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Case T-1172/23: Action brought on 20 December 2023 — Spin Master Toys UK v EUIPO — Verdes Innovations (Shape of six surfaces arranged in three parallel pairs)
Date: 2023-12-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, toy industry, trade-mark law








C_202401264EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1264


12.2.2024





Action brought on 20 December 2023 — Spin Master Toys UK v EUIPO — Verdes Innovations (Shape of six surfaces arranged in three parallel pairs)
(Case T-1172/23)
(C/2024/1264)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Spin Master Toys UK Ltd (Marlow, United Kingdom) (represented by: V. von Bomhard and A. Malkmes, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Verdes Innovations SA (Corinth, Greece)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Trade mark at issue: European Union tridimensional mark (Shape of six surfaces arranged in three parallel pairs) — European Union trade mark No 9 976 135

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 October 2023 in Case R 852/2022-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal, in case it intervenes, to bear the costs of the proceedings.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1264/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-189/23: Judgment of the General Court of 20 December 2023 — The Mochi Ice Cream Company v EUIPO (my mochi) (EU trade mark — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark my mochi — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Promotional slogan — Article 7(1)(b) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2023-12-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, confectionery, confectionery product, dairy ice cream, frozen product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202401699EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1699


4.3.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 20 December 2023 — The Mochi Ice Cream Company v EUIPO (my mochi)
(Case T-189/23) (1)

(EU trade mark - International registration designating the European Union - Figurative mark my mochi - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Promotional slogan - Article 7(1)(b) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2024/1699)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: The Mochi Ice Cream Company LLC (Vernon, California, United States) (represented by: A. Zalewska-Orabona, lawyer)

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

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 30 January 2023 (Case R 1684/2022 2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 189, 30.5.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1699/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Networking of organisations operating in the fields within the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA’s) mission
Date: 2023-12-20
Institutions: European Food Safety Authority
Subjects: EU Member State, consumer protection, food inspection, food safety, institutional cooperation








C_202301597EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1597


20.12.2023






Networking of organisations operating in the fields within the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA’s) mission
(C/2023/1597)

Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 (1), Article 36(2), provides that the European Food Safety Authority's ‘
         Management Board, acting on a proposal from the Executive Director, shall draw up a list to be made public of competent organisations designated by the Member States which may assist the Authority, either individually or in networks, with its mission.
         ’
      
The list was first drawn up by EFSA’s Management Board on 19 December 2006, and since then is:






i.


updated regularly, on the basis of proposals from EFSA’s Executive Director, taking account of reviews or new designation proposals from the Member States (in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 2230/2004, Article 2(4) (2)), and










ii.


made public on EFSA’s website, where the latest updated list of competent organisations is published.




This respective information is available on the EFSA website, at the following locations:






i.


the latest amendment to the list of competent organisations by EFSA’s Management Board on 14 December 2023 – https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/96th-meeting-efsa-management-board, and










ii.


the updated list of competent organisations – http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/partnersnetworks/scorg.




EFSA will keep this Notice updated, specifically regarding the provided website links.
For more information please contact Cooperation.Article36@efsa.europa.eu.


(1)  Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1).

(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2230/2004 of 23 December 2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 with regard to the network of organisations operating in the fields within the European Food Safety Authority’s mission, OJ L 379, 24.12.2004, p. 64, as last amended.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1597/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Verwaltungsgerichtshof des Fürstentums Liechtenstein dated 20 December 2023 in the case of TC (Case E-1/24)
Date: 2023-12-20
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: European Economic Area, access to information, disclosure of information, legal person, money laundering, ownership, personal data, protection of privacy, terrorism financing








C_202403213EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3213


16.5.2024






Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Verwaltungsgerichtshof des Fürstentums Liechtenstein dated 20 December 2023 in the case of TC
(Case E-1/24)
(C/2024/3213)

A request has been made to the EFTA Court, dated 20 December 2023, from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (the Administrative Court of the Principality of Liechtenstein), which was received at the Court Registry on 3 January 2024, for an Advisory Opinion in the case of TC on the following question:
Must Directive (EU) 2015/849, as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/843, be interpreted as meaning that it precludes a national provision according to which the request of a domestic or foreign person or organisation for disclosure of the data entered in the register of beneficial owners on legal entities must include the naming of the firm name or name of the legal entity whose data are to be disclosed?


