do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-521/13 P: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 11 September 2014 — Think Schuhwerk GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (Appeal — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 7(1)(b) — No distinctive character — Red aglets on shoe laces — Article 122 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court — Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded)
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, footwear industry, registered trade mark, textile product, trade-mark law








C_2014431EN.01000601.xml










1.12.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 431/6





Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 11 September 2014 — Think Schuhwerk GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
(Case C-521/13 P) (1)

((Appeal - Community trade mark - Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 7(1)(b) - No distinctive character - Red aglets on shoe laces - Article 122 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court - Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded))
(2014/C 431/10)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: Think Schuhwerk GmbH (represented by: M. Gail, Rechtsanwalt)

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

Operative part of the order







1.


The appeal is dismissed.










2.


Think Schuhwerk GmbH is ordered to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 344, 23.11.2013.
Case T-656/14: Action brought on 11 September 2014  — Peri v OHIM (Shape of a formwork coupler)
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, building materials, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2014388EN.01002201.xml










3.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 388/22





Action brought on 11 September 2014 — Peri v OHIM (Shape of a formwork coupler)
(Case T-656/14)
2014/C 388/27
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Peri GmbH (Weißenhorn, Germany) (represented by A. Bognár and M. Eck, lawyers)

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 decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 26 June 2014 in Case R 1178/2013-1;










—


Order the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Community trade mark concerned: The three-dimensional mark in the shape of a formwork coupler for goods in Classes 6 and 19 — Community trade mark application No 1 0 8 26  766

Decision of the Examiner: The application was rejected

Decision of the Board of Appeal: The appeal was dismissed

Pleas in law:







—


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










—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case C-527/12: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 September 2014  — European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — State aid incompatible with the internal market — Obligation to recover — Article 108(2) TFEU — Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Article 14(3) — Commission decision — Measures to be taken by the Member States)
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, infringement of EU law, terms for aid








C_2014409EN.01000502.xml










17.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 409/5





Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 September 2014 — European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany
(Case C-527/12) (1)

((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - State aid incompatible with the internal market - Obligation to recover - Article 108(2) TFEU - Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 - Article 14(3) - Commission decision - Measures to be taken by the Member States))
2014/C 409/06
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: T. Maxian Rusche and F. Erlbacher, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze and K. Petersen, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by failing to take all necessary measures to recover from the beneficiary the State aid which was the subject of Commission Decision 2011/471/EU of 14 December 2010 on State aid granted by Germany to the Biria group (C 38/05 (ex NN 52/04)), the Federal Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 108(2) TFEU, Article 14(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of [Article 108 TFEU], and Articles 1 to 3 of that decision;










2.


Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 26, 26.1.2013.
Case C-489/13: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 11 September 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the hof van beroep te Antwerpen (Belgium)) — Ronny Verest and Gaby Gerards v Belgische Staat (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Income tax — Legislation for the avoidance of double taxation — Taxation of income from immovable property received in a Member State other than the Member State of residence — Method of exemption with maintenance of progressivity in the Member State of residence — Difference in treatment between immovable property situated in the Member State of residence and in another Member State)
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, double taxation, real property, residence, tax on income








C_2014409EN.01001702.xml










17.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 409/17





Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 11 September 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the hof van beroep te Antwerpen (Belgium)) — Ronny Verest and Gaby Gerards v Belgische Staat
(Case C-489/13) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Income tax - Legislation for the avoidance of double taxation - Taxation of income from immovable property received in a Member State other than the Member State of residence - Method of exemption with maintenance of progressivity in the Member State of residence - Difference in treatment between immovable property situated in the Member State of residence and in another Member State))
2014/C 409/24
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

hof van beroep te Antwerpen

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellants: Ronny Verest and Gaby Gerards

Respondent: Belgische Staat

Operative part of the judgment

Article 63 TFEU must be interpreted as precluding legislation of a Member State, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, in so far as it is liable to lead, when a progressivity clause contained in a convention for the prevention of double taxation is applied, to a higher rate of tax on income merely because the method for determining income from immovable property results in income deriving from immovable property that is not rented out situated in another Member State being assessed at a higher amount than income from such property situated in the first Member State. It is for the referring court to ascertain whether that is in fact the effect of the legislation at issue in the dispute in the main proceedings.


