kind — Definition — Rule against overlapping — Definition — Conditions — National rule providing for a supplement to the total permanent incapacity pension for workers of at least 55 years of age — Suspension of the supplement in the event of employment or receipt of a retirement pension) | 8 |
| 2018/C 166/11 | Case C-470/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland) — Ireland) — North East Pylon Pressure Campaign Limited, Maura Sheehy v An Bord Pleanála, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Ireland, Attorney General (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment — Directive 2011/92/EU — Right of members of the public concerned to a review procedure — Premature challenge — Concepts of a not prohibitively expensive procedure and of decisions, acts or omissions subject to the public participation provisions of the directive — Applicability of the Aarhus Convention) | 9 |
| 2018/C 166/12 | Case C-482/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Innsbruck — Austria) — Georg Stollwitzer v ÖBB Personenverkehr AG (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Article 45 TFEU — Principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 21(1) — Directive 2000/78/EC — Articles 2, 6 and 16 — Reference date for the purpose of advancement — Discriminatory legislation of a Member State which does not allow periods of activity completed before reaching the age of 18 to be taken into account for the purpose of determining remuneration — Abolition of provisions that are contrary to the principle of equal treatment) | 10 |
| 2018/C 166/13 | Case C-533/16: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Najvyšší súd Slovenskej republiky — Slovakia) — Volkswagen AG v Finančné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 167 to 171 — Right to deduct VAT — Right to refunds of VAT for taxable persons not established in the Member State of refund — Article 178(a) — Rules governing the exercise of the right to deduct VAT — Directive 2008/9/EC — Detailed rules for the refund of VAT — Limitation period — Principle of fiscal neutrality — VAT charged and paid several years after delivery of the goods in question — Refusal to allow the exercise of the right to a refund due to the expiry of the time limit which should have started to run from the date of supply of the goods) | 11 |
| 2018/C 166/14 | Case C-537/16: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 20 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione — Italy) — Garlsson Real Estate SA, in liquidation, Stefano Ricucci, Magiste International SA v Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2003/6/EC — Market manipulation — Penalties — National legislation which provides for an administrative penalty and a criminal penalty for the same acts — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 50 — Ne bis in idem principle — Criminal nature of the administrative penalties — Existence of the same offence — Article 52(1) — Limitations to the ne bis in idem principle — Conditions) | 12 |
| 2018/C 166/15 | Case C-551/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Centrale Raad van Beroep — Netherlands) — J. Klein Schiphorst v Raad van bestuur van het Uitvoeringsinstituut werknemersverzekeringen (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social security — Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation — Coordination of social security systems — Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 — Articles 7, 63 and 64 — Unemployment benefits — Unemployed person going to another Member State — Retention of entitlement to benefits — Duration) | 12 |
| 2018/C 166/16 | Case C-557/16: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus — Finland) — Astellas Pharma GmbH v Helm AG, Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus (Fimea) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2001/83/EC — Medicinal products for human use — Articles 28 and 29 — Decentralised procedure for marketing authorisation for a medicinal product — Article 10 — Generic medicinal product — Data exclusivity period for the reference medicinal product — Power of the competent authorities of the Member States concerned to determine the point in time from which the exclusivity period starts to run — Jurisdiction of the courts of the Member States concerned to review the determination of the point in time from which the exclusivity period starts to run — Effective judicial protection — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 47) | 13 |
| 2018/C 166/17 | Case C-568/16: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 22 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Nürtingen — Germany) — Criminal proceedings against Faiz Rasool (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Payment services — Directive 2007/64/EC — Article 3(e) and (o) — Article 4(3) — Annex — Point 2 — Scope — Operation of multifunctional terminals enabling cash withdrawals in gaming arcades — Consistency of the practice of the national authorities in bringing prosecutions — Confiscation of sums obtained by means of an unlawful activity — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 17) | 14 |
| 2018/C 166/18 | Case C-575/16: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 March 2018 — European Commission v Czech Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Article 49 TFEU — Freedom of establishment — Notaries — Nationality requirement — Article 51 TFEU — Connection with the exercise of official authority) | 15 |
