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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10796 – GOOGLE / PHOTOMATH) (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 77/02
Date: 2023-03-01
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: advertising, cloud computing, computer applications, computer equipment, economic concentration, education, merger control, search engine, software








C_2023077EN.01000201.xml










1.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 77/2






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10796 – GOOGLE / PHOTOMATH)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 77/02)

1.   
On 21 February 2023, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


Google LLC (‘Google’, US), controlled by Alphabet Inc. (US),










—


Photomath, Inc. (‘Photomath’, US).




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


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:






—


Google is active in a wide range of product areas, including advertising technology, internet search, cloud computing, software and hardware. Amongst other products and services, Google provides several education products, including apps, programmes and digital literacy tools, across a range of subjects, including certain maths topics,










—


Photomath provides free and premium versions of a homework help app that utilises a smartphone’s camera to scan and recognise symbolic maths problems (algebra, calculus, graphs etc), providing users with step-by-step solutions based on its own proprietary capabilities.






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.10796 – GOOGLE / PHOTOMATH
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email or by post. Please use the contact details below:
Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu
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-102/22: Judgment of the General Court of 1 March 2023 — Transgourmet Ibérica v EUIPO — Aldi (Gourmet) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark Gourmet — Earlier national word mark GOURMET — Relative ground for invalidity — Distinctive character of earlier mark — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Form differing in elements which alter the distinctive character)
Date: 2023-03-01
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cereal product, cocoa, condiment, confectionery, foodstuff, registered trade mark, rice, tea, trade-mark law








C_2023134EN.01001401.xml










17.4.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 134/14






Judgment of the General Court of 1 March 2023 — Transgourmet Ibérica v EUIPO — Aldi (Gourmet)
(Case T-102/22) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark Gourmet - Earlier national word mark GOURMET - Relative ground for invalidity - Distinctive character of earlier mark - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Form differing in elements which alter the distinctive character)
(2023/C 134/18)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Transgourmet Ibérica, SAU (Gerona, Spain) (represented by: C. Duch Fonoll and I. Osinaga Lozano, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: E. Nicolás Gómez and D. Gája, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of the EUIPO: Aldi GmbH & Co. KG (Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 14 December 2021 (Case R 862/2021-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 14 December 2021 (Case R 862/2021-2);










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay all the costs incurred by Transgourmet Ibérica, SAU.






(1)  OJ C 165, 19.4.2022.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/505 of 1 March 2023 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Azeitona Galega da Beira Baixa’ (PGI))
Date: 2023-03-01
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Central Portugal, Portugal, designation of origin, labelling, olive, product designation








L_2023070EN.01000601.xml










8.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 70/6








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/505
of 1 March 2023
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Azeitona Galega da Beira Baixa’ (PGI))


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Portugal’s application to register the name ‘Azeitona Galega da Beira Baixa’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Azeitona Galega da Beira Baixa’ should therefore be entered in the register,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Azeitona Galega da Beira Baixa’ (PGI) is hereby entered in the register.
The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 1.6. – Fruit, vegetables and cereals, fresh or processed, as listed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 (3).


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 1 March 2023.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ C 428, 10.11.2022, p. 51.

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 36).
Case C-93/22, Edison Next: Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 1 March 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio — Italy) — Edison Next SpA, formerly Fenice — Qualità per l’ambiente SpA v Ministero della Transizione Ecologica (formerly Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare), Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Comitato nazionale per la gestione della Direttiva 2003/87/CE e per il supporto nella gestione delle attività di progetto del protocollo di Kyoto (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Requirements to set out the factual context of the dispute in the main proceedings and the reasons justifying the need for an answer from the Court to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Lack of sufficient information — Manifest inadmissibility)
Date: 2023-03-01
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Emissions Trading Scheme, EU emission allowance, Kyoto Protocol, electrical energy, energy production, tradeable emission permit








C_2023252EN.01001202.xml










17.7.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 252/12






Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 1 March 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio — Italy) — Edison Next SpA, formerly Fenice — Qualità per l’ambiente SpA v Ministero della Transizione Ecologica (formerly Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare), Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Comitato nazionale per la gestione della Direttiva 2003/87/CE e per il supporto nella gestione delle attività di progetto del protocollo di Kyoto
(Case C-93/22, (1) Edison Next)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Requirements to set out the factual context of the dispute in the main proceedings and the reasons justifying the need for an answer from the Court to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling - Lack of sufficient information - Manifest inadmissibility)
(2023/C 252/13)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Edison Next SpA, formerly Fenice — Qualità per l’ambiente SpA

Defendants: Ministero della Transizione Ecologica (formerly Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare), Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Comitato nazionale per la gestione della Direttiva 2003/87/CE e per il supporto nella gestione delle attività di progetto del protocollo di Kyoto

Other parties: Hera SpA, Iveco SpA

Operative part of the order

The request for a preliminary ruling made by the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per il Lazio (Regional Administrative Court, Lazio, Italy) by decision of 25 January 2022 is manifestly inadmissible.


