do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-346/14: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 4 May 2016 — European Commission v Republic of Austria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Article 4(3) TEU — Article 288 TFEU — Directive 2000/60/EC — EU water policy — Article 4(1) — Prevention of deterioration of the status of bodies of surface water — Article 4(7) — Derogation from the prohibition of deterioration — Overriding public interest — Authorisation to construct a hydropower plant on the Schwarze Sulm River (Austria) — Deterioration of the water status)
Date: 2016-05-04
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: building permit, infringement of EU law, power plant, surface water, water protection








C_2016243EN.01000801.xml










4.7.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 243/8





Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 4 May 2016 — European Commission v Republic of Austria
(Case C-346/14) (1)

((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Article 4(3) TEU - Article 288 TFEU - Directive 2000/60/EC - EU water policy - Article 4(1) - Prevention of deterioration of the status of bodies of surface water - Article 4(7) - Derogation from the prohibition of deterioration - Overriding public interest - Authorisation to construct a hydropower plant on the Schwarze Sulm River (Austria) - Deterioration of the water status))
(2016/C 243/05)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: E. Manhaeve, C. Hermes and G. Wilms, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Austria (represented by: C. Pesendorfer, acting as Agent)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, Z. Petzl and J. Vláčil, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 361, 13.10.2014.
Case F-63/14: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 4 May 2016 — Mota Alves and Others v Commission
Date: 2016-05-04
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European official, servant (EU), staff regulations (EU), transfer of pension rights








C_2016222EN.01004902.xml










20.6.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 222/49






Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 4 May 2016 — Mota Alves and Others v Commission
(Case F-63/14) (1)

(2016/C 222/75)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Second Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 421, 24/11/2014, p. 61.
Case T-129/14 P: Judgment of the General Court of 4 May 2016 — Andres and Others v ECB (Appeal — Civil service — ECB staff — Pensions — Reform of the pension insurance scheme — Freezing of the pension plan — Conditions of employment of ECB staff — Right of consultation — Difference in nature between a contractual employment relationship and an employment relationship covered by the Staff Regulations — Distortion — Error of law)
Date: 2016-05-04
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European civil service, pension scheme, working conditions








C_2016222EN.01001501.xml










20.6.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 222/15






Judgment of the General Court of 4 May 2016 — Andres and Others v ECB
(Case T-129/14 P) (1)

((Appeal - Civil service - ECB staff - Pensions - Reform of the pension insurance scheme - Freezing of the pension plan - Conditions of employment of ECB staff - Right of consultation - Difference in nature between a contractual employment relationship and an employment relationship covered by the Staff Regulations - Distortion - Error of law))
(2016/C 222/16)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellants: Carlos Andres (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and the other 150 appellants whose names are listed in the annex to the judgment (represented by: L. Levi, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings: European Central Bank (ECB) (represented initially by B. Ehlers and M. López Torres, and subsequently by B. Ehlers and F. Malfrère, acting as Agents, and by B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union (Second Chamber) of 11 December 2013 in Andres and Others v ECB (F-15/10, EU:F:2013:194), seeking to have that judgment set aside.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Mr Carlos Andres and the other appellants whose names are listed in the annex to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 159, 26.5.2014.
Case T-207/16: Action brought on 4 May 2016 — Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis v Commission
Date: 2016-05-04
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: award of contract, database, financial control, fraud against the EU, general budget (EU), information system, principle of proportionality, right to justice, rights of the defence, tendering








C_2016251EN.01003601.xml










11.7.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 251/36





Action brought on 4 May 2016 — Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis v Commission
(Case T-207/16)
(2016/C 251/42)
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis (Thessaloniki, Greece) (represented by: V. Christianos, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:






—


annul the decision to exclude the applicant;










—


annul the decision to register the applicant in and activate the Early Warning System and/or the Early Detection and Exclusion System, and










—


order the defendant to pay the applicant’s costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

By this action, the applicant seeks the annulment, first, of the decision of the competent authorising officer and/or the competent contracting authority with respect to the exclusion of the applicant and, second, of the decision of the competent authorising officer and/or the competent contracting authority whereby registration was applied for or effected, and the exclusion warning activated by the Commission, with respect to the applicant, in the Early Warning System and or in the Early Detection and Exclusion System which is operated by the European Commission.
The applicant submits that the contested acts should be annulled for the following reasons:






1.


