do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-471/09: Action brought on 27 November 2009 — Oetker Nahrungsmittel v OHIM — Bonfait (Buonfatti)
Date: 2009-11-27
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), foodstuff, prepared foodstuff, trade-mark law








C_2010024EN.01006301.xml










30.1.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 24/63





Action brought on 27 November 2009 — Oetker Nahrungsmittel v OHIM — Bonfait (Buonfatti)
(Case T-471/09)
2010/C 24/111
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Dr. August Oetker Nahrungsmittel KG (Bielefeld, Germany) (represented by: F. Graf von Stosch, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Bonfait BV

Form of order sought







—


Annul the Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market of 2 October 2009 in Case R 340/2007-4 concerning opposition No B 871 121;










—


order the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Applicant for a Community trade mark: Oetker Nahrungsmittel

Community trade mark concerned: Word mark ‘Buonfatti’ for goods in Classes 29 and 30 (Application No 3 939 915)

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Bonfait BV

Mark or sign cited in opposition: in particular, the Benelux word mark ‘Bonfait’ No 393 133 and the figurative Community trade mark ‘Bonfait’ No 648 816 for goods in Classes 29 and 30

Decision of the Opposition Division: Rejection of the opposition

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Annulment of the decision of the Opposition Decision and refusal of the application to register

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009, (1) since there is no likelihood of confusion between the conflicting trade marks


(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5631 — Symboled/Zumtobel/Ledon Oled JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-11-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, economic concentration, electrical engineering, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation








C_2009286EN.01000101.xml










27.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 286/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5631 — Symboled/Zumtobel/Ledon Oled JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 286/01
On 20 November 2009, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in German and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32009M5631. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5728 — Crédit Agricole SA/Société Générale Asset Management) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-11-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, financial management, merger control, share








C_2009286EN.01000701.xml










27.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 286/7





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5728 — Crédit Agricole SA/Société Générale Asset Management)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 286/04






1.


On 18 November 2009, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Crédit Agricole Group (France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of parts of the undertaking Société Générale Asset Management (‘SGAM’, France) by way of purchase of shares and assets.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Crédit Agricole Group: one of main banking groups in France, present in all banking and finance activities. Currently active in asset management through its subsidiary Crédit Agricole Asset Management and BFT Gestion,










—


for SGAM: the majority of the European and Asian traditional asset management activities of Société Générale. Excluded are the non-‘traditional’ or ‘alternative’ asset management activities of Société Générale Asset Management in Europe (e.g., Lyxor Asset Management), as well as its asset management businesses in China and Korea.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.










4.


The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301 or 22967244) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5728 — Crédit Agricole SA/Société Générale Asset Management, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-484/09: Action brought on 27 November 2009 — McLoughney v OHIM — Kern (Powerball)
Date: 2009-11-27
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), clothing industry, medicine, sport, sports equipment, sports facilities, trade-mark law








C_2010037EN.01004001.xml










13.2.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 37/40





Action brought on 27 November 2009 — McLoughney v OHIM — Kern (Powerball)
(Case T-484/09)
2010/C 37/56
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Rory McLoughney (Thurles, Ireland) (represented by: J. M. Stratford-Lysandrides, Solicitor)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Ernst Kern (Zahling, Germany)

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 30 September 2009 in case R 1547/2006-4;










—


Allow the opposition to the Community trade mark application No 3 164 779; and










—


In the alternative, remit the opposition to the defendant for further consideration in accordance with the judgment of the Court.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Applicant for the Community trade mark: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Community trade mark concerned: The word mark ‘Powerball’, for goods in classes 10, 25 and 28

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The applicant

Mark or sign cited: Non-registered mark ‘POWERBALL’, used in the course of trade in Ireland and the United Kingdom

