do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-278/12: Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2014  — Inter-Union Technohandel v OHIM — Gumersport Mediterranea de Distribuciones (PROFLEX) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark PROFLEX — Earlier national word mark PROFEX — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2014-12-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, motor vehicle industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, two-wheeled vehicle, vehicle parts








C_2015034EN.01003202.xml










2.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 34/32





Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2014 — Inter-Union Technohandel v OHIM — Gumersport Mediterranea de Distribuciones (PROFLEX)
(Case T-278/12) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark PROFLEX - Earlier national word mark PROFEX - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2015/C 034/36)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Inter-Union Technohandel GmbH (Landau in der Pfalz, Germany) (represented by: K. Schmidt-Hern and A. Feutlinske, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Gumersport Mediterranea de Distribuciones, SL (Barcelona, Spain)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 27 March 2012 (Case R 413/2011-2), concerning opposition proceedings between Inter-Union Technohandel GmbH and Gumersport Mediterranea de Distribuciones, SL.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)


Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 27 March 2012 (Case R 413/2011-2).










2)


Orders OHIM to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 273, 8.9.2012.
Case T-92/10: Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2014  — Ferriera Valsabbia and Valsabbia Investimenti v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for concrete reinforcing bars in bars or coils — Decision finding an infringement of Article 65 CS after the expiry of the ECSC Treaty on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Fixing of prices and payment terms — Limiting or controlling output or sales — Misuse of powers — Rights of the defence — Single and continuous infringement — Fines — Fixing of the starting amount — Extenuating circumstances — Duration of the administrative procedure)
Date: 2014-12-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: administrative procedure, concrete, deadline for payment, fine, fixing of prices, infringement of EU law, legality, restriction on competition, rights of the defence








C_2015034EN.01002601.xml










2.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 34/26





Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2014 — Ferriera Valsabbia and Valsabbia Investimenti v Commission
(Case T-92/10) (1)

((Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for concrete reinforcing bars in bars or coils - Decision finding an infringement of Article 65 CS after the expiry of the ECSC Treaty on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 - Fixing of prices and payment terms - Limiting or controlling output or sales - Misuse of powers - Rights of the defence - Single and continuous infringement - Fines - Fixing of the starting amount - Extenuating circumstances - Duration of the administrative procedure))
(2015/C 034/29)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicants: Ferriera Valsabbia SpA (Odolo, Italy); and Valsabbia Investimenti SpA (Odolo) (represented by: D. Fosselard, S. Amoruso and L. Vitolo, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by R. Sauer and B. Gencarelli, and subsequently by R. Sauer and R. Striani, acting as Agents, assisted by P. Manzini, lawyer)

Re:

Primarily, application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 7492 final of 30 September 2009 relating to a proceeding under Article 65 CS (Case COMP/37.956 — Reinforcing bars, readoption), as amended by Commission Decision C(2009) 9912 final of 8 December 2009, in so far as it finds that the applicants infringed Article 65 CS and imposes upon them, jointly and severally, a fine of EUR 10,25 million, or in the alternative application for a reduction in the amount of that fine

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Ferriera Valsabbia SpA and Valsabbia Investimenti SpA to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 113, 1.5.2010.
Case T-803/14: Action brought on 9 December 2014 — Gervais Danone v OHIM — San Miguel (B'lue)
Date: 2014-12-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, food industry, milk product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015034EN.01004401.xml










2.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 34/44





Action brought on 9 December 2014 — Gervais Danone v OHIM — San Miguel (B'lue)
(Case T-803/14)
(2015/C 034/52)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Compagnie Gervais Danone (Paris, France) (represented by: A. Lakits, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: San Miguel, Fábricas de Cerveza y Malta, SA (Barcelona, Spain)

Details of the proceedings before OHIM


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: Community figurative mark containing the word element ‘B’lue’ — Community trade mark registration No 1 0 5 49  509

Procedure before OHIM: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 30 September 2014 in Case R 1382/2013-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


Annul the contested decision;










