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Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement between the European Union and the People's Republic of China on the short-stay visa waiver for holders of diplomatic passports
Date: 2016-12-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: China, EU visa policy, Schengen Agreement, agreement (EU), diplomatic profession, external border of the EU








L_2016358EN.01000101.xml










29.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 358/1







Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement between the European Union and the People's Republic of China on the short-stay visa waiver for holders of diplomatic passports

The Agreement between the European Union and the People's Republic of China on the short-stay visa waiver for holders of diplomatic passports will enter into force on 1 January 2017, the procedure provided for in Article 10(1) of the Agreement having been completed on 18 November 2016.
Case T-909/16: Action brought on 29 December 2016 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Sharma (NRIM Life Sciences)
Date: 2016-12-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, pharmaceutical product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, veterinary medicinal product








C_2017053EN.01004301.xml










20.2.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 53/43





Action brought on 29 December 2016 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Sharma (NRIM Life Sciences)
(Case T-909/16)
(2017/C 053/52)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Laboratorios Ern, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: S. Correa Rodríguez, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Anil K. Sharma (Hillingdon, United Kingdom)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘NRIM life Sciences’ — Application for registration No 13 031 455

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 September 2016 in Case R 2376/2015-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


revoke the contested decision and reject the EUTM No. 013031455 NRIM LIFE SCIENCES for all goods in class 5;










—


impose the costs to EUIPO and, in case ANIL K SHARMA decides to intervene in the present proceedings, to ANIL K. Sharma.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1) (b) of Regulation No 207/2009.
Case C-671/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (Belgium) lodged on 29 December 2016 — Inter-Environnement Bruxelles ASBL, Groupe d’Animation du Quartier Européen de la Ville de Bruxelles ASBL, Association du Quartier Léopold ASBL, Brusselse Raad voor het Leefmilieu ASBL, Pierre Picard, David Weytsman v Région de Bruxelles-Capitale
Date: 2016-12-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU environmental policy, environmental impact, town-planning regulations, town-planning scheme, urbanisation








C_2017078EN.01001301.xml










13.3.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 78/13





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (Belgium) lodged on 29 December 2016 — Inter-Environnement Bruxelles ASBL, Groupe d’Animation du Quartier Européen de la Ville de Bruxelles ASBL, Association du Quartier Léopold ASBL, Brusselse Raad voor het Leefmilieu ASBL, Pierre Picard, David Weytsman v Région de Bruxelles-Capitale
(Case C-671/16)
(2017/C 078/18)
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Conseil d’État

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Inter-Environnement Bruxelles ASBL, Groupe d’Animation du Quartier Européen de la Ville de Bruxelles ASBL, Association du Quartier Léopold ASBL, Brusselse Raad voor het Leefmilieu ASBL, Pierre Picard, David Weytsman

Defendant: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale

Question referred

Must Article 2(a) of Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (1) be interpreted as including in the concept of ‘plans and programmes’ town planning regulations adopted by a regional authority:






—


which contain a map setting out the area to which they apply, limited to a single district, and defining various islands within that area to which different rules apply as regards the location and height of buildings; and










—


which also lay down specific planning provisions for areas situated in the areas around buildings, and precise indications on the spatial application of certain rules which they lay down taking into consideration the streets, straight lines traced perpendicular to those streets and distances in relation to the alignment of those streets; and










—


which pursue the objective of transforming the district concerned; and










—


which lay down the rules regarding the composition of the files of applications for planning permission subject to an environmental impact assessment in that district?






(1)  OJ 2001 L 197, p. 30.
Case C-678/16 P: Appeal brought on 29 December 2016 by Monster Energy Company against the judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) delivered on 20 October 2016 in Case T-407/15: Monster Energy Company v European Union Intellectual Property Office
Date: 2016-12-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, beverage, foodstuff, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2017144EN.01001701.xml










8.5.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 144/17





Appeal brought on 29 December 2016 by Monster Energy Company against the judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) delivered on 20 October 2016 in Case T-407/15: Monster Energy Company v European Union Intellectual Property Office
(Case C-678/16 P)
(2017/C 144/22)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: Monster Energy Company (represented by: P. Brownlow, Solicitor)

Other party to the proceedings: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Form of order sought

The appellant claims that the Court should:






—


Annul the decision of the General Court of 20 October 2016 in Case T-407/15










—


Annul the decision of the Board of Appeal of 4 May 2015 in Case R1028/2014-5










—


Annul the decision of the Opposition Division of 21 February 2014 in Opposition 2 178567










—


Reject the opposed Mark for all goods in classes 29, 30 and 33










—


Order the European Union Intellectual Property Office to bear its own costs and pay those of the appellant





Pleas in law and main arguments

The General Court incorrectly applied Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR (1) in its approach to the assessment of, and weight to be attached to, the dominant and/or distinctive elements of a composite mark. If the correct approach had been taken by the General Court it would have led to a finding that there was a likelihood of confusion between the opposed mark and the earlier mark.
The General Court incorrectly applied Article 8(5) EUTMR in its approach to the assessment of, and weight to be attached to, the dominant and/or distinctive elements of a composite mark.


(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark

OJ 2009, L 78, p. 1
Notice concerning the provisional application between the European Union and the Republic of Ecuador of the Protocol of Accession to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Ecuador
Date: 2016-12-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, accession to an agreement, interim agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement, trade agreement, trade agreement (EU), trade cooperation








L_2016358EN.01000102.xml










29.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 358/1







Notice concerning the provisional application between the European Union and the Republic of Ecuador of the Protocol of Accession to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Ecuador

The European Union and the Republic of Ecuador have notified the completion of the procedures necessary for the provisional application of the Protocol of Accession to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Ecuador (1), signed in Brussels on 11 November 2016. Consequently, the Protocol shall be provisionally applied, pursuant to Article 27(4) thereof, as from 1 January 2017 between the European Union and the Republic of Ecuador. As a result, and by virtue of Article 3 of the Council Decision (EU) 2016/2369 (2) on the signing and provisional application of the Protocol, the provisions of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part (3) shall be applied on a provisional basis by the European Union as provided for in Article 330(3) thereof, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for the conclusion of the said Protocol, with the exception of Article 2, Article 202(1) and Articles 291 and 292 of the Agreement.


(1)  
            OJ L 356, 24.12.2016, p. 3.

(2)  
            OJ L 356, 24.12.2016, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ L 354, 21.12.2012, p. 3.
Case C-677/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Social No 33 de Madrid (Spain) lodged on 29 December 2016 — Lucía Montero Mateos v Agencia Madrileña de Atención Social de la Consejería de Políticas Sociales y Familia de la Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid
Date: 2016-12-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: job vacancy, severance pay, temporary employment, termination of a contract








C_2017086EN.01001502.xml










20.3.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 86/15





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Social No 33 de Madrid (Spain) lodged on 29 December 2016 — Lucía Montero Mateos v Agencia Madrileña de Atención Social de la Consejería de Políticas Sociales y Familia de la Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid
(Case C-677/16)
(2017/C 086/19)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado de lo Social No 33 de Madrid

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Lucía Montero Mateos

Defendant: Agencia Madrileña de Atención Social de la Consejería de Políticas Sociales y Familia de la Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid

Question referred

Must clause 4(1) of the Framework Agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP which forms part of the Community legal order by virtue of Council Directive 1999/70 (1) be interpreted as meaning that termination of a temporary ‘contrato de interinidad’ to cover a vacancy when the term for which the contract was concluded by the employer and the worker expires constitutes objective grounds justifying the Spanish legislature’s not providing in such a case for any compensation whatsoever for the termination of the contract, whereas compensation of 20 days’ pay for every year of service is provided for in the case of a comparable permanent worker dismissed on objective grounds?


(1)  OJ 1999 L 175, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2016-12-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2016488EN.01000501.xml










29.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 488/5





Euro exchange rates (1)

28 December 2016
(2016/C 488/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0401 




JPY


Japanese yen


122,39 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4351 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85128 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,5783 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0714 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,0777 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


27,042 




HUF


Hungarian forint


309,03 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,4028 




RON


Romanian leu


4,5415 




TRY


Turkish lira


3,6882 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4492 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4119 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,0694 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5050 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5107 




KRW


South Korean won


1 261,97 




ZAR


South African rand


14,4535 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,2384 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5545 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


13 981,54 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6633 




PHP


Philippine peso


51,845 




RUB


Russian rouble


62,9938 




THB


Thai baht


37,475 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,4026 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,5700 




INR


Indian rupee


70,9685 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.