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Case T-429/20: Action brought on 8 July 2020 — Sedus Stoll v EUIPO — Kappes (Sedus ergo+)
Date: 2020-07-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, furniture industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2020279EN.01006001.xml










24.8.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 279/60






Action brought on 8 July 2020 — Sedus Stoll v EUIPO — Kappes (Sedus ergo+)
(Case T-429/20)
(2020/C 279/74)
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Sedus Stoll AG (Dogern, Germany) (represented by: M. Goldmann and J. Thomsen)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Wolfgang Kappes (Bochum, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: Application for EU word mark Sedus ergo+ — Application for registration No 144 074 98

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 March 2020 in Case R 1303/2019-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


dismiss the appeal against the decision of the Opposition Division in Case B 2 863 929; and










—


order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union and order the potential intervener (Wolfgang Kappes) to pay the costs of the appeal proceedings before EUIPO.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Case T-305/19: Judgment of the General Court of 8 July 2020 — Welmax +. v EUIPO — Valmex Medical Imaging (welmax) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Word mark welmax — Earlier EU word mark valmex — Time limits for an appeal before the Board of Appeal — Delay — Point from which time starts to run — Notification — Proof of dispatch by registered post — Communication by email — Failure to comply with the obligation to pay the appeal fee within the time limit — Appeal deemed not to have been filed — Scope of the requests for regularisation — Article 68(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Articles 23 and 56 to 58 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625)
Date: 2020-07-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, medical device, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2020339EN.01001601.xml










12.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 339/16






Judgment of the General Court of 8 July 2020 — Welmax +. v EUIPO — Valmex Medical Imaging (welmax)
(Case T-305/19) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Word mark welmax - Earlier EU word mark valmex - Time limits for an appeal before the Board of Appeal - Delay - Point from which time starts to run - Notification - Proof of dispatch by registered post - Communication by email - Failure to comply with the obligation to pay the appeal fee within the time limit - Appeal deemed not to have been filed - Scope of the requests for regularisation - Article 68(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Articles 23 and 56 to 58 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625)
(2020/C 339/19)
Language of the case: Polish

Parties


Applicant: Welmax + sp. z o.o. sp.k. (Poznań, Poland) (represented by: M. Machyński, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Valmex Medical Imaging GmbH (Augsbourg, Germany)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 March 2019 (Case R 2245/2018-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Valmex Medical Imaging and Welmax +.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Welmax + sp. z o.o. sp.k. to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 230, 8.7.2019.
European Parliament legislative resolution of 8 July 2020 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic freight transport information (05142/1/2020 — C9-0103/2020 — 2018/0140(COD))
Date: 2020-07-08
Institutions: Committee on Legal Affairs, Committee on Transport and Tourism, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
Subjects: carriage of goods, common transport policy, data processing, electronic document, exchange of information, information technology, transport document








C_2021371EN.01011501.xml










15.9.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 371/115






P9_TA(2020)0177
Electronic freight transport information ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution of 8 July 2020 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic freight transport information (05142/1/2020 — C9-0103/2020 — 2018/0140(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)
(2021/C 371/15)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the Council position at first reading (05142/1/2020 — C9-0103/2020),










—


having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 17 October 2018 (1),










—


after consulting the Committee of the Regions,










—


having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2018)0279),










—


having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










—


having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis,










—


having regard to Rule 67 and 40 of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A9-0119/2020),












1.


Approves the Council position at first reading;












2.


Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;












3.


Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;












4.


Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;












5.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.






(1)  OJ C 62, 15.2.2019, p. 265.

(2)  Texts adopted of 12.3.2019, P8_TA(2019)0139.
Case T-659/19: Judgment of the General Court of 8 July 2020 — FF Group Romania v EUIPO — KiK Textilien und Non-Food (_kix) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for European Union figurative mark _kix — Earlier national word mark kik — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Genuine use of the mark — Article 47(2) of Regulation 2017/1001)
Date: 2020-07-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, chain store, clothing, footwear industry, leather, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2020339EN.01001801.xml










12.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 339/18






Judgment of the General Court of 8 July 2020 — FF Group Romania v EUIPO — KiK Textilien und Non-Food (_kix)
(Case T-659/19) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for European Union figurative mark _kix - Earlier national word mark kik - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Genuine use of the mark - Article 47(2) of Regulation 2017/1001)
(2020/C 339/22)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: FF Group Romania SRL (Bucharest, Romania) (represented by: A. Căvescu, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH (Bönen, Germany) (represented by: L. Pechan, S. Körber and N. Fangmann, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 July 2019 (Case R 353/2019 2), relating to opposition proceedings between KiK Textilien und Non-Food and FF Group Romania.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders FF Group Romania SRL to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 383, 11.11.2019.
Case T-576/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 July 2020 — Crédit agricole v ECB (Economic and monetary policy — Prudential supervision of credit institutions — Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 — Administrative pecuniary penalty imposed by the ECB on a credit institution — First subparagraph of Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 — Continued breach of capital requirements — Negligent breach — Retroactive application of less severe enforcement legislation — Absence — Rights of defence — Amount of the penalty — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2020-07-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: banking supervision, credit institution, financial requirements, financial supervision, retroactivity of a law, rights of the defence, sanction (EU)








