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Such an approach would be liable, first, to enable the Commission to assume the role of the Member State with regard to determination of that State’s tax system and of the‘normal’regime under it and, second, thus to make it impossible for the Member State to justify the differentiations in question on the basis of the nature and of the general scheme of the tax system notified.
Po napadih 11. septembra 2001 je Komisija 10. oktobra 2001 izdala sporočilo21, v katerem je menila, da je mogoče na podlagi te določbe odobriti povračilo stroškov, ki so med drugim nastali zaradi zaprtja ameriškega zračnega prostora od 11. do 14. septembra 2001.
Noting that the Commission neither began by identifying the‘normal’regime under the notified tax system nor challenged the Gibraltar authorities’description of that regime, the Court held that that institution was unable to establish that certain of the elements of the notified tax system constituted derogations, and were therefore prima facie selective, vis-à-vis the‘normal’regime.
V sodbi z dne 25. junija 2008 v zadevi Olympiaki Aeroporia Ypiresies proti Komisiji (T-268/06, še neobjavljena) je Sodišče prve stopnje delno razglasilo za nično odločbo Komisije, s katero je bil za nezdružljiv s skupnim trgom razglašen del pomoči, ki jih je Helenska republika dodelila za nadomestilo izgub, nastalih zaradi odpovedanih letov, predvidenih zunaj obdobja, določenega v navedenem sporočilu.
The Court held that it was likewise impossible for the Commission to assess correctly whether any differentiations between undertakings were capable of being justified by the nature or the general scheme of the tax system notified.
Sodišče prve stopnje je presodilo, da čeprav se lahko na podlagi člena 87(2)(b) ES povrne le škoda, ki sojo neposredno povzročili izjemni dogodki, se lahko obstoj neposredne zveze prizna, tudi če je, kot v obravnavanem primeru, škoda nastala kratek čas po navedenem obdobju.
In Case T-196/04 Ryanair v Commission (judgment of 17 December 2008), the Court annulled the decision by which the Commission examined separately two agreements concluded by the airline Ryanair with, respectively, theWalloon Region, the owner of Charleroi Airport, and Brussels South Charleroi Airport (‘the BSCA’), a public sector company controlled by theWalloon Region which manages and operates that airport.
Nazadnje, sodna praksa leta 2008 je pojasnila obveznosti Komisije, ki jih ima ob sprejetju druge odločbe o državni pomoči, ki je bila predmet odločbe, ki jo je Sodišče prve stopnje razglasilo za nično.
According to the contested decision, those two agreements included State aid which was incompatible with the common market. The Commission found inter alia that theWalloon Region had concluded the first agreement with Ryanair as a public authority and that, consequently, its role in that agreement could not be examined pursuant to the principle of the private investor in a market economy.
V zgoraj navedeni sodbi Alitalia proti Komisiji je Sodišče prve stopnje presodilo, da v takem primeru Komisija ni dolžna ponovno uvesti uradnega postopka preiskave, ker se nezakonitosti, ki jih je sankcioniralo Sodišče prve stopnje, ne nanašajo na uvedbo postopka.
The Court noted, first, that since BSCA is an entity economically dependent on theWalloon Region, the Commission ought to have regarded them as one single entity. It then found that, by concluding its agreement with Ryanair, theWalloon Region carried out an economic activity.
Poleg tega Komisija ni bila dolžna zainteresiranim tretjim osebam, katerih pravica, da predložijo stališča, je bila v okviru prve odločbe zagotovljena z objavo sporočila v Uradnem listu o uvedbi formalnega postopka preiskave, ponovno omogočiti te iste možnosti ob sprejetju druge odločbe.
The mere fact that that activity was carried out in the public sector did not mean that it was categorised as the exercise of public authority powers. Furthermore, the mere fact that theWalloon Region has regulatory powers in relation to fixing airport charges does not mean that a scheme reducing those charges ought not to be examined by reference to the private investor principle.
