do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee – Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 2003/17/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in the Republic of Moldova on fodder plant seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of fodder plant seed produced in the Republic of Moldova, and as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in Ukraine on beet seed-producing crops and oil plant seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of beet seed and oil plant seed produced in Ukraine – Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (codification)
Date: 2024-03-20
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: Moldova, Ukraine, agricultural policy, crop production, fodder plant, import (EU), oleaginous plant, quality standard, root crop, seed








C_202403386EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3386


31.5.2024







Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee


Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 2003/17/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in the Republic of Moldova on fodder plant seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of fodder plant seed produced in the Republic of Moldova, and as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in Ukraine on beet seed-producing crops and oil plant seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of beet seed and oil plant seed produced in Ukraine



(COM(2024) 52 final – 2024/0027 (COD))



Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (codification)



(COM(2024) 53 final – 2024/0030 (COD))


(C/2024/3386)







Referral


Council, 15.2.2024 and 12.3.2024
European Parliament, 26.2.2024




Legal basis


Articles 43(2) and 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment




Adopted at plenary


20.3.2024




Plenary session No


586




Outcome of vote


 




(for/against/abstentions)


198/5/6




Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the content of the proposal and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.


Brussels, 20 March 2024.


The President


of the European Economic and Social Committee

Oliver RÖPKE
               





ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3386/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Cases T-334/23 to T-337/23: Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2024 – Nehera and Others v EUIPO – Zdút (nehera, NEHERA and NEHERA PRAGUE)
Date: 2024-03-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, animal skin, clock and watch industry, clothing, footwear industry, jewellery and goldsmith's articles, leather, registered trade mark, textile product, trade-mark law








C_202402950EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2950


6.5.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2024 – Nehera and Others v EUIPO – Zdút (nehera, NEHERA and NEHERA PRAGUE)


(Cases T-334/23 to T-337/23)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative and word marks nehera, NEHERA and NEHERA PRAGUE - Absolute ground for invalidity - No bad faith - Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
(C/2024/2950)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Isabel Nehera (Sutton, Ontario, Canada), Natacha Sehnal (Montferrier-sur-Lez, France), Jean-Henri Nehera (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada) (represented by: W. Woll, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Ladislav Zdút (Bratislava, Slovakia) (represented by: Y. Echevarría García, lawyer)

Re:

By their actions under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of the decisions of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 17 April 2023 (Cases R 1216/2020-4 to R 1219/2020-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Joins Cases T-334/23 to T-337/23 for the purposes of the judgment;










2.


Dismisses the actions;










3.


Orders Ms Isabel Nehera, Ms Natacha Sehnal and Mr Jean-Henri Nehera to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by Mr Ladislav Zdút before the General Court;










4.


Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 286, 14.8.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2950/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-245/23: Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2024 – Braunschweiger Versorgungs v EUIPO – B.F. Energy (BF energy)
Date: 2024-03-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, agro-industry, crop production, energy production, engine, fuel, heating, registered trade mark, solar energy, trade-mark law








C_202402949EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2949


6.5.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2024 – Braunschweiger Versorgungs v EUIPO – B.F. Energy (BF energy)


(Case T-245/23)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark BF energy - Earlier national word mark BS Energy - Earlier EU trade mark and national figurative marks BS ENERGY - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2024/2949)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Braunschweiger Versorgungs AG & Co. KG (Brunswick, Germany) (represented by: C. Drzymalla, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: B.F. Energy Srl (Rome, Italy)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks, in particular, the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 17 February 2023 (Case R 1646/2022-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 235, 3.7.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2949/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-394/21: Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2024 – Bayerische Landesbank v SRB
Date: 2024-03-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU banking union, bank, bank resolution, discretionary power, equal treatment, financing method, financing plan, judicial review, principle of proportionality, right to an effective remedy








C_202402943EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2943


6.5.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2024 – Bayerische Landesbank v SRB


(Case T-394/21)
                (1)

