# Official Journal C 198/16 M

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 6516 May 2022 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 198

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 6516 May 2022

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| | IV   Notices |
| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| 2022/C 198/01 | 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

2022/C 198/01

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

Official Journal of the European Union

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| | COURT PROCEEDINGS |
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| 2022/C 198/02 | Joined Cases C-529/18 P and C-531/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — PJ v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Erdmann & Rossi GmbH (C-529/18 P), PC v PJ, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Erdmann & Rossi GmbH (C-531/18 P) (Appeal — Principles of EU law — Article 19 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union — Representation of parties in direct actions before the Courts of the European Union — Lawyer representing the applicant as a third party — Requirement of independence — Lawyer working as an associate in a law firm — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union) | 2 |
| 2022/C 198/03 | Case C-508/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy — Poland) — M.F. v J.M. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 267 TFEU — Interpretation sought by the referring court necessary to enable it to give judgment — Concept — Disciplinary proceedings brought against a judge of an ordinary court — Designation of the disciplinary court having jurisdiction to hear those proceedings by the President of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Sąd Najwyższy (Supreme Court, Poland) — Civil action for a declaration that a service relationship does not exist between the President of that disciplinary chamber and the Supreme Court — Lack of jurisdiction of the referring court to review the validity of the appointment of a Supreme Court judge and inadmissibility of such an action under national law — Inadmissibility of the request for a preliminary ruling) | 3 |
| 2022/C 198/04 | Case C-117/20: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Bruxelles — Belgium) — bpost SA v Autorité belge de la concurrence (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Competition — Postal services — Tariff system adopted by a universal service provider — Fine imposed by a national postal regulator — Fine imposed by a national competition authority — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 50 — Non bis in idem principle — Existence of the same offence — Article 52(1) — Limitations to the non bis in idem principle — Duplication of proceedings and penalties — Conditions — Pursuit of an objective of general interest — Proportionality) | 3 |
| 2022/C 198/05 | Case C-151/20: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde v Nordzucker AG, Südzucker AG, Agrana Zucker GmbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Competition — Article 101 TFEU — Cartel prosecuted by two national competition authorities — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 50 — Non bis in idem principle — Existence of the same offence — Article 52(1) — Limitations to the non bis in idem principle — Conditions — Pursuit of an objective of general interest — Proportionality) | 4 |
| 2022/C 198/06 | Case C-245/20: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 24 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Midden-Nederland — Netherlands) — X, Z v Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data — Regulation (EU) 2016/679 — Competence of the supervisory authority — Article 55(3) — Processing operations of courts acting in their judicial capacity — Concept — Making available to a journalist of documents arising from court proceedings containing personal data) | 5 |
| 2022/C 198/07 | Case C-433/20: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 24 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Wien — Austria) — Austro-Mechana Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung mechanisch-musikalischer Urheberrechte Gesellschaft mbH v Strato AG (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society — Directive 2001/29/EC — Article 2 — Reproduction — Article 5(2)(b) — Private copying exception — Concept of ‘any medium’ — Servers owned by third parties made available to natural persons for private use — Fair compensation — National legislation that does not make the providers of cloud computing services subject to the private copying levy) | 5 |
| 2022/C 198/08 | Case C-533/20: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 24 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Kúria — Hungary) — Somogy Megyei Kormányhivatal v Upfield Hungary Kft. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Consumer protection — Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 — Provision of food information to consumers — Labelling — Mandatory particulars — List of ingredients — Specific name of those ingredients — Addition of a vitamin to a food — Obligation to indicate the specific name of that vitamin — No obligation to indicate the vitamin formulation used) | 6 |
| 2022/C 198/09 | Case C-656/20 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — Hermann Albers eK v European Commission, Federal Republic of Germany, Land Niedersachsen (Germany) (Appeal — State aid — Concept of ‘aid’ — Public transport of passengers — Offsetting of costs involved in the performance of public service obligations — Transfer of financial resources between public authorities — Obligation for municipal authorities that organise transport to guarantee reduced tariffs for students and apprentices — Lack of an advantage granted by the State to an undertaking — Obligation to notify) | 7 |
| 2022/C 198/10 | Case C-666/20 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — Gesamtverband Verkehrsgewerbe Niedersachsen eV (GVN) v European Commission, Federal Republic of Germany, Land Niedersachsen (Germany) (Appeal — State aid — Concept of ‘aid’ — Public passenger transport — Compensating the costs related to the performance of public service obligations — Transfer of financial resources between public authorities — Obligation for the municipal transport authorities to determine reduced tariffs for students and apprentices — No advantage granted by the State to an undertaking — Concept of ‘undertaking’) | 7 |
| 2022/C 198/11 | Case C-697/20: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 24 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny — Poland) — W.G. v Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w L. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 9 — Taxable person — Articles 295 and 296 — Flat-rate scheme for farmers — Spouses engaged in an agricultural activity using property forming part of the marital community of property — Possibility for those spouses to be regarded as separate taxable persons for VAT purposes — Choice on the part of one of the spouses to give up flat-rate farmer status and to bring her activity under the normal VAT arrangements — Loss of flat-rate farmer status for the other spouse) | 8 |
| 2022/C 198/12 | Case C-711/20: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 24 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud — Czech Republic) — Generální ředitelství cel v TanQuid Polska Sp. z o. o. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Excise duties — Directive 92/12/EC — Article 4 — Movement of products under excise duty suspension — Conditions — Articles 6 and 20 — Release of products for consumption — Falsification of the accompanying administrative document — Offence or irregularity committed in the course of the movement of products subject to excise duty under a duty suspension arrangement — Irregular departure of products from a suspension arrangement — Consignee unaware of the movement — Fraud committed by a third party — Article 13(a) and Article 15(3) — Compulsory guarantee to cover movement — Scope) | 9 |
| 2022/C 198/13 | Case C-723/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Galapagos BidCo. Sàrl v DE, in its capacity as liquidator of Galapagos SA, Hauck Aufhäuser Fund Services SA, Prime Capital SA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EU) 2015/848 — Insolvency proceedings — Article 3(1) — International jurisdiction — Moving of the centre of a debtor’s main interests to another Member State after a request to open main insolvency proceedings has been lodged) | 9 |