| 2018/C 166/19 | Joined Cases C-596/16 and C-597/16: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 20 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione — Italy) — Enzo Di Puma v Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) (C-596/16), Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) v Antonio Zecca (C-597/16) (References for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2003/6/EC — Insider dealing — Penalties — National legislation which provides for an administrative penalty and a criminal penalty for the same acts — Res judicata attached to a final criminal judgment relating to administrative proceedings — Final criminal judgment ordering acquittal in respect of insider dealing — Effectiveness of the penalties — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 50 — Ne bis in idem principle — Criminal nature of the administrative sanction — Existence of the same offence — Article 52(1) — Limitations to the ne bis in idem principle — Conditions) | 15 |
| 2018/C 166/20 | Case C-104/17: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 15 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Piteşti — Romania) — SC Cali Esprou SRL v Administraţia Fondului pentru Mediu (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 94/62/EC — Packaging and packaging waste — Recovery and recycling of waste — National environmental fund contribution — National marketing of packaged products and their packaging, without alteration — ‘Polluter-pays’ principle — Status of polluter) | 16 |
| 2018/C 166/21 | Joined Cases C-133/17 and C-134/17: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 21 March 2018 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Cluj — Romania) — Dănuţ Podilă and Others v Societatea Națională de Transport Feroviar de Călători ‘CFR Călători’ SA București (C-133/17), Costel Nicușor Mucea v SMDA Mureş Insolvency SRL, acting as liquidator in the insolvency of SC Industria Sârmei SA Campia Turzii (C-134/17) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 89/391/EEC — Safety and health of workers at work — Classification of work places as places characterised by particular or special conditions — Assessment of the risks to safety and health at work — Employer’s obligations) | 17 |
| 2018/C 166/22 | Case C-125/17: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 22 February 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione tributaria provinciale di Roma — Italy) — Luigi Bisignani v Agenzia delle Entrate — Direzione Provinciale 1 di Roma (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) and Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Free movement of capital — Articles 64 and 65 TFEU — Directive 2011/16/EU — Cooperation in the field of taxation — Transfer of capital to the Vatican City State — Obligation to declare a transfer of funds sent or received from abroad — Repeal) | 17 |
| 2018/C 166/23 | Case C-58/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Justice de Paix du canton de Visé (Belgium) lodged on 30 January 2018 — Michel Schyns v Belfius Banque SA | 18 |
| 2018/C 166/24 | Case C-63/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Lombardia (Italy) lodged on 1 February 2018 — Vitali SpA v Autostrade per l’Italia SpA | 19 |
| 2018/C 166/25 | Case C-101/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 12 February 2018 — Idi Srl v Arcadis — Agenzia Regionale Campana Difesa Suolo | 19 |
| 2018/C 166/26 | Case C-133/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Administratrif de Montreuil (France) lodged on 20 February 2018 — Sea Chefs Cruise Services GmbH v Ministre de l’Action et des Comptes publics | 20 |
| 2018/C 166/27 | Case C-138/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vestre Landsret (Denmark) lodged on 22 February 2018 — Skatteministeriet v Estron A/S | 21 |
| 2018/C 166/28 | Case C-147/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Almería (Spain) lodged on 23 February 2018 — Banco Mare Nostrum S.A. v Ignacio Jesús Berenguel Nieto, Carmen Sonia Salinas López | 21 |
| 2018/C 166/29 | Case C-154/18: Reference for a preliminary ruling from The Labour Court, (Ireland) made on 27 February 2018 — Tomás Horgan, Claire Keegan v Minister for Education & Skills, Minister for Finance, Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform, Ireland and the Attorney General | 22 |
| 2018/C 166/30 | Case C-159/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Justice de paix du troisième canton de Charleroi (Belgium) lodged on 27 February 2018 — André Moens v Ryanair Ltd | 23 |
| 2018/C 166/31 | Case C-169/18: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal (Ireland) made on 2 March 2018 — Atif Mahmood, Shabina Atif, Mohammed Ahsan, Noor Habib, Mohammed Haroon, Nik Bibi Haroon v Minister for Justice and Equality | 24 |
| 2018/C 166/32 | Case C-174/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de première instance de Liège (Belgium) lodged on 5 March 2018 — Jean Jacob, Dominique Lennertz v État belge | 25 |
| 2018/C 166/33 | Case C-190/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the justice de paix de Schaerbeek (Belgium) lodged on 13 March 2018 — Société nationale de chemins de fer belges (SNCB) v Gherasim Sorin Rusu | 25 |
| | General Court |
| 2018/C 166/34 | Case T-80/16: Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2018 — Shire Pharmaceuticals Ireland v EMA (Medicinal products for human use — Validation of an application for designation as an orphan medicinal product — Significant benefit — EMA decision refusing to validate an application for designation as an orphan medicinal product — Article 3(1)(b) and Article 5(1), (2) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 141/2000) | 27 |
