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Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7939 — HDI Assicurazioni/CBA Vita/Sella Life) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-02-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, insurance company, merger control








C_2016074EN.01000202.xml










26.2.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 74/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7939 — HDI Assicurazioni/CBA Vita/Sella Life)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 74/03)
On 19 February 2016, 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 Italian and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






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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,










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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32016M7939. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Acknowledgement of receipt of complaint CHAP(2015) 2880
Date: 2016-02-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovenia, complaint to the Commission, double taxation, economic discrimination, frontier worker, fundamental rights, tax on income








C_2016074EN.01002601.xml










26.2.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 74/26





Acknowledgement of receipt of complaint CHAP(2015) 2880
(2016/C 74/12)






1.


The European Commission has received a series of complaints about alleged discriminatory taxation of cross-border workers in Slovenia. It is claimed that the additional tax burden imposed on Slovenian residents working in Austria breaches the fundamental freedoms as guaranteed by the TFEU.










2.


The Commission has registered these complaints in the central application for the registration of complaints on the application of Union law by a Member State under reference number CHAP(2015) 2880.










3.


Given the significant number of complaints it received on this subject, the Commission, with a view to responding swiftly and informing those concerned while making the most economical use of its administrative resources, is publishing this acknowledgment of receipt in the Official Journal of the European Union, and on the Internet at: http://ec.europa.eu/eu_law/complaints/receipt/index_en.htm










4.


The complainants will be informed, through the same channels, of the results of the Commission’s examination of these complaints and of the follow-up that the Commission may decide to take.
Case T-543/14: Judgment of the General Court of 26 February 2016 — provima Warenhandels v OHIM — Renfro (HOT SOX) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — International registration designating the European Community — Word mark HOT SOX — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2016-02-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2016118EN.01002702.xml










4.4.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 118/27





Judgment of the General Court of 26 February 2016 — provima Warenhandels v OHIM — Renfro (HOT SOX)
(Case T-543/14) (1)

((Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - International registration designating the European Community - Word mark HOT SOX - Absolute grounds for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2016/C 118/30)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: provima Warenhandels GmbH (Bielefeld, Germany) (represented by: J. Croll and H. Prange, 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, intervening before the General Court: Renfro Corp. (Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States) (represented by: C. Schenk, M. Best, U. Pfleghar and S. Schäffner, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 13 May 2014 (Case R 1859/2013-2), concerning invalidity proceedings between provima Warenhandels GmbH and Renfro Corp.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders provima Warenhandels GmbH to bear the costs.






(1)  OJ C 339, 29.9.2014.