do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-280/16: Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — GeoClimaDesign v EUIPO — GEO (GEO) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark GEO — Absolute grounds for refusal — Distinctive character — Lack of descriptive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001))
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, renewable energy, trade-mark law, wind energy








C_2018042EN.01001601.xml










5.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 42/16





Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — GeoClimaDesign v EUIPO — GEO (GEO)
(Case T-280/16) (1)

((EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark GEO - Absolute grounds for refusal - Distinctive character - Lack of descriptive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001)))
(2018/C 042/22)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: GeoClimaDesign AG (Fürstenwalde/Spree, Germany) (represented by: B. Lanz, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: GEO Gesellschaft für Energie und Oekologie GmbH (Langenhorn, Germany)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 March 2016 (Case R 1679/2015-4) relating to invalidity proceedings between GEO and GeoClimaDesign.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders GeoClimaDesign AG to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 260, 18.7.2016.
Case C-66/17: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 December 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy Poznań-Grunwald i Jeżyce w Poznaniu — Poland) — Grzegorz Chudaś, Irena Chudaś v DA Deutsche Allgemeine Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft AG (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 805/2004 — Scope — European Enforcement Order for uncontested claims — Enforcement orders capable of being certified as European Enforcement Orders — Decision on the amount of costs related to the court proceedings in a judgment not concerning an uncontested claim — Excluded)
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: claim, enforcement of ruling, judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU, legal expenses








C_2018052EN.01001301.xml










12.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/13





Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 December 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy Poznań-Grunwald i Jeżyce w Poznaniu — Poland) — Grzegorz Chudaś, Irena Chudaś v DA Deutsche Allgemeine Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft AG
(Case C-66/17) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Regulation (EC) No 805/2004 - Scope - European Enforcement Order for uncontested claims - Enforcement orders capable of being certified as European Enforcement Orders - Decision on the amount of costs related to the court proceedings in a judgment not concerning an uncontested claim - Excluded))
(2018/C 052/17)
Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Sąd Rejonowy Poznań-Grunwald i Jeżyce w Poznaniu

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Grzegorz Chudaś, Irena Chudaś

Defendant: DA Deutsche Allgemeine Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft

Operative part of the judgment

Article 4(1) and Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 805/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 creating a European Enforcement Order for uncontested claims must be interpreted as meaning that an enforceable decision on the amount of costs related to court proceedings, contained in a judgment which does not relate to an uncontested claim, cannot be certified as a European Enforcement Order.


(1)  OJ C 161, 22.5.2017.
Case C-699/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 14 December 2017 — Allianz Vorsorgekasse AG
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: administrative transparency, contract, deduction at source, equal treatment, staff, tendering








C_2018104EN.01001501.xml










19.3.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 104/15





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 14 December 2017 — Allianz Vorsorgekasse AG
(Case C-699/17)
(2018/C 104/18)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Allianz Vorsorgekasse AG

Participating parties: Bundestheater-Holding GmbH, Burgtheater GmbH, Wiener Staatsoper GmbH, Volksoper Wien GmbH, ART for ART Theaterservice GmbH, fair-finance Vorsorgekasse AG

Question referred

Are the provisions of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement (1) and/or Articles 49 and 56 TFEU, and the principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination and the obligation of transparency which derive from them in respect of public procurement, applicable to the conclusion of contracts by a contracting authority with company provident funds in respect of the management and investment of contributions in cases where the conclusion of the contract and hence the choice of provident fund requires the approval of the workforce or its representatives and can therefore not be done by the contracting authority alone?


(1)  Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC, OJ 2014 L 94, p. 65.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2331 of 14 December 2017 conferring protection under Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the name ‘La Clape’ (PDO)
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: France, Languedoc-Roussillon, designation of origin, labelling, product designation, red wine, still wine, white wine








L_2017333EN.01004501.xml










15.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 333/45








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/2331
of 14 December 2017
         
conferring protection under Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the name ‘La Clape’ (PDO)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 99 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


In accordance with Article 97(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the Commission has examined the application to register the name ‘La Clape’ sent by France and has published it in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


No statement of objection has been received by the Commission under Article 98 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.