| 2022/C 198/14 | Case C-726/20: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 24 March 2022 (Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — Belgium) — CT, Ferme de la Sarte SPRL v Région wallonne (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common agricultural policy (CAP) — European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) funding — Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 — Article 17(1)(b) — Investment support concerning the processing, marketing and/or development of agricultural products covered by Annex I to the TFEU — Concept of ‘agricultural products’ — Concept of ‘live trees’ and ‘other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage’ — Turf rolls for the fitting-out of green roofs) | 10 |
| 2022/C 198/15 | Case C-125/21: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — European Commission v Ireland (Action for failure to fulfil obligations — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Mutual recognition of judgments in criminal matters imposing custodial sentences or measures involving deprivation of liberty for the purpose of their enforcement in the European Union — Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA — Failure to adopt the measures necessary to comply with the framework decision — Failure to notify to the European Commission) | 11 |
| 2022/C 198/16 | Case C-126/21: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — European Commission v Ireland (Action for failure to fulfil obligations — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Mutual recognition of decisions on supervision measures as an alternative to provisional detention — Framework Decision 2009/829/JHA — Failure to adopt the measures necessary to comply with the framework decision — Failure to notify to the European Commission) | 11 |
| 2022/C 198/17 | Case C-130/21 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — Lukáš Wagenknecht v European Commission (Appeal — Protection of the European Union’s financial interests — Combating fraud — Multiannual Financial Framework — Alleged conflict of interest of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic — Request to prevent the latter from meeting with the College of European Commissioners — Request to stop direct payments in the EU budget in favour of certain agri-food groups — Action for failure to act — Alleged failure to act by the European Commission — Composition of the General Court of the European Union — Alleged lack of impartiality — Application inadmissible — Definition of position — Locus standi — Interest in bringing proceedings) | 12 |
| 2022/C 198/18 | Case C-82/20: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 24 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the tribunal de grande instance de Rodez — France) — BNP Paribas Personal Finance SA v AN, CN (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Consumer protection — Directive 93/13/EEC — Unfair terms in consumer contracts — Mortgage loan agreement denominated in a foreign currency (Swiss francs) — Article 4(2) — Main subject matter of the contract — Terms exposing the borrower to a foreign exchange risk — Requirements of intelligibility and transparency — Article 3(1) — Significant imbalance — Article 5 — Contractual term that is in plain, intelligible language) | 12 |
| 2022/C 198/19 | Case C-609/21: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 25 March 2022 — (request for a preliminary ruling from the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad — Bulgaria) — Criminal proceedings against IP, DD, ZI, SS, HYA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Article 4(3) TEU — Article 267 TFEU — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 47, second paragraph — Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Content of a request for a preliminary ruling — National rule providing for the national criminal court to decline jurisdiction on the basis that it expressed a view on the facts of the case in the request for a preliminary ruling on pain of annulment of the decision to be given on the merits of the case — Article 18 TFEU — Article 21(2) of the Charter — Article 23 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union — Requirement for national courts to inform their own Member State of any request for a preliminary ruling submitted to the Court) | 13 |
| 2022/C 198/20 | Case C-659/21: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 30 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa — Portugal) — Orbest, SA v CS, QN, OP and Others (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Air transport — Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 — Common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of cancellation or long delay of flights — Article 5(3) — Exemption from the obligation to pay compensation — Concept of ‘extraordinary circumstances’ — Aircraft’s technical failure caused by the collision of a catering vehicle owned by a third party with that aircraft while the latter was parked at the airport) | 14 |
| 2022/C 198/21 | Case C-608/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 29 September 2021 — XN v Politseyski organ pri 02 RU SDVR | 15 |
| 2022/C 198/22 | Case C-743/21 P: Appeal brought on 2 December 2021 by Marina Yachting Brand Management Co. Ltd against the judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) delivered on 22 September 2021 in Case T-169/20, Marina Yachting Brand Management v EUIPO — Industries Sportswear | 15 |
| 2022/C 198/23 | Case C-744/21 P: Appeal brought on 2 December 2021 by Henry Cotton's Brand Management Co. Ltd against the judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) delivered on 22 September 2021 in Case T-173/20, Henry Cotton's Brand Management v EUIPO — Industries Sportswear | 16 |
| 2022/C 198/24 | Case C-774/21 P: Appeal brought on 10 December 2021 by NB against the order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 28 September 2021 in Case T-648/20, NB v Court of Justice of the European Union | 16 |
| 2022/C 198/25 | Case C-819/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Aachen (Germany) lodged on 22 December 2021 — Staatsanwaltschaft Aachen | 17 |
| 2022/C 198/26 | Case C-831/21 P: Appeal brought on 28 December 2021 by Fachverband Spielhallen eV and LM against the order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 22 October 2021 in Case T-510/20, Fachverband Spielhallen eV and LM v European Commission | 18 |
| 2022/C 198/27 | Case C-17/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht München (Germany) lodged on 7 January 2022 — HTB Neunte Immobilien Portfolio geschlossene Investment UG & Co. KG v Müller Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH | 18 |
| 2022/C 198/28 | Case C-18/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht München (Germany) lodged on 7 January 2022 — Ökorenta Neue Energien Ökostabil IV geschlossene Investment GmbH & Co. KG v WealthCap Photovoltaik 1 GmbH Co. KG, WealthCap PEIA Komplementär GmbH, WealthCap Investorenbetreuung GmbH | 19 |
| 2022/C 198/29 | Case C-21/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Opolu (Poland) lodged on 7 January 2022 — OP | 20 |
| 2022/C 198/30 | Case C-22/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy (Poland) lodged on 7 January 2022 — T. S.A. v Przewodniczący Krajowej Rady Radiofonii i Telewizji | 20 |
| 2022/C 198/31 | Case C-41/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Erfurt (Germany) lodged on 18 January 2022 — XXX v Helvetia schweizerische Lebensversicherungs-AG | 21 |
| 2022/C 198/32 | Case C-43/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy (Poland) lodged on 18 January 2022 — Prokurator Generalny | 22 |
| 2022/C 198/33 | Case C-47/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Austria) lodged on 21 January 2022 — Apotheke B. v Bundesamt für Sicherheit im Gesundheitswesen (BASG) | 23 |
| 2022/C 198/34 | Case C-60/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Germany) lodged on 1 February 2022 — UZ v Bundesrepublik Deutschland | 24 |
| 2022/C 198/35 | Case C-96/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo (Portugal) lodged on 11 February 2022 — Companhia de Distribuição Integral Logística Portugal, S.A. v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira | 24 |
| 2022/C 198/36 | Case C-98/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Paris (France) lodged on 14 February 2022 — Eurelec Trading SCRL v Ministre de l’Économie et des Finances, Scabel SA, Groupement d’Achat des Centres Édouard Leclerc (GALEC), Association des Centres distributeurs Édouard Leclerc (ACDLEC) | 25 |
