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Case T-738/25: Action brought on 22 October 2025 – ClientEarth v Commission
Date: 2025-10-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to EU information, disclosure of information








C_202506313EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/6313


1.12.2025






Action brought on 22 October 2025 – ClientEarth v Commission


(Case T-738/25)

(C/2025/6313)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: ClientEarth AISBL (Ixelles, Belgium) (represented by: F. Logue, Solicitor, and T. Johnston, Barrister-at-Law)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


Annul the Implied Decision; and










—


Order the Commission to pay the applicant’s costs pursuant to Articles 133 and 134 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court.





Pleas in law and main arguments

By the present action, the applicant seeks the annulment of the Implied Decision of the Commission dated 13 August 2025 to refuse access to documents issued under the Critical Raw Materials Act and granting the status of a strategic project to Portugal Barroso Lithium Project, Las Navas project and Mina Doade project.
In support of the action, the applicant relies on a single plea in law, alleging a failure to state reasons in breach of Article 8(1) of Regulation 1049/2001 (failure to provide a written reply stating the reasons for refusal); as well as in breach of Article 296(2) TFEU (the duty to state reasons); and Article 41(1) and 41(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (obligation of the administration to “give reasons for its decision).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6313/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12044 – INSTATIQ / ZÜBLIN / JV)
Date: 2025-10-22
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: 3D printing, Austria, Germany, concrete, economic concentration, joint venture, merger control, property development, provision of services








C_202505792EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
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C/2025/5792


29.10.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.12044 – INSTATIQ / ZÜBLIN / JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/5792)

On 22 October 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 32025M12044. 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/2025/5792/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-68/25: Order of the General Court of 22 October 2025 – Fundación Alianza por los Derechos, la Igualdad y la Solidaridad Internacional v Commission (Action for annulment – Grant agreement in the context of development cooperation – Letter of formal notice – Contractual nature of the dispute – Act not amenable to review – Inadmissible)
Date: 2025-10-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Colombia, EU aid, Union delegation, claim, eligibility criteria, financial aid, reimbursement of aid








C_202506625EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/6625


22.12.2025






Order of the General Court of 22 October 2025 – Fundación Alianza por los Derechos, la Igualdad y la Solidaridad Internacional v Commission


(Case T-68/25)
                (1)

(Action for annulment - Grant agreement in the context of development cooperation - Letter of formal notice - Contractual nature of the dispute - Act not amenable to review - Inadmissible)
(C/2025/6625)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Fundación Alianza por los Derechos, la Igualdad y la Solidaridad Internacional (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: E. Delgado Carravilla, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Estrada de Solà, acting as Agent)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the letter from the Delegation of the European Union to Colombia with reference ‘debit note No 3242414662’, issued on 28 November 2024 under grant agreement CSO/LA/2018/394060.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as inadmissible.










2.


Fundación Alianza por los Derechos, la Igualdad y la Solidaridad Internacional is ordered to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2025/1890, 7.4.2025.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6625/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-745/25: Action brought on 22 October 2025 – Barth v EUIPO (Insulating box)
Date: 2025-10-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, household article, packaging product








C_202506650EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/6650


22.12.2025






Action brought on 22 October 2025 – Barth v EUIPO (Insulating box)


(Case T-745/25)

(C/2025/6650)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Barth GmbH (Schlierbach, Germany) (represented by: I. Dragobetski, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Design at issue: European Union design – Application No 6477709-0001

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 August 2025 in Case R 651/2025-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


annul the decision of the defendant’s department in charge of the Register of 17 February 2025 (rejection of the application for restitutio in integrum) concerning EU design No 6477709-0001;










—


order restitutio in integrum, within the time limit for payment of the renewal fee or extension of the protection of EU design No 6477709-0001, which expired on 17 June 2024, or, in the alternative, refer the case back to EUIPO with appropriate instructions;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 67(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002;










—


Infringement of Article 59 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6650/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-614/24, AROCO: Judgment of the General Court (Chamber giving preliminary rulings) of 22 October 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud – Czech Republic) – AROCO, spol. s r.o. v Generální ředitelství cel (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Harmonisation of fiscal legislation – Directive 92/83/EEC – Harmonisation of the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages – Excise duties – Ethyl alcohol – Exemptions – Article 27(1)(e) – Production of flavourings containing ethyl alcohol for the preparation of foodstuffs and non-alcoholic beverages with an alcohol strength not exceeding 1.2 % – Possibility for the Member States to make that exemption subject to conditions)
Date: 2025-10-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, alcohol, ethanol, excise duty, flavouring, foodstuff, non-alcoholic beverage, tax exemption, tax harmonisation








