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Case T-769/16: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Picard v Commission (Civil service — Members of the contract staff — Reform of the Staff Regulations in 2014 — Transitional measures relating to certain methods for calculating pension rights — Change in the rules following the signature of a new contract as a member of the contract staff — Definition of ‘being in service’)
Date: 2021-03-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, pay scale, pension scheme, professional career, retirement conditions, servant (EU), staff regulations








C_2021278EN.01003901.xml










12.7.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 278/39






Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Picard v Commission
(Case T-769/16) (1)

(Civil service - Members of the contract staff - Reform of the Staff Regulations in 2014 - Transitional measures relating to certain methods for calculating pension rights - Change in the rules following the signature of a new contract as a member of the contract staff - Definition of ‘being in service’)
(2021/C 278/53)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Maxime Picard (Hettange-Grande, France) (represented by: M.-A. Lucas and M. Bertha, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Mongin and G. Gattinara, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking annulment, first, of the reply of the manager of the Pensions Sector of the Commission’s Office for Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements (PMO) of 4 January 2016 and, second, in so far as necessary, the decision of 25 July 2016 of the Director of Directorate E of the Commission’s Directorate-General Human Resources dismissing the applicant’s complaint of 1 April 2016 against the decision or lack of decision resulting from the reply of 4 January 2016.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.



Dismisses the action;











2.



Orders Mr Maxime Picard to pay the costs.







(1)  OJ C 14, 16.1.2017.
Case T-354/20: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 –Kfz-Gewerbes v EUIPO — The Blink Fish (Representation of a fish) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark representing a fish — Earlier national word mark BLINKA — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — No similarity between the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons — First sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)
Date: 2021-03-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, advertising, business management, cultural event, education, registered trade mark, service, sporting event, telecommunications, trade-mark law








C_2021217EN.01004302.xml










7.6.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 217/43






Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 –Kfz-Gewerbes v EUIPO — The Blink Fish (Representation of a fish)
(Case T-354/20) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark representing a fish - Earlier national word mark BLINKA - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - No similarity between the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Obligation to state reasons - First sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)
(2021/C 217/57)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Wirtschaftsgesellschaft des Kfz-Gewerbes mbH (Bonn, Germany) (represented by: N. Hebeis, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: The Blink Fish Srl (Milan, Italy)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 April 2020 (Case R 2333/2019-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Wirtschaftsgesellschaft des Kfz-Gewerbes and The Blink Fish.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Wirtschaftsgesellschaft des Kfz-Gewerbes mbH to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 262, 10.8.2020.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10087 — Proximus/Nexus Infrastructure/JV) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 215/04
Date: 2021-03-24
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Flanders (Belgium), economic concentration, holding company, merger control, retail trade, telecommunications, wholesale trade








C_2021215EN.01000401.xml










7.6.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 215/4






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10087 — Proximus/Nexus Infrastructure/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 215/04)
On 24 March 2021, 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 32021M10087. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-158/21: Action brought on 24 March 2021 — Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Commission
Date: 2021-03-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European citizens' initiative, cultural pluralism, petition, protection of minorities








C_2021217EN.01004502.xml










7.6.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 217/45






Action brought on 24 March 2021 — Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Commission
(Case T-158/21)
(2021/C 217/60)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Citizens’ Committee of the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe’ (Cîrţa, Romania) (represented by: T. Hieber, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the Communication from the Commission of 14 January 2021 on the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe’, C(2021)171 final;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

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






1.


First plea in law, alleging that the European Commission violated its obligation to state reasons pursuant Article 296(2) TFEU;










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that the European Commission committed a manifest error of assessment in refusing to adopt a legislative proposal following the submission of the successful European citizens’ initiative ‘Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe’.
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 23 March 2021 2021/C 102/03
Date: 2021-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2021102EN.01000301.xml










24.3.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 102/3






Euro exchange rates (1)

23 March 2021
(2021/C 102/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1883 




JPY


Japanese yen


128,99 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4360 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86198 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,1813 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1066 




ISK


Iceland króna


148,30 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,1783 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


26,198 




HUF


Hungarian forint


366,51 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,6191 




RON


Romanian leu


4,8893 




TRY


Turkish lira


9,3638 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5491 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4938 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,2290 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6918 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5955 




KRW


South Korean won


1 342,48 




ZAR


South African rand


17,5818 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7367 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5755 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 105,58 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8988 




