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Action brought on 21 April 2015 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against the Principality of Liechtenstein (Case E-12/15)
Date: 2015-04-21
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: EFTA, Iceland, consumer protection, national implementing measure








C_2015209EN.01000801.xml










25.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 209/8





Action brought on 21 April 2015 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against the Principality of Liechtenstein
(Case E-12/15)
(2015/C 209/07)
An action against the Principality of Liechtenstein was brought before the EFTA Court on 21 April 2015 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority, represented by Markus Schneider and Marlene Lie Hakkebo, acting as Agents of the EFTA Surveillance Authority, 35 Rue Belliard, B-1040 Brussels.
The EFTA Surveillance Authority requests the EFTA Court to:






1.


Declare that the Principality of Liechtenstein has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Act referred to at points 7a, 7e and 7i of Annex XIX to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, (Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), as adapted to the Agreement by way of Protocol 1 thereto, and under Article 7 of the Agreement, by failing to adopt the measures necessary to implement the Act within the time prescribed.










2.


Order Liechtenstein to bear the costs of these proceedings.





Legal and factual background and pleas in law adduced in support:







—


The application addresses the failure by the Principality of Liechtenstein to comply, no later than on 24 November 2014, with a reasoned opinion delivered by the EFTA Surveillance Authority on 24 September 2014 regarding that State’s failure to implement into its national legal order Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, as referred to at points 7a, 7e and 7i of Annex XIX to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and as adapted to that Agreement by way of Protocol 1 thereto (‘the Act’).










—


The EFTA Surveillance Authority submits that Liechtenstein has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Act and under Article 7 of the EEA Agreement by failing to adopt the measures necessary to implement the Act within the time prescribed.
European capitals of culture : 30 years.
Date: 2015-04-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture
Subjects: European cultural event, cultural identity, cultural policy, cultural promotion, economic consequence, social impact

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From top to bottom, left to right:
1. Maribor, Placebo ali Komu potok solz ne lije, Photo: Dejan Bulut
2. Essen for the Ruhr, Eröffnung close encounter by Joeressen and Kessner,  Photo: Rupert Oberh Ñuser
3. Guimarães, CIAJG Center of Arts José de Guimarães, Photo: Paulo Pacheco
4. Essen for the Ruhr, Tiger & Turtle, Photo: Manfred Vollmer
5. Aarhus, Rethink Landscape, Photo: Thomas Rühlin
6. Maribor, Črne maske, Photo: Mediaspeed
7. Maribor, Klovbuf, Photo: Pat Verbruggen 
8. Guimarães, La Fura dels Baus - opening show, Photo: João Peixoto 
9. Maribor, Chouf Ouchouf, Photo: Mario de Curto
10. Marseille-Provence, MUCEM / © R.Ricciotti and R. Carta Architects
11. Umeå, Old pianos transformed into playable pieces of art by Marc Strömberg, Photo: Eugenio della Morra
12. Turku, Parade Carpet by Meiju Niskala, Photo: Tuukka Kaila
13. Maribor, Culturel embrassies, Italy, Photo: Miha Sagadin
14. Maribor, Gora okrog tube, Photo: MP Produkcija
15. Essen for the Ruhr, Symphony of Thousend, Photo: MichaleKneffel
16. Guimarães, platform for Arts and Creativity, Photo: Paulo Pacheco
17. Turku, Eurocultured Festival, Street Art by Aryz , Photo: Kari Vainioi

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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7588 — Griffin/LVS II Lux XX/Echo) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-04-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, property development, property market, real property








C_2015128EN.01000901.xml










21.4.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 128/9





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7588 — Griffin/LVS II Lux XX/Echo)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 128/07)






1.


On 14 April 2015, 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 Griffin Topco III SARL (‘Griffin’, Luxembourg), ultimately controlled by Oaktree Capital Group LLC (‘Oaktree’, United States of America), and LVS II Lux XX SARL (‘LVS II Lux’, Luxembourg), a wholly-owned subsidiary of an investment fund managed by Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (‘PIMCO’, United States of America) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Echo Investment SA (‘Echo’, Poland), by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Griffin: investment in real estate assets and services. Griffin belongs to Oaktree, an investment company;
—   for LVS II Lux: investment in real estate assets and services. LVS II Lux is fully owned by PIMCO, an investment company;
—   for Echo: real estate assets and 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.7588 — Griffin/LVS II Lux XX/Echo, 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.
Corrigendum to Council Decision 2013/743/EU of 3 December 2013 establishing the specific programme implementing Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decisions 2006/971/EC, 2006/972/EC, 2006/973/EC, 2006/974/EC and 2006/975/EC (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013)
Date: 2015-04-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU financing, Framework Programme for Research and Development, competitiveness, innovation, research and development, scientific cooperation, small and medium-sized enterprises, technical cooperation, technology








