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Case T-229/14: Judgment of the General Court of 16 June 2015 — Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb v OHIM — Yorma’s (Yorma Eberl) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark Yorma Eberl — Earlier Community and national word marks NORMA — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2015-06-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, supermarket, trade-mark law








C_2015262EN.01002401.xml










10.8.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 262/24





Judgment of the General Court of 16 June 2015 — Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb v OHIM — Yorma’s (Yorma Eberl)
(Case T-229/14) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark Yorma Eberl - Earlier Community and national word marks NORMA - Relative grounds for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2015/C 262/32)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb Stiftung & Co. KG (Nuremberg, Germany) (represented by: A. Parr, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Yorma’s AG (Deggendorf, Germany) (represented by: A. Weiß and C. Muck, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 February 2014 (Case R 532/2013-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb Stiftung & Co. KG and Yorma’s AG.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb Stiftung & Co. KG to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 194, 24.6.2014.
Case T-585/13: Judgment of the General Court of 16 June 2015 — H. P. Gauff Ingenieure v OHIM (Gauff JBG Ingenieure) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark Gauff JBG Ingenieure — Earlier national and Community word and figurative marks GAUFF — Relative grounds for refusal — Partial refusal to register — Application for restitutio in integrum — Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2015-06-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, civil engineering, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015262EN.01002001.xml










10.8.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 262/20





Judgment of the General Court of 16 June 2015 — H. P. Gauff Ingenieure v OHIM (Gauff JBG Ingenieure)
(Case T-585/13) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark Gauff JBG Ingenieure - Earlier national and Community word and figurative marks GAUFF - Relative grounds for refusal - Partial refusal to register - Application for restitutio in integrum - Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2015/C 262/26)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: H. P. Gauff Ingenieure GmbH & Co. KG — JBG (Nuremberg, Germany) (represented by: G. Schneider-Rothhaar, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the General Court: Gauff GmbH & Co. Engineering KG (Nuremberg, Germany) (represented by: A. Molnar, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 5 September 2013 (Case R 596/2013-1) relating to an application for restitutio in integrum.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders H.P. Gauff Ingenieure GmbH & Co. KG — JBG to bear its own costs as well as those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM);










3.


Orders Gauff GmbH & Co. Engineering KG to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 24, 25.1.2014.
Council Decision (EU) 2015/954 of 16 June 2015 granting Mr Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen authorisation for access to information classified up to level TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET
Date: 2015-06-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Council of the European Union, Denmark, European Council, European official, access to EU information, confidentiality, data protection, duties of civil servants, professional secret, protection of communications




L_2015156EN.01001901.xml










20.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 156/19








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2015/954
of 16 June 2015
         
granting Mr Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen authorisation for access to information classified up to level TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Decision 2013/488/EU of 23 September 2013 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information (1), and in particular point (a) of paragraph 18 of Annex I thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision 2013/811/EU of 17 December 2013 determining for the General Secretariat of the Council the appointing authority and the authority empowered to conclude contracts of employment and repealing Decision 2011/444/EU (2),


Having regard to 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 (3),

Whereas:







(1)


The competent Danish national security authority gave a positive assurance on 26 March 2015 with regard to access to information classified up to level TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET by Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN.












(2)


It is necessary, owing to his assignment and the needs of the service, to authorise Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN to have access to information classified up to level TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET held by the Council and the European Council,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1

1.   Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN is hereby granted authorisation for access to information classified up to level TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET held by the Council and the European Council for the purposes of his assignment.


2.   The authorisation referred to in paragraph 1 shall be valid for the duration of the assignment for which this authorisation is granted and shall not exceed a period of five years, starting from the date this Decision takes effect.



Article 2
This Decision shall take effect on 1 July 2015.


Article 3
This Decision is addressed to Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN.




Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 2015.


For the Council


The President

J. DŪKLAVS
            





(1)  
            OJ L 274, 15.10.2013, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 355, 31.12.2013, p. 91.

(3)  
            OJ L 107, 25.4.2015, p. 74.
Case T-655/11: Judgment of the General Court of 16 June 2015 — FSL and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European banana market in Italy, Greece and Portugal — Coordination in the fixing of prices — Admissibility of evidence — Rights of defence — Misuse of powers — Evidence of the infringement — Calculation of the fine)
Date: 2015-06-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Greece, Italy, Portugal, abuse of power, cartel, competition policy, fine, fixing of prices, rights of the defence, tropical fruit








C_2015262EN.01001401.xml










10.8.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 262/14





Judgment of the General Court of 16 June 2015 — FSL and Others v Commission
(Case T-655/11) (1)

((Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - European banana market in Italy, Greece and Portugal - Coordination in the fixing of prices - Admissibility of evidence - Rights of defence - Misuse of powers - Evidence of the infringement - Calculation of the fine))
(2015/C 262/18)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: FSL Holdings (Antwerp, Belgium); Firma Léon Van Parys (Antwerp); and Pacific Fruit Company Italy SpA (Rome, Italy) (represented by: P. Vlaemminck, C. Verdonck, B. Van Vooren and B. Gielen, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Kellerbauer and A. Biolan, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application, primarily, for annulment of Commission Decision C(2011) 7273 final of 12 October 2011 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 [TFEU] (Case COMP/39482 — Exotic Fruit (Bananas)), and, in the alternative, for a reduction in the fine.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)