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3213/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Joined Cases T-131/22 and T-132/22: Order of the General Court of 20 December 2023 — Société des produits Nestlé v EUIPO — Impossible Foods (IMPOSSIBLE BURGER and IMPOSSIBLE SAUSAGE)
Date: 2023-12-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, food substitute, foodstuff, fruit, meat product, milk product, prepared foodstuff, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, vegetable








C_202402061EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2061


18.3.2024





Order of the General Court of 20 December 2023 — Société des produits Nestlé v EUIPO — Impossible Foods (IMPOSSIBLE BURGER and IMPOSSIBLE SAUSAGE)
(Joined Cases T-131/22 and T-132/22) (1)

(C/2024/2061)
Language of the case: English
The President of the Eighth Chamber has ordered that the cases be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C 191, 10.5.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2061/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-166/21: Judgment of the General Court of 20 December 2023 — Autorità di sistema portuale del Mar Ligure occidentale and Others v Commission (State aid — Taxation of port authorities in Italy — Exemption from corporate income tax — Decision declaring aid incompatible with the internal market — Existing aid — Concept of ‘undertaking’ — Concept of ‘economic activity’ — Advantage — Selectivity — Distortion of competition — Effect on trade between Member States — Equal treatment)
Date: 2023-12-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Italy, State aid, control of State aid, corporation tax, economic activity, equal treatment, harbour installation, port administration, restriction on competition, tax exemption








C_202401850EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1850


11.3.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 20 December 2023 — Autorità di sistema portuale del Mar Ligure occidentale and Others v Commission
(Case T-166/21) (1)

(State aid - Taxation of port authorities in Italy - Exemption from corporate income tax - Decision declaring aid incompatible with the internal market - Existing aid - Concept of ‘undertaking’ - Concept of ‘economic activity’ - Advantage - Selectivity - Distortion of competition - Effect on trade between Member States - Equal treatment)
(C/2024/1850)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicants: Autorità di sistema portuale del Mar Ligure occidentale (Genoa, Italy) and the 15 other applicants whose names are set out in the annex to the judgment (represented by: F. Munari, I. Perego, G.M. Roberti and S. Zunarelli, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Stromsky and F. Tomat, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the applicants: Associazione Porti Italiani (Assoporti) (Rome, Italy) (represented by F. Munari, I. Perego, G.M. Roberti and S. Zunarelli, lawyers)

Re:

By their action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/1757 of 4 December 2020 on the aid scheme SA.38399 — 2019/C (ex 2018/E) which Italy implemented — Corporate Taxation of Ports in Italy (OJ 2021 L 354, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Commission Decision (EU) 2021/1757 of 4 December 2020 on the aid scheme SA.38399 — 2019/C (ex 2018/E) which Italy implemented — Corporate Taxation of Ports in Italy, in so far as it classifies the grant of authorisations for port operations as an economic activity;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders Autorità di sistema portuale del Mar Ligure occidentale and the other applicants whose names are set out in the annex, Associazione Porti Italiani (Assoporti) and the European Commission each to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 189, 17.5.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1850/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-60/21: Judgment of the General Court of 20 December 2023 — Naturstrom v Commission (Competition — Concentrations — German electricity and gas markets — Decision declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market — Obligation to state reasons — Concept of ‘single concentration’ — Right to effective judicial protection — Right to be heard — Definition of the market — Period of analysis — Assessment of the effects of the transaction on competition — Manifest errors of assessment — Undertakings — Duty of diligence)
Date: 2023-12-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU competition policy, Germany, economic concentration, electrical industry, energy market, gas industry, merger control, restriction on competition, right to justice, rights of the defence








C_202401684EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1684


4.3.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 20 December 2023 — Naturstrom v Commission
(Case T-60/21) (1)

(Competition - Concentrations - German electricity and gas markets - Decision declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market - Obligation to state reasons - Concept of ‘single concentration’ - Right to effective judicial protection - Right to be heard - Definition of the market - Period of analysis - Assessment of the effects of the transaction on competition - Manifest errors of assessment - Undertakings - Duty of diligence)
(C/2024/1684)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Naturstrom AG (Dusseldorf, Germany) (represented by: I. Zenke and T. Heymann, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Meessen and J. Szczodrowski, acting as Agents, and T. Funke and A. Dlouhy, lawyers)

Interveners in support of the defendant: E.ON SE (Essen, Germany) (represented by: C. Grave, C. Barth and D.-J. dos Santos Goncalves, lawyers), RWE AG (Essen) (represented by: U. Scholz, J. Ziebarth and J. Siegmund, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision C(2019) 6530 final of 17 September 2019 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement (Case M.8870 — E.ON/Innogy).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Naturstrom AG to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission, E.ON SE and RWE AG.






(1)  
            OJ C 138, 19.4.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1684/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-1175/23: Action brought on 20 December 2023 — Siemens Healthineers v EUIPO — Sunware (teamplay)
Date: 2023-12-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, data transmission, database, information analysis, medical data, registered trade mark, software, statistics, trade-mark law








C_202401266EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1266


12.2.2024





Action brought on 20 December 2023 — Siemens Healthineers v EUIPO — Sunware (teamplay)
(Case T-1175/23)
(C/2024/1266)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Siemens Healthineers AG (Forchheim, Germany) (represented by: M. Taxhet, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Sunware s. r. o. (Prague, Czech Republic)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark teamplay — European Union trade mark No 13 383 831

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 October 2023 in Case R 747/2022-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision and the decision of the Cancellation Division to the extent that the trade mark at issue was declared invalid for goods and services in Classes 9 and 42;










—


allow the trade mark at issue to stay on the register for the above goods and services;










—


order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings to pay the costs of the present proceedings and of the proceedings before EUIPO.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council in conjunction with Article 27(4) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625;










