do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-577/19: Judgment of the General Court of 10 June 2020 — Leinfelder Uhren München v EUIPO — Schafft (Leinfelder) (European Union trade mark — Revocation proceedings — European Union word mark Leinfelder — Lack of genuine use of the mark — Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Abuse of rights)
Date: 2020-06-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clock and watch industry, leather industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2020255EN.01001701.xml










3.8.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 255/17






Judgment of the General Court of 10 June 2020 — Leinfelder Uhren München v EUIPO — Schafft (Leinfelder)
(Case T-577/19) (1)

(European Union trade mark - Revocation proceedings - European Union word mark Leinfelder - Lack of genuine use of the mark - Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Abuse of rights)
(2020/C 255/21)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Leinfelder Uhren München GmbH & Co. KG (Munich, Germany) (represented by: S. Lüft, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Thomas Schafft (Munich) (represented by: V. Sandulache, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 May 2019 (Joined Cases R 1930/2018 2 and R 1937/2018 2), concerning revocation proceedings between Mr Schafft and Leinfelder Uhren München.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Leinfelder Uhren München GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 328, 30.9.2019.
Case T-718/18: Judgment of the General Court of 10 June 2020 — Boyer v EUIPO — Philicon-97 (PHILIBON DEPUIS 1957 www.philibon.com) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark PHILIBON DEPUIS 1957 www.philibon.com — Earlier national figurative mark PHILICON — Relative ground for refusal — Well-known trade mark within the meaning of Article 6bis of the Paris Convention — Article 8(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
Date: 2020-06-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, fruit, fruit juice, fruit product, preserved product, registered trade mark, syrup, trade-mark law, vegetable








C_2020255EN.01001502.xml










3.8.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 255/15






Judgment of the General Court of 10 June 2020 — Boyer v EUIPO — Philicon-97 (PHILIBON DEPUIS 1957 www.philibon.com)
(Case T-718/18) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark PHILIBON DEPUIS 1957 www.philibon.com - Earlier national figurative mark PHILICON - Relative ground for refusal - Well-known trade mark within the meaning of Article 6bis of the Paris Convention - Article 8(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
(2020/C 255/19)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Boyer (Moissac, France) (represented by: É. Junca, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Lapinskaite, A. Folliard-Monguiral, H. O’Neill and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Philicon-97 AD (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) (represented by: V. Pavlov and M. Lazarov, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 October 2018 (Case R 374/2018-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Philicon 97 and Boyer.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Boyer to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 54, 11.2.2019.
Case T-846/19: Order of the General Court of 10 June 2020 — Golden Omega v Commission (Action for annulment — Customs union — Common Customs Tariff — Tariff nomenclature — Classification in the Combined Nomenclature — Regulatory act entailing implementing measures — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2020-06-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, customs union, fish oil, organic acid, processed food product, specification of tariff heading








C_2020287EN.01003301.xml










31.8.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 287/33






Order of the General Court of 10 June 2020 — Golden Omega v Commission
(Case T-846/19) (1)

(Action for annulment - Customs union - Common Customs Tariff - Tariff nomenclature - Classification in the Combined Nomenclature - Regulatory act entailing implementing measures - Lack of individual concern - Inadmissibility)
(2020/C 287/52)
Language of the case: Dutch

Parties


Applicant: Golden Omega, SA (Santiago, Chili) (represented by: S. Moolenaar, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: W. Roels and M. Salyková, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application based on Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1661 of 24 September 2019 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature (OJ 2019 L 251, p. 1).

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as inadmissible.










2.


Golden Omega, SA is ordered to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 61, 24.2.2020.
Case T-646/19: Judgment of the General Court of 10 June 2020 — eSky Group IP v EUIPO — Gröpel (e) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark e — Earlier international figurative mark e — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2020-06-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, package travel, provision of services, registered trade mark, reservation, trade-mark law, travel agency








C_2020247EN.01001101.xml










27.7.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 247/11






Judgment of the General Court of 10 June 2020 — eSky Group IP v EUIPO — Gröpel (e)
(Case T-646/19) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark e - Earlier international figurative mark e - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(2020/C 247/17)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: eSky Group IP sp. z o.o. (Warsaw, Poland) (represented by: P. Kurcman, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Rampini and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Gerhard Gröpel (Passau, Germany) (represented by: N. Maenz, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 July 2019 (Case R 223/2019-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Mr Gröpel and eSky Group IP.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders eSky Group IP sp. z o.o. to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 383, 11.11.2019.
Case T-100/19: Judgment of the General Court of 10 June 2020 — L. Oliva Torras v EUIPO — Mecánica del Frío (Vehicle couplings) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a coupling to hitch refrigeration or air conditioning equipment to a motor vehicle — Single head of claim seeking alteration — Implicit application for annulment — Admissibility — Ground of invalidity — Failure to comply with the requirements for protection — Articles 4 to 9 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Extent of the examination carried out by the Board of Appeal — Position adopted by the Board of Appeal on the failure to comply with a requirement for protection during the procedure — Divergent conclusion in the contested decision — Obligation to state reasons — Article 62 and second sentence of Article 63(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
Date: 2020-06-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, vehicle parts








