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Case T-540/08: Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2014  — Esso and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Paraffin waxes market — Slack wax market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price fixing and market sharing — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Duration of the infringement — Equal treatment — Proportionality — Unlimited jurisdiction)
Date: 2014-07-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: equal treatment, fine, paraffin, price agreement








C_2014292EN.01002302.xml










1.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 292/23





Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2014 — Esso and Others v Commission
(Case T-540/08) (1)

((Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Paraffin waxes market - Slack wax market - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Price fixing and market sharing - 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines - Duration of the infringement - Equal treatment - Proportionality - Unlimited jurisdiction))
2014/C 292/28
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Esso Société anonyme française (Courbevoie, France); Esso Deutschland GmbH (Hamburg, Germany); ExxonMobil Petroleum and Chemical BVBA (Antwerp, Belgium); and Exxon Mobil Corp. (West Trenton, New Jersey, United States) (represented by: R. Subiotto QC, R. Snelders, L.-P. Rudolf and M. Piergiovanni, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, Agent, and by M. Gray, Barrister)

Re:

Application for the partial annulment of Commission decision C(2008) 5476 final of 1 October 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/39.181 — Candle Waxes) and for the reduction of the fine it imposes on the applicants.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets the amount of the fine imposed on Esso Société anonyme française in Article 2 of Commission Decision C(2008) 5476 final of 1 October 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/39.181 — Candle Waxes) at EUR 6 2 7 12  895;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Esso Société anonyme française;










4.


Orders Esso Deutschland GmbH, ExxonMobil Petroleum and Chemical BVBA and Exxon Mobil Corp. to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 44, 21.2.2009.
Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2014/449/CFSP and Council Regulation (EU) No 748/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of the situation in South Sudan
Date: 2014-07-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: South Sudan, economic sanctions, international sanctions








C_2014219EN.01000501.xml










11.7.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 219/5





Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2014/449/CFSP and Council Regulation (EU) No 748/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of the situation in South Sudan
2014/C 219/08
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in the Annex to Council Decision 2014/449/CFSP (1) and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 748/2014 (2) concerning restrictive measures in respect of the situation in South Sudan.
The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons that appear in the abovementioned Annexes should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2014/449/CFSP and in Regulation (EU) No 748/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of the situation in South Sudan. The grounds for designations of those persons appear in the relevant entries in those Annexes.
The attention of the persons concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated in the websites in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 748/2014, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 6 of the Regulation).
The persons concerned may submit a request to the Council before 15 May 2015, together with supporting documentation that the decision to include them on the abovementioned list should be reconsidered to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




DG C 1C




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




E-mail: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu




Any observations received will be taken into account for the purpose of the Council’s next review, pursuant to Article 8 of Decision 2014/449/CFSP and Article 16(4) of Regulation (EU) No 748/2014 of the list of designated persons.
The attention of the persons concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council’s decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, second paragraph, and Article 263, fourth and sixth paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  OJ L 203, 11.7.2014, p. 13.

(2)  OJ L 203, 11.7.2014, p. 100.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7219 — Sonaci/DTS/Sonaci DT)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-07-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Angola, economic concentration, merger control, oil industry, public sector








C_2014219EN.01000202.xml










11.7.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 219/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7219 — Sonaci/DTS/Sonaci DT)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 219/04
On 3 July 2014, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in the English language 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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32014M7219. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-537/14: Action brought on 11 July 2014  — Laboratoire Nuxe v OHIM — NYX, Los Angeles (NYX)
Date: 2014-07-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cosmetic product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2014329EN.01002201.xml










22.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 329/22





Action brought on 11 July 2014 — Laboratoire Nuxe v OHIM — NYX, Los Angeles (NYX)
(Case T-537/14)
2014/C 329/30
Language in which the application was lodged: French

Parties


Applicant: Laboratoire Nuxe (Paris, France) (represented by: M. Antoine-Lalance, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: NYX, Los Angeles Inc. (California, United States)

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) of 8 April 2014 in Case R 1575/2013-5;










—


Order OHIM to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Applicant for a Community trade mark: NYX, Los Angeles Inc.

