do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-603/22: Judgment of the General Court of 24 January 2024 — Agus v EUIPO — Alpen Food Group (ROYAL MILK) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU figurative mark ROYAL MILK — Genuine use of the mark — Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Proof of genuine use ‘in respect of some of the goods or services’ — Article 58(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Determination of an independent subcategory of goods)
Date: 2024-01-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, milk product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202402159EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2159


25.3.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 24 January 2024 — Agus v EUIPO — Alpen Food Group (ROYAL MILK)
(Case T-603/22) (1)

(EU trade mark - Revocation proceedings - EU figurative mark ROYAL MILK - Genuine use of the mark - Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Proof of genuine use ‘in respect of some of the goods or services’ - Article 58(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Determination of an independent subcategory of goods)
(C/2024/2159)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Agus sp. z o.o. (Warsaw, Poland) (represented by: B. Wojtkowska, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Alpen Food Group BV (Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands) (represented by: A. Tsoutsanis, lawyer)

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 11 July 2022 (Case R 2056/2021-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Agus sp. z o.o. to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 441, 21.11.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2159/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-371/21: Judgment of the General Court of 24 January 2024 — WV v EEAS (Civil service — Officials — Disciplinary proceedings — Disciplinary penalty — Removal from post without reduction of entitlement to a pension — Obligation to state reasons — Error of assessment — Proportionality — Liability)
Date: 2024-01-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, disciplinary proceedings, dismissal, indemnification, pension scheme, principle of proportionality








C_202402149EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2149


25.3.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 24 January 2024 — WV v EEAS
(Case T-371/21) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Disciplinary proceedings - Disciplinary penalty - Removal from post without reduction of entitlement to a pension - Obligation to state reasons - Error of assessment - Proportionality - Liability)
(C/2024/2149)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: WV (represented by: É. Boigelot and B. Garzón Real, lawyers)

Defendant: European External Action Service (represented by: R. Spáč, S. Marquardt and A. Ireland, acting as Agents, and by M. Troncoso Ferrer, F.-M. Hislaire and L. Lence de Frutos, lawyers)

Re:

By her action under Article 270 TFEU, the applicant seeks (i) the annulment of the decision of the European External Action Service (EEAS) of 26 August 2020 by which it imposed on her the penalty of removal from post without a reduction of pension rights, and (ii) compensation for the harm which she allegedly suffered as a result of that decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders WV to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 422, 18.10.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2149/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-202/22: Judgment of the General Court of 24 January 2024 — TA Towers v EUIPO — Wobben Properties (Building materials) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing building materials — Ground for invalidity — Failure to comply with the requirements for protection — Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — No individual character — Article 6 of Regulation No 6/2002)
Date: 2024-01-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: building materials, designs and models








C_202402154EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2154


25.3.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 24 January 2024 — TA Towers v EUIPO — Wobben Properties (Building materials)
(Case T-202/22) (1)

(Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing building materials - Ground for invalidity - Failure to comply with the requirements for protection - Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 - No individual character - Article 6 of Regulation No 6/2002)
(C/2024/2154)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: TA Towers ApS (Odense, Denmark) (represented by: L. Andersen, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Wobben Properties GmbH (Aurich, Germany) (represented by R.F. Böhm and A. Ebert-Weidenfeller, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 11 February 2022 (Case R 2493/2020-3).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 11 February 2022 (Case R 2493/2020-3);










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders EUIPO and Wobben Properties GmbH to bear their own costs and each to pay half of the costs incurred by TA Towers ApS before the Court and before the Board of Appeal.






(1)  
            OJ C 222, 7.6.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2154/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11375 – BLACKSTONE / VISTA / ENERGY EXEMPLAR)
Date: 2024-01-24
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, energy market, investment company, merger control, software








C_202401286EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1286


1.2.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11375 – BLACKSTONE / VISTA / ENERGY EXEMPLAR)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/1286)

On 24 January 2024, 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 32024M11375. 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/2024/1286/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-727/22: Order of the General Court of 24 January 2024 — Odeon Cinemas Holdings v EUIPO — Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (OSCAR)
Date: 2024-01-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cultural event, cultural prize, film industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202402065EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2065


18.3.2024





Order of the General Court of 24 January 2024 — Odeon Cinemas Holdings v EUIPO — Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (OSCAR)
(Case T-727/22) (1)