| 2022/C 198/37 | Case C-141/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht für Zivilrechtssachen Graz (Austria) lodged on 28 February 2022 — TLL The Longevity Labs GmbH v Optimize Health Solutionsmi GmbH and BM | 25 |
| 2022/C 198/38 | Case C-166/22: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland) made on 25 February 2022 — Hellfire Massy Residents Association v An Bord Pleanála, The Minister for Housing, Heritage and Local Government, Ireland, The Attorney General | 26 |
| 2022/C 198/39 | Case C-221/22 P: Appeal brought on 28 March 2022 by the European Commission against the judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 19 January 2022 in Case T-610/19, Deutsche Telekom AG v European Commission | 28 |
| 2022/C 198/40 | Case C-155/21: Order of the President of the Court of 8 December 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Svea Hovrätt — Sweden) — Republiken Italien v Athena Investments A/S (formerly Greentech Energy Systems A/S) and Others | 29 |
| | General Court |
| 2022/C 198/41 | Joined Cases T-684/19 and T-704/19: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2022 — MEKH and FGSZ v ACER (Energy — Regulation (EU) 2017/459 — Network code adopted by the Commission including an ‘incremental capacity process’ — ACER decision approving the implementation of an incremental capacity project — Plea of illegality — Lack of competence of the Commission — Article 6(11), Article 7(3) and Article 8(6) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2009) | 30 |
| 2022/C 198/42 | Case T-757/19: Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2021 — HB v EIB (Civil service — Staff of the EIB — Complaint alleging psychological harassment — Administrative enquiry — Decision dismissing the complaint — Decision rejecting the request for conciliation — Right to be heard — Liability) | 31 |
| 2022/C 198/43 | Case T-10/20: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — Italy v Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Area-related aid scheme — Financial corrections — Article 52(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 — Article 12(2) and (6) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 — Definition of ‘permanent grasslands’ — Article 4(1)(h) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 — Producer organisation and operational programmes — Articles 26, 27, 31, 104 and 106 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 — Article 155 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 — Delegated Regulation (EU) No 499/2014 — Public procurement procedure — Article 24(2)(c) and Article 26(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 65/2011 — Article 48(2) and Article 51(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 — Risk of financial loss) | 31 |
| 2022/C 198/44 | Case T-113/20: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2022 — BSEF v Commission (Energy — Directive 2009/125/EC — Ecodesign requirements for electronic displays — Regulation (EU) 2019/2021 — Ban on halogenated flame retardants in the enclosure and stand of electronic displays — Competence of the author of the act — Manifest error of assessment — Legal certainty — Proportionality — Equal treatment) | 32 |
| 2022/C 198/45 | Case T-249/20: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2022 — Sabra v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures adopted against Syria — Freezing of funds — Errors of assessment — Criterion of a leading businessperson operating in Syria — Presumption of a link with the Syrian regime — Rebuttal of the presumption) | 33 |
| 2022/C 198/46 | Case T-333/20: Judgment of the General Court of 2 March 2022 — Fidia farmaceutici v EUIPO — Giuliani (IALO TSP) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark IALO TSP — Earlier international word mark HYALO — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Identification of a member of the Board of Appeal — Article 165(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001) | 33 |
| 2022/C 198/47 | Case T-456/20: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — LA v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Recruitment — Notice of open competition EPSO/AD/371/19 — Decision of the Selection Board to exclude the applicant from the next phase of the competition — Criteria to assess professional experience — Compliance of criteria applied by the Selection Board with the competition notice) | 34 |
| 2022/C 198/48 | Case T-468/20: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2022 — Kühne v Parliament (Civil service — Officials — Policy of Parliament staff mobility — Reassignment in the interest of the service) | 35 |
| 2022/C 198/49 | Case T-474/20: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — LD v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Recruitment — Notice of open competition EPSO/AD/371/19 — Decision of the Selection Board to exclude the applicant from the next phase of the competition — Criterion to assess professional experience — Compliance of criterion applied by the Selection Board with the competition notice) | 35 |
| 2022/C 198/50 | Case T-511/20: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — Zardini v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Recruitment — Notice of Open Competition EPSO/AD/371/19 — Decision of the Selection Board to exclude the applicant from the next phase of the competition — Criterion to assess professional experience — Compliance of criterion applied by the Selection Board with the competition notice) | 36 |
| 2022/C 198/51 | Case T-556/20: Judgment of the General Court of 2 March 2022 — D & A Pharma v Commission and EMA (Medicinal products for human use — Application for conditional marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Hopveus — sodium oxybate — Decision of refusal by the Commission — Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 — Procedure — Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use — Request for consultation of a specific scientific advisory group — Impartiality of members of an ad hoc committee of experts — Manifest errors of assessment — Equal treatment) | 36 |
| 2022/C 198/52 | Case T-579/20: Judgment of the General Court of 2 March 2022 — Genekam Biotechnology v Commission (Grant agreement concluded under the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013) — Fibrogelnet project — Recovery of an amount receivable — Risk avoidance mechanism — Amount receivable effectively recovered from the Guarantee Fund — Decision establishing a pecuniary obligation and forming an enforceable decision — Article 299 TFEU — Competence of the author of the act — Termination of the applicant’s participation in the project — Eligible costs — Reports and deliverables) | 37 |
| 2022/C 198/53 | Case T-661/20: Judgment of the General Court of 23 March 2022 — NV v eu-LISA (Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Staff of eu-LISA — Disciplinary proceedings — Disciplinary penalty — Reprimand — Implementing provisions concerning administrative inquiries — Plea of illegality — Article 110 of the Staff Regulations — Failure to consult the Staff Committee — Rights of the defence and right to be heard — Articles 12, 12a, 17 and 19 of the Staff Regulations — Error of assessment — Principle of good administration — Article 10 of Annex IX to the Staff Regulations — Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials — Liability — Non-material damage) | 38 |
| 2022/C 198/54 | Case T-730/20: Judgment of the General Court of 23 March 2022 — ON v Commission (Civil service — Members of the contract staff — Remuneration — Expatriation allowance — Article 4(1)(a) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations — Retroactive refusal — Recovery of undue payments — Article 85 of the Staff Regulations — Action for annulment and for damages) | 38 |
| 2022/C 198/55 | Case T-757/20: Judgment of the General Court of 23 March 2022 — OT v Parliament (Civil service — Officials — Disciplinary penalty — Reprimand — Article 21a of the Staff Regulations — Error of assessment) | 39 |
| 2022/C 198/56 | Case T-766/20: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — PrenzMarien v EUIPO — Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) (STONES) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU word mark STONES — Declaration of revocation in part — Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Genuine use in the European Union — Article 19(1) and Article 10(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625) | 39 |