Annuls Article 1 of Commission Decision C(2011) 7273 final of 12 October 2011 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 [TFEU] (Case COMP/39482 — Exotic Fruit (Bananas)) in so far as it refers to the period from 11 August 2004 to 19 January 2005, to the extent that it concerns FSL Holdings, Firma Léon Van Parys and Pacific Fruit Company Italy SpA;










2)


Annuls Article 2 of Decision C(2011) 7273 final in so far as it sets the amount of the fine imposed on FSL Holdings, Firma Léon Van Parys and Pacific Fruit Company Italy SpA at EUR 8 9 19  000;










3)


Sets the amount of the fine imposed on FSL Holdings, Firma Léon Van Parys and Pacific Fruit Company Italy in Article 2 of Decision C(2011) 7273 final at EUR 6 6 89  000;










4)


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










5)


Orders FSL Holdings, Firma Léon Van Parys and Pacific Fruit Company Italy to bear a third of their own costs and half of the European Commission’s costs;










6)


Orders the Commission to bear half of its own costs and two thirds of the costs of FSL Holdings, of Firma Léon Van Parys and of Pacific Fruit Company Italy.






(1)  OJ C 58, 25.2.2012.
Case T-654/13: Judgment of the General Court of 16 June 2015 — Gako Konietzko v OHIM (Shape of a cylindrical container in red and white) (Community trade mark — Application for three-dimensional Community trade mark — Shape of a cylindrical container in red and white — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2015-06-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, pharmaceutical industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2015262EN.01002201.xml










10.8.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 262/22





Judgment of the General Court of 16 June 2015 — Gako Konietzko v OHIM (Shape of a cylindrical container in red and white)
(Case T-654/13) (1)

((Community trade mark - Application for three-dimensional Community trade mark - Shape of a cylindrical container in red and white - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2015/C 262/28)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Gako Konietzko GmbH (Bamberg, Germany) (represented by: S. Reinhardt, lawyer)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 September 2013 (Case R 2232/2012-1), concerning an application for registration of a three-dimensional sign consisting of the shape of a cylindrical container in red and white as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Gako Konietzko GmbH to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 39, 8.2.2014.
Case C-292/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vergabekammer Südbayern (Germany) lodged on 16 June 2015 — Hörmann Reisen GmbH v Stadt Augsburg, Landkreis Augsburg
Date: 2015-06-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: award of contract, passenger tariff, provision of services, public service, public transport, subcontracting, tendering








C_2015294EN.01003301.xml










7.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 294/33






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vergabekammer Südbayern (Germany) lodged on 16 June 2015 — Hörmann Reisen GmbH v Stadt Augsburg, Landkreis Augsburg
(Case C-292/15)
(2015/C 294/41)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Vergabekammer Südbayern

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Hörmann Reisen GmbH

Defendants: Stadt Augsburg, Landkreis Augsburg

Questions referred







1.


In the case of an award procedure under Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 (1) in conjunction with Directive 2004/18/EC (2) or Directive 2014/24/EU, (3) in principle are the provisions of those directives alone applicable, with the result that any provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 which derogate from those directives are not to be applied?










2.


In the case of an award procedure under Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 in conjunction with Directive 2004/18/EC or Directive 2014/24/EU, is the permissibility of subcontracting therefore governed exclusively by the rules developed by the Court of Justice in connection with Directive 2004/18/EC and by the provisions of Article 63(2) of Directive 2014/24/EU or can a contracting authority, in derogation from the foregoing, stipulate a percentage rate of self-provision (measured in timetable kilometres), in accordance with Article 4(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007, even in the case of an award procedure of the kind mentioned above?










3.


In the event that Article 4(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 is applicable to award procedures under Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 in conjunction with Directive 2004/18/EC or Directive 2014/24/EU, does the determination of the self-provision rate lie within the discretion of the contracting authority, taking into account recital 19 in the preamble to Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007, with the result that the requirement by the contracting authority of a self-provision rate of 70 %, measured in timetable kilometres, is justifiable?






(1)  Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 1191/69 and 1107/70 (OJ 2007 L 315, p. 1).

(2)  Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts (OJ 2004 L 134, p. 114).

(3)  Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC Text with EEA relevance (OJ 2014 L 94, p. 65).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7576 — Jacquet Metal Service/Schmolz Bickenbach Steel Distribution Business) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-06-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, iron and steel industry, merger control








C_2015199EN.01000401.xml










16.6.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 199/4





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7576 — Jacquet Metal Service/Schmolz Bickenbach Steel Distribution Business)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 199/04)






1.