Število odločbo uporabi Uredbe (ES) št. 40/9422 v primerjavi s številom zadev, ki jih je rešilo Sodišče prve stopnje, je tudi leta 2008 veliko (171), čeprav je odstotni delež teh odločb manjši od deleža leta 2007.
(d) Application ratione temporis of the derogations to the prohibition of State aid
Dejavnost št. 40/94, v skladu s katerim se ne registrirajo znaki, sestavljeni izključno iz oblike blaga, ki je nujna za tehnični učinek.
In Case T-348/04 SIDE v Commission (judgment of 15 April 2008), the Commission had applied the derogation relating to measures to promote culture and heritage conservation, provided for in Article 87(3)(d) EC, a provisionwhich entered into force on 1 November 1993, to aid granted by France before that date.
V zvezi z drugim postopkom za ugotovitev ničnosti je Sodišče prve stopnje v sodbi z dne 15. oktobra 2008 v zadevi Powerserv Personalservice proti UUNT – Manpower (MANPOWER) (T-405/05, še neobjavljena, v pritožbenem postopku) pojasnilo, na katerem geografskem območju lahko upoštevna javnost znak, sestavljeni z angleške besede„manpower“, razume kot opisen.
Having recalled that the substantive rules of Communitylaw do not, in principle, apply to situations existing before their entry into force, and made clear that that conclusion applies irrespective of whether those rules might produce favourable or unfavourable effects for the persons concerned, the Court held, first, that all new State aid is necessarily incompatible with the common market if it was capable of distorting competition during the period in which it was paid and if it was not covered by any derogation and, second, that once it has produced its effect, the aid in question becomes definitively compatible or incompatible with the common market.
V zvezi s tem je presodilo, da lahko to velja celo v neangleško govorečih državah članicah, prvič, če je ta angleška beseda prodrla v jezik zadevne države in je mogoče z njo nadomestiti pojem, ki v tem jeziku pomeni„delovno silo“ ali „delavce“, ali, drugič, če se angleščina – čeprav le kot druga možnost poleg nacionalnega jezika – uporablja v zvezi s proizvodi in storitvami, ki jih varuje znamka MANPOWER, za naslavljanje pripadnikov upoštevne javnosti.
Accordingly, since the analysis as to whether aid is compatible with the common market does not only require an assessment of whether, at the time when the relevant decision was adopted, the Community interest demanded that the aid be repaid, the Commission must also ascertain whether the aid in question was likely to distort competition during the period in which it was paid.
Na podlagi tehmeril je Sodišče prve stopnje sklepalo, da je odbor za pritožbe pravilno menil, da je sporni znak opisen v Nemčiji in Avstriji, medtem ko je napačno menil, da je tudi na Nizozemskem, Švedskem in Danskem.
On the basis of those considerations, the Court concluded that the Commission had erred in law by applying the abovementioned derogation to the period before 1 November 1993.
Nadaljnji razvoj sodne prakse v zvezi z vlogo znanja jezikov upoštevne javnosti je razviden iz sodbe z dne 26. novembra 2008 v zadevi New Look proti UUNT (NEW LOOK) (T-435/07, neobjavljena), v kateri je Sodišče prve stopnje presodilo, da je odbor za pritožbe na podlagi splošno znanega dejstva, da ima velik del javnosti v skandinavskih državah ter na Nizozemskem in Finskem osnovno znanje angleščine, lahko pravilno menil, da znak NEW LOOK, ki je vsakdanji izraz iz pogovorne angleščine in ne povzroča jezikovnih težav, nima razlikovalnega učinka v teh državah.
Case T-289/03 BUPA andOthers v Commission (judgment of 12 February 2008) afforded the Court the opportunity to develop its case-law relating to the question whether or not the compensation received by an undertaking in return for a service of general economic interest (‘SGEI’) that it carries out constitutes State aid.
