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Case T-491/18: Action brought on 14 August 2018 — Vafo Praha v EUIPO — Rutzinger-Kurpas (Meatlove)
Date: 2018-08-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, dietary product, fodder, food supplement, foodstuff, registered trade mark, retail trade, trade-mark law, wholesale trade








C_2018352EN.01004301.xml










1.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 352/43






Action brought on 14 August 2018 — Vafo Praha v EUIPO — Rutzinger-Kurpas (Meatlove)
(Case T-491/18)
(2018/C 352/52)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Vafo Praha s.r.o. (Chrášt’any, Czech Republic) (represented by: M. Vojáček, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Susanne Rutzinger-Kurpas (Spigelau, Germany)

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: Application for European Union word mark Meatlove — Application for registration No 15 557 374

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 June 2018 in Case R 264/2018-4

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) in conjunction with Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Case C-532/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 14 August 2018 — GN, represented by the father HM v ZU, acting as administrator in the insolvency of Niki Luftfahrt GmbH
Date: 2018-08-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: air transport, carrier, liability, transport accident, trauma, traveller








C_2018427EN.01000901.xml










26.11.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 427/9






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 14 August 2018 — GN, represented by the father HM v ZU, acting as administrator in the insolvency of Niki Luftfahrt GmbH
(Case C-532/18)
(2018/C 427/13)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberster Gerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: GN, represented by the father HM

Defendant: ZU, acting as administrator in the insolvency of Niki Luftfahrt GmbH

Questions referred

Where a cup of hot coffee, which is located on the shelf of the seat in front of a person in an aircraft in flight, for unknown reasons slides and tips over, causing a passenger to suffer scalding, does this constitute an ‘accident’ triggering a carrier’s liability within the meaning of Article 17(1) of the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, concluded in Montreal on 28 May 1999, signed on 9 December 1999 by the European Community on the basis of Article 300(2) EC and approved on behalf of the European Community by Council Decision 2001/539/EC (1) of 5 April 2001 (Montreal Convention, MC)?


(1)  Council Decision 2001/539/EC of 5 April 2001 on the conclusion by the European Community of the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (the Montreal Convention) (OJ 2001 L 194, p. 38).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9078 — Ivanhoe Cambridge/PSPIB/VGMV LP JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, real estate business








C_2018286EN.01000301.xml










14.8.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 286/3






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9078 — Ivanhoe Cambridge/PSPIB/VGMV LP JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 286/03)

1.   
On 1 August 2018, 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:






—


Ivanhoe Cambridge (‘Ivanhoe’), belonging to the Canadian pension manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (Canada),










—


Public Sector Pension Investment Board (‘PSPIB’, Canada).




Ivanhoe and PSPIB acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a newly created joint venture that will be active in real estate services in San Francisco and the wider San Francisco Bay area (United States).
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Ivanhoe: global real estate investments,
—   for PSPIB: management of a diversified global portfolio composed of investments in public financial markets, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, natural resources and private debt.


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 the 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.9078 — Ivanhoe Cambridge/PSPIB/VGMV LP JV
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:





Email: 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-497/18: Action brought on 14 August 2018 — IAK — Forum International v EUIPO — Schwalb (IAK)
Date: 2018-08-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cultural event, office supplies, paper, paperboard, registered trade mark, software, sporting event, trade-mark law








C_2018352EN.01004601.xml










1.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 352/46






Action brought on 14 August 2018 — IAK — Forum International v EUIPO — Schwalb (IAK)
(Case T-497/18)
(2018/C 352/56)
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: IAK GmbH — Forum International (Kirchzarten, Germany) (represented by: G. Wilke, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Ulrich Schwalb (Cologne, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark IAK — EU trade mark No 9 843 533

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 June 2018 in Case R 1511/2017-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


alter the contested decision such that the application for a declaration of invalidity is dismissed in its entirety;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9045 — Blackstone/Aversys) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-08-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, storage








C_2018297EN.01000202.xml










23.8.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 297/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9045 — Blackstone/Aversys)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 297/04)
On 14 August 2018, 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 32018M9045. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-487/18: Action brought on 14 August 2018 — Stada Arzneimittel v EUIPO (ViruProtect)
Date: 2018-08-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, dietary product, pharmaceutical product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, veterinary medicinal product








