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Case T-506/23: Action brought on 16 August 2023 — Freistaat Bayern v EUIPO — BSGE (Neuschwanstein)
Date: 2023-08-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clock and watch industry, clothing, gift item, glass, jewellery and goldsmith's articles, precious metal, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2023338EN.01004501.xml










25.9.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 338/45






Action brought on 16 August 2023 — Freistaat Bayern v EUIPO — BSGE (Neuschwanstein)
(Case T-506/23)
(2023/C 338/58)
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Freistaat Bayern (represented by: M. Müller, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: BSGE Bundesverband Souvenir Geschenke Ehrenpreise eV (Veitsbronn, Germany)

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: EU word mark ‘Neuschwanstein’ — EU trade mark No 15 687 353

Proceedings before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 May 2023 in Case R 1013/2021-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Plea in law

Infringement of Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Case T-505/23: Action brought on 16 August 2023 — Thomas Henry v EUIPO — Shanghai Chengzhi Enterprise Service Center (MATE MATE)
Date: 2023-08-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, aerated drink, beer, fruit juice, mineral water, registered trade mark, syrup, trade-mark law








C_202300033EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/33


9.10.2023





Action brought on 16 August 2023 — Thomas Henry v EUIPO — Shanghai Chengzhi Enterprise Service Center (MATE MATE)
(Case T-505/23)
(C/2023/33)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Thomas Henry GmbH (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: O. Spieker, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Shanghai Chengzhi Enterprise Service Center (Shanghai, China)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark MATE MATE — European Union trade mark No 18 022 875

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 June 2023 in Case R 2364/2022-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 132(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b), (c) and (g) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/33/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 14 August 2023 2023/C 287/02
Date: 2023-08-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2023287EN.01000201.xml










16.8.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 287/2






Euro exchange rates (1)

14 August 2023
(2023/C 287/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0930 




JPY


Japanese yen


158,68 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4515 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86215 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,8405 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9608 




ISK


Iceland króna


144,70 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,4340 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,038 




HUF


Hungarian forint


382,78 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,4395 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9418 




TRY


Turkish lira


29,5675 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6853 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4700 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,5458 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8305 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4813 




KRW


South Korean won


1 459,40 




ZAR


South African rand


20,7881 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,9356 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 732,99 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,0464 




PHP


Philippine peso


62,132 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


38,474 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,3764 




MXN


Mexican peso


18,6209 




INR


Indian rupee


90,8180 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11205 – INPEX CORPORATION / ENEL GREEN POWER / ENEL GREEN POWER AUSTRALIA) (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 303/01
Date: 2023-08-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy production, financial services, hydrocarbon, investment, investment company, merger control, mineral resources, oil industry, renewable energy, sale








C_2023303EN.01000101.xml










28.8.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 303/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11205 – INPEX CORPORATION / ENEL GREEN POWER / ENEL GREEN POWER AUSTRALIA)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 303/01)
On 16 August 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 (https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search). 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 32023M11205. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-504/23: Action brought on 16 August 2023 — Terminal Ouest Provence v CINEA
Date: 2023-08-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, engineering structure, invoicing, subcontracting








C_202300064EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/64


9.10.2023





Action brought on 16 August 2023 — Terminal Ouest Provence v CINEA
(Case T-504/23)
(C/2023/64)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Terminal Ouest Provence (Paris, France) (represented by: P. de Bandt, R. Gherghinaru, L. Panepinto and Z. Irusta Ortega, lawyers)

Defendant: European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


declare that all the costs invoiced by Charmade to Terminal Ouest Provence SAS are subcontracting costs within the meaning of Article 9.3 of the grant agreement ‘Grant Agreement — Project 101079655 — 21-FR-TG-TOP’ and are therefore fully eligible as such, including:










—


the ‘delegated project management remuneration’ equivalent to 5 % of the final cost of building the Ouest Provence Terminal, i.e. EUR 1 173 000 excluding tax;










—


remuneration to compensate for the risks taken as the developer, equivalent to 8 % of the final cost of building the terminal, i.e. EUR 1 735 000 excluding tax;










—


order CINEA to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on one plea in law, in five parts, alleging that the costs invoiced by Charmade, the majority shareholder in the applicant company Terminal Ouest Provence SAS, to the latter company under the property development contract, are fully eligible as subcontracting costs.






1.


First plea in law, alleging that Charmade is in fact acting as a subcontractor.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that the principle of best value for money was observed when Charmade was appointed as a subcontractor.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging that all the measures necessary to avoid a possible conflict of interest were taken when Charmade was appointed as a subcontractor.










4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging that Charmade’s costs are directly linked to the implementation of the project for a new combined railroad transport terminal, Terminal Ouest Provence, and correspond to the market price.










5.


Fifth plea in law, alleging that the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) offers no viable and feasible alternative to its refusal to designate Charmade as a subcontractor.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/64/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11132 – CONCENTRIX / WEBHELP) (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 287/04
Date: 2023-08-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, customers, economic concentration, financial services, information technology industry, marketing, merger control, outsourcing, provision of services, service








C_2023287EN.01000501.xml










16.8.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 287/5






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11132 – CONCENTRIX / WEBHELP)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 287/04)

1.   
On 8 August 2023, 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:






—


Concentrix Corporation (‘Concentrix’, USA),










—


Webhelp S.A.S. (‘Webhelp’, France).




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


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






—


Concentrix is a customer experience services company active worldwide, which uses technology to provide outsourcing services to enable its clients to manage their end-customer and end-user experience. Concentrix offers IT services, with a focus on business process outsourcing (‘BPO’) services and in particular customer experience management BPO services (‘CXM BPO’) and, to a lesser extent, finance and accounting BPO services. Concentrix also offers other complementary services, including IT consulting services, and application implementation and managed services.










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Webhelp is a provider of BPO services active worldwode, which offers a broad service portfolio to provide end-to-end support for clients, including technical assistance for customers, customer loyalty services, customer claims management services, multichannel customer data collections, digital and marketing services and enterprise solutions. Webhelp is currently controlled by Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (‘GBL’, Belgium), a public investment holding company.






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.11132 – CONCENTRIX / WEBHELP
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’).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11215 – PAI PARTNERS / HG / AZETS) (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 298/01
Date: 2023-08-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: European Economic Area, accounting, audit, consultancy, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, provision of services, small and medium-sized enterprises, software, tax








C_2023298EN.01000101.xml










23.8.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 298/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11215 – PAI PARTNERS / HG / AZETS)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 298/01)
On 16 August 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 (https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search). 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 32023M11215. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1652 of 16 August 2023 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Sidra da Madeira’ (PGI))
Date: 2023-08-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Madeira, Portugal, cider, designation of origin, labelling, product designation








L_2023208EN.01001101.xml










23.8.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 208/11








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/1652
of 16 August 2023
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Sidra da Madeira’ (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 ‘Sidra da Madeira’ 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 ‘Sidra da Madeira’ should therefore be entered in the register,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Sidra da Madeira’ (PGI) is hereby entered in the register.
The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 1.8 – Other products listed in Annex I to the Treaty (spices etc.), 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, 16 August 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 156, 3.5.2023, p. 31.

(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).