do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-495/15: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2017 — Sociedad agraria de transformación No 9982 Montecitrus v EUIPO — Spanish Oranges (MOUNTAIN CITRUS SPAIN) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark MOUNTAIN CITRUS SPAIN — Earlier EU figurative mark monteCitrus — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Identity of the goods — No similarity between the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2017-03-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, citrus fruit, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2017144EN.01003801.xml










8.5.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 144/38





Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2017 — Sociedad agraria de transformación No 9982 Montecitrus v EUIPO — Spanish Oranges (MOUNTAIN CITRUS SPAIN)
(Case T-495/15) (1)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark MOUNTAIN CITRUS SPAIN - Earlier EU figurative mark monteCitrus - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Identity of the goods - No similarity between the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2017/C 144/50)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Sociedad agraria de transformación No 9982 Montecitrus (Pulpí, Spain) (represented by: N. Fernández Fernández-Pacheco, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Schifko and K. Sidat Humphreys, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Spanish Oranges, SL (Castellón, Spain) (represented by: F. Perez Arnau, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 June 2015 (Case R 871/2014-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Sociedad agraria de transformación No 9982 Montecitrus and Spanish Oranges

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Sociedad agraria de transformación No 9982 Montecitrus to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 354, 26.10.2015.
Decision (EU) 2017/846 of the European Parliament of 16 March 2017 extending the term of office of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion
Date: 2017-03-16
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Commission, committee of inquiry, infringement of EU law, money laundering, tax avoidance, tax evasion








L_2017125EN.01003401.xml










18.5.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 125/34








            DECISION (EU) 2017/846 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
         
of 16 March 2017
         
extending the term of office of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion


THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,






—


having regard to the proposal by the Conference of Presidents,










—


having regard to Article 226 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










—


having regard to Decision 95/167/EC, Euratom, ECSC of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 19 April 1995 on the detailed provisions governing the exercise of the European Parliament's right of inquiry (1),










—


having regard to Decision (EU) 2016/1021 of the European Parliament of 8 June 2016 on setting up a Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion, its powers, numerical strength and term of office (2),










—


having regard to Rule 198(11) of its Rules of Procedure,










A.


whereas the Committee of Inquiry requested an extension of its term of office in order to enable it to implement its mandate fully and appropriately, taking into account the number of documents yet to be examined, the analyses commissioned, and the stakeholders to be heard;






1.   

Decides to extend by three months the term of office of the Committee of Inquiry.






For the European Parliament


The President

A. TAJANI
            





(1)  
            OJ L 113, 19.5.1995, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 166, 24.6.2016, p. 10.
Case T-167/17: Action brought on 16 March 2017 — RV v Commission
Date: 2017-03-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, age discrimination, equal treatment, principle of proportionality, regulations for civil servants, rest period, retirement conditions, staff regulations (EU)








C_2017144EN.01005601.xml










8.5.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 144/56





Action brought on 16 March 2017 — RV v Commission
(Case T-167/17)
(2017/C 144/76)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: RV (represented by: J.-N. Louis and N. De Montigny, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the decision of 21 December 2016 of the Director-General of the Directorate-General for Human Resources to place the applicant on leave in the interests of the service and to retire the applicant automatically with effect from 1 April 2017, pursuant to the fifth paragraph of Article 42c of the Staff Regulations;










—


order the defendant to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

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






1.


First plea in law, alleging infringement of essential procedural requirements and that an unrestricted delegation of the powers of the appointing authority to apply Article 42c of the Staff Regulations is unlawful. It is also alleged that there has been infringement of the principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that Article 42c of the Staff Regulations is unlawful, in so far as it disregards the recitals of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 amending the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (OJ 2013 L 287, p. 15), in particular the possibility of making it easier for officials to work until the age of 67 or, in exceptional circumstances, until the age of 70.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging infringement of the principle of proportionality, the principle of legitimate expectations and the duty to have regard to the welfare of staff. It is also alleged that there has been a manifest error of assessment in the present case.
Case T-168/17: Action brought on 16 March 2017 — CBA Spielapparate- und Restaurantbetriebs v Commission
Date: 2017-03-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to EU information, access to information, disclosure of information, document, provision of documents, right to information








C_2017151EN.01004001.xml










15.5.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 151/40





Action brought on 16 March 2017 — CBA Spielapparate- und Restaurantbetriebs v Commission
(Case T-168/17)
(2017/C 151/51)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: CBA Spielapparate- und Restaurantbetriebs GmbH (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: A. Schuster, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


uphold the action for annulment and annul the contested decision;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

By its present action, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision C (2017) 249 final of 13 January 2017 concerning the applicant’s confirmatory application for access to documents under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. (1)

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






1.


