do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-295/12 P: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 10 July 2014  — Telefónica SA Telefónica de España SAU v European Commission, France Telecom España, SA, Asociación de Usuarios de Servicios Bancarios (Ausbanc Consumo), European Competitive Telecommunications Association (Article 102 TFEU — Abuse of dominant position — Spanish markets for access to broadband internet — Margin squeeze — Article 263 TFEU — Review of legality — Article 261 TFEU — Unlimited jurisdiction — Article 47 of the Charter — Principle of effective judicial protection — Review exercising powers of unlimited jurisdiction — Amount of the fine — Principle of proportionality — Principle of non-discrimination)
Date: 2014-07-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Internet, dominant position, equal treatment, fine, jurisdiction, principle of proportionality, right to justice








C_2014315EN.01000301.xml










15.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 315/3





Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 10 July 2014 — Telefónica SA Telefónica de España SAU v European Commission, France Telecom España, SA, Asociación de Usuarios de Servicios Bancarios (Ausbanc Consumo), European Competitive Telecommunications Association
(Case C-295/12 P) (1)

((Article 102 TFEU - Abuse of dominant position - Spanish markets for access to broadband internet - Margin squeeze - Article 263 TFEU - Review of legality - Article 261 TFEU - Unlimited jurisdiction - Article 47 of the Charter - Principle of effective judicial protection - Review exercising powers of unlimited jurisdiction - Amount of the fine - Principle of proportionality - Principle of non-discrimination))
2014/C 315/03
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Appellants: Telefónica SA, Telefónica de España SAU (represented by: F. González Díaz and B. Holles, abogados)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, É. Gippini Fournier and C. Urraca Caviedes, Agents), France Telecom España, SA (represented by: H. Brokelmann and M. Ganino, abogados), Asociación de Usuarios de Servicios Bancarios (Ausbanc Consumo), (represented by: L. Pineda Salido and I. Cámara Rubio, abogados), European Competitive Telecommunications Association, (represented by: A. Salerno and B. Cortese, avvocati)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Telefónica SA and Telefónica de España SAU to pay the costs;










3.


Orders France Telecom España, SA, Asociación de Usuarios de Servicios Bancarios (Ausbanc Consumo) and the European Competitive Telecommunications Association to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 243, 11.8.2012.
Joined Cases C-325/13 P and C-326/13 P: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 10 July 2014  — Peek & Cloppenburg KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Peek & Cloppenburg KG (Appeals — Community trade mark — Word mark Peek & Cloppenburg — Opposition by another proprietor of the business name ‘Peek & Cloppenburg’  — Refusal of registration)
Date: 2014-07-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2014315EN.01001801.xml










15.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 315/18





Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 10 July 2014 — Peek & Cloppenburg KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Peek & Cloppenburg KG
(Joined Cases C-325/13 P and C-326/13 P) (1)

((Appeals - Community trade mark - Word mark Peek & Cloppenburg - Opposition by another proprietor of the business name ‘Peek & Cloppenburg’ - Refusal of registration))
2014/C 315/25
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: Peek & Cloppenburg KG (represented by: P. Langue, Rechtsanwalt)

Other parties to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, acting as Agent), Peek & Cloppenburg KG (represented by: A. Renck, Rechtsanwalt)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeals;










2.


Orders Peek & Cloppenburg KG, established in Düsseldorf (Germany), to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 245, 24.8.2013.
Case C-421/12: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 July 2014  — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Consumer protection — Unfair commercial practices — Directive 2005/29/EC — Complete harmonisation — Exclusion of the professions, dentists and physiotherapists — Rules governing the announcement of price reductions — Restriction or prohibition of certain types of itinerant trading activities)
Date: 2014-07-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Belgium, consumer protection, dentist, door-to-door selling, infringement of EU law, liberal profession, reduced price, restriction on competition, trade event








C_2014315EN.01000501.xml










15.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 315/5





Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 July 2014 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium
(Case C-421/12) (1)