Naslednji pomemben prispevek sodne prakse leta 2008 na tem področju se nanaša na obseg sklicevanja iz člena 7(1)(h) Uredbe št. 40/94 na absolutne razloge za zavrnitev iz člena 6ter Pariške konvencije23.
The dispute concerned the organisation of the private medical insurance (‘PMI’) system in Ireland, which had undergone a process of liberalisation between 1994 and 1996, in the context of which the Voluntary Health Insurance Board (VHI) had been placed in competition with other operators, including the applicant. In the framework of that liberalisation, the establishment of a‘Risk Equalisation Scheme’(‘RES’) managed by the Health Insurance Authority (‘the HIA’) had been provided for .
V sodbi z dne 28. februarja 2008 v zadevi American Clothing Associates proti UUNT (Predstavitev javorjevega lista) (T-215/06, še neobjavljena, v pritožbenem postopku) na podlagi tožbe podjetja, ki mu je Urad za usklajevanje na notranjem trgu (znamke in modeli) (v nadaljevanju: UUNT) zavrnil registracijo znaka, sestavljenega med drugimi z javorjevega lista, ker je ta na kanadski zastavi, je Sodišče prve stopnje presodilo, da se na podlagi razlikovanja iz navedene konvencije med„tovarniškimi in trgovskimi znamkami“ ter „storitvenimi znamkami“ njen člen 6ter, točka (a), v katerem je določeno, da se zavrne med drugim registracija zastav in drugih državnih emblemov, ne uporablja za „storitvene znamke“.
The RES is essentially a mechanism which provides for payment of a charge to the HIA by PMI insurers with a lower risk profile than the average market risk profile and for a corresponding payment by the HIA to PMI insurers whose risk profile is higher than the average profile. The mechanism specifies the various thresholds for triggering RES payments.
Če bi namreč zakonodajalec Skupnosti želel razširiti to prepoved na storitvene znamke, se ne bi samo skliceval na člen 6ter Pariške konvencije, ampak bi to prepoved vnesel v besedilo člena 7 Uredbe št. 40/94.
The Commission, which received a complaint from BUPA and notification of the RES from Ireland, had decided that the payments under the RES constituted compensation for the SGEI obligations, namely obligations designed to ensure that all persons living in Ireland would receive a minimum level of PMI services at the same price, independently of their health status, age or sex (‘the PMI obligations’) (18).
Poleg tega je Sodišče prve stopnje ugotovilo, da je treba, drugače kot pri presoji razlikovalnega učinka sestavljene znamke, ob uporabi člena 6ter Pariške konvencije upoštevati vsak del navedene znamke in da za preprečitev registracije zadevne znamke ne glede na njeno splošno dojemanje zadostuje,
Decision C(2003) 1322 final of 13 May 2003 (State Aid N 46/2003 — Ireland).
Pariška konvencija za varstvo industrijske lastnine z dne 20. marca 1883, kakor je bila revidirana in spremenjena (Recueil des traités des Nations unies, zv.
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Sodišče prve stopnje da je eden od teh delov državni simbol ali njegov posnetek.
The Court held that, even though, at the time of the Commission’s analysis, the Court of Justice’s judgment of 24 July 2003 in Altmark Trans and RegierungspräsidiumMagdeburg (19)
Nazadnje, uporaba člena 6ter, točka (a), Pariške konvencije ni odvisna od tega, ali obstaja možnost, da se upoštevna javnost zmoti glede porekla proizvodov, označenih s prijavljeno znamko, ali glede obstoja povezave med imetnikom te znamke in državo, katere simbol je prikazan v navedeni znamki.
(‘Altmark’) had not yet been delivered, it was in the light of the four conditions set out in that judgment (‘the Altmark conditions’) that it was appropriate to assess the legality of the contested decision. First, the Court of Justice did not place any temporal limitation on the scope of its findings in Altmark, and, second, the Court of Justice’s interpretation of a provision of Communitylaw is limited to clarifying and defining the meaning and scope of that provision as it ought to have been understood and applied, including by the Community institutions, from the time of its entry into force.
