do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-611/24: Judgment of the General Court of 29 October 2025 – Homestar v EUIPO – General Sanitary (THERMATEC) (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark THERMATEC – Earlier EU figurative mark Termatek – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2025-10-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, air conditioning, heat pump, heating, maintenance, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








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C/2025/6620


22.12.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 29 October 2025 – Homestar v EUIPO – General Sanitary (THERMATEC)


(Case T-611/24)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark THERMATEC - Earlier EU figurative mark Termatek - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2025/6620)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Homestar sp. z o.o. (Katowice, Poland) (represented by: P. Gwoździewicz-Matan, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Lobotková and D. Stoyanova-Valchanova, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: General Sanitary, SLU (Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and alteration of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 27 September 2024 (Case R 856/2024-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Homestar sp. z o.o. and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) each to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2025/408, 27.1.2025.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6620/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Notice for the attention of persons covered by the restrictive measures provided for in Annex II to Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP and in Annex Ia to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date: 2025-10-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Democratic Republic of the Congo, EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








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C/2025/5867


29.10.2025






Notice for the attention of persons covered by the restrictive measures provided for in Annex II to Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP and in Annex Ia to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(C/2025/5867)

The following information is brought to the attention of Mr. Joseph Nganzo Olikwa TIPI (no. 13), Mr. Simon (Salomon) TOKOLONGA (no. 25), Mr. Jean Pierre NIRAGIRE (no. 26) and Mr. Augustin MIGABO (no. 34), appearing in Annex II to Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP (1) and in Annex Ia to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 (2) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In the framework of the annual review of restrictive measures, the Council envisages maintaining the restrictive measures against individuals no. 13, 25, 26 and 34 with additional information.
Those persons are hereby informed that they may submit a request to the Council to obtain the additional information, before 5 November 2025
         , to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




RELEX.1 Horizontal and Global Affairs




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu







(1)  
            OJ L 336, 21.12.2010, p. 30.

(2)  
            OJ L 193, 23.7.2005, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5867/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-750/22: Judgment of the General Court of 29 October 2025 – UniSystems Luxembourg and Unisystems systimata pliroforikis v ESMA (Public service contracts – Tendering procedure – Provision of development, consultancy and support services in the field of information systems – Rejection of a tenderer’s bid – Abnormally low tender – Determination of the applicable substantive law – Applicable obligations in the fields of environmental, social and labour law – Manifest error of assessment)
Date: 2025-10-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: award of contract, consortium, consultancy, damages, information technology industry, provision of services, public procurement, services contract, tendering








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C/2025/6503


15.12.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 29 October 2025 – UniSystems Luxembourg and Unisystems systimata pliroforikis v ESMA


(Case T-750/22)
                (1)

(Public service contracts - Tendering procedure - Provision of development, consultancy and support services in the field of information systems - Rejection of a tenderer’s bid - Abnormally low tender - Determination of the applicable substantive law - Applicable obligations in the fields of environmental, social and labour law - Manifest error of assessment)
(C/2025/6503)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: UniSystems Luxembourg Sàrl (Bertrange, Luxembourg), Unisystems systimata pliroforikis monoprosopi anonymi emporiki etairia (Kallithea, Greece) (represented by: N. Korogiannakis, lawyer)

Defendant: European Securities and Markets Authority (represented by: F. Barzanti and M. Deissenberger, acting as Agents, and by V. Christianos, G. Kelepouri, A. Politis and M. Rodopoulos, lawyers)

Re:

By their action, the applicants seek (i) under Article 263 TFEU, the annulment of the decision of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) of 15 September 2022 to award first place to a consortium other than theirs in the tendering procedure PROC/2021/12, entitled ‘External Provision of IT Services (ICT Consultancy)’, for the provision of information and communications technology consultancy services, and to rank their tender second (‘the contested decision’), and (ii) under Article 268 TFEU, the award of damages.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders UniSystems Luxembourg Sàrl, Unisystems systimata pliroforikis monoprosopi anonymi emporiki etairia and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) each to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 45, 6.2.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6503/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-422/23: Judgment of the General Court of 29 October 2025 – Comi v Parliament (Law governing the institutions – Rules governing expenses and allowances for Members of Parliament – Recovery of allowances paid by way of reimbursement of parliamentary expenses – Recovery of undue payments – Unjust enrichment)
Date: 2025-10-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Member of the European Parliament, allowances and expenses, claim