(1)  OJ C 191, 10.5.2022.
Case T-480/20: Judgment of the General Court of 1 March 2023 — Hengshi Egypt Fiberglass Fabrics and Jushi Egypt for Fiberglass Industry v Commission (Subsidies — Imports of certain woven or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in China and Egypt — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/776 — Definitive countervailing duty — Calculation of the subsidy amount — Attributability of the subsidy — Rights of the defence — Manifest error of assessment — Import duty drawback scheme — Tax treatment of foreign exchange losses — Calculation of the undercutting margin)
Date: 2023-03-01
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: China, Egypt, countervailing charge, customs drawback, foreign currency, glass fibre, import (EU), originating product, rights of the defence, textile product








C_2023134EN.01000702.xml










17.4.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 134/7






Judgment of the General Court of 1 March 2023 — Hengshi Egypt Fiberglass Fabrics and Jushi Egypt for Fiberglass Industry v Commission
(Case T-480/20) (1)

(Subsidies - Imports of certain woven or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in China and Egypt - Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/776 - Definitive countervailing duty - Calculation of the subsidy amount - Attributability of the subsidy - Rights of the defence - Manifest error of assessment - Import duty drawback scheme - Tax treatment of foreign exchange losses - Calculation of the undercutting margin)
(2023/C 134/09)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Hengshi Egypt Fiberglass Fabrics SAE (Ain Sokhna, Egypt), Jushi Egypt for Fiberglass Industry SAE (Ain Sokhna) (represented by: B. Servais and V. Crochet, lawyers)

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

Intervener in support of the defendant: Tech-Fab Europe eV (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: L. Ruessmann and J. Beck, lawyers)

Re:

By their action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/776 of 12 June 2020 imposing definitive countervailing duties on imports of certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in the People’s Republic of China and Egypt and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/492 imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in the People’s Republic of China and Egypt (OJ 2020 L 189, p. 1), in so far as it concerns them.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Hengshi Egypt Fiberglass Fabrics SAE and Jushi Egypt for Fiberglass Industry SAE to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;










3.


Orders Tech-Fab Europe eV to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 304, 14.9.2020.
Case C-91/22, Edison Next: Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 1 March 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio — Italy) — Edison Next SpA, formerly Fenice — Qualità per l’ambiente SpA v Ministero della Transizione Ecologica (formerly Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare), Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Comitato nazionale per la gestione della Direttiva 2003/87/CE e per il supporto nella gestione delle attività di progetto del protocollo di Kyoto (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Requirements to set out the factual context of the dispute in the main proceedings and the reasons justifying the need for an answer from the Court to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Lack of sufficient information — Manifest inadmissibility)
Date: 2023-03-01
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Emissions Trading Scheme, EU emission allowance, Kyoto Protocol, electrical energy, energy production, tradeable emission permit








C_2023252EN.01001101.xml










17.7.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 252/11






Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 1 March 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio — Italy) — Edison Next SpA, formerly Fenice — Qualità per l’ambiente SpA v Ministero della Transizione Ecologica (formerly Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare), Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Comitato nazionale per la gestione della Direttiva 2003/87/CE e per il supporto nella gestione delle attività di progetto del protocollo di Kyoto
(Case C-91/22, (1) Edison Next)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Requirements to set out the factual context of the dispute in the main proceedings and the reasons justifying the need for an answer from the Court to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling - Lack of sufficient information - Manifest inadmissibility)
(2023/C 252/11)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Edison Next SpA, formerly Fenice — Qualità per l’ambiente SpA

Defendants: Ministero della Transizione Ecologica (formerly Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare), Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Comitato nazionale per la gestione della Direttiva 2003/87/CE e per il supporto nella gestione delle attività di progetto del protocollo di Kyoto

Other parties: Hera SpA, FCA Italy SpA

Operative part of the order

The request for a preliminary ruling made by the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per il Lazio (Regional Administrative Court, Lazio, Italy) by decision of 25 January 2022 is manifestly inadmissible.