C_202506621EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/6621


22.12.2025






Judgment of the General Court (Chamber giving preliminary rulings) of 22 October 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud – Czech Republic) –


AROCO, spol. s r.o. v Generální ředitelství cel


(Case T-614/24,
                (1)
AROCO)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Harmonisation of fiscal legislation - Directive 92/83/EEC - Harmonisation of the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages - Excise duties - Ethyl alcohol - Exemptions - Article 27(1)(e) - Production of flavourings containing ethyl alcohol for the preparation of foodstuffs and non-alcoholic beverages with an alcohol strength not exceeding 1.2 % - Possibility for the Member States to make that exemption subject to conditions)
(C/2025/6621)
Language of the case: Czech

Referring court

Nejvyšší správní soud

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: AROCO, spol. s r.o.

Defendant: Generální ředitelství cel

Operative part of the judgment

Article 27(1)(e) of Council Directive 92/83/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the harmonisation of the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages.
must be interpreted as meaning that it precludes national legislation which makes the exemption from excise duty on ethyl alcohol used in flavourings falling within heading 3302 10  of the Combined Nomenclature set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1754 of 6 October 2015, conditional on those flavourings’ being demonstrably used for the preparation of foodstuffs and non-alcoholic beverages with an alcoholic strength not exceeding 1.2 % volume, and not on the fact that those flavourings are intended for that purpose.


(1)  
            OJ C, C/2025/583, 3.2.2025.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6621/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-526/25 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 22 October 2025 – equensWorldline v ECB (Interim relief – Public service contracts – Tendering procedure – Banking and information technology services, consulting, software development, Internet and support – Application for interim measures – Balancing of competing interests)
Date: 2025-10-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Internet, award of contract, banking, consultancy, information technology applications, public procurement, services contract, software, tendering








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C series













C/2026/176


12.1.2026






Order of the President of the General Court of 22 October 2025 – equensWorldline v ECB


(Case T-526/25 R)

(Interim relief - Public service contracts - Tendering procedure - Banking and information technology services, consulting, software development, Internet and support - Application for interim measures - Balancing of competing interests)
(C/2026/176)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: equensWorldline SE Germany (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: R. Martens and P. Darras, lawyers)

Defendant: European Central Bank (represented by: I. Köpfer and J. Krumrey, acting as Agents, and by P. Friton, lawyer)

Re:

By its application based on Articles 278 and 279 TFEU, the applicant seeks, first, the suspension of operation of the decision of the Procurement Review Body of the European Central Bank (ECB) of 22 July 2025 dismissing its appeal against the ECB decision of 13 June 2025 awarding contract PRO-009486 and of that decision (together, ‘the contested decisions’) and, second, the adoption of any other interim measure for the protection of its rights, including the suspension of operation of the potentially signed agreement between the ECB and the successful tenderer.

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/2026/176/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-1148/23: Judgment of the General Court of 22 October 2025 – PAN Europe v Commission (Plant protection products – Detailed rules for the identification of unacceptable co-formulants in plant protection products – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/574 – Refusal of the request for internal review – Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Scrutiny of co-formulants – Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009)
Date: 2025-10-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: adjuvant, chemical product, environmental protection, health risk, market approval, marketing standard, plant health control, plant health product








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Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/6132


8.12.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 22 October 2025 – PAN Europe v Commission


(Case T-1148/23)
                (1)

(Plant protection products - Detailed rules for the identification of unacceptable co-formulants in plant protection products - Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/574 - Refusal of the request for internal review - Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 - Scrutiny of co-formulants - Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009)
(C/2025/6132)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: A. Bailleux, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Becker, D. Milanowska, F. Le Bot and M. ter Haar, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: CropLife Europe (represented by: D. Abrahams and Z. Romata, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision contained in the letter bearing reference Ares(2023) 6685241 from the European Commission of 3 October 2023 refusing the request for an internal review of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/574 of 13 March 2023 setting out detailed rules for the identification of unacceptable co-formulants in plant protection products in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2023 L 75, p. 7), pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Union institutions and bodies (OJ 2006 L 264, p. 13).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2024/2045 of 18.3.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6132/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 21 October 2025
Date: 2025-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202505274EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/5274


22.10.2025






Euro exchange rates (1)