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C/2025/6613


22.12.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 29 October 2025 – Comi v Parliament


(Case T-422/23)
                (1)

(Law governing the institutions - Rules governing expenses and allowances for Members of Parliament - Recovery of allowances paid by way of reimbursement of parliamentary expenses - Recovery of undue payments - Unjust enrichment)
(C/2025/6613)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Lara Comi (Saronno, Italy) (represented by: V. Mariconda, M. Centonze, G. Recine and L. Della Volpe, lawyers)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: N. Görlitz, M. Ecker and R. Rende Granata, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks, inter alia, the annulment of the decision of the Secretary-General of the European People’s Party (EPP) group in the European Parliament of 5 June 2023 and debit note No 7030000946 of the Director-General for Finance of the Parliament of 3 July 2023.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Secretary-General of the European People’s Party (EPP) political group in the European Parliament of 5 June 2023 and debit note No 7030000946 of the Director-General for Finance of the Parliament of 3 July 2023 in so far as they require Ms Lara Comi to repay the sums relating to the first contract concluded with company F and the contracts concluded with company J, company C, company H, company G, company I and company L;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders the parties to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2023/53, 9.10.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6613/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-554/24: Judgment of the General Court of 29 October 2025 – Ningbo Vasa Intelligent Technology v EUIPO – Electronic Controls (Warning lights) (EU design – Invalidity proceedings – EU design representing warning lights – Ground for invalidity – Non-compliance with requirements for protection – Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002, in the version prior to Regulation (EU) 2024/2822 – No individual character – Article 6 of Regulation No 6/2002 – Proof of disclosure of the earlier design – Article 7(1) of Regulation No 6/2002 – Evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal – Indication and reproduction of the earlier designs – Discretion of the Board of Appeal – Article 63(2) of Regulation No 6/2002 – Obligation to state reasons – Article 62 of Regulation No 6/2002, in its earlier version)
Date: 2025-10-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, signalling device








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C/2025/6619


22.12.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 29 October 2025 – Ningbo Vasa Intelligent Technology v EUIPO – Electronic Controls (Warning lights)


(Case T-554/24)
                (1)

(EU design - Invalidity proceedings - EU design representing warning lights - Ground for invalidity - Non-compliance with requirements for protection - Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002, in the version prior to Regulation (EU) 2024/2822 - No individual character - Article 6 of Regulation No 6/2002 - Proof of disclosure of the earlier design - Article 7(1) of Regulation No 6/2002 - Evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal - Indication and reproduction of the earlier designs - Discretion of the Board of Appeal - Article 63(2) of Regulation No 6/2002 - Obligation to state reasons - Article 62 of Regulation No 6/2002, in its earlier version)
(C/2025/6619)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Ningbo Vasa Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd (Ningbo, China) (represented by: J.C. Erdozain López, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Electronic Controls Co. (Boise, Idaho, United States) (represented by: G. Desrousseaux, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 14 August 2024 (Case R 2346/2023-3).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Ningbo Vasa Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Electronic Controls Co.;










3.


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






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2024/7374, 16.12.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6619/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11902 – OMNICOM / IPG)
Date: 2025-10-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: advertising, customers, economic concentration, mass media, merger control, provision of services, public relations, service








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C/2025/5778


29.10.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11902 – OMNICOM / IPG)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/5778)


1.   
On 20 October 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:






—


Omnicom Group Inc. (‘Omnicom’, USA),










—


Interpublic Group Companies, Inc. (‘IPG’, USA).




Omnicom will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of IPG.
The concentration is accomplished by way of contract or any other means.


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






—


Omnicom is a New York based provider of marketing solutions spanning brand advertising, customer relationship management, media planning and buying services, public relations, and numerous specialty communications services,










—


IPG is a Delaware based company providing its clients with media buying and planning services, data and engagement solutions, integrated advertising and creativity solutions, public relations and specialized communications and experiential solutions.






