do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-112/20: Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — Intis v EUIPO — Televes (TELEVEND) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark TELEVEND — Earlier EU word mark TELEVES — 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: 2021-10-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, automatic vending machine, cloud computing, computer equipment, registered trade mark, software, trade-mark law








C_2021502EN.01002102.xml










13.12.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 502/21






Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — Intis v EUIPO — Televes (TELEVEND)
(Case T-112/20) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark TELEVEND - Earlier EU word mark TELEVES - 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 502/32)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Intis d.o.o. (Zagreb, Croatia) (represented by: T. Nagy, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Televes, SA (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) (represented by: F. Peña López, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 December 2019 (Case R 1923/2019 5), relating to invalidity proceedings between Televes and Intis.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Intis d.o.o. to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 137, 27.4.2020.
Case T-681/21: Action brought on 20 October 2021 — Alves Casas v EUIPO — Make-Up Art Cosmetics (mccosmetics NY)
Date: 2021-10-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, baby food, cosmetic product, food supplement, medical device, pharmaceutical product, polishing and scouring preparations, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, veterinary medicinal product








C_2022002EN.01004301.xml










3.1.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 2/43






Action brought on 20 October 2021 — Alves Casas v EUIPO — Make-Up Art Cosmetics (mccosmetics NY)
(Case T-681/21)
(2022/C 2/59)
Language in which the application was lodged: Portuguese

Parties


Applicant: Ana Maria Alves Casas (Porto, Portugal) (represented by: Â. Rodrigues Oliveira, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Make-Up Art Cosmetics, Inc. (New York, New York, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark mccosmetics NY — Application for registration No 17 866 777

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 October 2021 in Case R 2398/2020-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs, with all the attendant legal consequences.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 47(2) and (3) and Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on uniform procedures for checks on the transport of dangerous goods by road (codification) (COM(2021) 483 final – 2021/0275 (COD))
Date: 2021-10-20
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: EU Member State, codification of EU law, intra-EU transport, road transport, transport of dangerous goods, transport regulations, transport safety








C_2022105EN.01014801.xml










4.3.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 105/148






Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on uniform procedures for checks on the transport of dangerous goods by road (codification)
(COM(2021) 483 final – 2021/0275 (COD))
(2022/C 105/23)






Referrals


European Parliament, 13.9.2021
Council of the European Union, 24.9.2021




Legal basis


Articles 91 and 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society




Adopted at plenary


20.10.2021




Plenary session No


564




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


219/0/1




Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the content of the proposal and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided, at its 564th plenary session of 20 and 21 October 2021 (meeting of 20 October), by 219 votes with one abstention, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.

Brussels, 20 October 2021.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Christa SCHWENG
Case T-599/20: Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — YG v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Promotion — 2019 promotion exercise — Decision not to promote the applicant to grade AST 9 — Article 45 of the Staff Regulations — Comparison of merits — Manifest error of assessment — Duty to state reasons)
Date: 2021-10-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: assistant, promotion, staff assessment, staff regulations (EU)








C_2022002EN.01003401.xml










3.1.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 2/34






Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — YG v Commission
(Case T-599/20) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Promotion - 2019 promotion exercise - Decision not to promote the applicant to grade AST 9 - Article 45 of the Staff Regulations - Comparison of merits - Manifest error of assessment - Duty to state reasons)
(2022/C 2/46)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: YG (represented by: S. Rodrigues and A. Champetier, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Hohenecker, L. Radu Bouyon and L. Vernier, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU for annulment of the Commission’s decision of 14 November 2019 not to promote the applicant to grade AST 9 in the 2019 promotion exercise.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders YG to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 423, 7.12.2020.
Case T-211/20: Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — Square v EUIPO — ($ Cash App) (EU trade mark — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark $ Cash App — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Right to be heard — Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)
Date: 2021-10-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, electronic money, payment system, registered trade mark, rights of the defence, software, trade-mark law








C_2021502EN.01002202.xml










13.12.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 502/22






Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — Square v EUIPO — ($ Cash App)
(Case T-211/20) (1)

(EU trade mark - International registration designating the European Union - Figurative mark $ Cash App - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Right to be heard - Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)
(2021/C 502/34)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Square, Inc. (San Francisco, California, United States) (represented by: M. Hawkins, Solicitor, and by K. Lüder and T. Dolde, lawyers)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 February 2020 (Case R 810/2019-1), relating to the international registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark $ Cash App.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Square, Inc. to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).






(1)  OJ C 209, 22.6.2020.
Case T-497/21 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — Girardi v EUIPO (Interim relief — EU trade mark — Professional representation — Application for suspension of operation of a measure — No urgency)
Date: 2021-10-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, lawyer, trade-mark law








C_2021502EN.01003002.xml










13.12.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 502/30






Order of the President of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — Girardi v EUIPO
(Case T-497/21 R)
(Interim relief - EU trade mark - Professional representation - Application for suspension of operation of a measure - No urgency)
(2021/C 502/47)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Giovanna Paola Girardi (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: G. Macías Bonilla, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Söder and G. Predonzani, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Articles 278 and 279 TFEU seeking suspension of operation, first, of the decision of EUIPO of 14 June 2021 concerning the applicant’s capacity to act as a representative before EUIPO and, secondly, of the part of EUIPO’s Guidelines for examination of European Union trade marks relating to professional representation by Spanish lawyers (Part A, Section 5, Annex 1).

Operative part of the order







1.


The application for interim measures is dismissed.










2.


The costs are reserved.
Case T-210/20: Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — Square v EUIPO — ($ Cash App) (EU trade mark — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark $ Cash App — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Right to be heard — Obligation to state reasons — Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Equal treatment and principle of sound administration)
Date: 2021-10-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, electronic money, equal treatment, payment system, registered trade mark, rights of the defence, software, trade-mark law








C_2021502EN.01002201.xml










13.12.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 502/22






Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — Square v EUIPO — ($ Cash App)
(Case T-210/20) (1)

(EU trade mark - International registration designating the European Union - Figurative mark $ Cash App - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Right to be heard - Obligation to state reasons - Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Equal treatment and principle of sound administration)
(2021/C 502/33)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Square, Inc. (San Francisco, California, United States) (represented by: M. Hawkins, Solicitor, and by K. Lüder and T. Dolde, lawyers)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 February 2020 (Case R 811/2019-1), relating to the international registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark $ Cash App.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Square, Inc. to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).






(1)  OJ C 209, 22.6.2020.
Case T-434/19: Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — Rosca v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Recruitment — Notice of competition — Open Competition EPSO/AD/363/18 — Decision of the selection board to exclude the applicant from the next phase of the competition — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Article 27 of the Staff Regulations — Equal treatment)
Date: 2021-10-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: administrator, competition (EU), equal treatment, recruitment








C_2021502EN.01001902.xml










13.12.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 502/19






Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — Rosca v Commission
(Case T-434/19) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Recruitment - Notice of competition - Open Competition EPSO/AD/363/18 - Decision of the selection board to exclude the applicant from the next phase of the competition - Obligation to state reasons - Manifest error of assessment - Article 27 of the Staff Regulations - Equal treatment)
(2021/C 502/29)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Ioana-Felicia Rosca (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: L.-O. Tufler and B. Nelissen, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Brauhoff, D. Milanowska and L. Vernier, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU for annulment of the decision of the selection board in Open Competition EPSO/AD/363/18 of 22 March 2019, based on qualifications and tests, rejecting the applicant’s application and excluding her from the assessment centre for that competition.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Ms Ioana-Felicia Rosca to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 295, 2.9.2019.
Case T-220/20: Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — Kerstens v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Disciplinary proceedings — Article 266 TFEU — Administrative investigations — Principle of sound administration — Principle of impartiality — Action for annulment and for damages)
Date: 2021-10-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, disciplinary proceedings, indemnification








C_2022002EN.01002902.xml










3.1.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 2/29






Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — Kerstens v Commission
(Case T-220/20) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Disciplinary proceedings - Article 266 TFEU - Administrative investigations - Principle of sound administration - Principle of impartiality - Action for annulment and for damages)
(2022/C 2/38)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Petrus Kerstens (La Forclaz, Switzerland) (represented by: C. Mourato, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Mongin and A.-C. Simon, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU for, first, annulment of the Commission note of 27 March 2017 informing the applicant of the resumption of disciplinary proceedings and the decision of 11 July 2019 issuing him with a warning and, secondly, compensation for the damage which he claims to have sustained as a result of the handling and duration of three disciplinary procedures.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the European Commission’s decision of 11 July 2019 issuing Mr Petrus Kerstens with a warning;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay two thirds of the costs incurred by Mr Kerstens.






