ORDER OF THE GENERAL COURT (Sixth Chamber)
11 August 2020 (*)
(Rules on languages)
In Case T‑883/19,
Gustopharma Consumer Health, SL, established in Madrid (Spain), represented by A. Gómez López, lawyer,
applicant,
v
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), represented by L. Rampini and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents,
defendant,
the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court, being
Helixor Heilmittel GmbH, established in Rosenfeld (Germany), represented by J. Klink, lawyer,
ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 October 2019 (Case R 100/2019-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Gustopharma Consumer Health, SL, and Helixor Heilmittel GmbH,
THE GENERAL COURT (Sixth Chamber),
composed of A. Marcoulli, President, S. Frimodt Nielsen (Rapporteur) and R. Norkus, Judges,
Registrar: E. Coulon,
makes the following
Order
1        By application lodged at the Registry of the General Court on 27 December 2019, the applicant, Gustopharma Consumer Health, SL, brought the present action.
2        The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the intervener, Helixor Heilmittel GmbH, lodged their responses on 31 and 2 March 2020, respectively.
3        By letter lodged at the Registry of the General Court on 29 April 2020, the intervener requested that a hearing be held.
4        In the same document, the intervener also requested, on the basis of Article 45(1)(c) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, to be permitted to use German during the oral part of the procedure and not English, which is the language of the case.
5        The applicant and EUIPO were invited to submit their observations on that request for derogation from the language rules.
6        On 2 June 2020, EUIPO indicated that it had no objections to the intervener’s request.
7        On 30 June 2020, the applicant stated that it objected to the request for derogation from the language rules on the ground that the language of the case could only be one of the languages chosen in the application for registration of the mark applied for, which was the subject of the intervener’s opposition, namely, in the present case, Spanish or English.
8        In accordance with Article 45(1)(c) of the Rules of Procedure, at the request of one of the parties, and after the other parties have been heard, the use of another of the languages mentioned in Article 44 of the Rules of Procedure, including German, for all or part of the proceedings may be authorised.
9        In the present case, the Court finds that no evidence has been adduced to show that the derogation from the language rules requested by the intervener might delay the procedure or prejudice the procedural rights of the other parties to the proceedings (see, to that effect, order of 17 November 1995, Salt Union v Commission, T‑330/94, EU:T:1995:194, paragraph 27).
10      Accordingly, the intervener’s request to use German during the oral part of the procedure must be granted.
On those grounds,
THE GENERAL COURT (Sixth Chamber)
hereby orders:
1.      Helixor Heilmittel GmbH is authorised to use German during the oral part of the procedure.
2.      The costs are reserved.
Luxembourg, 11 August 2020.
E. Coulon
A. Marcoulli
Registrar
President
*      Language of the case: English.