do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Dedicated Calls for proposals in 2023 under the Work Programme 2023 of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel Programme (2021-2027) 2023/C 49/04
Date: 2023-02-09
Institutions: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, EU research policy, action programme, call for proposals, coal, fund (EU), research and development, research programme, steel








C_2023049EN.01000501.xml










9.2.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 49/5






Dedicated Calls for proposals in 2023 under the Work Programme 2023 of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel Programme (2021-2027)
(2023/C 49/04)
Notice is hereby given of the launch of two dedicated calls for proposals (i.e. one Big Tickets call in coal and one Big Tickets call in steel) and related activities in 2023 under the Work Programme 2023 of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel programme (2021-2027).
The Commission has adopted the RFCS Work Programme 2023 by Decision C(2023) 633 of 27 January 2023.
Proposals are invited for these calls. The RFCS Work Programme 2023, including objectives, deadlines and budgets, is available through the Funding & Tender opportunities website along with information on the modalities of the calls and related activities and the information for applicants on how to submit proposals:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/home
Case T-60/23: Action brought on 9 February 2023 — Ilovepdf v EUIPO (ILOVEPDF)
Date: 2023-02-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cloud computing, computer equipment, industrial research, registered trade mark, scientific research, software, trade-mark law








C_2023112EN.01004601.xml










27.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/46






Action brought on 9 February 2023 — Ilovepdf v EUIPO (ILOVEPDF)
(Case T-60/23)
(2023/C 112/59)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Ilovepdf, SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: J. Oriol Asensio, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Trade mark at issue: Application for the word mark ILOVEPDF — Application for registration No 18 142 577

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 November 2022 in Case R 641/2021-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should annul the contested decision (and the decision at issue dated 12 February 2021) and issue a new decision replacing the previous decisions in order to progress the publication procedure of the sign applied for in the European Union Trade Marks Bulletin, with a view to granting registration of the sign ILOVEPDF, and impose on EUIPO the costs incurred and the reimbursement of the fees paid to EUIPO for the appeal before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO.

Pleas in law







—


Failure to rule on an important preliminary procedural issue concerning the revision of decisions and subsequent repetition of the grounds for refusal, which was omitted from the decision of the Board of Appeal of EUIPO;










—


Infringement of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


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










—


Infringement of Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Case T-266/22: Order of the General Court of 9 February 2023 — Aziz v Commission (Action for annulment — Protection of personal data — Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 — Article 76(d) of the Rules of Procedure — Failure to comply with procedural requirements — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2023-02-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to EU information, admissibility, data protection, personal data








C_2023127EN.01003901.xml










11.4.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 127/39






Order of the General Court of 9 February 2023 — Aziz v Commission
(Case T-266/22) (1)

(Action for annulment - Protection of personal data - Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 - Article 76(d) of the Rules of Procedure - Failure to comply with procedural requirements - Inadmissibility)
(2023/C 127/49)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Ahmad Aziz (Pietà, Malta) (represented by: L. Cuschieri, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouchagiar and H. Kranenborg, acting as Agents)

Re:

By his action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks, in essence, annulment of Commission Decision Ares(2022) 2457760 of 1 April 2022 and of Commission Decision Ares(2022) 3227480 of 26 April 2022 concerning his requests for access to his personal data and for rectification of those data.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as inadmissible.










2.


Mr Ahmad Aziz shall bear his own costs and pay those of the European Commission.






(1)  OJ C 359, 19.9.2022.
Case C-635/21, LB GmbH (Air loungers): Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 February 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Bremen — Germany) — LB GmbH v Hauptzollamt D (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Customs union — Common Customs Tariff — Combined Nomenclature — Tariff classification — Heading 9401 — Scope — Air sofas (‘air loungers’))
Date: 2023-02-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, customs union, furniture industry, specification of tariff heading, textile product








C_2023112EN.01000602.xml










27.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/6






Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 February 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Bremen — Germany) — LB GmbH v Hauptzollamt D
(Case C-635/21, (1) LB GmbH (Air loungers))
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Customs union - Common Customs Tariff - Combined Nomenclature - Tariff classification - Heading 9401 - Scope - Air sofas (‘air loungers’))
(2023/C 112/08)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Finanzgericht Bremen

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: LB GmbH

Defendant: Hauptzollamt D

Operative part of the judgment

Heading 9401 of the Combined Nomenclature in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1821 of 6 October 2016, must be interpreted as not covering a type of ‘air sofa’ consisting of an inner tube made of plastic film and an outer covering made of textile fabric.