| 2018/C 166/35 | Case T-581/16: Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2018 –Popotas v Ombudsman (Civil Service — Officials — Call for an expression of interest — Secretary General of the office of the European Ombudsman — Opinion of the Advisory Committee — Failure to take that opinion into consideration — Infringement of the selection procedure — Manifest errors of assessment — Equal treatment — Principle of sound administration — Liability) | 27 |
| 2018/C 166/36 | Case T-806/16: Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2018 — Agricola J.M. v EUIPO — Miguel Torres (CLOS DE LA TORRE) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark CLOS DE LA TORRE — Earlier national word mark TORRES — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Likelihood of confusion) | 28 |
| 2018/C 166/37 | Case T-235/17: Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2018 — Dometic Sweden v EUIPO (MOBILE LIVING MADE EASY) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark MOBILE LIVING MADE EASY — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001)) | 29 |
| 2018/C 166/38 | Case T-229/16: Order of the General Court of 19 March 2018 –Pio de Bragança v EUIPO — Ordem de São Miguel da Ala (QUIS UT DEUS) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU figurative mark QUIS UT DEUS — Failure to apply for renewal of registration of the mark — Cancellation of the mark upon expiry of the registration — No need to adjudicate) | 29 |
| 2018/C 166/39 | Case T-822/16: Order of the General Court of 16 March 2018 — KiK Textilien und Non-Food v EUIPO — FF Group Romania (_kix) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark _kix — Revocation of the contested decision — Action which has become devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate — Articles 173(1) and (2) of the Rules of Procedure — Intervention by the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal — Response lodged out of time) | 30 |
| 2018/C 166/40 | Case T-130/17: Order of the General Court of 15 March 2018 — Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo v Commission (Action for annulment — Internal market in natural gas — Directive 2009/73/EC — Commission decision amending the conditions for exemption from the EU requirements of the rules governing operation of the OPAL pipeline in regard to third-party access and tariff regulation — Lack of direct concern — Inadmissibility) | 31 |
| 2018/C 166/41 | Case T-134/17 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 20 March 2018 — Hércules Club de Fútbol v Commission (Interim proceedings — Access to documents — Documents relating to the administrative procedure prior to the adoption of a Commission decision on State aid implemented by Spain in favour of three professional football clubs — Rights of the defence — Refusal of access — Application for provisional measures — Lack of urgency) | 32 |
| 2018/C 166/42 | Case T-108/18: Action brought on 22 February 2018 — University of Koblenz-Landau v Commission and Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency | 32 |
| 2018/C 166/43 | Case T-110/18: Action brought on 22 February 2018 — Grange Backup Power v Commission | 33 |
| 2018/C 166/44 | Case T-136/18: Action brought on 1 March 2018 — Kuota International v EUIPO — Sintema Sport (K) | 34 |
| 2018/C 166/45 | Case T-137/18: Action brought on 2 March 2018 — Chrome Hearts v EUIPO — Shenzhen Van St. Lonh Jewelry (Representation of a cross) | 35 |
| 2018/C 166/46 | Case T-147/18: Action brought on 1 March 2018 — APG Intercon and Others v Council and Others | 36 |
| 2018/C 166/47 | Case T-148/18: Action brought on 2 March 2018 — UE v Commission | 37 |
| 2018/C 166/48 | Case T-179/18: Action brought on 7 March 2018 — Scordis, Papapetrou & Co and Others v Council and Others | 37 |
| 2018/C 166/49 | Case T-183/18: Action brought on 12 March 2018 — VL and Others/Parliament | 38 |
| 2018/C 166/50 | Case T-187/18: Action brought on 9 March 2018 — VP v Cedefop | 39 |
| 2018/C 166/51 | Case T-188/18: Action brought on 12 March 2018 — Papaconstantinou and Others v Council and Others | 40 |
| 2018/C 166/52 | Case T-189/18: Action brought on 15 March 2018 — Lipitalia 2000 and Assograssi v Commission | 40 |
| 2018/C 166/53 | Case T-193/18: Action brought on 19 March 2018 — Andreas Stihl v EUIPO — Giro Travel (Combination of colours grey and orange) | 42 |
| 2018/C 166/54 | Case T-194/18: Action brought on 16 March 2018 — Rewe-Beteiligungs-Holding International v EUIPO — Wessanen Benelux (BonNatura) | 42 |
| 2018/C 166/55 | Case T-196/18: Action brought on 20 March 2018 — Vital Capital Investments and Others v Council and Others | 43 |
| 2018/C 166/56 | Case T-201/18: Action brought on 23 March 2018 — Diusa Rendering and Assograssi v Commission | 44 |
| 2018/C 166/57 | Case T-202/18: Action brought on 23 March 2018 — Bruel v Commission | 45 |
| 2018/C 166/58 | Case T-209/18: Action brought on 22 March 2018 — Porsche v EUIPO — Autec (Motor vehicles) | 46 |
| 2018/C 166/59 | Case T-210/18: Action brought on 22 March 2018 — Porsche v EUIPO — Autec (Cars) | 46 |
| 2018/C 166/60 | Case T-213/18: Action brought on 27 March 2018 — Brita v EUIPO (Shape of tap for preparing and dispensing beverages) | 47 |
| 2018/C 166/61 | Case T-222/18: Action brought on 23 March 2018 — Aliança — Vinhos de Portugal v EUIPO — Lidl Stiftung (ALIANÇA VINHOS DE PORTUGAL) | 48 |
| 2018/C 166/62 | Case T-684/17: Order of the General Court of 13 mars 2018 — Amorepacific v EUIPO — Primavera Life (p primera Pure Sprout Energy) | 49 |

