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Case T-478/14: Action brought on 26 June 2014  — Industrias Espadafor and Others v Commission
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, domestic market, hire purchase, investment








C_2014261EN.01005002.xml










11.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/50





Action brought on 26 June 2014 — Industrias Espadafor and Others v Commission
(Case T-478/14)
2014/C 261/79
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicants: Industrias Espadafor, SA (Granada, Spain); Tutichip, SAU (Barcelona, Spain); Locales, Actividades y Exclusivas Comerciales, SA (Vigo, Spain); RNB, SL (La Pobla de Vallbona, Spain); and Inversiones Antaviana, SA (Valencia, Spain) (represented by: J.L. Buendía Sierra, E. Abad Valdenebro, R. Calvo Salinero, and A. Lamadrid de Pablo, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the General Court should:






—


annul the contested decision in so far as it categorises the measures which, according to that decision, together constitute the ‘Spanish Tax Lease System’ as new State aid that is incompatible with the internal market;










—


in the alternative, annul Articles 1 and 4 of the contested decision, which identify the investors in the Economic Interest Groupings (EIGs) as the beneficiaries of the alleged aid and as the sole addressees of the order for recovery;










—


in the alternative, annul Article 4 of the contested decision, in so far as it orders recovery of the alleged aid;










—


annul Article 4 of the contested decision, in so far as it makes a determination as to the lawfulness of private contracts between the investors and other entities; and










—


order the Commission to pay the costs of these proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and main arguments are those raised in Case T-700/13 Bankia v Commission.
Case T-484/14: Action brought on 26 June 2014  — Monthisa Residencial v Commission
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, domestic market, hire purchase, investment








C_2014261EN.01005202.xml










11.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/52





Action brought on 26 June 2014 — Monthisa Residencial v Commission
(Case T-484/14)
2014/C 261/82
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Monthisa Residencial, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: F. de Artíñano Rodríguez de Torres and J. Martínez Muro, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision in so far as it categorises the measures which, according to that decision, together constitute the ‘Spanish Tax Lease System’ as new State aid that is incompatible with the internal market;










—


in the alternative, annul Articles 1 and 4 of the contested decision, which identify the investors in the Economic Interest Groupings (EIGs) as beneficiaries of the alleged aid and as the sole addressees of the order for recovery;










—


in the alternative, annul Article 4 of the contested decision in so far as it orders recovery of the alleged aid in breach of general principles of EU law;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs of these proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and main arguments are similar to those put forward in Case T-700/13 Bankia v Commission.
In particular, it is alleged that Article 107(1) TFEU and the general principle of EU law relating to the protection of legitimate expectations have been infringed.
Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General block exemption Regulation))
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Norway, State aid, aid to undertakings, common market, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises, vocational training








C_2014196EN.01000701.xml










26.6.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 196/7





Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General block exemption Regulation))
(2014/C 196/06)
PART I







Aid reference


GBER 3/2014/TRA




EFTA State


Norway




Granting authority


Name


Innovation Norway




Address







PO Box 448 Sentrum




N-0104 Oslo




NORWAY








Webpage


www.innovationnorway.com




Title of the aid measure


Bioenergy Scheme




National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication)


State budget, Green paper 1 S (2013–2014) Proposition to the Parliament (proposal for parliamentary resolution) Ch. 1150 item 50, page 115 and ch. 1149 item 73, page 110 (1)

http://www.regjeringen.no/pages/38489957/PDFS/PRP201320140001LMDDDDPDFS.pdf




Web link to the full text of the aid measure


http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/Landbruk/Tjenester/Bioenergi/Bioenergiprogrammet/




Type of measure


Scheme


Yes




Amendment of an existing aid measure


The listed scheme will expire.