(Economic and monetary union - Banking union - Single Resolution Mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms (SRM) - Single Resolution Fund (SRF) - Decision of the SRB on the calculation of the 2021 ex ante contributions - Duty to state reasons - Effective judicial protection - Equal treatment - Principle of proportionality - SRB’s discretion - Plea of illegality - Commission’s discretion - Limitation of the temporal effects of the judgment)
(C/2024/2943)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Bayerische Landesbank (Munich, Germany) (represented by: H. Berger, M. Weber and D. Schoo, lawyers)

Defendant: Single Resolution Board (represented by: J. Kerlin, T. Wittenberg and D. Ceran, acting as Agents, and by H.-G. Kamann, F. Louis, P. Gey and L. Hesse, lawyers)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Triantafyllou and A. Steiblytė, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Decision SRB/ES/2021/22 of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) of 14 April 2021 on the calculation of the 2021 ex ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund, in so far as that decision concerns it.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Decision SRB/ES/2021/22 of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) of 14 April 2021 on the calculation of the 2021 ex ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund, in so far as it concerns Bayerische Landesbank;










2.


Maintains the effects of Decision SRB/ES/2021/22, in so far as it concerns Bayerische Landesbank, until the entry into force, within a reasonable period which cannot exceed six months from the date of delivery of the present judgment, of a new decision of the SRB fixing the ex ante contribution to the Single Resolution Fund of that institution for the 2021 contribution period;










3.


Orders the SRB to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Bayerische Landesbank;










4.


Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 349, 30.8.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2943/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11397 – OJI / WALKI)
Date: 2024-03-20
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: cellulose, economic concentration, glass fibre, merger control, packaging, pulp and paper industry








C_202402372EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2372


26.3.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11397 – OJI / WALKI)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/2372)

On 20 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 32024M11397. 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/2024/2372/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-213/23: Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2024 - EFFAS v EUIPO - CFA Institute (CEFA Certified European Financial Analyst)
Date: 2024-03-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, accounting, banking, electronic publishing, financial analysis, insurance, registered trade mark, teaching materials, trade-mark law, traineeship








C_202402948EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2948


6.5.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2024 - EFFAS v EUIPO - CFA Institute (CEFA Certified European Financial Analyst)


(Case T-213/23)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark CEFA Certified European Financial Analyst - Earlier EU word mark CFA - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Coexistence of the marks)
(C/2024/2948)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: European Federation of Financial Analysts’ Societies (EFFAS) (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: E. Manresa Medina, 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: CFA Institute (Charlottesville, Virginia, United States) (represented by: W. May, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 21 February 2023 (Case R 1418/2022-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 21 February 2023 (Case R 1418/2022-1);










2.


Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by European Federation of Financial Analysts’ Societies (EFFAS);










3.


Orders CFA Institute to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 216, 19.6.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2948/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
CHIPSY KINGS: Action brought on 20 March 2024 – Meica v EUIPO – Lénárd
Date: 2024-03-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cereal product, foodstuff, fruit product, prepared foodstuff, registered trade mark, retail trade, trade-mark law, vegetable product, wholesale trade








C_202402961EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2961


6.5.2024






Action brought on 20 March 2024 – Meica v EUIPO – Lénárd


(CHIPSY KINGS)


(Case T-157/24)

(C/2024/2961)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Meica Ammerländische Fleischwarenfabrik Fritz Meinen GmbH & Co. KG (Edewecht, Germany) (represented by: S. Russlies, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: András Lénárd (Sîncrăieni, Romania)

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 word mark CHIPSY KINGS – Application for registration No 18 416 564
         

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 January 2024 in Case R 376/2023-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should annul the contested decision in so far as it dismissed the appeal against the decision of the Opposition Division of 1 February 2023 relating to the EU trade mark application “CHIPSY KING” in regard of the following goods and services:






a)


“French fries; Potato fritters; Vegetable-based chips; Potato sticks; Cassava chips; Soy chips; Purple sweet potato chips; Kale chips; Potato snacks; Vegetable chips; Potato flakes; Potato crisps in the form of snack foods; Potato crisps; Potato-based snack foods; Hash browns; Waffle fries; Low-fat potato crisps; Yucca chips” in Class 29;










b)


