do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8433 — Zalando/Bestseller United/JV) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: clothing industry, economic concentration, electronic commerce, footwear industry, merger control, retail trade, wholesale trade








C_2017204EN.01000102.xml










28.6.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 204/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8433 — Zalando/Bestseller United/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 204/02)
On 16 June 2017, 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 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 32017M8433. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Information to be provided pursuant to Article 5(2) — Modification of a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) (Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 (OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 19) and Regulation (EU) No 1302/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006)
Date: 2017-06-28
Institutions: The Member States
Subjects: Navarre, Spain, cross-border cooperation, economic and social cohesion, economic cooperation, local authority, regional authority, regional cooperation, regional development








C_2017204EN.01000601.xml










28.6.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 204/6





Information to be provided pursuant to Article 5(2)
Modification of a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC)

(Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 (OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 19) and Regulation (EU) No 1302/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006)

(2017/C 204/06)
I.1.   Name and address of the EGTC


Registered name: Aquitaine/Euskadi/Navarre Euroregion

Registered office: 
I.2.   Duration of the addition


Duration of the grouping: undefined
I.3.   First publication in the OJEU:6.12.2012 — OJ/S S234
I.4.   Name and contact details of the new member

Navarre
Mikel Irujo: mirujoam@navarra.es
Notice concerning the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union
Date: 2017-06-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Brazil, Croatia, GATT, accession to the European Union, agreement (EU), revision of an agreement, tariff preference








L_2017165EN.01000101.xml










28.6.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 165/1







Notice concerning the entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union (1), signed in Brussels on 25 November 2016, will enter into force on 30 June 2017.


(1)  
            OJ L 108, 26.4.2017, p. 3.
Notice concerning the entry into force of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, amending the Agreement in order to extend the provisions of the Agreement to bilateral trade in textiles, taking account of the expiry of the bilateral textiles Agreement
Date: 2017-06-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Uzbekistan, bilateral agreement, cooperation agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement, revision of an agreement, textile industry, trade agreement, withdrawal from an agreement








L_2017165EN.01000102.xml










28.6.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 165/1







Notice concerning the entry into force of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, amending the Agreement in order to extend the provisions of the Agreement to bilateral trade in textiles, taking account of the expiry of the bilateral textiles Agreement

The Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, amending the Agreement in order to extend the provisions of the Agreement to bilateral trade in textiles, taking account of the expiry of the bilateral textiles Agreement (1) will enter into force on 1 July 2017.


(1)  
            OJ L 81, 28.3.2017, p. 3.
Case T-470/16: Judgment of the General Court of 28 June 2017 — X-cen-tek v EUIPO (Representation of a triangle) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a triangle — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2017-06-28
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing industry, medical device, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2017277EN.01004302.xml










21.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 277/43





Judgment of the General Court of 28 June 2017 — X-cen-tek v EUIPO (Representation of a triangle)
(Case T-470/16) (1)

((EU trade mark - Application for an EU figurative mark representing a triangle - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2017/C 277/64)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: X-cen-tek GmbH & Co. KG (Wardenburg, Germany) (represented by: H. Hillers, lawyer)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 June 2016 (Case R 2565/2015-4), concerning an application for registration of a figurative sign representing a triangle as an EU trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders X-cen-tek GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 383, 17.10.2016.
Case C-436/16: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 28 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Areios Pagos — Greece) — Georgios Leventis, Nikolaos Vafeias v Malcon Navigation Co. ltd., Brave Bulk Transport ltd (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Article 23 — Jurisdiction clause — Jurisdiction clause in a contract between two companies — Action for damages — Joint and several liability of representatives of one of those companies for tortious acts — Ability of the representatives to rely upon that clause)
Date: 2017-06-28
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: civil liability proceedings, contract terms, damages, judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU, jurisdiction








C_2017283EN.01001101.xml










28.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 283/11





Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 28 June 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Areios Pagos — Greece) — Georgios Leventis, Nikolaos Vafeias v Malcon Navigation Co. ltd., Brave Bulk Transport ltd
(Case C-436/16) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters - Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 - Article 23 - Jurisdiction clause - Jurisdiction clause in a contract between two companies - Action for damages - Joint and several liability of representatives of one of those companies for tortious acts - Ability of the representatives to rely upon that clause))
(2017/C 283/15)
Language of the case: Greek