V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2018/C 166/02

Case C-524/15: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 20 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Bergamo — Italy) — Criminal proceedings against Luca Menci (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Failure to pay VAT due — Penalties — National legislation which provides for an administrative penalty and a criminal penalty for the same acts — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 50 — Ne bis in idem principle — Criminal nature of the administrative penalty — Existence of the same offence — Article 52(1) — Limitations to the ne bis in idem principle — Conditions)

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2018/C 166/03

Joined Cases C-688/15 and C-109/16: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 22 March 2018 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas — Lithuania) — proceedings brought by Agnieška Anisimovienė and Others (C-688/15) and ‘Indėlių ir investicijų draudimas’ VĮ (C-109/16) (References for a preliminary ruling — Deposit-guarantee and investor-compensation schemes — Directive 94/19/EC — Article 1(1) — Deposits — Temporary situations deriving from normal banking transactions — Directive 97/9/EC — Second subparagraph of Article 2(2) — Money owed to or belonging to an investor and held on his behalf by an investment firm in connection with investment business — Credit institution which issues transferable securities — Funds transferred by individuals to that institution in respect of subscription to future transferable securities — Application of Directive 2004/39/EC — Insolvency of that institution before the transferable securities in question are issued — Public undertaking entrusted with the deposit-guarantee and investor-compensation schemes — Ability to rely on Directives 94/19/EC and 97/9/EC against that undertaking)

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2018/C 166/04

Case C-187/16: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 20 March 2018 — European Commission v Republic of Austria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directives 92/50/EEC and 2004/18/EC — Public service contracts — State printing office — Production of identity documents and other official documents — Award of contracts to an undertaking governed by private law without a procurement procedure first being conducted — Special security measures — Protection of the essential interests of the Member States)