((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Consumer protection - Unfair commercial practices - Directive 2005/29/EC - Complete harmonisation - Exclusion of the professions, dentists and physiotherapists - Rules governing the announcement of price reductions - Restriction or prohibition of certain types of itinerant trading activities))
2014/C 315/06
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: M. van Beek and by M. Owsiany-Hornung, Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: T. Materne and J.-C. Halleux, acting as Agents, assisted by É. Balate, avocat)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that:






—


by excluding members of a profession and dentists and physiotherapists from the scope of the Law of 14 July 1991 on commercial practices, consumer information and consumer protection, as amended by the Law of 5 June 2007, transposing in national law Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’),










—


by maintaining in force Articles 20, 21 and 29 of the Law of 6 April 2010 on market practices and consumer protection, and










—


by maintaining in force Article 4(3) of the Law of 25 June 1993 on the exercise and organisation of travelling trading and fairground activities, as amended by the Law of 4 July 2005 and Article 5(1) of the Royal Decree of 24 September 2006 concerning the exercise and organisation of travelling trading activities,




the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 2(b) and (d), 3 and 4 of Directive 2005/29.










2.


Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 355, 17.11.2012.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7309 — Bridgepoint/EdRCP)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-07-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial services, health care, investment company, means of communication, merger control, packaging product








C_2014217EN.01003501.xml










10.7.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 217/35





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7309 — Bridgepoint/EdRCP)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/C 217/12)






1.


On 27 June 2014, 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 Bridgepoint Advisers Group Limited (‘Bridgepoint’, United Kingdom) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, control of the whole of Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners (‘EdRCP’, France), by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Bridgepoint: private equity fund controlling a number of entities active in a wide range of industry sectors across the EEA, among others financial services, media and healthcare (including the provision of ophthalmic and dental surgical services in hospitals),
—   for EdRCP: private equity fund holding interests in a number of portfolio companies, active in a wide range of sectors across the EEA and in particular packaging and healthcare products (including the supply of ophthalmic surgical products, dental equipment, dental consumables, dental imaging products and medical devices).










3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. 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), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7309 — Bridgepoint/EdRCP, 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 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).
Case T-519/14: Action brought on 10 July 2014  — Grupo Morera & Vallejo and DSA v Commission
Date: 2014-07-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, contract terms, control of State aid, hire purchase, indemnification, investment, powers of the institutions (EU), principle of legal certainty, reimbursement of aid








C_2014303EN.01004902.xml










8.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 303/49





Action brought on 10 July 2014 — Grupo Morera & Vallejo and DSA v Commission
(Case T-519/14)
2014/C 303/58
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicants: Grupo Morera & Vallejo, SL (Seville, Spain) and DSA, Defensa y Servicios del Asegurado, SA (Seville, Spain) (represented by: E. Navarro Varona, P. Vidal Martínez and G. Canalejo Lasarte, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the General Court should:






—


annul the contested decision under Article 263 TFEU in so far as it declares the existence of State aid and orders its recovery from the investors in the Economic Interest Groupings (EIGs);










—


in the alternative, annul Articles 1, 2 and 4.1 of the decision in so far as they describe the investors as beneficiaries that must reimburse the alleged aid;










—


in the alternative, declare void the provision made in Article 4.1 of the decision, in fine, ordering recovery of the alleged aid, for infringement of the principles of legal certainty and of the protection of legitimate expectations, since recovery of the aid cannot be ordered with effect from before the publication of the decision to open formal proceedings;










—


in the alternative, annul Article 2 of the decision and declare unlawful the methodology, set out in paragraphs 263 and 167 of the decision, used to determine the alleged advantage to be reimbursed by the investors, which should have been adjusted in order to take certain deductions into account;










—


declare inoperative, or in the alternative, annul in part Article 4.1 of the decision relating to the prohibition of ‘transfer[ring] the burden of recovery on other subjects’, in so far as it entails a ruling on the prohibition or supposed invalidity of the contractual terms allowing recourse against third parties in respect of the amounts that the investors are required to reimburse to Spain; and










