do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-323/24: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2025 – Visable v EUIPO (Europages) (EU trade mark – Application for the EU word mark Europages – Absolute ground for refusal – No distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2025-05-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, advertising, business data processing, data collection, database management system, provision of services, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202503289EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3289


24.6.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2025 – Visable v EUIPO (Europages)


(Case T-323/24)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Application for the EU word mark Europages - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2025/3289)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Visable (Levallois-Perret, France) (represented by: J. Künzel, lawyer)

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

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 18 April 2024 (Case R 34/2024-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 18 April 2024 (Case R 34/2024-2) in so far as it concerns the services in Class 35, with the exception of ‘Collecting, systemising, updating and sharing economic and business information and/or company data and company information; Provision of information relating to economic data and business information and/or company data and company information; Provision of business information on the Internet in relation to economic data and economic information; Systemisation and compilation of information relating to offers and inquiries for company data, goods and services in computer databases; Arranging commercial transactions for others’, and also in respect of the services in Class 38 and Class 42, with the exception of ‘Electronic storage of economic and/or company data and information’;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C C/2024/4868, 12.8.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3289/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-59/25 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 14 May 2025 – Tartu Agro v Commission (Interim measures – State aid – Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – No urgency)
Date: 2025-05-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Estonia, Southern Estonia, State aid, agricultural holding, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, farm lease, farm rent, market prices, reimbursement of aid








C_202503536EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3536


7.7.2025






Order of the President of the General Court of 14 May 2025 – Tartu Agro v Commission


(Case T-59/25 R)

(Interim measures - State aid - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery - Application for suspension of operation of a measure - No urgency)
(C/2025/3536)
Language of the case: Estonian

Parties


Applicant: Tartu Agro AS (Tartu, Estonia) (represented by: T. Järviste, M.-A. Rohtla, L. Hääl and B. Koppel, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouquet, C. Faroghi and E. Randvere, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its application under Articles 278 and 279 TFEU, the applicant seeks suspension of operation of Commission Decision C(2024) 8047 final of 25 November 2024 on State aid SA.39182 (2017/C) (ex 2017/NN) (ex 2014/CP) to the applicant implemented by the Republic of Estonia.

Operative part of the order







1.


The application for interim measures is dismissed.










2.



The order of 14 February 2025, Tartu Agro v Commission (T-59/25 R), is cancelled.











3.


The costs are reserved.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3536/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-227/24: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2025 – Smart Kid v Commission (Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents relating to discussions between the Commission and a direct competitor of the applicant – Refusal to grant access – Exception relating to the protection of commercial interests – Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2025-05-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU Member State, European Commission, access to EU information, establishment, general legal principle, legal person, right to information








C_202503281EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3281


24.6.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2025 – Smart Kid v Commission


(Case T-227/24)
                (1)

(Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents relating to discussions between the Commission and a direct competitor of the applicant - Refusal to grant access - Exception relating to the protection of commercial interests - Obligation to state reasons)
(C/2025/3281)
Language of the case: Polish

Parties


Applicant: Smart Kid S.A. (Warsaw, Poland) (represented by: Z. Kiedacz, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Burón Pérez and K. Herrmann, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision C(2024) 1118 final of 15 February 2024 refusing to grant access to various documents relating to discussions between the European Commission and one of the applicant’s direct competitors.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Commission Decision C(2024) 1118 final of 15 February 2024 in so far as it refused, in part or in full, access to documents 1, 2 and 2.1, as identified in point 1 of that decision, on the basis of the first indent of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents;










2.


Orders the European Commission to the pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C C/2024/3785, 24.6.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3281/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-36/23: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2025 – Stevi and The New York Times v Commission (Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents relating to the text messages exchanged between the President of the Commission and the chief executive officer of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer – Refusal to grant access – Presumption of veracity attached to the declaration of non-possession of documents – Lack of plausible explanations making it possible to determine the reasons for the non-existence or non-possession – Retention of documents – Principle of good administration)
Date: 2025-05-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to EU information, document, information storage, maladministration, pharmaceutical industry, right to information








C_202503514EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3514


7.7.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2025 – Stevi and The New York Times v Commission


(Case T-36/23)
                (1)

(Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents relating to the text messages exchanged between the President of the Commission and the chief executive officer of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer - Refusal to grant access - Presumption of veracity attached to the declaration of non-possession of documents - Lack of plausible explanations making it possible to determine the reasons for the non-existence or non-possession - Retention of documents - Principle of good administration)
(C/2025/3514)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Matina Stevi (Brussels, Belgium), The New York Times Company (New York, New York, United States) (represented by: B. Kloostra and P.-J. Schüller, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Stancanelli, A. Spina and M. Burón Pérez, acting as Agents)

Re:

By their action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of Decision C(2022) 8371 final of the European Commission of 15 November 2022 adopted pursuant to Article 4 of the Implementing Rules to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ 2001 L 145, p. 43), concerning an application for access to all text messages exchanged between the President of the Commission and the chief executive officer of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer between 1 January 2021 and 11 May 2022.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Decision C(2022) 8371 final of the European Commission of 15 November 2022 adopted pursuant to Article 4 of the Implementing Rules to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents;










2.


Orders the Commission to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 112, 27.3.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3514/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-305/25: Action brought on 14 May 2025 – DLF Beet Seed and United Beet Seeds v ECHA
Date: 2025-05-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to EU information, environmental protection








C_202503430EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3430


30.6.2025






Action brought on 14 May 2025 – DLF Beet Seed and United Beet Seeds v ECHA


(Case T-305/25)

(C/2025/3430)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: DLF Beet Seed ApS (Lolland, Denmark), United Beet Seeds (Tienen, Belgium) (represented by: B. Creve, T. Kölsch and J. Olsen, lawyers)

Defendant: European Chemicals Agency

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Court should:






—


annul, in whole or in part, the decision adopted by the European Chemicals Agency on 4 March 2025 in Case ATD/009/2025 regarding an application for access to documents and;










—


order the European Chemicals Agency to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicants rely on two pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging that the defendant erred in the interpretation and application of Article 6(1) and 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 (1).










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that the defendant erred in the interpretation and application of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 (2) in conjunction with Article 6(1) and 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006.






(1)  
            OJ L 264, 2006, p. 13.

(2)  
            OJ L 145, 2001, p. 43.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3430/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-327/24: Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2025 – Techtex v EUIPO – Alberts (Dr.Albert) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark Dr.Albert – Absolute ground for invalidity – Bad faith – Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2025-05-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, footwear industry, furniture industry, medicinal product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202503411EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3411


30.6.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2025 – Techtex v EUIPO – Alberts (Dr.Albert)


(Case T-327/24)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark Dr.Albert - Absolute ground for invalidity - Bad faith - Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2025/3411)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Techtex SRL (Cicârlău, Romania) (represented by: B. Bularda, 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: Adina Alberts (Bucharest, Romania) (represented by: V. Roș and A. Livădariu, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks, in essence, the annulment and alteration of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 29 April 2024 (Case R 763/2023-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Techtex SRL to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Ms Adina Alberts;










3.


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






(1)  
            OJ C C/2024/4871, 12.8.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3411/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-405/25, Bhatzlacha Dreidel Europe: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Târgu-Mureș (Romania) lodged on 14 May 2025 – Bhatzlacha Dreidel Europe SRL v Administrația Județeană a Finanțelor Publice Mureș, Ministerul Finanțelor – Direcția Generală de Soluționare a Contestațiilor, Oficiul Național pentru Jocuri de Noroc
Date: 2025-05-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: automatic game, equal treatment, excise duty, freedom to provide services, game of chance, online game, provision of services, tax collection, tax law








C_202506118EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/6118


8.12.2025






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Târgu-Mureș (Romania) lodged on 14 May 2025 – Bhatzlacha Dreidel Europe SRL v Administrația Județeană a Finanțelor Publice Mureș, Ministerul Finanțelor – Direcția Generală de Soluționare a Contestațiilor, Oficiul Național pentru Jocuri de Noroc


(Case C-405/25, Bhatzlacha Dreidel Europe)

(C/2025/6118)
Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Curtea de Apel Târgu-Mureș

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant and appellant: Bhatzlacha Dreidel Europe SRL

Defendants and respondents: Administrația Județeană a Finanțelor Publice Mureș, Ministerul Finanțelor – Direcția Generală de Soluționare a Contestațiilor, Oficiul Național pentru Jocuri de Noroc

Questions referred







1.


Is non-discriminatory legislation of a Member State which, by means of a single national regulatory act (point 3(C) of the Annex to [Ordonanța de urgență a Guvernului; Government Emergency Order (‘OUG’)] No 77/2009, as amended by OUG No 9[2]/2014), [introduces a tax] on slot machines operated in amusement arcades, known as a vice tax on slot machines, with the result that the activity of gambling operators that operate slot machines is restricted, those operators becoming less competitive and attractive to consumers of games of chance compared with the gambling markets in other Member States or with the gambling industry accessible online, compatible with Article 56 TFEU?