V sodbi z dne 9. julija 2008 v zadevi Hartmann proti UUNT (E) (T-302/06, neobjavljena) je Sodišče prve stopnje navedlo pomembno pojasnilo glede sodne prakse, v skladu s katero lahko UUNT svojo analizo utemelji z dejstvi, ki izhajajo iz praktičnih splošno pridobljenih izkušenj trženja blaga široke potrošnje, ne da bi mu bilo treba predložiti primere takih praktičnih izkušenj.
The Court stated that, in this instance, the Altmark conditions, which moreover have a scope which to a large extent overlaps with that of the criteria of Article 86(2) EC, must be applied in accordance with the spirit and the purpose which prevailed when they were laid down, but in a manner adapted to the particular facts of this case.
Sodišče prve stopnje je presodilo, da ker so organi UUNT proizvode, na katere se nanaša prijavljena znamka, opredelili kot proizvode, ki niso namenjeni široki potrošnji, ampak specializirani javnosti, se nemore sprejeti, dati organi svojo analizo utemeljujejo na konkretnih dejstvih, ki jih lahko vsakdo pozna.
Thus, Member States have a wide discretion to define what they regard as SGEIs and that definition can be questioned by the Commission only in the event of manifest error. That wide discretion does not, however, mean that a Member State is relieved of the obligation to ensure that the SGEI mission which it invokes satisfies certain minimum criteria (notably, the presence of an act of the public authority entrusting the operators in question with the mission and the universal and compulsory nature of that mission) common to any SGEI mission within the meaning of the EC Treaty, and to demonstrate that those criteria are indeed satisfied in the particular case.
Sodišče prve stopnje je povezavo, ki mora obstajati med znamko in zadevnimi proizvodi ali storitvami, da se znamka lahko šteje za opisno, pojasnilo v več sodbah, zlasti v sodbah z dne 2. aprila 2008 v zadevi Eurocopter proti UUNT (STEADYCONTROL) (T-181/07, neobjavljena), z dne 24. septembra 2008 v zadevi HUP Uslugi Polska proti UUNT – Manpower (I.T.@MANPOWER) (T-248/05, neobjavljena, v pritožbenem postopku), z dne 15. oktobra 2008 v zadevi REWE-Zentral proti UUNT (Port Louis) (T-230/06, neobjavljena), z dne 25. novembra 2008 v zadevi CFCMCEE proti UUNT (SURFCARD) (T-325/07, neobjavljena) in z dne 2. decembra 2008 v zadevi Ford Motor proti UUNT (FUN) (T-67/07, še neobjavljena).
The lack of proof by the Member State that those criteria are satisfied may constitute amanifest error of assessment, in which case the Commission is required to make a finding to that effect.
V zadnji sodbi je Sodišče prve stopnje v nasprotju z odločitvijo odbora za pritožbe ugotovilo, da povezava med smislom besede„fun“ na eni strani in kopenskimi motornimi vozili ter njihovimi sestavnimi deli in opremo na drugi strani ni dovolj neposredna in konkretna, da bi bilo mogoče zavrniti registracijo prijavljene znamke.
Furthermore, the Member State must indicate the reasons why it considers that the service in question, because of its specific nature, deserves to be characterised as an SGEI. In the absence of such reasons, even a marginal review by the Community institutions would not be possible.
Nazadnje, Sodišče prve stopnje je v sodbi z dne 12.marca 2008 v zadevi Compagnie générale de diététique proti UUNT (GARUM) (T-341/06, neobjavljena) pojasnilo, da se mora analiza razlikovalnega učinka znaka sklicevati na konkretne in aktualne ali vsaj zelo verjetne in novejše izkušnje na trgu.
By applying those criteria in this case, the Court held that the RES satisfies the first Altmark condition.
Nasprotno, domnevan razvoj, ali celo hipotetičen, brez povezave z dejanskimi in preverljivimi elementi načeloma nemore zadostovati.
