do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-254/25: Order of the General Court of 11 December 2025 – Skechers USA v EUIPO (HANDS FREE SLIP-INS) (EU trade mark – International registration designating the European Union – Word mark HANDS FREE SLIP-INS – Absolute grounds for refusal – Descriptive character – No distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Obligation to state reasons – Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
Date: 2025-12-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, footwear industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








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C/2026/651


9.2.2026






Order of the General Court of 11 December 2025 – Skechers USA v EUIPO (HANDS FREE SLIP-INS)


(Case T-254/25)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - International registration designating the European Union - Word mark HANDS FREE SLIP-INS - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Obligation to state reasons - Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
(C/2026/651)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Skechers USA, Inc. II (Manhattan Beach, California, United States) (represented by: J. Bogatz, Y. Stone and J. Graf Wrangel, lawyers)

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

Re:

By its action based on 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 17 February 2025 (Case R 1233/2024–4).

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


Each party shall bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2025/3078, 10.6.2025.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/651/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2539 of 11 December 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2022/2269 on Union support for the implementation of a project ‘Promoting Responsible Innovation in Artificial Intelligence for Peace and Security’
Date: 2025-12-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU aid, EU strategy, artificial intelligence, common foreign and security policy, innovation, international security, new technology, peace, research and development








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2025/2539


12.12.2025







            COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2025/2539
         
of 11 December 2025
         
amending Decision (CFSP) 2022/2269 on Union support for the implementation of a project ‘Promoting Responsible Innovation in Artificial Intelligence for Peace and Security’
         


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 28(1) and Article 31(1) thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:







(1)


On 18 November 2022, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2022/2269 (1), which concerns Union support for the implementation of the project ‘Promoting Responsible Innovation in Artificial Intelligence for Peace and Security’ (the ‘project’).












(2)


On 17 October 2025, the implementing agency for the project, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), requested a no-cost extension of the project until 31 March 2026.












(3)


The extension was requested because of substantial challenges in ensuring appropriate diversity in the implementation of the project, caused by, inter alia, an increase in difficulties in securing visas for participants from the Global South.












(4)


The extension will allow UNODA to finalise the objectives and activities of the project, including reinforcing the activities of the project and extending them to a region in the Global South, inter alia, through a dissemination and capacity-building activity targeted at the civilian AI and policy communities in the Global South, to be carried out in a relevant region,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
In Article 5, second paragraph, of Decision (CFSP) 2022/2269, the first sentence is replaced by the following:
‘It shall expire 39 months after the conclusion of the contribution agreement referred to in Article 3(3).’.


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




Done at Brussels, 11 December 2025.


For the Council


The President

J. JENSEN
            





(1)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/2269 of 18 November 2022 on Union support for the implementation of a project ‘Promoting Responsible Innovation in Artificial Intelligence for Peace and Security’ (OJ L 300, 21.11.2022, p. 11, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2022/2269/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2539/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Commission information notice pursuant to Article 17(5) of Regulation (EC) 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community – Invitation to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations
Date: 2025-12-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
Subjects: Connacht, Ireland, air transport, inland transport, intra-EU transport, invitation to tender, services of general interest, transport regulations








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C/2025/6700


11.12.2025






Commission information notice pursuant to Article 17(5) of Regulation (EC) 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community
Invitation to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/6700)







Member State


Ireland




Concerned routes


Aerfort Chonamara – Árainn
Aerfort Chonamara – Inis Meáin – Inis Oírr




Period of validity of the contract


7.6.2026 – 6.6.2030




Deadline for submission of tenders


60 days from the publication of this notice




Address where the text of the invitation to tender and any relevant information and/or documentation related to the public tender and the public service obligations can be obtained







Colm Mac Donncha,




An Roinn Forbartha, Tuaithe agus Pobail agus Gaeltachta,




Na Forbacha,




H91KX39




Co. na Gaillimhe
ÉIRE
(N.B. All correspondence, requests for information, documentation and tenders relating to this tender competition to be submitted to the Department via the e-Tenders website at https://www.etenders.gov.ie)






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6700/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-485/24, Locatrans: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 11 December 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation – France) – Locatrans Sàrl v ES (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Rome Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations – Article 6 – Contract of employment – Choice made by the parties – Mandatory rules of the law which would be applicable in the absence of choice – Determination of the law applicable – Habitual place of work – Change of habitual place of work in the course of the employment relationship – Contract of employment more closely connected with another country – Criteria for assessment – Account to be taken of the most recent habitual place of work)
Date: 2025-12-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: labour dispute, private international law, work contract, workplace








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C/2026/611


9.2.2026






Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 11 December 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation – France) – Locatrans Sàrl v ES


(Case C-485/24,
                (1)
Locatrans)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Rome Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations - Article 6 - Contract of employment - Choice made by the parties - Mandatory rules of the law which would be applicable in the absence of choice - Determination of the law applicable - Habitual place of work - Change of habitual place of work in the course of the employment relationship - Contract of employment more closely connected with another country - Criteria for assessment - Account to be taken of the most recent habitual place of work)
(C/2026/611)
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Cour de cassation

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Locatrans Sàrl

Respondent: ES

Operative part of the judgment

Articles 3 and 6 of the Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations, opened for signature in Rome on 19 June 1980, and in particular the last limb of Article 6(2), must be interpreted as meaning that where an employee, after having worked for a certain time in one place, is called upon to take up his or her work activities in a different place, which is intended to become the new habitual place of work for that employee, account should be taken of that latter place, in the context of the examination of all the circumstances, with a view to determining the law which would be applicable in the absence of a choice made by the parties.


(1)  OJ C, C/2024/6241.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/611/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12217 – AURELIUS / LANDIS+GYR EMEA) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2025-12-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, measuring equipment, merger control








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C/2025/6679


11.12.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.12217 – AURELIUS / LANDIS+GYR EMEA)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/6679)


1.   
On 3 December 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:






—


AURELIUS Investment Lux One S.à.r.l. (Luxembourg), belonging to the Aurelius Group (‘AURELIUS’, Luxembourg),










—


Landis+Gyr Olympus AG (‘Landis+Gyr’, Switzerland).




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


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






—


AURELIUS is a private equity investment company and an asset manager holding various portfolio companies active in industry, chemistry, retail, business services, media and IT, and airline catering. AURELIUS is active worldwide,










—


Landis+Gyr is a provider of smart metering devices and solutions across Europe, the Middle East and Africa for electricity, gas, thermal and water metering.






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.12217 – AURELIUS / LANDIS+GYR EMEA
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/2025/6679/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Update with effect from 1 July 2025 of the rate of contribution to the pension scheme of officials and other servants of the European Union
Date: 2025-12-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Human Resources and Security, European Commission
Subjects: European official, pension scheme, servant (EU), social-security contribution








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C/2025/6569


11.12.2025






Update with effect from 1 July 2025 of the rate of contribution to the pension scheme of officials and other servants of the European Union (1)

(C/2025/6569)

The rate of the contribution referred to in Article 83(2) of the Staff Regulations shall be 13,1%, with effect from 1 July 2025.


(1)  Eurostat Report on the 2025 actuarial assessment of the Pension Scheme for European Officials of 27 August 2025.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6569/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)