Community trade mark concerned: International registration designating the European Union of the figurative mark including the word element ‘NYX’ for goods in Class 3 — international registration designating the European Union No 1 1 0 52  316

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Applicant

Mark or sign cited in opposition: Word mark ‘NUXE’ for goods and services in Classes 3 and 44

Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition upheld

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Decision of the Opposition Division annulled and the opposition rejected

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7303 — PTTGC/Vencorex) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-07-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, economic concentration, energy industry, international trade, merger control, natural gas, oil industry








C_2014219EN.01001101.xml










11.7.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 219/11





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7303 — PTTGC/Vencorex)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 219/13






1.


On 2 July 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 PTTGC International B.V. (‘PTTGC’, Netherlands) ultimately controlled by PTT Public Company Limited (‘PTT Group’, Thailand) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, sole control of the whole of the undertaking Vencorex Holding S.A.S. (‘Vencorex’, France) by way of purchase of shares. Vencorex is currently jointly controlled by PTTGC and Perstorp Holding A.B (‘Perstorp’, Sweden).










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for PTT Group: active globally in the field of energy, natural gas, distribution of refined fuels, LPG and lubricating products, procurement, importation, exportation and international trading of crude oil, condensate, petroleum and petrochemical products as well as other specialty substances, production of downstream petrochemical products, refining, marketing and logistics of polymers,
—   for Vencorex: active globally in the manufacture of various chemical products among which toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and raffinates used primarily in the manufacturing of polyurethanes foams and coatings; Aliphatic diisocyanates (HDI and IPDI) used in performance coating applications; Chlor-alkali (chlorine and caustic soda).










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. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7303 — PTTGC/Vencorex, 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’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7249 — CVC/Parexgroup)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-07-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, distributive trades, economic concentration, investment company, merger control








C_2014219EN.01000102.xml










11.7.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 219/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7249 — CVC/Parexgroup)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 219/02
On 13 June 2014, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English language 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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32014M7249. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7254 — LetterOne/RWE Dea)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-07-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, economic concentration, energy industry, gas industry, investment company, merger control, oil industry, telecommunications industry








C_2014219EN.01000302.xml










11.7.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 219/3





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7254 — LetterOne/RWE Dea)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 219/06
On 3 July 2014, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in the English language 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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32014M7254. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-530/14: Action brought on 11 July 2014  — Verein StHD v OHIM (Representation of a black ribbon)
Date: 2014-07-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, euthanasia, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2014303EN.01005401.xml










8.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 303/54





Action brought on 11 July 2014 — Verein StHD v OHIM (Representation of a black ribbon)
(Case T-530/14)
2014/C 303/64
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Verein Sterbehilfe Deutschland (Verein StHD) (Zurich, Switzerland) (represented by P. Brauns, lawyer)

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

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the partial rejection of Community trade mark application No 1 1 6 24  483 of 13 August 2013 and the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 5 May 2014 in case R 1940/2013-4;










—


order that Community trade mark application No 1 1 6 24  483 (also) for the following services be allowed to proceed to registration:






—


35: News clipping services; Dissemination of advertisements; Direct mail advertising;










—


41: Publication of books; General public information work on the subject of ‘dying’ by events such as seminars, speaking tours and other training courses; Publication and editing of printed material on the subject of ‘dying’;










—


44: Advisory services relating to pharmaceutics; Medical assistance; Advisory services relating to health; Nursing care; Therapy services; Services of a psychologist;










—


45: Personal and social services, provided by third parties, regarding individual needs, namely family support, clinic support, disabled support, assisted dying, end-of-life care, end-of-life care through counselling; comfort and assistance for those affected and helpers, general life counselling with particular regard to the subject of ‘dying’, day-services, night watches, around the clock care, Sunday and public holiday services, advisory services nationwide, nursing services nationwide;














