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January 2012
Case T-304/09 Tilda Riceland Private v OHIM – Siam Grains (BASmALI)
Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community figurative mark BASmALI – Earlier non-registered trade mark and earlier sign BASMATI – Relative ground for refusal – Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Case T-103/11 Shang v OHIM (justing)
Community trade mark – Application for the Community figurative mark ‘justing’ – Earlier national figurative mark JUSTING – Seniority of the earlier national mark claimed – Signs not identical – Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: Italian
Case T-289/11 Deutsche Bahn and Others v Commission
Language of the case : German
Information (on unpublished decisions)
Case T-407/09 Neubrandenburger Wohnungsgesellschaft v Commission
Action for annulment – State aid – Contracts for the sale of apartments as part of the privatisation of publicly-owned apartments in Neubrandenburg – Complaint – Act not subject to review – Inadmissibility – Action for failure to act
Case T-58/10 Phoenix-Reisen and DRV v Commission
Action for annulment – State aid – German system of allowances paid to employees of insolvent undertakings and the financing thereof – Decision finding no State aid – Inadmissibility
Case T-301/11 Ben Ali v Council
Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken in the light of the situation in Tunisia – Action for annulment – Time-limit for bringing proceedings – Out of time – No force majeure – No excusable error – Application for alteration of the contested measure – Claim for compensation – Manifest inadmissibility
Case T-462/09 Storck v OHIM – RAI (Ragolizia)
Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community word mark Ragolizia – Earlier Community word mark FAVOLIZIA – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the signs – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-135/07 Italy v Commission
Health policy – Avian influenza – Italian market in poultrymeat – Request of the Italian authorities to adopt exceptional measures to support the market – Commission decision rejecting that request
Case T-249/10 Kitzinger v OHIM – MDR and ZDF (KICO)
Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community figurative mark KICO – Earlier national figurative mark and Community word mark KIKA – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-513/10 Hamberger Industriewerke v OHIM (Atrium)
Community trade mark – Application for the Community word mark Atrium – Absolute ground for refusal – Descriptive character – Lack of distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-522/10 Hell Energy Magyarország v OHIM – Hansa Mineralbrunnen (HELL)
Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community figurative mark HELL – Earlier Community word mark HELLA – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the goods and of the signs – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-422/07 Djebel - SGPS v Commission
State aid – Aid scheme designed to promote modern and competitive entrepreneurial strategies – Planned aid for a commercial company in the form of a soft loan in order to help finance an investment by that company in Brazil – Decision declaring aid to be incompatible with the common market – Duty to state reasons – Impairment of competition – Effect on trade between Member States – Equal treatment
Case T-71/10 Xeda International and Pace International v Commission
Plant protection products – Active substance diphenylamine – Non-inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC – Withdrawal of authorisations of plant protection products containing that substance – Action for annulment – Locus standi – Admissibility – Proportionality – Article 6(1) of Directive 91/414 – Rights of the defence – Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1095/2007
Case T-315/10 Groupe Partouche v Commission
Action for annulment – Concentrations – Decision declaring the concentration compatible with the common market – Article 44(1)(c) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court – Inadmissibility
Case T-607/11 R Henkel and Henkel France v Commission
Application for interim measures – Competition – Commission decision refusing to transmit documents to a national competition authority – Application for interim measures – No interest in bringing proceedings – Disregard of formal requirements – Measures requested not provisional in character – Inadmissibility
Case T-260/08 Indo Internacional v OHIM – Visual (VISUAL MAP)
Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community word mark VISUAL MAP – Earlier national word mark VISUAL – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-593/10 El Corte Inglés v OHIM – Ruan (B)
Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community figurative mark containing the letter ‘B’ – Earlier Community figurative mark containing the letter ‘B’ – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-332/10 Viaguara v OHIM – Pfizer (VIAGUARA)
Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community word mark ‘VIAGUARA’ – Earlier Community word mark VIAGRA – Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier trade mark – Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-637/11 R Euris Consult v Parliament
Application for interim measures – Public services contract – Tendering procedure – Services of translation into Maltese – Rejection of a tender – Arrangements for communication – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – Loss of opportunity – No serious and irreparable damage – No urgency
Case T-90/09 Mojo Concerts and Amsterdam Music Dome Exploitatie v Commission
State aid – Action for annulment – Investment of the Gemeente Rotterdam in the Ahoy’ complex – Decision finding that there was no State aid – Applicants not individually concerned – Inadmissibility
Case T-206/08 Spain v Commission
EAGGF – ‘Guarantee’ section – Expenditure excluded from Community financing – Wine sector – Prohibition on new vine plantations – National monitoring systems – Lump-sum financial correction – Procedural guarantees – Error of assessment – Proportionality
Case T-378/09 Spar v OHIM – Spa Group Europe (SPA GROUP)
Community trade mark – Opposition procedure – Application for Community word mark SPA GROUP – Earlier national figurative marks SPAR – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – No similarity between the signs – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T-205/10 Cervecería Modelo v OHIM – Plataforma Continental (LA VICTORIA DE MEXICO)
Community trade mark – Opposition procedure – Application for Community word mark LA VICTORIA DE MEXICO – Earlier Community figurative mark containing the word element ‘victoria’ and earlier national word mark VICTORIA – Registration refused in part – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the signs – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
February 2012
Case T-237/09 Région wallonne v Commission
Environment — Directive 2003/87/EC — Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading — National emission allowance allocation plan for Belgium in respect of the period from 2008 to 2012 — Article 44 of Regulation (EC) No 2216/2004 — Subsequent correction — New entrant — Decision instructing the Central Administrator of the Community independent transaction log to enter a correction into the national allocation plan table
Language of the case: French
Case T-291/09 Carrols v OHIM – Gambettola (Pollo Tropical CHICKEN ON THE GRILL)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Figurative Community mark Pollo Tropical CHICKEN ON THE GRILL — Absolute grounds for refusal — No bad faith — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: Spanish
Case T‑424/10 Dosenbach-Ochsner v OHIM – Sisma (Représentation d'éléphants dans un rectangle)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark representing elephants in a rectangle — Earlier international and national figurative marks representing an elephant and earlier national word mark elefanten — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Distinctive character of the earlier marks
Language of the case: Italian
Case T‑59/09 Germany v Commission
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to an infringement procedure which has been closed — Documents originating from a Member State — Grant of access — Prior agreement of the Member State
Language of the case: German
Joined Cases T‑115/09 and T‑116/09 Electrolux and Whirlpool Europe v Commission
State aid – Restructuring aid for a manufacturer of large home appliances notified by the French Republic — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the common market subject to conditions — Manifest errors of assessment — Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty
Language of the case: English
Case T—33/11 Peeters Landbouwmachines v OHIM – Fors MW (BIGAB)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark BIGAB — Absolute ground for refusal — No bad faith — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: English
Joined Cases T‑268/08 and T‑281/08 Land Burgenland and Austria v Commission
State aid — Aid granted by the Austrian authorities to the Grazer Wechselseitige group (GRAWE) in connection with the privatisation of Bank Burgenland — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Private investor in a market economy test — Application where the State acts as vendor — Determination of the market price
Language of the case: German
Case T-153/10 Schneider España de Informática v Commission