Fist plea in law: infringement of essential procedural requirements, in particular a failure to state reasons










2.


Second plea in law: infringement of the law of the Treaties
The applicant submits that the exceptions provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and applied by the Commission are unlawful, since they conflict with higher-ranking primary law, in particular with Articles 42 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Furthermore, the primacy of application of higher-ranking primary law over conflicting secondary law also applies in EU law, with the result that, for this reason, too, the Commission should not have applied the exceptions provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.






(1)  Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ 2001 L 145, p. 43).
State aid — Decision to raise no objections
Date: 2017-03-16
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Norway, State aid, control of State aid, innovation, research and development, tax relief








C_2017081EN.01000701.xml










16.3.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 81/7





State aid — Decision to raise no objections
(2017/C 81/07)
The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:








Date of adoption of the decision



:


24 June 2015





Case No



:


77262





Decision No



:


249/15/COL





EFTA State



:


Norway





Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)



:


Evaluation plan for the block exempted Skattefunn aid scheme





Legal basis



:


Norwegian Tax Act of 26 March 1999 No 14 section 16-40





Type of measure



:


Scheme





Objective



:


R&D&I





Form of aid



:


Tax advantage





Budget



:


Estimated to NOK 2 350 million for 2015





Intensity



:


Various





Duration



:


Until 31 December 2020





Economic sectors



:


All





Name and address of the granting authority



:







Ministry of Finance




P.O Box 8008 Dep




N-0030 Oslo




NORWAY









Other information



:


See also GBER information sheet 44/2014/R&D&I




The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:
http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/
Case T-731/16: Order of the General Court of 16 March 2017 — Perifereia Stereas Elladas v Commission
Date: 2017-03-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU employment policy, EU programme, European social policy, distribution of EU funding, employment aid, equal treatment, fight against unemployment, principle of proportionality, social services








C_2017144EN.01006303.xml










8.5.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 144/63





Order of the General Court of 16 March 2017 — Perifereia Stereas Elladas v Commission
(Case T-731/16) (1)

(2017/C 144/98)
Language of the case: Greek
The President of the Third Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 462, 12.12.2016.
Call for applications 2017 — Third programme of the Union’s action in the field of health (2014-2020) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-03-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, EU programme, action programme, financial aid, health policy, invitation to tender, non-governmental organisation








C_2017081EN.01000801.xml










16.3.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 81/8





Call for applications 2017
Third programme of the Union’s action in the field of health (2014-2020)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 81/08)
A call for applications ‘Health — 2017’ is launched today within the framework of the third Programme of the Union’s action in the field of health (2014-2020) (1)

This call for applications consists of the following parts:






—


a call for proposals for the award of a financial contribution to specific actions in the form of project grants,










—


a call for proposals for the award of a financial contribution to functioning of non-governmental bodies (operating grants)




Deadlines for online submissions of the proposals are 15 June 2017.
All the information, including the Commission Decision of 26 January 2017 on the adoption of the work programme for 2017 for implementation of the third programme of the Union’s action in the field of health (2014-2020), and on the selection, award and other criteria for financial contributions to the actions of this programme, are available on the website of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (Chafea) at the following address:
http://ec.europa.eu/chafea/


(1)  Regulation (EU) No 282/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 on the establishment of a third Programme for the Union’s action in the field of health (2014-2020) (OJ L 86, 21.3.2014, p. 1).
Case T-13/14: Order of the General Court of 16 March 2017 — Hungary v Commission
Date: 2017-03-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, aid to agriculture, common organisation of markets, financial aid, fruit, operational programme, producer organisation, reimbursement of aid, vegetable








C_2017144EN.01006101.xml










8.5.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 144/61





Order of the General Court of 16 March 2017 — Hungary v Commission
(Case T-13/14) (1)

(2017/C 144/86)
Language of the case: Hungarian
The President of the Ninth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 71, 8.3.2014.