| 2022/C 198/57 | Case T-113/21: Judgment of the General Court of 23 March 2022 — Team Beverage v EUIPO (Beverage Analytics) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark Beverage Analytics — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) | 40 |
| 2022/C 198/58 | Case T-132/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — Telefónica Germany v EUIPO (LOOP) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark LOOP — Partial rejection of the application for registration — Absolute grounds of refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Objective characteristics inherent in the nature of the products and services — Sufficiently direct and specific relationship — Obligation to state reasons — Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) | 41 |
| 2022/C 198/59 | Case T-146/21: Judgment of the General Court of 23 March 2022 — Vetpharma Animal Health v EUIPO — Deltavit (DELTATIC) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark DELTATIC — Earlier EU word mark DELTA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 18(1), second subparagraph, point (a), and Article 47(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character) | 42 |
| 2022/C 198/60 | Case T-196/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — Lea Nature Services v EUIPO — Debonair Trading Internacional (SO ...?) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark SO ...? — Absolute grounds for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Lack of descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation 2017/1001) | 42 |
| 2022/C 198/61 | Case T-197/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — Lea Nature Services v EUIPO — Debonair Trading Internacional (SO ...?) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark SO ...? — Absolute grounds for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Lack of descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation 2017/1001)) | 43 |
| 2022/C 198/62 | Case T-204/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — Stryker v EUIPO (RUGGED) (EU trade mark — International registration designating the European Union — Word mark RUGGED — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Competence of the Board of Appeal — Article 71 of Regulation 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001) | 44 |
| 2022/C 198/63 | Case T-252/21: Judgment of the General Court of 23 March 2022 — Hrebenyuk v EUIPO (Shape of a stand-up collar) (EU trade mark — Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of a stand-up collar — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) | 44 |
| 2022/C 198/64 | Case T-281/21: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2022 — Nowhere v EUIPO — Ye (APE TEES) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark APE TEES — Earlier national non-registered figurative trade marks representing an ape — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Rules governing common-law actions for passing-off — Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and Euratom) | 45 |
| 2022/C 198/65 | Case T-314/21: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2022 — TA v Parliament (Civil service — Officials — Reports procedure — Staff report 2019 — Fixing of objectives — Internal rules on staff reports — Manifest error of assessment) | 45 |
| 2022/C 198/66 | Case T-315/21: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2022 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Nordesta (APIAL) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark APIAL — Earlier EU word mark APIRETAL — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No damage to reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Evidence submitted for the first time before the General Court) | 46 |
| 2022/C 198/67 | Case T-465/21: Judgment of the General Court of 23 March 2022 — Ionfarma v EUIPO — LG Electronics (AION) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark AION — Earlier national figurative mark ION and earlier word mark IONFARMA — Relative ground for refusal — No similarity of the goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) | 46 |
| 2022/C 198/68 | Case T-338/20: Order of the General Court of 4 March 2022 — KI v eu-LISA (Action for annulment and for damages — Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Internal reorganisation of the services of eu-LISA — Filling posts by reassignment — Interests of the service — Correspondence between the grade and the post — No act adversely affecting the applicant — Inadmissibility) | 47 |
| 2022/C 198/69 | Case T-727/20: Order of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — Kirimova v EUIPO (Action for annulment — Representation by a lawyer who is not an independent third party with regard to the applicant — Inadmissibility) | 48 |
| 2022/C 198/70 | Case T-114/21: Order of the General Court of 15 March 2022 — Growth Finance Plus v EUIPO (doglover) (EU trade mark — Revocation of the contested decision — Action which has become devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate) | 48 |
| 2022/C 198/71 | Case T-115/21: Order of the General Court of 15 March 2022 — Growth Finance Plus v EUIPO (catlover) (EU trade mark — Revocation of the contested decision — Action which has become devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate) | 49 |
| 2022/C 198/72 | Case T-220/21: Order of the General Court of 15 March 2022 — Thomas Henry v EUIPO (Spicy Ginger) (EU trade mark — Revocation of the contested decision — Action which has become devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate) | 49 |
| 2022/C 198/73 | Case T-382/21: Order of the General Court of 7 March 2022 — the airscreen company v EUIPO — Moviescreens Rental (airscreen) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark airscreen — Earlier EU word mark AIRSCREEN — Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law) | 50 |
| 2022/C 198/74 | Case T-632/21: Order of the General Court of 1 March 2022 — Agreiter and Others v Commission (Action for annulment — Medicinal products for human use — Amendment of the conditional marketing authorisation for Spikevax, a medicinal product for human use — COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine (nucleoside modified) — No interest in bringing proceedings — Lack of direct concern — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissibility) | 50 |
| 2022/C 198/75 | Case T-135/22: Action brought on 11 March 2022 — Deckers Outdoor v EUIPO — Chunxian (TULEUGG) | 51 |
| 2022/C 198/76 | Case T-136/22: Action brought on 10 March 2022 — Hamoudi v Frontex | 52 |
| 2022/C 198/77 | Case T-137/22: Action brought on 14 March 2022 — Netherlands v Commission | 53 |
| 2022/C 198/78 | Case T-138/22: Action brought on 15 March 2022 — HCP v EUIPO — Timm Health Care (PYLOMED) | 53 |
| 2022/C 198/79 | Case T-142/22: Action brought on 15 March 2022 — Landesbank Baden-Württemberg v SRB | 54 |
| 2022/C 198/80 | Case T-145/22: Action brought on 17 March 2022 — CEDC International v EUIPO — Underberg (Shape of a blade of grass in a bottle) | 56 |
| 2022/C 198/81 | Case T-146/22: Action brought on 16 March 2022 — Ryanair v Commission | 56 |
| 2022/C 198/82 | Case T-147/22: Action brought on 18 March 2022 — Pinar Kuruyemiş Gida Ve Ihtiyaç Maddeleri Sanayi Ticaret v EUIPO — Yadex International (pinar KURUYEMIŞ) | 57 |
| 2022/C 198/83 | Case T-148/22: Action brought on 18 March 2022 — Pinar Kuruyemiş Gida Ve Ihtiyaç Maddeleri Sanayi Ticaret v EUIPO — Yadex International (pinar KURUYEMIŞ) | 58 |
| 2022/C 198/84 | Case T-150/22: Action brought on 21 March 2022 — Lilly Drogerie v EUIPO — Lillydoo (LILLYDOO kids) | 59 |
| 2022/C 198/85 | Case T-151/22: Action brought on 18 March 2022 — General Wire Spring v EUIPO (GENERAL PIPE CLEANERS) | 59 |
| 2022/C 198/86 | Case T-153/22: Action brought on 21 March 2022 — Volkswagen v EUIPO — XTG (XTG) | 60 |
| 2022/C 198/87 | Case T-154/22: Action brought on 21 March 2022 — Volkswagen v EUIPO — XTG (XTG) | 61 |
| 2022/C 198/88 | Case T-155/22: Action brought on 16 March 2022 — Korporaciya ‘Masternet’ v EUIPO — Stayer Ibérica (STAYER) | 61 |
| 2022/C 198/89 | Case T-159/22: Action brought on 23 March 2022 — Sanetview v EUIPO — 2boca2catering (Las Cebras) | 62 |
| 2022/C 198/90 | Case T-161/22: Action brought on 25 March 2022 — Ortega Montero v Parliament | 62 |
| 2022/C 198/91 | Case T-162/22: Action brought on 24 March 2022 — OQ v Commission | 63 |
| 2022/C 198/92 | Case T-165/22: Action brought on 29 March 2022 — Saure v Commission | 64 |
| 2022/C 198/93 | Case T-400/20: Order of the General Court of 7 March 2022 — El Corte Inglés v EUIPO — Rudolf Böckenholt (LLOYD’S) | 65 |
| 2022/C 198/94 | Case T-740/21: Order of the General Court of 17 March 2022 — Alcogroup and Alcodis v Commission | 65 |