Customs union — Importation of colour television sets assembled in Turkey — Post-clearance recovery of import duties — Application for waiver of post‑clearance entry in the accounts of import duties and for remission of those duties — Article 220(2)(b) and Article 239 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 — Commission decision rejecting that application — Annulment by the national court of decisions taken by national authorities ordering post-clearance entry of import duties in the accounts — No need to adjudicate
Language of the case: English
Information (on unpublished decisions)
Case T‑353/09 mtronix v OHIM – Growth Finance (mtronix)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark mtronix — Earlier Community word mark Montronix — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑76/08 EI du Pont de Nemours and Others v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for chloroprene rubber — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Price-fixing — Market‑sharing — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Joint venture — Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Mitigating circumstances — Cooperation
Case T‑77/08 Dow Chemical v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for chloroprene rubber — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Price-fixing — Market-sharing — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Joint venture — Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Mitigating circumstances — Cooperation
Case T‑83/08 Denki Kagaku Kogyo and Denka Chemicals v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for chloroprene rubber — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Price-fixing — Market-sharing — Proof of participation in the cartel − Proof of distancing from the cartel − Duration of the infringement — Rights of the defence — Access to the file − Guidelines on the method of setting fines − Non-retroactivity — Legitimate expectations — Principle of proportionality — Mitigating circumstances
Case T‑321/09 skytron energy v OHIM (arraybox)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark arraybox — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑469/09 Greece v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenses excluded from Community financing — Tomato processing and rice storage sectors — Integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes — Principle of proportionality
Case T‑387/10 Goutier v OHIM – Euro Data (ARANTAX)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ARANTAX — Earlier national word mark ANTAX — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑596/10 Almunia Textil v OHIM – FIBA-Europe (EuroBasket)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark EuroBasket — Earlier Community figurative mark Basket — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑359/10 Ecologistas en Acción v Commission
Action for annulment — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents concerning the development plan for the Cabanyal quarter in Valencia (Spain) — Documents originating from a Member State — Refusal of access — Exception relating to protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits — Exception relating to the protection of court proceedings and legal advice — Environmental information — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Action clearly without legal foundation
Case T‑305/10 Hartmann-Lamboy v OHIM – Diptyque (DYNIQUE)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark DYNIQUE — Earlier Community word mark DIPTYQUE — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑64/11 Run2Day Franchise v OHIM – Runners Point (Run²)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark Run2 — Earlier Community word and figurative marks RUN2DAY — Earlier Benelux figurative mark RUN2DATE — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-32/11 Verenigde Douaneagenten v Commission
Customs union — Imports of raw cane sugar from the Netherlands Antilles — Post‑clearance recovery of import duties — Request for remission of import duties — Article 220(2)(b) and Article 239 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 — Infringement of essential procedural requirements
Joined Cases T‑80/06 and T‑182/09 Budapesti Erőmű v Commission
State aid — Wholesale electricity market — Favourable terms granted by a Hungarian public undertaking to certain power generators under power purchase agreements — Decision to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) EC — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — New aid — Private investor test
Case T‑601/11 R Dansk Automat Brancheforening v Commission
Interim measures — State aid — Danish law instituting lower duties for providers of online gaming — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Application for suspension of operation — Lack of urgency — Weighing up of interests
Case T‑267/06 Italy v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from Community financing — Financial corrections — Fruit and vegetables — Public storage of beef and veal
Case T‑319/08 Grasso v Commission
Action for annulment — Regulation (EC) No 530/2008 — Recovery plan for bluefin tuna — Setting of TACs for 2008 — Act of general application — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissible
Case T‑329/08 AJD Tuna v Commission
Action for annulment — Regulation (EC) No 530/2008 — Recovery plan for bluefin tuna — Setting of TACs for 2008 — Act of general application — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissible
Case T‑330/08 Ligny Pesca di Guaiana Francesco and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — Regulation (EC) No 530/2008 — Recovery plan for bluefin tuna — Setting TACs for 2008 — Act of general application — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissible
Case T‑366/08 Federcoopesca and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — Regulation (EC) No 530/2008 — Recovery plan for bluefin tuna — Setting of TACs for 2008 — Act of general application — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissible
Case T‑656/11 R Morison Menon Chartered Accountants and Others v Council
Interim relief — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds and economic resources — Application for suspension of operation — No urgency
Case T‑572/11 R Hassan v Council
Interim measures — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Syria — Freezing of funds and economic resources — Application for interim measures — Lack of urgency — Weighing up of interests
Case T-‑218/11 R Dagher v Council
Interim measures — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures adopted having regard to the situation in Côte d’Ivoire — Withdrawal from the list of persons concerned — Application for interim measures — No need to adjudicate
Case T‑282/08 Grazer Wechselseitige Versicherung v Commission
State aid — Aid granted by the Austrian authorities to the Grazer Wechselseitige group (GRAWE) in connection with the privatisation of Bank Burgenland — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Private investor in a market economy test — Application where the State acts as vendor — Determination of the market price
Joined Cases T‑77/10 and T‑78/10 Certmedica International v OHIM – Lehning entreprise (L112) and Lehning entreprise v OHIM – Certmedica International (L112)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark L112 — Earlier French word mark L.114 — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 57(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Declaration of partial invalidity
Case T‑525/10 Azienda Agricola Colsaliz di Faganello Antonio v OHIM – Weinkellerei Lenz Moser (SERVO SUO)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark SERVO SUO — Earlier Community word mark SERVUS — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
March 2012
Cases T-29/10 and T-33/10 Netherlands and ING Groep v Commission
State aid — Financial sector — Aid designed to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State — Capital injection with repayment or share conversion options conferred on the aid recipient — Amendment to the repayment terms during the administrative procedure — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the common market — Concept of State aid — Advantage — Private investor test — Necessary and proportionate relationship between the amount of aid and the extent of measures intended to ensure compatibility of the aid
Languages of the case: Dutch and English
Case T‑230/10 Spain v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Fruit and vegetables — Obligation to justify expenditure — Conditions for recognition of producer organisations
Language of the case: Spanish
Case T-210/02 RENV British Aggregates v Commission
State aid — Environmental tax on aggregates in the United Kingdom — Commission decision not to raise objections — Advantage — Selective nature
Language of the case: English
Case T‑221/10 Iberdrola v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Aid scheme allowing for the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of aid — Act entailing implementing measures — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissibility
Language of the case: Spanish
Case T‑32/10 Ella Valley Vineyards v OHIM – HFP (ELLA VALLEY VINEYARDS)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark ELLA VALLEY VINEYARDS — Earlier national and Community trade marks ELLE — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of association — Link between the signs — Reputation — No similarity of the signs — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: French