3.   

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



4.   
The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed 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.11902 – OMNICOM / IPG
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email or by post. Please use the contact details below:
Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Postal address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË







(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5778/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 28 October 2025
Date: 2025-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








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C/2025/5279


29.10.2025






Euro exchange rates (1)


            28 October 2025
         
(C/2025/5279)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1630 




JPY


Japanese yen


177,11 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4693 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87600 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,9210 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9262 




ISK


Iceland króna


143,00 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,6335 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,348 




HUF


Hungarian forint


388,30 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2375 




RON


Romanian leu


5,0835 




TRY


Turkish lira


48,8034 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,7745 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,6284 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,0365 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,0175 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5075 




KRW


South Korean won


1 670,51 




ZAR


South African rand


20,0624 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,2589 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


19 323,59 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8817 




PHP


Philippine peso


68,834 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


37,757 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,2534 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,4507 




INR


Indian rupee


102,7108 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5279/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.112361
Date: 2025-10-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: France, State aid, control of State aid, processing industry








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C/2025/5780


29.10.2025






Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
SA.112361
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/5780)







Date of adoption of the decision


18.12.2024




Aid number


SA.112361




Member State


France




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Notification d’un régime d’aide en faveur des Grands projets industriels de décarbonation (GPID)




Legal basis


Loi n 2010-237 du 9 mars 2010 modifiée de finances rectificative pour 2010 - article 8Délibération n°14-3-4 du 23 octobre 2014 modifiée du Conseil d’administration de l’ADEME relative au système d’aides à la réalisationArticles L. 131-3 ; R.131-2 et R. 131-3 du code de l'environnement fixant le cadre des missions de l'ADEMEDélibération n°14-3-7 du 23 octobre 2014 modifiée du Conseil d’administration de l’ADEME qui définit les modalités de l’octroi des aides par l’ADEME




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Environmental protection




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 3 000 000 000  EUR
Annual budget: 3 000 000 000  EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


Until 30.6.2027




Economic sectors


MANUFACTURING




Name and address of the granting authority


Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de l'industrie
139 rue de Bercy, 75012 paris




Other information


 




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search?caseInstrument=SA



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5780/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12043 – STONEPEAK / SEACO)
Date: 2025-10-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: container, economic concentration, hire purchase, investment company, merger control, sale








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C/2025/5779


29.10.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.12043 – STONEPEAK / SEACO)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/5779)


1.   
On 20 October 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:






—


Affiliates of Stonepeak Partners LP (‘Stonepeak’, US),










—


Global Sea Containers Ltd (‘Seaco’, Bermuda), controlled by Bohai Leasing Co., Ltd. (China).




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


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






—


Stonepeak is a global alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets,










—


Seaco is a global container leasing company, that supplies intermodal containers for leasing and sale.






3.   

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



4.   
The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed 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.12043 – STONEPEAK / SEACO
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email or by post. Please use the contact details below:
Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Postal address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË







(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5779/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.116707
Date: 2025-10-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: France, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid








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Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/5770


29.10.2025






Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
SA.116707
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/5770)








Date of adoption of the decision


18.7.2025




Aid number


SA.116707




Member State


France




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Régime d’aide en faveur des projets de développement local menés par les acteurs locaux (DLAL), cofinancés par le FEDER, pour la période 2021-2027




Legal basis


Code général des collectivités territoriales (CGCT) -décret n° 2022-608 du 21 avril 2022 fixant les règles nationales d'éligibilité des dépenses des programmes européens de la politique de cohésion et de la pêche et des affaires maritimes pour la période de programmation 2021-2027, programmes approuvés FEDER FSE+ 2021-2027




Type of measure


Scheme


 




Objective


Regional development (including territorial cooperation)




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 100 000 000  EUR
Annual budget: 20 000 000  EUR




Intensity


100,0 %




Duration


Until 31.12.2029




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







DGCL




Sous-direction des finances locales et de l'action économique FL4 bureau des interventions économiques et des aides de l'Etat 2 place des Saussaies - 75008 PARIS








Other information


 




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search?caseInstrument=SA



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5770/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)