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Case T-139/16: Action brought on 31 March 2016 — SDSR v EUIPO — Berghaus (BERG OUTDOOR)
Date: 2016-03-31
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, footwear industry, leather, registered trade mark, sports equipment, trade-mark law








C_2016175EN.01003301.xml










17.5.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 175/33





Action brought on 31 March 2016 — SDSR v EUIPO — Berghaus (BERG OUTDOOR)
(Case T-139/16)
(2016/C 175/39)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Sports Division SR, SA (SDSR) (Matosinhos, Portugal) (represented by: A. Sebastião and J. Pimenta, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Berghaus Ltd (London, United Kingdom)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark containing the word elements ‘BERG OUTDOOR’ — International registration designating the European Union No 1 116 936

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 January 2016 in Case R 153/2015-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to grant the registration of International trademark no. 1116936 designating the EU in its entirety;










—


order the intervener to pay the costs.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7967 — Apax Partners/Neuberger Berman/Engineering) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, economic concentration, information technology industry, investment company, merger control








C_2016114EN.01000101.xml










31.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 114/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7967 — Apax Partners/Neuberger Berman/Engineering)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 114/01)
On 23 March 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 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 32016M7967. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Order of the Court of 31 March 2016 in Case E-4/15 — Icelandic Financial Services Association v EFTA Surveillance Authority (Action for annulment of a decision of the EFTA Surveillance Authority — State aid — Admissibility — Locus standi — Status of an association)
Date: 2016-03-31
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: Iceland, State aid, control of State aid, financial services, financing, housing








C_2017033EN.01000601.xml










2.2.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 33/6





ORDER OF THE COURT
of 31 March 2016
in Case E-4/15
Icelandic Financial Services Association v EFTA Surveillance Authority
(Action for annulment of a decision of the EFTA Surveillance Authority — State aid — Admissibility — Locus standi — Status of an association)
(2017/C 33/05)
In Case E-4/15: Icelandic Financial Services Association v EFTA Surveillance Authority — APPLICATION for the annulment of EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 298/14/COL of 16 July 2014, notified in OJ C 400, 13.11.2014, p. 13 and EEA Supplement No 66, 13.11.2014, p. 1 (‘the contested decision’), to close the case concerning existing aid to the Icelandic Housing Financing Fund (Íbúðalánasjóður), the Court, composed of: Carl Baudenbacher, President and Judge-Rapporteur, Per Christiansen and Páll Hreinsson, Judges, gave order of 31 March 2016, the operative part of which is as follows:






1.


The application is dismissed as inadmissible;










2.


Icelandic Financial Services Association is to bear its own costs and the costs incurred by the EFTA Surveillance Authority;










3.


The Government of Iceland is to bear its own costs.
Case C-181/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (Belgium) lodged on 31 March 2016 — Sadikou Gnandi v État belge
Date: 2016-03-31
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, foreign national, illegal migration, residence permit, return migration, right of asylum








C_2016191EN.01002101.xml










30.5.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 191/21





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (Belgium) lodged on 31 March 2016 — Sadikou Gnandi v État belge
(Case C-181/16)
(2016/C 191/26)
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Conseil d'État

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Sadikou Gnandi

Respondent: État belge

Question referred

Must Article 5 of Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals, (1) which requires Member States to respect the principle of non-refoulement when they are implementing that directive, and the right to an effective remedy provided for under Article 13(1) of that directive and under Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, be interpreted as precluding the adoption of a return decision, as provided for under Article 6 of the aforementioned Directive 2008/115/EC and under Article 52/3(1) of the Law of 15 December 1980 on entry to the national territory, settlement, residence and removal of foreign nationals and Article 75(2) of the Royal Decree of 8 October 1981 on entry to the national territory, residence, settlement and removal of foreign nationals, after the rejection of the asylum application by the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons and therefore before the legal remedies available against that rejection decision can be exhausted and before the asylum procedure can be definitively concluded?


(1)  OJ 2008 L 348, p. 98.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/473 of 31 March 2016 amending for the 244th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda organisations
Date: 2016-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common foreign and security policy, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, terrorism, trade restriction








L_2016085EN.01003001.xml










1.4.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 85/30








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/473
of 31 March 2016
         
amending for the 244th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda organisations


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda organisations (1), and in particular Article 7(1)(a) and Article 7a(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.