Case T-273/09 Associazione "Giùlemanidallajuve" v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Abuse of dominant position — Rejection of a complaint — Legitimate interest — Community interest — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Language of the case: French
Joined Cases T-50/06 RENV, T-56/06 RENV, T-60/06 RENV, T‑62/06 RENV and T-69/06 RENV Ireland and Others v Commission
State aid — Directive 92/81/EEC — Excise duty on mineral oils — Mineral oils used as fuel for alumina production — Exemption from excise duty — Whether the exemption complies with a Council decision of authorisation under Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81 — Presumption of legality attaching to European Union measures — Legal certainty — Sound administration
Languages of the case: English, French and Italian
Case T-227/09 Feng Shen Technology v OHIM – Majtczak (FS)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark FS — Applicant acting in bad faith — Article 51(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: English
Joined Cases T‑439/10 and T‑440/10 Fulmen and Mahmoudian v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Actions for annulment — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Right to effective judicial protection — Error of assessment — Burden and standard of proof
Language of the case: French
Case T-174/11 Modelo Continente Hipermercados v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Aid scheme permitting the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering recovery of the aid — Absence of individual concern — Inadmissibility
Language of the case: Spanish
Joined Cases T‑458/09 and T‑171/10 Slovak Telekom v Commission
Competition — Administrative procedure — Decision requesting information — Necessity for the information sought — Principle of sound administration — Duty to state reasons — Proportionality
Language of the case: English
Case T-214/08 Rehbein v OHIM – Dias Martinho and Dias Martinho (OUTBURST)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for registration of the Community figurative mark OUTBURST — Earlier national word mark OUTBURST — Genuine use of the earlier trade mark — Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Production of evidence for the first time before the Board of Appeal — Article 74(2) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 76(2) of Regulation No 207/2009) — Rule 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95
Language of the case: English
Case T-123/09 Ryanair v Commission
State aid — Loan granted to an airline company and capable of being counted as own capital — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market — Sale of assets of an airline company — Decision finding no aid at the conclusion of the preliminary examination phase — Actions for annulment — Locus standi — Interested party — Admissibility — Serious difficulties — Jurisdiction — Duty to state reasons
Language of the case: English
Case T‑262/07 Lithuania v Commission
Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Measures to be adopted as a result of the accession of new Member States — 2003 Act of Accession — Determination of surplus stocks of agricultural products other than sugar, and the financial consequences of their elimination — Objective pursued by a provision of primary law — Decision 2007/361/EC
Language of the case: Lithuanian
Case T-336/07 Telefónica and Telefónica de España v Commission
Competition — Abuse of dominant position — Spanish markets for broadband internet access — Decision finding an infringement of Article 82 EC — Price fixing — Margin squeeze — Market definition — Dominant position — Abuse — Calculation of margin squeeze — Effects of the abuse — Competence of the Commission — Rights of the defence — Subsidiarity — Proportionality — Legal certainty — Sincere cooperation — Principle of sound administration — Fines
Language of the case: Spanish
Case T-398/07 Spain v Commission
Competition — Abuse of dominant position — Spanish broadband internet access markets — Decision finding an infringement of Article 82 EC — Price-fixing — Margin squeeze — Sincere cooperation — Ultra vires application of Article 82 EC — Legal certainty — Protection of legitimate expectations
Language of the case: Spanish
Case T-236/10 Asociación Española de Banca v Commission
Actions for annulment — State aid — Aid schemes allowing for the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of aid — Association — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissibility
Language of the case: Spanish
Information (on unpublished decisions)
Case T-53/06 UPM-Kymmene v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Plastic industrial bags sector — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Duration of the infringement — Single and continuous infringement — Fines — Gravity of the infringement — Mitigating circumstances — Undertaking playing a passive role — Proportionality
Case T-64/06 FLS Plast v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Plastic industrial bags sector — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Duration of the infringement — Fines — Gravity of the infringement — Mitigating circumstances — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Proportionality — Joint and several liability — Principle of ne bis in idem
Case T-65/06 FLSmidth v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Plastic industrial bags sector — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Duration of the infringement — Fines — Gravity of the infringement — Mitigating circumstances — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Proportionality — Joint and several liability
Case T‑453/10 Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture and Rural Development v Commission
Action for annulment — EAGGF, EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure incurred by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — Expenditure excluded from European Union financing — Devolved administration — No direct concern — Inadmissibility
Case T‑565/10 ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe v OHIM (Highprotect)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark Highprotect — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑298/10 Arrieta D. Gross v OHIM – Toro Araneda and Others (BIODANZA)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark BIODANZA — Earlier national word mark BIODANZA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Death of the trade mark applicant before adoption of the decision of the Board of Appeal — Admissibility of the response — No genuine use of the earlier trade mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Proceedings before the Board of Appeal — Rights of defence — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑573/10 Octapharma Pharmazeutika v EMA
Medicinal products for human use — Changes to a plasma master file (PMF) — Fees payable to the EMA — Act with adverse effects — Measure merely confirmatory — Manifest inadmissibility
Case T‑192/07 Comité de défense de la viticulture charentaise v Commission
Competition — Decision rejecting a complaint — No Community interest — Scope of the complaint — Competence of the author of the act — Duty to state reasons
Case T-450/08 Coverpla v OHIM – Heinz-Glas (Phial)
Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a bottle — Prior design — Ground for invalidity — Disclosure of prior design — Absence of novelty — Articles 5 and 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002
Case T-172/10 Colas v OHIM – García-Teresa Gárate and Bouffard Vicente (BASE-SEAL)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark BASE-SEAL — Earlier national figurative marks representing a diamond shape — Earlier national and international figurative marks COLAS — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-417/10 Cortés del Valle López v OHIM (¡Que buenu ye! HIJOPUTA)
Community trade mark — Application for Community figurative mark ¡Que buenu ye! HIJOPUTA — Absolute ground for refusal — Trade mark contrary to public policy or to accepted principles of morality — Article 7(1)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-207/11 EyeSense v OHIM – Osypka Medical (ISENSE)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ISENSE — Earlier national word mark EyeSense — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑42/11 Universal v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Italian market for the purchase and first processing of raw tobacco — Request that the parent company pay the fine — Bank guarantee lodged in the name of the subsidiary — Date on which the fine becomes due for payment — Action for annulment — Measure not open to challenge — Inadmissibility
Case T-288/08 Cadila Healthcare v OHIM – Novartis (ZYDUS)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark ZYDUS — Earlier Community word mark ZIMBUS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑379/08 Mustang v OHIM – Decathlon (Wavy line)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for a figurative Community mark representing a wavy line — Earlier national and international figurative trade marks representing a white wavy line on a black background — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑391/08 Ellinika Nafpigeia v Commission
State aid — Shipbuilding — Aid granted by the Greek authorities to a shipyard — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Misuse of aid