(1)  OJ C 352, 30.11.2013.
Case C-602/12 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 11 September 2014  — Gem-Year Industrial Co. Ltd, Jinn-Well Auto-Parts (Zhejiang) Co. Ltd v Council of the European Union, European Commission, European Industrial Fasteners Institute AISBL (EIFI) (Appeal — Dumping — Regulation (EC) No 384/96 — First indent of Article 2(7)(c) — Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 — Regulation (EC) No 91/2009 — Imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China — Market economy treatment — Costs of major inputs substantially reflecting market values — State subsidy for the steel sector in general — Effect)
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: China, State aid, anti-dumping measure, import (EU), iron, market prices, metal product, originating product, steel








C_2014409EN.01000601.xml










17.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 409/6





Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 11 September 2014 — Gem-Year Industrial Co. Ltd, Jinn-Well Auto-Parts (Zhejiang) Co. Ltd v Council of the European Union, European Commission, European Industrial Fasteners Institute AISBL (EIFI)
(Case C-602/12 P) (1)

((Appeal - Dumping - Regulation (EC) No 384/96 - First indent of Article 2(7)(c) - Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 - Regulation (EC) No 91/2009 - Imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China - Market economy treatment - Costs of major inputs substantially reflecting market values - State subsidy for the steel sector in general - Effect))
2014/C 409/07
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellants: Gem-Year Industrial Co. Ltd, Jinn-Well Auto-Parts (Zhejiang) Co. Ltd (represented by: Y. Melin and V. Akritidis, avocats)

Other parties to the proceedings: Council of the European Union (represented by: J.-P. Hix and S. Boelaert, Agents, assisted by G. Berrisch, Rechtsanwalt), European Commission (represented by: M. França and T. Maxian Rusche, Agents), European Industrial Fasteners Institute AISBL (EIFI) (represented by: J. Bourgeois, avocat)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Gem-Year Industrial Co. Ltd and Jinn-Well Auto-Parts (Zhejiang) Co. Ltd to pay the costs incurred by the Council of the European Union and by the European Industrial Fasteners Institute AISLB (EIFI) in the present proceedings;










3.


Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 101, 6.4.2013.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2014308EN.01000301.xml










11.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 308/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

10 September 2014
2014/C 308/05

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2929




JPY


Japanese yen


137,90




DKK


Danish krone


7,4441




GBP


Pound sterling


0,80125




SEK


Swedish krona


9,1819




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2072




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,2005




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,724




HUF


Hungarian forint


316,13




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2032




RON


Romanian leu


4,4248




TRY


Turkish lira


2,8505




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4146




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4213




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,0204




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5724




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6350




KRW


South Korean won


1 337,49




ZAR


South African rand


14,1847




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,9252




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6188




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 275,61




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,1422




PHP


Philippine peso


56,844




RUB


Russian rouble


48,2120




THB


Thai baht


41,600




BRL


Brazilian real


2,9625




MXN


Mexican peso


17,1135




INR


Indian rupee


78,8087






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-67/13 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 September 2014  — Groupement des cartes bancaires (CB) v European Commission, BNP Paribas, BPCE, formerly Caisse Nationale des Caisses d’Épargne and de Prévoyance (CNCEP), Société Générale SA (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Article 81(1) EC — Payment cards system in France — Decision by an association of undertakings — Issuing market — Pricing measures applicable to ‘new entrants’  — Membership fee, mechanism for ‘regulating the acquiring function’ and ‘dormant member “wake-up” ’ mechanism — Concept of restriction of competition ‘by object’  — Examination of the degree of harm to competition)
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: France, electronic money, fixing of prices, inter-company cooperation, restriction on competition








C_2014409EN.01000801.xml










17.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 409/8





Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 11 September 2014 — Groupement des cartes bancaires (CB) v European Commission, BNP Paribas, BPCE, formerly Caisse Nationale des Caisses d’Épargne and de Prévoyance (CNCEP), Société Générale SA
(Case C-67/13 P) (1)

((Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Article 81(1) EC - Payment cards system in France - Decision by an association of undertakings - Issuing market - Pricing measures applicable to ‘new entrants’ - Membership fee, mechanism for ‘regulating the acquiring function’ and ‘dormant member “wake-up”’ mechanism - Concept of restriction of competition ‘by object’ - Examination of the degree of harm to competition))
2014/C 409/10
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellant: Groupement des cartes bancaires (CB) (represented by: F. Pradelles, O. Fauré and C. Ornellas-Chancerelles, avocats, and by J. Ruiz Calzado, abogado)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: O. Beynet, V. Bottka and B. Mongin, acting as Agents), BNP Paribas (represented by: O. de Juvigny, D. Berg and P. Heusse, avocats), BPCE, formerly Caisse Nationale des Caisses d’Épargne and de Prévoyance (CNCEP) (represented by: A. Choffel, S. Hautbourg, L. Laidi and R. Eid, avocats), Société Générale SA (represented by: P. Guibert and P. Patat, avocats)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)


Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 29 November 2012 in Case T-491/07 CB v Commission;










2)


Refers the case back to the General Court of the European Union;










3)


Reserves the costs.






(1)  OJ C 114, 20.4.2013.
Call for proposals under the annual work programme for grants in the field of the trans-European transport infrastructure under the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2014-2020 (Commission Decision C(2014) 1919)
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic support, invitation to tender, trans-European network, transport infrastructure








C_2014308EN.01000401.xml










11.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 308/4





Call for proposals under the annual work programme for grants in the field of the trans-European transport infrastructure under the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2014-2020
(Commission Decision C(2014) 1919)
2014/C 308/06
The European Commission, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport is hereby launching a call for proposals in order to award grants to projects in accordance with the priorities and objectives defined in the annual work programme for grants in the field of the Trans-European Transport Network for 2014.
The indicative amount available for the selected proposals under this call for proposals is EUR 930 million.
The deadline for the submission of proposals is 26 February 2015.
The complete text of the call for proposals is available on:
http://inea.ec.europa.eu/en/cef/cef_transport/apply_for_funding/cef_transport_call_for_proposals_2014.htm
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7314 — Nordic Capital/Gina Tricot)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Northern Europe, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, textile industry, toiletries








C_2014308EN.01000101.xml










11.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 308/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7314 — Nordic Capital/Gina Tricot)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 308/01
On 1 September 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 32014M7314. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7358 — dnata/Stella) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, economic concentration, merger control, tourism








C_2014308EN.01000601.xml










11.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 308/6





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7358 — dnata/Stella)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 308/08






1.


On 4 September 2014, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which dnata (United Arab Emirates) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the UK travel services business of Stella Travel Services UK Limited and of Stella Global UK Limited (together, ‘Stella’) by way of a purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Stella is active in tour operating, flight consolidating, travel agency, the provision of hotel beds and franchise and affiliate travel agency management,










—


dnata is part of the Emirates Group, which is in turn wholly owned by the Investment Corporation of Dubai, managed by the Government of Dubai. dnata operates a number of travel services businesses in the UK.














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 this 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.7358 — dnata/Stella, 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.
Case T-678/13: Order of the General Court of 11 September 2014  — AEMN v Parliament
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU financing, abuse of power, competence of the institution, equal treatment, fringe benefit, infringement of EU law, party financing, political parties, rights of the defence








C_2014409EN.01006502.xml










17.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 409/65





Order of the General Court of 11 September 2014 — AEMN v Parliament
(Case T-678/13) (1)

2014/C 409/87
Language of the case: French
The President of the Ninth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 85, 22.3.2014.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7363 — Areva Énergies Renouvelables/Gamesa Energía/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-09-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, energy industry, maintenance, merger control, nuclear energy, renewable energy, turbine








C_2014308EN.01000801.xml










11.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 308/8





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7363 — Areva Énergies Renouvelables/Gamesa Energía/JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 308/10






1.


On 4 September 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 undertakings Areva Énergies Renouvelables SAS (France), belonging to the Areva group (France), and Gamesa Energía, SA Unipersonal (Spain), belonging to the Gamesa group (Spain), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a joint venture company by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   Areva group: power generation solutions through the use of nuclear power and renewable energies,
—   Gamesa group: power generation solutions through the use of renewable energies, in particular manufacture of wind turbines for wind farms,
—   the joint venture company: manufacture of offshore wind turbines and provisions of post-installation maintenance services.










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 this 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.7363 — Areva Énergies Renouvelables/Gamesa Energía/JV, 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.