do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7624 — KKR/Comcast/Pentech/Piton/Scottish Enterprise/Shamrock/FanDuel/JV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-06-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: advanced technology industry, capital market, economic concentration, economic development, information technology industry, investment company, merger control








C_2015182EN.01000101.xml










3.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 182/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7624 — KKR/Comcast/Pentech/Piton/Scottish Enterprise/Shamrock/FanDuel/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 182/01)
On 26 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 English 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 32015M7624. 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.7627 — Centerbridge/BFF) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-06-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, investment company, merger control








C_2015182EN.01000501.xml










3.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 182/5





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7627 — Centerbridge/BFF)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 182/05)






1.


On 26 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 undertaking Centerbridge Partners, L.P. (‘Centerbridge’, US) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, sole control over Banca FarmaFactoring S.p.A. (‘BFF’, Italy), by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Centerbridge: investment management firm, focused on private equity and distressed investments, principally in North America and Europe. Investments are made across a variety of sectors, including transportation and logistics, retail and consumer (including restaurants), hospitality, business services, financial institutions, healthcare, industrial, communications and media and real estate.
—   for BFF: banking group active in the factoring services sector in Italy, Portugal and Spain and in the retail banking in Italy.










3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.










4.


The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.7627 — Centerbridge/BFF, 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.
Joined Cases T-544/12 and T-546/12: Judgment of the General Court of 3 June 2015 — Pensa Pharma v OHIM — Ferring and Farmaceutisk Laboratorium Ferring (PENSA PHARMA and pensa) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark PENSA PHARMA and Community figurative mark pensa — Earlier national and Benelux word marks PENTASA — Express consent to the registration of the Community trade mark before submission of the application for a declaration of invalidity — Article 53(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Date: 2015-06-03
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cosmetic product, health service, pharmaceutical product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015236EN.01003301.xml










20.7.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 236/33





Judgment of the General Court of 3 June 2015 — Pensa Pharma v OHIM — Ferring and Farmaceutisk Laboratorium Ferring (PENSA PHARMA and pensa)
(Joined Cases T-544/12 and T-546/12) (1)

((Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark PENSA PHARMA and Community figurative mark pensa - Earlier national and Benelux word marks PENTASA - Express consent to the registration of the Community trade mark before submission of the application for a declaration of invalidity - Article 53(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009))
(2015/C 236/43)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Pensa Pharma, SA (Valencia, Spain) (represented by: M. Esteve Sanz, M. González Gordon and R. Kunze, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, interveners before the General Court: Ferring BV (Hoofddorp, Netherlands); and Farmaceutisk Laboratorium Ferring A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark) (represented by: initially I. Fowler, Solicitor, A. Renck, V. von Bomhard and D. Slopek, lawyers, subsequently I. Fowler, A. Renck, V. von Bomhard and J. Fuhrmann, lawyer, and lastly I. Fowler and J. Fuhrmann)

Re:

Two actions brought against the decisions of the Fifth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 October 2012 (Cases R 1883/2011-5 and R 1884/2011-5), relating to invalidity proceedings between Ferring BV and Farmaceutisk Laboratorium Ferring A/S, on the one hand, and Pensa Pharma SA, on the other.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the actions;










2.


Orders Pensa Pharma, SA, to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 55, 23.2.2013.
Case C-142/14 P: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 3 June 2015 — The Sunrider Corporation v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Nannerl GmbH & Co. KG (Appeal — Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for registration of word mark SUN FRESH — Opposition by the proprietor of the earlier Community word mark SUNNY FRESH — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods covered by the marks at issue — Right to be heard — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Articles 8(1)(b), 75 and 76)
Date: 2015-06-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, beverage, food supplement, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015320EN.01000602.xml










28.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 320/6





Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 3 June 2015 — The Sunrider Corporation v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Nannerl GmbH & Co. KG
(Case C-142/14 P) (1)

((Appeal - Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for registration of word mark SUN FRESH - Opposition by the proprietor of the earlier Community word mark SUNNY FRESH - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the goods covered by the marks at issue - Right to be heard - Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Articles 8(1)(b), 75 and 76))
(2015/C 320/08)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: The Sunrider Corporation (represented by: N. Dontas and E. Markakis, dikigoroi)

Other parties to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: P. Bullock, acting as Agent), Nannerl GmbH & Co. KG (represented by: A. Thünken, Rechtsanwalt)

Operative part of the order







1.


The appeal is dismissed.










2.


