do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-638/17: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 April 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas — Lithuania) — proceedings brought by Valstybinė mokesčių inspekcija prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco — Directive 2011/64/EU — Article 4(1)(a) — Concept of ‘cigars or cigarillos’ — Rolls of tobacco with an outer wrapper of natural tobacco which is partially covered by an additional paper layer)
Date: 2019-04-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: excise duty, tobacco, tobacco industry








C_2019206EN.01000801.xml










17.6.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 206/8






Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 April 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas — Lithuania) — proceedings brought by Valstybinė mokesčių inspekcija prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos
(Case C-638/17) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco - Directive 2011/64/EU - Article 4(1)(a) - Concept of ‘cigars or cigarillos’ - Rolls of tobacco with an outer wrapper of natural tobacco which is partially covered by an additional paper layer)
(2019/C 206/09)
Language of the case: Lithuanian

Referring court

Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Valstybinė mokesčių inspekcija prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos

Other party:‘Skonis ir kvapas’ UAB

Operative part of the judgment

Article 4(1)(a) of Council Directive 2011/64/EU of 21 June 2011 on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco must be interpreted as meaning that tobacco products, such as those at issue in the main proceedings, part of whose outer wrapper of natural tobacco is covered, at the filter, by an additional paper layer, liable to make those products visually similar to cigarettes, fall within the category of cigars or cigarillos, within the meaning of that provision.


(1)  OJ C 52, 12.2.2018.
Case C-288/18: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 11 April 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — X BV v Staatssecretaris van Financiën (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common Customs Tariff — Classification of goods — Combined Nomenclature — Subheadings 85285100 and 85285940 — Flat screen monitors with liquid crystal display capable of displaying signals from automatic data processing systems — Agreement on trade in information technology products)
Date: 2019-04-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, data processing, information technology user, screen, specification of tariff heading, trade agreement








C_2019206EN.01001601.xml










17.6.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 206/16






Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 11 April 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — X BV v Staatssecretaris van Financiën
(Case C-288/18) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common Customs Tariff - Classification of goods - Combined Nomenclature - Subheadings 85285100 and 85285940 - Flat screen monitors with liquid crystal display capable of displaying signals from automatic data processing systems - Agreement on trade in information technology products)
(2019/C 206/19)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Hoge Raad der Nederlanden

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: X BV

Defendant: Staatssecretaris van Financiën

Operative part

The Combined Nomenclature, which appears in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 927/2012 of 9 October 2012, must be interpreted as meaning that, in order to determine whether flat panel monitors with screens of the liquid crystal display (LCD) technology, designed and manufactured for displaying both data from an automatic data-processing machine and also composite video signals from other sources, must be classified under subheading 85285100 of the Combined Nomenclature or the subheading 85285940 of that nomenclature, it is necessary, when examining all their objective characteristics and properties, to assess both the degree to which they are capable of performing several functions and the standard of performance that they achieve when performing those functions, in order to determine whether their principal function is to be used in an automatic data-processing system. In that context, particular importance should be given to the question whether they are designed to be viewed close up. Whether the person who uses the screen and the person who processes and/or enters data into an automatic data-processing machine are one and the same is not a relevant criterion for the purposes of that assessment.


(1)  OJ C 276, 6.8.2018
Case T-224/17: Judgment of the General Court of 11 April 2019 — Adapta Color v EUIPO — Coatings Foreign IP (Bio proof ADAPTA) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — European Union figurative mark Bio proof ADAPTA — Declaration of invalidity by the Board of Appeal — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2007/1001) — No distinctive character acquired by use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(3) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Infringement of the right to be heard — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001) — Evidence submitted for the first time before the Court)
Date: 2019-04-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, carriage of goods, chemical product, distributor, paints and varnishes, registered trade mark, storage, trade-mark law








C_2019187EN.01006801.xml










3.6.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 187/68






Judgment of the General Court of 11 April 2019 — Adapta Color v EUIPO — Coatings Foreign IP (Bio proof ADAPTA)
(Case T-224/17) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - European Union figurative mark Bio proof ADAPTA - Declaration of invalidity by the Board of Appeal - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2007/1001) - No distinctive character acquired by use - Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(3) of Regulation 2017/1001) - Infringement of the right to be heard - Obligation to state reasons - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001) - Evidence submitted for the first time before the Court)
(2019/C 187/72)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Adapta Color, SL (Peñiscola, Spain) (represented by: G. Macías Bonilla, by G. Marín Raigal and by E. Armero Lavie, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Markakis, A. Söder and D. Walicka, Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court, being: Coatings Foreign IP Co. LLC (Wilmington, Delaware, United States) (represented by: A. Rajendra, Solicitor, and by S. Malynicz QC)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 February 2017 (Case R 2521/2015-5), relating to invalidity proceedings between Coatings Foreign IP and Adapta Color

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.



