do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-1031/23: Judgment of the General Court of 9 July 2025 – Kaili v Parliament (Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents concerning alleged irregularities in the management of allowances relating to accredited parliamentary assistants – Refusal to grant access – Exception relating to the protection of court proceedings – Principles of equality of arms and the sound administration of justice)
Date: 2025-07-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Member of the European Parliament, access to EU information, allowances and expenses, judicial proceedings, parliamentary allowance, right to information, right to justice, servant (EU)








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/4758


8.9.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 9 July 2025 – Kaili v Parliament


(Case T-1031/23)
                (1)

(Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents concerning alleged irregularities in the management of allowances relating to accredited parliamentary assistants - Refusal to grant access - Exception relating to the protection of court proceedings - Principles of equality of arms and the sound administration of justice)
(C/2025/4758)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Eva Kaili (Ixelles, Belgium) (represented by: S. Pappas, D.-A. Pappa, and A. Pappas, lawyers)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: N. Lorenz, M. Windisch and J.-C. Puffer, acting as Agents)

Re:

By her action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the European Parliament of 31 July 2023 rejecting her confirmatory application for access to documents.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the European Parliament of 31 July 2023 rejecting the confirmatory application for access to documents submitted by Ms Eva Kaili;










2.


Orders the Parliament to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Ms Kaili.






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2023/1172, 4.12.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4758/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 117/25/COL of 9 July 2025 on the designation of a new Hearing Officer in certain competition proceedings [2025/2308]
Date: 2025-07-09
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, appointment of members, competition policy








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Official Journal of the European Union


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2025/2308


13.11.2025







            EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY DECISION No 117/25/COL
of 9 July 2025
         
on the designation of a new Hearing Officer in certain competition proceedings [2025/2308]


THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY,

HAVING REGARD TO


Article 2(1) of EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 442/12/COL of 29 November 2012on the function and terms of reference of the Hearing Officers in certain competition proceedings; (1)


WHEREAS

Michael Sánchez Rydelski was appointed as one of the Hearing Officers under Decision No 058/19/COL of 12 July 2019. Mr Rydelski’s contract of employment with the EFTA Surveillance Authority has ended and it is therefore appropriate to terminate his appointment as Hearing Officer and to appoint a new Hearing Officer to replace him.


Johanne Førde, Legal Advisor of the Legal and Executive Affairs Directorate, has the requisite qualifications and experience to take up the duties of Hearing Officer alongside Maria Moustakali, appointed pursuant to Decision No 094/23/COL of 5 July 2023, who continues in post.


The operation of Hearing Officers and the way they are best able to exercise their functions currently remains under review.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1

Appointment of a new Hearing Officer

Johanne Førde, official of the EFTA Surveillance Authority, is appointed Hearing Officer for the purposes of EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 442/12/COL.


Article 2

Termination of previous appointment

The appointment of Michael Sánchez Rydelski, pursuant to Decision No 058/19/COL of 12 July 2019 on the designation of new Hearing Officers in certain competition proceedings, is terminated.


Article 3

Publication and Information

The appointment as Hearing Officer of Johanne Førde, and the termination of the appointment of Michael Sánchez Rydelski, shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and in the EEA Supplement thereto, as well as on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website. The EFTA States and the European Commission shall be informed by means of a copy of this Decision.


Article 4

Entry into force

This Decision shall be authentic in the English language and shall enter into force on 9 July 2025.




Done at Brussels, 9 July 2025.


For the EFTA Surveillance Authority,

Arne RØKSUND
            

President



Stefan BARRIGA
            

College Member



Árni Páll ÁRNASON
            

Responsible College Member




Melpo-Menie
               JOSÉPHIDÈS
            

Countersigning as Director


Legal and Executive Affairs






(1)  
            OJ L 190, 11.7.2013, p. 93, and EEA Supplement No 40, 11.7.2013, p. 3.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2308/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Case T-1170/23: Judgment of the General Court of 9 July 2025 – Spin Master Toys UK v EUIPO – Verdes Innovations (Shape of a cube with faces having a grid structure and differentiated by their colours) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Three-dimensional EU trade mark – Shape of a cube with faces having a grid structure and differentiated by their colours – Absolute ground for invalidity – Sign consisting exclusively of the shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result – Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2025-07-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, toy industry, trade-mark law








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C/2025/4593


25.8.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 9 July 2025 – Spin Master Toys UK v EUIPO – Verdes Innovations (Shape of a cube with faces having a grid structure and differentiated by their colours)