The Sunrider Corporation shall pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 212, 7.7.2014.
EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 221/15/COL of 3 June 2015 amending EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 83/15/COL concerning the consistency of certain targets included in the national or functional airspace block plans submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council with the Union-wide performance targets for the second reference period [2016/1420]
Date: 2015-06-03
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: air safety, air space, air traffic, air traffic control, common transport policy








L_2016230EN.01005601.xml










25.8.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 230/56







EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY DECISION
         
No 221/15/COL
of 3 June 2015
         
amending EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 83/15/COL concerning the consistency of certain targets included in the national or functional airspace block plans submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council with the Union-wide performance targets for the second reference period [2016/1420]


THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY,

Having regard to the Act mentioned at point 66t of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement (Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 laying down the framework for the creation of the single European sky (‘the Framework Regulation’) (1)), as adapted to the EEA Agreement by Protocol 1 thereto, and in particular Article 11(3)(c) thereof,

Whereas:

Incorrect entries regarding the Kingdom of Norway were discovered in the table containing the key performance area of safety in the Annex of the EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 83/15/COL of 18 March 2015, which need to be corrected,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
In the Annex to College Decision No 83/15/COL, the part concerning the key performance area of safety, is replaced by the following:


                           ‘KEY PERFORMANCE AREA OF SAFETY
Effectiveness of Safety Management (EOSM) and the application of the severity classification based on the Risk Analysis Tool (RAT) methodology





















EFTA State


FAB


EOSM


RAT Ground Level %


RAT Overall Level %




 


 


State level


ANSP level


2017


2019


2017


2019




 


 


 


SC


Other MO


SMI


RI


ATMS


SMI


RI's


ATMS


SMI


RI's


ATMS


SMI


RI's


ATMS




Norway


NEFAB


C


C


D


95


95


85


100


100


100


90


90


85


100


100


100’




[Finland]




[Latvia]




[Estonia]







Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Norway.




Done at Brussels, 3 June 2015.


For the EFTA Surveillance Authority

Oda Helen SLETNES
            

President

Helga JÓNSDÓTTIR
            

College Member






(1)  
            OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7541 — IAG/Aer Lingus) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-06-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air transport, economic concentration, holding company, merger control








C_2015182EN.01000601.xml










3.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 182/6





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7541 — IAG/Aer Lingus)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 182/06)






1.


On 27 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 International Consolidated Airlines Group, SA (‘IAG’, United Kingdom and Spain) acquires indirectly within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Aer Lingus Group, plc (‘Aer Lingus’, Ireland) by way of a public offer.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for IAG: IAG is the holding company of each of British Airways plc, Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España SA, and Vueling Airlines, SA. The IAG airlines fly to around 200 destinations. IAG is active in scheduled passenger air transport; cargo air transport; maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services; and airport groundhandling services,
—   for Aer Lingus: Aer Lingus serves more than 75 destinations, primarily in the EEA and North America. Aer Lingus is mainly active in scheduled passenger air transport.










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.7541 — IAG/Aer Lingus, 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’).
Case T-559/13: Judgment of the General Court of 3 June 2015 — Giovanni Cosmetics v OHIM — Vasconcelos & Gonçalves (GIOVANNI GALLI) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark GIOVANNI GALLI — Earlier Community word mark GIOVANNI — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Distinctive character of a first name and a surname)
Date: 2015-06-03
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015236EN.01003602.xml










20.7.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 236/36





Judgment of the General Court of 3 June 2015 — Giovanni Cosmetics v OHIM — Vasconcelos & Gonçalves (GIOVANNI GALLI)
(Case T-559/13) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark GIOVANNI GALLI - Earlier Community word mark GIOVANNI - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Distinctive character of a first name and a surname))
(2015/C 236/48)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Giovanni Cosmetics, Inc. (Rancho Dominguez, California, United States) (represented by: J. van den Berg and M. Meddens-Bakker, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Vasconcelos & Gonçalves, SA (Lisbon, Portugal)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 13 August 2013 (Case R 1189/2012-2) concerning opposition proceedings between Giovanni Cosmetics, Inc. and Vasconcelos & Gonçalves, SA.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Giovanni Cosmetics, Inc. to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 24, 25.1.2014.
Case T-658/13: Judgment of the General Court of 3 June 2015 — BP v FRA (Appeal — Civil service — Member of the contract staff — Staff of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights — Non-renewal of a fixed-term contract for an indefinite period — Right to be heard — Reassignment to another department until expiry of the contract — Assessment of the facts — Distortion of the clear sense of the evidence — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2015-06-03
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, damages, reassignment, servant (EU), temporary employment, termination of employment, work contract








C_2015236EN.01003802.xml










20.7.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 236/38





Judgment of the General Court of 3 June 2015 — BP v FRA
(Case T-658/13) (1)

((Appeal - Civil service - Member of the contract staff - Staff of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights - Non-renewal of a fixed-term contract for an indefinite period - Right to be heard - Reassignment to another department until expiry of the contract - Assessment of the facts - Distortion of the clear sense of the evidence - Obligation to state reasons))
(2015/C 236/51)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: BP (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: L. Levi and M. Vandenbussche, lawyers)

Other party to the proceedings: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) (represented by: M. Kjærum, acting as Agent, assisted by B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 30 September 2013 in BP v FRA (F-38/12, ECR-SC, EU:F:2013:138), seeking to have that judgment set aside.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the judgment of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 30 September 2013 in BP v FRA (F-38/12, ECR-SC, EU:F:2013:138) in so far as it dismissed the application brought against the decision of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), contained in a letter of 27 February 2012, not to renew BP’s contract of service as a member of the contract staff;










2.