Case T-236/09 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
Public service contracts — Tendering procedure — External service provision for development, studies and support of information systems — Rejection of a tenderer’s bids — Duty to state reasons — Equal treatment — Transparency — Manifest error of assessment — Non-contractual liability
Case T-113/06 Marine Harvest Norway and Others v Council
Dumping — Imports of salmon originating in Norway — Definition of the Community industry — Like product — Composition of the sample of Community producers
Case T-115/06 Fiskeri og Havbruksnæringens Landsforening and Others v Council
Dumping — Imports of salmon originating in Norway — Lesser duty rule — Calculation of minimum import prices and fixed duties
Case T-63/09 Volkswagen v OHIM – Suzuki Motor (SWIFT GTi)
Community Trade Mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark SWIFT GTi — Earlier international and national marks GTI — Relative grounds for refusal — Similarity of the goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Assessment of the likelihood of confusion — Rejection of the opposition
Case T-225/10 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Aid scheme allowing the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of the aid — No individual concern — Inadmissibility
Case T‑228/10 Telefónica v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Aid schemes allowing for the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of aid — Act entailing implementing measures — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissibility
Case T-234/10 Ebro Foods v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Aid scheme allowing the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of the aid — No individual concern — Inadmissibility
Case T-157/10 Barilla v OHIM – Brauerei Schlösser (ALIXIR)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for registration of the Community word mark ALIXIR — Earlier national word mark Elixeer — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑327/09 Connefroy and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissibility
Case T-420/10 Armani v OHIM – Del Prete (AJ AMICI JUNIOR)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark AJ AMICI JUNIOR — Earlier national figurative mark AJ ARMANI JEANS — Earlier national word mark ARMANI JUNIOR — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-261/11 European Goldfields v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Subsidy granted by the Greek authorities in favour of the mining company Ellinikos Chrysos consisting of the transfer of the Cassandra mines at a price lower than the real market value and exemption from taxes on that transaction — Decision declaring the aid unlawful and ordering its recovery, with interest — No legal interest in bringing proceedings — Inadmissibility
Case T‑296/08 Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung v Commission
Aid granted under the INTI programme — Determination of the amount to be paid to the beneficiary — Errors of assessment
Case T‑41/09 Hipp v OHIM – Nestlé (Bebio)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark Bebio — Earlier Community word mark and international word mark BEBA — Partial refusal of registration — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑190/10 Egan and Hackett v Parliament
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Registers of assistants to former members of the European Parliament — Refusal of access — Exception relating to the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual — Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data — Regulation (EC) No 45/2001
Case T-243/07 Poland v Commission
Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Measures to be adopted as a result of the accession of new Member States — 2003 Act of Accession — Determination of surplus stocks of agricultural products other than sugar, and the financial consequences of their elimination — Objective pursued by a provision of primary law — Decision 2007/361/EC
Case T-247/07 Slovakia v Commission
Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Measures to be adopted on account of the accession of new Member States — 2003 Act of Accession — Determination of surplus stocks of agricultural products other than sugar and financial consequences of their elimination — Objective pursued by a provision of primary law — Decision 2007/361/EC
Case T-248/07 Czech Republic v Commission
Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Measures to be adopted due to the accession of new Member States — 2003 Act of Accession — Determination of surplus stocks of agricultural products other than sugar and the financial consequences of their elimination — Objective pursued by a provision of primary legislation — Decision 2007/361/EC
Case T-417/09 Poslovni Sistem Mercator v OHIM – Mercator Multihull (MERCATOR STUDIOS)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark MERCATOR STUDIOS — Earlier national and international figurative marks Mercator and Mercator Slovenska košarica — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No injury to reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T-111/10 Portugal v Commission
ERDF — Reduction of financial assistance — Operational Programme seeking modernisation of the economic fabric in Portugal — Absence of precise and verifiable binding objectives — Legitimate expectations
Case T-369/10 Handicare and You-Q v OHIM – Apple Corps (BEATLE)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark BEATLE — Earlier national and Community word and figurative marks BEATLES and THE BEATLES — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Reputation — Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or reputation of the earlier marks
Case T-547/10 Omya v OHIM – Alpha Calcit (CALCIMATT)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark CALCIMATT — Prior Community word mark CALCILAN — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Refusal of registration
Case T-242/11 Kaltenbach & Voigt v OHIM (3D eXam)
Community trade mark — International registration — Request for territorial extension of protection — Figurative mark 3D eXam — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character and lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
April 2012
Case T‑509/10 Manufacturing Support & Procurement Kala Naft v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Power of the Council — Misuse of power — Entry into force — Non-retroactivity — Duty to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Right to effective judicial protection — Error of law — Concept of support for nuclear proliferation — Error of assessment
Language of the case: French
Case T-326/11 Brainlab v OHIM (BrainLAB)
Community trade mark — Community word mark BrainLAB — Failure to apply for renewal of the registration of the trade mark — Removal of the trade mark from the register on expiry of registration — Application for restitutio in integrum — Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: German
Information (on unpublished decisions)
Case T-341/10 F91 Diddeléng and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — Decision to take no further action on a complaint — Failure to bring an action for failure to fulfil obligations — No challengeable act — Inadmissibility
Case T‑49/09 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
Public service contracts — Community tendering procedure — Provision of services relating to the maintenance and development of the information systems of the Directorate-General for Regional Policy — Rejection of a tender — Action for annulment — Equal treatment — Duty to state reasons — Infringement of essential procedural requirements — Manifest error of assessment — Non‑contractual liability
Case T-162/09 Würth and Fasteners (Shenyang) v Council
Action for annulment — Dumping — No individual concern — Inadmissibility
Case T‑572/11 R II Hassan v Council
Interim relief — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Syria — Freezing of funds and economic resources — Application for interim relief — Fresh application — Absence of new facts — Inadmissibility
Case T-163/12 R Ternavsky v Council
Application for interim measures — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Belarus — Freezing of funds and economic resources — Application for suspension of operation of a measure — Disregard of the formal requirements — Inadmissibility
Case T-554/08 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
Public service contracts — Call for tenders — Provision of business, technical and project consultancy services for European Union computer applications in the customs, excise and taxation areas — Rejection of a tender — Decision to award the contract to another tenderer — Action for annulment — Inadmissibility — Claim in damages — Selection and award criteria — Duty to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment
Case T-166/10 Samskip Multimodal Container Logistics v Commission
Action for annulment — Decision awarding Community financial assistance to improve the environmental performance of the freight transport system — Marco Polo II programme — Termination of the grant agreement and definitive abandonment of the project — No longer any interest in bringing proceedings — No need to adjudicate
Case T-328/11 Leifheit v OHIM (EcoPerfect)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark EcoPerfect — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑329/05 Movimondo Onlus v Commission
