Information;Order — ECLI:EU:C:2019:903
Date: 2019-10-24
Language of the case: German
Subject matter: Intellectual, industrial and commercial property;Designs
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - inadmissible
Origin: Germany

Order of the Court (Chamber determining whether appeals may proceed) of 24 October 2019 — Rietze v EUIPO (Case C‑599/19 P) (Appeal — Community design — Determination as to whether appeals should be allowed to proceed– Article 170b of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Request failing to demonstrate the significance of an issue with respect to the unity, consistency or development of EU law — Appeal not allowed to proceed) 1. Appeal — Scheme for prior determination as to whether appeals should be allowed to proceed — Significant issue with respect to the unity, consistency or development of EU law — Burden of proof (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58a; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 170b) (see paras 6, 7) 2. Judicial procedure — Scheme for prior determination as to whether appeals should be allowed to proceed — Request that an appeal should be allowed to proceed — Formal requirements — Scope (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58a; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 170b) (see paras 11, 12) 3. Appeal — Scheme for prior determination as to whether appeals should be allowed to proceed — Significant issue with respect to the unity, consistency or development of EU law — Request that the appeal be allowed to proceed failing to show the significance of the issue — Appeal not allowed to proceed (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58a; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 170b) (see paras 9, 14-17) Operative part 1. The appeal is not allowed to proceed. 2. Rietze GmbH & Co. KG shall bear its own costs.