V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2022/C 198/02

Joined Cases C-529/18 P and C-531/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — PJ v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Erdmann & Rossi GmbH (C-529/18 P), PC v PJ, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Erdmann & Rossi GmbH (C-531/18 P) (Appeal — Principles of EU law — Article 19 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union — Representation of parties in direct actions before the Courts of the European Union — Lawyer representing the applicant as a third party — Requirement of independence — Lawyer working as an associate in a law firm — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union)

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2022/C 198/03

Case C-508/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy — Poland) — M.F. v J.M. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 267 TFEU — Interpretation sought by the referring court necessary to enable it to give judgment — Concept — Disciplinary proceedings brought against a judge of an ordinary court — Designation of the disciplinary court having jurisdiction to hear those proceedings by the President of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Sąd Najwyższy (Supreme Court, Poland) — Civil action for a declaration that a service relationship does not exist between the President of that disciplinary chamber and the Supreme Court — Lack of jurisdiction of the referring court to review the validity of the appointment of a Supreme Court judge and inadmissibility of such an action under national law — Inadmissibility of the request for a preliminary ruling)

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2022/C 198/04

Case C-117/20: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Bruxelles — Belgium) — bpost SA v Autorité belge de la concurrence (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Competition — Postal services — Tariff system adopted by a universal service provider — Fine imposed by a national postal regulator — Fine imposed by a national competition authority — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 50 — Non bis in idem principle — Existence of the same offence — Article 52(1) — Limitations to the non bis in idem principle — Duplication of proceedings and penalties — Conditions — Pursuit of an objective of general interest — Proportionality)

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2022/C 198/05

Case C-151/20: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde v Nordzucker AG, Südzucker AG, Agrana Zucker GmbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Competition — Article 101 TFEU — Cartel prosecuted by two national competition authorities — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 50 — Non bis in idem principle — Existence of the same offence — Article 52(1) — Limitations to the non bis in idem principle — Conditions — Pursuit of an objective of general interest — Proportionality)

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2022/C 198/06

Case C-245/20: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 24 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Midden-Nederland — Netherlands) — X, Z v Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data — Regulation (EU) 2016/679 — Competence of the supervisory authority — Article 55(3) — Processing operations of courts acting in their judicial capacity — Concept — Making available to a journalist of documents arising from court proceedings containing personal data)

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2022/C 198/07

Case C-433/20: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 24 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Wien — Austria) — Austro-Mechana Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung mechanisch-musikalischer Urheberrechte Gesellschaft mbH v Strato AG (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society — Directive 2001/29/EC — Article 2 — Reproduction — Article 5(2)(b) — Private copying exception — Concept of ‘any medium’ — Servers owned by third parties made available to natural persons for private use — Fair compensation — National legislation that does not make the providers of cloud computing services subject to the private copying levy)

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2022/C 198/08

Case C-533/20: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 24 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Kúria — Hungary) — Somogy Megyei Kormányhivatal v Upfield Hungary Kft. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Consumer protection — Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 — Provision of food information to consumers — Labelling — Mandatory particulars — List of ingredients — Specific name of those ingredients — Addition of a vitamin to a food — Obligation to indicate the specific name of that vitamin — No obligation to indicate the vitamin formulation used)

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2022/C 198/09

Case C-656/20 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — Hermann Albers eK v European Commission, Federal Republic of Germany, Land Niedersachsen (Germany) (Appeal — State aid — Concept of ‘aid’ — Public transport of passengers — Offsetting of costs involved in the performance of public service obligations — Transfer of financial resources between public authorities — Obligation for municipal authorities that organise transport to guarantee reduced tariffs for students and apprentices — Lack of an advantage granted by the State to an undertaking — Obligation to notify)

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2022/C 198/10

Case C-666/20 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — Gesamtverband Verkehrsgewerbe Niedersachsen eV (GVN) v European Commission, Federal Republic of Germany, Land Niedersachsen (Germany) (Appeal — State aid — Concept of ‘aid’ — Public passenger transport — Compensating the costs related to the performance of public service obligations — Transfer of financial resources between public authorities — Obligation for the municipal transport authorities to determine reduced tariffs for students and apprentices — No advantage granted by the State to an undertaking — Concept of ‘undertaking’)

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2022/C 198/11

Case C-697/20: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 24 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny — Poland) — W.G. v Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w L. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 9 — Taxable person — Articles 295 and 296 — Flat-rate scheme for farmers — Spouses engaged in an agricultural activity using property forming part of the marital community of property — Possibility for those spouses to be regarded as separate taxable persons for VAT purposes — Choice on the part of one of the spouses to give up flat-rate farmer status and to bring her activity under the normal VAT arrangements — Loss of flat-rate farmer status for the other spouse)

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2022/C 198/12

Case C-711/20: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 24 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud — Czech Republic) — Generální ředitelství cel v TanQuid Polska Sp. z o. o. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Excise duties — Directive 92/12/EC — Article 4 — Movement of products under excise duty suspension — Conditions — Articles 6 and 20 — Release of products for consumption — Falsification of the accompanying administrative document — Offence or irregularity committed in the course of the movement of products subject to excise duty under a duty suspension arrangement — Irregular departure of products from a suspension arrangement — Consignee unaware of the movement — Fraud committed by a third party — Article 13(a) and Article 15(3) — Compulsory guarantee to cover movement — Scope)

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2022/C 198/13

Case C-723/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Galapagos BidCo. Sàrl v DE, in its capacity as liquidator of Galapagos SA, Hauck Aufhäuser Fund Services SA, Prime Capital SA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EU) 2015/848 — Insolvency proceedings — Article 3(1) — International jurisdiction — Moving of the centre of a debtor’s main interests to another Member State after a request to open main insolvency proceedings has been lodged)