(1)  OJ C 247, 27.7.2020.
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 19 October 2021 2021/C 424/01
Date: 2021-10-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2021424EN.01000101.xml










20.10.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 424/1






Euro exchange rates (1)

19 October 2021
(2021/C 424/01)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1655 




JPY


Japanese yen


133,12 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4406 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84275 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,0300 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0716 




ISK


Iceland króna


150,00 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,7340 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,505 




HUF


Hungarian forint


360,64 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,5729 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9488 




TRY


Turkish lira


10,8484 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5601 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4389 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,0635 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6294 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5666 




KRW


South Korean won


1 372,96 




ZAR


South African rand


17,0003 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,4464 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5083 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 422,33 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8619 




PHP


Philippine peso


59,157 




RUB


Russian rouble


82,6346 




THB


Thai baht


38,881 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,4806 




MXN


Mexican peso


23,7003 




INR


Indian rupee


87,5000 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10443 – ALLIANZ CAPITAL/AIMCO/DALMORE/GENERATION/PORTERBROOK) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 432/01
Date: 2021-10-20
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: carriage of passengers, consultancy, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, railway industry, vehicle on rails








C_2021432EN.01000101.xml










26.10.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 432/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10443 – ALLIANZ CAPITAL/AIMCO/DALMORE/GENERATION/PORTERBROOK)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 432/01)
On 20 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 policy’ 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 32021M10443. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-790/19: Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — Novolipetsk Steel v Commission (Measures that the European Union may take in relation to the combined effect of anti-dumping or anti-subsidy measures with safeguard measures — Importation of cold-rolled flat steel products and hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel — Modification of regulations imposing anti-dumping or anti-subsidy measures on products subject to safeguard measures — Principle of non-discrimination — Manifest error of assessment)
Date: 2021-10-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping measure, anti-subsidy proceeding, equal treatment, flat product, import (EU), iron and steel product, originating product








C_2021502EN.01002001.xml










13.12.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 502/20






Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — Novolipetsk Steel v Commission
(Case T-790/19) (1)

(Measures that the European Union may take in relation to the combined effect of anti-dumping or anti-subsidy measures with safeguard measures - Importation of cold-rolled flat steel products and hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel - Modification of regulations imposing anti-dumping or anti-subsidy measures on products subject to safeguard measures - Principle of non-discrimination - Manifest error of assessment)
(2021/C 502/30)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Novolipetsk Steel PAO (Lipetsk, Russia) (represented by: E. Gergondet and P. Vander Schueren, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Luengo and P. Němečková, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1382 of 2 September 2019 amending certain Regulations imposing anti-dumping or anti-subsidy measures on certain steel products subject to safeguard measures (OJ 2019 L 227, p. 1), in so far as it concerns the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Novolipetsk Steel PAO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.






(1)  OJ C 10, 13.1.2020.
Case T-296/18: Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — Polskie Linie Lotnicze ‘LOT’ v Commission (Competition — Concentrations — Air transport — Decision declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement — Relevant market — Assessment of the effects of the concentration on competition — Commitments — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2021-10-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: air transport, control of restrictive practices, economic concentration, merger control








C_2021502EN.01001801.xml










13.12.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 502/18






Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 — Polskie Linie Lotnicze ‘LOT’ v Commission
(Case T-296/18) (1)

(Competition - Concentrations - Air transport - Decision declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement - Relevant market - Assessment of the effects of the concentration on competition - Commitments - Obligation to state reasons)
(2021/C 502/27)
Language of the case: Polish

Parties


Applicant: Polskie Linie Lotnicze ‘LOT’ S.A. (Warsaw, Poland) (represented by: M. Jeżewski and M. König, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Wildpanner, T. Franchoo and J. Szczodrowski, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: S. Völcker and R. Benditz, lawyers)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2017) 9118 final of 21 December 2017 (Case No COMP/M.8633 — Lufthansa / Certain Air Berlin assets) declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Polskie Linie Lotnicze ‘LOT’ S.A. to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 231, 2.7.2018.