As regards the second Altmark condition, providing that the parameters on the basis of which the compensation for carrying out the SGEI mission is calculated must be established in advance in an objective and transparent manner, the Court found that it was also satisfied in this instance.
Dejavnost označb„bud“, preveriti, ali so se sporni znaki uporabljali v okviru komercialne dejavnosti za pridobitev gospodarske prednosti in ne na zasebnem področju, ne glede na ozemlje, na katerega se je nanašala ta uporaba.
Any power that the Irish authorities may have in calculating the RES payments would not in itself be incompatible with the existence of objective and transparent parameters.
Sodišče prve stopnje je menilo, da je češki družbi uspelo dokazati, da se sporne označbe uporabljajo na poslovnem področju.
Furthermore, the complexity of the economic and mathematical formulae which govern the calculations to be carried out does not by itself affect the precise and clearly-determined nature of the relevant parameters.
Poleg tega je Sodišče prve stopnje ugotovilo, da je UUNT storil napako, ko ni upošteval vseh ustreznih dejanskih in pravnih elementov pri ugotavljanju, ali lahko družba Budějovický Budvar na podlagi zadevnega nacionalnega prava več držav prepove uporabo novejše znamke.
In the context of the examination of the third Altmark condition, according to which the compensation must be necessary and proportionate by reference to the costs incurred in discharging the SGEI mission, the Court observed that the RES payments do not aim to compensate any costs or additional costs associated with a specific supply of certain PMI services, but only to equalise the additional burdens which are supposed to result where a PMI insurer has a negative risk profile differential by comparison with the average market risk profile.
Eden od drugih pomembnih prispevkov sodne prakse leta 2008 na tem področju se nanaša na vprašanje podobnosti proizvodov in/ali storitev, na katere se nanašata prejšnja in prijavljena znamka, pri presoji obstoja verjetnosti zmede.
That does not, however, entail infringement of the condition at issue.
V sodbi z dne 18. junija 2008 v zadevi Coca-Cola proti UUNT – San Polo (MEZZOPANE) (T-175/06, še neobjavljena) je Sodišče prve stopnje najprej ugotovilo, da obstaja le majhna podobnost med vinom in pivom.
Since the compensation system referred to in this instance is radically different, in particular, from that examined in Altmark, it cannot strictly fulfil the third Altmark condition, which requires that it be possible to determine the costs occasioned by the performance of an SGEI obligation.
Čeprav lahko vino in pivo zadovoljita isto potrebo po zaužitju pijače ob jedi ali kot aperitiv, ju upoštevni potrošnik dojema kot različna proizvoda.
However, the quantification of the additional costs by means of a comparison between the actual risk profile of a PMI insurer and an average market risk profile in light of the amounts paid by all PMI insurers subject to the RES is consistent with the purpose and the spirit of that condition, since the compensation is calculated on the basis of objective elements which are specific, clearly identifiable and capable of being controlled.
Poleg tega ni mogoče na podlagi ničesar sklepati, da bo kupec enega od teh proizvodov kupil tudi drugega in da bi se tako lahko dopolnjevala. Nasprotno, kljub upoštevanju razlik v ceni sta vino in pivo v določeni meri konkurenčna proizvoda.
As regards the fourth Altmark condition, requiring that the costs borne in respect of the performance of the SGEI mission correspond to those of an efficient undertaking, the Court held that the Commission was entitled in this case to consider that therewas no needto draw a comparison between the potential recipients of the RES payments and an efficient operator.
V sodbi z dne 4. novembra 2008 v zadevi Group Lottuss proti UUNT – Ugly (COYOTE UGLY) (T-161/07, neobjavljena) je Sodišče prve stopnje ugotovilo obstoj velike dopolnilnosti med„pivi“ na eni strani in „storitvami koktajl bara“ ter„zabavnimi storitvami in storitvami v diskotekah in klubih“ na drugi strani.