(1)  OJ C 191, 10.5.2022.
Case T-295/22: Judgment of the General Court of 1 March 2023 — Crush Series Publishing v EUIPO — Mediaproduccion (The Crush Series) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark The Crush Series — Earlier EU figurative mark CRUSH — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2023-03-01
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, decorative item, publishing, registered trade mark, toy industry, trade-mark law








C_2023134EN.01001501.xml










17.4.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 134/15






Judgment of the General Court of 1 March 2023 — Crush Series Publishing v EUIPO — Mediaproduccion (The Crush Series)
(Case T-295/22) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark The Crush Series - Earlier EU figurative mark CRUSH - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(2023/C 134/20)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Crush Series Publishing s.r.o. (Prague, Czech Republic) (represented by: D.-M. Belciu, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Lapinskaitė and J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Mediaproduccion SLU (Barcelona, Spain)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and alteration of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 15 March 2022 (Case R 1303/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Crush Series Publishing s.r.o. to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 257, 4.7.2022.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11039 – ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA / THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES / TOM FORD INTERNATIONAL) (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 96/02
Date: 2023-03-01
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: clothing industry, cosmetics industry, economic concentration, luxury products industry, merger control, textile product








C_2023096EN.01000201.xml










15.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 96/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11039 – ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA / THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES / TOM FORD INTERNATIONAL)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 96/02)
On 1 March 2023, 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 32023M11039. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-36/22: Judgment of the General Court of 1 March 2023 — Romedor Pharma v EUIPO — Perfect Care Distribution (PERFECT FARMA CERVIRON) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark PERFECT FARMA CERVIRON — Non-registered earlier national trade mark CERVIRON — Relative grounds for invalidity — Article 8(4) and Article 53(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) and Article 60(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
Date: 2023-03-01
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, dietary product, food supplement, herbicide, medical device, pesticide, pharmaceutical product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, veterinary medicinal product








C_2023134EN.01001201.xml










17.4.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 134/12






Judgment of the General Court of 1 March 2023 — Romedor Pharma v EUIPO — Perfect Care Distribution (PERFECT FARMA CERVIRON)
(Case T-36/22) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark PERFECT FARMA CERVIRON - Non-registered earlier national trade mark CERVIRON - Relative grounds for invalidity - Article 8(4) and Article 53(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) and Article 60(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
(2023/C 134/15)
Language of the case: Romanian

Parties


Applicant: Romedor Pharma SRL (Focşani, Romania) (represented by: E.-M. Dicu, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Manea ad E. Markakis, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Perfect Care Distribution SRL (Bucharest, Romania) (represented by: R. Pop, lawyer)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 17 November 2021 (Case R 522/2021-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Romedor Pharma SRL to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO);










3.


Orders Perfect Care Distribution SRL to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 138, 28.3.2022.
Case T-38/22: Judgment of the General Court of 1 March 2023 — Romedor Pharma v EUIPO — Perfect Care Distribution (CERVIRON perfect care) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — European Union figurative mark CERVIRON perfect care — Earlier unregistered national trade mark CERVIRON — Relative ground for invalidity — Article 8(4) and Article 60(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2023-03-01
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, medical device, pharmaceutical product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2023134EN.01001301.xml










17.4.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 134/13






Judgment of the General Court of 1 March 2023 — Romedor Pharma v EUIPO — Perfect Care Distribution (CERVIRON perfect care)
(Case T-38/22) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - European Union figurative mark CERVIRON perfect care - Earlier unregistered national trade mark CERVIRON - Relative ground for invalidity - Article 8(4) and Article 60(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(2023/C 134/17)
Language of the case: Romanian

Parties


Applicant: Romedor Pharma SRL (Focşani, Romania) (represented by: E.-M. Dicu, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: R. Manea and E. Markakis, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of the EUIPO, intervening before the General Court: Perfect Care Distribution SRL (Bucharest, Romania) (represented by: R. Pop, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 November 2021 (Case R 521/2021-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Romedor Pharma SRL to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO);










3.


Orders Perfect Care Distribution SRL to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 138, 28.3.2022.