(Case T-1170/23)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Three-dimensional EU trade mark - Shape of a cube with faces having a grid structure and differentiated by their colours - Absolute ground for invalidity - Sign consisting exclusively of the shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result - Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
(C/2025/4593)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Spin Master Toys UK Ltd (Marlow, United Kingdom) (represented by: V. von Bomhard and A. Malkmes, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Verdes Innovations SA (Chiliomodi, Greece) (represented by: R. Kunze, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 20 October 2023 (Case R 853/2022-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Spin Master Toys UK Ltd to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2024/1262, 12.2.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4593/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-291/24: Judgment of the General Court of 9 July 2025 – Sumol + Compal Marcas v EUIPO – Krynica Vitamin (FIZI AQUA) (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative trade mark FIZI AQUA – Earlier national word mark FRIZE – Earlier national figurative mark FrizE – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2025-07-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, non-alcoholic beverage, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202504599EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/4599


25.8.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 9 July 2025 – Sumol + Compal Marcas v EUIPO – Krynica Vitamin (FIZI AQUA)


(Case T-291/24)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative trade mark FIZI AQUA - Earlier national word mark FRIZE - Earlier national figurative mark FrizE - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2025/4599)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Sumol + Compal Marcas, S.A. (Carnaxide, Portugal) (represented by: A. de Sampaio, 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: Krynica Vitamin S.A. (Warsaw, Poland)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and alteration of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 8 April 2024 (Case R 2593/2023-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2024/4340, 15.7.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4599/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-128/24: Judgment of the General Court of 9 July 2025 – Guangzhou Wanglaoji Grand Health v EUIPO – Multi Access (Representation of three Chinese characters) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Figurative mark representing three Chinese characters – Absolute ground for invalidity – Bad faith – Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
Date: 2025-07-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: China, EU trade mark, beverage, medical plant, registered trade mark, tea, trade-mark law








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C/2025/4450


18.8.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 9 July 2025 – Guangzhou Wanglaoji Grand Health v EUIPO – Multi Access (Representation of three Chinese characters)


(Case T-128/24)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Figurative mark representing three Chinese characters - Absolute ground for invalidity - Bad faith - Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
(C/2025/4450)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Guangzhou Wanglaoji Grand Health Co. Ltd (Guangzhou, China) (represented by: P. Groß, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Multi Access Ltd (Road Town, British Virgin Islands) (represented by H. Gauß and S. Rak, 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 19 December 2023 (Case R 329/2023-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Guangzhou Wanglaoji Grand Health Co. Ltd to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2024/2783, 29.4.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4450/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-450/25 P: Appeal brought on 09 July 2025 by DR against the order of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) delivered on 05 May 2025 in Case T-452/24, DR v EIOPA
Date: 2025-07-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European official, admissibility, damages, indemnification, staff regulations (EU)








C_202600435EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2026/435


2.2.2026






Appeal brought on 09 July 2025 by DR against the order of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) delivered on 05 May 2025 in Case T-452/24, DR v EIOPA


(Case C-450/25 P)

(C/2026/435)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: DR (represented by: N. Flandin, avocate)

Other party to the proceeding: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
By order of 09 December 2025, the Court of Justice (Sixth Chamber) held that the appeal is dismissed as being manifestly unfounded and that DR should bear his own costs.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/435/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-534/24, Gotek: Judgment of the Court (Chamber giving preliminary rulings) of 9 July 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Upravni sud u Osijeku – Croatia) – MK v Ministarstvo financija Republike Hrvatske, Samostalni sektor za drugostupanjski upravni postupak (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Taxation – Excise duties – Directive 2008/118/EC – Article 7 – Chargeability of excise duty – Release for consumption – Energy products – Whether excise duty arises – Fictitious supply of excise goods appearing on falsified invoices)
Date: 2025-07-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: criminal proceedings, economic offence, energy industry, excise duty, invoicing, purchase, supply, tax relief








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/4602


25.8.2025






Judgment of the Court (Chamber giving preliminary rulings) of 9 July 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Upravni sud u Osijeku – Croatia) – MK v Ministarstvo financija Republike Hrvatske, Samostalni sektor za drugostupanjski upravni postupak


(Case T-534/24,
                (1)
Gotek
                (2)
)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Taxation - Excise duties - Directive 2008/118/EC - Article 7 - Chargeability of excise duty - Release for consumption - Energy products - Whether excise duty arises - Fictitious supply of excise goods appearing on falsified invoices)
(C/2025/4602)
Language of the case: Croatian

Referring court

Upravni sud u Osijeku

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: MK

Defendants: Ministarstvo financija Republike Hrvatske, Samostalni sektor za drugostupanjski upravni postupak

Operative part of the judgment


Article 7 of Council Directive 2008/118/EC of 16 December 2008 concerning the general arrangements for excise duty and repealing Directive 92/12/EEC


must be interpreted as precluding national legislation, as interpreted by the national authorities, which provides that excise duty is chargeable on the basis of a fictitious supply of excise goods appearing on falsified invoices.



