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Case T-637/21: Action brought on 4 October 2021 — Target Brands v EUIPO — The a.r.t. company b&s (ART CLASS)
Date: 2021-10-04
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cosmetic product, electronic commerce, leather, personal effects, registered trade mark, retail trade, trade-mark law








C_2021471EN.01006401.xml










22.11.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 471/64






Action brought on 4 October 2021 — Target Brands v EUIPO — The a.r.t. company b&s (ART CLASS)
(Case T-637/21)
(2021/C 471/89)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Target Brands, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States) (represented by: R. Kunze, lawyer)

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 word mark ART CLASS — Application for registration No 16 888 695

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 June 2021 in Case R 1597/2019-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings, including those incurred before the Board of Appeal as well as the Opposition Division.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10457 — Carlyle/Schaltbau Holding) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 411/01
Date: 2021-10-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronic component, investment company, merger control








C_2021411EN.01000101.xml










11.10.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 411/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10457 — Carlyle/Schaltbau Holding)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 411/01)
On 4 October 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 32021M10457. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10054 — Kombiverkehr/Hupac/DXI Intermodal JV) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 400/05
Date: 2021-10-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, combined transport, data transmission, economic concentration, merger control, rail transport, road transport








C_2021400EN.01000601.xml










4.10.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 400/6






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10054 — Kombiverkehr/Hupac/DXI Intermodal JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 400/05)

1.   
On 23 September 2021, 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:






—


Hupac SA (‘Hupac’, Switzerland),










—


Kombiverkehr Deutsche Gesellschaft für kombinierten Güterverkehr GmbH & Co. KG (‘Kombiverkehr’, Germany), jointly controlled by Deutsche Bahn AG and a group of forwarders and transporters,










—


DX Intermodal JV (‘DX Intermodal’, Germany).




Hupac SA and Kombiverkehr acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of DX Intermodal.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Hupac: operator of multimodal freight trains network between the major European economic areas, as well as Russia and the Far East,










—


for Kombiverkehr: intermodal operator of a Europe-wide network for rail-road combined transport,










—


for DX Intermodal: data hub for integrated, end-to-end real-time transmission of transport-related data and information for users of intermodal transport services in Europe.






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.10054 — Kombiverkehr/Hupac/DX Intermodal JV
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.
Case C-161/21: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 4 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte dei conti — Sezione regionale di controllo per la Campania — Italy) — Comune di Camerota (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Directive 2011/85/EU — Directive 2011/7/EU — Economic and monetary policy — Local authority in financial difficulty — Financial rebalancing plan — National legislation suspending the investigative powers of the Court of Auditors due to the health crisis related to the COVID-19 pandemic — Article 267 TFEU — Definition of ‘court or tribunal of a Member State’ — No dispute before the referring body — Manifest inadmissibility)
Date: 2021-10-04
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: admissibility, budget deficit, coronavirus disease, economic disparity, epidemic, financial control, financial stability, local authority finances, rule under emergency powers








C_2022051EN.01001401.xml










31.1.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 51/14






Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 4 October 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte dei conti — Sezione regionale di controllo per la Campania — Italy) — Comune di Camerota
(Case C-161/21) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court - Directive 2011/85/EU - Directive 2011/7/EU - Economic and monetary policy - Local authority in financial difficulty - Financial rebalancing plan - National legislation suspending the investigative powers of the Court of Auditors due to the health crisis related to the COVID-19 pandemic - Article 267 TFEU - Definition of ‘court or tribunal of a Member State’ - No dispute before the referring body - Manifest inadmissibility)
(2022/C 51/17)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Corte dei conti — Sezione regionale di controllo per la Campania

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Comune di Camerota

Operative part of the order

The request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte dei conti — Sezione regionale di controllo per la Campania (Court of Auditors — Regional Audit Division for Campania, Italy), made by decision of 9 March 2021, is manifestly inadmissible.


