do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-662/11: Action brought on 28 December 2011 — Müller v OHIM — Loncar (Sunless)
Date: 2011-12-28
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, man-made fibre, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2012049EN.01003202.xml










18.2.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 49/32





Action brought on 28 December 2011 — Müller v OHIM — Loncar (Sunless)
(Case T-662/11)
2012/C 49/58
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Thomas Müller (Gütersloh, Germany) (represented by: J. Schmidt, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Loncar, SL (Sabadell (Barcelona), Spain)

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 27 September 2011 in Case R 2508/2010-2;










—


order the defendant to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Applicant for a Community trade mark: Thomas Müller

Community trade mark concerned: Figurative mark containing the word element ‘Sunless’, for goods in Classes 6, 19, 22 and 24.

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Loncar, SL

Mark or sign cited in opposition: Word marks ‘SUNLESS’ and ‘LONCAR-SUNLESS’ for goods in Classes 22, 23 and 24 and ropes, string, nets, tents, awnings, tarpaulins, sails, sacks and bags (not included in other classes); padding and stuffing materials (except of rubber or plastics); raw fibrous textile materials.

Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition allowed.

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed.

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 as there is no likelihood of confusion between the marks at issue.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6432 — DSM/Roquette/JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, food industry, merger control, pharmaceutical industry, starch








C_2011379EN.01000101.xml










28.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 379/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6432 — DSM/Roquette/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 379/01
On 19 December 2011, 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 English 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 32011M6432. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2011-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2011379EN.01000301.xml










28.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 379/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

27 December 2011
2011/C 379/04

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3069




JPY


Japanese yen


101,75




DKK


Danish krone


7,4330




GBP


Pound sterling


0,83350




SEK


Swedish krona


8,9735




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2210




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,7945




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,785




HUF


Hungarian forint


305,53




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6974




PLN


Polish zloty


4,4040




RON


Romanian leu


4,2900




TRY


Turkish lira


2,4831




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2862




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3322




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,1636




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6886




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6941




KRW


South Korean won


1 510,58




ZAR


South African rand


10,6617




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,2631




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5173




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 029,60




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,1474




PHP


Philippine peso


57,202




RUB


Russian rouble


40,8770




THB


Thai baht


41,089




BRL


Brazilian real


2,4273




MXN


Mexican peso


18,1051




INR


Indian rupee


69,1840






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6357 — Koninklijke Philips/Indal Group)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical engineering, electronics industry, merger control, product diversification








C_2011379EN.01000102.xml










28.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 379/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6357 — Koninklijke Philips/Indal Group)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 379/02
On 23 November 2011, 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 English 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 32011M6357. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case T-667/11: Action brought on 28 December 2011 — Veloss and Attimedia v Parliament
Date: 2011-12-28
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: award of contract, indemnification, infringement of EU law, invitation to tender, translation








C_2012058EN.01001501.xml










25.2.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 58/15





Action brought on 28 December 2011 — Veloss and Attimedia v Parliament
(Case T-667/11)
2012/C 58/28
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Veloss International SA (Brussels, Belgium) and Attimedia SA (Brussels) (represented by: N. Korogiannakis, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of the European Parliament to select the bid of the applicants filed in response to the open call for tenders no EL/2011/EU ‘Translation into Greek’ (1), as second on the list of successful tenders, communicated to the applicants by letter dated 18 October 2011 and all related decisions taken subsequently by the defendant, including the one to award the respective contract to the first successful tender;










—


Order the European Parliament to pay damages to the applicants for loss of opportunity and reputational damage in the amount of 10 000 EUR (euros);










—


Order the European Parliament to pay legal and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with the present application, even if it is dismissed by the General Court.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicants rely on five pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging






—


that the evaluation committee systematically mixed the selection and award criteria and various phases of the tendering procedure;














2.


Second plea in law, alleging






—


that the European Parliament infringed Article 100 (2) of the Financial Regulation (2) by not disclosing to the applicants the financial offer of the successful tender, in spite of their written request;














3.


Third plea in law, alleging






—


various shortcomings of the evaluation method applied by the evaluation committee and further, contesting composition of the latter, lack of effectiveness on its part;














4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging






—


vagueness and unsuitability of the selection and award criteria and taking into account the criteria which have not been notified to the tenderers;














5.


Fifth plea in law, alleging






—


that the evaluation committee failed to request the proof of the educational profile and the translation experience of the tenderers’ staff.










(1)  OJ 2011/S 56-090374

(2)  Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25.6.2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6464 — Sony/Sony Ericsson) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronics industry, merger control, mobile phone








C_2011379EN.01000401.xml










28.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 379/4





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6464 — Sony/Sony Ericsson)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 379/05






1.


On 19 December 2011 the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Sony Corporation (‘Sony’, Japan) acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, control of the whole of the undertaking Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication AB (‘Sony Ericsson’, Sweden) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Sony Corporation: the operation of various businesses, including electronic consumer products (e.g. audio, video, television, information, and communications equipment; semiconductors; and components), games (e.g., game consoles and software), entertainment (e.g., motion pictures and television programming), financial services (e.g., life insurance and banking),










—


for Sony Ericsson: the development, manufacture, and sale of mobile phones.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the EC Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.










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), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6464 — Sony/Sony Ericsson, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




J-70




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32 (‘Notice on a simplified procedure’).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2011-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2011379EN.01000201.xml










28.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 379/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

23 December 2011
2011/C 379/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3057




JPY


Japanese yen


101,93




DKK


Danish krone


7,4339




GBP


Pound sterling


0,8331




SEK


Swedish krona


8,9648




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2221




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,782




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,839




HUF


Hungarian forint


306,89




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6965




PLN


Polish zloty


4,4397




RON


Romanian leu


4,296




TRY


Turkish lira


2,4765




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2852




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3309




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,1544




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6862




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6885




KRW


South Korean won


1 502,81




ZAR


South African rand


10,6581




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,2742




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,519




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 824,07




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,1188




PHP


Philippine peso


56,794




RUB


Russian rouble


40,77




THB


Thai baht


40,881




BRL


Brazilian real


2,4234




MXN


Mexican peso


18,0402




INR


Indian rupee


69,013






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