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2018/C 166/05

Case C-244/16 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 13 March 2018 — Industrias Químicas del Vallés SA v European Commission (Appeal — Plant protection products — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 — Placing on the market of plant protection products and establishing a list of candidates for substitution — Inclusion of active substance metalaxyl in that list — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Article 263, fourth paragraph, TFEU — Regulatory act that does not entail implementing measures — Individually concerned person)

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2018/C 166/06

Case C-256/16: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 15 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — Deichmann SE v Hauptzollamt Duisburg (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Admissibility — Anti-dumping — Validity of a regulation seeking to implement a judgment of the Court declaring previous regulations invalid — Obligation to implement — Legal basis — Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 — Article 14 — Setting of the criteria relating to the collection of anti-dumping duties by Member States — Direction suspending the repayment of anti-dumping duties by national customs authorities — Resumption of the proceeding that preceded the regulations declared invalid — Article 10 — Non-retroactivity — Community Customs Code — Article 221 — Time-bar — Article 236 — Repayment of duties not owed)

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2018/C 166/07

Joined Cases C-327/16 and C-421/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 March 2018 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Marc Jacob v Ministre des Finances et des Comptes publics (C-327/16), Ministre des Finances et des Comptes publics v Marc Lassus (C-421/16) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Direct taxation — Freedom of establishment — Mergers, divisions, transfers of assets and exchanges of shares concerning companies of different Member States — Directive 90/434/EEC — Article 8 — Exchange of securities — Capital gains relating to that transaction — Deferred taxation — Capital losses upon the subsequent transfer of securities received — Tax competence of the State of residence — Difference in treatment — Justification — Preservation of the allocation of fiscal competence between Member States)

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2018/C 166/08

Case C-355/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Council of State, France) — Christian Picart v Ministre des Finances et des Comptes publics (Reference for a preliminary ruling — 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 — Direct taxation — Transfer of the place of residence from a Member State to Switzerland — Taxation of unrealised gains on significant shareholdings in a number of companies established in the Member State of origin at the time of such transfer — Scope of the Agreement)

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2018/C 166/09

Case C-384/16 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 13 March 2018 — European Union Copper Task Force v European Commission (Appeal — Plant protection products — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 — Placing on the market of plant protection products and establishing a list of candidates for substitution — Inclusion of active substance ‘copper compounds’ in that list — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Article 263, fourth paragraph, TFEU — Regulatory act that does not entail implementing measures — Individually concerned person)

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2018/C 166/10

Case C-431/16: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 15 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla y León — Spain) — Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS), Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (TGSS) v José Blanco Marqués (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social security for migrant workers — Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Articles 12 and 46a to 46c — Benefits of the same kind — Definition — Rule against overlapping — Definition — Conditions — National rule providing for a supplement to the total permanent incapacity pension for workers of at least 55 years of age — Suspension of the supplement in the event of employment or receipt of a retirement pension)

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2018/C 166/11

Case C-470/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland) — Ireland) — North East Pylon Pressure Campaign Limited, Maura Sheehy v An Bord Pleanála, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Ireland, Attorney General (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment — Directive 2011/92/EU — Right of members of the public concerned to a review procedure — Premature challenge — Concepts of a not prohibitively expensive procedure and of decisions, acts or omissions subject to the public participation provisions of the directive — Applicability of the Aarhus Convention)

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2018/C 166/12

Case C-482/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Innsbruck — Austria) — Georg Stollwitzer v ÖBB Personenverkehr AG (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Article 45 TFEU — Principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 21(1) — Directive 2000/78/EC — Articles 2, 6 and 16 — Reference date for the purpose of advancement — Discriminatory legislation of a Member State which does not allow periods of activity completed before reaching the age of 18 to be taken into account for the purpose of determining remuneration — Abolition of provisions that are contrary to the principle of equal treatment)

