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Case T-774/17: Action brought on 29 November 2017 — Café del Mar and Others v EUIPO — Guiral Broto (C del Mar)
Date: 2017-11-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cosmetic product, leather, petroleum product, polishing and scouring preparations, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2018022EN.01006002.xml










22.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 22/60





Action brought on 29 November 2017 — Café del Mar and Others v EUIPO — Guiral Broto (C del Mar)
(Case T-774/17)
(2018/C 022/81)
Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties


Applicants: Café del Mar SC (Sant Antoni de Portmany, Spain) José Les Viamonte (Sant Antoni de Portmany) and Carlos Andrea González (Sant Antoni de Portmany) (represented by: F. Miazzetto and J.L. Gracia Albero, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Ramón Guiral Broto (Marbella, Spain)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark containing the word elements ‘C del M’ — European Union trade mark No 5 889 126

Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 September 2017 in Case R 1618/2015-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


declare the European Union figurative mark containing the word elements ‘C del M’ No 5 889 126 invalid;










—


order the defendant to bear the costs of the present proceedings and the proprietor of the trade mark at issue to bear the costs of the proceedings before the Cancellation Division and the Boards of Appeal of EUIPO.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation No 2017/1001.
Case T-633/16: Judgment of the General Court of 29 November 2017 — Bilde v Parliament (Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Parliamentary assistance allowance — Recovery of sums wrongfully paid — Power of the Secretary — General — Electa una via — Rights of the defence — Burden of proof — Obligation to state reasons — Legitimate expectations — Political rights — Equal treatment — Misuse of power — Independence of the Members — Error of fact — Proportionality)
Date: 2017-11-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Member of the European Parliament, Secretary General of an Institution, abuse of power, allowances and expenses, assistant, equal treatment, political rights, principle of proportionality, proof, rights of the defence








C_2018022EN.01003601.xml










22.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 22/36





Judgment of the General Court of 29 November 2017 — Bilde v Parliament
(Case T-633/16) (1)

((Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament - Parliamentary assistance allowance - Recovery of sums wrongfully paid - Power of the Secretary — General - Electa una via - Rights of the defence - Burden of proof - Obligation to state reasons - Legitimate expectations - Political rights - Equal treatment - Misuse of power - Independence of the Members - Error of fact - Proportionality))
(2018/C 022/49)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Dominique Bilde (Lagarde, France) (represented by: G. Sauveur, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: G. Corstens and S. Seyr, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer, R. Meyer and A. Jensen, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application on the basis of Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of the decision of the Secretary-General of the Parliament of 23 June 2016 concerning the recovery of a sum of EUR 40 320 wrongfully paid as parliamentary assistance allowance, of the notification and measures implementing that decision contained in the letters of the Director-General for Finance of the Parliament of 30 June and July 2016 and the debit note of 29 June 2016 relating thereto and application on the basis of Article 268 TFEU seeking compensation of the loss which the applicant allegedly suffered due, in particular, to that decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Ms Dominique Bilde to bear her own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Parliament;










3.


Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 383, 17.10.2016.
Case T-780/17: Action brought on 29 November 2017 — US v ECB
Date: 2017-11-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European civil service, indemnification, pay policy, principle of legal certainty, psychological harassment, right to justice, staff assessment, staff regulations (EU)








C_2018052EN.01003401.xml










12.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/34





Action brought on 29 November 2017 — US v ECB
(Case T-780/17)
(2018/C 052/46)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: US (represented by: L. Levi and A. Blot, lawyers)

Defendant: European Central Bank

Form of order sought







—


Declare this action admissible and well-founded;




In consequence:






—


Annul the 2016 staff report (covering the period from 1 September 2015 to 1 September 2016) and the decision dated 15 December 2016 on the Annual salary and bonus review (‘ASBR’) for 2016, served on the applicant on 30 November 2016 and 9 January 2017 respectively;










—


Annul the decision of the ECB of 3 May 2017 rejecting the applicant’s requests of 15 February 2017 and 9 March 2017 for administrative review;










—


Annul the decision of the EBC of 12 September 2017, served on the applicant on 19 September 2017, rejecting his claim brought on 7 July 2017;










—


Award damages for the losses suffered;










—


Order the defendant to pay all the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on four pleas in law as regards the application for annulment of the 2016 staff report.






1.


First plea in law, alleging infringement of the obligation to state reasons, in that the applicant’s staff report merely sets out general, repetitive and circular criticisms.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging manifest errors of assessment vitiating the contested report.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging misuse of power, harassment suffered by the applicant and infringement of the duty of care and the principle of sound administration.










4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging a procedural irregularity committed by the defendant when drawing up the contested report.




