do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-44/25 P: Appeal brought on 23 January 2025 by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) delivered on 13 November 2024 in Case T-524/23, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma v EUIPO
Date: 2025-01-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, pharmaceutical product, registered trade mark, respiratory disease, trade-mark law








C_202505808EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/5808


10.11.2025






Appeal brought on 23 January 2025 by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) delivered on 13 November 2024 in Case T-524/23, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma v EUIPO


(Case C-44/25 P)

(C/2025/5808)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG (represented by: I. Fowler, abogada, C. Stöber, Rechtsanwältin)

Other party to the proceedings: European Union Intellectual Property Office
By order of 1 October 2025, The Court of Justice (Chamber determining whether appeals may proceed) held that the appeal was not allowed to proceed and that Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG shall bear its own costs.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5808/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-93/23 P: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 23 January 2025 – European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) v Neoperl AG (Appeal – EU trade mark – Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Article 4 – Signs of which an EU trade mark may consist – Application for registration of a tactile position mark representing a cylindrical sanitary insert – Article 7 – Absolute grounds for refusal – Obligation to examine at the outset the ground for refusal laid down in Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 – None – Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 72(3) – Power of the General Court to alter the decision of the Board of Appeal – Limits)
Date: 2025-01-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, plumbing equipment, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202501511EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1511


17.3.2025






Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 23 January 2025 – European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) v Neoperl AG


(Case C-93/23 P)
                (1)

(Appeal - EU trade mark - Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 4 - Signs of which an EU trade mark may consist - Application for registration of a tactile position mark representing a cylindrical sanitary insert - Article 7 - Absolute grounds for refusal - Obligation to examine at the outset the ground for refusal laid down in Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 - None - Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Article 72(3) - Power of the General Court to alter the decision of the Board of Appeal - Limits)
(C/2025/1511)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: D. Hanf, T. Klee and E. Markakis, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings: Neoperl AG (represented by: C. Mertzlufft-Paufler, M. Nielen and C. Schrempp, Rechtsanwälte)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 7 December 2022, Neoperl v EUIPO (Representation of a cylindrical sanitary insert) (T-487/21, EU:T:2022:780);










2.


Refers Case T-487/21 back to the General Court of the European Union;










3.


Reserves the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 296, 21.8.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1511/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11592 – ROQUETTE / IFF PHARMA SOLUTIONS BUSINESS)
Date: 2025-01-23
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, economic concentration, merger control, pharmaceutical industry, plastics industry








C_202500598EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/598


23.1.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11592 – ROQUETTE / IFF PHARMA SOLUTIONS BUSINESS)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/598)


1.   
On 14 January 2025, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


Roquette Frères S.A. (‘Roquette’, France),










—


The Pharma Solutions Business and some product lines of the Nourish Business (the ‘Target Business’) of International Flavors and Fragances Inc. (‘IFF’, United States).




Roquette will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the Target Business from IFF.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:






—


Roquette is active in the production and sale of plant-based ingredients, excipients, and plant proteins for various applications,










—


The Target Business focuses mainly on the production and sale of a range of cellulosics and other types of plant-based pharmaceutical excipients.






3.   

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.



4.   
The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:
M.11592 – ROQUETTE / IFF PHARMA SOLUTIONS BUSINESS
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email or by post. Please use the contact details below:
Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Postal 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/2025/598/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2025-01-23
Institutions: Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission
Subjects: China, Indonesia, Taiwan, anti-dumping duty, import (EU), originating product, sheet, steel








C_202500462EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/462


23.1.2025






Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
(C/2025/462)


1.   

As provided for in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union (1), the Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.


2.   Procedure

Union producers may submit a written request for an expiry review. This request must contain sufficient evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury. Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of the exporting country and Union producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify, rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.
3.   Time limit

Union producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Unit G-1), CHAR 4/39, 1049 Brussels, Belgium (2) at any time from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date mentioned in the table below.








4.


This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036.









Product


Country(ies) of origin or exportation


Measures


Reference


Date of expiry (3)





Certain hot rolled stainless steel sheets and coils


Indonesia
The People’s Republic of China
Taiwan


Anti-dumping duty


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1408 of 6 October 2020 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain hot rolled stainless steel sheets and coils originating in Indonesia, the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan (OJ L 325, 7.10.2020, p. 26)


8.10.2025










(1)  
            OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/1036/2020-08-11.