First, infringement of an essential procedural requirement.










2.


Second, infringement of the provisions of Decision 2014/792/EU (1) with respect to the Early Warning System and Regulation 2015/1929 (2) with respect to the Early Detection and Exclusion System, the right to a hearing and the principle of proportionality.










3.


Third, infringement of the general principles of good administration and transparency.






(1)  2014/792/EU: Commission Decision of 13 November 2014 on the Early Warning System to be used by authorising officers of the Commission and by the executive agencies (OJ 2014 L 329, p. 68)

(2)  Regulation (ΕE, Euratom) 2015/1929 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 October 2015 amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (OJ 2015 L 286, p. 1)
Case F-69/13: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 4 May 2016 — Schmidt v Commission
Date: 2016-05-04
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: retirement conditions, servant (EU), staff regulations (EU), transfer of pension rights








C_2016222EN.01004603.xml










20.6.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 222/46






Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 4 May 2016 — Schmidt v Commission
(Case F-69/13) (1)

(2016/C 222/64)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Second Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 274, 21/9/2013, p. 31.
Case F-91/12: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 4 may 2016 — Bandieri v Commission
Date: 2016-05-04
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European official, staff regulations (EU), transfer of pension rights








C_2016222EN.01004501.xml










20.6.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 222/45






Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 4 may 2016 — Bandieri v Commission
(Case F-91/12) (1)

(2016/C 222/58)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Second Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 331, 27/10/2012, p. 33.
Case C-477/14: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 4 May 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court) — United Kingdom) — Pillbox 38 (UK) Ltd v The Secretary of State for Health (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Directive 2014/40/EU — Article 20 — Electronic cigarettes and refill containers — Validity — Principle of equal treatment — Principles of proportionality and legal certainty — Principle of subsidiarity — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Articles 16 and 17)
Date: 2016-05-04
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: approximation of laws, electronic device, equal treatment, freedom to provide services, marketing standard, principle of legal certainty, principle of proportionality, principle of subsidiarity, right of establishment, tobacco industry








C_2016243EN.01000901.xml










4.7.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 243/9





Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 4 May 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court) — United Kingdom) — Pillbox 38 (UK) Ltd v The Secretary of State for Health
(Case C-477/14) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Approximation of laws - Directive 2014/40/EU - Article 20 - Electronic cigarettes and refill containers - Validity - Principle of equal treatment - Principles of proportionality and legal certainty - Principle of subsidiarity - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Articles 16 and 17))
(2016/C 243/07)
Language of the case: English

Referring court

High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court)

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Pillbox 38 (UK) Ltd

Defendant: The Secretary of State for Health

Operative part of the judgment

Consideration of the question referred has disclosed no factor of such a kind as to affect the validity of Article 20 of Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC.


(1)  OJ C 7, 12.1.2015.
Case F-42/12: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (3rd Chamber) of 4 May 2016 — Bouvret v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Pensions — Article 11(2) of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations — Pension rights acquired, prior to entering the service of the EU, under a national pension scheme — Transfer to the EU pension scheme — Proposal concerning the crediting of pensionable years, accepted by the person concerned, based on new general implementing provisions — Objection of inadmissibility — Concept of an act having adverse effect — Article 83 of the Rules of Procedure)
Date: 2016-05-04
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European official, staff regulations (EU), transfer of pension rights








C_2016222EN.01004201.xml










20.6.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 222/42






Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (3rd Chamber) of 4 May 2016 — Bouvret v Commission
(Case F-42/12) (1)