The applicant also raises a plea in law alleging the unlawfulness of the guidelines for the ASBR and infringement of the principle of legal certainty as regards the decision concerning the 2016 ASBR.
Case T-788/17: Action brought on 29 November 2017 — Szabados v EUIPO — Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica (Separ) (MicroSepar)
Date: 2017-11-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, medicine, registered trade mark, research body, trade-mark law, veterinary medicine








C_2018032EN.01004502.xml










29.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 32/45





Action brought on 29 November 2017 — Szabados v EUIPO — Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica (Separ) (MicroSepar)
(Case T-788/17)
(2018/C 032/60)
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Andreas Szabados (Grünwald, Germany) (represented by: S. Wobst, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica (Separ) (Barcelona, Spain)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark ‘MicroSepar’ — Application No 14 576 532

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 September 2017 in Case R 2420/2016-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2017-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2017404EN.01000201.xml










29.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 404/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

28 November 2017
(2017/C 404/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1888 




JPY


Japanese yen


132,24 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4423 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,89538 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,9060 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1680 




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,7450 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,463 




HUF


Hungarian forint


310,99 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2069 




RON


Romanian leu


4,6413 




TRY


Turkish lira


4,6684 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5619 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5208 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,2745 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7157 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5983 




KRW


South Korean won


1 284,43 




ZAR


South African rand


16,3342 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8431 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5435 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 053,39 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8786 




PHP


Philippine peso


59,813 




RUB


Russian rouble


69,2929 




THB


Thai baht


38,719 




BRL


Brazilian real


3,8287 




MXN


Mexican peso


22,0370 




INR


Indian rupee


76,5795 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-634/16: Judgment of the General Court of 29 November 2017 — Montel v Parliament (Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Parliamentary assistance allowance — Recovery of sums wrongfully paid — Power of the Secretary-General — Electa una via — Rights of the defence — Burden of proof — Obligation to state reasons — Legitimate expectations — Political rights — Equal treatment — Misuse of power — Independence of the Members — Error of fact — Proportionality)
Date: 2017-11-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Member of the European Parliament, Secretary General of an Institution, abuse of power, allowances and expenses, assistant, equal treatment, political rights, principle of proportionality, proof, rights of the defence








C_2018022EN.01003701.xml










22.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 22/37





Judgment of the General Court of 29 November 2017 — Montel v Parliament
(Case T-634/16) (1)

((Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament - Parliamentary assistance allowance - Recovery of sums wrongfully paid - Power of the Secretary-General - Electa una via - Rights of the defence - Burden of proof - Obligation to state reasons - Legitimate expectations - Political rights - Equal treatment - Misuse of power - Independence of the Members - Error of fact - Proportionality))
(2018/C 022/50)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Sophie Montel (Saint-Vit, France) (represented by: G. Sauveur, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: G. Corstens and S. Seyr, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer, R. Meyer and A. Jensen, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application on the basis of Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of the decision of the Secretary-General of the Parliament of 24 June 2016 concerning the recovery of a sum of EUR 77 276,42 wrongfully paid as parliamentary assistance allowance, of the notification and measures implementing that decision contained in the letters of the Director-General for Finance of the Parliament of 5 and 6 July 2016 and the debit note of 4 July 2016 relating thereto and application on the basis of Article 268 TFEU seeking compensation of the loss which the applicant allegedly suffered due, in particular, to that decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Secretary-General of the Parliament of 24 June 2016 concerning the recovery from Ms Sophie Montel of a sum of EUR 77 276,42 wrongfully paid as parliamentary assistance allowance and the debit note of 4 July 2016 relating thereto insofar as they concern sums paid between February and April 2015;










2.


Dismisses the remainder of the action;










3.


Orders Ms Montel, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union each to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 383, 17.10.2016.
Case T-789/17: Action brought on 29 November 2017 — TecAlliance v EUIPO — Siemens (TecDocPower)
Date: 2017-11-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, industrial data processing, information processing, power plant, registered trade mark, software, trade-mark law








C_2018042EN.01003601.xml










5.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 42/36





Action brought on 29 November 2017 — TecAlliance v EUIPO — Siemens (TecDocPower)
(Case T-789/17)
(2018/C 042/50)
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: TecAlliance GmbH (Ismaning, Germany) (represented by: P. Engemann, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Siemens AG (Munich, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘TecDocPower’ — EU trade mark No 13 402 326

Proceedings before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 September 2017 in Case R 2433/2016-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) and Article 47(2) of Regulation No 207/2009.
Case T-91/17: Action brought on 29 November 2017 — L v Parliament
Date: 2017-11-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European civil service, Lithuania, national law, right to justice, sick leave, witness protection








C_2018032EN.01003202.xml










29.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 32/32





Action brought on 29 November 2017 — L v Parliament
(Case T-91/17)
(2018/C 032/45)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: L (represented by: I. Coutant Peyre, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the decision of the appointing authority of the European Parliament of 31/08/2016, refusing to accept two medical certificates produced by the applicant in order to justify certain absences from work and accordingly declaring the absence in question to be unauthorised.





