do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-192/23: Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2024 – Peikko Group v EUIPO – Anstar (Shape of metal beams for construction) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Three-dimensional EU trade mark – Shape of metal beams for construction – Absolute ground for invalidity – Sign consisting exclusively of the shape of the product necessary to obtain a technical result – Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Lack of essential non-functional characteristics)
Date: 2024-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, building materials, metal product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202404724EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/4724


5.8.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2024 – Peikko Group v EUIPO – Anstar (Shape of metal beams for construction)


(Case T-192/23)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Three-dimensional EU trade mark - Shape of metal beams for construction - Absolute ground for invalidity - Sign consisting exclusively of the shape of the product necessary to obtain a technical result - Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Lack of essential non-functional characteristics)
(C/2024/4724)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Peikko Group Oy (Lahti, Finland) (represented by: M. Müller and A. Fottner, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Anstar Oy (Villähde, Finland) (represented by: J. Kajaste and S. Kurki, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 7 February 2023 (Case R 2180/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Peikko Group Oy to pay its own costs as well as those incurred by Anstar Oy for the purposes of the proceedings before the General Court;










3.


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






(1)  
            OJ C 189, 30.5.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4724/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 25 June 2024
Date: 2024-06-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202403707EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3707


26.6.2024






Euro exchange rates (1)


            25 June 2024
         
(C/2024/3707)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0714 




JPY


Japanese yen


170,84 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4594 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84465 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,2255 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9575 




ISK


Iceland króna


149,10 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,3265 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,819 




HUF


Hungarian forint


396,00 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2995 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9770 




TRY


Turkish lira


35,3160 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6109 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4650 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,3652 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7498 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4499 




KRW


South Korean won


1 491,03 




ZAR


South African rand


19,4537 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7811 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 559,71 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,0404 




PHP


Philippine peso


62,966 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


39,272 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,8015 




MXN


Mexican peso


19,3338 




INR


Indian rupee


89,3855 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3707/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-260/23: Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2024 – Volvo Personvagnar v EUIPO (Shape of headlights) (EU trade mark – Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark – Shape of headlights – Absolute ground for refusal – Distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2024-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, lighting equipment, motor vehicle industry, registered trade mark, signalling device, trade-mark law








C_202404725EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/4725


5.8.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2024 – Volvo Personvagnar v EUIPO (Shape of headlights)


(Case T-260/23)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark - Shape of headlights - Absolute ground for refusal - Distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2024/4725)
Language of the case: Swedish

Parties


Applicant: Volvo Personvagnar AB (Gothenburg, Sweden) (represented by: H.-A. Odh and E. Esaiasson, lawyers)

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

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and alteration of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 9 March 2023 (Case R 1129/2022-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Finds that it is not necessary to adjudicate on the claim put forward by Volvo Personvagnar AB in respect of the confidential treatment of Annexes A.1 and A.3 to the application;










2.


Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 9 March 2023 (R 1129/2022-5);










3.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










4.


Orders EUIPO to pay the costs, including those incurred for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal.






(1)  
            OJ C 296, 21.8.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4725/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11549 – EFMS / PERMIRA / UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA)
Date: 2024-06-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Portugal, Spain, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, postgraduate education, private education, provision of services, university








C_202404376EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/4376


5.7.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11549 – EFMS / PERMIRA / UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/4376)

On 26 June 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 32024M11549. 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/2024/4376/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-595/23: Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2024 – beckberg v EUIPO (Shape of a hatching chick) (European Union trade mark – Application for the EU figurative mark representing a hatching chick – Absolute ground for refusal – Lack of distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2024-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, electronic equipment, lighting equipment, registered trade mark, toy industry, trade-mark law








C_202405797EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/5797


7.10.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2024 – beckberg v EUIPO


(Shape of a hatching chick)


(Case T-595/23)
                (1)

(European Union trade mark - Application for the EU figurative mark representing a hatching chick - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2024/5797)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: beckberg GmbH (Nuremberg, Germany) (represented by: M. Krogmann, lawyer)

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

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and reversal of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 18 July 2023 (Case R 41/2023-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders each party to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C C/2023/672, 13.11.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5797/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-448/24, British American Tobacco Belgium and Nicoventures Holdings: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Belgium) lodged on 26 June 2024 – British American Tobacco Belgium NV, Nicoventures Holdings Ltd v Belgische Staat
Date: 2024-06-26
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: market approval, smoking, tobacco industry








C_202405606EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/5606


30.9.2024






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Belgium) lodged on 26 June 2024 – British American Tobacco Belgium NV, Nicoventures Holdings Ltd v Belgische Staat


(Case C-448/24, British American Tobacco Belgium and Nicoventures Holdings)

(C/2024/5606)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Raad van State

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: British American Tobacco Belgium NV, Nicoventures Holdings Ltd

Defendant: Belgische Staat

Question referred

Is Article 20(3)(c) of Directive (EU) 2014/40, (1) read in conjunction with Article 7(6) of the same Directive, to be interpreted as requiring Member States to prohibit, with regard to the placing on the market of electronic cigarettes and refill containers, nicotine-containing liquid from containing additives that facilitate inhalation or nicotine uptake, as provided for in Article 7(6)(d), even if the electronic cigarette does not produce combustion or smoke?


