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Case T-221/20: Action brought on 23 April 2020 — Target Brands v EUIPO — The a.r.t. company b&s (art class)
Date: 2020-04-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, electronic commerce, fancy leather goods and glove-making industry, registered trade mark, retail trade, trade-mark law








C_2020201EN.01005101.xml










15.6.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 201/51






Action brought on 23 April 2020 — Target Brands v EUIPO — The a.r.t. company b&s (art class)
(Case T-221/20)
(2020/C 201/65)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Target Brands Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States) (represented by: A. Norris, Barrister)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: The a.r.t. company b&s, SA (Quel, Spain)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark art class — Application for registration No 16 888 737

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 February 2020 in Case R 1596/2019-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


reject the opposition decision in respect of all of the remaining contested goods;










—


alternatively, remit the matter to the EUIPO for re-consideration;










—


order to pay its costs incurred in connection with this appeal, the appeal before the Board and the Opposition.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Case C-785/19: Order of the President of the Court of 23 April 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Saarbrücken — Germany) — Koch Media GmbH v HC
Date: 2020-04-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: damages, digital rights management, intellectual property, legal expenses, open data, software








C_2020320EN.01002103.xml










28.9.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 320/21






Order of the President of the Court of 23 April 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Saarbrücken — Germany) — Koch Media GmbH v HC
(Case C-785/19) (1)

(2020/C 320/44)
Language of the case: German
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 27, 27.1.2020.
Case C-182/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Suceava (Romania) lodged on 23 April 2020 — BE, DT v Administrația Județeană a Finanțelor Publice Suceava, Direcția Generală Regională a Finanțelor Publice Iași, Accer Ipurl Suceva — lichidator judiciar al BE, EP
Date: 2020-04-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, bankruptcy, financial solvency, judicial proceedings, principle of proportionality, tax relief








C_2020297EN.01002201.xml










7.9.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 297/22






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Suceava (Romania) lodged on 23 April 2020 — BE, DT v Administrația Județeană a Finanțelor Publice Suceava, Direcția Generală Regională a Finanțelor Publice Iași, Accer Ipurl Suceva — lichidator judiciar al BE, EP
(Case C-182/20)
(2020/C 297/29)
Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Curtea de Apel Suceava

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: BE, DT

Defendants: Administrația Județeană a Finanțelor Publice Suceava, Direcția Generală Regională a Finanțelor Publice Iași, Accer Ipurl Suceva — lichidator judiciar al BE, EP

Question referred

Do Directive 2006/112/EC (1) and the principles of fiscal neutrality, the right to deduct VAT and fiscal certainty preclude, in circumstances such as those in the main proceedings, national legislation which requires, once insolvency proceedings in respect of an economic operator have been initiated, automatically and without further checks, adjustment of VAT, by refusing to allow the economic operator to deduct VAT on taxable transactions that occurred prior to the declaration of insolvency and ordering the operator to pay the deductible VAT? Does the principle of proportionality preclude, in circumstances such as those in the main proceedings, such provisions of national law, given the economic consequences for the economic operator and the definitive nature of such an adjustment?


(1)  Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1, Special edition in Romanian: Chapter 09 Volume 003 P. 7).
Case C-170/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Constanţa (Romania) lodged on 23 April 2020 — SC Novart Engineering SRL v Unitatea Administrativ Teritorială Municipiul Tulcea
Date: 2020-04-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Romania, admissibility, public contract








C_2021009EN.01000302.xml










11.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 9/3






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Constanţa (Romania) lodged on 23 April 2020 — SC Novart Engineering SRL v Unitatea Administrativ Teritorială Municipiul Tulcea
(Case C-170/20)
(2021/C 9/04)
Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Curtea de Apel Constanţa

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: SC Novart Engineering SRL

Defendant: Unitatea Administrativ Teritorială Municipiul Tulcea
By order of 12 November 2020, the Court (Tenth Chamber) declared the request for a preliminary ruling manifestly inadmissible.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9554 – Elanco Animal Health/Bayer Animal Health Division) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 132/09
Date: 2020-04-23
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: animal health, economic concentration, merger control








C_2020132EN.01001201.xml










23.4.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 132/12






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9554 – Elanco Animal Health/Bayer Animal Health Division)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 132/09)

1.   
On 14 April 2020, 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:






—


Elanco Animal Health Inc. (USA) (‘Elanco’),










—


Bayer AG’s animal health business (‘BAH’), controlled by Bayer AG (Germany) (‘Bayer’).




Elanco acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of BAH.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Elanco: Elanco is an animal health company that develops, manufactures and markets products for companion and production animals worldwide,










—


for BAH: BAH comprises Bayer’s animal health business and is active in the development, production and marketing of products for companion and production animals worldwide.






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.