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2022/C 198/14

Case C-726/20: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 24 March 2022 (Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — Belgium) — CT, Ferme de la Sarte SPRL v Région wallonne (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common agricultural policy (CAP) — European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) funding — Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 — Article 17(1)(b) — Investment support concerning the processing, marketing and/or development of agricultural products covered by Annex I to the TFEU — Concept of ‘agricultural products’ — Concept of ‘live trees’ and ‘other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage’ — Turf rolls for the fitting-out of green roofs)

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2022/C 198/15

Case C-125/21: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — European Commission v Ireland (Action for failure to fulfil obligations — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Mutual recognition of judgments in criminal matters imposing custodial sentences or measures involving deprivation of liberty for the purpose of their enforcement in the European Union — Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA — Failure to adopt the measures necessary to comply with the framework decision — Failure to notify to the European Commission)

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2022/C 198/16

Case C-126/21: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — European Commission v Ireland (Action for failure to fulfil obligations — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Mutual recognition of decisions on supervision measures as an alternative to provisional detention — Framework Decision 2009/829/JHA — Failure to adopt the measures necessary to comply with the framework decision — Failure to notify to the European Commission)

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2022/C 198/17

Case C-130/21 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — Lukáš Wagenknecht v European Commission (Appeal — Protection of the European Union’s financial interests — Combating fraud — Multiannual Financial Framework — Alleged conflict of interest of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic — Request to prevent the latter from meeting with the College of European Commissioners — Request to stop direct payments in the EU budget in favour of certain agri-food groups — Action for failure to act — Alleged failure to act by the European Commission — Composition of the General Court of the European Union — Alleged lack of impartiality — Application inadmissible — Definition of position — Locus standi — Interest in bringing proceedings)

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2022/C 198/18

Case C-82/20: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 24 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the tribunal de grande instance de Rodez — France) — BNP Paribas Personal Finance SA v AN, CN (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Consumer protection — Directive 93/13/EEC — Unfair terms in consumer contracts — Mortgage loan agreement denominated in a foreign currency (Swiss francs) — Article 4(2) — Main subject matter of the contract — Terms exposing the borrower to a foreign exchange risk — Requirements of intelligibility and transparency — Article 3(1) — Significant imbalance — Article 5 — Contractual term that is in plain, intelligible language)

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2022/C 198/19

Case C-609/21: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 25 March 2022 — (request for a preliminary ruling from the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad — Bulgaria) — Criminal proceedings against IP, DD, ZI, SS, HYA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Article 4(3) TEU — Article 267 TFEU — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 47, second paragraph — Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Content of a request for a preliminary ruling — National rule providing for the national criminal court to decline jurisdiction on the basis that it expressed a view on the facts of the case in the request for a preliminary ruling on pain of annulment of the decision to be given on the merits of the case — Article 18 TFEU — Article 21(2) of the Charter — Article 23 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union — Requirement for national courts to inform their own Member State of any request for a preliminary ruling submitted to the Court)

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2022/C 198/20

Case C-659/21: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 30 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa — Portugal) — Orbest, SA v CS, QN, OP and Others (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Air transport — Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 — Common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of cancellation or long delay of flights — Article 5(3) — Exemption from the obligation to pay compensation — Concept of ‘extraordinary circumstances’ — Aircraft’s technical failure caused by the collision of a catering vehicle owned by a third party with that aircraft while the latter was parked at the airport)

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2022/C 198/21

Case C-608/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 29 September 2021 — XN v Politseyski organ pri 02 RU SDVR

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2022/C 198/22

Case C-743/21 P: Appeal brought on 2 December 2021 by Marina Yachting Brand Management Co. Ltd against the judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) delivered on 22 September 2021 in Case T-169/20, Marina Yachting Brand Management v EUIPO — Industries Sportswear

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2022/C 198/23

Case C-744/21 P: Appeal brought on 2 December 2021 by Henry Cotton's Brand Management Co. Ltd against the judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) delivered on 22 September 2021 in Case T-173/20, Henry Cotton's Brand Management v EUIPO — Industries Sportswear

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2022/C 198/24

Case C-774/21 P: Appeal brought on 10 December 2021 by NB against the order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 28 September 2021 in Case T-648/20, NB v Court of Justice of the European Union

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2022/C 198/25

Case C-819/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Aachen (Germany) lodged on 22 December 2021 — Staatsanwaltschaft Aachen

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2022/C 198/26

Case C-831/21 P: Appeal brought on 28 December 2021 by Fachverband Spielhallen eV and LM against the order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 22 October 2021 in Case T-510/20, Fachverband Spielhallen eV and LM v European Commission

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2022/C 198/27

Case C-17/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht München (Germany) lodged on 7 January 2022 — HTB Neunte Immobilien Portfolio geschlossene Investment UG & Co. KG v Müller Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

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2022/C 198/28

Case C-18/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht München (Germany) lodged on 7 January 2022 — Ökorenta Neue Energien Ökostabil IV geschlossene Investment GmbH & Co. KG v WealthCap Photovoltaik 1 GmbH Co. KG, WealthCap PEIA Komplementär GmbH, WealthCap Investorenbetreuung GmbH

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2022/C 198/29

Case C-21/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Opolu (Poland) lodged on 7 January 2022 — OP

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2022/C 198/30

Case C-22/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy (Poland) lodged on 7 January 2022 — T. S.A. v Przewodniczący Krajowej Rady Radiofonii i Telewizji

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2022/C 198/31

Case C-41/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Erfurt (Germany) lodged on 18 January 2022 — XXX v Helvetia schweizerische Lebensversicherungs-AG

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2022/C 198/32

Case C-43/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy (Poland) lodged on 18 January 2022 — Prokurator Generalny

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2022/C 198/33

Case C-47/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Austria) lodged on 21 January 2022 — Apotheke B. v Bundesamt für Sicherheit im Gesundheitswesen (BASG)

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2022/C 198/34

Case C-60/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Germany) lodged on 1 February 2022 — UZ v Bundesrepublik Deutschland

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2022/C 198/35

Case C-96/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo (Portugal) lodged on 11 February 2022 — Companhia de Distribuição Integral Logística Portugal, S.A. v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira

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2022/C 198/36

Case C-98/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Paris (France) lodged on 14 February 2022 — Eurelec Trading SCRL v Ministre de l’Économie et des Finances, Scabel SA, Groupement d’Achat des Centres Édouard Leclerc (GALEC), Association des Centres distributeurs Édouard Leclerc (ACDLEC)