Decision of the Opposition Division: Rejected the opposition in its entirety

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissed the appeal

Pleas in law: Infringement of Articles 8(3) and 73 of Council Regulation No 40/94 (which became Articles 8(3) and 75, respectively, of Council Regulation No 207/2009) and Rules 50(2) and 52(1) of Commission Regulation No 2868/95 (1), as the Board of Appeal failed to consider the opposition under Article 8(3) of Council Regulation No 40/94 and should have recognised that the applicant had the requisite authority to oppose the Community trade mark concerned; infringement of Articles 8(4) and 73 of Council Regulation No 40/94 (which became Article 8(4) and 75, respectively, of Council Regulation No 207/2009) and Rules 50(2) and 52(1) of Commission Regulation No 2868/95, as the Board of Appeal failed to consider the opposition under Article 8(4) of Council Regulation No 40/94 and should have recognised that the applicant was the proprietor of the earlier rights and that it had used the mark cited in the opposition in the course of trade.


(1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 of 13 December 1995 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark (OJ 1995 L 303, p. 1).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1149/2009 of 27 November 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2009-11-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit








L_2009313EN.01000101.xml










28.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 313/1








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1149/2009
of 27 November 2009
         
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables


THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),


Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,

Whereas:

Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 November 2009.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 November 2009.


For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
            

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development






(1)  
            OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1.




ANNEX
Standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables







(EUR/100 kg)




CN code


Third country code (1)



Standard import value




0702 00 00 


MA 


36,9 




MK 


52,7 




TR 


63,4 




ZZ 


51,0 




0707 00 05 


MA 


52,9 




TR 


77,3 




ZZ 


65,1 




0709 90 70 


MA 


33,4 




TR 


123,8 




ZZ 


78,6 




0805 20 10 


MA 


67,9 




ZZ 


67,9 




0805 20 30 , 0805 20 50 , 0805 20 70 , 0805 20 90 


CN 


49,3 




HR 


60,9 




MA 


63,0 




TR 


79,9 




ZZ 


63,3 




0805 50 10 


AR 


64,7 




TR 


68,1 




ZZ 


66,4 




0808 10 80 


AU 


142,2 




CA 


105,6 




CN 


108,9 




MK 


22,6 




US 


95,7 




XS 


24,5 




ZA 


125,2 




ZZ 


89,2 




0808 20 50 


CN 


57,1 




TR 


91,0 




US 


163,7 




ZZ 


103,9 






(1)  Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). Code ‘
            ZZ
            ’ stands for ‘of other origin’.
Case T-121/06: Order of the Court of First Instance of 27 November 2009 — Sellafield v Commission
Date: 2009-11-27
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EAEC, European Commission, action for annulment (EU), nuclear power station, nuclear safety








C_2010024EN.01006902.xml










30.1.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 24/69





Order of the Court of First Instance of 27 November 2009 — Sellafield v Commission
(Case T-121/06) (1)

2010/C 24/123

Language of the case: English

The President of the Court of First Instance (Seventh Chamber) has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  C 154, 1.7.2006.
Case C-481/09: Action brought on 27 November 2009 — European Commission v Czech Republic
Date: 2009-11-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Czechia, European Commission, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, bathing water, environmental monitoring, national implementing measure, quality of the environment, water management








C_2010024EN.01004101.xml










30.1.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 24/41





Action brought on 27 November 2009 — European Commission v Czech Republic
(Case C-481/09)
2010/C 24/71
Language of the case: Czech

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: S. Pardo Quintillán and M. Thomannová-Körnerová, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Czech Republic

Form of order sought







—


declare that, by failing to adopt all such laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC, (1) or in any event, by failing to inform the Commission thereof, the Czech Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 18 of that directive;










—


order Czech Republic to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The period for implementing the directive into domestic law expired on 24 March 2008.