Arbitration clause — Framework agreement between ECHO and humanitarian organisations — Grant agreements — Suspension of payments
May 2012
Case T‑529/09 In 't Veld v Council
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Opinion of the Council’s Legal Service on a recommendation from the Commission to authorise the opening of negotiations for an international agreement — Partial refusal to grant access — Exception relating to the protection of the public interest in the field of international relations — Exception relating to the protection of legal advice — Specific and foreseeable threat to the interest in question — Overriding public interest
Language of the case: English
Case T‑158/10 Dow Chemical v Council
Dumping — Imports of ethanolamines originating in the United States — Definitive anti-dumping duty — Expiry of anti-dumping measures — Review — Likelihood of a continuation or recurrence of dumping — Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Language of the case: English
Case T‑344/08 EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg v Commission
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Administrative file relating to cartel proceedings — Refusal of access — Exception relating to protection of the purpose of investigations — Exception concerning the protection of the commercial interests of a third party — Exception concerning the protection of the decision-making process — Obligation of the institution concerned to carry out a concrete, individual examination of the content of the documents covered by the request for access
Language of the case: German
Case T‑300/10 Internationaler Hilfsfonds v Commission
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to contract LIEN 97‑2011 — Partial refusal of access — Determination of the subject-matter of the initial application — Exception relating to the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual — Exception relating to protection of the decision-making process — Principle of sound administration — Concrete and individual examination — Duty to state reasons
Language of the case: German
Case T‑570/10 Environmental Manufacturing v OHIM – Wolf (Representation of the head of a wolf)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for a Community figurative mark representing a wolf’s head — Earlier national and international figurative marks WOLF Jardin and Outils WOLF — Relative grounds for refusal — Detriment to the distinctive character or repute of the earlier mark — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: English
Case T‑111/08 MasterCard and Others v Commission
Competition — Decision by an association of undertakings — Market for the provision of debit, charge and credit card transaction acquiring services — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Multilateral fallback interchange fees — Article 81(1) and (3) EC — Concept of ancillary restriction — No objective necessity — Restriction of competition by effect — Conditions for the grant of an individual exemption — Rights of the defence — Remedy — Periodic penalty payment — Statement of reasons — Proportionality
Language of the case: English
Information (on unpublished decisions)
Case T‑435/11 Universal Display v OHIM (UniversalPHOLED)
Community trade mark — International registration designating the European Community — Application for Community word mark UniversalPHOLED — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑270/10 Conceria Kara v OHIM – Dima (KARRA)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark KARRA — Earlier national and Community figurative marks Kara — Company name Conceria Kara Srl and trade name Kara — Relative grounds for refusal — First sentence of Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8 of the Paris Convention — Bad faith
Case T‑344/10 UPS Europe and United Parcel Service Deutschland v Commission
State aid — No decision to close the procedure under Article 88(2) EC — Action for failure to act — Locus standi — Admissibility
Case T‑244/10 Tsakiris-Mallas v OHIM – Seven (7 Seven Fashion Shoes)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark 7 Seven Fashion Shoes — Earlier national figurative marks Seven and 7seven — Partial refusal to register — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑331/10 Yoshida Metal Industry v OHIM – Pi-Design and Others (Representation of a triangular surface with black dots)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Figurative Community trade mark representing a surface with black dots — Shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result — Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑348/10 Panzeri v OHIM – Royal Trophy (Royal Veste e premia lo sport)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community mark Royal Veste e premia lo sport — Earlier Community and international word marks veste lo sport — Earlier unregistered figurative mark panzeri veste lo sport — Relative grounds for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑416/10 Yoshida Metal Industry v OHIM – Pi-Design and Others (Representation of a surface with black dots)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Figurative Community trade mark representing a surface with black dots — Shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result — Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑101/11 Mizuno v OHIM – Golfino (G)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark G — Earlier Community figurative mark G+ — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑134/12 R Investigación y Desarrollo en Soluciones y Servicios IT v Commission
Application for interim measures — Financial assistance — Research and development — Recovery of advance payments made — Application for suspension of operation — Disregard of formal requirements — Inadmissibility
Case T‑325/11 Amador López v OHIM (AUTOCOACHING)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark AUTOCOACHING — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑280/11 Ewald v OHIM – Kin Cosmetics (Keen)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark Keen — Community figurative mark KIN — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑580/10 Wohlfahrt v OHIM – Ferrero (Kindertraum)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark Kindertraum — Earlier national word mark Kinder — Relative ground for refusal — Proof of use of the earlier trade mark — Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑17/09 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
Public service contracts — Tender procedure — Provision of informatics services for an electronic exchange of social security information project (EESSI project) in the field of the coordination of social security for persons mobile in Europe — Rejection of bid submitted by a tenderer — Award of the contract — Duty to state reasons — Transparency — Equal treatment — Manifest error of assessment — No interest in bringing proceedings — Non-contractual liability
Case T‑371/09 Retractable Technologies v OHIM – Abbott Laboratories (RT)
Community trade mark — Opposition Procedure — Application for figurative Community mark RT — Earlier national word mark RTH — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑6/10 Sviluppo Globale v Commission
Public service contracts — Call for tenders — Support for the customs and tax authorities in Kosovo — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid — Act not amenable to review — Confirmatory act — Inadmissibility — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to the call for tenders — Partial refusal of access — Exception concerning the protection of the commercial interests of a third party — Inadequate statement of reasons
Case T‑273/10 Olive Line International v OHIM – Umbria Olii International (O·LIVE)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community trade mark O·LIVE — Earlier Community and Spanish figurative and word marks Olive line — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑345/10 Portugal v Commission
EAGGF — Guidance Section — Reduction of financial assistance — Measures to support investments in agricultural holdings — Effectiveness of controls
Case T‑546/10 Nordmilch v OHIM – Lactimilk (MILRAM)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark MILRAM — Earlier national word and figurative marks RAM — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of goods and signs — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑585/10 Aitic Penteo v OHIM – Atos Worldline (PENTEO)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark PENTEO — Earlier Benelux and international word marks XENTEO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Articles 75 and 76 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑60/11 Kraft Foods Global Brands v OHIM – fenaco (SUISSE PREMIUM)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark SUISSE PREMIUM — Earlier Community figurative mark Premium — Absolute ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Opposition rejected — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-110/11 Asa v OHIM – Merck (FEMIFERAL)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark FEMIFERAL — Earlier national word mark Feminatal and earlier national figurative mark feminatal — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the signs — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑179/11 Sport Eybl & Sports Experts v OHIM – Seven (SEVEN SUMMITS)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark SEVEN SUMMITS — Earlier Community figurative mark Seven — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑169/10 Grupo Osborne v OHIM – Industria Licorera Quezalteca (TORO XL)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark TORO XL — Early Community figurative mark XL — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 — No likelihood of confusion
