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Case T-732/19: Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2023 — PNB Banka and Others v SRB (Economic and monetary union — Banking union — Single resolution mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms (SRM) — Resolution procedure — Decision not to adopt a resolution scheme — Action for annulment — Annexes to the application — Legal interest in bringing proceedings — Locus standi — Competence of the author of the act — Right to be heard — Obligation to state reasons — Concept of whether an entity ‘is failing or is likely to fail’ — Manifest error of assessment — Proportionality — Equal treatment)
Date: 2023-11-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU banking union, bank, bank resolution, company in difficulties, credit institution, equal treatment, principle of proportionality, rights of the defence








C_202400719EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/719


22.1.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2023 — PNB Banka and Others v SRB
(Case T-732/19) (1)

(Economic and monetary union - Banking union - Single resolution mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms (SRM) - Resolution procedure - Decision not to adopt a resolution scheme - Action for annulment - Annexes to the application - Legal interest in bringing proceedings - Locus standi - Competence of the author of the act - Right to be heard - Obligation to state reasons - Concept of whether an entity ‘is failing or is likely to fail’ - Manifest error of assessment - Proportionality - Equal treatment)
(C/2024/719)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: PNB Banka AS (Riga, Latvia), and the 10 other applicants whose names appear in the annex to the judgment (represented by: O. Behrends, lawyer)

Defendant: Single Resolution Board (SRB) (represented by: H. Ehlers, J. Kerlin and J. Rius Riu, Agents, and by H.-G. Kamann, F. Louis and L. Forestier, lawyers)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Republic of Latvia (represented by: K. Pommere and J. Davidoviča, Agents), European Central Bank (represented by: E. Koupepidou, A. Lefterov and F. Bonnard, Agents)

Re:

By their action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of Decision SRB/EES/2019/131 of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) of 15 August 2019 not to adopt a resolution scheme in respect of the credit institution PNB Banka AS.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders PNB Banka AS and the other applicants whose names appear in the annex to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the Single Resolution Board (SRB);










3.


Orders the Republic of Latvia and the European Central Bank (ECB) to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 27, 27.1.2020.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/719/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-780/22: Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2023 — TUI Holding v EUIPO — inCruises International (INCRUISES) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark INCRUISES — Earlier EU figurative mark INTERCRUISES SHORESIDE & PORT SERVICES — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001)
Date: 2023-11-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, discount sale, provision of services, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, travel agency








C_202400737EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/737


22.1.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2023 — TUI Holding v EUIPO — inCruises International (INCRUISES)
(Case T-780/22) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark INCRUISES - Earlier EU figurative mark INTERCRUISES SHORESIDE & PORT SERVICES - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001)
(C/2024/737)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: TUI Holding Spain, SLU (Palma de Mallorca, Spain) (represented by: H. Fangmann, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: inCruises International LLC (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 21 September 2022 (Case R 1081/2021-2).

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 21 September 2022 (Case R 1081/2021-2);










2.


Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 45, 6.2.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/737/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-167/21: Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2023 — European Gaming and Betting Association v Commission (State aid — State measure extending gambling licences granted by the Netherlands — Decision finding no State aid — Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure — Serious difficulties — Procedural rights of interested parties)
Date: 2023-11-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Netherlands, State aid, control of State aid, game of chance, gaming establishment, trade licence








C_202400726EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/726


22.1.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2023 — European Gaming and Betting Association v Commission
(Case T-167/21) (1)

(State aid - State measure extending gambling licences granted by the Netherlands - Decision finding no State aid - Failure to initiate the formal investigation procedure - Serious difficulties - Procedural rights of interested parties)
(C/2024/726)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: European Gaming and Betting Association (Etterbeek, Belgium) (represented by: T. De Meese, K. Bourgeois and M. Van Nieuwenborgh, lawyers)

Defendants: European Commission (represented by: B. Stromsky and J. Carpi Badía, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by M. Bulterman, J. Langer and C. Schillemans, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision C(2020) 8965 final of 18 December 2020 in Case SA.44830 (2016/FC) — Netherlands — Prolongation of gambling licences in the Netherlands (‘the contested decision’), referred to in the Official Journal of the European Union of 15 January 2021 (OJ 2021 C 17, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Commission Decision C(2020) 8965 final of 18 December 2020 in Case SA.44830 (2016/FC) — Netherlands — Prolongation of gambling licenses in the Netherlands;










2.


Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by European Gaming and Betting Association;










3.


Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 206, 31.5.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/726/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11325 – BROOKFIELD / SCHOELLER ALLIBERT) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2023-11-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, credit, economic concentration, insurance, investment company, merger control, packaging product, plastics, real property, renewable energy








C_202300919EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/919


15.11.2023






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11325 – BROOKFIELD / SCHOELLER ALLIBERT)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/919)


1.   
On 31 October 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:






—


Brookfield Corporation, through BCP IV RTP Holdings Limited, which it solely controls (collectively, ‘Brookfield’, Canada), and










—


Schoeller Packaging Holding B.V. (together with its direct and indirect subsidiaries, ‘Schoeller Allibert’, Netherlands), currently indirectly jointly controlled by Brookfield and Schoeller Industries B.V.