(1)  OJ 2006 L 64, p. 37.
Case C-333/09: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 November 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil de prud’hommes de Caen — France) — Sophie Noël v SCP Brouard Daude, liquidator in the judicial liquidation of Pronuptia Boutiques Province SA, Centre de Gestion et d'Étude AGS IDF EST (Preliminary reference — European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — Principle of equal treatment — Redundancy for economic reasons — No link with Community law — Lack of jurisdiction of the Court of Justice)
Date: 2009-11-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: France, equal treatment, fundamental rights, human rights, international convention, interpretation of the law, labour law








C_2010051EN.01001701.xml










27.2.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 51/17





Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 November 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil de prud’hommes de Caen — France) — Sophie Noël v SCP Brouard Daude, liquidator in the judicial liquidation of Pronuptia Boutiques Province SA, Centre de Gestion et d'Étude AGS IDF EST
(Case C-333/09) (1)

(Preliminary reference - European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - Principle of equal treatment - Redundancy for economic reasons - No link with Community law - Lack of jurisdiction of the Court of Justice)
2010/C 51/27
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Conseil de prud’hommes of Caen — France

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Sophie Noël

Defendant: SCP Brouard Daude, liquidator in the judicial liquidation of Pronuptia Boutiques Province SA, Centre de Gestion et d'Étude AGS IDF EST

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Conseil de Prud’hommes (Labour Tribunal) of Caen (France) — Interpretation of Article 14 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms — Interpretation of Article 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — Redundancy for economic reasons — Redundancy for personnel reasons — National provisions presumed contrary the abovementioned standards — Breach of the principle of equal treatment

Operative part

The Court of Justice of the European Communities clearly has no jurisdiction to answer the questions put by the Conseil de Prud’hommes of Caen by decision of 11 June 2009.


(1)  OJ C 256, 24.10.2009.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5709 — Volkswagen/MAHAG) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-11-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, marketing, merger control, motor car, motor vehicle industry, retail selling, vehicle parts








C_2009286EN.01000801.xml










27.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 286/8





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5709 — Volkswagen/MAHAG)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 286/05






1.


On 18 November 2009 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1), by which Volkswagen AG (Germany) intends to acquire control over MAHAG Münchener Automobil-Handel Haberl GmbH & Co. KG (‘MAHAG KG’, Germany) through the purchase of securities, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the above-mentioned Council Regulation.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Volkswagen AG: Development, manufacture and sale of cars and light commercial vehicles, as well as spare parts and accessories,










—


MAHAG KG: Retail distribution of new and used vehicles (cars and light commercial vehicles), retail distribution of spare parts for cars, and accessories for providing car-related services.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.










4.


The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301 or 22967244) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5709 — Volkswagen/MAHAG, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1155/2009 of 27 November 2009 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Truskawka kaszubska/kaszëbskô malëna (PGI))
Date: 2009-11-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Poland, designation of origin, location of production, product designation, soft fruit








L_2009313EN.01005701.xml










28.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 313/57








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1155/2009
of 27 November 2009
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Truskawka kaszubska/kaszëbskô malëna (PGI))


THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Poland’s application to register the name ‘Truskawka kaszubska’/‘kaszëbskô malëna’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, that name should therefore be entered in the register,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the Register.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 November 2009.


For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.

(2)  
            OJ C 89, 18.4.2009, p. 4.




ANNEX
Agricultural products intended for human consumption listed in Annex I to the Treaty:

Class 1.6.   Fruit, vegetables and cereals, fresh or processed

POLAND
Truskawka kaszubska/kaszëbskô malëna (PGI)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-11-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2009286EN.01000201.xml










27.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 286/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

26 November 2009
2009/C 286/02

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,5071




JPY


Japanese yen


130,70




DKK


Danish krone


7,4418




GBP


Pound sterling


0,91100




SEK


Swedish krona


10,4548




CHF


Swiss franc


1,5098




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,5000




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


26,188




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


269,77




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7089




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1245




RON


Romanian leu


4,2785




TRY


Turkish lira


2,2797




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6436




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5882




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


11,6802




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,0987




SGD


Singapore dollar


2,0827




KRW


South Korean won


1 742,13




ZAR


South African rand


11,2328




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


10,2882




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3240




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 233,28




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,1068




PHP


Philippine peso


70,548




RUB


Russian rouble


43,8310




THB


Thai baht


49,971




BRL


Brazilian real


2,6132




MXN


Mexican peso


19,4200




INR


Indian rupee


69,9970






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.