Case T‑555/10 JBF RAK v Council
Subsidies — Imports of certain types of polyethylene terephthalate originating in Iran, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates — Definitive countervailing duty and definite collection of provisional duty — Articles 11(8), 15(1) and 30(5) of Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 — Principle of sound administration
Case T‑152/11 TMS Trademark-Schutzrechtsverwertungsgesellschaft v OHIM – Comercial Jacinto Parera (MAD)
Community trade mark — Revocation proceedings — Community figurative mark MAD — Genuine use of the mark — Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character — Article 15(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑550/11 Assaad v Council
Actions for annulment — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Syria — List of persons and entities subject to the freeze of funds and economic resources — No legal interest in bringing proceedings
Case T‑233/10 Nike International v OHIM – Intermar Simanto Nahmias (JUMPMAN)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark JUMPMAN — Earlier national word mark JUMP — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
June 2012
Case T-381/11 Eurofer v Commission
Language of the case: German
Case T‑395/11 Elti v Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro
Actions for annulment — Public supply contracts — Tender procedure — Digitalisation of Montenegrin Public Broadcasting — Decision awarding the contract taken by the Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro — No legal capacity to be a defendant — Inadmissibility
Language of the case: English
Case T‑214/06 Imperial Chemical Industries v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Methacrylates market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Participation in a part of the cartel — Rights of the defence — Fines — Duty to state reasons — Gravity of the infringement — Deterrent effect — Equal treatment — Proportionality — Principle of sound administration — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Duration of procedure — Reasonable time
Language of the case: English
Case T‑534/10 Organismos Kypriakis Galaktokomikis Viomichanias v OHIM – Garmo (HELLIM)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark HELLIM — Earlier Community collective word mark HALLOUMI — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Right to be heard — Article 63(2) of Regulation No 207/2009
Language of the case: German
Case T‑338/08 Stichting Natuur en Milieu and Pesticide Action Network Europe v Commission
Environment — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Maximum residue levels for pesticides — Request for internal review — Refusal — Measure of individual scope — Validity — Aarhus Convention
Language of the case: Dutch
Case T-396/09 Vereniging Milieudefensie and Stichting Stop Luchtverontreiniging Utrecht v Commission
Environment — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Obligation of the Member States to protect and improve ambient air quality — Temporary exemption granted to a Member State — Request for internal review — Refusal — Measure of individual scope — Validity — Aarhus Convention
Language of the case: Dutch
Case T‑439/07 Coats Holdings v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Markets for zip fasteners and ‘other fasteners’ — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Coordinated price increases, fixing of minimum prices, customer-sharing, market-sharing and exchange of other commercial information — Evidence — Single and continuous infringement — Limitation period — Rights of the defence — Fines — Guidelines
Language of the case: English
Case T‑167/08 Microsoft v Commission
Competition — Abuse of dominant position — Client PC operating systems — Work group server operating systems — Refusal of the dominant undertaking to supply and authorise the use of interoperability information — Fulfilment of obligations under a decision finding an infringement and imposing behavioural measures — Periodic penalty payment
Language of the case: English
Case T‑372/10 Bolloré v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for carbonless paper — Price-fixing — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Decision adopted following annulment of a first decision — Imputation of the infringement to the parent company in its capacity as direct participant — Principle that offences and penalties must have a proper basis in law — Legal certainty — Principle that penalties must be applied only to the offender — Fair hearing — Equal treatment — Reasonable time — Rights of the defence — Fines — Limitation period — Attenuating circumstances — Cooperation
Language of the case: French
Case T‑523/10 Interkobo v OHIM – XXXLutz Marken (my baby)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark my baby — Earlier national and international word marks MYBABY and earlier national figurative mark mybaby — Relative ground for refusal — Failure to produce evidence in the language of the opposition proceedings — Legitimate expectations — Rules 19(3), 20(1) and 98(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95
Language of the case: German
Case T‑133/09 I Marchi Italiani and Basile v OHIM – Osra (B. Antonio Basile 1952)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark B. Antonio Basile 1952 — Earlier national word mark BASILE — Relative ground for refusal — Limitation in consequence of acquiescence — Article 53(2) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 54(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 8(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Language of the case: Italian
Case T‑360/09 E.ON Ruhrgas and E.ON v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — German and French markets for natural gas — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Market sharing — Duration of the infringement — Fines
Language of the case: German
Case T‑370/09 GDF Suez v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — German and French markets for natural gas — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Market sharing — Duration of the infringement — Fines
Language of the case: French
Information (on unpublished decisions)
Case T‑440/09 Azienda Agricola Bracesco v Commission
Non‑contractual liability — Agriculture — Bird flu — Exceptional market support measures in the eggs and poultry sector — Non‑inclusion of quails among the poultry types for which compensation is available — Equal treatment and non‑discrimination — No causal link — Action manifestly devoid of any basis in law
Case T‑379/11 Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — Environment — Directive 2003/87/EC — Allocation of free greenhouse gas emission allowances from 2013 — Commission decision determining the product benchmarks to apply for the calculation of the allocation of emission allowances — Article 263, fourth paragraph TFEU — Lack of individual concern — Regulatory act entailing implementing measures — Inadmissible
Joined Cases T‑492/09 and T‑147/10 Meda Pharma v OHIM – Nycomed (ALLERNIL)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Community — Word mark ALLERNIL — Application for Community word mark ALLERNIL — Earlier national word mark ALLERGODIL — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Grounds — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑206/10 Vesteda Groep v Commission
State aid — Scheme of aid granted by the Netherlands to social housing corporations — Existing aid — Decision accepting the commitments made by the Member State — Action for annulment — Locus standi — Inadmissibility
Case T‑165/11 Stichting Regionaal Opleidingencentrum van Amsterdam v OHIM – Investimust (COLLEGE)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark COLLEGE — Absolute ground for refusal — Absence of descriptive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑246/09 Insula v Commission
Arbitration clause — Financing contracts for research and development projects — MEDIS and Dias.Net contracts — Lack of supporting documents and non-compliance with the contractual requirements in respect of some of the declared expenses — Retention of a sum intended for another co‑contractor — Reimbursement of sums advanced — Partial inadmissibility of the action — Counterclaim by the Commission — Partial removal of need to adjudicate in relation to the counterclaim
Case T‑366/09 Insula v Commission
Arbitration clause — Financing contracts for research and development projects — Ecres, El Hierro, Islands 2010, Opet I, Opet II, Opet Ola, Respire, Sustainable Communities and Virtual Campus contracts — Lack of supporting documents and non‑compliance with the contractual requirements in respect of some of the declared expenses — Reimbursement of sums advanced — Partial inadmissibility of the action — Counterclaim by the Commission
Case T‑110/10 Insula v Commission
Arbitration clause — Financing contract for research and development projects — El Hierro contract — Lack of supporting documents and non-compliance with the contractual requirements in respect of the declared expenses — Reimbursement of sums advanced — Counterclaim by the Commission