((Civil service - Officials - Pensions - Article 11(2) of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations - Pension rights acquired, prior to entering the service of the EU, under a national pension scheme - Transfer to the EU pension scheme - Proposal concerning the crediting of pensionable years, accepted by the person concerned, based on new general implementing provisions - Objection of inadmissibility - Concept of an act having adverse effect - Article 83 of the Rules of Procedure))
(2016/C 222/54)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Florence Bouvret (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: initially, D. de Abreu Caldas, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis, E. Marchal and S. Orlandi, lawyers, then D. de Abreu Caldas, J.-N. Louis and S. Orlandi, lawyers, and lastly, J.-N. Louis, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: initially, D. Martin and J. Baquero Cruz, Agents, then J. Currall and G. Gattinara, Agents, then G. Gattinara, Agent, and lastly, G. Gattinara and F. Simonetti, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the proposal to transfer the applicant’s pension rights acquired prior to entering the service of the Commission on the basis of calculations taking into account the new GIP entering into force after the applicant had submitted her application for the transfer.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as inadmissible.










2.


Florence Bouvret shall bear her own costs and pay the costs incurred by the European Commission.






(1)  OJ C 184, 23/6/2012, p. 25.
Case C-358/14: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 4 May 2016 — Republic of Poland v European Parliament, Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Approximation of laws — Directive 2014/40/EU — Article 2(25), Article 6(2)(b), Article 7(1) to (5), the first sentence of Article 7(7), Article 7(12) to (14) and Article 13(1)(c) — Validity — Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products — Prohibition on the placing on the market of tobacco products with characterising flavours — Tobacco products containing menthol — Legal basis — Article 114 TFEU — Principle of proportionality — Principle of subsidiarity)
Date: 2016-05-04
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: approximation of laws, consumer information, flavouring, labelling, market approval, principle of proportionality, principle of subsidiarity, tobacco industry








C_2016243EN.01000802.xml










4.7.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 243/8





Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 4 May 2016 — Republic of Poland v European Parliament, Council of the European Union
(Case C-358/14) (1)

((Action for annulment - Approximation of laws - Directive 2014/40/EU - Article 2(25), Article 6(2)(b), Article 7(1) to (5), the first sentence of Article 7(7), Article 7(12) to (14) and Article 13(1)(c) - Validity - Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products - Prohibition on the placing on the market of tobacco products with characterising flavours - Tobacco products containing menthol - Legal basis - Article 114 TFEU - Principle of proportionality - Principle of subsidiarity))
(2016/C 243/06)
Language of the case: Polish

Parties


Applicant: Republic of Poland (represented by: B. Majczyna and M. Szwarc, Agents)

Intervener in support of the applicant: Romania (represented by: R.-H. Radu, D.M. Bulancea and A. Vacaru, Agents)

Defendants: European Parliament (represented by: L. Visaggio, J. Rodrigues and A. Pospíšilová Padowska, Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by: O. Segnana, J. Herrmann, K. Pleśniak and M. Simm, Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendants: Ireland (represented by: J. Quaney and A. Joyce, Agents, and by E. Barrington SC and J. Cooke SC and E. Carolan, Barrister-at-Law), French Republic (represented by: D. Colas and S. Ghiandoni, Agents), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: V. Kaye, C. Brodie and M. Holt, Agents, and by I. Rogers QC and S. Abram and E. Metcalfe, Barristers), European Commission (represented by: M. Van Hoof, C. Cattabriga and M. Owsiany-Hornung, Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the Republic of Poland to pay the costs;










3.


Orders Ireland, the French Republic, Romania, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the European Commission to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 315, 15.9.2014.
Case F-93/13: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 4 May 2016 — Jimenez Krause v Commission
Date: 2016-05-04
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European official, retirement conditions, staff regulations (EU), transfer of pension rights








C_2016222EN.01004703.xml










20.6.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 222/47






Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 4 May 2016 — Jimenez Krause v Commission
(Case F-93/13) (1)

(2016/C 222/68)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Second Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 336, 16/11/2013, p. 32.
Case T-211/16: Action brought on 4 May 2016 – Caviro Distillerie and others v Commission
Date: 2016-05-04
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: China, EU production, anti-dumping legislation, import (EU), organic acid, originating product