            21 October 2025
         
(C/2025/5274)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1607 




JPY


Japanese yen


176,45 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4691 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86780 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,9345 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9230 




ISK


Iceland króna


141,60 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,6693 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,314 




HUF


Hungarian forint


389,63 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2393 




RON


Romanian leu


5,0838 




TRY


Turkish lira


48,7114 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,7885 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,6301 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,0204 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,0287 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5061 




KRW


South Korean won


1 660,38 




ZAR


South African rand


20,1148 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,2626 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


19 272,67 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9086 




PHP


Philippine peso


67,761 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


38,071 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,2526 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,4006 




INR


Indian rupee


102,1073 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5274/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-739/25: Action brought on 22 October 2025 – Jelenia Plast v EUIPO – Gusta Garden (Flowerpot)
Date: 2025-10-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, floriculture, household article, plastics








C_202600335EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2026/335


26.1.2026






Action brought on 22 October 2025 – Jelenia Plast v EUIPO – Gusta Garden (Flowerpot)


(Case T-739/25)

(C/2026/335)
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Jelenia Plast sp. z o.o. (Jelenia Góra, Poland) (represented by: C. Schumann and K. Wagner, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Gusta Garden GmbH (Bodensdorf, Austria)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Design at issue: EU design for flowerpot – EU design No 6 857 819-0001

Proceedings before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 August 2025 in Case R 2328/2024-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision and declare EU design No 6857819-0001 to be invalid;










—


order EUIPO and the intervener to bear their own costs;










—


order EUIPO to pay the applicant’s costs.
Alternatively, if EU design No 6857819-0001 is not declared invalid, the applicant claims that the Court should:










—


refer the proceedings back to the Board of Appeal for a fresh decision.





Pleas in law







—


Legally incorrect interpretation of the feature of ‘technical function’ under Article 8(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002;










—


Unreasonable requirements for proving previously known designs.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/335/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-524/25 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 22 October 2025 – equensWorldline v ECB (Interim relief – Public service contracts – Tendering procedure – Banking and information technology services, consulting, software development, Internet and support – Application for interim measures – Balancing of competing interests)
Date: 2025-10-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Internet, award of contract, banking, consultancy, information technology applications, public procurement, services contract, software, tendering








C_202600174EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2026/174


12.1.2026






Order of the President of the General Court of 22 October 2025 – equensWorldline v ECB


(Case T-524/25 R)

(Interim relief - Public service contracts - Tendering procedure - Banking and information technology services, consulting, software development, Internet and support - Application for interim measures - Balancing of competing interests)
(C/2026/174)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: equensWorldline SE Germany (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: R. Martens and P. Darras, lawyers)

Defendant: European Central Bank (represented by: I. Köpfer and J. Krumrey, acting as Agents, and by P. Friton, lawyer)

Re:

By its application based on Articles 278 and 279 TFEU, the applicant, seeks, first, the suspension of operation of the decision of the Procurement Review Body of the European Central Bank (ECB) of 22 July 2025 dismissing its appeal against the two ECB decisions of 13 June 2025 awarding contract PRO-009494 and of those two decisions and, second, the adoption of any other interim measure for the protection of its rights, including the suspension of operation of the potentially signed agreement between the ECB and the successful tenderer.

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/2026/174/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-482/24: Judgment of the General Court of 22 October 2025 – Danger Group v EUIPO – Heredia Casanella (Danger) (EU trade mark – Cancellation proceedings – EU figurative mark Danger – Earlier national figurative mark Danger – Lack of consent on the part of the proprietor of the earlier mark to registration of the mark – Article 60(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2025-10-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, footwear industry, registered trade mark, sports equipment, trade-mark law








C_202506134EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/6134


8.12.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 22 October 2025 – Danger Group v EUIPO – Heredia Casanella (Danger)


(Case T-482/24)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Cancellation proceedings - EU figurative mark Danger - Earlier national figurative mark Danger - Lack of consent on the part of the proprietor of the earlier mark to registration of the mark - Article 60(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2025/6134)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Danger Group Co. Ltd (Nong Prue, Thailand) (represented by: L. Estropá Navarro and J. Calderón Chavero, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Carlos Heredia Casanella (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain) (represented by: Y. Echevarría García and E. García López, lawyers)

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 19 July 2024 (Case R 2544/2023-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Danger Group Co. Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Mr Carlos Heredia Casanella.






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2025/81, 6.1.2025.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6134/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)