(1)  
            OJ C, C/2024/7364, 16.12.2024.

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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4602/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
DRAFT The Union's annual budget for the 2026 financial year - General Introduction - General statement of expenditure - General statement of revenue - Statement of revenue and expenditure by section
Date: 2025-07-09
Institutions: Directorate-General for Budget, European Commission
Subjects: EU expenditure, budgetary resources, draft budget (EU), financial year, general budget (EU)

EN 

  EN 

   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 9.7.2025  COM(2025) 300 final 2025/0210 (BUD)    DRAFT  The Union's annual budget  for the 2026 financial year   - General Introduction   - General statement of expenditure   - General statement of revenue   - Statement of revenue and expenditure by section  
 
 
DOCUMENTS 

DRAFT  
The Union's annual budget 
for the 2026 financial year 

—   General introduction 

—   General statement of expenditure 

—   General statement of revenue 

—   Statement of revenue and expenditure by section: 

—    Section 1:   European Parliament 

—    Section 2:   European Council and Council 

—    Section 3:   European Commission 

—    Section 4:   Court of Justice of the European Union 

—    Section 5:   European Court of Auditors 

—    Section 6:   European Economic and Social Committee 

—    Section 7:   European Committee of the Regions 

—    Section 8:   European Ombudsman 

—    Section 9:   European Data Protection Supervisor 

—    Section 10: European External Action Service  

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/budget/www/index-en.htm
Case T-305/24: Judgment of the General Court of 9 July 2025 – sprd.net v EUIPO (Capital letter I and a red heart on a label on the inside of an item of clothing) (EU trade mark – Application for an EU position mark comprising a capital letter I and a red heart on a label on the inside of an item of clothing – Position mark – Absolute ground for refusal – No distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Obligation to state reasons – Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Examination of the facts of EUIPO’s own motion – Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)
Date: 2025-07-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/4773


8.9.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 9 July 2025 – sprd.net v EUIPO (Capital letter ‘I’ and a red heart on a label on the inside of an item of clothing)



(Case T-305/24)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Application for an EU position mark comprising a capital letter ‘I’ and a red heart on a label on the inside of an item of clothing - Position mark - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Obligation to state reasons - Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Examination of the facts of EUIPO’s own motion - Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)
(C/2025/4773)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: sprd.net AG (Leipzig, Germany) (represented by: J. Hellenbrand, lawyer)

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

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 15 April 2024 (Case R 1774/2023-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders sprd.net AG to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2024/4607, 29.7.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4773/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2025/1414 of 9 July 2025 on the reconfirmation of the authorisation of the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI/2/2025)
Date: 2025-07-09
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: EU military mission, EU restrictive measure, Libya, Mediterranean region (EU), arms trade, firearms and munitions, illicit trade, military cooperation








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2025/1414


18.7.2025







            POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION (CFSP) 2025/1414
         
of 9 July 2025
         
on the reconfirmation of the authorisation of the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI/2/2025)


THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 38 thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 of 31 March 2020 on a European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (1), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


On 31 March 2020, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2020/472, which established and launched a European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) for the period until 31 March 2021.












(2)


Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 provides that, notwithstanding that period, the authorisation of the operation is to be reconfirmed every four months and that the Political and Security Committee is to prolong the operation unless the deployment of maritime assets of the operation produces a pull effect on migration on the basis of substantiated evidence gathered according to the criteria set out in the Operations Plan.












(3)


On 11 March 2025, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2025/488 (2), which extended EUNAVFOR MED IRINI until 31 March 2027, subject to the same reconfirmation procedure.












(4)


The Operation Commander provided monthly pull factor reports.












(5)


The authorisation of EUNAVFOR MED IRINI should be reconfirmed for the seventeenth four-month sub-period of its mandate and the operation should be prolonged accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The authorisation of the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) is hereby reconfirmed and the operation is prolonged from 1 August 2025 to 30 November 2025.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 9 July 2025.


For the Political and Security Committee


The Chairperson

D. PRONK
            





(1)  
            OJ L 101, 1.4.2020, p. 4, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2020/472/oj.

(2)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/488 of 11 March 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 on the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (OJ L, 2025/488, 12.3.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/488/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1414/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11901 – HIG CAPITAL / KANTAR MEDIA)
Date: 2025-07-09
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Asia, Europe, South America, United States, advertising, economic concentration, investment company, mass media, merger control, opinion poll, provision of services








C_202504344EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4344


29.7.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11901 – HIG CAPITAL / KANTAR MEDIA)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/4344)

On 9 July 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 32025M11901. 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/2025/4344/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)