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2018/C 166/13

Case C-533/16: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Najvyšší súd Slovenskej republiky — Slovakia) — Volkswagen AG v Finančné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 167 to 171 — Right to deduct VAT — Right to refunds of VAT for taxable persons not established in the Member State of refund — Article 178(a) — Rules governing the exercise of the right to deduct VAT — Directive 2008/9/EC — Detailed rules for the refund of VAT — Limitation period — Principle of fiscal neutrality — VAT charged and paid several years after delivery of the goods in question — Refusal to allow the exercise of the right to a refund due to the expiry of the time limit which should have started to run from the date of supply of the goods)

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2018/C 166/14

Case C-537/16: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 20 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione — Italy) — Garlsson Real Estate SA, in liquidation, Stefano Ricucci, Magiste International SA v Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2003/6/EC — Market manipulation — Penalties — National legislation which provides for an administrative penalty and a criminal penalty for the same acts — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 50 — Ne bis in idem principle — Criminal nature of the administrative penalties — Existence of the same offence — Article 52(1) — Limitations to the ne bis in idem principle — Conditions)

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2018/C 166/15

Case C-551/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Centrale Raad van Beroep — Netherlands) — J. Klein Schiphorst v Raad van bestuur van het Uitvoeringsinstituut werknemersverzekeringen (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social security — Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation — Coordination of social security systems — Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 — Articles 7, 63 and 64 — Unemployment benefits — Unemployed person going to another Member State — Retention of entitlement to benefits — Duration)

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2018/C 166/16

Case C-557/16: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus — Finland) — Astellas Pharma GmbH v Helm AG, Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus (Fimea) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2001/83/EC — Medicinal products for human use — Articles 28 and 29 — Decentralised procedure for marketing authorisation for a medicinal product — Article 10 — Generic medicinal product — Data exclusivity period for the reference medicinal product — Power of the competent authorities of the Member States concerned to determine the point in time from which the exclusivity period starts to run — Jurisdiction of the courts of the Member States concerned to review the determination of the point in time from which the exclusivity period starts to run — Effective judicial protection — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 47)

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2018/C 166/17

Case C-568/16: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 22 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Nürtingen — Germany) — Criminal proceedings against Faiz Rasool (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Payment services — Directive 2007/64/EC — Article 3(e) and (o) — Article 4(3) — Annex — Point 2 — Scope — Operation of multifunctional terminals enabling cash withdrawals in gaming arcades — Consistency of the practice of the national authorities in bringing prosecutions — Confiscation of sums obtained by means of an unlawful activity — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 17)

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2018/C 166/18

Case C-575/16: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 March 2018 — European Commission v Czech Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Article 49 TFEU — Freedom of establishment — Notaries — Nationality requirement — Article 51 TFEU — Connection with the exercise of official authority)

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2018/C 166/19

Joined Cases C-596/16 and C-597/16: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 20 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione — Italy) — Enzo Di Puma v Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) (C-596/16), Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob) v Antonio Zecca (C-597/16) (References for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2003/6/EC — Insider dealing — Penalties — National legislation which provides for an administrative penalty and a criminal penalty for the same acts — Res judicata attached to a final criminal judgment relating to administrative proceedings — Final criminal judgment ordering acquittal in respect of insider dealing — Effectiveness of the penalties — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 50 — Ne bis in idem principle — Criminal nature of the administrative sanction — Existence of the same offence — Article 52(1) — Limitations to the ne bis in idem principle — Conditions)

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2018/C 166/20

Case C-104/17: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 15 March 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Piteşti — Romania) — SC Cali Esprou SRL v Administraţia Fondului pentru Mediu (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 94/62/EC — Packaging and packaging waste — Recovery and recycling of waste — National environmental fund contribution — National marketing of packaged products and their packaging, without alteration — ‘Polluter-pays’ principle — Status of polluter)

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2018/C 166/21

Joined Cases C-133/17 and C-134/17: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 21 March 2018 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Cluj — Romania) — Dănuţ Podilă and Others v Societatea Națională de Transport Feroviar de Călători ‘CFR Călători’ SA București (C-133/17), Costel Nicușor Mucea v SMDA Mureş Insolvency SRL, acting as liquidator in the insolvency of SC Industria Sârmei SA Campia Turzii (C-134/17) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 89/391/EEC — Safety and health of workers at work — Classification of work places as places characterised by particular or special conditions — Assessment of the risks to safety and health at work — Employer’s obligations)