GBER 3/2009/TRA expired 1.1.2014




Duration


Scheme


1.2.2014-31.12.2014




Economic sector(s) concerned


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid


Yes




Type of beneficiary


SME


Yes




Large enterprises


Yes




Budget


Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme


NOK 2 million per year




Aid instrument
(Art. 5)


Grant


Yes







PART II








General Objectives (list)


Objectives (list)


Maximum aid intensity in % or Maximum aid amount in NOK


SME
— bonuses in %




Training aid
(Art. 38-39)


Specific training
(Art. 38(1))


25 %


 




General training
(Art. 38(2))


60 %


 






(1)  Prop. 1 S (2013–2014) Proposisjon til Stortinget (forslag til stortingsvedtak) Kap. 1150 post 50, side 115 og Kap 1149 post 73, side 110.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2014196EN.01000101.xml










26.6.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 196/1





Euro exchange rates (1)

25 June 2014
(2014/C 196/01)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3615




JPY


Japanese yen


138,73




DKK


Danish krone


7,4550




GBP


Pound sterling


0,80225




SEK


Swedish krona


9,1734




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2168




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,3585




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,435




HUF


Hungarian forint


307,23




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1504




RON


Romanian leu


4,3925




TRY


Turkish lira


2,9135




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4539




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4620




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,5537




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5652




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7028




KRW


South Korean won


1 387,97




ZAR


South African rand


14,4494




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,4884




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5765




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 458,09




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,3902




PHP


Philippine peso


59,714




RUB


Russian rouble


45,9875




THB


Thai baht


44,208




BRL


Brazilian real


3,0133




MXN


Mexican peso


17,7689




INR


Indian rupee


81,8704






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-20/13: Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2014  — Marcuccio v Commission (Appeal — Civil service — Officials — Pensions and invalidity allowance — Retirement on grounds of invalidity — Invalidity Committee — Composition — Appointment of doctors — Failure on the part of the official concerned to appoint the second doctor — The second doctor appointed by the President of the Court of Justice — Appointment of a third doctor by common accord between the first and second doctors appointed — Article 7 of Annex II to the Staff Regulations — Action at first instance dismissed after referral back by the General Court)
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: damages, disability insurance, indemnification, pension scheme








C_2014282EN.01003202.xml










25.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 282/32





Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2014 — Marcuccio v Commission
(Case T-20/13) (1)

((Appeal - Civil service - Officials - Pensions and invalidity allowance - Retirement on grounds of invalidity - Invalidity Committee - Composition - Appointment of doctors - Failure on the part of the official concerned to appoint the second doctor - The second doctor appointed by the President of the Court of Justice - Appointment of a third doctor by common accord between the first and second doctors appointed - Article 7 of Annex II to the Staff Regulations - Action at first instance dismissed after referral back by the General Court))
2014/C 282/42
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Appellant: Luigi Marcuccio (Tricase, Italy) (represented by: G. Cipressa, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall, C. Berardis-Kayser and G. Gattinara, Agents, and A. Dal Ferro, lawyer)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union (Frist Chamber) of 6 November 2012 in Case F-41/06 RENV Marcuccio v Commission, not published in the ECR, seeking to have that judgment set aside.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Mr Luigi Marcuccio to bear his own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission in the appeal proceedings.






(1)  OJ C 71, 9.3.2013.
Case T-477/14: Action brought on 26 June 2014  — Caamaño Sistemas Metálicos and Others v Commission
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, domestic market, hire purchase, investment








C_2014261EN.01005001.xml










11.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/50





Action brought on 26 June 2014 — Caamaño Sistemas Metálicos and Others v Commission
(Case T-477/14)
2014/C 261/78
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicants: Caamaño Sistemas Metálicos, SL (Coruña, Spain); Blumaq, SA (Castellón, Spain); Grupo Ibérica de Congelados, SA (Vigo, Spain); and Inversiones Rentaragon, SA (Zaragoza, Spain) (represented by: J.L. Buendía Sierra, E. Abad Valdenebro, R. Calvo Salinero, and A. Lamadrid de Pablo, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the General Court should:






—


annul the contested decision in so far as it categorises the measures which, according to that decision, together constitute the ‘Spanish Tax Lease System’ as new State aid that is incompatible with the internal market;










