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Case C-220/15: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 27 October 2016 — European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Free movement of goods — Directive 2007/23/EC — Placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles — Article 6 — Free movement of pyrotechnical articles compliant with the requirements of Directive 2007/23/EC — National rules making the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles subject to additional requirements — Obligation to make a prior notification before a national body entitled to review and modify instructions for use of pyrotechnic articles)
Date: 2016-10-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EC conformity marking, EU law - national law, consumer protection, fireworks, free movement of goods, launching of a product, marketing standard, restriction on competition








C_2017006EN.01001601.xml










9.1.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 6/16





Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 27 October 2016 — European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany
(Case C-220/15) (1)

((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Free movement of goods - Directive 2007/23/EC - Placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles - Article 6 - Free movement of pyrotechnical articles compliant with the requirements of Directive 2007/23/EC - National rules making the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles subject to additional requirements - Obligation to make a prior notification before a national body entitled to review and modify instructions for use of pyrotechnic articles))
(2017/C 006/19)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: D. Kukovec and A. C. Becker, acting as Agents, assisted by B. Wägenbaur, Rechtsanwalt)

Defendant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze, J. Möller and K. Petersen, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by providing, over and above the requirements of Directive 2007/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 May 2007 on the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles, and notwithstanding a previous conformity assessment of pyrotechnic articles, that (i) those articles are to be subject to the procedure laid down in Paragraph 6(4) of the Erste Verordnung zum Sprengstoffgesetz (First Regulation relating to the Law on Explosives), as amended by the Law of 25 July 2013, before being placed on the market; and that (ii) pursuant to that paragraph, the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und-prüfung (Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Germany) is to have the power to review and, where required, to modify their instructions for use, the Federal Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 6(1) of Directive 2007/23/EC;










2.


Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 228, 13.7.2015.
Case T-515/12: Judgment of the General Court of 27 October 2016 — El Corte Inglés v EUIPO — English Cut (The English Cut) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark The English Cut — Earlier EU figurative and national word marks El Corte Inglés — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Reputation)
Date: 2016-10-27
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2016462EN.01001401.xml










12.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 462/14





Judgment of the General Court of 27 October 2016 — El Corte Inglés v EUIPO — English Cut (The English Cut)
(Case T-515/12) (1)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark The English Cut - Earlier EU figurative and national word marks El Corte Inglés - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Reputation))
(2016/C 462/15)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: El Corte Inglés, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J. L. Rivas Zurdo, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: The English Cut, SL (Malaga, Spain)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 September 2012 (Case R 1673/2011-1), relating to opposition proceedings between El Corte Inglés and The English Cut.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)


Dismisses the action;










2)


Orders El Corte Inglés, SA to bear its own costs and those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).






(1)  OJ C 26, 26.1.2013.
Case C-292/15: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 October 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Vergabekammer Südbayern — Germany) — Hörmann Reisen GmbH v Stadt Augsburg, Landkreis Augsburg (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Public passenger transport services by bus — Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 — Article 4(7) — Subcontracting — Requirement that the operator perform a major part of the public passenger transport services itself — Scope — Article 5(1) — Contract-award procedure — Award of the contract in accordance with Directive 2004/18/EC)
Date: 2016-10-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: award of contract, passenger tariff, provision of services, public service, public transport, subcontracting, tendering








C_2017006EN.01002001.xml










9.1.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 6/20





Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 October 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Vergabekammer Südbayern — Germany) — Hörmann Reisen GmbH v Stadt Augsburg, Landkreis Augsburg
(Case C-292/15) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Public procurement - Public passenger transport services by bus - Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 - Article 4(7) - Subcontracting - Requirement that the operator perform a major part of the public passenger transport services itself - Scope - Article 5(1) - Contract-award procedure - Award of the contract in accordance with Directive 2004/18/EC))
(2017/C 006/24)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Vergabekammer Südbayern

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Hörmann Reisen GmbH

Defendant: Stadt Augsburg, Landkreis Augsburg

Operative part of the judgment







1.


Article 5(1) of 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 must be interpreted as meaning that, in a contract award procedure for public passenger transport services by bus, Article 4(7) of that regulation remains applicable to that contract;










2.


Article 4(7) of Regulation No 1370/2007 must be interpreted as meaning that it does not preclude the contracting authority from setting at 70 % the proportion of self-provision by the operator responsible for the administration and performance of a contract for public passenger transport by bus, such as that at issue in the main proceedings.






(1)  OJ C 294, 7.9.2015.
Case T-787/14 P: Judgment of the General Court of 27 October 2016 — ECB v Cerafogli (Appeal — Civil service — ECB Staff — Access to documents — Documents relating to the dispute between the parties in the proceedings — Partial refusal of access — Rule of correspondence between the application and the complaint — Plea of illegality)
Date: 2016-10-27
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European civil service, access to EU information








C_2016462EN.01001402.xml










12.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 462/14





Judgment of the General Court of 27 October 2016 — ECB v Cerafogli
(Case T-787/14 P) (1)

((Appeal - Civil service - ECB Staff - Access to documents - Documents relating to the dispute between the parties in the proceedings - Partial refusal of access - Rule of correspondence between the application and the complaint - Plea of illegality))
(2016/C 462/16)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: European Central Bank (represented initially by E. Carlini, M. López Torres and F. Malfrère, and subsequently by E. Carlini and F. Malfrère, acting as Agents, assisted by B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings: Maria Concetta Cerafogli (Rome, Italy) (represented by: S. Pappas, lawyer)

Intervener in support of the applicant: European Commission (represented initially by J. Currall and G. Gattinara, and subsequently by G. Gattinara, acting as Agents)

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 18 September 2014 in Cerafogli v ECB (F-26/12, EU:F:2014:218) seeking to have that judgment set aside.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders the European Central Bank (ECB) to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Ms Maria Concetta Cerafogli;










3.


Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 46, 9.2.2015.
Case T-493/15 P: Judgment of the General Court of 27 October 2016 — Commission v CX (Appeal — Civil Service — Officials — Disciplinary procedure — Disciplinary sanction — Removal from post — Right to be heard — Article 22 of Annex IX to the Staff Regulations — Errors of law — Distortion of the evidence — Incomplete examination of the facts and evidence)
Date: 2016-10-27
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, administrative sanction, disciplinary proceedings, rights of the defence, staff regulations (EU)








C_2016462EN.01002002.xml










12.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 462/20





Judgment of the General Court of 27 October 2016 — Commission v CX
(Case T-493/15 P) (1)

((Appeal - Civil Service - Officials - Disciplinary procedure - Disciplinary sanction - Removal from post - Right to be heard - Article 22 of Annex IX to the Staff Regulations - Errors of law - Distortion of the evidence - Incomplete examination of the facts and evidence))
(2016/C 462/25)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellant: European Commission (represented by: C. Ehrbar and F. Simonetti, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings: CX (Enghien, Belgium) (represented by: É. Boigelot, lawyer)

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 18 June 2015, CX v Commission (F-5/14, EU:F:2015:61), 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 (First Chamber) of 18 June 2015, CX v Commission (F-5/14, EU:F:2015:61);










2.


Refers the case back to a Chamber of the General Court of the European Union other than the Chamber which has ruled on the present appeal;










3.


Reserves the costs.






(1)  OJ C 371, 9.11.2015.
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
Date: 2016-10-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, commemoration, euro, issuing of currency




C_2016396EN.01000201.xml










27.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 396/2





New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
(2016/C 396/02)



Euro coins intended for circulation have legal tender status throughout the euro area. For the purpose of informing the public and all parties who handle the coins, the Commission publishes a description of the designs of all new coins (1). In accordance with the Council conclusions of 10 February 2009 (2), euro-area Member States and countries that have concluded a monetary agreement with the European Union providing for the issuing of euro coins are allowed to issue commemorative euro coins intended for circulation, provided that certain conditions are met, particularly that only the 2-euro denomination is used. These coins have the same technical characteristics as other 2-euro coins, but their national face features a commemorative design that is highly symbolic in national or European terms.


Issuing country
: Greece


Subject of commemoration
: 150 years from the Arkadi Monastery Torching


Description of the design
: The design features the Arkadi Monastery. Inscribed, at centre, is the wording ‘ARKADI MONASTERY’ and along the inner edge at left ‘HELLENIC REPUBLIC’, in Greek. Visible at upper right is the year of issuance ‘2016’ and below the central inscription a palmette (the mintmark of the Greek Mint). Inscribed at lower right is the monogram of the artist (George Stamatopoulos).
The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.


Number of coins to be issued
: max 750 000


Date of issue
: 4th trimester of 2016


(1)  See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1 for the national faces of all the coins issued in 2002.

(2)  See the conclusions of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of 10 February 2009 and the Commission Recommendation of 19 December 2008 on common guidelines for the national sides and the issuance of euro coins intended for circulation (OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 52).
Case T-625/15: Judgment of the General Court of 27 October 2016 — Spa Monopole v EUIPO — YTL Hotels & Properties (SPA VILLAGE) (European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the European Union word mark SPA VILLAGE — Earlier Benelux word mark SPA — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2016-10-27
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, catering industry, clothing, hairdressing and beauty care, hotel industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2016462EN.01002101.xml










12.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 462/21





Judgment of the General Court of 27 October 2016 — Spa Monopole v EUIPO — YTL Hotels & Properties (SPA VILLAGE)
(Case T-625/15) (1)

((European Union trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the European Union word mark SPA VILLAGE - Earlier Benelux word mark SPA - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2016/C 462/26)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Spa Monopole, compagnie fermière de Spa SA/NV (Spa, Belgium) (represented by: E. Cornu and É. De Gryse, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: YTL Hotels & Properties Sdn Bhd (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) (represented by: M. Edenborough, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 September 2015 (Case R 1954/2013-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Spa Monopole, compagnie fermière de Spa SA and YTL Hotels & Properties.

Operative part of the judgment







1)


The decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 11 September 2015 (Case R 1954/2013-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Spa Monopole, compagnie fermière de Spa SA and YTL Hotels & Properties Sdn Bhd is annulled in so far as it rejects the opposition to registration of the European Union word mark SPA VILLAGE, in respect of ‘services consisting of the provision of food and drink; cafés restaurants; cafeterias; snack-bars; self-service restaurants; hotel restaurant services; restaurant services; catering and buffet services; bar services; hotel services’ in Class 43 of the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks of 15 June 1957, as revised and amended.










2)


EUIPO and YTL Hotels & Properties are ordered to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 16, 18.1.2016.