Brookfield will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation indirect sole control of the whole of Schoeller Allibert.
The concentration is accomplished by way of contract or any other means.


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






—


Brookfield is global asset manager with a focus on renewable power and infrastructure, private equity, real estate, and credit and insurance,










—


Schoeller Allibert is manufacturer of returnable plastic transport packaging for material handling.






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.
Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified treatment for certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.


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.11325 – BROOKFIELD / SCHOELLER ALLIBERT
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’).

(2)  
            OJ C 160, 5.5.2023, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/919/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-1082/23: Action brought on 15 November 2023 — Fresh Tropical v EUIPO — Altunyaldiz (AlìBabà)
Date: 2023-11-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cereal flour, condiment, flavouring, leguminous vegetable, processed foodstuff, registered trade mark, rice, trade-mark law








C_202400564EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/564


8.1.2024





Action brought on 15 November 2023 — Fresh Tropical v EUIPO — Altunyaldiz (AlìBabà)
(Case T-1082/23)
(C/2024/564)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Fresh Tropical Srl by Jawad (Seveso, Italy) (represented by: G. Nosengo and V. Liebermann, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Alper Altunyaldiz (Mainz, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark AlìBabà — Application for registration No 17 933 232

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 September 2023 in joined cases R 418/2023-4 and R 427/2023-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision to the extent that the trade mark at issue was found to be entirely inadmissible with respect to all the goods;










—


order the defendant and the other party to the proceeding before the Board of Appeal to bear their own costs for the present proceedings and reimburse the applicant for all its costs in the present and previous proceedings.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/564/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11290 – INEOS / SINOPEC / ABS JV)
Date: 2023-11-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: China, chemical industry, economic concentration, merger control, oil industry, petrochemicals, special chemicals








C_202400784EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/784


10.1.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11290 – INEOS / SINOPEC / ABS JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/784)

On 15 November 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 32023M11290. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/784/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-19/23: Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2023 — Laboratorios Normon v EUIPO — Sofar (NORMOCARE) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark NORMOCARE — Earlier national word mark NOMOR — Relative ground for invalidity — Article 60(1)(a) and Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2023-11-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, baby food, cosmetic product, dietary product, pharmaceutical product, plant health product, polishing and scouring preparations, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, veterinary medicinal product








C_202400738EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/738


22.1.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2023 — Laboratorios Normon v EUIPO — Sofar (NORMOCARE)
(Case T-19/23) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark NORMOCARE - Earlier national word mark NOMOR - Relative ground for invalidity - Article 60(1)(a) and Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2024/738)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Laboratorios Normon, SA (Tres Cantos, Spain) (represented by: I. González-Mogena González, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: N. Lamsters and T. Frydendahl, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Sofar SpA, (Trezzano Rosa, Italy)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 26 October 2022 (Case R 916/2022-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Laboratorios Normon, SA and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 83, 6.3.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/738/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11289 – NORWEGIAN / STRAWBERRY / LOYALTYCO JV)
Date: 2023-11-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: air transport, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, tourism








C_202301600EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1600


20.12.2023






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11289 – NORWEGIAN / STRAWBERRY / LOYALTYCO JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/1600)

On 15 November 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 32023M11289. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1600/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.109055Text with EEA relevance.
Date: 2023-11-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, State aid, building industry, chemical industry, control of State aid, iron and steel industry, pulp and paper industry, regions of the Czech Republic








C_202300999EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/999


15.11.2023






Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
SA.109055
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/999)







Date of adoption of the decision


6.10.2023




Aid number


SA.109055




Member State


Czechia




Region


Jihovýchod, Jihozápad, Moravskoslezko, Strední Morava, Severovýchod, Praha, Severozápad, Strední Cechy




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


TCTF: Modernisation Fund — Programme ENERG ETS




Legal basis


Modernisation fund general programme document approved by the Czech Government on 25 January 2021 (Decision nr. 64)




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Energy efficiency, Environmental protection




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 60 000 000 000  CZK
Annual budget: 20 000 000 000  CZK




Intensity


 




Duration


Until 31.12.2025




Economic sectors


Manufacture of pulp, paper and paperboard, Manufacture of articles of paper and paperboard, Manufacture of refined petroleum products, Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilisers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms, Manufacture of pesticides and other agrochemical products, Manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics, Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations, perfumes and toilet preparations, Manufacture of other chemical products, Manufacture of man-made fibres, Manufacture of glass and glass products, Manufacture of refractory products, Manufacture of clay building materials, Manufacture of other porcelain and ceramic products, Manufacture of cement, lime and plaster, Manufacture of articles of concrete, cement and plaster, Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys, Manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, of steel, Manufacture of other products of first processing of steel, Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals, Casting of metals, Manufacture of furniture




Name and address of the granting authority







State Environmental Fund of Czech Republic




Olbrachtova 2006/9, CZ-140 00 Prague, Czech Republic








Other information


 




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search?caseInstrument=SA


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/999/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)