Dismisses the action;











2.



Orders Adapta Color, SL to pay the costs.







(1)  OJ C 202, 26.6.2017.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 102/2019 of 11 April 2019 amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1232]
Date: 2019-04-11
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, United Kingdom, financial derivative, financial legislation, financial supervision, revision of an agreement, withdrawal from the EU




L_2019192EN.01005701.xml










18.7.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 192/57








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 102/2019
of 11 April 2019
         
amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1232]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/544 of 3 April 2019 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/2031 determining, for a limited period of time, that the regulatory framework applicable to central counterparties in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is equivalent, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex IX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is added in point 31bcaw (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/2031) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

                  ‘, as amended by:






—



32019 D 0544: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/544 of 3 April 2019 (OJ L 95, 4.4.2019, p. 9).’
                     






Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/544 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 11 April 2019, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 11 April 2019.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 95, 4.4.2019, p. 9.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Case C-297/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 11 April 2019 — Naturschutzbund Deutschland — Landesverband Schleswig-Holstein e.V. v Kreis Nordfriesland
Date: 2019-04-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: biotope, delegation of power, environmental liability, land use, management








C_2019230EN.01002102.xml










8.7.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 230/21






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 11 April 2019 — Naturschutzbund Deutschland — Landesverband Schleswig-Holstein e.V. v Kreis Nordfriesland
(Case C-297/19)
(2019/C 230/26)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesverwaltungsgericht

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Naturschutzbund Deutschland — Landesverband Schleswig-Holstein e.V.

Defendant: Kreis Nordfriesland

Joined party: Deich- und Hauptsielverband Eiderstedt, Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts,

Other party: Vertreter des Bundesinteresses beim Bundesverwaltungsgericht

Questions referred







1.








(a)


Does the term ‘management’ within the meaning of the second indent of the second paragraph of Annex I to Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage (Environmental Liability Directive) (1) include activities inextricably bound up with direct use for land yield purposes?
If so:










(b)


Under what conditions is the management of sites, as defined in habitat records or target documents, to be considered ‘normal’ within the meaning of the Environmental Liability Directive?










(c)


What is the time-scale for deciding if management is ‘as carried on previously’ by owners or operators within the meaning of the Environmental Liability Directive?










(d)


Should the question of whether management is as carried on previously by owners or operators within the meaning of the Environmental Liability Directive be answered independently of the habitat records or target documents?














2.


Does an activity exercised in the public interest on the basis of a statutory delegation of tasks constitute an ‘occupational activity’ within the meaning of Article 2(7) of the Environmental Liability Directive?






(1)  OJ 2004 L 143, p. 56.
Case T-323/18: Judgment of the General Court of 11 April 2019 — Fomanu v EUIPO — Fujifilm Imaging GermanyReresentation of a butterfly) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU figurative mark representing a butterfly — Genuine use of the mark — Partial revocation — Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 58(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation 2017/1001)
Date: 2019-04-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, Internet, audiovisual equipment, data recording, on line data service, photograph, printing, registered trade mark, software, trade-mark law








C_2019187EN.01007601.xml










3.6.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 187/76






Judgment of the General Court of 11 April 2019 — Fomanu v EUIPO — Fujifilm Imaging Germany Reresentation of a butterfly)
(Case T-323/18) (1)

(EU trade mark - Revocation proceedings - EU figurative mark representing a butterfly - Genuine use of the mark - Partial revocation - Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Article 58(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation 2017/1001)
(2019/C 187/81)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Fomanu AG (Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Germany) (represented by: S. Reichart, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Manea and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Fujifilm Imaging Germany GmbH & Co. KG (Willich, Germany)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 March 2018 (Case R 2241/2016-2) relating to revocation proceedings between Fujifilm Imaging Germany and Fomanu.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.



Dismisses the action;











2.



