do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-554/22: Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – Carmeuse Holding v Commission (Environment – Directive 2003/87/EC – Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading – Transitional rules for the harmonised free allocation of emission allowances for the 2021-2030 period – Changes to Romania’s national allocation table for the 2021-2025 period – Transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances to installations producing quicklime – Obligation to state reasons – Right to be heard – Principle of good administration – Error of law – Manifest error of assessment – Equal treatment – Legal certainty – Legitimate expectations)
Date: 2024-12-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU Emissions Trading Scheme, Romania, equal treatment, greenhouse gas, industrial pollution, oxide, principle of legal certainty, reduction of gas emissions, rights of the defence, tradeable emission permit








C_202500718EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/718


10.2.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – Carmeuse Holding v Commission


(Case T-554/22)
                (1)

(Environment - Directive 2003/87/EC - Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading - Transitional rules for the harmonised free allocation of emission allowances for the 2021-2030 period - Changes to Romania’s national allocation table for the 2021-2025 period - Transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances to installations producing quicklime - Obligation to state reasons - Right to be heard - Principle of good administration - Error of law - Manifest error of assessment - Equal treatment - Legal certainty - Legitimate expectations)
(C/2025/718)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Carmeuse Holding SRL (Brașov, Romania) (represented by: S. Olaru, R. Savin and M. Vasile, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Wils and B. De Meester, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant asks the Court to annul the Commission Decision of 21 April 2022 instructing the Central Administrator of the European Union Transaction Log to enter changes to the national allocation tables of Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden into the European Union Transaction Log (OJ 2022 C 236, p. 5), in so far as that decision concerns it.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Carmeuse Holding SRL to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.






(1)  
            OJ C 418, 31.10.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/718/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-440/22: Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – UIV Servizi v REA (Arbitration clause – Grant agreement concerning the project TTD.EU (European Quality Wines: Taste the Difference) – Information provision and promotion measures concerning agricultural products implemented in the internal market and in third countries – Suspension of the grant agreement – Suspicion of fraud in the context of a criminal investigation relating to another grant agreement – Contractual liability)
Date: 2024-12-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU aid, agricultural product, damages, indemnification, project funding, sales promotion, single market, third country, wine








C_202500717EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/717


10.2.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – UIV Servizi v REA


(Case T-440/22)
                (1)

(Arbitration clause - Grant agreement concerning the project TTD.EU (‘European Quality Wines: Taste the Difference’) - Information provision and promotion measures concerning agricultural products implemented in the internal market and in third countries - Suspension of the grant agreement - Suspicion of fraud in the context of a criminal investigation relating to another grant agreement - Contractual liability)
(C/2025/717)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Unione Italiana Vini Servizi Soc. coop. arl (UIV Servizi) (Milan, Italy) (represented by: B. Bonafini, D. Rovetta and V. Villante, lawyers)

Defendant: European Research Executive Agency (represented by: S. Payan-Lagrou and V. Canetti, acting as Agents, and by D. Waelbroeck and A. Duron, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 272 TFEU, the applicant asks the General Court (i) to declare invalid the decision of the European Research Executive Agency (REA) to suspend Grant Agreement No 874904 concerning the project entitled ‘European Quality Wines: Taste the Difference – TTD.EU’, contained in the REA’s letter of 2 May 2022, (ii) to order the REA to lift the suspension of that grant agreement, and (iii) to order the REA to pay it compensation for the pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage which it claims to have suffered as a result.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares invalid the decision of the European Research Executive Agency (REA) to suspend Grant Agreement No 874904 concerning the project entitled ‘European Quality Wines: Taste the Difference – TTD.EU’ contained in the letter of the REA dated 2 May 2022;










2.


Declares that there is no longer any need to adjudicate on the second head of claim requesting that the REA be ordered to lift the suspension of Grant Agreement No 874904 concerning the project entitled ‘European Quality Wines: Taste the Difference – TTD.EU’;










3.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










4.