(3)


In accordance with Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the name ‘La Clape’ should be protected and entered in the register referred to in Article 104 of that Regulation.












(4)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘La Clape’ (PDO) is hereby protected.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 December 2017.


For the Commission


The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

(2)  
            OJ C 259, 9.8.2017, p. 3.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2328 of 14 December 2017 conferring protection under Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the name ‘Skalický rubín’ (PDO)
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, Trnava region, designation of origin, labelling, product designation, red wine








L_2017333EN.01002801.xml










15.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 333/28








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/2328
of 14 December 2017
         
conferring protection under Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the name ‘Skalický rubín’ (PDO)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 99 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


In accordance with Article 97(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the Commission has examined the application to register the name ‘Skalický rubín’ sent by Slovakia and has published it in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


No statement of objection has been received by the Commission under Article 98 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.












(3)


In accordance with Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the name ‘Skalický rubín’ should be protected and entered in the register referred to in Article 104 of that Regulation.












(4)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Skalický rubín’ (PDO) is hereby protected.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 December 2017.


For the Commission


The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

(2)  
            OJ C 224, 13.7.2017, p. 9.
Case T-575/16: Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — Martinez De Prins and Others v EEAS (Civil service — Officials — Agents — Remuneration — EEAS staff posted to a third country — Article 10 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations — Annual assessment of the allowance for living conditions — Decision to reduce the allowance for living conditions in Ghana from 25 % to 20 % — Plea of illegality)
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, Ghana, allowances and expenses, expatriate worker, legality, living conditions, pay, staff regulations (EU), third country








C_2018042EN.01001702.xml










5.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 42/17





Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — Martinez De Prins and Others v EEAS
(Case T-575/16) (1)

((Civil service - Officials - Agents - Remuneration - EEAS staff posted to a third country - Article 10 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations - Annual assessment of the allowance for living conditions - Decision to reduce the allowance for living conditions in Ghana from 25 % to 20 % - Plea of illegality))
(2018/C 042/24)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: David Martinez De Prins (Accra, Ghana) and the 9 other applicants whose names are annexed to the judgment (represented by: N. de Montigny and J.-N. Louis, lawyers)

Defendant: European External Action Service (represented by: S. Marquardt, acting as Agent, and M. Troncoso Ferrer, F.-M. Hislaire and S. Moya Izquierdo, lawyers)

Re:

Application based on Article 270 TFEU seeking the annulment of the applicants’ salary statements of the month of March 2015 as well as their subsequent salary statements, to the extent that those statements apply the decision of the EEAS of 23 February 2015 to reduce, from 1 January 2015, the allowance for living conditions paid to EU staff posted to Ghana.

Operative part of the judgment







1.


The salary statements of Mr David Martinez De Prins and the other officials and agents of the European External Action Service (EEAS) whose names are in annex established by the EEAS for the month of March 2015 are annulled to the extent that those statements apply the decision of the EEAS of 23 February 2015 to reduce, from 1 January 2015, the allowance for living conditions paid to EU staff posted to Ghana.










2.


The action is dismissed for the remainder.










3.


The EEAS is ordered to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 111, 29.3.2016 (case initially registered before the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union under the number F-153/15 and transferred to the General Court of the European Union on 1.9.2016).
Case T-912/16: Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — RRTec v EUIPO — Mobotec (RROFA) (European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark RROFA — Prior EU word mark ROFA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, building industry, electrical engineering, energy distribution, energy industry, energy production, machinery, provision of services, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2018042EN.01002301.xml










5.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 42/23





Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — RRTec v EUIPO — Mobotec (RROFA)
(Case T-912/16) (1)

((European Union trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark RROFA - Prior EU word mark ROFA - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))
(2018/C 042/33)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: RRTec sp. z o.o. (Gliwice, Poland) (represented by: T. Gawrylczyk, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and M.M. Baldares, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervening before the General Court: Mobotec AB (Gothenburg, Sweden) (represented by: N. Köster, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 October 2016 (Case R 2392/2015-1) concerning opposition proceedings between Mobotec and RRTec.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders RRTec sp. z o.o. to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 63, 27.2.2017.
Case T-246/17: Order of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — Lackmann Fleisch- und Feinkostfabrik v EUIPO (Национальный Продукт) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark Национальный Продукт — Disregard of the procedural requirements — Article 177(1)(d) and (e) of the Rules of Procedure — Manifest inadmissibility)
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, beverage, foodstuff, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2018063EN.01001301.xml