(1)  OJ C 217, 7.6.2021.
Case T-641/21: Application brought on 4 October 2021 — dennree v EUIPO (BioMarkt)
Date: 2021-10-04
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, agricultural product, catering industry, clothing, cosmetic product, foodstuff, non-alcoholic beverage, processed food product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2021471EN.01006501.xml










22.11.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 471/65






Application brought on 4 October 2021 — dennree v EUIPO (BioMarkt)
(Case T-641/21)
(2021/C 471/91)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: dennree GmbH (Töpen, Germany) (represented by: K. Röttgen, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Trade mark at issue: Application for the EU figurative mark BioMarkt in the colours green and brown — Application No 18 309 662

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 August 2021 in Case R 783/2021-5.

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


set aside the partial refusal of the trade mark application and register the trade mark as it appears in the application.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Case T-644/21: Action brought on 4 October 2021 — Pharmadom v EUIPO — Wellbe Pharmaceuticals (WellBe PHARMACEUTICALS)
Date: 2021-10-04
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, advertising, cosmetic product, medical device, pharmaceutical product, polishing and scouring preparations, registered trade mark, toiletries, trade-mark law, veterinary medicinal product








C_2022037EN.01003501.xml










24.1.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 37/35






Action brought on 4 October 2021 — Pharmadom v EUIPO — Wellbe Pharmaceuticals (WellBe PHARMACEUTICALS)
(Case T-644/21)
(2022/C 37/48)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Pharmadom (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) (represented by: M-P. Dauquaire, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Wellbe Pharmaceuticals S.A. (Warsaw, Poland)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark WellBe PHARMACEUTICALS — Application for registration No 17 151 176

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 July 2021 in Case R 1423/2020-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision.





Plea in law

Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10445 – Seventh Cinven Fund/Restaurant Brands Iberia) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 411/02
Date: 2021-10-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: catering industry, consultancy, economic concentration, investment company, merger control








C_2021411EN.01000201.xml










11.10.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 411/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10445 – Seventh Cinven Fund/Restaurant Brands Iberia)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 411/02)
On 4 October 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 32021M10445. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations (Rate applied to the most recent operation carried out before the indicated day. In the case of a variable rate tender, the interest rate is the marginal rate.): 0,00 % on 1 October 2021 Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 1 October 2021 2021/C 400/02
Date: 2021-10-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, financing, interest, money








C_2021400EN.01000201.xml










4.10.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 400/2






Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations (1):
0,00 % on 1 October 2021
Euro exchange rates (2)

1 October 2021
(2021/C 400/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1600 




JPY


Japanese yen


128,97 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4372 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85653 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,1538 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0791 




ISK


Iceland króna


149,70 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,0204 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,309 




HUF


Hungarian forint


358,16 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,5826 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9470 




TRY


Turkish lira


10,2583 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5985 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4698 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,0304 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6751 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5733 




KRW


South Korean won


1 371,32 




ZAR


South African rand


17,3449 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,4781 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4980 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 563,71 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8482 




PHP


Philippine peso


58,752 




RUB


Russian rouble


84,7187 




THB


Thai baht


39,022 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,2816 




MXN


Mexican peso


23,7955 




INR


Indian rupee


85,9750 






(1)  Rate applied to the most recent operation carried out before the indicated day. In the case of a variable rate tender, the interest rate is the marginal rate.