(1)  OJ C 64, 7.2.2022.
Case C-788/21, Global Gravity: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 9 February 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Retten i Esbjerg — Denmark) — Skatteministeriet Departementet v Global Gravity ApS (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Customs union — Common Customs Tariff — Classification of goods — Combined Nomenclature — Subheadings 7616 99 90 and 8609 00 90 — Tubular Transport Running System (TubeLock) — Meaning of ‘container’)
Date: 2023-02-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, container, customs union, specification of tariff heading








C_2023112EN.01001001.xml










27.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/10






Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 9 February 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Retten i Esbjerg — Denmark) — Skatteministeriet Departementet v Global Gravity ApS
(Case C-788/21, (1) Global Gravity)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Customs union - Common Customs Tariff - Classification of goods - Combined Nomenclature - Subheadings 7616 99 90 and 8609 00 90 - Tubular Transport Running System (TubeLock) - Meaning of ‘container’)
(2023/C 112/13)
Language of the case: Danish

Referring court

Retten i Esbjerg

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Skatteministeriet Departementet

Defendant: Global Gravity ApS

Operative part of the judgment

Subheading 8609 00 90 of the Combined Nomenclature, set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, in the version resulting from Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1001/2013 of 4 October 2013,
must be interpreted as not covering a device for transporting pipes that consists of a number of aluminium lifting profiles between two of which the pipes to be transported are placed perpendicularly, those two lifting profiles being linked together by two steel lifting poles that are equipped with eyelets, and on top of which additional pipes may then be placed in the same way until the load comprises the number of pipes to be transported, the load then being completed by the attachment of steel slings to the lifting poles at the four corners of the load (by passing them through the said eyelets) in order to facilitate handling of the load, which is a matter for the referring court to verify.


(1)  OJ C 109, 7.3.2022.
Case C-342/21: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 9 February 2023 — European Commission v Slovak Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Directive 2008/50/EC — Ambient air quality — Article 13(1) and Annex XI — Systematic and persistent exceeding of the limit values applicable to microparticles (PM10) in certain zones of Slovakia — Article 23(1) — Annex XV — Period during which those limit values are exceeded ‘as short as possible’ — Appropriate measures)
Date: 2023-02-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Banská Bystrica region, EU environmental policy, Košice region, air quality, atmospheric pollutant, environmental monitoring, infringement of EU law, national implementing measure, pollution control








C_2023112EN.01000201.xml










27.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/2






Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 9 February 2023 — European Commission v Slovak Republic
(Case C-342/21) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Environment - Directive 2008/50/EC - Ambient air quality - Article 13(1) and Annex XI - Systematic and persistent exceeding of the limit values applicable to microparticles (PM10) in certain zones of Slovakia - Article 23(1) - Annex XV - Period during which those limit values are exceeded ‘as short as possible’ - Appropriate measures)
(2023/C 112/02)
Language of the case: Slovak

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lindenthal and M. Noll-Ehlers, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Slovak Republic (represented by: S. Ondrášiková, acting as Agent)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by systematically and persistently exceeding the daily limit value applicable to microparticles (PM10) since 2005 in zone SKBB01 Banská Bystrica Region and, with the exception of years 2009, 2015 and 2016, in the agglomeration SKKO01.1 Košice, the Slovak Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 13(1) of Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe, read in conjunction with Annex XI thereto;










2.


Declares that, by failing to lay down appropriate measures in its air quality plans so that the period during which that limit value is exceeded can be kept as short as possible, in that zone and that agglomeration, and in zone SKKO02, Košice Region, the Slovak Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 23(1), second subparagraph, of that directive, read in conjunction with Annex XV thereto;










3.


Orders the Slovak Republic to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 278, 12.7.2021.
EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on state aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for the EFTA States applicable as from 1 November 2022 Published in accordance with the rules on reference and discount rates set out in Part VII of ESA’s State Aid Guidelines and Article 10 of ESA’s Decision No 195/04/COL 14 July 2004 (OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and EEA Supplement to the OJ No. 26/2006, 25.5.2006, p. 1.) 2023/C 49/03
Date: 2023-02-09
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, State aid, interest, reimbursement of aid








C_2023049EN.01000401.xml










9.2.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 49/4






EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on state aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for the EFTA States applicable as from 1 November 2022


Published in accordance with the rules on reference and discount rates set out in Part VII of ESA’s State Aid Guidelines and Article 10 of ESA’s Decision No 195/04/COL 14 July 2004 (1)


(2023/C 49/03)
Base rates are calculated in accordance with the Chapter on the method for setting reference and discount rates of ESA’s State Aid Guidelines as amended by ESA’s Decision No 788/08/COL of 17 December 2008. To obtain the applicable reference rates, appropriate margins shall be added to the base rate in accordance with the State Aid Guidelines.
Base rates have been determined as follows:








 


Iceland


Liechtenstein


Norway




1.11.2022 –


5,08 


-0,45 


2,38 






(1)  OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and EEA Supplement to the OJ No. 26/2006, 25.5.2006, p. 1.
Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2016/2336 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 establishing specific conditions for fishing for deep-sea stocks in the north-east Atlantic and provisions for fishing in international waters of the north-east Atlantic and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 (Official Journal of the European Union L 354 of 23 December 2016)
Date: 2023-02-09
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, EU waters, catch by species, catch quota, conservation of fish stocks, deep-sea fishing, fishing area, fishing rights, international waters, sea fish




L_2023039EN.01006301.xml










9.2.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 39/63







Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2016/2336 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 establishing specific conditions for fishing for deep-sea stocks in the north-east Atlantic and provisions for fishing in international waters of the north-east Atlantic and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 354 of 23 December 2016
)








1.