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2022/C 198/37

Case C-141/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht für Zivilrechtssachen Graz (Austria) lodged on 28 February 2022 — TLL The Longevity Labs GmbH v Optimize Health Solutionsmi GmbH and BM

mi

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2022/C 198/38

Case C-166/22: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court (Ireland) made on 25 February 2022 — Hellfire Massy Residents Association v An Bord Pleanála, The Minister for Housing, Heritage and Local Government, Ireland, The Attorney General

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2022/C 198/39

Case C-221/22 P: Appeal brought on 28 March 2022 by the European Commission against the judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 19 January 2022 in Case T-610/19, Deutsche Telekom AG v European Commission

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2022/C 198/40

Case C-155/21: Order of the President of the Court of 8 December 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Svea Hovrätt — Sweden) — Republiken Italien v Athena Investments A/S (formerly Greentech Energy Systems A/S) and Others

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General Court

2022/C 198/41

Joined Cases T-684/19 and T-704/19: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2022 — MEKH and FGSZ v ACER (Energy — Regulation (EU) 2017/459 — Network code adopted by the Commission including an ‘incremental capacity process’ — ACER decision approving the implementation of an incremental capacity project — Plea of illegality — Lack of competence of the Commission — Article 6(11), Article 7(3) and Article 8(6) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2009)

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2022/C 198/42

Case T-757/19: Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2021 — HB v EIB (Civil service — Staff of the EIB — Complaint alleging psychological harassment — Administrative enquiry — Decision dismissing the complaint — Decision rejecting the request for conciliation — Right to be heard — Liability)

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2022/C 198/43

Case T-10/20: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — Italy v Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Area-related aid scheme — Financial corrections — Article 52(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 — Article 12(2) and (6) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 — Definition of ‘permanent grasslands’ — Article 4(1)(h) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 — Producer organisation and operational programmes — Articles 26, 27, 31, 104 and 106 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 — Article 155 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 — Delegated Regulation (EU) No 499/2014 — Public procurement procedure — Article 24(2)(c) and Article 26(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 65/2011 — Article 48(2) and Article 51(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 — Risk of financial loss)

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2022/C 198/44

Case T-113/20: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2022 — BSEF v Commission (Energy — Directive 2009/125/EC — Ecodesign requirements for electronic displays — Regulation (EU) 2019/2021 — Ban on halogenated flame retardants in the enclosure and stand of electronic displays — Competence of the author of the act — Manifest error of assessment — Legal certainty — Proportionality — Equal treatment)

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2022/C 198/45

Case T-249/20: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2022 — Sabra v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures adopted against Syria — Freezing of funds — Errors of assessment — Criterion of a leading businessperson operating in Syria — Presumption of a link with the Syrian regime — Rebuttal of the presumption)

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2022/C 198/46

Case T-333/20: Judgment of the General Court of 2 March 2022 — Fidia farmaceutici v EUIPO — Giuliani (IALO TSP) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark IALO TSP — Earlier international word mark HYALO — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Identification of a member of the Board of Appeal — Article 165(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)

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2022/C 198/47

Case T-456/20: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — LA v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Recruitment — Notice of open competition EPSO/AD/371/19 — Decision of the Selection Board to exclude the applicant from the next phase of the competition — Criteria to assess professional experience — Compliance of criteria applied by the Selection Board with the competition notice)

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2022/C 198/48

Case T-468/20: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2022 — Kühne v Parliament (Civil service — Officials — Policy of Parliament staff mobility — Reassignment in the interest of the service)

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2022/C 198/49

Case T-474/20: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — LD v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Recruitment — Notice of open competition EPSO/AD/371/19 — Decision of the Selection Board to exclude the applicant from the next phase of the competition — Criterion to assess professional experience — Compliance of criterion applied by the Selection Board with the competition notice)

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2022/C 198/50

Case T-511/20: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — Zardini v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Recruitment — Notice of Open Competition EPSO/AD/371/19 — Decision of the Selection Board to exclude the applicant from the next phase of the competition — Criterion to assess professional experience — Compliance of criterion applied by the Selection Board with the competition notice)

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2022/C 198/51

Case T-556/20: Judgment of the General Court of 2 March 2022 — D & A Pharma v Commission and EMA (Medicinal products for human use — Application for conditional marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Hopveus — sodium oxybate — Decision of refusal by the Commission — Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 — Procedure — Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use — Request for consultation of a specific scientific advisory group — Impartiality of members of an ad hoc committee of experts — Manifest errors of assessment — Equal treatment)

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2022/C 198/52

Case T-579/20: Judgment of the General Court of 2 March 2022 — Genekam Biotechnology v Commission (Grant agreement concluded under the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013) — Fibrogelnet project — Recovery of an amount receivable — Risk avoidance mechanism — Amount receivable effectively recovered from the Guarantee Fund — Decision establishing a pecuniary obligation and forming an enforceable decision — Article 299 TFEU — Competence of the author of the act — Termination of the applicant’s participation in the project — Eligible costs — Reports and deliverables)

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2022/C 198/53

Case T-661/20: Judgment of the General Court of 23 March 2022 — NV v eu-LISA (Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Staff of eu-LISA — Disciplinary proceedings — Disciplinary penalty — Reprimand — Implementing provisions concerning administrative inquiries — Plea of illegality — Article 110 of the Staff Regulations — Failure to consult the Staff Committee — Rights of the defence and right to be heard — Articles 12, 12a, 17 and 19 of the Staff Regulations — Error of assessment — Principle of good administration — Article 10 of Annex IX to the Staff Regulations — Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials — Liability — Non-material damage)

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2022/C 198/54

Case T-730/20: Judgment of the General Court of 23 March 2022 — ON v Commission (Civil service — Members of the contract staff — Remuneration — Expatriation allowance — Article 4(1)(a) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations — Retroactive refusal — Recovery of undue payments — Article 85 of the Staff Regulations — Action for annulment and for damages)

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2022/C 198/55

Case T-757/20: Judgment of the General Court of 23 March 2022 — OT v Parliament (Civil service — Officials — Disciplinary penalty — Reprimand — Article 21a of the Staff Regulations — Error of assessment)

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2022/C 198/56

Case T-766/20: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — PrenzMarien v EUIPO — Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) (STONES) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU word mark STONES — Declaration of revocation in part — Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Genuine use in the European Union — Article 19(1) and Article 10(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625)

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2022/C 198/57

Case T-113/21: Judgment of the General Court of 23 March 2022 — Team Beverage v EUIPO (Beverage Analytics) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark Beverage Analytics — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2022/C 198/58

Case T-132/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — Telefónica Germany v EUIPO (LOOP) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark LOOP — Partial rejection of the application for registration — Absolute grounds of refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Objective characteristics inherent in the nature of the products and services — Sufficiently direct and specific relationship — Obligation to state reasons — Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2022/C 198/59

