do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-301/23: Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 – Vía Atlántica Adegas e Viñedos v EUIPO – Casa Relvas (VIA ATLÁNTICA)
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, alcoholic beverage, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202402765EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2765


29.4.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 – Vía Atlántica Adegas e Viñedos v EUIPO – Casa Relvas (VIA ATLÁNTICA)


(Case T-301/23)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark VIA ATLÁNTICA - Earlier EU figurative mark ATLÂNTICO - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2024/2765)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Vía Atlántica Adegas e Viñedos, SL (Chantada, Spain) (represented by: E. Manresa Medina, 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: Casa Relvas Lda (Redondo, Portugal)

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 10 March 2023 (Case R 1419/2022-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Vía Atlántica Adegas e Viñedos, SL and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 252, 17.7.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2765/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 5 March 2024
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202401630EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1630


6.3.2024






Euro exchange rates (1)


            5 March 2024
         
(C/2024/1630)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0849 




JPY


Japanese yen


163,01 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4542 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85543 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,2803 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9609 




ISK


Iceland króna


149,10 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,4750 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,353 




HUF


Hungarian forint


395,75 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3248 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9718 




TRY


Turkish lira


34,3474 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6709 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4747 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,4873 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7847 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4578 




KRW


South Korean won


1 447,98 




ZAR


South African rand


20,5862 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8104 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 079,69 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,1370 




PHP


Philippine peso


60,727 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


38,861 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,3713 




MXN


Mexican peso


18,3924 




INR


Indian rupee


89,9525 






(1)  
            Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1630/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-180/24, Santander Consumer Bank: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Poznaniu (Poland) lodged on 6 March 2024 – Santander Consumer Bank S.A. v EN
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: consumer credit, consumer protection, interest, life assurance, unfair terms of contract








C_202403590EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3590


17.6.2024






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Poznaniu (Poland) lodged on 6 March 2024 – Santander Consumer Bank S.A. v EN


(Case C-180/24, Santander Consumer Bank)

(C/2024/3590)
Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Sąd Okręgowy w Poznaniu

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Santander Consumer Bank S.A.

Defendant: EN

Question referred

Must Article 3(j) of Directive 2008/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 on credit agreements for consumers and repealing Council Directive 87/102/EEC (1) be interpreted as precluding the practice of including in consumer credit agreements terms the content of which was not agreed individually between the parties and which provide for interest to be charged on the entire amount of credit extended to the consumer, including not only the amount disbursed to the consumer, but also amounts allocated to cover the costs of the credit granted (including, as in the circumstances of the present case, the lender’s commission or life insurance and assistance premiums)?


(1)  
            OJ 2008 L 133, p. 66.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3590/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Notice for the attention of persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP and Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Democratic Republic of the Congo, EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








C_202402109EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2109


6.3.2024






Notice for the attention of persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP and Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(C/2024/2109)

The following information is brought to the attention of Meddie NKALUBO, Willy NGOMA, William YAKUTUMBA, Michel RUKUNDA, Ahmad Mahmood HASSAN, and Apollinaire HAKIZIMANA, persons appearing in Annex II to Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP (1) and Annex Ia to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 (2) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On 20 February 2024, the United Nations Security Council Committee established pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1533 (2004) added the six above-mentioned persons to the list of individuals and entities subject to restrictive measures. The narratives underlying those listings are available at: Security Council 1533 Sanctions Committee Adds Six Entries to Its Sanctions List | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases, APOLLINAIRE HAKIZIMANA | United Nations Security Council, AHMAD MAHMOOD HASSAN | United Nations Security Council, MICHEL RUKUNDA | United Nations Security Council, WILLIAM AMURI YAKUTUMBA | United Nations Security Council, WILLY NGOMA | United Nations Security Council, MOHAMED ALI NKALUBO | United Nations Security Council.
In view of the above, the Council envisages including the six above-mentioned persons in the lists of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex I to Decision 2010/788/CFSP and in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005, and deleting the corresponding entries from Annex II to Decision 2010/788/CFSP and from Annex Ia to Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005.
Any observations that the persons concerned would wish to present should be submitted by 20 March 2024 to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




RELEX.1




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu


(1)  
            OJ L 336, 21.12.2010, p. 30.