On page 11, Article 17(2), first sentence:




for:


‘2.   The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 9(6) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 12 January 2017.’,


read:


‘2.   The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 9(7) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 12 January 2017.’.








2.


On page 11, Article 17(3), first sentence:




for:


‘3.   The delegation of power referred to in Article 9(6) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council.’,


read:


‘3.   The delegation of power referred to in Article 9(7) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council.’.








3.


On page 11, Article 17(6), first sentence:




for:


‘6.   A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 9(6) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months from the notification of that act to the European Parliament and to the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object.’,


read:


‘6.   A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 9(7) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months from the notification of that act to the European Parliament and to the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object.’.
Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1193 of 11 July 2022 establishing measures to eradicate and prevent the spread of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith 1896) Yabuuchi et al. 1996 emend. Safni et al. 2014 (Official Journal of the European Union L 185 of 12 July 2022)
Date: 2023-02-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import (EU), import restriction, originating product, pest, plant disease, plant health control, protection of plant life, surveillance concerning imports, third country








L_2023039EN.01006601.xml










9.2.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 39/66







Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1193 of 11 July 2022 establishing measures to eradicate and prevent the spread of Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith 1896) Yabuuchi et al. 1996 emend. Safni et al. 2014

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 185 of 12 July 2022
)


On page 37, Annex II is replaced as follows:




                              ‘ANNEX II
Survey template referred to in Article 3(3)
Template for presenting brown rot survey results for the potato and tomato harvests of the preceding calendar year.
This table shall only be used for the survey results for the potatoes and tomatoes harvested in your country.





















MS




Category




Cropping area (ha)




Laboratory testing




Visual inspection of tubers
 (1)




Visual inspections of the growing crop
 (1)




Other information






Number of samples




Number of lots




Size of the lots (in t or ha)




Sampling period




No of positive




Number of samples inspected




Size of sample




No of posi-tive samples
 (2)




Number of visual inspections




No of ha (potatoes) or plants (tomatoes)




No of posi-tive results
 (2)






Samples




Lots





 



Certified tubers for planting



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 





Other tubers for planting (specify)



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 





Ware and processing potatoes



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 





Other tubers (specify)



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 





Tomatoes intended for replanting



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 





Other hosts (specify species, river/area)


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 





Water (specify river/area/location of premises)


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 









(1)  Shall be understood as macroscopic examination of tubers or crops.

(2)  Symptoms were found, a sample was taken and the laboratory testing confirmed the presence of the specified pest.’
Case T-58/23: Action brought on 9 February 2023 — Supermac’s v EUIPO — McDonald’s International Property (BIG MAC)
Date: 2023-02-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, catering industry, foodstuff, franchising, meat product, prepared foodstuff, provision of services, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2023112EN.01004401.xml










27.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/44






Action brought on 9 February 2023 — Supermac’s v EUIPO — McDonald’s International Property (BIG MAC)
(Case T-58/23)
(2023/C 112/57)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Supermac’s (Holdings) Ltd (Galway, Ireland) (represented by: V. von Bomhard and J. Fuhrmann, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: McDonald’s International Property Co. Ltd (Chicago, Illinois, United States)

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 word mark BIG MAC — European Union trade mark registration No 62 638

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 December 2022 in Case R 543/2019-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the point 1 of the operative part of the contested decision in so far as it concerns:






—


‘foods prepared from meat and poultry products, meat sandwiches, chicken sandwiches’ in Class 29 of the Nice Agreement concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks of 15 June 1957, as revised and amended;










—


‘edible sandwiches, chicken sandwiches’ in Class 30;










—


‘services rendered or associated with operating restaurants and other establishments or facilities engaged in providing food and drink prepared for consumption and for drive- through facilities; preparation of carry-out foods’ in Class 42.














—


alter the contested decision to the effect that McDonald’s appeal is dismissed for all goods and services with the exception of ‘‘meat sandwiches’’ in Class 30;










—


order EUIPO and, if McDonald’s intervenes, the McDonald’s International Property Company, Ltd. to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 51(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) 207/2009.
Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 setting CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles and amending Regulations (EC) No 595/2009 and (EU) 2018/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 96/53/EC (Official Journal of the European Union L 198 of 25 July 2019)
Date: 2023-02-09
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: bus, commercial vehicle, energy consumption, fuel, greenhouse gas, large vehicle, motor fuel, motor vehicle pollution, pollution control measures, reduction of gas emissions








L_2023039EN.01006701.xml










9.2.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 39/67







Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 setting CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles and amending Regulations (EC) No 595/2009 and (EU) 2018/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 96/53/EC

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 198 of 25 July 2019
)


On page 236, Annex I, point 5.2 ‘Emission credits and emission debts in each reporting period’:
for:

                  ‘If CO2Y > TY for the years 2025 to 2029:






 



dCO2Y = (CO2Y – TY) × VY and











 


dCO2Y = 0’
                     




read:

                  ‘If CO2Y > TY for the years 2025 to 2029:






 



dCO2Y = (CO2Y – TY) × VY and











 


cCO2Y = 0’