2.


Does the principle of equivalence in EU law, in relation to the provisions of Article 1(2) and (3)(a) of Directive 2020/262/EU, (1) preclude the introduction of a vice tax such as that regulated in point 3(C) of the Annex to OUG No 77/2009, as amended by OUG No 9[2]/2014?






(1)  Council Directive (EU) 2020/262 of 19 December 2019 laying down the general arrangements for excise duty (OJ 2020 L 58, p. 4).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6118/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-406/20: Order of the General Court of 14 May 2025 – Landesbank Baden-Württemberg v SRB (2020 ex ante contributions) (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 2020 ex ante contributions – Article 70(2) of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 – Action manifestly well founded – Limitation of the temporal effects of the order)
Date: 2025-05-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU banking union, bank, bank resolution, company in difficulties, financing method, financing plan








C_202504294EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4294


11.8.2025






Order of the General Court of 14 May 2025 – Landesbank Baden-Württemberg v SRB (2020 ex ante contributions)


(Case T-406/20)
                (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 2020 ex ante contributions - Article 70(2) of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 - Action manifestly well founded - Limitation of the temporal effects of the order)
(C/2025/4294)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (represented by: H. Berger and M. Weber, lawyers)

Defendant: Single Resolution Board (represented by: T. Wittenberg and D. Ceran, acting as Agents, and by H.-G. Kamann, V. Wettner and F. Louis, lawyers)

Interveners 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 annulment of Decision SRB/ES/2022/80 of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) of 7 December 2022, withdrawing Decision SRB/ES/2020/24 of the SRB of 15 April 2020, on the calculation of the 2020 ex ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF), in so far as it concerns the institutions mentioned in Annex I to this Decision, and recalculating the 2020 ex ante contributions to the SRF of these institutions, to the extent that it concerns the applicant.

Operative part of the order







1.


Decision SRB/ES/2022/80 of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) of 7 December 2022 on the calculation of the 2020 ex ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) is annulled in so far as it concerns Landesbank Baden-Württemberg.










2.


The effects of Decision SRB/ES/2022/80 in so far as it concerns Landesbank Baden-Württemberg are maintained until the SRB has taken the measures necessary to implement the present order, which must occur within a reasonable period that cannot exceed six months from the day on which the present order becomes final.










3.


The SRB shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by Landesbank Baden-Württemberg.










4.


The European Commission shall bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 271, 17.8.2020.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4294/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 13 May 2025
Date: 2025-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202502313EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2313


14.5.2025






Euro exchange rates (1)


            13 May 2025
         
(C/2025/2313)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1112 




JPY


Japanese yen


164,61 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4595 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84060 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,8255 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9358 




ISK


Iceland króna


146,70 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,5733 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,948 




HUF


Hungarian forint


404,83 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2518 




RON


Romanian leu


5,1030 




TRY


Turkish lira


43,0898 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,7341 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5552 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,6621 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8858 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4501 




KRW


South Korean won


1 582,85 




ZAR


South African rand


20,4270 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,0021 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


18 513,04 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8032 




PHP


Philippine peso


62,016 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


36,942 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,2950 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,7534 




INR


Indian rupee


94,8290 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2313/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11961 – COOPER / VIATRIS (OVER THE-COUNTER ASSETS)) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2025-05-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, medical device, merger control, over-the-counter drug, pharmaceutical product, wholesale selling








C_202502759EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2759


14.5.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11961 – COOPER / VIATRIS (OVER THE-COUNTER ASSETS))
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/2759)


1.   
On 2 May 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:






—


Cooper Consumer Health S.A.S. (‘Cooper’, France),










—


Assets of the European over-the-counter (‘OTC’) business of Viatris Inc. (‘the Target’, France and Italy).




Cooper will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the Target.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of assets.


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






—


Cooper is a consumer healthcare company principally active in the manufacturing and distribution of OTC, consumer health and consumer self-care products,










—


The Target comprises a small number of Viatris Inc.’ OTC assets, including a medical device for cutting pills, and OTC laxatives, vitamins and caffeine tablets.






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.11961 – COOPER / VIATRIS (OVER THE-COUNTER ASSETS)
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/2025/2759/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)