(1)  Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC (OJ 2014 L 127, p. 1).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5606/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.111720
Date: 2024-06-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Sardinia, State aid, air transport, carriage of passengers, control of State aid








C_202403988EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3988


26.6.2024






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.111720
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/3988)








Date of adoption of the decision


3.6.2024




Aid number


SA.111720




Member State


Italy




Region


Sardegna




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Aiuti per l’avviamento di nuove rotte aeree da/verso gli aeroporti della regione Sardegna




Legal basis


Legge regionale 23 ottobre 2023, n. 9, art. 136, ‘Norme in materia di aiuti per il potenziamento del traffico aereo della Sardegna’; deliberazione n. 44/14 della Giunta della Regione Sardegna del 14 dicembre 2023




Type of measure


Scheme


 




Objective


Start-up aid to airlines for the development of new routes, Regional development (including territorial cooperation)




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 30 000 000  EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


 




Economic sectors


Passenger air transport




Name and address of the granting authority







Regione Autonoma della Sardegna- Assessorato dei Trasporti - Servizio per il trasporto marittimo e aereo e della continuità territoriale




Via XXIX Novembre 1847 n.41








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/2024/3988/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-453/24, Hadenov: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski gradski sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 26 June 2024 – Criminal proceedings against BC
Date: 2024-06-26
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: appeal, fine, impunity, judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU, rights of the defence








C_202405310EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/5310


9.9.2024






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski gradski sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 26 June 2024 – Criminal proceedings against BC


(Case C-453/24, Hadenov)
                (1)

(C/2024/5310)
Language of the case: Bulgarian

Referring court

Sofiyski gradski sad

Person subject to a sanction:

BC

Other party to the main proceedings:

Sofiyska gradska prokuratura

Questions referred

Can the obligation relating to recognition under Article 6 of Framework Decision 2005/214, (2) the power to consult under Article 7(3) of that decision, and the principle of preventing impunity, be interpreted as conferring on the executing authority, where it has established that there is an optional ground for refusal under Article 7(2)(g)(i) of that decision, the power to:






1.


consult the issuing authority in accordance with Article 7(3) of the Framework Decision to determine whether the penalised person has a current possibility of raising an objection to the decision imposing a financial penalty;










2.


if the answer is in the affirmative, serve the decision imposing a financial penalty on the penalised person and inform him or her of the right to object;










3.


await the outcome of any objection and take it into account in its decision as to the merits [?]






(1)  The name of the present case is a fictitious name. It does not correspond to the real name of any party to the proceedings.

(2)  Council Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA of 24 February 2005 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financial penalties (OJ 2005 L 76, p. 16).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5310/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006)
Date: 2024-06-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, chromium, health control, health risk, market approval, marketing standard, metal coating, motor vehicle industry, oxide








C_202403859EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3859


26.6.2024






Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)


(Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006
                (1)
)


(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/3859)


Decision granting an authorisation














Reference of the decision
 (2)




Date of decision




Substance name




Holder of the authorisation




Authorisation number




Authorised use




Date of expiry of review period




Reasons for the decision





C(2024) 3976


19 June 2024


chromium trioxide (EC No 215-607-8; CAS No 1333-82-0)


MAHLE – Componentes de Motores, S.A., Pragstr. 26-46, 70376 Stuttgart, Germany


REACH/24/16/0


Chromium-trioxide-based functional chrome plating of piston rings for automotive applications


13 May 2029


In accordance with Article 60(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the socio-economic benefits outweigh the risk to human health and the environment from the use of the substance and there are no suitable alternative substances or technologies.






(1)  
            OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(2)  The decision is available on the European Commission website at: Authorisation (europa.eu)



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3859/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.58825
Date: 2024-06-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Finland, State aid, carriage of passengers, control of State aid, maritime transport








C_202403984EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3984


26.6.2024






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.58825
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/3984)








Date of adoption of the decision


29.5.2024




Aid number


SA.58825




Member State


Finland




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


COVID-19 Damage compensation to passenger car ferry companies




Legal basis


Act on the Measures Necessary to Secure Security of Supply (1390/1992) (FI: Laki huoltovarmuuden turvaamisesta) Section 6 paragraph 1 subparagraph 3; Act on State Subsidies (FI: valtionavustuslaki) (688/2001)




Type of measure


Scheme


 




Objective


Compensation of damage caused by natural disasters or exceptional occurrences




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 30 300 000  EUR
Annual budget: 0 EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


Until 31.12.2024




Economic sectors


Sea and coastal passenger water transport




Name and address of the granting authority


National Emergency Supply Agency
Aleksanterinkatu 48 A, FI-00100 Helsinki, Finland




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/2024/3984/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-305/23: Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2024 – Fest v Parliament (Law governing the institutions – Member of Parliament – Privileges and immunities – Decision to waive parliamentary immunity – Articles 8 and 9 of Protocol No 7 on the privileges and immunities of the EU – Concept of connection to parliamentary duties – Manifest error of assessment)
Date: 2024-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Member of the European Parliament, criminal procedure, parliamentary immunity








C_202404858EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/4858


12.8.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2024 – Fest v Parliament


(Case T-305/23)
                (1)

(Law governing the institutions - Member of Parliament - Privileges and immunities - Decision to waive parliamentary immunity - Articles 8 and 9 of Protocol No 7 on the privileges and immunities of the EU - Concept of ‘connection to parliamentary duties’ - Manifest error of assessment)
(C/2024/4858)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Nicolaus Fest (Zagreb, Croatia) (represented by: G. Seidel, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: N. Lorenz and A.-M. Dumbrăvan, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of European Parliament Decision P9_TA(2023)0061, of 14 March 2023, on the request to waive his immunity.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Mr Nicolaus Fest to bear his own costs and pay those incurred by the European Parliament.






(1)  
            OJ C 286, 14.8.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4858/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)