On 5 June 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Jacquet Metal Service SA (France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of parts of the undertaking Schmolz+Bickenbach AG: Schmolz+Bickenbach Distributions GmbH (‘S+B Distributions’), Schmolz+Bickenbach Austria GmbH (‘S+B Austria’), Schmolz+Bickenbach BV (‘S+B BV’), Schmolz+Bickenbach Belgium SA (‘S+B Belgium’), Günther + Schramm GmbH (‘G+S’) and Dr. Wilhelm Mertens GmbH (‘Dr. Mertens’) (‘the acquired Schmolz+Nickenbach business’) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for undertaking Jacquet Metal Service: distribution of steel products through stockholdings and oxy-cutting centres,
—   for undertaking Schmolz+Bickenbach AG: production, transformation and distribution of steel products,
—   for the acquired Schmolz+Bickenbach business: distribution of steel products principally through stockholdings.










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.7576 — Jacquet Metal Service/Schmolz Bickenbach Steel Distribution Business, 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 C-62/14: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 June 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverfassungsgericht — Germany) — Peter Gauweiler and Others v Deutscher Bundestag (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Economic and monetary policy — Decisions of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) on a number of technical features regarding the Eurosystem’s outright monetary transactions in secondary sovereign bond markets — Articles 119 TFEU and 127 TFEU — Powers conferred on the ECB and the European System of Central Banks — Monetary policy transmission mechanism — Maintenance of price stability — Proportionality — Article 123 TFEU — Prohibition of monetary financing of Member States in the euro area)
Date: 2015-06-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Central Bank, European System of Central Banks, budget financing, decision-making body (EU), economic policy, monetary policy, price stability, purchase








C_2015279EN.01001201.xml










24.8.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 279/12






Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 June 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverfassungsgericht — Germany) — Peter Gauweiler and Others v Deutscher Bundestag
(Case C-62/14) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Economic and monetary policy - Decisions of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) on a number of technical features regarding the Eurosystem’s outright monetary transactions in secondary sovereign bond markets - Articles 119 TFEU and 127 TFEU - Powers conferred on the ECB and the European System of Central Banks - Monetary policy transmission mechanism - Maintenance of price stability - Proportionality - Article 123 TFEU - Prohibition of monetary financing of Member States in the euro area))
(2015/C 279/14)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesverfassungsgericht

Parties to the main proceedings


Complainants/applicant: Peter Gauweiler, Bruno Bandulet, Wilhelm Hankel, Wilhelm Nölling, Albrecht Schachtschneider, Joachim Starbatty, Roman Huber and Others, Johann Heinrich von Stein and Others, Fraktion DIE LINKE im Deutschen Bundestag

Respondent: Deutscher Bundestag

Joined party: Bundesregierung

Operative part of the judgment

Articles 119 TFEU, 123(1) TFEU and 127(1) and (2) TFEU and Articles 17 to 24 of Protocol (No 4) on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank must be interpreted as permitting the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) to adopt a programme for the purchase of government bonds on secondary markets, such as the programme announced in the press release to which reference is made in the minutes of the 340th meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) on 5 and 6 September 2012.


(1)  
            OJ C 129, 28.4.2014.
Case C-593/13: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 June 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy)) — Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri and Others v Rina Services SpA, Rina SpA, SOA Rina Organismo di Attestazione SpA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Articles 49 TFEU, 51 TFEU and 56 TFEU — Freedom of establishment — Connection with the exercise of official authority — Directive 2006/123/EC — Article 14 — Bodies responsible for verifying and certifying that undertakings carrying out public works comply with the conditions laid down by law — National legislation providing that the registered office of such bodies must be situated in Italy)
Date: 2015-06-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Italy, nationality of legal persons, public contract, right of establishment








C_2015279EN.01000801.xml










24.8.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 279/8






Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 June 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy)) — Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri and Others v Rina Services SpA, Rina SpA, SOA Rina Organismo di Attestazione SpA
(Case C-593/13) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Articles 49 TFEU, 51 TFEU and 56 TFEU - Freedom of establishment - Connection with the exercise of official authority - Directive 2006/123/EC - Article 14 - Bodies responsible for verifying and certifying that undertakings carrying out public works comply with the conditions laid down by law - National legislation providing that the registered office of such bodies must be situated in Italy))
(2015/C 279/09)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Consiglio di Stato, Consiglio Superiore dei Lavori Pubblici, Autorità per la Vigilanza sui Contratti Pubblici di lavori, servizi e forniture, Conferenza Unificata Stato Regioni, Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti, Ministero per le Politiche europee, Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare, Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Ministero degli Affari esteri

Defendants: Rina Services SpA, Rina SpA, SOA Rina Organismo di Attestazione SpA

Operative part of the judgment







1.


The first paragraph of Article 51 TFEU must be interpreted as meaning that the exception to the right of establishment laid down in that provision does not apply to the certification activities carried out by companies classified as certification bodies.










2.


Article 14 of Directive 2006/123 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market must be interpreted as precluding legislation of a Member State which provides that companies classified as certification bodies must have their registered office in national territory.






(1)  
            OJ C 61, 1.3.2014.