—


in the alternative, annul Articles 1 and 4 of the contested decision, which identify the investors in the Economic Interest Groupings (EIGs) as the beneficiaries of the alleged aid and as the sole addressees of the order for recovery;










—


in the alternative, annul Article 4 of the contested decision, in so far as it orders recovery of the alleged aid;










—


annul Article 4 of the contested decision, in so far as it makes a determination as to the lawfulness of private contracts between the investors and other entities; and










—


order the Commission to pay the costs of these proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and main arguments are those raised in Case T-700/13 Bankia v Commission.
Case T-485/14: Action brought on 26 June 2014 — Bon Net v OHIM — Aldi (Bon Appétit!)
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, supermarket, trade-mark law








C_2014261EN.01005301.xml










11.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/53





Action brought on 26 June 2014 — Bon Net v OHIM — Aldi (Bon Appétit!)
(Case T-485/14)
2014/C 261/83
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Bon Net OOD (Sofia, Bulgaria) (represented by: A. Ivanova, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Aldi GmbH & Co. KG (Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


Annul the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 14 April 2014 given in Case R 1199/2013-2.





Pleas in law and main arguments


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

Community trade mark concerned: The figurative mark in colours red, white and blue containing the verbal elements ‘Bon Appétit!’ for goods in Class 29 — Community trade mark application No 8 6 93  764

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

Mark or sign cited in opposition: National trade mark registrations

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 Article 8(1)(b) CTMR.
Case T-621/13: Order of the General Court of 26 June 2014  — Pell Amar Cosmetics v OHIM — Alva Management (Pell amar dr. Ionescu — Calinesti)
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cosmetic product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2014315EN.01007204.xml










15.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 315/72





Order of the General Court of 26 June 2014 — Pell Amar Cosmetics v OHIM — Alva Management (Pell amar dr. Ionescu — Calinesti)
(Case T-621/13) (1)

2014/C 315/120
Language of the case: English
The President of the Seventh Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 31, 1.2.2014.
Case C-264/12: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 June 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal do Trabalho do Porto — Portugal) — Sindicato Nacional dos Profissionais de Seguros e Afins v Fidelidade Mundial — Companhia de Seguros, SA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — National legislation establishing salary reductions for certain public sector workers — No implementation of EU law — Manifest lack of jurisdiction of the Court of Justice)
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU law - national law, civil servant, jurisdiction, pay cut








C_2014315EN.01002601.xml










15.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 315/26





Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 June 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal do Trabalho do Porto — Portugal) — Sindicato Nacional dos Profissionais de Seguros e Afins v Fidelidade Mundial — Companhia de Seguros, SA
(Case C-264/12) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - National legislation establishing salary reductions for certain public sector workers - No implementation of EU law - Manifest lack of jurisdiction of the Court of Justice))
2014/C 315/39
Language of the case: Portuguese

Referring court

Tribunal do Trabalho do Porto

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Sindicato Nacional dos Profissionais de Seguros e Afins

Defendant: Fidelidade Mundial — Companhia de Seguros, SA

Operative part of the order

The Court of Justice of the European Union manifestly lacks jurisdiction with regard to the request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal do Trabalho do Porto (Portugal), made by decision of 22 May 2012 (Case C-264/12).


(1)  OJ C 209, 14.7.2012.
Case T-372/11: Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2014  — Basic v OHIM — Repsol YPF (basic) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark basic — Earlier Community figurative mark BASIC — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the services — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, oil industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2014261EN.01002202.xml










11.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/22





Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2014 — Basic v OHIM — Repsol YPF (basic)
(Case T-372/11) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark basic - Earlier Community figurative mark BASIC - Relative ground for refusal - Similarity of the services - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
2014/C 261/44
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Basic AG Lebensmittelhandel (Munich, Germany) (represented by: D. Altenburg and H. Bickel, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Repsol YPF, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J.-B. Devaureix, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 31 March 2011 (Case R 1440/2010-1), concerning opposition proceedings between Repsol YPF SA and Basic AG Lebensmittelhandel.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)


Dismisses the action;










2)


Orders Basic AG Lebensmittelhandel to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 269, 10.9.2011.