Orders Fomanu AG to pay the costs.







(1)  OJ C 240, 9.7.2018.
Commission information notice pursuant to Article 17(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community — Invitation to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-04-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: London, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, air transport, inland transport, invitation to tender, services of general interest, transport regulations








C_2019135EN.01001302.xml










11.4.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 135/13






Commission information notice pursuant to Article 17(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community
Invitation to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 135/05)






Member State


United Kingdom




Routes concerned


City of Derry Airport to London City Airport
City of Derry Airport to London Gatwick
City of Derry Airport to London Heathrow
City of Derry Airport to London Luton
City of Derry Airport to London Southend
City of Derry Airport to London Stansted




Period of validity of the contract


For an initial period of 16 months up until 27 March 2021 with a view to extending for a further 24 months.




Deadline for submission of applications and tenders


12 midday, 28 May 2019




Address from which the text of the invitation to tender and any relevant information and/or documentation relating to the public tender and the public service obligations can be obtained


tenders@derrystrabane.com
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 104/2019 of 11 April 2019 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1234]
Date: 2019-04-11
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, United Kingdom, contract, credit institution, financial derivative, financial legislation, financial transaction, revision of an agreement, trading margin, withdrawal from the EU




L_2019192EN.01005901.xml










18.7.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 192/59








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 104/2019
of 11 April 2019
         
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1234]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/564 of 28 March 2019 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2251 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the date until which counterparties may continue to apply their risk-management procedures for certain OTC derivative contracts not cleared by a CCP (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex IX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indent is added in point 31bcs (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2251) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:







‘—



32019 R 0564: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/564 of 28 March 2019 (OJ L 99, 10.4.2019, p. 3).’







Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/564 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 11 April 2019, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 83/2019 of 29 March 2019, whichever is the later.


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 11 April 2019.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 99, 10.4.2019, p. 3.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Case T-765/17: Judgment of the General Court of 11 April 2019 — Kiku v CPVO — Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie (Pinova) (Plant varieties — Nullity proceedings — Apple variety Pinova — Rejection of the application for a declaration of nullity — New variety — Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — Burden of proof — Article 76 of Regulation No 2100/94 — Examination of the facts by the CPVO of its own motion)
Date: 2019-04-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: industrial property, pip fruit, plant variety right, proof








C_2019187EN.01007401.xml










3.6.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 187/74






Judgment of the General Court of 11 April 2019 — Kiku v CPVO — Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie (Pinova)
(Case T-765/17) (1)

(Plant varieties - Nullity proceedings - Apple variety Pinova - Rejection of the application for a declaration of nullity - New variety - Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 - Burden of proof - Article 76 of Regulation No 2100/94 - Examination of the facts by the CPVO of its own motion)
(2019/C 187/78)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Kiku GmbH (Girlan, Italy) (represented by: G. Würtenberger and R. Kunze, lawyers)

Defendant: Community Plant Variety Office (represented by: M. Ekvad, F. Mattina and O. Lamberti, acting as Agents, assisted by A. von Mühlendahl and H. Hartwig, lawyers)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of the CPVO, intervener before the General Court: Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie (Dresden, Germany) (represented initially by: T. Leidereiter, and subsequently by: B. Lorenzen, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Board of Appeal of the CPVO of 16 August 2017 (Case A 005/2016) concerning the nullity proceedings between Kiku and the Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie.

Operative part

The Court hereby:






1)



Dismisses the action;











2)



Orders Kiku GmbH to pay the costs.







(1)  OJ C 22, 22.1.2018.
C-437/18: Order of the President of the Court of 11 April 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Gliwicach, VIII Wydział Pracy i Ubezpieczeń Społecznych — Poland) — Lebopoll Logistics Sp. z o.o.w Sośnicowicach v Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych Oddział w Zabrzu, in the presence of: NJ.
Date: 2019-04-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: residence, social security legislation, social-security harmonisation








C_2019280EN.01003302.xml










19.8.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 280/33






Order of the President of the Court of 11 April 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Gliwicach, VIII Wydział Pracy i Ubezpieczeń Społecznych — Poland) — Lebopoll Logistics Sp. z o.o.w Sośnicowicach v Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych Oddział w Zabrzu, in the presence of: NJ.
(C-437/18) (1)

(2019/C 280/47)
Language of the case: Polish
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 427, 26.11.2018.