Case T-146/21: Judgment of the General Court of 23 March 2022 — Vetpharma Animal Health v EUIPO — Deltavit (DELTATIC) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark DELTATIC — Earlier EU word mark DELTA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 18(1), second subparagraph, point (a), and Article 47(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character)

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2022/C 198/60

Case T-196/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — Lea Nature Services v EUIPO — Debonair Trading Internacional (SO ...?) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark SO ...? — Absolute grounds for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Lack of descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation 2017/1001)

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2022/C 198/61

Case T-197/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — Lea Nature Services v EUIPO — Debonair Trading Internacional (SO ...?) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark SO ...? — Absolute grounds for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Lack of descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation 2017/1001))

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2022/C 198/62

Case T-204/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — Stryker v EUIPO (RUGGED) (EU trade mark — International registration designating the European Union — Word mark RUGGED — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Competence of the Board of Appeal — Article 71 of Regulation 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)

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2022/C 198/63

Case T-252/21: Judgment of the General Court of 23 March 2022 — Hrebenyuk v EUIPO (Shape of a stand-up collar) (EU trade mark — Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of a stand-up collar — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2022/C 198/64

Case T-281/21: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2022 — Nowhere v EUIPO — Ye (APE TEES) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark APE TEES — Earlier national non-registered figurative trade marks representing an ape — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Rules governing common-law actions for passing-off — Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and Euratom)

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2022/C 198/65

Case T-314/21: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2022 — TA v Parliament (Civil service — Officials — Reports procedure — Staff report 2019 — Fixing of objectives — Internal rules on staff reports — Manifest error of assessment)

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2022/C 198/66

Case T-315/21: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2022 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Nordesta (APIAL) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark APIAL — Earlier EU word mark APIRETAL — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No damage to reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Evidence submitted for the first time before the General Court)

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2022/C 198/67

Case T-465/21: Judgment of the General Court of 23 March 2022 — Ionfarma v EUIPO — LG Electronics (AION) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark AION — Earlier national figurative mark ION and earlier word mark IONFARMA — Relative ground for refusal — No similarity of the goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2022/C 198/68

Case T-338/20: Order of the General Court of 4 March 2022 — KI v eu-LISA (Action for annulment and for damages — Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Internal reorganisation of the services of eu-LISA — Filling posts by reassignment — Interests of the service — Correspondence between the grade and the post — No act adversely affecting the applicant — Inadmissibility)

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2022/C 198/69

Case T-727/20: Order of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — Kirimova v EUIPO (Action for annulment — Representation by a lawyer who is not an independent third party with regard to the applicant — Inadmissibility)

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2022/C 198/70

Case T-114/21: Order of the General Court of 15 March 2022 — Growth Finance Plus v EUIPO (doglover) (EU trade mark — Revocation of the contested decision — Action which has become devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate)

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2022/C 198/71

Case T-115/21: Order of the General Court of 15 March 2022 — Growth Finance Plus v EUIPO (catlover) (EU trade mark — Revocation of the contested decision — Action which has become devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate)

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2022/C 198/72

Case T-220/21: Order of the General Court of 15 March 2022 — Thomas Henry v EUIPO (Spicy Ginger) (EU trade mark — Revocation of the contested decision — Action which has become devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate)

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2022/C 198/73

Case T-382/21: Order of the General Court of 7 March 2022 — the airscreen company v EUIPO — Moviescreens Rental (airscreen) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark airscreen — Earlier EU word mark AIRSCREEN — Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)

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2022/C 198/74

Case T-632/21: Order of the General Court of 1 March 2022 — Agreiter and Others v Commission (Action for annulment — Medicinal products for human use — Amendment of the conditional marketing authorisation for Spikevax, a medicinal product for human use — COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine (nucleoside modified) — No interest in bringing proceedings — Lack of direct concern — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissibility)

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2022/C 198/75

Case T-135/22: Action brought on 11 March 2022 — Deckers Outdoor v EUIPO — Chunxian (TULEUGG)

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2022/C 198/76

Case T-136/22: Action brought on 10 March 2022 — Hamoudi v Frontex

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2022/C 198/77

Case T-137/22: Action brought on 14 March 2022 — Netherlands v Commission

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2022/C 198/78

Case T-138/22: Action brought on 15 March 2022 — HCP v EUIPO — Timm Health Care (PYLOMED)

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2022/C 198/79

Case T-142/22: Action brought on 15 March 2022 — Landesbank Baden-Württemberg v SRB

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2022/C 198/80

Case T-145/22: Action brought on 17 March 2022 — CEDC International v EUIPO — Underberg (Shape of a blade of grass in a bottle)

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2022/C 198/81

Case T-146/22: Action brought on 16 March 2022 — Ryanair v Commission

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2022/C 198/82

Case T-147/22: Action brought on 18 March 2022 — Pinar Kuruyemiş Gida Ve Ihtiyaç Maddeleri Sanayi Ticaret v EUIPO — Yadex International (pinar KURUYEMIŞ)

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2022/C 198/83

Case T-148/22: Action brought on 18 March 2022 — Pinar Kuruyemiş Gida Ve Ihtiyaç Maddeleri Sanayi Ticaret v EUIPO — Yadex International (pinar KURUYEMIŞ)

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2022/C 198/84

Case T-150/22: Action brought on 21 March 2022 — Lilly Drogerie v EUIPO — Lillydoo (LILLYDOO kids)

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2022/C 198/85

Case T-151/22: Action brought on 18 March 2022 — General Wire Spring v EUIPO (GENERAL PIPE CLEANERS)

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2022/C 198/86

Case T-153/22: Action brought on 21 March 2022 — Volkswagen v EUIPO — XTG (XTG)

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2022/C 198/87

Case T-154/22: Action brought on 21 March 2022 — Volkswagen v EUIPO — XTG (XTG)

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2022/C 198/88

Case T-155/22: Action brought on 16 March 2022 — Korporaciya ‘Masternet’ v EUIPO — Stayer Ibérica (STAYER)

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2022/C 198/89

Case T-159/22: Action brought on 23 March 2022 — Sanetview v EUIPO — 2boca2catering (Las Cebras)

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2022/C 198/90

Case T-161/22: Action brought on 25 March 2022 — Ortega Montero v Parliament

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2022/C 198/91

Case T-162/22: Action brought on 24 March 2022 — OQ v Commission

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2022/C 198/92

Case T-165/22: Action brought on 29 March 2022 — Saure v Commission

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2022/C 198/93

Case T-400/20: Order of the General Court of 7 March 2022 — El Corte Inglés v EUIPO — Rudolf Böckenholt (LLOYD’S)

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2022/C 198/94

Case T-740/21: Order of the General Court of 17 March 2022 — Alcogroup and Alcodis v Commission

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