—


Order OHIM to bear the costs of the present proceedings and the other party to bear the costs of the proceedings before the OHIM.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009.
Case C-567/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Paris (France) lodged on 9 December 2014 — Genentech Inc. v Hoechst GmbH, formerly Hoechst AG, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
Date: 2014-12-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: interpretation of the law, patent, patents licence








C_2015073EN.01001201.xml










2.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 73/12






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Paris (France) lodged on 9 December 2014 — Genentech Inc. v Hoechst GmbH, formerly Hoechst AG, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
(Case C-567/14)
(2015/C 073/18)
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Cour d’appel de Paris

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Genentech Inc.

Defendant: Hoechst GmbH, formerly Hoechst AG, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH

Question referred

‘Must the provisions of Article 81 of the Treaty (now Article 101 TFEU) be interpreted as precluding effect being given, where patents are revoked, to a licence agreement which requires the licencee to pay royalties for the sole use of the rights attached to the licensed patent?’
Case C-570/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado Mercantil No 3 de Barcelona (Spain) lodged on 9 December 2014  — Nuria Robirosa Carrera and César Romera Navales v Banco Popular Español, S.A.
Date: 2014-12-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Spain, civil procedure, consumer protection, unfair terms of contract








C_2015046EN.01003601.xml










9.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 46/36





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado Mercantil No 3 de Barcelona (Spain) lodged on 9 December 2014 — Nuria Robirosa Carrera and César Romera Navales v Banco Popular Español, S.A.
(Case C-570/14)
(2015/C 046/42)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado Mercantil No 3 de Barcelona

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Nuria Robirosa Carrera and César Romera Navales

Defendant: Banco Popular Español, S.A.

Questions referred







1)


Does Article 43 of the Spanish Law on Civil Procedure, which precludes the court proposing to the parties a possible stay of civil proceedings when another court or tribunal has referred a question to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling, not constitute a clear limitation of Article 7 of Directive 93/13/EEC (1) with regard to the Member States’ duty to ensure that, in the interests of consumers and of competitors, adequate and effective means exist to prevent the continued use of unfair terms in contracts concluded with consumers by sellers or suppliers?










2)


Does Article 721.2 of the LEC, which precludes the court adopting or proposing of its own motion the adoption of precautionary measures in individual actions in which it is claimed that a general condition is void because unfair, not constitute a clear limitation of Article 7 of Directive 93/13/EEC with regard to the Member States’ duty to ensure that, in the interests of consumers and of competitors, adequate and effective means exist to prevent the continued use of unfair terms in contracts concluded with consumers by sellers or suppliers?










3)


Ought not any precautionary measures that might be adopted, either of the court’s own motion or at the request of one or other of the parties, in proceedings in which an individual action is brought, to have effect until final judgment shall have been given either in the individual action or in a collective action that could interfere with the bringing of individual actions, in order to ensure the adequate and effective means provided for in Article 7 of the Directive?






(1)  Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts. OJ 1993 L 95, p. 29.
Case T-519/13: Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2014  — Leder & Schuh International v OHIM — Epple (VALDASAAR) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark VALDASAAR — Earlier Community word mark Val d’Azur — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2014-12-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, paints and varnishes, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015034EN.01003801.xml










2.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 34/38





Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2014 — Leder & Schuh International v OHIM — Epple (VALDASAAR)
(Case T-519/13) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark VALDASAAR - Earlier Community word mark Val d’Azur - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2015/C 034/44)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Leder & Schuh International AG (Salzburg, Austria) (represented by: S. Korn, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Pohlmann, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Valeria Epple (Bronnen, Germany)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 July 2013 (Case R 719/2012-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Valerie Epple and Leder & Schuh International AG.