—


order the European Commission to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and main arguments are similar to those raised in Case T-401/14 Duro Felguera v Commission, Case T-700/13 Bankia v Commission and Case T-500/14 Derivados del Flúor v Commission
2014/466/CFSP: Political and Security Committee Decision EUFOR RCA/4/2014 of 10 July 2014 on the acceptance of a third State's contribution to the European Union military operation in the Central African Republic (EUFOR RCA)
Date: 2014-07-10
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: Central African Republic, EU military mission, Türkiye, military cooperation




L_2014212EN.01001101.xml










18.7.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 212/11








            POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION EUFOR RCA/4/2014
of 10 July 2014
         
on the acceptance of a third State's contribution to the European Union military operation in the Central African Republic (EUFOR RCA)

(2014/466/CFSP)



THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 38 thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision 2014/73/CFSP of 10 February 2014 on a European Union military operation in the Central African Republic (EUFOR RCA) (1), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 8(2) of Decision 2014/73/CFSP, the Council authorised the Political and Security Committee (PSC) to take the relevant decisions on the acceptance of proposed contributions by third States.












(2)


Following the recommendation on a contribution from Turkey by the EUFOR RCA EU Operation Commander and the advice from the European Union Military Committee, the contribution from Turkey to the European Union military operation in the Central African Republic (EUFOR RCA) should be accepted.












(3)


In accordance with Article 5 of Protocol No 22 on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark does not participate in the elaboration and implementation of decisions and actions of the Union which have defence implications,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1

1.   The contribution from Turkey to EUFOR RCA is accepted and is considered to be significant.


2.   Turkey is exempted from financial contributions to the budget of EUFOR RCA.



Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 10 July 2014.


For the Political and Security Committee


The Chairperson

W. STEVENS
            





(1)  
            OJ L 40, 11.2.2014, p. 59.
Case F-48/13: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 10 July 2014  — CW v Parliament (Civil service — Officials — Staff report — Opinions and comments included in the staff report — Manifest errors of assessment — Misuse of powers — None)
Date: 2014-07-10
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European official, abuse of power, report, staff assessment








C_2014421EN.01005101.xml










24.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 421/51





Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 10 July 2014 — CW v Parliament
(Case F-48/13) (1)

((Civil service - Officials - Staff report - Opinions and comments included in the staff report - Manifest errors of assessment - Misuse of powers - None))
2014/C 421/71
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: CW (represented by: C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: M. Dean and S. Alves, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the applicant’s staff report for 2011.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders CW to bear her own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Parliament.






(1)  OJ C 207, 20.7.2013, p. 63.
Case C-421/13: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 July 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundespatentgericht (Germany)) — Apple Inc. v Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Trade marks — Directive 2008/95/EC — Articles 2 and 3 — Signs capable of constituting a trade mark — Distinctive character — Representation, by design, of the layout of a flagship store — Registration as a trade mark for ‘services’ connected with the products on sale in such a store)
Date: 2014-07-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, Germany, consumer information, interpretation of the law, registered trade mark, retail trade, trade-mark law








C_2014315EN.01002002.xml










15.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 315/20





Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 July 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundespatentgericht (Germany)) — Apple Inc. v Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt
(Case C-421/13) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Trade marks - Directive 2008/95/EC - Articles 2 and 3 - Signs capable of constituting a trade mark - Distinctive character - Representation, by design, of the layout of a flagship store - Registration as a trade mark for ‘services’ connected with the products on sale in such a store))
2014/C 315/30
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundespatentgericht

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Apple Inc.

Defendant: Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt

Operative part of the judgment

Articles 2 and 3 of Directive 2008/95 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks must be interpreted as meaning that the representation, by a design alone, without indicating the size or the proportions, of the layout of a retail store, may be registered as a trade mark for services consisting in services relating to those goods but which do not form an integral part of the offer for sale thereof, provided that the sign is capable of distinguishing the services of the applicant for registration from those of other undertakings; and, that registration is not precluded by any of the grounds for refusal set out in that directive.