C_2020313EN.01002301.xml










21.9.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 313/23






Judgment of the General Court of 8 July 2020 — Crédit agricole v ECB
(Case T-576/18) (1)

(Economic and monetary policy - Prudential supervision of credit institutions - Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 - Administrative pecuniary penalty imposed by the ECB on a credit institution - First subparagraph of Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 - Continued breach of capital requirements - Negligent breach - Retroactive application of less severe enforcement legislation - Absence - Rights of defence - Amount of the penalty - Obligation to state reasons)
(2020/C 313/34)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Crédit agricole SA (Montrouge, France) (represented by: A. Champsaur and A. Delors, lawyers)

Defendant: European Central Bank (represented by: C. Hernández Saseta, A. Pizzolla and D. Segoin, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Decision ECB/SSM/2018-FRCAG-75 of the ECB of 16 July 2018, taken pursuant to Article 18(1) of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013 conferring specific tasks on the ECB concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions (OJ 2013 L 287, p. 63) and imposing on the applicant an administrative pecuniary penalty of EUR 4 300 000 for continued breach of the capital requirements laid down in Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ 2013 L 176, p. 1, and corrigenda OJ 2013 L 208, p. 68, and OJ 2013 L 321, p. 6).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Decision ECB/SSM/2018-FRCAG-75 of the European Central Bank (ECB) of 16 July 2018 in so far as it imposes on Crédit Agricole SA an administrative pecuniary penalty of EUR 4 300 000;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders Crédit Agricole to bear its own costs;










4.


Orders the ECB to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 436, 3.12.2018.
Case T-578/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 July 2020 — CA Consumer Finance v ECB (Economic and monetary policy — Prudential supervision of credit institutions — Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 — Administrative pecuniary penalty imposed by the ECB on a credit institution — First subparagraph of Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 — Continued breach of capital requirements — Negligent breach — Rights of defence — Amount of the penalty — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2020-07-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: abuse of power, administrative sanction, bank, banking supervision, financial control, financial requirements, principle of legal certainty, principle of proportionality, share, share capital








C_2020329EN.01001501.xml










5.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 329/15






Judgment of the General Court of 8 July 2020 — CA Consumer Finance v ECB
(Case T-578/18) (1)

(Economic and monetary policy - Prudential supervision of credit institutions - Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 - Administrative pecuniary penalty imposed by the ECB on a credit institution - First subparagraph of Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 - Continued breach of capital requirements - Negligent breach - Rights of defence - Amount of the penalty - Obligation to state reasons)
(2020/C 329/31)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: CA Consumer Finance (Massy, France) (represented by: A. Champsaur and A. Delors, lawyers)

Defendant: European Central Bank (represented by: C. Hernández Saseta, A. Pizzolla and D. Segoin, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Decision ECB/SSM/2018-FRCAG-77 of the ECB of 16 July 2018, taken pursuant to Article 18(1) of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013 conferring specific tasks on the ECB concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions (OJ 2013 L 287, p. 63) and imposing on the applicant an administrative pecuniary penalty of EUR 200 000 for continued breach of the capital requirements laid down in Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ 2013 L 176, p. 1, and corrigenda OJ 2013 L 208, p. 68, and OJ 2013 L 321, p. 6).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Decision ECB/SSM/2018-FRCAG-77 of the European Central Bank (ECB) of 16 July 2018 in so far as it imposes on CA Consumer Finance an administrative pecuniary penalty of EUR 200 000;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders CA Consumer Finance to bear its own costs;










4.


Orders the ECB to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 436, 3.12.2018.
Case T-696/19: Judgment of the General Court of 8 July 2020 — Teva Pharmaceutical Industries v EUIPO (Moins de migraine pour vivre mieux) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark Moins de migraine pour vivre mieux — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2020-07-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, press, registered trade mark, therapeutics, trade-mark law








C_2020339EN.01001901.xml










12.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 339/19






Judgment of the General Court of 8 July 2020 — Teva Pharmaceutical Industries v EUIPO (Moins de migraine pour vivre mieux)
(Case T-696/19) (1)

(EU trade mark - Application for EU word mark Moins de migraine pour vivre mieux - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(2020/C 339/24)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (Petah Tikva, Israel) (represented by: J. Bogatz and Y. Stone, lawyers)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 August 2019 (Case R 778/2019-5), relating to an application for registration of the word sign Moins de migraine pour vivre mieux as an EU trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 413, 9.12.2019.
Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2018/1845 of the European Central Bank of 21 November 2018 on the exercise of the discretion under Article 178(2)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 in relation to the threshold for assessing the materiality of credit obligations past due (ECB/2018/26) (Official Journal of the European Union L 299 of 26 November 2018)
Date: 2020-07-08
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: EU Member State, EU law, banking policy, credit, credit institution, financial legislation, financial market, financial requirements, market supervision, powers of the institutions (EU)