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.9554 – Elanco Animal Health/Bayer Animal Health Division
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’).
Case C-217/19: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 23 April 2020 — European Commission v Republic of Finland (Action for failure to fulfil obligations — Directive 2009/147/EC — Conservation of wild birds — Authorisations for spring hunting of male specimens of the ‘common eider’ bird species (Somateria mollissima) in the province of Åland (Finland) — Article 7(4) and Article 9(1)(c) — Concepts of ‘judicious use’ and ‘small numbers’)
Date: 2020-04-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: action for failure to fulfil an obligation, bird, hunting, hunting regulations, infringement procedure (EU), protection of animals, Åland








C_2020230EN.01001201.xml










13.7.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 230/12






Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 23 April 2020 — European Commission v Republic of Finland
(Case C-217/19) (1)

(Action for failure to fulfil obligations - Directive 2009/147/EC - Conservation of wild birds - Authorisations for spring hunting of male specimens of the ‘common eider’ bird species (Somateria mollissima) in the province of Åland (Finland) - Article 7(4) and Article 9(1)(c) - Concepts of ‘judicious use’ and ‘small numbers’)
(2020/C 230/15)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: C. Hermes and E. Ljung Rasmussen, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Finland (represented by: J. Heliskoski, acting as Agent, and J. Bouckaert, D. Gillet and S. François, avocats)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by recurrently granting authorisations for spring hunting of male common eiders (Somateria mollissima) in the province of Åland since 2011 and up to and including 2019, the Republic of Finland failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 7(4) and Article 9(l)(c) of Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds;










2.


Orders the Republic of Finland to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 172, 20.5.2019.
Case C-736/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 23 April 2020 — Gugler France v Alexander Gugler, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (Appeal — EU trade mark — Figurative mark containing the word element GUGLER — Application for a declaration of invalidity brought by Gugler France SA — Economic link between the party seeking a declaration of invalidity and the proprietor of the contested mark — No likelihood of confusion)
Date: 2020-04-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, building materials, glass, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2020230EN.01000801.xml










13.7.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 230/8






Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 23 April 2020 — Gugler France v Alexander Gugler, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
(Case C-736/18 P) (1)

(Appeal - EU trade mark - Figurative mark containing the word element GUGLER - Application for a declaration of invalidity brought by Gugler France SA - Economic link between the party seeking a declaration of invalidity and the proprietor of the contested mark - No likelihood of confusion)
(2020/C 230/09)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: Gugler France (represented by: S. Guerlain, avocat)

Other parties to the proceedings: Alexander Gugler (represented by: M.-C. Simon, Rechtsanwältin), European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Gugler France SA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Mr Alexander Gugler and by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in relation to the appeal proceedings.






(1)  OJ C 112, 25.3.2019.
State aid – Decision to raise no objections 2020/C 132/06
Date: 2020-04-23
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Norway, State aid, control of State aid, mass media, pluralism in the media








C_2020132EN.01000801.xml










23.4.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 132/8






State aid – Decision to raise no objections
(2020/C 132/06)
The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following State aid measure:






Date of adoption of the decision:


10 February 2020




Case No:


84717




Decision No:


006/20/COL




EFTA State:


Norway




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary):


Temporary prolongation of production grant scheme for news and current affairs media




Legal basis:


Regulation No 333 of 25 March 2014 on production grants for news and current affairs media




Type of measure:


Scheme




Objective:


Media diversity and plurality




Form of aid:


Grant




Budget:


NOK 358 million




Duration


31 December 2020




Economic sectors:


Media




Name and address of the granting authority:


The Norwegian Media Authority
Nygata 4
Fredrikstad
NORWAY




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/decisions/
Case T-223/20: Action brought on 23 April 2020 — Orion v Commission
Date: 2020-04-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: generic drug, launching of a product, market approval, national law, pharmaceutical legislation








C_2020209EN.01003202.xml










22.6.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 209/32






Action brought on 23 April 2020 — Orion v Commission
(Case T-223/20)
(2020/C 209/44)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Orion Oyj (Espoo, Finland) (represented by: C. Schoonderbeek, lawyer, J. Mulryne and E. Amos, Solicitors)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the decision of the defendant dated 13 February 2020 to grant a generic marketing authorisation for ‘Dexmedetomidine Accord’;










—


order the defendant to pay the applicant’s legal and other costs and expenses in relation to this matter.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on three pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging that the contested decision constitutes a violation of Article 10(1) of Directive 2001/83/EC, (1) read in conjunction with Article 10(2)(a) thereof, by accepting the medicinal product ‘Precedex’, which was granted a national marketing authorisation in the Czech Republic prior to accession to the EU as a reference medicinal product, given that this national marketing authorisation was not granted (or updated) in accordance with Union provisions in force.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that the contested decision constitutes a violation of Article 14(11) of Regulation 726/2004, (2) read in conjunction with Article 10(1) and 6(1) of Directive 2001/83, by concluding that the regulatory data protection for the applicant’s product, ‘Dexdor’, had expired and accepting that it (and the research data underlying it) could be used as a reference medicinal product in support of an application for a marketing authorisation for a copy (generic) product, on the grounds that the medicinal product ‘Precedex’ and ‘Dexdor’ belong to the same global marketing authorisation.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging that the contested decision does not contain an adequate statement of reasons as required by Article 296 TFEU.