—


order the defendant to pay the costs of appeal proceedings R 1940/2013-4 and of the present proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Community trade mark concerned: Figurative mark representing a black ribbon for services in classes 35, 41, 44 and 45 — Community trade mark application No 1 1 6 24  483

Decision of the Examiner: Application rejected

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed

Pleas in law:







—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009;










—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b), (c) and (d) of Regulation No 207/2009;










—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(f) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T-151/11: Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2014  — Telefónica de España and Telefónica Móviles España v Commission (State aid — Public service broadcasting — Aid planned by Spain for RTVE — Alteration of the funding scheme — Replacement of advertising revenues by new taxes on television and telecommunication operators — Decision declaring the new funding scheme compatible with the internal market — Procedural rights — New aid — Alteration of the existing aid scheme — Fiscal measure constituting the method by which the aid measure is financed — Tax necessarily hypothecated to the aid — Direct impact of the revenue of the tax on the amount of the aid — Proportionality — Duty to state reasons)
Date: 2014-07-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Spain, State aid, broadcasting, public sector, restriction on competition, sectoral aid, tax, telecommunications industry, television








C_2014292EN.01002901.xml










1.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 292/29





Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2014 — Telefónica de España and Telefónica Móviles España v Commission
(Case T-151/11) (1)

((State aid - Public service broadcasting - Aid planned by Spain for RTVE - Alteration of the funding scheme - Replacement of advertising revenues by new taxes on television and telecommunication operators - Decision declaring the new funding scheme compatible with the internal market - Procedural rights - New aid - Alteration of the existing aid scheme - Fiscal measure constituting the method by which the aid measure is financed - Tax necessarily hypothecated to the aid - Direct impact of the revenue of the tax on the amount of the aid - Proportionality - Duty to state reasons))
2014/C 292/34
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicants: Telefónica de España, SA (Madrid, Spain); and Telefónica Móviles España, SA (Madrid) (represented by: F. González Díaz and F. Salerno, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Valero Jordana and C. Urraca Caviedes, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented initially by M. Muñoz Pérez, subsequently by S. Centeno Huerta and N. Díaz Abad, subsequently by N. Díaz Abad, and lastly by M. Sampol Pucurull, abogados del Estado); and Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, SA (RTVE) (Madrid) (represented by A. Martínez Sánchez, A. Vázquez-Guillén Fernandez de la Riva and J. Rodríguez Ordóñez, lawyers)

Re:

Application for the annulment of Commission Decision 2011/1/EU of 20 July 2010 on the State aid scheme C 38/09 (ex NN 58/09) which Spain is planning to implement for Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española (RTVE) (OJ 2011 L 1, p. 9).

Operative part of the judgment







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


Telefónica de España, SA and Telefónica Móviles España, SA shall bear their own costs and pay jointly the costs incurred by the European Commission and Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, SA (RTVE).










3.


The Kingdom of Spain shall bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 145, 14.5.2011.
Case F-63/14: Action brought on 11 July 2014  — ZZ v Commission
Date: 2014-07-11
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European official, application of EU law, regulations for civil servants, transfer of pension rights








C_2014421EN.01006102.xml










24.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 421/61





Action brought on 11 July 2014 — ZZ v Commission
(Case F-63/14)
2014/C 421/89
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: ZZ and Others (represented by: S. Orlandi, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decisions concerning the transfer of the applicants’ pension rights to the European Union pension scheme applying the new GIP on Articles 11 and 12 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations.

Form of order sought







—


Declare unlawful and therefore inapplicable Article 9 of the general implementing provisions of Article 11(2) of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations;










—


Annul the decisions to credit the pension rights acquired by the applicants before taking up their duties, in the context of the transfer of those rights in the EU institutions’ pension scheme, pursuant to the general implementing provisions of Article 11(2) of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations of 3 March 2011;










—


Order the Commission to pay the costs.