L_2015102EN.01009601.xml










21.4.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 102/96







Corrigendum to Council Decision 2013/743/EU of 3 December 2013 establishing the specific programme implementing Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decisions 2006/971/EC, 2006/972/EC, 2006/973/EC, 2006/974/EC and 2006/975/EC

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 347 of 20 December 2013
)


On page 1038, Annex II, 3. PART III. PRIORITY ‘SOCIETAL CHALLENGES’, last sentence:
for:


                     ‘Moreover, for each of the challenges, progress shall be assessed against the contribution to the specific objectives which are detailed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 104/2013.’
                  
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                     ‘Moreover, for each of the challenges, progress shall be assessed against the contribution to the specific objectives which are detailed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013.’
                  
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Case C-630/13 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 April 2015 — Issam Anbouba v Council of the European Union (Appeal — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against the Syrian Arab Republic — Measures directed against persons and entities benefiting from the regime — Proof that inclusion on the lists is well founded — Set of indicia)
Date: 2015-04-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Syria, common foreign and security policy, directory, international sanctions, principle of proportionality, proof, rights of the defence








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22.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 205/6





Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 April 2015 — Issam Anbouba v Council of the European Union
(Case C-630/13 P) (1)

((Appeal - Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures against the Syrian Arab Republic - Measures directed against persons and entities benefiting from the regime - Proof that inclusion on the lists is well founded - Set of indicia))
(2015/C 205/08)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellant: Issam Anbouba (represented by: M.-A. Bastin, J.-M. Salva and S. Orlandi, avocats)

Other party to the proceedings: Council of the European Union (represented by: A. Vitro, R. Liudvinaviciute and M.-M. Joséphidès, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: S. Pardo Quintillán and F. Castillo de la Torre, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Mr Issam Anbouba to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union;










3.


Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 45, 15.2.2014.
Case T-580/13: Order of the General Court of 21 April 2015 — Real Express v OHIM — MIP Metro (real) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark real — Earlier national figurative marks Real and Real mark — Rejection of the opposition — Rule 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 — Rule 20(1) of Regulation No 2868/95)
Date: 2015-04-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, logistics, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015198EN.01003802.xml










15.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 198/38





Order of the General Court of 21 April 2015 — Real Express v OHIM — MIP Metro (real)
(Case T-580/13) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark real - Earlier national figurative marks Real and Real mark - Rejection of the opposition - Rule 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 - Rule 20(1) of Regulation No 2868/95))
(2015/C 198/52)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Real Express Srl (Romania) (represented by: C. Anitoae, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: M. Rajh and J. Crespo Carrillo, Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: J.-C. Plate and R. Kaase, lawyers)

Re:

Action against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 16 September 2013 (Case R 1519/2012-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Real Express SRL and MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as being, in part, manifestly inadmissible and, in part, manifestly lacking any foundation in law.










2.


Real Express SRL is ordered to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 45, 15.2.2014.
Case C-605/13 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 April 2015 — Issam Anbouba v Council of the European Union (Appeal — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against the Syrian Arab Republic — Measures directed against persons and entities benefiting from the regime — Proof that inclusion on the lists is well founded — Set of indicia)
Date: 2015-04-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Syria, common foreign and security policy, directory, international sanctions, principle of proportionality, proof, rights of the defence








C_2015205EN.01000601.xml










22.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 205/6





Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 April 2015 — Issam Anbouba v Council of the European Union
(Case C-605/13 P) (1)

((Appeal - Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures against the Syrian Arab Republic - Measures directed against persons and entities benefiting from the regime - Proof that inclusion on the lists is well founded - Set of indicia))
(2015/C 205/07)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellant: Issam Anbouba (represented by: M.-A. Bastin, J.-M. Salva, and S. Orlandi, avocats)

Other party to the proceedings: Council of the European Union (represented by: A. Vitro, R. Liudvinaviciute and M.-M. Joséphidès, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: S. Pardo Quintillán and F. Castillo de la Torre, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Mr Issam Anbouba to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union;










3.


Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 45, 15.2.2014.
Case C-179/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 21 April 2015 — Daimler AG v Együd Garage Gépjárműjavító és Értékesítő Kft.
Date: 2015-04-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, Internet site, advertising, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015228EN.01000402.xml










13.7.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 228/4





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 21 April 2015 — Daimler AG v Együd Garage Gépjárműjavító és Értékesítő Kft.
(Case C-179/15)
(2015/C 228/05)
Language of the case: Hungarian

Referring court

Fővárosi Törvényszék

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Daimler AG

Defendant: Együd Garage Gépjárműjavító és Értékesítő Kft.

Question referred

Must Article 5(1)(b) of First Council Directive 89/104/EEC (1) of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks be interpreted as meaning that the trade mark proprietor is entitled to take action against a third party named in an advertisement on the internet, which features a sign likely to be confused with the trade mark, referring to a service of that third party identical to the goods or services for which the trade mark is registered, in such a way that the public might be given the mistaken impression that there is an official commercial relationship between the undertaking of that third party and the trade mark proprietor, even though the advertisement was not placed on the internet by the person featuring in it or on his behalf, and it is possible to access that advertisement on the internet despite the fact that the person named in it took all reasonable steps to have it removed, but did not succeed in doing so?


(1)  First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (OJ 1989 L 40, p. 1).
Action brought on 21 April 2015 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against Iceland (Case E-11/15)
Date: 2015-04-21
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: EFTA, Iceland, consumer protection, national implementing measure








C_2015209EN.01000701.xml










25.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 209/7





Action brought on 21 April 2015 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against Iceland
(Case E-11/15)
(2015/C 209/06)
An action against Iceland was brought before the EFTA Court on 21 April 2015 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority, represented by Markus Schneider and Marlene Lie Hakkebo, acting as Agents of the EFTA Surveillance Authority, 35 Rue Belliard, B-1040 Brussels.
The EFTA Surveillance Authority requests the EFTA Court to:






1.


Declare that Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Act referred to at points 7a, 7e and 7i of Annex XIX to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, (Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), as adapted to the Agreement by way of Protocol 1 thereto, and under Article 7 of the Agreement, by failing to adopt the measures necessary to implement the Act within the time prescribed.










2.


Order Iceland to bear the costs of these proceedings.





Legal and factual background and pleas in law adduced in support:







—


The application addresses Iceland’s failure to comply, no later than 24 November 2014, with a reasoned opinion delivered by the EFTA Surveillance Authority on 24 September 2014 regarding that State’s failure to implement into its national legal order Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, as referred to at points 7a, 7e and 7i of Annex XIX to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and as adapted to that Agreement by way of Protocol 1 thereto (‘the Act’).










—


The EFTA Surveillance Authority submits that Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Act and under Article 7 of the EEA Agreement by failing to adopt the measures necessary to implement the Act within the time prescribed.
Case F-59/15: Action brought on 21 April 2015 — ZZ v Commission
Date: 2015-04-21
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European official, damages, dismissal








C_2015213EN.01004801.xml










29.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 213/48





Action brought on 21 April 2015 — ZZ v Commission
(Case F-59/15)
(2015/C 213/77)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: ZZ (represented by: T. Bontinck and A. Guillerme, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Application for annulment of the decision not to pay the severance grant requested by the applicant after his service had ended and an application for the grant of damages in respect of the harm allegedly suffered.

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Tribunal should:






—


order the payment of the requested severance grant, together with the interest accrued as of 26 March 2014, the date on which that grant should have been paid, calculated on the basis of the rate fixed by the European Central Bank for its main refinancing operations, applicable during the period concerned, increased by two points;










—


grant compensation for the harm suffered by the applicant, subject to being increased or decreased during the proceedings, of EUR 4  275,80, together with interest accruing from the date on which the complaint was brought (16 September 2014), calculated on the basis of the rate fixed by the European Central Bank for its main refinancing operations, applicable during the period concerned, increased by two points;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs.
Council Decision (EU) 2015/654 of 21 April 2015 appointing the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union for the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2020
Date: 2015-04-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Council configuration, European official, Secretary General of an Institution, appointment of staff








L_2015107EN.01007401.xml










25.4.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 107/74








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2015/654
of 21 April 2015
         
appointing the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union for the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2020
         


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 240(2), first subparagraph, thereof,


Whereas the Secretary-General of the Council should be appointed for the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2020,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN is hereby appointed Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union for the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2020.


Article 2
This Decision shall be notified to Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN by the President of the Council.




It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Luxembourg, 21 April 2015.


For the Council


The President

E. RINKĒVIČS