Operative part of the judgment







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


Leder & Schuh International AG is ordered to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 344, 23.11.2013.
Case T-91/10: Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2014  — Lucchini v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for concrete reinforcing bars in bars or coils — Decision finding an infringement of Article 65 CS after the expiry of the ECSC Treaty on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Fixing of prices and payment terms — Limiting or controlling output or sales — Infringement of essential procedural requirements — Legal basis — Rights of the defence — Fines — Gravity and duration of the infringement — Extenuating circumstances — Taking account of an annulment judgment in a related case)
Date: 2014-12-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: concrete, deadline for payment, fine, fixing of prices, infringement of EU law, restriction on competition, rights of the defence








C_2015034EN.01002501.xml










2.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 34/25





Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2014 — Lucchini v Commission
(Case T-91/10) (1)

((Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for concrete reinforcing bars in bars or coils - Decision finding an infringement of Article 65 CS after the expiry of the ECSC Treaty on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 - Fixing of prices and payment terms - Limiting or controlling output or sales - Infringement of essential procedural requirements - Legal basis - Rights of the defence - Fines - Gravity and duration of the infringement - Extenuating circumstances - Taking account of an annulment judgment in a related case))
(2015/C 034/28)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Lucchini SpA (Milan, Italy) (represented initially by M. Delfino, J.-P. Gunther, E. Bigi, C. Breuvart and L. De Sanctis, and subsequently by J.-P Gunther, E. Bigi, C. Breuvart and D. Galli, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by R. Sauer and B. Gencarelli, acting as Agents, assisted by M. Moretto, lawyer, and subsequently by M. Sauer and R. Striani, acting as Agents, assisted by M. Moretto)

Re:

Application for a declaration of the non-existence or for annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 7492 final of 30 September 2009 (Case COMP/37.956 — Reinforcing bars, readoption), as amended by Commission Decision C(2009) 9912 final of 8 December 2009, in the alternative application for annulment of Article 2 of that decision, and in the further alternative application for a reduction in the amount of the fine imposed on the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Lucchini SpA to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 113, 1.5.2010.
Case C-569/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado Mercantil No 3 de Barcelona (Spain) lodged on 9 December 2014  — Jordi Carne Hidalgo and Anna Aracil Gracia v Catalunya Banc, S.A.
Date: 2014-12-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Spain, civil procedure, consumer protection, unfair terms of contract








C_2015046EN.01003501.xml










9.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 46/35





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado Mercantil No 3 de Barcelona (Spain) lodged on 9 December 2014 — Jordi Carne Hidalgo and Anna Aracil Gracia v Catalunya Banc, S.A.
(Case C-569/14)
(2015/C 046/41)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado Mercantil No 3 de Barcelona

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Jordi Carne Hidalgo and Anna Aracil Gracia

Defendant: Catalunya Banc, S.A.

Questions referred







1)


Does Article 43 of the Spanish Law on Civil Procedure, which precludes the court proposing to the parties a possible stay of civil proceedings when another court or tribunal has referred a question to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling, not constitute a clear limitation of Article 7 of Directive 93/13/EEC (1) with regard to the Member States’ duty to ensure that, in the interests of consumers and of competitors, adequate and effective means exist to prevent the continued use of unfair terms in contracts concluded with consumers by sellers or suppliers?










2)


Does Article 721.2 of the LEC, which precludes the court adopting or proposing of its own motion the adoption of precautionary measures in individual actions in which it is claimed that a general condition is void because unfair, not constitute a clear limitation of Article 7 of Directive 93/13/EEC with regard to the Member States’ duty to ensure that, in the interests of consumers and of competitors, adequate and effective means exist to prevent the continued use of unfair terms in contracts concluded with consumers by sellers or suppliers?










3)


Ought not any precautionary measures that might be adopted, either of the court’s own motion or at the request of one or other of the parties, in proceedings in which an individual action is brought, to have effect until final judgment shall have been given either in the individual action or in a collective action that could interfere with the bringing of individual actions, in order to ensure the adequate and effective means provided for in Article 7 of the Directive?