(C/2024/2065)
Language of the case: English
The President of the First Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C 24, 23.1.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2065/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-488/18 RENV: Order of the General Court of 24 January 2024 — XC v Commission
Date: 2024-01-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EPSO, access to EU information, administrator, competition (EU), confidentiality, disclosure of information, discrimination based on disability, recruitment, staff regulations (EU)








C_202402058EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2058


18.3.2024





Order of the General Court of 24 January 2024 — XC v Commission
(Case T-488/18 RENV) (1)

(C/2024/2058)
Language of the case: Italian
The President of the Fifth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C 270, 12.8.2019.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2058/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-409/21: Judgment of the General Court of 24 January 2024 — Germany v Commission (State aid — Aid granted by certain provisions of the amended German Law on combined heat and power generation — Reform of the arrangements for support for cogeneration — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Concept of ‘State aid’ — State resources)
Date: 2024-01-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, electrical energy, energy production, heating








C_202402151EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2151


25.3.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 24 January 2024 — Germany v Commission
(Case T-409/21) (1)

(State aid - Aid granted by certain provisions of the amended German Law on combined heat and power generation - Reform of the arrangements for support for cogeneration - Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market - Concept of ‘State aid’ - State resources)
(C/2024/2151)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: J. Möller and R. Kanitz, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouchagiar, C. Kovács and C.-M. Carrega, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the Federal Republic of Germany seeks annulment of Commission Decision C(2021) 3918 final of 3 June 2021 concerning State Aid SA.56826 (2020/N) — Germany — 2020 reform of support for cogeneration and State Aid SA.53308 (2019/N) — Germany — Change of support to existing CHP plants (Paragraph 13 of the Gesetz zur Neuregelung des Kraft-Wärme-Kopplungsgesetzes (Law reforming the Law on Combined Heat and Power Generation) of 21 December 2015 (BGBl. 2015 I, p. 2498)), whereby the Commission found that various measures to support the production of electricity by combined heat and power plants constitute State aid.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Commission Decision C(2021) 3918 final of 3 June 2021 concerning State Aid SA.56826 (2020/N) — Germany — 2020 reform of support for cogeneration and State Aid SA.53308 (2019/N) — Germany — Change of support to existing CHP plants (Paragraph 13 of the Gesetz zur Neuregelung des Kraft-Wärme-Kopplungsgesetzes (Law reforming the Law on Combined Heat and Power Generation) of 21 December 2015 (BGBl. 2015 I, p. 2498));










2.


Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 368, 13.9.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2151/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.104686Text with EEA relevance.
Date: 2024-01-24
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, State aid, air conditioning, control of State aid, electricity supply, energy supply, gas supply, regions of the Czech Republic








C_202401024EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1024


24.1.2024






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.104686
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/1024)







Date of adoption of the decision


31.10.2023




Aid number


SA.104686




Member State


Czechia




Region


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




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Support for biomethane




Legal basis


Act No. 382/2021 Coll., amending Act No. 165/2012 Coll., on supported energy sources and on amendment to certain laws, as amended, and other related laws.




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Environmental protection, Renewable energy




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 56 800 842 000  CZK
Annual budget: 2 840 042 000  CZK




Intensity


 




Duration


1.1.2023 — 31.12.2025




Economic sectors


Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply




Name and address of the granting authority







OTE, a. s. (Czech electricity and gas market operator)




Sokolovská 192/79, 18600 Praha 8








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/2024/1024/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-537/22: Judgment of the General Court of 24 January 2024 — Delta Sport Handelskontor v EUIPO Lego (Building block from a toy building set) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered community design representing a building block from a toy building set — Ground for invalidity — Non-compliance with requirements for protection — Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Features of appearance of a product solely dictated by its technical function — Features of appearance of a product to be necessarily reproduced in their exact form and dimensions in order to permit the interconnection with other products — Designs whose purpose is to allow multiple assembly or connection of mutually interchangeable products within a modular system — Article 8(1) to (3) of Regulation No 6/2002)
Date: 2024-01-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, toy industry








C_202402155EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2155


25.3.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 24 January 2024 — Delta Sport Handelskontor v EUIPO Lego (Building block from a toy building set)
(Case T-537/22) (1)

(Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered community design representing a building block from a toy building set - Ground for invalidity - Non-compliance with requirements for protection - Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 - Features of appearance of a product solely dictated by its technical function - Features of appearance of a product to be necessarily reproduced in their exact form and dimensions in order to permit the interconnection with other products - Designs whose purpose is to allow multiple assembly or connection of mutually interchangeable products within a modular system - Article 8(1) to (3) of Regulation No 6/2002)
(C/2024/2155)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Delta Sport Handelskontor GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: C. Klawitter and L.-E. Appel, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Lego A/S (Billund, Denmark) (represented by: V. von Bomhard and J. Fuhrmann, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 30 May 2022 (Case R 1524/2021-3).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Delta Sport Handelskontor GmbH to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 418, 31.10.22.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2155/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Initiation of proceedings (Case M.11109 – IAG / AIR EUROPA)
Date: 2024-01-24
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: air transport, carriage of goods, carriage of passengers, economic concentration, holding company, merger control, multinational enterprise, provision of services, subsidiary








C_202401219EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1219


30.1.2024






Initiation of proceedings
(Case M.11109 – IAG / AIR EUROPA)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/1219)

On 24 January 2024, the Commission decided to initiate proceedings in the above-mentioned case after finding that the notified concentration raises serious doubts as to its compatibility with the internal market. The initiation of proceedings opens a second phase investigation with regard to the notified concentration, and is without prejudice to the final decision on the case. The decision is based on Article 6(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their observations on the proposed concentration to the Commission.
In order to be fully taken into account in the procedure, observations should reach the Commission not later than 15 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.11109 – IAG / AIR EUROPA, to the following 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’).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1219/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-55/23: Judgment of the General Court of 24 January 2024 — Tiendanimal v EUIPO — Salvana Tiernahrung (SALVAJE) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark SALVAJE — Earlier national word mark SALVANA — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001)
Date: 2024-01-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, animal feedingstuffs, animal welfare, registered trade mark, retail trade, trade-mark law, wholesale trade








C_202402162EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2162


25.3.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 24 January 2024 — Tiendanimal v EUIPO — Salvana Tiernahrung (SALVAJE)
(Case T-55/23) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark SALVAJE - Earlier national word mark SALVANA - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001)
(C/2024/2162)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Tiendanimal Comercio Electronico de Articulos para Mascotas, S.L, (Malaga, Spain) (represented by: S. Correa Rodríguez, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: P. Villani and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Salvana Tiernahrung GmbH, (Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop, Germany) (represented by K. Wagner and M. Kefferpütz, lawyers)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 7 November 2022 (Case R 2192/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Tiendanimal Comercio Electronico de Articulos para Mascotas, S.L, in addition to bearing its own costs, to pay those incurred by Salvana Tiernahrung GmbH;










3.


Declares that the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shall bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 112, 27.3.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2162/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-602/22: Judgment of the General Court of 24 January 2024 — Veritas v Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Document disclosed in the context of an EU Pilot procedure concerning the repayment of VAT — Document originating from a Member State — Refusal to grant access — Prior agreement of the Member State — Exception relating to the protection of court proceedings — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2024-01-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Italy, VAT, access to EU information, judicial proceedings, tax rebate








C_202402158EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2158


25.3.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 24 January 2024 — Veritas v Commission
(Case T-602/22) (1)

(Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Document disclosed in the context of an EU Pilot procedure concerning the repayment of VAT - Document originating from a Member State - Refusal to grant access - Prior agreement of the Member State - Exception relating to the protection of court proceedings - Obligation to state reasons)
(C/2024/2158)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Veneziana Energia Risorse Idriche Territorio Ambiente Servizi SpA (Veritas) (Venice, Italy) (represented by: A. Pasqualin, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A.-C. Simon and A. Spina, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, and by S. Fiorentino, avvocato dello Stato)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision C(2022) 5221 final of 15 July 2022 refusing to grant it access to the letter sent on 17 October 2019 from the Italian authorities in EU Pilot procedure 9456/19/TAXUD concerning the repayment of value added tax (VAT) unduly paid on the Italian Environmental Hygiene Tax (tariffa di igiene ambientale, established by Article 49 of decreto legislativo n. 22 (Legislative Decree No 22) of 5 February 1997).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Veneziana Energia Risorse Idriche Territorio Ambiente Servizi SpA (Veritas) to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;










3.


Orders the Italian Republic to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 432, 14.11.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2158/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)