Orders the REA to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 359, 19.9.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/717/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Update with effect from 1 July 2024 of the rate of contribution to the pension scheme of officials and other servants of the European Union
Date: 2024-12-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Human Resources and Security, European Commission
Subjects: European official, pension scheme, servant (EU), social-security contribution








C_202407382EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/7382


11.12.2024






Update with effect from 1 July 2024 of the rate of contribution to the pension scheme of officials and other servants of the European Union (1)

(C/2024/7382)

The rate of the contribution referred to in Article 83(2) of the Staff Regulations shall be 12,1 %, with effect from 1 July 2024.


(1)  Eurostat Report on the 2024 actuarial assessment of the Pension Scheme for European Officials of 19 September 2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/7382/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-179/23: Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – FFPE, Council section v Council (Law governing the institutions – Agreement concluded between the Council and trade union or professional organisations for the implementation of Article 10c of the Staff Regulations – Procedure for verifying the criteria for the recognition and representativeness of trade union or professional organisations – Note providing information about the outcome of the verification procedure – Obligation to state reasons – Principle of good administration – Principle of performance in good faith – Freedom of association)
Date: 2024-12-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: freedom of association, maladministration, professional association, staff regulations (EU), trade union, trade union freedom








C_202500721EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/721


10.2.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – FFPE, Council section v Council


(Case T-179/23)
                (1)

(Law governing the institutions - Agreement concluded between the Council and trade union or professional organisations for the implementation of Article 10c of the Staff Regulations - Procedure for verifying the criteria for the recognition and representativeness of trade union or professional organisations - Note providing information about the outcome of the verification procedure - Obligation to state reasons - Principle of good administration - Principle of performance in good faith - Freedom of association)
(C/2025/721)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Council section of the European Civil Service Federation (FFPE, Council section) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: A. Champetier and S. Rodrigues, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer and I. Demoulin, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action, the applicant seeks, first, on the basis of Article 263 TFEU, the annulment of the note of the Council of the European Union of 3 April 2023 on the outcome of the second verification procedure concerning it, in so far as that note suspends the rights conferred on it as a representative trade union or professional organisation and, second, on the basis of Article 268 TFEU, compensation for the non-material damage allegedly suffered by virtue of that fact.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the Council section of European Civil Service Federation (FFPE, Council section) to pay the costs, including those relating to the proceedings for interim measures.






(1)  
            OJ C 179, 22.5.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/721/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-447/23: Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – Blue Underwriting Agency v EUIPO – Blue Assistance (blue is underwriting) (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark blue is underwriting – Earlier national figurative mark BLUE ASSISTANCE – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2024-12-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, insurance, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202500723EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/723


10.2.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – Blue Underwriting Agency v EUIPO – Blue Assistance (blue is underwriting)


(Case T-447/23)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark blue is underwriting - Earlier national figurative mark BLUE ASSISTANCE - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2025/723)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Blue Underwriting Agency Srl (Milan, Italy) (represented by: M. Pappalardo and D. De Pasquale, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Blue Assistance SpA (Turin, Italy) (represented by: L. Egitto and N. Berardi, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and the alteration of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 2 June 2023 (Case R 612/2022-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Blue Underwriting Agency Srl to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 329, 18.9.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/723/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-1150/23: Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – Apoio XXI – Centro de Apoio Psico-Pedagógico v EUDA (Public supply contracts – Tendering procedure – Coordination and provision of interpreting services – Most economically advantageous tender – Rejection of a tenderer’s bid – Award of the contract to another tenderer – Technical and professional capacity – Minimum capacity level – Selection criteria – Minimum requirements – Comparability of tenders – Price – Quality – Award criteria)
Date: 2024-12-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: award of contract, interpreting, provision of services, public procurement, services contract, tendering








C_202500725EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/725


10.2.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – Apoio XXI – Centro de Apoio Psico-Pedagógico v EUDA


(Case T-1150/23)
                (1)

(Public supply contracts - Tendering procedure - Coordination and provision of interpreting services - Most economically advantageous tender - Rejection of a tenderer’s bid - Award of the contract to another tenderer - Technical and professional capacity - Minimum capacity level - Selection criteria - Minimum requirements - Comparability of tenders - Price - Quality - Award criteria)
(C/2025/725)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties


Applicant: Apoio XXI – Centro de Apoio Psico-Pedagógico Lda (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal) (represented by: R. Rocha, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Drugs Agency (represented by: D. Storti and F. Pereyra, acting as Agents, and by N. Salazar Casanova, T. Faria, G. Neves Lima and A. Choon, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks, in essence, the annulment of the decision of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) of 2 October 2023 awarding the public contract following the tender procedure FC.23.EXO.0010.2.0 ‘Coordination and provision of interpreting services to the EMCDDA’ (lots 1 and 2) to another tenderer and, consequently, either the exclusion of the tender ranked first and the award of the contract to the applicant, or a declaration that the EMCDDA is required to provide the applicant with the information and evidence which it has sought.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) of 2 October 2023 awarding the public contract following the tender procedure FC.23.EXO.0010.2.0 ‘Coordination and provision of interpreting services to the EMCDDA’ (lots 1 and 2) to another tenderer;










2.


The action is dismissed as to the remainder;










3.


Orders the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C C/2024/1420, 19.2.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/725/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-672/22: Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – López-Ibor Aliño v EUIPO – Dimensión Estratégica Quality Research (LOPEZ-IBOR ABOGADOS) (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU figurative mark LOPEZ-IBOR ABOGADOS – Earlier EU word mark ESTUDIO JURIDICO INTERNACIONAL LOPEZ-IBOR MAYOR & ASOCIADOS – Relative ground for refusal – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Likelihood of confusion – Genuine use of the earlier mark)
Date: 2024-12-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, accounting, consultancy, economic analysis, financial analysis, lawyer, legal aid, publishing, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202500719EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/719


10.2.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – López-Ibor Aliño v EUIPO – Dimensión Estratégica Quality Research (LOPEZ-IBOR ABOGADOS)


(Case T-672/22)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark LOPEZ-IBOR ABOGADOS - Earlier EU word mark ESTUDIO JURIDICO INTERNACIONAL LOPEZ-IBOR MAYOR & ASOCIADOS - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Likelihood of confusion - Genuine use of the earlier mark)
(C/2025/719)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Alfonso López-Ibor Aliño (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: A. Vela Ballesteros and C. Fernández-Vega Feijóo, lawyers)

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: Dimensión Estratégica Quality Research, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: M. Vicario Trinidad and E. García Coso, lawyers)

Re:

By his action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks, in essence, the annulment and alteration of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 6 September 2022 (Case R 500/2022-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismiss the action;










2.


Orders Alfonso López-Ibor Aliño to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by Dimensión Estratégica Quality Research, SL;










3.


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






(1)  
            OJ C 7, 9.1.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/719/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-157/24: Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – Meica v EUIPO – Lénárd (CHIPSY KINGS) (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU word mark CHIPSY KINGS – International registration of the earlier word mark Curry King – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Examination of the facts of EUIPO’s own motion – Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)
Date: 2024-12-11
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_202500731EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/731


10.2.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – Meica v EUIPO – Lénárd (CHIPSY KINGS)


(Case T-157/24)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark CHIPSY KINGS - International registration of the earlier word mark Curry King - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Examination of the facts of EUIPO’s own motion - Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)
(C/2025/731)
Language of the case: English

Parties


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

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 22 January 2024 (Case R 376/2023-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Meica Ammerländische Fleischwarenfabrik Fritz Meinen GmbH & Co. KG and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C C/2024/2961, 6.5.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/731/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.103774
Date: 2024-12-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, State aid, chemical industry, control of State aid








C_202407411EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/7411


11.12.2024






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.103774
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/7411)








Date of adoption of the decision


3.10.2022




Aid number


SA.103774




Member State


Germany




Region


RHEINHESSEN-PFALZ




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Project Hy4Chem-El - BASF SE




Legal basis


Bundeshaushaltsordnung; Project was selected within Bekanntmachung des Interessensbekundungsverfahrens zur geplanten Förderung im Bereich Wasserstofftechnologien und -systeme




Type of measure


Ad Hoc Case


BASF SE




Objective


Environmental protection




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 134 000 000  EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


3.10.2022 - 31.12.2025




Economic sectors


Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products




Name and address of the granting authority







Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz




11019 Berlin








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/2024/7411/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)