Other judgments have afforded the Court the opportunity in 2008 to supplement the analysis applicable to the compensation relating to the carrying out of an SGEI mission.
Dopolnilnost proizvodov in storitev je bila prav tako predmet dveh drugih sodb, izdanih v zvezi s postopkom za ugotovitev ničnosti.
In Case T-266/02 Deutsche Post v Commission (judgment of 1 July 2008, under appeal), the Court stated, first, that where State resources were granted as compensation for additional costs associated with the provision of an SGEI in compliance with the Altmark conditions, the Commission, if it is not to render Article 86(2) EC entirely ineffective, cannot classify as State aid the public resources granted, as long as their total amount remains below the additional costs generated by carrying out the SGEI mission.
V sodbi z dne 24. septembra 2008 v zadevi Oakley proti UUNT – Venticinque (O STORE) (T-116/06, še neobjavljena) je Sodišče prve stopnje ugotovilo, da je za razmerje med storitvami, ki se opravljajo v okviru trgovine na drobno z oblačili, in temi proizvodi značilna tesna povezava – v smislu, da so proizvodi pomembni ali celo nujni za opravljanje navedenih storitev. Te se namreč opravljajo ob prodaji navedenih proizvodov in trgovina na drobno zajema vse dejavnosti gospodarskega subjekta za spodbujanje sklenitve posla prodaje.
In Hotel Cipriani andOthers vCommission, the Court confirmed that, as regards decisions taken by the Commission prior to Altmark, it is appropriate to determine whether the overall approach followed is compatible with the substance of the Altmark conditions.
V sodbi z dne 12. novembra 2008 v zadevi Weiler proti UUNT – IQNet Association – The International C er ti ê ca ti on Network (Q2WEB) (T-242/07, neobjavljena) je Sodišče prve stopnje v obrazložitvi svoje ugotovitve, da se lahko vsi zadevni proizvodi in storitve, označeni z znamko Q2WEB, uporabljajo in/ali opravljajo skupaj ali zaporedoma, da bi se za potrošnike opravile zadevne storitve, označene z znamko QWEB C er ti ê ed Site, poudarilo, da ponudniki telekomunikacijskih storitev, zlasti telekomunikacijskih storitev prek interneta, kot so te, ki so označene z znamko QWEB C er ti ê ed Site, svojim strankam na splošno ponujajo program ter storitve vzdrževanja in posodabljanja tega programa, ki je torej per
Moreover, where the Commission carried out no examination or assessment in this respect, it is not for the Community judicature to carry out in the stead of that institution an examination it never carried out, by substituting the conclusions at which it then arrives.
Sodišče prve stopnje de ê niti o nem pomemben za uporabo ponujene telekomunikacijske storitve, in da so taki proizvodi in storitve del proizvodov in storitev, označenih z znamko Q2WEB.
In SIC vCommission, the Court declared that the Portuguese Republic was not required to organise competitive tendering prior to the award of the television SGEI to the RTP.
Sodna praksa tega leta vsebuje tudi pojasnila v zvezi s pojmovno primerjavomed spornimi znaki v okviru postopkov inter partes.
The specific nature of public service broadcasting, in particular its connection with the democratic, social and cultural needs of each society, explains and justifies the fact that a Member State is not required to have recourse to competitive tendering for the award of broadcasting SGEIs, at least where it decides to ensure that public service itself through a public company, as in this case.
V zvezi s podobnostjo med besednima znakoma EL TIEMPO in TELETIEMPO je Sodišče prve stopnje v sodbi z dne 22. aprila 2008 v zadevi Casa Editorial el Tiempo proti UUNT – Instituto Nacional de Meteorología (EL TIEMPO) (T-233/06, neobjavljena) presodilo, da se na podlagi besedila opisa zadevnih proizvodov in storitev nemore sklepati, da se bo beseda„tiempo“ nujno razlagala v kronološkem smislu v zvezi s prijavljeno znamko in v podnebnem smislu v zvezi s prejšnjimi znamkami.