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Case T-326/20: Action brought on 27 May 2020 — Bibita Group v EUIPO — Benkomers (Beverage bottles)
Date: 2020-05-27
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, packaging product








C_2020247EN.01004101.xml










27.7.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 247/41






Action brought on 27 May 2020 — Bibita Group v EUIPO — Benkomers (Beverage bottles)
(Case T-326/20)
(2020/C 247/56)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Bibita Group (Tirana, Albania) (represented by: C. Seyfert, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Benkomers OOD (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Design at issue: Community design No 3 797 091-0001 (Beverage bottles)

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 27 April 2020 in Case R 1070/2018-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






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annul the contested decision;










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declare the contested Community design registered under No 3 797 091-0001 invalid, on all the grounds set out in the present application;










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order the defendant and the proprietor to pay the procedural costs relating to the proceedings before the Third Board of Appeal, pursuant to Article 190 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court;










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order EUIPO and the potential other party to the present proceedings to pay the entirety of the costs of the proceedings.





Plea in law







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Infringement of Article 25(1)(d) in conjunction with Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002.
Case C-218/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from Tribunalul Mureș (Romania) lodged on 27 May 2020 — Sindicatul Lucrătorilor din Transporturi, TD v SC Samidani Trans SRL
Date: 2020-05-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: application of the law, labour dispute, minimum pay, private international law, work contract








C_2020297EN.01002301.xml










7.9.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 297/23






Request for a preliminary ruling from Tribunalul Mureș (Romania) lodged on 27 May 2020 — Sindicatul Lucrătorilor din Transporturi, TD v SC Samidani Trans SRL
(Case C-218/20)
(2020/C 297/31)
Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Tribunalul Mureș

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Sindicatul Lucrătorilor din Transporturi, TD

Defendant: SC Samidani Trans SRL

Questions referred







1.


Interpretation of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I)[:] (1) does the choice of law applicable to an individual employment contract exclude the application of the law of the country in which the employee has habitually carried out his or her work or does the fact that a choice of law has been made exclude the application of the second sentence of Article 8(1) of that regulation?










2.


Interpretation of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I): is the minimum wage applicable in the country in which the employee has habitually carried out his or her work a right that falls within the scope of ‘provisions that cannot be derogated from by agreement under the law that, in the absence of choice, would have been applicable’, within the meaning of the second sentence of Article 8(1) of the regulation?










3.


Interpretation of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I): does the specification, in an individual employment contract, of the provisions of the Romanian Labour Code equate to a choice of Romanian law, in so far as, in Romania, it is well-known that the employer predetermines the content of the individual employment contract?






(1)  Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I) (OJ 2008 L 177, p. 6).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9825 – CPPIB/Téthys Invest/Galileo Global Education) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 177/03
Date: 2020-05-27
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, higher education, merger control








C_2020177EN.01000301.xml










27.5.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 177/3






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9825 – CPPIB/Téthys Invest/Galileo Global Education)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 177/03)

1.   
On 18 May 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:






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Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (‘CPPIB’, Canada),










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Téthys Invest SAS (‘Téthys’, France), subsidiary of the holding company Téthys SAS (France),










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Galileo Global Education Group (‘Galileo’, France).




CPPIB and Téthys acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Galileo.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for CPPIB: global investment management organisation that invests the funds transferred to it by the Canada Pension Plan Fund,










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for Téthys: direction of long term investments in entrepreneurial projects globally,










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for Galileo: international provider of private post-secondary training and education services which operates a number of institutions around the world. In the EEA, Galileo is primarily active in France, Italy, Cyprus, Germany and the United Kingdom.






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.9825 – CPPIB/Téthys Invest/Galileo Global Education Group
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.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1138 of 27 May 2020 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1076 of the European Parliament and of the Council in order to include the Solomon Islands in Annex I
Date: 2020-05-27
Institutions: Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission
Subjects: Solomon Islands, abolition of customs duties, administrative cooperation, cooperation agreement (EU), import (EU), market access, originating product, protective clause, trade agreement (EU)








L_2020248EN.01000101.xml










31.7.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 248/1








            COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2020/1138
of 27 May 2020
         
amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1076 of the European Parliament and of the Council in order to include the Solomon Islands in Annex I


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/1076 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 applying the arrangements for products originating in certain states which are part of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States provided for in agreements establishing, or leading to the establishment of, Economic Partnership Agreements (1), and in particular Article 2(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/1076 lists the countries to which the market access arrangements provided for by that Regulation apply.












(2)


On 17 February 2020, the Council approved, on behalf of the Union, the accession of the Solomon Islands to the interim Economic Partnership Agreement between the Union and the Pacific States. Following the Solomon Islands’ deposition of its Act of Accession, the interim Economic Partnership Agreement is provisionally applied between the Union and the Solomon Islands from 17 May 2020.












(3)


Therefore the Solomon Islands should be included in Annex I,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
In Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/1076 the following is inserted after the words ‘THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES’:






 



                        ‘SOLOMON ISLANDS’.






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, 27 May 2020.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 185, 8.7.2016, p. 1.