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2018/C 166/22

Case C-125/17: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 22 February 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione tributaria provinciale di Roma — Italy) — Luigi Bisignani v Agenzia delle Entrate — Direzione Provinciale 1 di Roma (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) and Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Free movement of capital — Articles 64 and 65 TFEU — Directive 2011/16/EU — Cooperation in the field of taxation — Transfer of capital to the Vatican City State — Obligation to declare a transfer of funds sent or received from abroad — Repeal)

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2018/C 166/23

Case C-58/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Justice de Paix du canton de Visé (Belgium) lodged on 30 January 2018 — Michel Schyns v Belfius Banque SA

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2018/C 166/24

Case C-63/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Lombardia (Italy) lodged on 1 February 2018 — Vitali SpA v Autostrade per l’Italia SpA

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2018/C 166/25

Case C-101/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 12 February 2018 — Idi Srl v Arcadis — Agenzia Regionale Campana Difesa Suolo

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2018/C 166/26

Case C-133/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Administratrif de Montreuil (France) lodged on 20 February 2018 — Sea Chefs Cruise Services GmbH v Ministre de l’Action et des Comptes publics

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2018/C 166/27

Case C-138/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vestre Landsret (Denmark) lodged on 22 February 2018 — Skatteministeriet v Estron A/S

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2018/C 166/28

Case C-147/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Almería (Spain) lodged on 23 February 2018 — Banco Mare Nostrum S.A. v Ignacio Jesús Berenguel Nieto, Carmen Sonia Salinas López

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2018/C 166/29

Case C-154/18: Reference for a preliminary ruling from The Labour Court, (Ireland) made on 27 February 2018 — Tomás Horgan, Claire Keegan v Minister for Education & Skills, Minister for Finance, Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform, Ireland and the Attorney General

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2018/C 166/30

Case C-159/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Justice de paix du troisième canton de Charleroi (Belgium) lodged on 27 February 2018 — André Moens v Ryanair Ltd

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2018/C 166/31

Case C-169/18: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal (Ireland) made on 2 March 2018 — Atif Mahmood, Shabina Atif, Mohammed Ahsan, Noor Habib, Mohammed Haroon, Nik Bibi Haroon v Minister for Justice and Equality

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2018/C 166/32

Case C-174/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de première instance de Liège (Belgium) lodged on 5 March 2018 — Jean Jacob, Dominique Lennertz v État belge

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2018/C 166/33

Case C-190/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the justice de paix de Schaerbeek (Belgium) lodged on 13 March 2018 — Société nationale de chemins de fer belges (SNCB) v Gherasim Sorin Rusu

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General Court

2018/C 166/34

Case T-80/16: Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2018 — Shire Pharmaceuticals Ireland v EMA (Medicinal products for human use — Validation of an application for designation as an orphan medicinal product — Significant benefit — EMA decision refusing to validate an application for designation as an orphan medicinal product — Article 3(1)(b) and Article 5(1), (2) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 141/2000)

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2018/C 166/35

Case T-581/16: Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2018 –Popotas v Ombudsman (Civil Service — Officials — Call for an expression of interest — Secretary General of the office of the European Ombudsman — Opinion of the Advisory Committee — Failure to take that opinion into consideration — Infringement of the selection procedure — Manifest errors of assessment — Equal treatment — Principle of sound administration — Liability)

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2018/C 166/36

Case T-806/16: Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2018 — Agricola J.M. v EUIPO — Miguel Torres (CLOS DE LA TORRE) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark CLOS DE LA TORRE — Earlier national word mark TORRES — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Likelihood of confusion)

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2018/C 166/37

Case T-235/17: Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2018 — Dometic Sweden v EUIPO (MOBILE LIVING MADE EASY) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark MOBILE LIVING MADE EASY — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001))

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2018/C 166/38

Case T-229/16: Order of the General Court of 19 March 2018 –Pio de Bragança v EUIPO — Ordem de São Miguel da Ala (QUIS UT DEUS) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU figurative mark QUIS UT DEUS — Failure to apply for renewal of registration of the mark — Cancellation of the mark upon expiry of the registration — No need to adjudicate)