Referring court

Areios Pagos

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Georgios Leventis, Nikolaos Vafeias

Defendants: Malcon Navigation Co. ltd., Brave Bulk Transport ltd

Operative part of the judgment

Article 23(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters must be interpreted as meaning that a jurisdiction clause in a contract between two companies cannot be relied upon by the representatives of one of them to dispute the jurisdiction of a court over an action for damages which aims to render them jointly and severally liable for supposedly tortious acts carried out in the performance of their duties.


(1)  OJ C 392, 24.10.2016.
Case T-287/15: Judgment of the General Court of 28 June 2017 — Tayto Group v EUIPO — MIP Metro (real) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU figurative mark real — Genuine use — Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character — Point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Use of the mark by a third party — Article 15(2) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Proof of genuine use — Article 15(1) and Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2017-06-28
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, supermarket, trade-mark law








C_2017277EN.01003402.xml










21.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 277/34





Judgment of the General Court of 28 June 2017 — Tayto Group v EUIPO — MIP Metro (real)
(Case T-287/15) (1)

((EU trade mark - Revocation proceedings - EU figurative mark real - Genuine use - Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character - Point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Use of the mark by a third party - Article 15(2) of Regulation No 207/2009 - Proof of genuine use - Article 15(1) and Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 - Obligation to state reasons))
(2017/C 277/50)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Tayto Group Ltd (Corby, United Kingdom) (represented by: G. Würtenberger and R. Kunze, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: J.-C. Plate and R. Kaase, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 March 2015 (Case R 2285/2013-4), relating to revocation proceedings between Tayto Group and MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Tayto Group Ltd to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 279, 24.8.2015.
Joined Cases C-629/15 P and C-630/15 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 28 June 2017 — Novartis Europharm Ltd v European Commission, Teva Pharma BV (C-629/15 P), Hospira UK Ltd (C-630/15 P) (Appeal — Medicinal products for human use — Marketing authorisation — Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93 — Centralised procedure at European Union level — Development of a medicinal product that was the subject of a marketing authorisation for other therapeutic indications — Separate marketing authorisation and new trade name — Directive 2001/83/EC — Second subparagraph of Article 6(1) and Article 10(1) — Concept of a ‘global marketing authorisation’ — Regulatory data protection period)
Date: 2017-06-28
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: brand name, data protection, drug surveillance, market approval, pharmaceutical product, therapeutics








C_2017283EN.01000401.xml










28.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 283/4





Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 28 June 2017 — Novartis Europharm Ltd v European Commission, Teva Pharma BV (C-629/15 P), Hospira UK Ltd (C-630/15 P)
(Joined Cases C-629/15 P and C-630/15 P) (1)

((Appeal - Medicinal products for human use - Marketing authorisation - Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93 - Centralised procedure at European Union level - Development of a medicinal product that was the subject of a marketing authorisation for other therapeutic indications - Separate marketing authorisation and new trade name - Directive 2001/83/EC - Second subparagraph of Article 6(1) and Article 10(1) - Concept of a ‘global marketing authorisation’ - Regulatory data protection period))
(2017/C 283/05)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: Novartis Europharm Ltd (represented by: C. Schoonderbeek, advocaat)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: K. Mifsud-Bonnici, A. Sipos and M. Šimerdová, acting as Agents), Teva Pharma BV (represented by: K. Bacon QC, instructed by C. Firth, Solicitor) (C-629/15 P), Hospira UK Ltd (represented by: J. Stratford QC, instructed by E. Vickers and N. Stoate, Solicitors) (C-630/15 P)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeals in Cases C-629/15 P and C-630/15 P;










2.


Orders Novartis Europharm Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission, by Teva Pharma BV and by Hospira UK Ltd in Cases C-629/15 P and C-630/15 P.