19.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 63/13





Order of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — Lackmann Fleisch- und Feinkostfabrik v EUIPO (Национальный Продукт)
(Case T-246/17) (1)

((EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark Национальный Продукт - Disregard of the procedural requirements - Article 177(1)(d) and (e) of the Rules of Procedure - Manifest inadmissibility))
(2018/C 063/17)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Lackmann Fleisch- und Feinkostfabrik GmbH (Bühl, Germany) (represented by: A. Lingenfelser, lawyer)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 February 2017 (Case R 1017/2016–1), concerning an application for registration of the figurative sign Национальный Продукт as an EU trade mark.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as being manifestly inadmissible.










2.


Lackmann Fleisch- und Feinkostfabrik GmbH shall pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 195, 19.6.2017.
State aid — Decision to raise no objections
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Norway, State aid, control of State aid, crew, employment aid, maritime transport, social-security contribution, tax rebate








C_2017429EN.01002701.xml










14.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 429/27





State aid — Decision to raise no objections
(2017/C 429/11)
The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:








Date of adoption of the decision



:


14 September 2017





Case No



:


81018





Decision No



:


156/17/COL





EFTA State



:


Norway





Title



:


Amendment to the tax refund scheme for employing seafarers 2016-2026





Legal basis



:


Regulation of 26 February 2016 No 204 on refunds for employing seafarers section 13a





Type of measure



:


Scheme





Objective



:


Maritime transport





Form of aid



:


Tax and social security refunds





Budget



:


Annual increase of NOK 80 million





Duration



:


10 years from 1 March 2016 to 28 February 2026





Economic sectors



:


Maritime transport





Name and address of the granting authority



:







Norwegian Maritime Authority




P.O.Box 2222




NO-5509 Haugesund




Norway









Other information



:




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-234/16: Order of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — Meissen Keramik v EUIPO — Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen (Meissen)
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, ceramics, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2018052EN.01004402.xml










12.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/44





Order of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — Meissen Keramik v EUIPO — Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen (Meissen)
(Case T-234/16) (1)

(2018/C 052/59)
Language of the case: German
The President of the Second Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 243, 4.7.2016.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2332 of 14 December 2017 on the minimum selling price for skimmed milk powder for the 15th partial invitation to tender within the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2080
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, intervention buying, invitation to tender, minimum price, purchase price, skimmed milk powder, tendering








L_2017333EN.01004601.xml










15.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 333/46








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/2332
of 14 December 2017
         
on the minimum selling price for skimmed milk powder for the 15th partial invitation to tender within the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2080


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1),


Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1240 of 18 May 2016 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to public intervention and aid for private storage (2), and in particular Article 32 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2080 (3) has opened the sale of skimmed milk powder by a tendering procedure.












(2)


In the light of the tenders received for the 15th partial invitation to tender, a minimum selling price should not be fixed.












(3)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
For the 15th partial invitation to tender for the selling of skimmed milk powder within the tendering procedure opened by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2080, in respect of which the period during which tenders were to be submitted ended on 12 December 2017, a minimum selling price has not been fixed.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 December 2017.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Jerzy PLEWA
            

Director-General


Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development






(1)  
            OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

(2)  
            OJ L 206, 30.7.2016, p. 71.

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2080 of 25 November 2016 opening the sale of skimmed milk powder by a tendering procedure (OJ L 321, 29.11.2016, p. 45).
Case T-305/15: Order of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — Airdata v Commission
Date: 2017-12-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Germany, abuse of power, competition policy, economic concentration, merger control, mobile phone, provision of services, single market, telecommunications industry








C_2018052EN.01004401.xml










12.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/44





Order of the General Court of 14 December 2017 — Airdata v Commission
(Case T-305/15) (1)

(2018/C 052/58)
Language of the case: English
The President of the Third Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 270, 17.8.2015.