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2018/C 166/39

Case T-822/16: Order of the General Court of 16 March 2018 — KiK Textilien und Non-Food v EUIPO — FF Group Romania (_kix) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark _kix — Revocation of the contested decision — Action which has become devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate — Articles 173(1) and (2) of the Rules of Procedure — Intervention by the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal — Response lodged out of time)

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2018/C 166/40

Case T-130/17: Order of the General Court of 15 March 2018 — Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo v Commission (Action for annulment — Internal market in natural gas — Directive 2009/73/EC — Commission decision amending the conditions for exemption from the EU requirements of the rules governing operation of the OPAL pipeline in regard to third-party access and tariff regulation — Lack of direct concern — Inadmissibility)

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2018/C 166/41

Case T-134/17 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 20 March 2018 — Hércules Club de Fútbol v Commission (Interim proceedings — Access to documents — Documents relating to the administrative procedure prior to the adoption of a Commission decision on State aid implemented by Spain in favour of three professional football clubs — Rights of the defence — Refusal of access — Application for provisional measures — Lack of urgency)

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2018/C 166/42

Case T-108/18: Action brought on 22 February 2018 — University of Koblenz-Landau v Commission and Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency

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2018/C 166/43

Case T-110/18: Action brought on 22 February 2018 — Grange Backup Power v Commission

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2018/C 166/44

Case T-136/18: Action brought on 1 March 2018 — Kuota International v EUIPO — Sintema Sport (K)

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2018/C 166/45

Case T-137/18: Action brought on 2 March 2018 — Chrome Hearts v EUIPO — Shenzhen Van St. Lonh Jewelry (Representation of a cross)

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2018/C 166/46

Case T-147/18: Action brought on 1 March 2018 — APG Intercon and Others v Council and Others

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2018/C 166/47

Case T-148/18: Action brought on 2 March 2018 — UE v Commission

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2018/C 166/48

Case T-179/18: Action brought on 7 March 2018 — Scordis, Papapetrou & Co and Others v Council and Others

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2018/C 166/49

Case T-183/18: Action brought on 12 March 2018 — VL and Others/Parliament

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2018/C 166/50

Case T-187/18: Action brought on 9 March 2018 — VP v Cedefop

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2018/C 166/51

Case T-188/18: Action brought on 12 March 2018 — Papaconstantinou and Others v Council and Others

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2018/C 166/52

Case T-189/18: Action brought on 15 March 2018 — Lipitalia 2000 and Assograssi v Commission

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2018/C 166/53

Case T-193/18: Action brought on 19 March 2018 — Andreas Stihl v EUIPO — Giro Travel (Combination of colours grey and orange)

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2018/C 166/54

Case T-194/18: Action brought on 16 March 2018 — Rewe-Beteiligungs-Holding International v EUIPO — Wessanen Benelux (BonNatura)

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2018/C 166/55

Case T-196/18: Action brought on 20 March 2018 — Vital Capital Investments and Others v Council and Others

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2018/C 166/56

Case T-201/18: Action brought on 23 March 2018 — Diusa Rendering and Assograssi v Commission

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2018/C 166/57

Case T-202/18: Action brought on 23 March 2018 — Bruel v Commission

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2018/C 166/58

Case T-209/18: Action brought on 22 March 2018 — Porsche v EUIPO — Autec (Motor vehicles)

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2018/C 166/59

Case T-210/18: Action brought on 22 March 2018 — Porsche v EUIPO — Autec (Cars)

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2018/C 166/60

Case T-213/18: Action brought on 27 March 2018 — Brita v EUIPO (Shape of tap for preparing and dispensing beverages)

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2018/C 166/61

Case T-222/18: Action brought on 23 March 2018 — Aliança — Vinhos de Portugal v EUIPO — Lidl Stiftung (ALIANÇA VINHOS DE PORTUGAL)

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2018/C 166/62

Case T-684/17: Order of the General Court of 13 mars 2018 — Amorepacific v EUIPO — Primavera Life (p primera Pure Sprout Energy)

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