PHP


Philippine peso


57,779 




RUB


Russian rouble


90,2781 




THB


Thai baht


36,819 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,5562 




MXN


Mexican peso


24,5926 




INR


Indian rupee


86,1025 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-515/19: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Lego v EUIPO — Delta Sport Handelskontor (Building block from a toy building set) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered community design representing a building block from a toy building set — Ground for invalidity — Non-compliance with requirements for protection — Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Features of appearance of a product solely dictated by its technical function — Features of appearance of a product to be necessarily reproduced in their exact form and dimensions in order to permit the interconnection with other products — Designs whose purpose is to allow multiple assembly or connection of mutually interchangeable products within a modular system — Article 8(1) to (3) of Regulation No 6/2002)
Date: 2021-03-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, toy industry








C_2021217EN.01003901.xml










7.6.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 217/39






Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Lego v EUIPO — Delta Sport Handelskontor (Building block from a toy building set)
(Case T-515/19) (1)

(Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered community design representing a building block from a toy building set - Ground for invalidity - Non-compliance with requirements for protection - Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 - Features of appearance of a product solely dictated by its technical function - Features of appearance of a product to be necessarily reproduced in their exact form and dimensions in order to permit the interconnection with other products - Designs whose purpose is to allow multiple assembly or connection of mutually interchangeable products within a modular system - Article 8(1) to (3) of Regulation No 6/2002)
(2021/C 217/50)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Lego A/S (Billund, Denmark) (represented by: V. von Bomhard and J. Fuhrmann, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Delta Sport Handelskontor GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: C. Klawitter and L. E. Appel, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 April 2019 (Case R 31/2018-3) relating to invalidity proceedings between Delta Sport Handelskontor and Lego.

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 10 April 2019 (Case R 31/2018-3);










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders EUIPO and Delta Sport Handelskontor GmbH to bear their own costs and each to pay half of the costs incurred by Lego A/S.






(1)  OJ C 305, 9.9.2019.
Case T-277/19: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — BK v EASO (Civil service — Temporary agents — Temporary reassignment — Action for annulment — Purely confirmatory measure — Inadmissibility — Explicit decision rejecting the complaint — Autonomous scope — Suspension of the effects of the decision subject to the complaint — Interest in bringing proceedings — Action for damages — Close link to the claim for annulment — No pre-litigation procedure — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2021-03-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Malta, admissibility, damages, indemnification, reassignment, servant (EU)








C_2021217EN.01003702.xml










7.6.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 217/37






Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — BK v EASO
(Case T-277/19) (1)

(Civil service - Temporary agents - Temporary reassignment - Action for annulment - Purely confirmatory measure - Inadmissibility - Explicit decision rejecting the complaint - Autonomous scope - Suspension of the effects of the decision subject to the complaint - Interest in bringing proceedings - Action for damages - Close link to the claim for annulment - No pre-litigation procedure - Inadmissibility)
(2021/C 217/48)
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: BK (represented by: V. Christianos, A. Skoulikis and D. Karagkounis, lawyers)

Defendant: European Asylum Support Office (represented by: P. Eyckmans and A. Stamatopoulou, acting as Agents, assisted by D. Waelbroeck and A. Duron, lawyers)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking, first, annulment of the decision of EASO of 20 September 2018 to assign the applicant to Malta from 1 November 2018, of the implied decision rejecting the complaint directed against that decision and of the decision of EASO of 6 June 2019 explicitly rejecting that complaint and, second, compensation for the material and non-material damage allegedly suffered by the applicant following that latter decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders BK to bear half of her own costs;










3.


Orders the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) to bear its own costs and to pay half of the costs incurred by BK.






(1)  OJ C 213, 24.6.2019.
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Extension of the term of Community plant variety rights for the species asparagus and the species groups flower bulbs, woody small fruits and woody ornamentals’ (COM(2020) 36 final — 2021/0019 (COD))
Date: 2021-03-24
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: arboriculture, floriculture, fruit-growing, industrial property, perennial vegetable, plant propagation, plant variety right








C_2021220EN.01008601.xml










9.6.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 220/86






Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Extension of the term of Community plant variety rights for the species asparagus and the species groups flower bulbs, woody small fruits and woody ornamentals’
(COM(2020) 36 final — 2021/0019 (COD))
(2021/C 220/12)






Referral


European Parliament, 11.2.2021




Legal basis


Article 118 and Article 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment




Adopted at plenary


24.3.2021




Plenary session No


559




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


262/0/14




Since the Committee endorses the content of the proposal and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided, at its 559th plenary session of 24 and 25 March 2021 (meeting of 24 March), by 262 votes with 14 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.