C_2016260EN.01004102.xml










18.7.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 260/41





Action brought on 4 May 2016 – Caviro Distillerie and others v Commission
(Case T-211/16)
(2016/C 260/52)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Caviro Distillerie Srl (Faenza, Italy), Distillerie Bonollo SpA (Formigine, Italy), Distillerie Mazzari SpA (Sant’Agata sul Santerion, Italy), Industria Chimica Valenzana (ICV) SpA (Borgoricco, Italy) (represented by: R. MacLean, Solicitor, and A. Bochon, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Court should:






—


declare the appeal admissible;










—


annul Article 1 of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/176 of 9 February 2016 terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of tartaric acid originating in the People’s Republic of China and produced by Hangzhou Bioking Biochemical Engineering Co. Ltd on the grounds of manifest errors of assessment of fact and law vitiating the measure and violations of Articles 3(2), 3(3), 3(5) and 17(1) of the Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community;










—


order the defendant an any interveners to pay the applicant’s legal costs and expenses of the procedure.





Pleas in law and main arguments

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






1.


First plea in law, alleging that the contested decision should be annulled on the grounds that the defendant made a manifest error of assessment and appraisal of the facts when it selected an unrepresentative sample of EU producers for the purpose of assessing the injury and in doing so also infringed Articles 3(2), 3(3), 3(5) and 17(1) of the Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community by incorrectly assuming that the criterion of the largest EU sales volumes equates to the sample being sufficiently representative.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that the contested decision should be annulled on the grounds that the defendant made manifest errors of assessment and appraisal of the facts in assessing the impact of the dumped imports on the economic situation of the EU industry and in so doing also infringed Articles 3(2), 3(3), 3(5) and 17(1) of the Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community.
Case F-47/14: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 4 May 2016 — Leon-Gonzalez and Vander Velde v Commission
Date: 2016-05-04
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European official, staff regulations (EU), transfer of pension rights








C_2016222EN.01004804.xml










20.6.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 222/48






Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 4 May 2016 — Leon-Gonzalez and Vander Velde v Commission
(Case F-47/14) (1)

(2016/C 222/73)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Second Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 212, 7/7/2014, p. 47.
Case F-66/14: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 4 May 2016 — Zareba v Commission
Date: 2016-05-04
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European official, staff regulations (EU), transfer of pension rights








C_2016222EN.01004903.xml










20.6.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 222/49






Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 4 May 2016 — Zareba v Commission
(Case F-66/14) (1)

(2016/C 222/76)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Second Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 361, 13/10/2014, p. 32.
Case F-19/14: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 4 May 2016 — Nill v Commission
Date: 2016-05-04
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European official, staff regulations (EU), transfer of pension rights








C_2016222EN.01004802.xml










20.6.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 222/48






Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 4 May 2016 — Nill v Commission
(Case F-19/14) (1)

(2016/C 222/71)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Second Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 184, 16/6/2014, p. 41.
Case T-193/15: Judgment of the General Court of 4 May 2016 — Bodegas Williams & Humbert v EUIPO — Central Hisumer (BOTANIC WILLIAMS & HUMBERT LONDON DRY GIN) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark BOTANIC WILLIAMS & HUMBERT LONDON DRY GIN — Earlier EU word mark THE BOTANICALS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2016-05-04
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, spirits, trade-mark law








C_2016222EN.01001701.xml










20.6.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 222/17






Judgment of the General Court of 4 May 2016 — Bodegas Williams & Humbert v EUIPO — Central Hisumer (BOTANIC WILLIAMS & HUMBERT LONDON DRY GIN)
(Case T-193/15) (1)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark BOTANIC WILLIAMS & HUMBERT LONDON DRY GIN - Earlier EU word mark THE BOTANICALS - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2016/C 222/19)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Bodegas Williams & Humbert, SA (Jerez de la Frontera, Spain) (represented by: A. Gómez López, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Central Hisumer, SL (Orihuela, Spain) (represented by: D. Garrido Jiménez, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 February 2015 (Case R 594/2014-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Central Hisumer and Bodegas Williams & Humbert.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Bodegas Williams & Humbert, SA to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 198, 15.6.2015.