C_2020247EN.01001001.xml










27.7.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 247/10






Judgment of the General Court of 10 June 2020 — L. Oliva Torras v EUIPO — Mecánica del Frío (Vehicle couplings)
(Case T-100/19) (1)

(Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing a coupling to hitch refrigeration or air conditioning equipment to a motor vehicle - Single head of claim seeking alteration - Implicit application for annulment - Admissibility - Ground of invalidity - Failure to comply with the requirements for protection - Articles 4 to 9 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 - Extent of the examination carried out by the Board of Appeal - Position adopted by the Board of Appeal on the failure to comply with a requirement for protection during the procedure - Divergent conclusion in the contested decision - Obligation to state reasons - Article 62 and second sentence of Article 63(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
(2020/C 247/15)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: L. Oliva Torras, S.A. (Manresa, Spain) (represented by: E. Sugrañes Coca and M. D. Caballero Pérez, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Mecánica del Frío, S.L. (Cornellá de Llobregat, Spain) (represented by: J. Torras Toll, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 19 November 2018 (Case R 1397/2017-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between L. Oliva Torras and Mecánica del Frío.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 19 November 2018 (Case R 1397/2017-3);










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by L. Oliva Torras, SA;










4.


Orders Mecánica del Frío, SL, to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 139, 15.4.2019.
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 as regards the introduction of specific measures for addressing the COVID-19 crisis’ (COM(2020) 223 — 2020/0105 (COD))
Date: 2020-06-10
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: aid to disadvantaged groups, allocation of resources, coronavirus disease, distribution of EU funding, epidemic, fund (EU), operational programme, poverty, public health, socially disadvantaged class








C_2020311EN.01008201.xml










18.9.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 311/82






Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 as regards the introduction of specific measures for addressing the COVID-19 crisis’
(COM(2020) 223 — 2020/0105 (COD))
(2020/C 311/14)






Referral


European Parliament, 17.6.2020
Council, 8.6.2020




Legal basis


Article 175(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship




Adopted at plenary


10.6.2020




Plenary session No


552




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


225/2/3




Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the contents of the proposal and has already set out its views on the subject in its earlier position paper SOC/651 — Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD)/COVID-19 Crisis (EESC-2020-01741-00-01-PAC-TRA-EN), sent to the Council and the European Parliament on 15 April 2020, it decided, at its 552nd plenary session of 10 and 11 June 2020, by 225 votes to two with three abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text and to refer to the position it had taken in the abovementioned document.

Brussels, 10 June 2020.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Luca JAHIER
Case T-105/19: Judgment of the General Court of 10 June 2020 — Louis Vuitton Malletier v EUIPO — Wisniewski (Device of a chequerboard Pattern) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark representing a chequerboard pattern — Absolute grounds for refusal — No distinctive character — Well-known facts — Distinctive character acquired through use — Overall assessment of the evidence of the distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(1)(b) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 59(1) and (2) of Regulation 2017/1001)
Date: 2020-06-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, leather, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2020255EN.01001601.xml










3.8.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 255/16






Judgment of the General Court of 10 June 2020 — Louis Vuitton Malletier v EUIPO — Wisniewski (Device of a chequerboard Pattern)
(Case T-105/19) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Figurative mark representing a chequerboard pattern - Absolute grounds for refusal - No distinctive character - Well-known facts - Distinctive character acquired through use - Overall assessment of the evidence of the distinctive character acquired through use - Article 7(1)(b) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Article 59(1) and (2) of Regulation 2017/1001)
(2020/C 255/20)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Louis Vuitton Malletier (Paris, France) (represented by: P. Roncaglia, G. Lazzeretti, F. Rossi, N. Parrotta and P.-Y. Gautier, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: V. Ruzek and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Norbert Wisniewski (Warsaw, Poland)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 November 2018 (Case R 274/2017-2) relating to invalidity proceedings between Mr Wisniewski and Louis Vuitton Malletier.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 22 November 2018 (Case R 274/2017-2);










2.


Orders EUIPO to bear the costs.






(1)  OJ C 139, 15.4.2019.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/764 of 10 June 2020 correcting the Swedish language version of Regulation (EU) No 68/2013 on the Catalogue of feed materials (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2020-06-10
Institutions: Directorate-General for Translation, European Commission
Subjects: animal feedingstuffs, catalogue, raw material








L_2020183EN.01000101.xml










11.6.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 183/1








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2020/764
of 10 June 2020
         
correcting the Swedish language version of Regulation (EU) No 68/2013 on the Catalogue of feed materials
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the placing on the market and use of feed, amending European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 and repealing Council Directive 79/373/EEC, Commission Directive 80/511/EEC, Council Directives 82/471/EEC, 83/228/EEC, 93/74/EEC, 93/113/EC and 96/25/EC and Commission Decision 2004/217/EC (1), and in particular Article 26(3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


The Swedish language version of Commission Regulation (EU) No 68/2013 (2) contains errors in entries 1.10.1, 3.7.1 to 3.7.5, 5.38.1, 6.8.1 and 7.1.5 of the table set out in Part C of the Annex to that Regulation, as regards the names of the feed materials listed in those entries.