(2)  
            TRADE-Defence-Complaints@ec.europa.eu.

(3)  The measure expires at midnight (00:00) of the day mentioned in this column.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/462/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-43/25: Action brought on 23 January 2025 – Puma v EUIPO – Ningbo Gongfang Commercial Management (Representation of two separate stripes that merge into one)
Date: 2025-01-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, footwear industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202501554EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1554


17.3.2025






Action brought on 23 January 2025 – Puma v EUIPO – Ningbo Gongfang Commercial Management (Representation of two separate stripes that merge into one)


(Case T-43/25)

(C/2025/1554)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Puma SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany) (represented by: M. Schunke and P. Trieb, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Ningbo Gongfang Commercial Management Co. Ltd (Ningbo, China)

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: European Union figurative mark (Representation of two separate stripes that merge into one) – Application for registration No 18 766 236
         

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 November 2024 in Case R 275/2024-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs, including those incurred before the Board of Appeal.





Plea in law







—


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/2025/1554/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-44/25: Action brought on 23 January 2025 – Wyrębski v EUIPO – Gagatek-Woźniak and Others (BLUE BRAND CHICKEN)
Date: 2025-01-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, frozen product, meat, poultry, preserved product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202501452EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1452


10.3.2025






Action brought on 23 January 2025 – Wyrębski v EUIPO – Gagatek-Woźniak and Others (BLUE BRAND CHICKEN)


(Case T-44/25)

(C/2025/1452)
Language in which the application was lodged: Polish

Parties


Applicant: Grzegorz Wyrębski (Wróblew, Poland) (represented by: A. Skup, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Anna Gagatek-Woźniak (Wieluń, Poland), Artur Woźniak (Wieluń), Jolanta Piesik (Wieluń)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark ‘BLUE BRAND CHICKEN’ – EU trade mark No 13 071 378

Proceedings before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 November 2024 in Case R 1166/2020-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


alter the contested decision: by dismissing the appeal against the decision of EUIPO’s Cancellation Division of 16 April 2020, No 19 904 C, by confirming the invalidity of the trade mark ‘BLUE BRAND CHICKEN’ in its entirety and by ordering the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the applicant the costs of the proceedings before EUIPO’s Board of Appeal;










—


order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the costs of the proceedings before the General Court.




In the alternative, the applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the costs of the proceedings before the General Court.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 72(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 52(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009;










—


Infringement of the obligation to state reasons, stemming from Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1452/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11808 – PERMIRA / BASICNET / K-WAY)
Date: 2025-01-23
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: clothing industry, economic concentration, electronic commerce, footwear industry, investment company, merger control, provision of services, retail trade, wholesale trade








C_202500674EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/674


28.1.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11808 – PERMIRA / BASICNET / K-WAY)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/674)

On 23 January 2025, 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 32025M11808. 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/2025/674/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-42/25, Liceul Tehnologic Anghel Saligny: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Constanța (Romania) lodged on 23 January 2025 – Liceul Tehnologic Anghel Saligny v Sindicatul Învățământ Preuniversitar Tulcea
Date: 2025-01-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: allowances and expenses, case-law, case-law (EU), disciplinary proceedings, judge, paid leave, primacy of EU law








C_202502357EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2357


28.4.2025






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Constanța (Romania) lodged on 23 January 2025 – Liceul Tehnologic ‘Anghel Saligny’ v Sindicatul Învățământ Preuniversitar Tulcea


(Case C-42/25, Liceul Tehnologic ‘Anghel Saligny’)

(C/2025/2357)
Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Curtea de Apel Constanța

Parties to the main proceedings


Defendant at first instance and appellant on appeal: Liceul Tehnologic ‘Anghel Saligny’
         

Applicant at first instance and respondent on appeal: Sindicatul Învățământ Preuniversitar Tulcea

Questions referred







1.