—


Violation of the right to be heard as an essential formal requirement;










—


Infringement of Article 18(1) in conjunction with Article 64(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 60(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1266/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-465/22: Judgment of the General Court of 20 December 2023 — EIB v Syria (Arbitration clause — Loan agreement concerning a project for the completion of a first-class road in a third country — Non-performance of the agreement — Repayment of the sums advanced — Default interest — Procedure by default)
Date: 2023-12-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EIB loan, claim, interest, international loan, project funding, road network








C_202401862EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1862


11.3.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 20 December 2023 — EIB v Syria
(Case T-465/22) (1)

(Arbitration clause - Loan agreement concerning a project for the completion of a first-class road in a third country - Non-performance of the agreement - Repayment of the sums advanced - Default interest - Procedure by default)
(C/2024/1862)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: European Investment Bank (represented by: T. Gilliams, R. Stuart and F. Oxangoiti Briones, acting as Agents, and by D. Arts and E. Paredis, lawyers)

Defendant: Syrian Arab Republic

Re:

By its action based on Article 272 TFEU, the European Investment Bank (EIB) requests that the Syrian Arab Republic be ordered to pay it the sum of EUR 233 051,96, together with interest, under Loan Agreement No 60136 concerning a project for the completion of a first-class road from Aleppo (Syria) to Tall Kochak (Iraq).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Orders the Syrian Arab Republic to repay the European Investment Bank (EIB) the sum of EUR 233 051,96 representing the principal amounts and the contractual and default interest due on 30 June 2022;










2.


Declares that the sum of EUR 200 900,30 comprising the principal amounts is to bear default interest at the annual rate of 3,5 % from 30 June 2022 until the date that payment is made;










3.


Orders the Syrian Arab Republic to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 359, 19.9.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1862/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-62/21: Judgment of the General Court of 20 December 2023 — GGEW v Commission (Competition — Concentrations — German electricity and gas markets — Decision declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market — Obligation to state reasons — Concept of ‘single concentration’ — Right to effective judicial protection — Right to be heard — Definition of the market — Period of analysis — Assessment of the effects of the transaction on competition — Manifest errors of assessment — Undertakings — Duty of diligence)
Date: 2023-12-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU competition policy, Germany, economic concentration, electrical industry, energy market, gas industry, merger control, restriction on competition, right to justice, rights of the defence








C_202401686EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1686


4.3.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 20 December 2023 — GGEW v Commission
(Case T-62/21) (1)

(Competition - Concentrations - German electricity and gas markets - Decision declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market - Obligation to state reasons - Concept of ‘single concentration’ - Right to effective judicial protection - Right to be heard - Definition of the market - Period of analysis - Assessment of the effects of the transaction on competition - Manifest errors of assessment - Undertakings - Duty of diligence)
(C/2024/1686)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: GGEW, Gruppen-Gas- und Elektrizitätswerk Bergstraße AG (Bensheim, Germany) (represented by: I. Zenke and T. Heymann, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Meessen and J. Szczodrowski, acting as Agents, and T. Funke and A. Dlouhy, lawyers)

Interveners in support of the defendant: E.ON SE (Essen, Germany) (represented by: C. Grave, C. Barth and D.-J. dos Santos Goncalves, lawyers), RWE AG (Essen) (represented by: U. Scholz, J. Ziebarth and J. Siegmund, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision C(2019) 6530 final of 17 September 2019 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement (Case M.8870 — E.ON/Innogy).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders GGEW, Gruppen-Gas- und Elektrizitätswerk Bergstraße AG to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission, E.ON SE and RWE AG.






(1)  
            OJ C 138, 19.4.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1686/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-63/21: Judgment of the General Court of 20 December 2023 — Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main v Commission (Competition — Concentrations — German electricity and gas markets — Decision declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market — Action for annulment — No interest in bringing proceedings — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2023-12-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU competition policy, Germany, economic concentration, electrical industry, energy market, gas industry, merger control, restriction on competition, right to justice, rights of the defence








C_202401687EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1687


4.3.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 20 December 2023 — Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main v Commission
(Case T-63/21) (1)

(Competition - Concentrations - German electricity and gas markets - Decision declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market - Action for annulment - No interest in bringing proceedings - Inadmissibility)
(C/2024/1687)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main Holding GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: C. Schalast, H. Löschan and Y. Salamati, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Meessen and C. Zois, acting as Agents, and F. Haus, L. Rundel and F. Schmidt, lawyers)

Interveners in support of the defendant: E.ON SE (Essen, Germany) (represented by: C. Grave, C. Barth and D.-J. dos Santos Goncalves, lawyers), RWE AG (Essen) (represented by: U. Scholz, J. Ziebarth and J. Siegmund, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision C(2019) 6530 final of 17 September 2019 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement (Case M.8870 — E.ON/Innogy).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action as inadmissible;










2.


Orders Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main Holding GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission, E.ON SE and RWE AG.






(1)  
            OJ C 138, 19.4.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1687/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)