(1)  Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ 2001 L 311, p. 67).

(2)  Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and surveillance of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency (OJ 2004 L 136, p. 1).
Case C-710/18: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 23 April 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht — Germany) — WN v Land Niedersachsen (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom of movement for workers — Article 45(1) TFEU — Remuneration — Step allocation in a remuneration system — Remuneration system linking entitlement to a higher remuneration rate to length of service with the same employer — Limitation of the account to be taken of previous periods of relevant activity with an employer in a Member State other than the Member State of origin)
Date: 2020-04-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: free movement of workers, remuneration of work, seniority, teacher, wage determination, working time








C_2020230EN.01000701.xml










13.7.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 230/7






Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 23 April 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht — Germany) — WN v Land Niedersachsen
(Case C-710/18) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Freedom of movement for workers - Article 45(1) TFEU - Remuneration - Step allocation in a remuneration system - Remuneration system linking entitlement to a higher remuneration rate to length of service with the same employer - Limitation of the account to be taken of previous periods of relevant activity with an employer in a Member State other than the Member State of origin)
(2020/C 230/08)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesarbeitsgericht

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: WN

Defendant: Land Niedersachsen

Operative part of the judgment

Article 45(1) TFEU must be interpreted as precluding national legislation that, for the purpose of determining the remuneration rate of a person working as a school teacher with a local authority, takes into account that person’s previous periods of activity with an employer, other than that local authority, situated in other Member State, only up to a maximum of three years in total, when that activity is equivalent to that which that person is to perform in the context of his or her school teaching duties.


(1)  OJ C 182, 27.5.2019.
Notice to economic operators New round of requests for the suspension of the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain industrial and agricultural products 2020/C 132/08
Date: 2020-04-23
Institutions: Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, agricultural product, common customs tariff, import (EU), industrial product, suspension of customs duties








C_2020132EN.01001101.xml










23.4.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 132/11






Notice to economic operators
New round of requests for the suspension of the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain industrial and agricultural products
(2020/C 132/08)
Economic operators are informed that the Commission has received requests in accordance with the administrative arrangements foreseen in the Commission Communication concerning autonomous tariff suspensions and quotas (2011/C 363/02) (1) for the January round of 2021.
The list of the products for which a duty suspension is requested is now available on the Commission’s thematic (Europa) website on the customs union (2).
Economic operators are also informed that the deadline for objections against new requests to reach the Commission, via the national administrations, is 19 June 2020 which is the date of the second scheduled meeting of the Economic Tariff Questions Group.
Interested operators are advised to consult the list regularly in order to be informed on the status as the requests.
More information on the autonomous tariff suspension procedure can be found on the Europa website:
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/customs/customs_duties/tariff_aspects/suspensions/index_en.htm


(1)  OJ C 363, 13.12.2011, p. 6.

(2)  http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/susp/susp_home.jsp?Lang=en
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 22 April 2020 2020/C 132/04
Date: 2020-04-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2020132EN.01000401.xml










23.4.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 132/4






Euro exchange rates (1)

22 April 2020
(2020/C 132/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0867 




JPY


Japanese yen


117,01 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4589 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87920 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,9423 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0523 




ISK


Iceland króna


158,60 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,6775 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


27,534 




HUF


Hungarian forint


355,11 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,5349 




RON


Romanian leu


4,8391 




TRY


Turkish lira


7,6008 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,7199 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5375 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,4220 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8200 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5508 




KRW


South Korean won


1 339,66 




ZAR


South African rand


20,4413 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,6964 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5700 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 935,13 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,7437 




PHP


Philippine peso


55,096 




RUB


Russian rouble


83,1961 




THB


Thai baht


35,176 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,7866 




MXN


Mexican peso


26,3895 




INR


Indian rupee


83,1685 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9791 – Signa Retail/Central Group/Globus) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 197/01
Date: 2020-04-23
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: catering industry, clothing industry, economic concentration, furniture industry, merchandising, merger control, real estate business, retail trade








C_2020197EN.01000101.xml










12.6.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 197/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9791 – Signa Retail/Central Group/Globus)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 197/01)
On 23 April 2020, 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 32020M9791. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.