(2)


On 28 March 2016, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) decided to add one natural person to the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 should therefore be updated accordingly.












(3)


In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into force immediately,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 31 March 2016.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,


Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments






(1)  
            OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9.




ANNEX
In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002, the following entry shall be added under the heading ‘Natural persons’:


            ‘Nayef Salam Muhammad Ujaym Al-Hababi (alias (a) Nayf Salam Muhammad Ujaym al-Hababi, (b) Faruq al-Qahtani, (c) Faruq al-Qatari, (d) Farouq al-Qahtani al Qatari, (e) Sheikh Farooq al-Qahtani, (f) Shaykh Imran Farouk, (g) Sheikh Faroq al-Qatari). Date of birth: (a) 1981, (b) Approximately 1980. Place of birth: Saudi Arabia. Nationality: (a) Saudi Arabia, (b) Qatar. Passport No: 592667 (Qatari passport issued on 3 May 2007). Address: Afghanistan (since 2009). Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 28.3.2016.’.
Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/477 of 31 March 2016 amending Decision 2011/173/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date: 2016-03-31
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bosnia and Herzegovina, economic sanctions, international sanctions, removal








L_2016085EN.01004701.xml










1.4.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 85/47








            COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2016/477
of 31 March 2016
         
amending Decision 2011/173/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:







(1)


On 21 March 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/173/CFSP (1).












(2)


On the basis of a review of Decision 2011/173/CFSP, the restrictive measures should be renewed until 31 March 2017.












(3)


Decision 2011/173/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
In Article 6 of Decision 2011/173/CFSP, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘This Decision shall apply until 31 March 2017.’.



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




Done at Brussels, 31 March 2016.


For the Council


The President

A.G. KOENDERS
            





(1)  Council Decision 2011/173/CFSP of 21 March 2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (OJ L 76, 22.3.2011, p. 68).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2016-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2016114EN.01000201.xml










31.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 114/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

30 March 2016
(2016/C 114/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1324 




JPY


Japanese yen


127,37 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4531 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,78580 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,2420 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0913 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,4300 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


27,075 




HUF


Hungarian forint


314,29 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2538 




RON


Romanian leu


4,4623 




TRY


Turkish lira


3,2140 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4766 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4755 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,7810 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6356 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5311 




KRW


South Korean won


1 293,67 




ZAR


South African rand


16,9129 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,3366 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5168 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 004,12 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,4502 




PHP


Philippine peso


52,056 




RUB


Russian rouble


76,7842 




THB


Thai baht


39,894 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,1275 




MXN


Mexican peso


19,5281 




INR


Indian rupee


75,1760 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case F-18/16: Action brought on 31 March 2016 — ZZ v Commission
Date: 2016-03-31
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European official, occupational status, staff regulations (EU)








C_2016251EN.01004902.xml










11.7.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 251/49





Action brought on 31 March 2016 — ZZ v Commission
(Case F-18/16)
(2016/C 251/56)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: ZZ (represented by: F. Sciaudone and R. Sciaudone, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Application seeking (i) annulment of the Commission’s decision not to regard the applicant as exercising special responsibilities resulting in his assignment to the type of post ‘Head of unit or equivalent’ or ‘Adviser or equivalent’ pursuant to Article 30(3) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations and (ii) a finding that Commission Communication SEC (2013) 691 of 18 December 2013, which amends the rules governing the composition of the cabinets of the Members of the Commission and spokespersons, is unlawful.

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Tribunal should:






—


annul the decision rejecting his request to be regarded as exercising special responsibilities resulting in his assignment to the type of post ‘Adviser or equivalent’ pursuant to Article 30(3) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations;










—


incidentally, given the failure to implement Article 30(3) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations fully and in a non-discriminatory manner, annul the communication of 2013 (and the communication of 2014 in so far as it reproduces the communication of 2013);










—


order the Commission to pay the costs.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7925 — Newell Rubbermaid/Jarden) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer goods, economic concentration, household electrical appliance, merger control, miscellaneous industries, wholesale trade








C_2016114EN.01000102.xml










31.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 114/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7925 — Newell Rubbermaid/Jarden)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 114/02)
On 22 March 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 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 32016M7925. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.