(2)


The Swedish language version of Regulation (EU) No 68/2013 should therefore be corrected accordingly. The other language versions of Regulation (EU) No 68/2013 are not affected by those errors in Part C of the Annex thereto.












(3)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
(does not concern the English language)


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, 10 June 2020.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 229, 1.9.2009, p. 1.

(2)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 68/2013 of 16 January 2013 on the Catalogue of feed materials (OJ L 29, 30.1.2013, p. 1).
Case T-608/18: Judgment of the General Court of 10 June 2020 — Sammut v Parliament (Civil service — Officials — Rights and obligations of officials — Publication of a matter dealing with the work of the European Union — Obligation to provide information in advance — Article 17a of the Staff Regulations — Staff report — Liability)
Date: 2020-06-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European civil service, freedom of expression, indemnification, literary and artistic property, publication, staff assessment








C_2020247EN.01000802.xml










27.7.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 247/8






Judgment of the General Court of 10 June 2020 — Sammut v Parliament
(Case T-608/18) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Rights and obligations of officials - Publication of a matter dealing with the work of the European Union - Obligation to provide information in advance - Article 17a of the Staff Regulations - Staff report - Liability)
(2020/C 247/13)
Language of the case: Maltese

Parties


Applicant: Mark Anthony Sammut (Foetz, Luxembourg) (represented by: P. Borg Olivier, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: M. Sammut and I. Lázaro Betancor, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application based on Article 270 TFEU seeking, in essence, (i) annulment of the decision of the Parliament of 4 January 2018 in so far as it did not grant the applicant’s request that an assessment made in his staff report for 2016 be removed and (ii) compensation for the material and non-material damage that he allegedly suffered as a result of that decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action.










2.


Orders Mark Anthony Sammut to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 4, 7.1.2019.
Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Belarus on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation
Date: 2020-06-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Belarus, EU visa policy, agreement (EU), illegal migration, residence permit, return migration








L_2020182EN.01000101.xml










10.6.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 182/1







Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Belarus on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation

The Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Belarus on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation will enter into force on 1 July 2020, the procedure provided for in Article 23(2) of the Agreement having been completed on 29 May 2020.
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Council Directive on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation (codification)’ (COM(2020) 49 final — 2020/0022 (CNS))
Date: 2020-06-10
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: European tax cooperation, administrative cooperation, codification of EU law, cross-border cooperation, exchange of information, tax, tax avoidance, tax collection, tax evasion, tax law








C_2020311EN.01008101.xml










18.9.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 311/81






Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Council Directive on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation (codification)’
(COM(2020) 49 final — 2020/0022 (CNS))
(2020/C 311/13)






Council referral


25.2.2020




Legal basis


Articles 113 and 115 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion




Adopted at plenary


10.6.2020




Plenary session No


552




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


221/1/3




Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the contents of the proposal and has already set out its views on the subject in its earlier opinions on the Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulationo(EU)oNoo904/2010 as regards measures to strengthen administrative cooperation in order to combat VAT fraud adopted on 15 May 2019 (1), the Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directiveo2011/16/EU as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation in relation to reportable cross-border arrangements adopted on 18 January 2018 (2), the Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directiveo2011/16/EU as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation and the Proposal for a Council Directive laying down rules against tax avoidance practices that directly affect the functioning of the internal market adopted on 28 April 2016 (3), Completing EMU — The role of taxation policy adopted on 10 December 2014 (4) and the Proposal for a Council directive amending Directiveo2011/16/EU as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation adopted on 16 October 2013 (5), it decided, at its 552nd plenary session of 10 and 11 June 2020 (meeting of 10 June 2020), by 221 votes to 1 with 3 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text and to refer to the position it had taken in the abovementioned documents.

Brussels, 10 June 2020.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Luca JAHIER




(1)  OJ C 240, 16.7.2019, p. 29.

(2)  OJ C 197, 8.6.2018, p. 29.

(3)  OJ C 264, 20.7.2016, p. 93.

(4)  OJ C 230, 14.7.2015, p. 24.

(5)  OJ C 67, 6.3.2014, p. 68.
Case T-131/19: Judgment of the General Court of 10 June 2020 — Oosterbosch v Parliament (Civil service — Contract staff — Remuneration — Shiftwork allowance — Article 56a of the Staff Regulations — Legal certainty — Principle of legality — Concept of night work)
Date: 2020-06-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: legality, night work, pay, principle of legal certainty, servant (EU), shift work, wage determination








C_2020247EN.01001002.xml










27.7.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 247/10






Judgment of the General Court of 10 June 2020 — Oosterbosch v Parliament
(Case T-131/19) (1)

(Civil service - Contract staff - Remuneration - Shiftwork allowance - Article 56a of the Staff Regulations - Legal certainty - Principle of legality - Concept of night work)
(2020/C 247/16)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Marc Oosterbosch (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: M. Casado García-Hirschfeld, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: M. Windisch and C. González Argüelles, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU for annulment of the applicant’s salary statements for the months of March, April and June 2018.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the application;










2.


Orders Mr Marc Oosterbosch to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 148, 29.4.2019.