(1)  OJ C 313, 26.10.2013.
Case F-115/11: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 10 July 2014  — CG v EIB (Civil Service — Staff of the EIB — Appointment — Post of Head of division — Appointment of a candidate other than the applicant — Irregularities in the selection procedure — Duty of impartiality on the members of the selection board — Blameworthy conduct by the president of the selection board towards the applicant — Conflict of interests — Oral presentation made by all candidates — Documents provided for the oral presentation likely to favour one of the candidates — Candidate having taken part in the drafting of the documents provided — Infringement of the principle of equal treatment — Action for annulment — Claim for compensation)
Date: 2014-07-10
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Investment Bank, European official, appointment of staff, candidate, conflict of interest, damages, equal treatment, indemnification, provision of documents








C_2014421EN.01004701.xml










24.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 421/47





Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 10 July 2014 — CG v EIB
(Case F-115/11) (1)

((Civil Service - Staff of the EIB - Appointment - Post of Head of division - Appointment of a candidate other than the applicant - Irregularities in the selection procedure - Duty of impartiality on the members of the selection board - Blameworthy conduct by the president of the selection board towards the applicant - Conflict of interests - Oral presentation made by all candidates - Documents provided for the oral presentation likely to favour one of the candidates - Candidate having taken part in the drafting of the documents provided - Infringement of the principle of equal treatment - Action for annulment - Claim for compensation))
2014/C 421/65
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: CG (represented initially by: N. Thieltgen, lawyer, and subsequently by: J.-N. Louis and D. de Abreu Caldas, lawyers)

Defendant: European Investment Bank (EIB) (represented by: G. Nuvoli and T. Gilliams, acting as Agents, and A. Dal Ferro, lawyer)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision of the President of the EIB not to appoint the applicant but another candidate to the post of head of a division within the EIB and a claim for damages.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:






1.


Annuls the decision of the President of the European Investment Bank of 28 July 2011 appointing Mr A. to the post of Head of the Risk Policy and Pricing Division;










2.


Orders the European Investment Bank to pay CG the sum of EUR 25  000;










3.


Dismisses the remainder of the action;










4.


Orders the European Investment Bank to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by CG.






(1)  OJ C 6, 7.1.2012, p. 28.
Case T-376/12: Judgment of the General Court of 10 July 2014  — Greece v Commission (EAGGF — ‘Guarantee’ section — EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Dried grapes — Wine — Expenditure incurred by Greece — One-off financial correction — Method of calculating — Nature of the procedure for clearance of accounts — Link with expenditure financed by the European Union)
Date: 2014-07-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EAGF, Greece, dried product, principle of legal certainty, principle of proportionality, rights of the defence, vineyard








C_2014292EN.01003701.xml










1.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 292/37





Judgment of the General Court of 10 July 2014 — Greece v Commission
(Case T-376/12) (1)

((EAGGF - ‘Guarantee’ section - EAGF and EAFRD - Expenditure excluded from financing - Dried grapes - Wine - Expenditure incurred by Greece - One-off financial correction - Method of calculating - Nature of the procedure for clearance of accounts - Link with expenditure financed by the European Union))
2014/C 292/44
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: I. Chalkias, E. Leftheriotou and S. Papaïoannou, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Triantafyllou and H. Tserepa-Lacombe, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Implementing Decision 2012/336/EU of 22 June 2011 on excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2012 L 165, p. 83), in so far as that decision concerns the dried grapes sector, in respect of financial years 2007, 2008 and 2009, and the wine sector of the Hellenic Republic.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Commission Implementing Decision 2012/336/EU of 22 June 2011 on excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in so far as it imposes on the Hellenic Republic a one-off financial correction for the wine sector;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 331, 27.10.2012.