(1)  Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts. OJ 1993 L 95, p. 29.
Case T-442/13: Order of the General Court of 9 December 2014  — Makhlouf v Council
Date: 2014-12-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Syria, common foreign and security policy, international sanctions








C_2015056EN.01003101.xml










16.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 56/31





Order of the General Court of 9 December 2014 — Makhlouf v Council
(Case T-442/13) (1)

(2015/C 056/43)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Seventh Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 325, 9.11.2013.
Case T-70/10: Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2014  — Feralpi v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for concrete reinforcing bars in bars or coils — Decision finding an infringement of Article 65 CS after the expiry of the ECSC Treaty on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Fixing of prices and payment terms — Limiting or controlling output or sales — Infringement of essential procedural requirements — Lack of competence — Legal basis — Infringement of the rights of the defence — Principle of sound administration, proportionality and equality of arms — Criteria for attributing liability — Definition of the market — Infringement of Article 65 CS — Fines — Limitation period — Gravity — Duration)
Date: 2014-12-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: concrete, deadline for payment, fine, fixing of prices, principle of proportionality, restriction on competition, rights of the defence








C_2015034EN.01002201.xml










2.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 34/22





Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2014 — Feralpi v Commission
(Case T-70/10) (1)

((Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for concrete reinforcing bars in bars or coils - Decision finding an infringement of Article 65 CS after the expiry of the ECSC Treaty on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 - Fixing of prices and payment terms - Limiting or controlling output or sales - Infringement of essential procedural requirements - Lack of competence - Legal basis - Infringement of the rights of the defence - Principle of sound administration, proportionality and equality of arms - Criteria for attributing liability - Definition of the market - Infringement of Article 65 CS - Fines - Limitation period - Gravity - Duration))
(2015/C 034/24)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Feralpi Holding SpA (Brescia, Italy) (represented by: G. Roberti and I. Perego, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by R. Sauer and B. Gencarelli, subsequently by R. Sauer, R. Striani and T. Vecchi, and finally by R. Sauer and T. Vecchi, acting as Agents, assisted by P. Manzini, lawyer)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 7492 final of 30 September 2009 relating to a proceeding under Article 65 CS (Case COMP/37.956 — Reinforcing bars, readoption), as amended by Commission Decision C(2009) 9912 final of 8 December 2009, in which the Commission imposed a fine of EUR 10,25 million on the applicant for infringement of Article 65(1) CS.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Feralpi Holding SpA to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 100, 17.4.2010.
Information from the Commission pursuant to Council Decision 2014/699/EU
Date: 2014-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: international convention, international transport, rail transport, revision of an agreement








C_2014440EN.01000201.xml










9.12.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 440/2





Information from the Commission pursuant to Council Decision 2014/699/EU
(2014/C 440/02)
Pursuant to Article 2 of Council Decision 2014/699/EU of 24 June 2014 establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union at the 25th session of the OTIF Revision Committee as regards certain amendments to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) and to the Appendices thereto (1), the Commission informs that the decisions taken by the Revision Committee are available at:
http://www.otif.org/fr/droit/commission-de-revision/textes-de-notification.html
http://www.otif.org/recht/revisionsausschuss/notifizierungstexte.html
http://www.otif.org/en/law/revision-committee/notification-texts.html


(1)  OJ L 293, 9.10.2014, p. 26.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7379 — Mylan/Abbott EPD-DM)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, pharmaceutical industry








C_2014440EN.01000301.xml










9.12.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 440/3





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7379 — Mylan/Abbott EPD-DM)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/C 440/03)






1.


On 28 November 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 Mylan (Mylan, US) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Abbott EPD-DM (Abbott EPD-DM, Switzerland) by way of purchase of assets.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   Mylan: a global pharmaceutical company, which develops, licenses, manufactures, markets and distributes generic, branded generic and specialty pharmaceuticals,
—   Abbott EPD-DM: is Abbott’s remaining pharmaceutical business after Abbott separated into two independent companies in January 2013: Abbott and AbbVie. Abbott EPD-DM is active within the EU in therapeutic areas including gastroenterology, women’s and men’s health, cardiology, metabolic disorders, anti-infective/respiratory and Central Nervous System.










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.7379 — Mylan/Abbott EPD-DM, 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’).