do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-71/14: Judgment of the General Court of 19 May 2015 — Swatch v OHIM — Panavision Europe (SWATCHBALL) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark SWATCHBALL — Community word and figurative marks and international word and figurative marks SWATCH and swatch — Relative ground for refusal — Damage to reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2015-05-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clock and watch industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015213EN.01003401.xml










29.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 213/34





Judgment of the General Court of 19 May 2015 — Swatch v OHIM — Panavision Europe (SWATCHBALL)
(Case T-71/14) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark SWATCHBALL - Community word and figurative marks and international word and figurative marks SWATCH and swatch - Relative ground for refusal - Damage to reputation - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2015/C 213/57)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Swatch AG (Biel, Switzerland) (represented by: P. González-Bueno Catalán de Ocón, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Panavision Europe Ltd (Greenford, United Kingdom)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 November 2013 (Case R 470/2012-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Swatch AG and Panavision Europe Ltd.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Swatch AG to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 129, 28.4.2014.
Case T-607/13: Judgment of the General Court of 19 May 2015 — Granette & Starorežná Distilleries v OHIM — Bacardi (42 VODKA JEMNÁ VODKA VYRÁBĚNÁ JEDINEČNOU TECHNOLOGIÍ 42 % vol.) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark 42 VODKA JEMNÁ VODKA VYRÁBĚNÁ JEDINEČNOU TECHNOLOGIÍ 42 % vol — Earlier international figurative mark 42 BELOW — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2015-05-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, spirits, trade-mark law








C_2015213EN.01003101.xml










29.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 213/31





Judgment of the General Court of 19 May 2015 — Granette & Starorežná Distilleries v OHIM — Bacardi (42 VODKA JEMNÁ VODKA VYRÁBĚNÁ JEDINEČNOU TECHNOLOGIÍ 42 % vol.)
(Case T-607/13) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark 42 VODKA JEMNÁ VODKA VYRÁBĚNÁ JEDINEČNOU TECHNOLOGIÍ 42 % vol - Earlier international figurative mark 42 BELOW - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2015/C 213/53)
Language of the case: Czech

Parties


Applicant: Granette & Starorežná Distilleries a.s, (Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic) (represented by: T. Chleboun, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: initially by D. Gája and P. Geroulakos, subsequently by M. Geroulakos and M. Šimandlova, Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the General Court: Bacardi C. Ltd (Vaduz, Liechtenstein) (represented by: M. Reinisch, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 16 September 2013 (Case R 1605/2012-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Bacardi Co. Ltd and Granette & Starorežná Distilleries a.s.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Granette & Starorežná Distilleries .a.s to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) and by Bacardi Co. Ltd.






(1)  OJ C 45, 15.2.2014.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/792 of 19 May 2015 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Maçã de Alcobaça (PGI))
Date: 2015-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central Portugal, Lisbon and the Tagus Valley, Portugal, designation of origin, labelling, pip fruit, product designation








L_2015127EN.01000501.xml










22.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 127/5








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/792
of 19 May 2015
         
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Maçã de Alcobaça (PGI))


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission has examined Portugal's application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Maçã de Alcobaça’, registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2).












(2)


Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union (3) as required by Article 50(2)(a) of that Regulation.












(3)


As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the amendments to the specification should be approved,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name ‘Maçã de Alcobaça’ (PGI) are hereby approved.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 May 2015.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Phil HOGAN
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 of 12 June 1996 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 (OJ L 148, 21.6.1996, p. 1).

(3)  
            OJ C 468, 31.12.2014, p. 10.
Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) No 375/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 establishing the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps (‘EU Aid Volunteers initiative’) (OJ L 122, 24.4.2014)
Date: 2015-05-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: aid to disaster victims, foreign aid, international voluntary worker, man-made disaster, natural disaster, third country, voluntary organisation




L_2015123EN.01012201.xml










19.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 123/122







Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) No 375/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 establishing the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps (‘EU Aid Volunteers initiative’)

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 122 of 24 April 2014
)


On page 15, Article 24(2):
for:


‘2.   The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 7(2), Article 9(2) and Article 20(3) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of seven years from 25 April 2014.’

,read:


‘2.   The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 7(2), Article 9(2) and Article 20(3) and (4) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of seven years from 25 April 2014.’

.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7609 — Omnes Capital/Predica Prévoyance/Quadran/Quadrica) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: company with share capital, economic concentration, energy industry, insurance company, merger control, renewable energy, wind energy








C_2015162EN.01000102.xml










19.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 162/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7609 — Omnes Capital/Predica Prévoyance/Quadran/Quadrica)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 162/02)
On 8 May 2015, 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 32015M7609. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7617 — Feralpi Siderurgica/Duferco Italia/Lucchini SpA in A.S. Going Concern Wire Rods Business/Servola SpA in A.S. Certain Assets) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Luxembourg, economic concentration, iron and steel product, merger control, wire








C_2015162EN.01001601.xml










19.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 162/16





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7617 — Feralpi Siderurgica/Duferco Italia/Lucchini SpA in A.S. Going Concern Wire Rods Business/Servola SpA in A.S. Certain Assets)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 162/11)






1.


On 7 May 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 Feralpi Siderurgica SpA (‘Feralpi’, Italy), part of the Feralpi group, and Duferco Italia Holding SpA (‘Duferco Italia’, Italy), which is ultimately controlled by BBHolding Investment SA (Luxembourg), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control over the wire rods business of Lucchini SpA in amministrazione straordinaria (‘Going Concern’, Italy) and the real estate of Servola SpA in amministrazione straordinaria in which the Going Concern operates (‘Servola’, Italy).










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Feralpi: manufacturing and sale of certain steel products,
—   for Duferco Italia: manufacturing and mainly sale of certain steel products,
—   for Going Concern: manufacturing and sale of wire rods.