L_2020217EN.01000801.xml










8.7.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 217/8







Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2018/1845 of the European Central Bank of 21 November 2018 on the exercise of the discretion under Article 178(2)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 in relation to the threshold for assessing the materiality of credit obligations past due (ECB/2018/26)

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 299 of 26 November 2018
)


On page 57, in Article 3, paragraph 3:
for:







‘3.


A default shall be deemed to have occurred when both of the limits set out in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 are exceeded for 90 consecutive days.’,





read:







‘3.


A default shall be deemed to have occurred when both of the limits set out in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 are exceeded for more than 90 consecutive days.’.
European Parliament decision of 8 July 2020 on the proposal for the appointment of the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority (C9-0080/2020 — 2020/0905(NLE))
Date: 2020-07-08
Institutions: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: European Banking Authority, appointment of members, managing director








C_2021371EN.01011701.xml










15.9.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 371/117






P9_TA(2020)0179
Appointment of the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority (EBA)
European Parliament decision of 8 July 2020 on the proposal for the appointment of the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority (C9-0080/2020 — 2020/0905(NLE))
(Approval)
(2021/C 371/17)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the proposal of the Board of Supervisors of the European Banking Authority of 5 March 2020 (C9-0080/2020),










—


having regard to Article 51(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/78/EC (1),










—


having regard to its resolution of 14 March 2019 on gender balance in EU economic and monetary affairs nominations (2),










—


having regard to its resolution of 16 January 2020 on institutions and bodies of the Economic and Monetary Union: preventing post-public employment conflicts of interest (3),










—


having regard to its decision of 30 January 2020 on the proposal for the appointment of the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority (4),










—


having regard to Rule 131 of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A9-0132/2020),










A.


whereas the previous Executive Director of the European Banking Authority resigned from the post as of 31 January 2020;










B.


whereas, on 5 March 2020, the Board of Supervisors of the European Banking Authority, following an open selection procedure, proposed to appoint François-Louis Michaud as Executive Director for a term of office of five years, in accordance with Article 51(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010;










C.


whereas, on 29 June 2020, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs held a hearing with François-Louis Michaud, at which he made an opening statement and then responded to questions from the members of the Committee;












1.


Approves the appointment of François-Louis Michaud as Executive Director of the European Banking Authority;












2.


Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council, the Commission, the European Banking Authority and the governments of the Member States.






(1)  OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 12.

(2)  Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0211.

(3)  Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0017.

(4)  Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0023.
Case T-577/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 July 2020 — Crédit agricole Corporate and Investment Bank v ECB (Economic and monetary policy — Prudential supervision of credit institutions — Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 — Administrative pecuniary penalty imposed by the ECB on a credit institution — First subparagraph of Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 — Continued breach of capital requirements — Negligent breach — Rights of defence — Amount of the penalty — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2020-07-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: banking supervision, credit institution, financial requirements, financial supervision, rights of the defence, sanction (EU)








C_2020313EN.01002401.xml










21.9.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 313/24






Judgment of the General Court of 8 July 2020 — Crédit agricole Corporate and Investment Bank v ECB
(Case T-577/18) (1)

(Economic and monetary policy - Prudential supervision of credit institutions - Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 - Administrative pecuniary penalty imposed by the ECB on a credit institution - First subparagraph of Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 - Continued breach of capital requirements - Negligent breach - Rights of defence - Amount of the penalty - Obligation to state reasons)
(2020/C 313/35)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Crédit agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (Montrouge, France) (represented by: A. Champsaur and A. Delors, lawyers)

Defendant: European Central Bank (represented by: C. Hernández Saseta, A. Pizzolla and D. Segoin, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Decision ECB/SSM/2018-FRCAG-76 of the ECB of 16 July 2018, taken pursuant to Article 18(1) of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013 conferring specific tasks on the ECB concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions (OJ 2013 L 287, p. 63) and imposing on the applicant an administrative pecuniary penalty of EUR 300 000 for continued breach of the capital requirements laid down in Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ 2013 L 176, p. 1, and corrigenda OJ 2013 L 208, p. 68, and OJ 2013 L 321, p. 6).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Decision ECB/SSM/2018-FRCAG-76 of the European Central Bank (ECB) of 16 July 2018 in so far as it imposes on Crédit agricole Corporate and Investment Bank an administrative pecuniary penalty of EUR 300 000;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders Crédit agricole Corporate and Investment Bank to bear its own costs;










4.


Orders the ECB to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 436, 3.12.2018.