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 breach of the principles under European Union and Lithuanian law relating to the protection of whistleblowers.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging a breach by the Parliament of its duty of care and of the principle of good administration.
Case C-265/16: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 29 November 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale ordinario di Torino — Italy) — VCAST Limited v R.T.I. SpA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Copyright and related rights — Directive 2001/29/EC — Article 5(2)(b) — Private copying exception — Article 3(1) — Communication to the public — Specific technical means — Provision of a cloud computing service for the remote video recording of copies of works protected by copyright, without the consent of the author concerned — Active involvement of the service provider in the recording)
Date: 2017-11-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Internet, approximation of laws, audiovisual piracy, computer piracy, copyright, data recording, on line data service, provision of services








C_2018032EN.01000301.xml










29.1.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 32/3





Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 29 November 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale ordinario di Torino — Italy) — VCAST Limited v R.T.I. SpA
(Case C-265/16) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Approximation of laws - Copyright and related rights - Directive 2001/29/EC - Article 5(2)(b) - Private copying exception - Article 3(1) - Communication to the public - Specific technical means - Provision of a cloud computing service for the remote video recording of copies of works protected by copyright, without the consent of the author concerned - Active involvement of the service provider in the recording))
(2018/C 032/03)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale ordinario di Torino

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: VCAST Limited

Defendant: R.T.I. SpA

Operative part of the judgment

Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society, in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof, must be interpreted as precluding national legislation which permits a commercial undertaking to provide private individuals with a cloud service for the remote recording of private copies of works protected by copyright, by means of a computer system, by actively involving itself in the recording, without the rightholder’s consent.


(1)  OJ C 270, 25.7.2016.
Case T-64/17: Order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 November 2017 — Lions Gate Entertainment v EUIPO (DIRTY DANCING)
Date: 2017-11-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, film industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2018042EN.01004601.xml










5.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 42/46





Order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 November 2017 — Lions Gate Entertainment v EUIPO (DIRTY DANCING)
(Case T-64/17) (1)

(2018/C 042/64)
Language of the case: English
The President of the Fifth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 104, 3.4.2017.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8680 — Bain Capital/Toshiba Memory Corporation) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-11-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, information technology industry, investment company, merger control, secondary sector








C_2017404EN.01000701.xml










29.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 404/7





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8680 — Bain Capital/Toshiba Memory Corporation)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 404/06)






1.


On 22 November 2017, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


Bain Capital (United States),










—


Toshiba Memory Corporation (‘TMC’, Japan).




Bain Capital acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of TMC.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Bain Capital: investment firm with activities in a variety of industries,
—   for TMC: global manufacturer and supplier of NAND flash memory products and solid-state-drive (‘SSD’) memory products for use in a variety of consumer and enterprise applications.










3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.
Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.










4.


The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:
M.8680 — Bain Capital/Toshiba Memory Corporation
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:





E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu




Fax +32 22964301




Postal address:




European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Case T-252/15 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 29 November 2017 — Ferrovial and Others v Commission (Application for interim measures — Aid scheme provided for under Spanish tax legislation — Corporate tax provision which enables Spanish undertakings to write off the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of a shareholding in foreign undertakings — New administrative interpretation — Inclusion in the register of direct acquisitions of shareholdings in foreign companies — Application for a stay of execution — No urgency)
Date: 2017-11-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, corporation tax, foreign enterprise, goodwill, reimbursement of aid, shareholding, tax law, tax relief








C_2018042EN.01002501.xml










5.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 42/25





Order of the President of the General Court of 29 November 2017 — Ferrovial and Others v Commission
(Case T-252/15 R)
((Application for interim measures - Aid scheme provided for under Spanish tax legislation - Corporate tax provision which enables Spanish undertakings to write off the goodwill resulting from the acquisition of a shareholding in foreign undertakings - New administrative interpretation - Inclusion in the register of direct acquisitions of shareholdings in foreign companies - Application for a stay of execution - No urgency))
(2018/C 042/36)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicants: Ferrovial, SA (Madrid, Spain), Ferrovial Servicios, SA (Madrid) and Amey UK plc (Oxford, United Kingdom) (represented by: M. Muñoz Pérez and M. Linares Gil, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Re:

Application under Articles 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU seeking suspension of operation of Commission Decision (EU) 2015/314 of 15 October 2014 on the State aid SA.35550 (13/C) (ex 13/NN) (ex 12/CP) implemented by Spain Scheme for the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions (OJ 2015 L 56, p. 38).

Operative part of the order







1.


The application for interim measures is dismissed.










2.


The costs are reserved.