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 Case M.7617 — Feralpi Siderurgica/Duferco Italia/Lucchini SpA in A.S. Going Concern Wire Rods Business/Servola SpA in A.S. Certain Assets, 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.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/794 of 19 May 2015 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Chevrotin (PDO))
Date: 2015-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, consumer information, designation of origin, foodstuff, goats’ milk cheese, product designation








L_2015127EN.01000701.xml










22.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 127/7








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/794
of 19 May 2015
         
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Chevrotin (PDO))


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission has examined France's application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Chevrotin’, registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1357/2005 (2).












(2)


Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union (3) as required by Article 50(2)(a) of that Regulation.












(3)


As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the amendments should be approved,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name ‘Chevrotin’ (PDO) are hereby approved.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 May 2015.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Phil HOGAN
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1357/2005 of 18 August 2005 supplementing the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2400/96 as regards the entry of a name in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications Chevrotin (PDO) (OJ L 214, 19.8.2005, p. 6).

(3)  
            OJ C 468, 31.12.2014, p. 2.
Case C-229/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny (Poland) lodged on 19 May 2015 — Minister Finansów v Jan Mateusiak
Date: 2015-05-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, cessation of trading, goods and services, tax relief








C_2015294EN.01001702.xml










7.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 294/17






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny (Poland) lodged on 19 May 2015 — Minister Finansów v Jan Mateusiak
(Case C-229/15)
(2015/C 294/23)
Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Minister Finansów

Defendant: Jan Mateusiak

Question referred

Must Article 18(c) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (1) be interpreted as meaning that, on expiry of the adjustment period referred to in Article 187 of the directive, a taxable person’s fixed assets upon the acquisition of which he deducted VAT, should not be subject to tax and included in the winding-up inventory at the time he ceases his activity, if the period laid down in law for adjusting the input tax on the acquisition thereof, which arises from the estimated period for using those assets in the taxable person’s economic activity, has passed, or as meaning that the fixed assets are subject to tax at the time the taxable person ceases his economic activity, regardless of the adjustment period?


(1)  
            OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1.
List of organisations recognised on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations
Date: 2015-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: directory, international standard, maritime safety, pollution from ships, professional association, roadworthiness tests, vessel








C_2015162EN.01000501.xml










19.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 162/5





List of organisations recognised on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations
(2015/C 162/06)






—


American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)










—


Bureau Veritas SA — Registre international de classification de navires et d’aeronefs (BV)










—


China Classification Society (CCS)










—


Croatian Register of Shipping (CRS)










—


DNV GL AS










—


KR (Korean Register)










—


Lloyd’s Register Group LTD (LR)










—


Nippon Kaiji Kyokai General Incorporated Foundation (ClassNK)










—


Polish Register of Shipping (PRS)










—


RINA Services S.p.A.










—


Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/795 of 19 May 2015 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Pont-l'Evêque (PDO))
Date: 2015-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, cheese, consumer information, designation of origin, foodstuff, product designation








L_2015127EN.01000801.xml










22.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 127/8








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/795
of 19 May 2015
         
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Pont-l'Evêque (PDO))


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission has examined France's application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Pont-l'Evêque’, registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2).












(2)


Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union (3) as required by Article 50(2)(a) of that Regulation.












(3)


As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the amendments to the specification should be approved,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name ‘Pont-l'Evêque’ (PDO) are hereby approved.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 May 2015.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Phil HOGAN
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 of 12 June 1996 on the registration of geographical indications and designations of origin under the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 (OJ L 148, 21.6.1996, p. 1).

(3)  
            OJ C 463, 23.12.2014, p. 20.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2015-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2015162EN.01000401.xml










19.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 162/4





Euro exchange rates (1)

18 May 2015
(2015/C 162/05)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1389




JPY


Japanese yen


136,33




DKK


Danish krone


7,4640




GBP


Pound sterling


0,72700




SEK


Swedish krona


9,3836




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0482




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,3815




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,401




HUF


Hungarian forint


307,55




PLN


Polish zloty


4,0615




RON


Romanian leu


4,4465




TRY


Turkish lira


2,9385




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4228




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3733




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,8283




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5356




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5056




KRW


South Korean won


1 236,94




ZAR


South African rand


13,5051




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,0661




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5325




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 967,91




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,0650




PHP


Philippine peso


50,596




RUB


Russian rouble


56,0016




THB


Thai baht


37,977




BRL


Brazilian real


3,4161




MXN


Mexican peso


17,1188




INR


Indian rupee


72,5115






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Corrigendum to Statement of revenue and expenditure of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2014 — amending budget No 1 (Official Journal of the European Union C 110 of 31 March 2015)
Date: 2015-05-19
Institutions: Eurofound
Subjects: EU expenditure, Eurofound, amending budget, budgetary resources, publication of accounts








C_2015164EN.01002301.xml










19.5.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 164/23





Corrigendum to Statement of revenue and expenditure of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2014 — amending budget No 1
(
Official Journal of the European Union C 110 of 31 March 2015
)
(2015/C 164/06)
On page 199, Title 1, figures should read as follows:










‘Title
Chapter


Heading


Appropriations 2014


Amending budget No 1


New amount




1 1


STAFF IN ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT


11 229 000


416 448


11 645 448




1 3


MISSIONS AND DUTY TRAVELS


430 000


–41 131


388 869




1 4


SOCIOMEDICAL INFRASTRUCTURE


125 000


–2 282


122 718




 



Title 1 — Total




11 784 000




373 035




12 157 035’





Same page, last row, ‘Grand Total’ should read as follows:










‘Title
Chapter


Heading


Appropriations 2014


Amending budget No 1


New amount




 



GRAND TOTAL




20 557 000




893 000




21 450 000’