“Whole wheat crisps; Grain-based chips; Crispbread snacks; Extruded wheat snacks; Vegetable flavoured corn chips; Tortilla chips; Rice crisps; Snack foods made from corn; Snack food products made from potato flour; Wonton chips; Flour based chips; Puffed cheese balls [corn snacks]; Crisps made of cereals; Seaweed flavoured corn chips; Taco chips; Corn chips” in Class 30;










c)


“Retail services relating to food; Retail services via global computer networks related to foodstuffs; Mail order retail services related to food- stuffs; Retail services in relation to foodstuffs; Presentation of goods on communication media, for retail purposes; Retail services via catalogues related to foodstuffs” in Class 35.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


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






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2961/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-391/21: Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2024 – Deutsche Kreditbank v SRB
Date: 2024-03-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU banking union, bank, bank resolution, discretionary power, equal treatment, financing method, financing plan, judicial review, principle of proportionality, right to an effective remedy








C_202402941EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2941


6.5.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2024 – Deutsche Kreditbank v SRB


(Case T-391/21)
                (1)

(Economic and monetary union - Banking union - Single Resolution Mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms (SRM) - Single Resolution Fund (SRF) - Decision of the SRB on the calculation of the 2021 ex ante contributions - Duty to state reasons - Effective judicial protection - Equal treatment - Principle of proportionality - SRB’s discretion - Plea of illegality - Commission’s discretion - Limitation of the temporal effects of the judgment)
(C/2024/2941)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Deutsche Kreditbank AG (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: H. Berger, M. Weber and D. Schoo, lawyers)

Defendant: Single Resolution Board (represented by: J. Kerlin, T. Wittenberg and D. Ceran, acting as Agents, and by H.-G. Kamann, F. Louis, P. Gey and L. Hesse, lawyers)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Triantafyllou and A. Steiblytė, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Decision SRB/ES/2021/22 of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) of 14 April 2021 on the calculation of the 2021 ex ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund, in so far as that decision concerns it.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Decision SRB/ES/2021/22 of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) of 14 April 2021 on the calculation of the 2021 ex ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund, in so far as it concerns Deutsche Kreditbank AG;










2.


Maintains the effects of Decision SRB/ES/2021/22, in so far as it concerns Deutsche Kreditbank AG, until the entry into force, within a reasonable period which cannot exceed six months from the date of delivery of the present judgment, of a new decision of the SRB fixing the ex ante contribution to the Single Resolution Fund of that institution for the 2021 contribution period;










3.


Orders the SRB to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Deutsche Kreditbank AG;










4.


Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 349, 30.8.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2941/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee – Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1173 as regards an EuroHPC initiative for start-ups to boost European leadership in trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
Date: 2024-03-20
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: European Joint Undertaking, European undertaking, artificial intelligence, computer, computer system, data processing, high-performance computing, innovation, new technology, scientific cooperation








C_202403384EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3384


31.5.2024







Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee


Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1173 as regards an EuroHPC initiative for start-ups to boost European leadership in trustworthy Artificial Intelligence



(COM(2024) 29 final/2 - 2024/0016 (NLE))


(C/2024/3384)







Referral


Council of the European Union, 14.2.2024




Legal basis


Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


Single Market, Production and Consumption




Adopted at plenary


20.3.2024




Plenary session No


586




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


205/0/3




Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the proposal and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it has decided to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.


Brussels, 20 March 2024.


The President


of the European Economic and Social Committee

Oliver RÖPKE
               





ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3384/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-1025/23: Order of the General Court of 20 March 2024 – AC v Commission
Date: 2024-03-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Anti-fraud Office, administrator, competition (EU), equal treatment, job vacancy, recruitment, staff regulations (EU)








C_202403088EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3088


13.5.2024






Order of the General Court of 20 March 2024 – AC v Commission


(Case T-1025/23)
                (1)

(C/2024/3088)
Language of the case: English
The President of the Tenth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C, C/2024/422, 3.1.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3088/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)