Case T‑342/10 Hartmann v OHIM – Mölnlycke Health Care (MESILETTE)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark MESILETTE — Earlier national and international word marks MEDINETTE — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑519/10 Seikoh Giken v OHIM – Seiko Holdings (SG SEIKOH GIKEN)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration — Application for territorial extension of the protection — Figurative mark SG SEIKOH GIKEN — Earlier Community word mark SEIKO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑535/10 Organismos Kypriakis Galaktokomikis Viomichanias v OHIM – Garmo (GAZI Hellim)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark GAZI Hellim — Prior collective Community word mark HALLOUMI — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑542/10 XXXLutz Marken v OHIM – Meyer Manufacturing (CIRCON)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark CIRCON — Prior Community word mark CIRCULON — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Highly distinctive character — Goodwill — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Procedure before the Board of Appeal — Rights of the defence — Articles 75 and 76 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑277/11 Hotel Reservation Service Robert Ragge v OHIM – Promotora Imperial (iHotel)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark iHotel — Earlier Community figurative mark i‑hotel — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑312/11 Süd-Chemie v OHIM – Byk-Cera (CERATIX)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark CERATIX — Earlier national word mark CERATOFIX — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑656/11 R II Morison Menon Chartered Accountants and Others v Council
Application for interim measures — No need to adjudicate
Case T‑293/10 Seven Towns v OHIM (Representation of seven squares of different colours)
Community trade mark — Application for Community mark representing seven squares of different colours — Sign of which a Community trade mark may consist — Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑546/11 Technion and Technion Research & Development Foundation v Commission
Action for annulment — Sixth framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities — Letter confirming the findings of an audit report and informing the applicant of the next steps in the procedure — Acts inseparable from the contract — Inadmissibility
Case T‑159/09 Biofrescos v Commission
Customs union — Frozen shrimps and prawns from Indonesia — Invalid certificates of origin — Post-clearance recovery of import duties — Application for remission of import duties — Article 220(2)(b) and Article 239 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92
Case T‑203/11 Transports Schiocchet - Excursions v Council and Commission
Non-contractual liability — Coach and bus services between Member States — Regulation (EEC) No 684/92 — Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals — None — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T‑557/10 H.Eich v OHIM – Arav (H.EICH)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark H.EICH — Earlier national figurative mark H SILVIAN HEACH — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑37/11 Hungary v Commission
Action for annulment — Temporary instrument intended to finance actions at the new external borders of the European Union for the purpose of the implementation of the Schengen acquis and border control (Schengen Facility) — Contribution to Hungary in respect of the period from 2004 to 2006 — Recovery of part of the amount paid — Challengeable act — Inadmissibility
Case T‑357/10 Kraft Foods Schweiz v OHIM – Compañía Nacional de Chocolates (CORONA)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark CORONA — Earlier national word marks KARUNA and KARŪNA — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑276/09 Kavaklidere-Europe v OHIM – Yakult Honsha (Yakut)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark Yakut — Earlier Community figurative mark Yakult — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Cases T‑178/10, T‑263/10 and T‑265/10 Spain v Commission
Operational programmes of the Cohesion Fund and of the ERDF managed by Spain — Request for interim payment — Evidence suggesting significant deficiency in functioning of management and control systems — Measures interrupting the period for payment — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Audit strategy — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Proportionality
Cases T-264/10 and T-266/10 Spain v Commission
Cohesion Fund and ERDF operational programme managed by Spain (ESF Combating discrimination 2007-2013 operational programme) — Interim payment application — Decision to suspend the payment deadline because of a significant deficiency in the operation of management and control systems — Actions for annulment — Admissibility — Article 87(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006
Case T‑514/10 Fruit of the Loom v OHIM – Blueshore Management (FRUIT)
Community trade mark — Revocation proceedings — Community word mark FRUIT — Non‑use — Article 15(1)(a) and Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑531/11 Hamas v Council
Annulment action — Restrictive measures with a view to combating terrorism — Lis pendens
Case T‑445/07 Berning & Söhne v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Markets in zip fasteners and ‘other fasteners’ and attaching machines — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Coordinated price increases, fixing of minimum prices, sharing of customers and of markets and exchange of other business information — Proof — Rights of the defence — Single and continuing infringement — Time-bar — Fines — Duration and gravity of the infringement — Mitigating circumstances — Equal treatment — Proportionality
Case T‑448/07 YKK and Others v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Markets for zip fasteners and ‘other fasteners’, and for attaching machines — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Coordinated price increases, fixing of minimum prices, customer-sharing, market-sharing and exchange of other commercial information — Single and continuous infringement — Evidence — Nature and implementation of the infringement — Real impact — Leniency Notice — Fines — Upper limit — Dissuasive effect of the fine — Equal treatment — Proportionality
Case T-344/09 Hearst Communications v OHIM – Vida Estética (COSMOBELLEZA)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark COSMOBELLEZA — Earlier national and international word and figurative marks COSMO, COSMOPOLITAN, COSMOTEST, COSMOPOLITAN TELEVISION and THE COSMOPOLITAN SHOW — Non‑registered marks and trade names COSMO and COSMOPOLITAN — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — No similarity between the marks — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-134/09 Basile and I Marchi Italiani v OHIM – Osra (B. Antonio Basile 1952)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark B. Antonio Basile 1952 — Earlier national word mark BASILE — Relative ground for refusal — Limitation through acquiescence — Article 53(2) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 54(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 8(1) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑314/10 Constellation Brands v OHIM (COOK'S)
Community trade mark — Word mark COOK’S — Failure to apply for renewal of the mark — Cancellation of the mark upon expiry of the registration — Application for restitutio in integrum — Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
July 2012
Case T-86/08 Greece v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Fruit and vegetables — Rural development — Non-compliance with payment deadlines — Compliance with a judgment of the Court of Justice — Authority of res judicata — Time-limit of 24 months — Principle of proportionality
Language of the case: Greek
Case T-304/08 Smurfit Kappa Group v Commission
State aid — Corrugated case materials — Aid for the construction of a paper mill — Guidelines on State aid for regional purposes — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the common market — Admissibility — Validity of the authority conferred by a legal person on its lawyers — Adoption of a decision upon conclusion of the preliminary examination phase — Standing to bring proceedings — Procedural rights of interested parties — Serious difficulties justifying the initiation of the formal investigation procedure — Exercise by the Commission of its discretion — Article 87(3)(a) EC — Article 88(2) and (3) EC — Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Article 44(5) and (6) of the Rules of Procedure
Language of the case: English
Case T-279/09 Aiello v OHIM – Cantoni ITC (100% Capri)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Notification of the opposing party’s pleading before the Board of Appeal — Rules 50(1), 20(2) and 67(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 — Rights of the defence
Language of the case: Italian
Case T-170/11 Rivella International v OHIM – Baskaya di Baskaya Alim (BASKAYA)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark BASKAYA — Earlier international figurative mark Passaia — Proof of genuine use of the earlier mark — Relevant territory — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: German
Information (on unpublished decisions)
Case T-212/09 Denmark v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Arable crops — Setting aside of land
Case T-350/09 ICO Satellite v Commission
Actions for annulment — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Point from which time starts to run — Absence of excusable error — Manifest inadmissibility
