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Order of the Court (Chamber determining whether appeals may proceed) of 22 November 2021 – Birkenstock IP and Birkenstock Sales v EUIPO

(Case C‑498/21 P) (
[1](#t-ECR_62021CO0498_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Appeal – EU trade mark – Determination as to whether appeals should be allowed to proceed – Article 170b Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Request failing to demonstrate that an issue is significant with respect to the unity, consistency or development of EU law – Appeal not allowed to proceed)

| 1. | Appeals — Scheme for prior determination as to whether appeals should be allowed to proceed — Issue that is significant with respect to the unity, consistency or development of EU law — Burden of proof  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58a; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 170a(1) and 170b)  (see para. 12) |

| 2. | Appeals — Scheme for prior determination as to whether appeals should be allowed to proceed — Request that an appeal be allowed to proceed — Formal requirements — Scope  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58a; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 170a(1) and 170b)  (see paras 13-15) |

| 3. | Appeals — Scheme for prior determination as to whether appeals should be allowed to proceed — Issue that is significant with respect to the unity, consistency or development of EU law — Issue that has not been examined by the Court — Request that the appeal be allowed to proceed failing to demonstrate that the issue is significant — Appeal not allowed to proceed  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58a; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 170a(1) and 170b)  (see paras 17-19, 21) |

| 4. | Appeals — Scheme for prior determination as to whether appeals should be allowed to proceed — Issue that is significant with respect to the unity, consistency or development of EU law — Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence — Not included  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58a; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 170a(1) and 170b)  (see para. 20) |

Operative part

| 1. | The appeal is not allowed to proceed. |

| 2. | Birkenstock IP GmbH and Birkenstock Sales GmbH shall each bear their own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62021CO0498_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 24, 17.1.2022](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2022:024:TOC).

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