C_2018352EN.01004202.xml










1.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 352/42






Action brought on 14 August 2018 — Stada Arzneimittel v EUIPO (ViruProtect)
(Case T-487/18)
(2018/C 352/51)
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Stada Arzneimittel AG (Bad Vilbel, Germany) (represented by: J.-C. Plate and R. Kaase, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘ViruProtect’ — Application for registration No 16 295 511

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 June 2018 in Case R 1886/2017-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 7(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 75(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Case T-484/18: Action brought on 14 August 2018 — XB v ECB
Date: 2018-08-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, child protection, equal pay, equal treatment, family benefit, family protection, interest, taxable income, temporary employment








C_2018373EN.01001401.xml










15.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 373/14






Action brought on 14 August 2018 — XB v ECB
(Case T-484/18)
(2018/C 373/15)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: XB (represented by: L. Levi and A. Champetier, lawyers)

Defendant: European Central Bank (ECB)

Form of order sought







—


annul the decisions of 6 November 2017 and 4 December 2017 informing the applicant that he was not entitled to certain allowances (household allowance, child allowances, education allowances and pre-school allowance);










—


accordingly, order the payment of the respective amounts from the requested dates onwards, increased by late interest (ECB rate + 2 points). It should be considered that corrective payments not related to the month during which they were paid should be subject to the tax to which they would have been subject had they been made at the proper time, in accordance with Regulation (EEC, EURATOM, ECSC) No 260/68; (1)











—


if need be, annul the decision of 5 June 2018 rejecting the applicant’s grievance procedure, lodged on 29 March 2018;










—


if need be, annul the decisions of 2 February 2018 rejecting the applicant’s request for administrative review of 15 December 2017;










—


order the defendant to pay all 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 that the ECB’s conditions of short-term employment and its rules for short-term employment are illegal (plea of illegality).






—


The ECB’s conditions of short-term employment and its rules for short-term employment infringe, first, the rights of the child and the principles of family protection and non-discrimination laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, second, the principle of non-discrimination between temporary and permanent workers, and, third, the principle of non-discrimination and of equality of taxpayers.














2.


Second plea in law, alleging a violation of collective rights, as a result of lack of proper consultation of the ECB Staff Committee in the adoption of the ECB’s conditions and rules for short-term employment.






(1)  Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 of the Council of 29 February 1968 laying down the conditions and procedure for applying the tax for the benefit of the European Communities (OJ, English Special Edition 1968 (I), p. 37).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2018-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2018286EN.01000101.xml










14.8.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 286/1






Euro exchange rates (1)

13 August 2018
(2018/C 286/01)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1403 




JPY


Japanese yen


126,11 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4536 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,89330 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,4093 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1338 




ISK


Iceland króna


124,20 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,5295 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,656 




HUF


Hungarian forint


323,90 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2965 




RON


Romanian leu


4,6588 




TRY


Turkish lira


7,8651 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5670 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4996 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,9511 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7335 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5689 




KRW


South Korean won


1 294,47 




ZAR


South African rand


16,3821 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8537 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4270 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 642,68 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6667 




PHP


Philippine peso


60,963 




RUB


Russian rouble


77,4814 




THB


Thai baht


38,069 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,4554 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,8950 




INR


Indian rupee


79,8405 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-533/18 P: Appeal brought on 14 August 2018 by Emcur Gesundheitsmittel aus Bad Ems GmbH against the judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) delivered on 14 June 2018 in Case T-165/17: Emcur v EUIPO
Date: 2018-08-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, cultural event, education, medicine, pharmacology, registered trade mark, research, social services, trade-mark law








C_2019065EN.01002101.xml










18.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 65/21






Appeal brought on 14 August 2018 by Emcur Gesundheitsmittel aus Bad Ems GmbH against the judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) delivered on 14 June 2018 in Case T-165/17: Emcur v EUIPO
(Case C-533/18 P)
(2019/C 65/28)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: Emcur Gesundheitsmittel aus Bad Ems GmbH (represented by: K. Bröcker, Rechtsanwalt)

Other party to the proceedings: European Union Intellectual Property Office
By order of 8 January 2019 the Court of Justice (Tenth Chamber) held that the appeal was inadmissible.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8992 — Maritime Holdings/Zeaborn/Zeamarine JV) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-08-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, economic concentration, maritime shipping, merger control








C_2018296EN.01000101.xml










22.8.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 296/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8992 — Maritime Holdings/Zeaborn/Zeamarine JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 296/01)
On 14 August 2018, 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 32018M8992. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.