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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10325 – KRONOSPAN / PFLEIDERER POLSKA) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 87/03
Date: 2022-02-23
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, wood industry








C_2022087EN.01001301.xml










23.2.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 87/13






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10325 – KRONOSPAN / PFLEIDERER POLSKA)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 87/03)

1.   
On 15 February 2022, 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:






—


Kronospan Holdings P.L.C (‘Kronospan’, Cyprus),










—


Pfleiderer Polska sp. z.o.o (‘Pfleiderer Polska’, Poland), belonging to the Pfleiderer Group.




Kronospan will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Pfleiderer Polska.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned:






—


Kronospan is a manufacturer and supplier of wood-based panels and their further processed value-added products. Namely, Kronospan manufactures and distributes raw and coated particle board (jointly referred to as PB), medium-density fibreboard (MDF), high-density fibreboard (HDF) including thin and lacquered HDF (T-HDF and L-HDF), worktops (post-forming elements/components, together Components), laminate flooring, decorative laminates, and oriented strand board,










—


Pfleiderer Polska is a manufacturer and supplier of a range of engineered wood and surface finished products, namely PB, T-HDF and L-HDF and Components.






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.



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.10325 – KRONOSPAN / PFLEIDERER POLSKA
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’).
Case T-209/21: Judgment of the General Court of 23 February 2022 — Ignacio Carrasco v EUIPO (La Hoja del Carrasco) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark La Hoja del Carrasco — Earlier national figurative mark CARRASCO, Guijuelo — 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) — Dominant and distinctive elements of the marks at issue)
Date: 2022-02-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, delivery, foodstuff, meat product, prepared foodstuff, processed foodstuff, registered trade mark, service, trade-mark law








C_2022171EN.01003501.xml










25.4.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 171/35






Judgment of the General Court of 23 February 2022 — Ignacio Carrasco v EUIPO (La Hoja del Carrasco)
(Case T-209/21) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark La Hoja del Carrasco - Earlier national figurative mark CARRASCO, Guijuelo - 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) - Dominant and distinctive elements of the marks at issue)
(2022/C 171/46)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Ignacio Carrasco SL (Guijuelo, Spain) (represented by: J. Donoso Romero, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Santana Davies and D. Gája, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Santos Carrasco Manzano SA (Guijuelo) (represented by: F. Marín Riaño, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 February 2021 (Case R 175/2020-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between Santos Carrasco Manzano and Ignacio Carrasco.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Ignacio Carrasco SL to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 217, 7.6.2021.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 42/2022 of 23 February 2022 amending Annex V (Free movement of workers) and Annex VIII (Right of establishment) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1110]
Date: 2022-02-23
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU national, European Economic Area, border control, coronavirus disease, epidemic, free movement of persons, health certificate, health control, internal border of the EU, revision of an agreement, vaccination




L_2022182EN.01000301.xml










7.7.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 182/3








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 42/2022
of 23 February 2022
         
amending Annex V (Free movement of workers) and Annex VIII (Right of establishment) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1110]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2301 of 21 December 2021 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1073 laying down technical specifications and rules for the implementation of the trust framework for the EU Digital COVID Certificate established by Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annexes V and VIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indent is added in point 10a (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1073) of Annex V to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32021 D 2301: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2301 of 21 December 2021 (OJ L 458, 22.12.2021, p. 536).’






Article 2
The following indent is added in point 11a (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1073) of Annex VIII to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32021 D 2301: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2301 of 21 December 2021 (OJ L 458, 22.12.2021, p. 536).’






Article 3
The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2301 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force on 23 February 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).


Article 5
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 23 February 2022.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 458, 22.12.2021, p. 536.

(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Case T-540/18: Judgment of the General Court of 23 February 2022 — ASL Aviation Holdings and ASL Airlines (Ireland) v Commission (Non-contractual liability — Competition — Markets for international express small package delivery services in the EEA — Concentration — Decision declaring the concentration incompatible with the internal market — Annulment of the decision by a judgment of the Court — General reference to other documents — Pleas in law or complaints raised by a third party in another case — Evidence submitted in the reply — No justification for the delay — Inadmissibility — Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law intended to confer rights on individuals)
Date: 2022-02-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: damages, delivery, economic concentration, financial loss, general legal principle, logistics, merger control, ownership, restriction on competition








C_2022171EN.01002402.xml










25.4.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 171/24






Judgment of the General Court of 23 February 2022 — ASL Aviation Holdings and ASL Airlines (Ireland) v Commission
(Case T-540/18) (1)

(Non-contractual liability - Competition - Markets for international express small package delivery services in the EEA - Concentration - Decision declaring the concentration incompatible with the internal market - Annulment of the decision by a judgment of the Court - General reference to other documents - Pleas in law or complaints raised by a third party in another case - Evidence submitted in the reply - No justification for the delay - Inadmissibility - Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law intended to confer rights on individuals)
(2022/C 171/30)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: ASL Aviation Holdings DAC (Swords, Ireland), ASL Airlines (Ireland) Ltd (Swords) (represented by: N. Travers, Senior Counsel, H. Kelly, K. McKenna and R. Scanlan, Solicitors)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: N. Khan, P. Berghe, M. Farley and R. Leupold Henning, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 268 TFEU for compensation for the damage allegedly suffered by the applicants as a result of the unlawfulness of Commission Decision C(2013) 431 of 30 January 2013 declaring a concentration incompatible with the internal market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/M.6570 — UPS/TNT Express).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders ASL Aviation Holdings DAC and ASL Airlines (Ireland) Ltd to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 399, 5.11.2018.
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2008/118/EC and Directive (EU) 2020/262 (recast) as regards tax-free shops situated in the French terminal of the Channel Tunnel [COM(2021) 817 final — 2021/0418 (CNS)]
Date: 2022-02-23
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: English Channel, France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, cross-channel connection, duty-free sale, excise duty, rail transport, tax exemption








C_2022275EN.01010801.xml










18.7.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 275/108






Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2008/118/EC and Directive (EU) 2020/262 (recast) as regards tax-free shops situated in the French terminal of the Channel Tunnel
[COM(2021) 817 final — 2021/0418 (CNS)]
(2022/C 275/17)






Referral


Council of the European Union, 20.1.2022




Legal basis


Article 113 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion




Adopted at plenary


23.2.2022




Plenary session No


567




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


214/0/8




Since the Committee endorses the content of the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2008/118/EC and Directive (EU) 2020/262 (recast) as regards tax-free shops situated in the French terminal of the Channel Tunnel and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided, at its 567th plenary session of 23 and 24 February 2022, (meeting of 23 February), by 214 votes with 8 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.

Brussels, 23 February 2022.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Christa SCHWENG
Case T-695/20: Order of the General Court of 23 February 2022 — OG v EIB
Date: 2022-02-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, building safety, indemnification, occupational disease, suicide, traineeship, trauma, worker with disabilities








C_2022171EN.01004601.xml










25.4.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 171/46






Order of the General Court of 23 February 2022 — OG v EIB
(Case T-695/20) (1)

(2022/C 171/63)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Eighth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 35, 1.2.2021.
Case T-671/20: Judgment of the General Court of 23 February 2022 — OA v EESC (Civil service — Officials — Psychological harassment — Disciplinary procedure — Disciplinary penalty — Written warning — Rights of the defence — Error of assessment — Liability)
Date: 2022-02-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, administrative sanction, disciplinary proceedings, harassment at work, indemnification, psychological harassment, rights of the defence








C_2022171EN.01002801.xml










25.4.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 171/28






Judgment of the General Court of 23 February 2022 — OA v EESC
(Case T-671/20) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Psychological harassment - Disciplinary procedure - Disciplinary penalty - Written warning - Rights of the defence - Error of assessment - Liability)
(2022/C 171/35)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: OA (represented by: M. Casado García-Hirschfeld and M. Aboudi, lawyers)

Defendant: European Social and Economic Committee (represented by: M. Pascua Mateo, K. Gambino, X. Chamodraka, A. Carvajal García-Valdecasas and L. Camarena Januzec, acting as Agents, and by B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking, first, annulment of Decision No 293/19 of the EESC of 5 December 2019 imposing the penalty of a written warning on the applicant and, second, compensation for the material and non-material damage which the applicant allegedly suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Decision No 293/19 of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) of 5 December 2019 imposing the penalty of a written warning on OA;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders the EESC to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 9, 11.1.2021.
Opinion — European Economic and Social Committee — Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Union the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (codification) [COM(2021) 769 final – 2021/0400 (COD)]
Date: 2022-02-23
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: bus, commercial vehicle, common transport policy, inland transport, international road transport, motor vehicle, road safety, technical standard, weight and size








C_2022275EN.01010901.xml










18.7.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 275/109






Opinion — European Economic and Social Committee — Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Union the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (codification)
[COM(2021) 769 final – 2021/0400 (COD)]
(2022/C 275/18)






Referral


European Parliament, 13.12.2021
Council of the European Union, 17.12.2021




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


23.2.2022




Plenary session No


567




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


214/1/6




Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the content of the proposal and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided, at its 567th plenary session of 23 and 24 February 2022 (meeting of 23 February), by 214 votes to 1 with 6 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.

Brussels, 23 February 2022.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Christa SCHWENG
Case T-198/21: Judgment of the General Court of 23 February 2022 — Ancor Group v EUIPO — Cody’s Drinks International (CODE-X) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — EU word mark CODE-X — Earlier national word and figurative marks Cody’s — Earlier international figurative mark Cody’s — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2022-02-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, non-alcoholic beverage, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2022171EN.01003402.xml










25.4.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 171/34






Judgment of the General Court of 23 February 2022 — Ancor Group v EUIPO — Cody’s Drinks International (CODE-X)
(Case T-198/21) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - EU word mark CODE-X - Earlier national word and figurative marks Cody’s - Earlier international figurative mark Cody’s - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(2022/C 171/45)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Ancor Group GmbH (Igersheim, Germany) (represented by: J. Wachsmuth and W. Berlit, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl and E. Markakis, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Cody’s Drinks International GmbH (Bremen, Germany)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 February 2021 (Case R 208/2020-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Cody’s Drinks International and Ancor Group.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 February 2021 (Case R 208/2020-5);










2.


Rejects the opposition brought by Cody’s Drinks International GmbH;










3.


Orders EUIPO to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 217, 7.6.2021.
Case T-185/21: Judgment of the General Court of 23 February 2022 — Lackmann Fleisch- und Feinkostfabrik v EUIPO — Schuju (Хозяйка) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark Хозяйка — Earlier national figurative mark хозяюшка — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2022-02-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, foodstuff, fruit, meat, non-alcoholic beverage, processed food product, processed foodstuff, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, vegetable








C_2022171EN.01003301.xml










25.4.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 171/33






Judgment of the General Court of 23 February 2022 — Lackmann Fleisch- und Feinkostfabrik v EUIPO — Schuju (Хозяйка)
(Case T-185/21) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark Хозяйка - Earlier national figurative mark хозяюшка - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(2022/C 171/43)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Lackmann Fleisch- und Feinkostfabrik GmbH (Bühl, Germany) (represented by: A. Lingenfelser, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Peter Schuju (Borchen, Germany) (represented by: K. Borstel, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 November 2020 (Case R 2717/2019-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between Mr Schuju and Lackmann Fleisch- und Feinkostfabrik.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Lackmann Fleisch- und Feinkostfabrik GmbH to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 242, 21.6.2021.
Case C-63/22: Order of the President of the Court of 23 February 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden — Germany) — TV v Land Hessen (Protection of personal data — Information agency (credit bureau) — Creditworthiness assessment (‘credit scoring’) of natural persons based on unverified information provided by creditors — Lawfulness of data processing and joint responsibility for that processing)
Date: 2022-02-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: claim, credit rating, data protection, natural person, personal data








C_2022165EN.01002302.xml










19.4.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 165/23






Order of the President of the Court of 23 February 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden — Germany) — TV v Land Hessen
(Case C-63/22) (1)

(Protection of personal data - Information agency (credit bureau) - Creditworthiness assessment (‘credit scoring’) of natural persons based on unverified information provided by creditors - Lawfulness of data processing and joint responsibility for that processing)
(2022/C 165/28)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: TV

Defendant: Land Hessen

Other party: SCHU Holding AG

Operative part of the order

Case C-63/22 is removed from the Register of the Court


(1)  Date lodged: 01/02/2022.
Case T-764/21 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 23 February 2022 — Atesos medical and Others v Commission (Interim relief — Medical devices — Directive 93/42/EEC — Regulation (EU) 2017/745 — Application for suspension of operation of a measure — No urgency)
Date: 2022-02-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EC conformity marking, approval, medical device, mutual recognition principle








C_2022213EN.01004001.xml










30.5.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 213/40






Order of the President of the General Court of 23 February 2022 — Atesos medical and Others v Commission
(Case T-764/21 R)
(Interim relief - Medical devices - Directive 93/42/EEC - Regulation (EU) 2017/745 - Application for suspension of operation of a measure - No urgency)
(2022/C 213/55)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Atesos medical AG (Aarau, Switzerland) and the seven other applicants whose names are listed in the annex to the order (represented by: M. Meulenbelt, B. Natens and I. Willemyns, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: E. Sanfrutos Cano, C. Hödlmayr and C. Vollrath, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Articles 278 and 279 TFEU for suspension of operation of the unpublished Commission decision, the date of which is unknown, which provides for the expiry of the designation of Schweizerische Vereinigung für Qualitäts- und Management Systeme as a conformity assessment body for medical devices under Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices (OJ 1993 L 169, p. 1), and its removal from the database of notified and designated bodies with effect from 28 September 2021.

Operative part of the order







1.


The application for interim measures is dismissed.










2.


The costs are reserved.