Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 12 July 2016 —

Vichy Catalán v EUIPO

(Case C‑399/15 P) (
[\*1](#t-ECR_62015CO0399_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

‛Appeal — European Union trade mark — Period within which an action must be brought — Unforeseeable circumstances — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Manifest inadmissibility’

Judicial proceedings — Time limit for instituting proceedings — Claim barred by lapse of time — Unforeseeable circumstances or force majeure — Definition — Limits (Art. 263 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 45, second para.) (see paras 23, 24)

Operative part

| 1. | The appeal is dismissed. |

| 2. | Vichy Catalán SA shall pay the costs. |

| 3. | Hijos de Rivera SA shall bear its own costs. |

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(
[\*1](#c-ECR_62015CO0399_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 406, 7.12.2015](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2015:406:TOC).

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