Brussels, 24 March 2021.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Christa SCHWENG
Case T-175/20: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Sanolie (SANOLIE) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark SANOLIE — Earlier national word mark SANODIN — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
Date: 2021-03-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cosmetics industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2021217EN.01004301.xml










7.6.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 217/43






Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Sanolie (SANOLIE)
(Case T-175/20) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark SANOLIE - Earlier national word mark SANODIN - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
(2021/C 217/56)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Laboratorios Ern, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: R. Guerras Mazón, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Sanolie (Istanbul, Turkey)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 January 2020 (Case R 2405/2018-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Laboratorios Ern and Sanolie.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Laboratorios Ern, SA to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 175, 25.5.2020.
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2017/2397 as regards the transitional measures for the recognition of third countries certificates’ (COM(2021) 71 final — 2021/0039 (COD))
Date: 2021-03-24
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: crew, inland waterway fleet, inland waterway shipping, intra-EU transport, maritime safety, professional qualifications, recognition of vocational training qualifications, ship's passport, third country








C_2021220EN.01008701.xml










9.6.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 220/87






Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2017/2397 as regards the transitional measures for the recognition of third countries certificates’
(COM(2021) 71 final — 2021/0039 (COD))
(2021/C 220/13)






Referrals


Council of the European Union, 26.2.2021
European Parliament, 8.3.2021




Legal basis


Article 91(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society




Adopted at plenary


24.3.2021




Plenary session No


559




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


262/0/14




Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the content of the proposal and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided, at its 559th plenary session of 24 and 25 March 2021 (meeting of 24 March), by 262 votes in favour and 14 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.

Brussels, 24 March 2021.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Christa SCHWENG
Case T-765/20 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — The Floow v Commission (Application for interim relief — Grant agreement entered into as part of the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) — Recovery of sums paid — Application for interim measures — No urgency)
Date: 2021-03-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Framework Programme for Research and Development, debt, eligibility criteria, interest, research and development








C_2021206EN.01002601.xml










31.5.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 206/26






Order of the President of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — The Floow v Commission
(Case T-765/20 R)
(Application for interim relief - Grant agreement entered into as part of the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) - Recovery of sums paid - Application for interim measures - No urgency)
(2021/C 206/33)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: The Floow Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: A. Howard, Barrister, and J. Berry, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Estrada de Solà and L. André, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Articles 278 and 279 TFEU seeking the grant of interim measures, first, suspending the operation of Commission Decision C(2020) 8138 final of 17 November 2020 on the recovery of EUR 161 990,80 plus interest due from the applicant and, second, prohibiting the Commission from enforcing the contested decision or recovering money, or extending and extrapolating its findings to the non-audited period of the project or to other projects.

Operative part of the order







1.


The application for interim relief is dismissed.










2.


The costs are reserved.
Case T-193/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Andreas Stihl v EUIPO — Giro Travel Company (Combination of the colours grey and orange) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU mark consisting of a combination of the colours grey and orange — Absolute ground for refusal — Article 4 and Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Sufficiently clear and precise graphic representation — Requirement for a systematic arrangement associating the colours in a predetermined and uniform way)
Date: 2021-03-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, hand tool, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2021217EN.01003701.xml










7.6.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 217/37






Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Andreas Stihl v EUIPO — Giro Travel Company (Combination of the colours grey and orange)
(Case T-193/18) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU mark consisting of a combination of the colours grey and orange - Absolute ground for refusal - Article 4 and Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Sufficiently clear and precise graphic representation - Requirement for a systematic arrangement associating the colours in a predetermined and uniform way)
(2021/C 217/47)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG (Waiblingen, Germany) (represented by: S. Völker, M. Pemsel and C. Eulenpesch, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Giro Travel Company SRL (Roman, Romania) (represented by: C. Frisch, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 January 2018 (Case R 200/2017-2) relating to invalidity proceedings between Giro Travel Company and Andreas Stihl.

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 23 January 2018 (Case R 200/2017-2);










2.


Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG;










3.


Orders Giro Travel Company SRL to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 166, 14.5.2018.