(1)  OJ C 38, 1.2.2016.
Case T-391/17: Action brought on 28 June 2017 — Romania v Commission
Date: 2017-06-28
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European citizenship, competence of the institution, cultural pluralism, petition, protection of minorities








C_2017269EN.01003302.xml










14.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 269/33





Action brought on 28 June 2017 — Romania v Commission
(Case T-391/17)
(2017/C 269/45)
Language of the case: Romanian

Parties


Applicant: Romania (represented by: R. Radu, C.-M. Florescu, E. Gane and L. Liţu, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the Commission’s (EU) decision of 29 March 2017 on the proposed citizens’ initiative entitled ‘Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe’;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs.





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 infringement of the provisions of the Treaties of the European Union relating to the competence of the Union.






—


The proposed citizens’ initiative is exclusively aimed at improving the protection of the rights of persons belonging to national and linguistic minorities, and has no direct link with cultural diversity for the purposes of Article 3 TEU and Article 167 TFEU.














2.


Second plea in law, alleging a failure to comply with the obligation to state reasons under the second paragraph of Article 296 TFEU.






—


The Commission confines itself to listing the proposals for measures by means of which statements of support will be collected from citizens and does not put forward any legal argument to support the conclusion that these fall within its sphere of competence.
Case T-479/16: Judgment of the General Court of 28 June 2017 — Colgate-Palmolive v EUIPO (AROMASENSATIONS) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark AROMASENSATIONS — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2017-06-28
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cosmetic product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2017277EN.01004401.xml










21.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 277/44





Judgment of the General Court of 28 June 2017 — Colgate-Palmolive v EUIPO (AROMASENSATIONS)
(Case T-479/16) (1)

((EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark AROMASENSATIONS - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2017/C 277/65)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York, New York, United States) (represented by: M. Zintler and A. Stolz, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral and M. Simandlova, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 June 2016 (Case R 2482/2015-2), concerning an application for registration of the figurative sign AROMASENSATIONS as an EU trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Colgate-Palmolive Co. to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 383, 17.10.2016.
Calls for proposals under the work programme for grants in the field of the trans-European telecommunication networks under the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2014-2020 (Commission Implementing Decision C(2017) 696)
Date: 2017-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, action programme, financial aid, invitation to tender, trans-European network, transmission network








C_2017204EN.01000701.xml










28.6.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 204/7





Calls for proposals under the work programme for grants in the field of the trans-European telecommunication networks under the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2014-2020
(Commission Implementing Decision C(2017) 696)
(2017/C 204/07)
The European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, is hereby launching four calls for proposals in order to award grants to projects in accordance with the priorities and objectives defined in the 2017 Work Programme in the field of the trans-European telecommunication networks under the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2014-2020.
Proposals are invited for the following four calls:






 


CEF-TC-2017-3: eInvoicing










 


CEF-TC-2017-3: eTranslation










 


CEF-TC-2017-3: Europeana










 


CEF-TC-2017-3: Public Open Data




The total indicative budget available for proposals selected under these calls is EUR 24 million.
The deadline for the submission of proposals is 28 November 2017.

The respective call documentation is available on the CEF Telecom website:
https://ec.europa.eu/inea/en/connecting-europe-facility/cef-telecom/apply-funding/2017-cef-telecom-calls-proposals
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8497 — Sibur/TechnipFMC/Linde/JV) (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: documentation, economic concentration, gas industry, merger control, oil industry








C_2017204EN.01000101.xml










28.6.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 204/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8497 — Sibur/TechnipFMC/Linde/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 204/01)
On 19 June 2017, 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 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 32017M8497. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2017-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2017204EN.01000401.xml










28.6.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 204/4





Euro exchange rates (1)

27 June 2017
(2017/C 204/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1278 




JPY


Japanese yen


126,16 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4357 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,88370 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,7678 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0883 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,5200 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


26,270 




HUF


Hungarian forint


309,40 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2151 




RON


Romanian leu


4,5635 




TRY


Turkish lira


3,9525 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4819 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4895 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,7972 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5431 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5626 




KRW


South Korean won


1 283,79 




ZAR


South African rand


14,5572 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,6853 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4070 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 007,64 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8360 




PHP


Philippine peso


56,653 




RUB


Russian rouble


66,5530 




THB


Thai baht


38,289 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,7216 




MXN


Mexican peso


20,1288 




INR


Indian rupee


72,7545 






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