(2)  
            OJ L 193, 23.7.2005, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2109/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2454 of 14 December 2022 laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to supervisory reporting of risk concentrations and intra-group transactions (OJ L 324, 19.12.2022)
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: European Commission, Secretariat-General
Subjects: company law, conglomerate, credit institution, exchange of information, financial control, financial solvency, group of companies, insurance company, investment company, technical standard








L_202490151EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series L













2022/2454


6.3.2024






Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2454 of 14 December 2022 laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to supervisory reporting of risk concentrations and intra-group transactions

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 324 of 19 December 2022
)








(1)


On page 79, in Annex II, Part II, point 1.2, in the instructions provided for Line C, FC0010 on insurance/reinsurance transactions:




for:

                  ‘
                  “FC0010” shall be equal to the sum of the amounts declared under “FC0160” in sheet “FC.04 Insurance-reinsurance” where:






—


the entity under “FC0020” has been identified as “insurance sector”; and










—


the entity under “FC0050” has been identified as “bank sector” or “investment services sector”
                        ’.




read:

                  ‘
                  “FC0010” shall be equal to the sum of the amounts declared under “FC0160” in sheet “FC.04 Insurance-reinsurance” where:






—


the entity under “FC0050” has been identified as “insurance sector”; and










—


the entity under “FC0020” has been identified as “bank sector” or “investment services sector”
                        ’.










(2)


On page 79, in Annex II, Part II, point 1.2, in the instructions provided for Line C, FC0030 on insurance/reinsurance transactions:




for:

                  ‘
                  “FC0030” shall be equal to the sum of the amounts declared under “FC0160” in sheet ‘FC.04 Insurance-reinsurance” where:






—


the entity under “FC0020” has been identified as “insurance sector”; and










—


the entity under “FC0050” has been identified as “other undertaking of the group”
                        ’.




read:

                  ‘
                  “FC0030” shall be equal to the sum of the amounts declared under “FC0160” in sheet “FC.04 Insurance-reinsurance” where:






—


the entity under “FC0050” has been identified as “insurance sector”; and










—


the entity under “FC0020” has been identified as “other undertaking of the group”
                        ’.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2022/2454/corrigendum/2024-03-06/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11442 – LANTMÄNNEN / HKSCAN SWEDEN)
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Sweden, agricultural cooperative, association, economic concentration, livestock, meat, meat processing industry, meat product, merger control, value chain








C_202402240EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2240


19.3.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11442 – LANTMÄNNEN / HKSCAN SWEDEN)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/2240)

On 6 March 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 32024M11442. 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/2024/2240/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-796/22: Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 - Drinks Prod v EUIPO - Coolike-Regnery (VIVIASEPT)
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, decontamination, household article, polishing and scouring preparations, registered trade mark, toiletries, trade-mark law








C_202402760EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2760


29.4.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 - Drinks Prod v EUIPO - Coolike-Regnery (VIVIASEPT)


(Case T-796/22)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark VIVIASEPT - Earlier EU word mark VIBASEPT - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2024/2760)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Drinks Prod SRL (Păntășești, Romania) (represented by: I. Speciac and V. Stănese, 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: Coolike-Regnery GmbH (Bensheim, Germany) (represented by: M. Finke and T. Becker, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under 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 29 September 2022 (Case R 488/2022-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Drinks Prod SRL, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Coolike-Regnery GmbH each to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 54, 13.2.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2760/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.110312Text with EEA relevance.
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Austria, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid








C_202401973EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1973


6.3.2024






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.110312
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/1973)







Date of adoption of the decision


20.12.2023




Aid number


SA.110312




Member State


Austria




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


TCTF — Austria — Energy cost subsidy for enterprises I and II — Fourth amendment to SA.104439 (2022/N) (as previously amended by SA.106615 (2023/N), SA.107960 (2023/N) and SA.109223 (2023/N)) and amendment to SA.109337 (2023/N)




Legal basis








a)


for both schemes, the Federal Law on an Energy Cost Subsidy for Energy Intensive Enterprises (Enterprises-Energy Cost Subsidy Law (Bundesgesetz über einen Energiekostenzuschuss für energieintensive Unternehmen (Unternehmens-Energiekostenzuschussgesetz) (UEZG, BGBl. I. No 117/2022), as amended; and b) for each of the schemes respectively: i) the Guidelines of the Federal Minister for Labour and Economy in agreement with the Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology and Federal Minister for Finance (Energiekostenzuschuss für Unternehmen — Richtlinie des Bundesministers für Arbeit und Wirtschaft im Einvernehmen mit der Bundesministerin für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie und Bundesminister für Finanzen), as amended and ii) the Guidelines of the Federal Minister for Labour and Economy in agreement with the Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology and Federal Minister for Finance (Energiekostenzuschuss für Unternehmen II — Richtlinie des Bundesministers für Arbeit und Wirtschaft im Einvernehmen mit der Bundesministerin für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie und Bundesminister für Finanzen), as amended.








Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


 




Intensity


 




Duration


29.11.2022 — 30.6.2024




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Wirtschaft




Stubenring 1, 1010 Wien








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/2024/1973/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Cases T-59/23 and T-68/23: Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 - DEC Technologies v EUIPO – Tehnoexport (DEC FLEXIBLE TECHNOLOGIES and Representation of a square with curves)
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, air conditioning, heating, metal product, registered trade mark, thermal insulation, trade-mark law, tube








C_202402761EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2761


29.4.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 - DEC Technologies v EUIPO – Tehnoexport (DEC FLEXIBLE TECHNOLOGIES and Representation of a square with curves)


(Cases T-59/23 and T-68/23)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark DEC FLEXIBLE TECHNOLOGIES and EU figurative mark representing a square with curves - Absolute ground for invalidity - Bad faith - Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2024/2761)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: DEC Technologies BV (Enschede, Netherlands) (represented by: R. Brtka and M. Witzmann, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: C. Bovar and E. Markakis, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Tehnoexport d.o.o. Inđija (Inđija, Serbia) (represented by: C. Schumacher, lawyer)

Re:

By its actions under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decisions of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 6 December 2022 (Case R 2009/2021-5) and of 30 November 2022 (Case R 2012/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Joins Cases T-59/23 and T-68/23 for the purposes of the judgment;










2.


Dismisses the actions;










3.


Orders DEC Technologies BV to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 112, 27.3.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2761/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-652/22: Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 - Lidl Stiftung v EUIPO - MHCS (Shade of the colour orange)
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, champagne, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202402759EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2759


29.4.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 - Lidl Stiftung v EUIPO - MHCS (Shade of the colour orange)


(Case T-652/22)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU trade mark consisting in a shade of orange - Absolute ground for invalidity - Graphic representation that is sufficiently clear and precise - Article 4 and Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 4 and Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Distinctive character acquired through use - Article 7(1)(b) and (3) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001))
(C/2024/2759)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Neckarsulm, Germany) (represented by: M. Kefferpütz, K. Wagner and A. Wrage, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: MHCS (Épernay, France) (represented by: O. Vrins, B. Raus and N. Clarembeaux, lawyers)

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 16 August 2022 (Case R 118/2022-4).

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 16 August 2022 (Case R 118/2022-4);










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders EUIPO, in addition to bearing its own costs, to pay those incurred by Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG, including those incurred before the Board of Appeal;










4.


Declares that MHCS is to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 472, 12.12.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2759/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-259/22: Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 – Mostovdrev v Council
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Belarus, EU restrictive measure, Russia, Ukraine, economic sanctions, equal treatment, fundamental rights, international sanctions, legal person, rights of the defence, territorial dispute








C_202402756EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2756


29.4.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 – Mostovdrev v Council


(Case T-259/22)
                (1)

(Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Belarus - Prohibitions on the import, purchase and transport of products as well as on the provision of services in the sector for wood products originating from Belarus - Obligation to state reasons - Equal treatment - Misuse of powers - Proportionality - Right to property - Freedom to conduct a business)
(C/2024/2756)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: AAT Mostovdrev (Mosty, Belarus) (represented by: N. Tuominen and L. Engelen, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: E. Rebasti and A. Boggio-Tomasaz, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Carpus Carcea and J. Norris, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment, first, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/356 of 2 March 2022 amending Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus (OJ 2022 L 67, p. 103), and second, of Council Regulation (EU) 2022/355 of 2 March 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus (OJ 2022 L 67, p. 1), in so far as they concern the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders AAT Mostovdrev to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by the Council of the European Union;










3.


Declares that the European Commission shall bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 257, 4.7.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2756/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)