Annuls the decision of the FRA, contained in a letter of 27 February 2012, not to renew BP’s contract of service as a member of the contract staff;










3.


Dismisses the appeal as to the remainder;










4.


Orders BP and the FRA to bear their own costs relating to the proceedings before the Civil Service Tribunal and on appeal.






(1)  OJ C 61, 1.3.2014.
Case C-538/14: Order of the President of the Court of 3 June 2015 — European Commission v Republic of Finland
Date: 2015-06-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: equal treatment, ethnic discrimination, infringement of EU law, racial discrimination, working conditions








C_2015320EN.01002603.xml










28.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 320/26





Order of the President of the Court of 3 June 2015 — European Commission v Republic of Finland
(Case C-538/14) (1)

(2015/C 320/40)
Language of the case: Finnish
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 34, 2.2.2015.
Communication of the European Parliament concerning the European Citizen's Prize — CIVI EUROPAEO PRAEMIUM
Date: 2015-06-03
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European citizenship, candidate, cultural prize








C_2015217EN.01001701.xml










2.7.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 217/17





Communication of the European Parliament concerning the European Citizen's Prize — CIVI EUROPAEO PRAEMIUM

(2015/C 217/03)
The Chancellery of the European Citizens' Prize held its annual meeting on 3 June 2015 with Mrs Sylvie Guillaume, Vice-President of the European Parliament, in the chair.
At that meeting the following list of prize winners for 2015 was drawn up.
The prizes will be awarded at public award ceremonies in the Member States where laureates are based, and will be organised by the Information offices of the European Parliament. The laureates will also meet at the European Parliament in Brussels for a central event on 14 October 2015.


CIVI EUROPAEO PRAEMIUM



Laureates/Winners







—


Antoine Deltour










—


Carole Roberts










—


Člověk v tísni










—


Davide Martello










—


Davidovics László










—


Die gewollte Donau










—


Don Michele De Paolis










—


Drago Jančar










—


Euriade e.V.










—


Fundación Barraquer










—


Fundacja Integracji Społecznej PROM










—


Fundacja Oswoić Los










—


Gaia Ferrara










—


Gemeinsam leben und lernen in Europa e.V.










—


Heart for Romania










—


Hrvatska gorska služba spašavanja










—


Ikäihmisten olohuone










—


Innovaction










—


Instituto Marquês de Valle Flôr










—


Istituto di Medicina Solidale Onlus










—


Katri Raik










—


Κοινωνική Κουζίνα - ο Άλλος Άνθρωπος










—


La Ciudad Accesible










—


Lietuvos neįgaliųjų forumas










—


Lydia Foy










—


Manuela Eanes










—


Mário Ruivo










—


Medici con l'Africa CUAMM










—


Miskolci Speciális Felderítő és Mentőcsoport










—


Μητροπολιτικό Κοινωνικό Ιατρείο Ελληνικού










—


Netzwerk sozialer Zusammenhalt










—


НЧ „Бъдеще сега 2006“










—


PAMINA Nachwuchsschwimmfest










—


PhDr. Marek Hrubec, PhD.










—


Rafel SHAMRI










—


Richmond Foundation










—


Romska Ungdomsförbundet










—


Rūta Dimanta










—


Schone Kleren Campagne










—


Serge Laborderie










—


SLYNCS










—


Takis Hadjidemetriou and Ali Tuncay










—


Territoires de la Mémoire










—


Tessy Fautsch










—


Tina Ellen Lee










—


Tomo Križnar










—


Yves D. Robert
Case T-292/15: Action brought on 3 June 2015 — Vakakis v Commission
Date: 2015-06-03
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: complaint to the Commission, damage, damages, equal treatment, public contract








C_2015294EN.01007301.xml










7.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 294/73






Action brought on 3 June 2015 — Vakakis v Commission
(Case T-292/15)
(2015/C 294/88)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Vakakis International — Symvouloi gia Agrotiki Anaptixi AE (Athens, Greece) (represented by: B. O’Connor, Solicitor, S. Gubel and E. Bertolotto, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


hold the Commission liable under Article 340 TFUE to compensate all damages incurred by the applicant due to the unlawful conduct of the Commission during the public procurement procedure in question, including the:






—


costs and expenses of the participation to the overall tender exercise;










—


costs of the challenge of the legality of the tender exercise;










—


loss of profit;










—


loss of opportunities.














—


order the Commission to pay the costs of the present action.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on three pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging that the Commission breached the principles of equal treatment, sound administration and legitimate expectations as codified by Council Regulation No 1605/2002 (‘the Financial Regulation’) and the Practical Guide to contract procedures for EU external actions (‘PRAG’) by failing to adequately supervise the tender procedure and promptly investigate and provide full and complete information on the investigation of the complaint lodged by Vakakis;










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that the applicant has been damaged as a result of the Commission maladministration and the decision to award the contract to Agriconsulting.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging that the applicant has suffered damages as a result of the Commission maladministration and the breach of the Union general principles of equal treatment, sound administration and the protection of legitimate expectations as well as the infringement of Article 94 of the Financial Regulation and Section 2.3.6. of the PRAG.