do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-103/24: Order of the General Court of 19 February 2025 – Qx World v EUIPO – Mandelay (EDUCTOR) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark EDUCTOR – Earlier non-registered mark EDUCTOR – Relative ground for invalidity – Article 53(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 60(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Article 8(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(3) of Regulation 2017/1001) – Infringement of essential procedural requirements – Principle of functional continuity – Article 72(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Error of law – Criteria for assessing the well-known character of a mark – Article 6bis of the Paris Convention – Distortion of the clear sense of the evidence produced – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
Date: 2025-02-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, hairdressing and beauty care, health service, measuring equipment, medical device, registered trade mark, scientific apparatus, teaching materials, trade-mark law, veterinary medicine








C_202502546EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2546


12.5.2025






Order of the General Court of 19 February 2025 – Qx World v EUIPO – Mandelay (EDUCTOR)


(Case T-103/24)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark EDUCTOR - Earlier non-registered mark EDUCTOR - Relative ground for invalidity - Article 53(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 60(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Article 8(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(3) of Regulation 2017/1001) - Infringement of essential procedural requirements - Principle of functional continuity - Article 72(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Error of law - Criteria for assessing the well-known character of a mark - Article 6bis of the Paris Convention - Distortion of the clear sense of the evidence produced - Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
(C/2025/2546)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Qx World Kft. (Budapest, Hungary) (represented by: Á. László and A. Cserny, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Mandelay Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. (Mandelay Kft.) (Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary) (represented by: V. Łuszcz, C. Sár and É. Ulviczki, 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 20 December 2023 (Case R 9/2022-4).

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


QX World Kft. is to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Mandelay Kft.










3.


The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) is to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C C/2024/2635, 22.4.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2546/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-121/25: Action brought on 19 February 2025 – Gharbi v Commission
Date: 2025-02-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European civil service, Luxembourg, equal treatment, pay, payment, social assistance, working conditions








C_202501903EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1903


7.4.2025






Action brought on 19 February 2025 – Gharbi v Commission


(Case T-121/25)

(C/2025/1903)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Asma Gharbi (Steinfort, Luxembourg) (represented by: L. Levi and S. Rodrigues, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


declare the present action admissible and well-founded;










—


annul the contested decision, and where necessary, the implied decision to reject the complaint previously lodged against the contested decision;










—


order the defendant to pay all the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action seeking the annulment of the salary slip for May 2024 in so far as it does not include a social assistance payment provided for by Commission’s Decision C(2015) 4907 final of 22 July 2015 on a payment of social assistance to some Commission staff members employed in Luxembourg, the applicant relies on four pleas in law:






1.


First plea in law, alleging infringement of Decision C(2015) 4907 final of 22 July 2015 and a manifest error of assessment;










2.


Second plea in law, based on a breach of the principle of equal treatment;










3.


Third plea in law, based on a breach of the fundamental right to dignity in working conditions.










4.


Fourth plea in law, based on a breach of the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1903/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-102/24: Order of the General Court of 19 February 2025 – Qx World v EUIPO – Mandelay (EDUCTOR) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark EDUCTOR – Earlier non-registered mark EDUCTOR – Relative ground for invalidity – Article 53(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 60(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Article 8(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(3) of Regulation 2017/1001) – Infringement of essential procedural requirements – Principle of functional continuity – Article 72(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Error of law – Criteria for assessing the well-known character of a mark – Article 6bis of the Paris Convention – Distortion of the clear sense of the evidence produced – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
Date: 2025-02-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, health service, medical device, medical diagnosis, registered trade mark, therapeutics, trade-mark law, veterinary medicine








C_202502545EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2545


12.5.2025






Order of the General Court of 19 February 2025 – Qx World v EUIPO – Mandelay (EDUCTOR)


(Case T-102/24)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark EDUCTOR - Earlier non-registered mark EDUCTOR - Relative ground for invalidity - Article 53(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 60(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Article 8(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(3) of Regulation 2017/1001) - Infringement of essential procedural requirements - Principle of functional continuity - Article 72(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Error of law - Criteria for assessing the well-known character of a mark - Article 6bis of the Paris Convention - Distortion of the clear sense of the evidence produced - Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
(C/2025/2545)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Qx World Kft. (Budapest, Hungary) (represented by: Á. László and A. Cserny, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Mandelay Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. (Mandelay Kft.) (Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary) (represented by: V. Łuszcz, C. Sár and É. Ulviczki, 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 20 December 2023 (Case R 8/2022-4).

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


QX World Kft. is to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Mandelay Kft.










3.


The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) is to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C C/2024/2634, 22.4.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2545/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11821 – SEGRO / PSPIB / REAL ESTATE ASSETS)
Date: 2025-02-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Netherlands, economic concentration, industrial building, investment company, logistics, merger control, ownership, property leasing, storage








C_202501381EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1381


25.2.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11821 – SEGRO / PSPIB / REAL ESTATE ASSETS)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/1381)

On 19 February 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 32025M11821. 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/2025/1381/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Notice amending the Rules of Procedure and Code of Conduct for members of the European Economic and Social Committee (May 2022) (OJ L 149, 31.5.2022)
Date: 2025-02-19
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: institutional activity, operation of the Institutions, professional ethics




L_202500347EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
L series













2025/347


19.2.2025






Notice amending the Rules of Procedure and Code of Conduct for members of the European Economic and Social Committee (May 2022)

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 149 of 31 May 2022
)


On page 51, Article 11, first paragraph:
for:


‘1.    Any person, member or employee, can submit a complaint to the ethical committee concerning the behaviour of a member.’,


read:


‘1.   Any person, member or employee, can submit a complaint to the ethical committee concerning the behaviour of a member (see Addendum).’.


The following Addendum is added to the act:



‘
                              
ADDENDUM



DECISION ADOPTED BY THE BUREAU


on 22 October 2024 following a request for interpretation of Article 11(1) of Part III of the Code of Conduct

In compliance with Rule 12(8) of the European Economic and Social Committee Rules of Procedure, the Bureau agreed on the following interpretation of Article 11(1) of Part III of the Code of Conduct: the Ethical Committee could receive complaints only from European Economic and Social Committee members and employees.


                  ’
               


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/proc_rules/2025/347/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 18 February 2025
Date: 2025-02-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202500792EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/792


19.2.2025






Euro exchange rates (1)


            18 February 2025
         
(C/2025/792)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0447 




JPY


Japanese yen


158,55 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4582 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,83025 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,2115 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9425 




ISK


Iceland króna


146,70 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,6590 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,098 




HUF


Hungarian forint


401,54 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1660 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9773 




TRY


Turkish lira


37,8958 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6466 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4844 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,1235 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8338 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4036 




KRW


South Korean won


1 506,32 




ZAR


South African rand


19,2608 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,6056 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 067,58 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6442 




PHP


Philippine peso


60,846 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


35,222 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,9576 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,1919 




INR


Indian rupee


90,8500 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/792/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-120/25: Action brought on 19 February 2025 – Corning v EUIPO – BCH Brühl (Pyrex)
Date: 2025-02-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, chemical product, electric cable, fire protection, registered trade mark, textile product, trade-mark law








C_202501902EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1902


7.4.2025






Action brought on 19 February 2025 – Corning v EUIPO – BCH Brühl (Pyrex)


(Case T-120/25)

(C/2025/1902)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Corning Inc. (Corning, New York, United States) (represented by: R. de Beer, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: BCH Brühl – Chemikalien Handel GmbH (Brühl, Germany)

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 trade mark Pyrex – Application for registration No 18 224 729
         

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 December 2024 in Case R 193/2024-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


remit the case to EUIPO so that it can alter the decision on the substance of the case;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs incurred in the proceedings before the Opposition Division, the Board of Appeal, and the General Court.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1902/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-502/24 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 19 February 2025 – UF v Commission (Interim relief – Civil service – Members of the temporary staff – Contract of indefinite duration – Termination of the contract – Article 266 TFEU – Decision adopted to comply with a judgment of the General Court – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – No urgency)
Date: 2025-02-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: abuse of power, damages, full-time employment, security services, servant (EU), staff regulations (EU), temporary employment, termination of employment








C_202502221EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2221


22.4.2025






Order of the President of the General Court of 19 February 2025 – UF v Commission


(Case T-502/24 R)

(Interim relief - Civil service - Members of the temporary staff - Contract of indefinite duration - Termination of the contract - Article 266 TFEU - Decision adopted to comply with a judgment of the General Court - Application for suspension of operation of a measure - No urgency)
(C/2025/2221)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: UF (represented by: S. Orlandi, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Hohenecker and A. Sauka, acting as Agents)

Re:

By his action based on Articles 278 and 279 TFEU, the applicant seeks suspension of the operation of (i) the decision of the European Commission of 26 June 2024 not to reinstate him operationally in his post as Close Protection Officer whilst the investigation into the facts under consideration in the judgment of 8 May 2024, UF v Commission (T-24/23, EU:T:2024:293), is ongoing, and (ii) the decision of the Commission of 15 October 2024 to assign him to a service that is different than that relating to close protection.

Operative part of the order







1.


The application for interim measures is dismissed.










2.


The costs are reserved.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2221/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11833 – ABB / WM / JV) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2025-02-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: automation, economic concentration, electrical energy, energy use, joint venture, maritime transport, merger control, provision of services, shipbuilding








C_202501178EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1178


19.2.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11833 – ABB / WM / JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/1178)


1.   
On 11 February 2025, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


ABB AB (‘ABB’, Sweden), controlled by ABB Ltd (Switzerland), the ultimate parent company of the ABB Group,










—


Wallenius Marine AB (‘WM’, Sweden), controlled by Rederi AB Soya (Sweden), the ultimate parent company of the Soya Group.




ABB and WM will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Oversea Fleet Support AB (‘Oversea JV’, Sweden).
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.


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






—


ABB belongs to the ABB Group which is active in electrification and automation,










—


WM offers a complete shipping service, from design, building, and construction of new ships to ship management.






3.   

The business activities of the undertaking Oversea JV will be the following: provision of connected fleet performance support services.



4.   
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.
Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified treatment for certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.


5.   
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.11833 – ABB / WM / JV
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’).

(2)  
            OJ C 160, 5.5.2023, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1178/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11906 – BLACKROCK / VITRONET) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2025-02-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: building industry, consultancy, economic concentration, energy industry, hydraulic works, investment company, merger control, provision of services, risk management, telecommunications








C_202501172EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1172


19.2.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11906 – BLACKROCK / VITRONET)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/1172)


1.   
On 7 February 2025, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


BlackRock, Inc. (USA),










—


Vitronet Holding GmbH (Germany), controlled by DBAG Expansion Capital Fund International GmbH & Co. KG (Germany).




BlackRock, Inc. will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Vitronet Holding GmbH.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


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






—


BlackRock, Inc. is active in the provision of global investment management, risk management, and advisory services to institutional and retail clients around the world. It manages assets on behalf of institutional and individual investors worldwide,










—


Vitronet Holding GmbH provides solutions in infrastructure construction, in particular, energy, water and telecommunications construction services.






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.
Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified treatment for certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.


4.   
The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed concentration 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.11906 – BLACKROCK / VITRONET
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’).

(2)  
            OJ C 160, 5.5.2023, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1172/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)