(2)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-639/21: Action brought on 4 October 2021 — CB v EUIPO — China Construction Bank (CCB)
Date: 2021-10-04
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, banking, broker, electronic money, financial services, insurance, real estate business, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, trust company








C_2021481EN.01003801.xml










29.11.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 481/38






Action brought on 4 October 2021 — CB v EUIPO — China Construction Bank (CCB)
(Case T-639/21)
(2021/C 481/52)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Groupement des cartes bancaires (CB) (Paris, France) (represented by: C. Herissay-Ducamp, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: China Construction Bank Corp. (Beijing, China)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark CCB — Application for registration No 13 359 609

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 30 July 2021 in Case R 1305/2020-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision, uphold the opposition and reject the application for trade mark No 13 359 609;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Case C-615/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Szegedi Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 4 October 2021 — Napfény-Toll Kft. v Nemzeti Adó — és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága
Date: 2021-10-04
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, basis of tax assessment, discretionary power, judicial review, limitation of legal proceedings, principle of legal certainty, tax authorities, tax collection, tax law








C_2022011EN.01001801.xml










10.1.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 11/18






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Szegedi Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 4 October 2021 — Napfény-Toll Kft. v Nemzeti Adó — és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága
(Case C-615/21)
(2022/C 11/24)
Language of the case: Hungarian

Referring court

Szegedi Törvényszék

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Napfény-Toll Kft.

Defendant: Nemzeti Adó — és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága

Question referred

Are the principles of legal certainty and of effectiveness, which form part of Community law, to be interpreted as not precluding legislation of a Member State which does not allow the courts to exercise any discretion, such as Paragraph 164(5) of the az adózás rendjéről szóló 2003. évi XCII. törvény (Law XCII of 2003 establishing a code of tax procedure; ‘the former Code of Tax Procedure’), and the practice based on that legislation, under which, in matters of value added tax, the limitation period in respect of the right of the tax authorities to make a tax assessment is to be suspended for the whole duration of judicial review, regardless of the number of repeat administrative tax procedures, with no ceiling on the cumulative duration of the suspensions where there are several rounds of judicial review, one after another, including in cases where the court ruling on a decision of a tax authority taken as part of a repeat procedure following on from an earlier court decision finds that the tax authority failed to comply with the guidance contained in that court decision, that is to say, where it is due to the fault of that authority that the new court proceedings took place?
Case T-638/21: Action brought on 4 October 2021 — Apart v EUIPO — S. Tous (Representation of the outline of a bear)
Date: 2021-10-04
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, animal skin, clock and watch industry, clothing, footwear industry, jewellery and goldsmith's articles, leather, precious metal, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2021481EN.01003701.xml










29.11.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 481/37






Action brought on 4 October 2021 — Apart v EUIPO — S. Tous (Representation of the outline of a bear)
(Case T-638/21)
(2021/C 481/51)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Apart sp. z o.o. (Suchy Las, Poland) (represented by: J. Gwiazdowska, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: S. Tous, SL (Manresa, Spain)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark (Representation of the outline of a bear) — European Union trade mark No 8 127 144

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 30 July 2021 in Case R 1437/2020-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision as a whole and alter the decision by revocation of the trade mark at issue;










—


alternatively, annul the contested decision as a whole and refer of the case back to the Board of Appeal;










—


order EUIPO and S. TOUS, S.L. to pay the costs of the appeal proceedings and those of the proceedings before the General Court.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 51(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 94(1) and Article 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council by lack of the reasons on which the assumptions about the character of the contested trademark are based;










—


Infringement of Article 20 and Article 41(1) and (2)(a) and (c) of Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in particular the right to be heard, the obligation of the administration to give reasons for its decisions, the principles of good administration, legal certainty and equal treatment.
Special report No 19/2021 Europol support to fight migrant smuggling: a valued partner, but insufficient use of data sources and result measurement 2021/C 400/03
Date: 2021-10-04
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: EU migration policy, Europol, Schengen Information System, administrative cooperation, exchange of information, fight against crime, illegal migration, institutional cooperation, trafficking in human beings








C_2021400EN.01000301.xml










4.10.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 400/3






Special report No 19/2021
Europol support to fight migrant smuggling: a valued partner, but insufficient use of data sources and result measurement
(2021/C 400/03)
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that special report No 19/2021 ‘Europol support to fight migrant smuggling: a valued partner, but insufficient use of data sources and result measurement’ has just been published.
The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu