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Case C-752/23 P: Appeal brought on 6 December 2023 by Dow Silicones Corp. and Others against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 20 September 2023 in Cases T-858/16 and T-867/16, Dow Silicones and Others v Commission
Date: 2023-12-06
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Belgium, State aid, control of State aid, corporation tax, multinational enterprise, profit, reimbursement of aid, tax exemption, tax law








C_202401531EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1531


26.2.2024





Appeal brought on 6 December 2023 by Dow Silicones Corp. and Others against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 20 September 2023 in Cases T-858/16 and T-867/16, Dow Silicones and Others v Commission
(Case C-752/23 P)
(C/2024/1531)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellants: Dow Silicones Corp., formerly Dow Corning Corp.; Dow Silicones Belgium, formerly Dow Corning Europe; Vinventions, formerly Nomacorc (represented by: H. Gilliams, L. Goossens, advocaten)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission

Form of order sought

The Appellants claim that the Court should:






—


set aside the judgment under appeal;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs of the proceedings of Appellants in the present case, as well as in Cases T-858/16 and T-867/16, and










—


annul Commission Decision 2016/1699 (1) or, in any event, Article 2 thereof.




Or, in the alternative:






—


set aside the judgment under appeal, and










—


refer the Case back to the General Court.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The first ground of appeal is directed against the finding in the judgment under appeal that Commission Decision 2016/1699 correctly defined the reference framework and also was justified in finding that the scheme derogates from the reference system.
The second ground of appeal is directed against the finding in the judgment under appeal that Commission Decision 2016/1699 was justified in qualifying the scheme as a selective measure.
The third ground of appeal is directed against the finding in the judgment under appeal that the recovery order, as expressed in Commission Decision 2016/1699, was justified.


(1)  Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1699 of 11 January 2016 on the excess profit exemption State aid scheme SA.37667 (2015/C) (ex 2015/NN) implemented by Belgium (OJ 2016, L 260, p. 61).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1531/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Joined Cases T-3/14 to T-5/14: Order of the General Court of 6 December 2023 — Anudal Industrial and Others v Commission
Date: 2023-12-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, hire purchase, tax system








C_202400978EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/978


29.1.2024





Order of the General Court of 6 December 2023 — Anudal Industrial and Others v Commission
(Joined Cases T-3/14 to T-5/14) (1)

(C/2024/978)
Language of the case: Spanish
The President of the Eighth Chamber has ordered that the cases be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C 52, 22.2.2014.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/978/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-764/22: Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2023 — bet365 Group v EUIPO (bet365) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark bet365 — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2023-12-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, Internet, advertising, business management, consultancy, financial services, gaming, registered trade mark, software, trade-mark law








C_202400952EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/952


29.1.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2023 — bet365 Group v EUIPO (bet365)
(Case T-764/22) (1)

(EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark bet365 - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2024/952)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: bet365 Group Ltd (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom) (represented by: J. van Manen and E. van Gelderen, lawyers)

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

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 19 September 2022 (Case R 622/2022-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 19 September 2022 (Case R 622/2022-4) in so far as it concerns ‘printed matter and printed publications; magazines, manuals, newsletters, instructional and teaching material; calendars; tickets; printed cards’ in Class 16; ‘advertising; business management; business administration; office functions; on-line data processing services; economic forecasting; opinion polling; marketing research; modelling for advertising or sales promotion’ in Class 35; and ‘computer advisory, consultancy and design services, leasing, rental and hire of computer software, computer programming’ in Class 42;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 35, 30.1.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/952/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.107961
Date: 2023-12-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, State aid, aquaculture, control of State aid, fishing industry








C_202301386EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1386


6.12.2023






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.107961
(C/2023/1386)







Date of adoption of the decision


18.10.2023




Aid number


SA.107961




Member State


Ireland




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Brexit Fisheries Cooperative Transition Scheme 2023




Legal basis


Brexit Fisheries Cooperative Transition Scheme 2023




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Fisheries and aquaculture




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 1 000 000  EUR
Annual budget: 1 000 000  EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


Until 31.12.2023




Economic sectors


Fishing and aquaculture




Name and address of the granting authority







Bord Iascaigh Mhara




12 Crofton Rd., Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin








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/2023/1386/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-597/23 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 6 December 2023 — Syndicat de défense et de promotion des charcuteries corses v Commission (Interim relief — Protected geographical indication — Protected designation of origin — Registration of protected geographical indications ‘Pancetta de l’Île de Beauté/Panzetta de l’Île de Beauté’, ‘Saucisson sec de l’Île de Beauté/Salciccia de l’Île de Beauté’, ‘Bulagna de l’Île de Beauté’ and ‘Figatelli de l’Île de Beauté/Figatellu de l’Île de Beauté’ — Earlier protected designations of origin ‘Lonzo de Corse’/‘Lonzo de Corse — Lonzu’, ‘Jambon sec de Corse’/‘Jambon sec de Corse — Prisuttu’ and ‘Coppa de Corse’/‘Coppa de Corse — Coppa di Corsica’ — Application for suspension of operation of a measure — No urgency)
Date: 2023-12-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Corsica, France, designation of origin, dried product, labelling, meat product, product designation, smoked product








C_202400962EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/962


29.1.2024





Order of the President of the General Court of 6 December 2023 — Syndicat de défense et de promotion des charcuteries corses v Commission
(Case T-597/23 R)
(Interim relief - Protected geographical indication - Protected designation of origin - Registration of protected geographical indications ‘Pancetta de l’Île de Beauté/Panzetta de l’Île de Beauté’, ‘Saucisson sec de l’Île de Beauté/Salciccia de l’Île de Beauté’, ‘Bulagna de l’Île de Beauté’ and ‘Figatelli de l’Île de Beauté/Figatellu de l’Île de Beauté’ - Earlier protected designations of origin ‘Lonzo de Corse’/‘Lonzo de Corse — Lonzu’, ‘Jambon sec de Corse’/‘Jambon sec de Corse — Prisuttu’ and ‘Coppa de Corse’/‘Coppa de Corse — Coppa di Corsica’ - Application for suspension of operation of a measure - No urgency)
(C/2024/962)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Syndicat de défense et de promotion des charcuteries corses AOP ‘Salameria de Corsica’ (Aleria, France) (represented by: T. Lachacinski and F. Fajgenbaum, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Konstantinidis, B. Rechena and C. Perrin, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its application based on Articles 278 and 279 TFEU, the applicant seeks the suspension of the operation of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1546 of 26 July 2023 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications ‘Pancetta de l’Ile de Beauté / Panzetta de l’Ile de Beauté’ (PGI), ‘Saucisson sec de l’Ile de Beauté / Salciccia de l’Ile de Beauté’ (PGI), ‘Bulagna de l’Ile de Beauté’ (PGI) and ‘Figatelli de l’Ile de Beauté / Figatellu de l’Ile de Beauté’ (PGI) (OJ 2023 L 188, p. 24).

Operative part of the order







1.


The application for interim measures is dismissed.










2.


The costs are reserved.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/962/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-85/23: Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2023 — DGC Switzerland v EUIPO (cyberscan) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark cyberscan — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Sufficiently direct and specific relationship with the goods and services covered by the trade mark application — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001)
Date: 2023-12-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, compliance audit, database, information technology, information technology applications, provision of services, registered trade mark, software, trade-mark law








C_202400956EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/956


29.1.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2023 — DGC Switzerland v EUIPO (cyberscan)
(Case T-85/23) (1)

(EU trade mark - Application for the EU word mark cyberscan - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Sufficiently direct and specific relationship with the goods and services covered by the trade mark application - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001)
(C/2024/956)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: DGC Switzerland AG (Zurich, Switzerland) (represented by: N. Medler, lawyer)

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

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 19 December 2022 (Case R 1587/2022-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 127, 11.4.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/956/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-731/21: Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2023 — Kopřiva — Horák v Commission (Financial assistance — Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013) — Smart Open Services for European Patients project — Grant agreement — Recovery of part of the financial contribution paid — Eligible costs — Reliability of timesheets — Obligation to state reasons — Proportionality)
Date: 2023-12-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU aid, EU programme, claim, financial aid, reimbursement of aid








C_202400942EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/942


29.1.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2023 — Kopřiva — Horák v Commission
(Case T-731/21) (1)

(Financial assistance - Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013) - Smart Open Services for European Patients project - Grant agreement - Recovery of part of the financial contribution paid - Eligible costs - Reliability of timesheets - Obligation to state reasons - Proportionality)
(C/2024/942)
Language of the case: Czech

Parties


Applicant: Kopřiva — Horák v.o.s., successor in law to Společnost pro eHealth databáze, a.s. (Brno, Czech Republic) (represented by: P. Konečný, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Estrada de Solà and J. Hradil, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision C(2021) 6597 final of 2 September 2021 concerning the recovery of the sum of EUR 861 263, together with default interest in the amount of EUR 80 026,67 plus EUR 82,59 for each additional day of delay, as from 1 October 2021, regarding the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Kopřiva — Horák v.o.s. to pay the costs, including those relating to the interim proceedings.






(1)  
            OJ C 37, 24.1.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/942/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-1140/23: Action brought on 6 December 2023 — Ferrero Deutschland v EUIPO — Kondyterska korporatsiia ‘Roshen’ (ROSHEN CONFECTIONERY CORP.)
Date: 2023-12-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, confectionery, confectionery product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202401106EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1106


5.2.2024





Action brought on 6 December 2023 — Ferrero Deutschland v EUIPO — Kondyterska korporatsiia ‘Roshen’ (ROSHEN CONFECTIONERY CORP.)
(Case T-1140/23)
(C/2024/1106)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Ferrero Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: M. Kefferpütz and K. Wagner, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Dochirnie pidpryiemstvo Kondyterska korporatsiia ‘Roshen’ (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark ROSHEN CONFECTIONERY CORP. — Application for registration No 18 026 424

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 October 2023 in Case R 2428/2022-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision and reject the trade mark application at issue in its entirety;










—


order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal, in case that the latter decides to intervene, to bear their own costs;










—


order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal, in case that the latter decides to intervene, to pay the costs incurred by the applicant;










—


in the alternative, remit the case to the Board of Appeal.





Pleas in law







—


Erroneous admission of evidence;










—


Incomplete determination of the relevant public;










—


Misjudgement of the use of ‘Rocher’ as an independent trade mark;










—


Misjudgement of the independent distinctive character of ‘Rocher’ within ‘Ferrero Rocher’;










—


Failure to establish the presence of a likelihood of confusion.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1106/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Joined Cases T-392/14 to T-394/14, T-397/14, T-426/14 to T-429/14 and T-461/14: Order of the General Court of 6 December 2023 — Gutser and Others v Commission
Date: 2023-12-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, equal treatment, hire purchase, infringement of EU law, principle of legal certainty, tax system








C_202400979EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/979


29.1.2024





Order of the General Court of 6 December 2023 — Gutser and Others v Commission
(Joined Cases T-392/14 to T-394/14, T-397/14, T-426/14 to T-429/14 and T-461/14) (1)

(C/2024/979)
Language of the case: Spanish
The President of the Eighth Chamber has ordered that the cases be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C 245, 28.7.2014.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/979/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-48/22: Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2023 — Czech Republic v European Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Conformity clearance procedure — Active farmer — Permanent grassland — Control sample — Undue payments — Late submission of application — Financial discipline — Obligation to state reasons — Legitimate expectations — Proportionality)
Date: 2023-12-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EAFRD, EAGF, agricultural expenditure, aid to agriculture, eligibility criteria, farmer, grassland, principle of proportionality








C_202400945EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/945


29.1.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2023 — Czech Republic v European Commission
(Case T-48/22) (1)

(EAGF and EAFRD - Expenditure excluded from financing - Conformity clearance procedure - Active farmer - Permanent grassland - Control sample - Undue payments - Late submission of application - Financial discipline - Obligation to state reasons - Legitimate expectations - Proportionality)
(C/2024/945)
Language of the case: Czech

Parties


Applicant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, J. Vláčil, O. Serdula and J. Očková, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Aquilina, A. Becker, K. Walkerová and J. Hradil, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the Czech Republic seeks the partial annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2020 of 17 November 2021 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2021 L 413, p. 10; ‘the contested decision’), in so far as it relates to expenditure it incurred in the years 2015 to 2017, in the amount of EUR 43 470 836,30.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2020 of 17 November 2021 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in so far as it imposes a financial correction on the Czech Republic by reason of, first, infringement of provisions of EU law concerning the selection of the sample of beneficiaries of aid subject to a standard check, in the amount of EUR 18 833,24, and, second, deficiencies in the check aimed at ascertaining whether an area that was ineligible for aid for one year was also ineligible for the preceding years and ought to have triggered the opening of a procedure to recover the undue payments under the single area payment scheme, in an amount of EUR 17 855 884,41;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders each party, the Czech Republic and the European Commission, to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 128, 21.3.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/945/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-627/22: Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2023 — Vi.ni.ca v EUIPO — Venica & Venica (agricolavinica. Le Colline di Ripa) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark agricolavinica. Le Colline di Ripa — Earlier EU word mark VENICA — Relative ground for invalidity — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
Date: 2023-12-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, wine








C_202400949EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/949


29.1.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2023 — Vi.ni.ca v EUIPO — Venica & Venica (agricolavinica. Le Colline di Ripa)
(Case T-627/22) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark agricolavinica. Le Colline di Ripa - Earlier EU word mark VENICA - Relative ground for invalidity - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
(C/2024/949)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Vi.ni.ca Srl — soc. agr. (Ripalimosani, Italy) (represented by: S. Di Pardo, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Venica & Venica di Gianni e Giorgio Venica Ss soc. agr. (Dolegna del Collio, Italy)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks, in essence, the annulment and alteration of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 11 July 2022 (Case R 90/2022-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 11 July 2022 (Case R 90/2022-4);










2.


Orders EUIPO to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 451, 28.11.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/949/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)