Is Article 7 of Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time (1) to be interpreted as precluding national legislation, as interpreted by the supreme court of a Member State by means of a decision which is binding on the national courts, which excludes from the calculation of the allowance payable by the employer during the period of annual leave a salary income which is paid on a permanent monthly basis together with the salary and which, although labelled ‘meal allowance’, may be used by the employee in any way, and the granting of that allowance is not conditional on the employee providing proof that those sums have been used for the purchase of food or providing proof of the use to which the sums received have been put?










2.


If so, is the principle of the primacy of EU law to be interpreted as precluding national legislation or a national practice pursuant to which ordinary national courts are bound by decisions of the supreme court handing down a decision interpreting the law for the purpose of unifying judicial practice by applying European Union law, where that interpretation is contrary to the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, in circumstances where judges may incur disciplinary liability under national rules if they fail to comply with that category of decisions, or does it preclude the disciplinary liability of judges from being triggered in such cases?






(1)  
            OJ 2003 L 299, p. 9.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2357/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 22 January 2025
Date: 2025-01-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202500024EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/24


23.1.2025






Euro exchange rates (1)


            22 January 2025
         
(C/2025/24)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0443 




JPY


Japanese yen


162,72 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4612 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84466 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,4670 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9449 




ISK


Iceland króna


146,50 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,7525 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,139 




HUF


Hungarian forint


411,08 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2300 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9768 




TRY


Turkish lira


37,2312 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6603 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4972 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,1322 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8387 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4126 




KRW


South Korean won


1 496,01 




ZAR


South African rand


19,2877 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,5892 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 928,83 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6330 




PHP


Philippine peso


61,003 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


35,334 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,2738 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,4707 




INR


Indian rupee


90,2090 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/24/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-41/25, Orsay: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 23 January 2025 – HX as administrator in the insolvency proceedings regarding the assets of Orsay GmbH v Skarb Państwa, Naczelnik II Urzędu Skarbowego Warszawa-Śródmieście
Date: 2025-01-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: financial solvency, judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU, jurisdiction, private international law








C_202502356EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2356


28.4.2025






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 23 January 2025 – HX as administrator in the insolvency proceedings regarding the assets of Orsay GmbH v Skarb Państwa, Naczelnik II Urzędu Skarbowego Warszawa-Śródmieście


(Case C-41/25, Orsay)

(C/2025/2356)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: HX as administrator in the insolvency proceedings regarding the assets of Orsay GmbH

Defendant: Skarb Państwa, Naczelnik II Urzędu Skarbowego Warszawa-Śródmieście

Question referred

Must Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (1) be interpreted as meaning that, in view of the recognition of foreign insolvency proceedings, it contains an implied waiver by the Member States of the European Union of the principle of State immunity for actions in which the insolvency administrator, in accordance with the applicable insolvency law, claims that legal acts in relation to a Member State are voidable because they are to the detriment of the general body of creditors?


(1)  
            OJ 2015 L 141, p. 19.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2356/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-45/25: Action brought on 23 January 2025 – Wyrębski v EUIPO – Gagatek-Woźniak and Others (RED BRAND CHICKEN)
Date: 2025-01-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, frozen product, meat, poultry, preserved product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202501453EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1453


10.3.2025






Action brought on 23 January 2025 – Wyrębski v EUIPO – Gagatek-Woźniak and Others (RED BRAND CHICKEN)


(Case T-45/25)

(C/2025/1453)
Language in which the application was lodged: Polish

Parties


Applicant: Grzegorz Wyrębski (Wróblew, Poland) (represented by: A. Skup, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Anna Gagatek-Woźniak (Wieluń, Poland), Artur Woźniak (Wieluń), Jolanta Piesik (Wieluń)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark ‘RED BRAND CHICKEN’ – EU trade mark No 13 068 861

Proceedings before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 November 2024 in Case R 1165/2020-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


alter the contested decision: by dismissing the appeal against the decision of EUIPO’s Cancellation Division of 16 April 2020, No 19 891 C, by confirming the invalidity of the trade mark ‘RED BRAND CHICKEN’ in its entirety and by ordering the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the applicant the costs of the proceedings before EUIPO’s Board of Appeal;










—


order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the costs of the proceedings before the General Court.




In the alternative, the applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the costs of the proceedings before the General Court.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 72(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 52(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) 207/2009;










—


Infringement of the obligation to state reasons, stemming from Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1453/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)