Case T-329/11 TME v Commission
Public service contracts — Call for tenders in relation to the rehabilitation of the Bucharest wastewater treatment plant, jointly financed by the ISPA structural funds — Allegedly unlawful decision of the Romanian authorities to reject the tender submitted by the applicant — Refusal of the Commission to open a financial adjustment procedure with respect to Romania — Manifest inadmissibility
Case T-12/12 Laboratoires CTRS v Commission
Medicinal products for human use — Marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Orphacol — Letter informing the applicant of the Commission’s intention to refuse authorisation — Application for a declaration of failure to act — Definition of position by the Commission — Inadmissibility — Application for annulment — Adoption of a new decision — No need to adjudicate
Case T-466/09 Comercial Losan v OHIM – McDonald's International Property (Mc. Baby)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark Mc. Baby — Earlier Community figurative mark Mc Kids. always quality. always fun! — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-209/10 Deutscher Ring v OHIM (Deutscher Ring Sachversicherungs-AG)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark Deutscher Ring Sachversicherungs-AG — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-60/10 Jackson International v OHIM – Royal Shakespeare (ROYAL SHAKESPEARE)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark ROYAL SHAKESPEARE — Earlier Community word mark RSC ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY — Relative grounds for invalidity — Mark with a reputation — Article 53(1)(a) and Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Likelihood of association — Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier trade mark
Case T-382/11 Pigui v Commission
Action for failure to act — Position taken — Application for directions to be issued — Manifest inadmissibility
Case T-520/09 TF1 and Others v Commission
State aid — Public service broadcasting — Aid intended to be granted by the French Republic to France Télévisions — Budgetary grant for 2009 — Decision not to raise objections — Service of general economic interest — Criterion of proportionality — No serious difficulties
Case T-587/10 Interspeed v Commission
Non-contractual liability — External relations — Call for tenders issued by the EAR concerning work at the Preševo (Serbia) border crossing, the financing of the works and other connected measures — No causal link
Case T-135/11 Clorox v OHIM – Industrias Alen (CLORALEX)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark CLORALEX — Earlier national word marks CLOROX — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-559/10 Laboratoire Garnier v OHIM (natural beauty)
Community trade mark — Application for the Community figurative mark natural beauty — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-264/00 Compagnia Generale delle Acque v Commission
Annulment action — State aid — Reductions in social security contributions for undertakings in Venice and Chioggia — Commission decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and imposing the recovery of the aid paid — Action partially inadmissible and partially manifestly devoid of any basis in law
Case T-476/07 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Frontex
Public service contracts — Frontex tendering procedures — Provision of informatics services — Rejection of a tender — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Obligation to state reasons — Award criteria — Manifest error of assessment — Non-contractual liability
Case T-346/09 Winzer Pharma v OHIM – Alcon (BAÑOFTAL)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark BAÑOFTAL — Earlier national word marks KAN-OPHTAL and PAN-OPHTAL — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-470/09 medi v OHIM (medi)
Community trade mark — Application for the Community word mark medi — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (2) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T-334/10 Leifheit v OHIM – Vermop Salmon (Twist System)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark Twist System — Earlier Community word marks TWIX and TWIXTER — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-61/11 Vermop Salmon v OHIM – Leifheit (Clean Twist)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark Clean Twist — Earlier Community word marks TWIX and TWIXSTER — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-227/11 Wall v OHIM – Bluepod Media Worldwide (bluepod MEDIA)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark bluepod MEDIA — Earlier Community figurative mark blue spot and earlier international and national word marks BlueSpot — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-323/11 Unión de Cervecerías Peruanas Backus y Johnston v OHIM (shape of a bottle)
Community trade marks — Absolute grounds for refusal — Application for a three-dimensional trade mark — Shape of a bottle — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-361/11 Hand Held Products v OHIM – Orange Brand Services (DOLPHIN)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark DOLPHIN — Earlier Community word mark DOLPHIN — Opposition refused in part — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-389/11 Guccio Gucci v OHIM – Chang Qing Qing (GUDDY)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark GUDDY — Earlier Community word mark GUCCI — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Highly distinctive character of the earlier mark by reason of the public’s recognition of that mark — Evidence — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T-255/09 Caixa Geral de Depósitos v OHIM – Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona (la Caixa)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark la caixa — Earlier Portuguese word mark CAIXA — Earlier national word and figurative marks — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-201/10 IVBN v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Scheme of aid granted by the Netherlands to housing corporations — Existing aid — Special project aid to housing corporations — Decision accepting the Member State’s commitments — Decision declaring new aid compatible — No individual concern — Failure to initiate the procedure under Article 108(2) TFEU — Action inadmissible in part and in part manifestly devoid of any basis in law
Case T-240/11 L'Oréal v OHIM – United Global Media Group (MyBeauty TV)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Costs recoverable before OHIM — Costs of being represented by an employee — Article 85(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Action manifestly devoid of any basis in law
September 2012
Case T‑565/08 Corsica Ferries France v Commission
State aid — Maritime cabotage sector — Service of general economic interest — Private investor in a market economy test — Social policy of the Member States — Restructuring aid — Effects of a judgment annulling a decision
Language of the case: French
Joined Cases T‑133/08, T-134/08, T-177/08 and T‑242/09 Schräder v CPVO – Hansson (LEMON SYMPHONY and SUMOST 01)
Plant varieties — Decision by the CPVO to adapt, of its own motion, the official description of the variety LEMON SYMPHONY — Application for revocation of the Community plant variety right granted for the variety LEMON SYMPHONY — Application for annulment of the Community plant variety right granted for the variety LEMON SYMPHONY — Application for a Community plant variety right for the variety SUMOST 01 — Summons to attend oral proceedings before the Board of Appeal of the CPVO — Period of notice to attend of at least one month
Language of the case: German
Case T‑156/11 Since Hardware (Guangzhou) v Council
Dumping — Imports of ironing boards originating in China — Proceeding initiated against a single company — Market economy treatment — Three-month time-limit laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 2(7)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 — Burden of proof — Determination of injury
Language of the case: French
Case T‑265/08 Germany v Commission
ERDF — Reduction of financial assistance — Operational programme falling within Objective 1 (1994-1999), concerning the Land Thüringen (Germany)
Language of the case: German
Cases T‑168/10 and T‑572/10 Commission v SEMEA and Commune de Millau
Arbitration clause — Grant contract concerning a local development action consisting in the performance of work for the preparation and launching of a European Local Enterprise Centre in Millau (France) — Recovery of part of the sums paid — Admissibility of an action against a French company removed from the commercial and companies register — Application of French law — Administrative contract — Recovery of undue payments — Limitation period — Enforceability of an arbitration clause — Take-over of debt — Ancillary principle — Stipulation for third parties
Language of the case: French
Case T‑267/11 Video Research USA v OHIM (VR)
Community trade mark — Community figurative mark VR — Failure to apply for renewal of the mark — Cancellation of the mark upon expiry of the registration — Application for restitutio in integrum — Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: English
Case T‑52/12 R Greece v Commission
Application for interim measures — State aid — Compensation payments made in 2008 and 2009 by the Greek Agricultural Insurance Organisation (ELGA) — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Application for suspension of operation of the decision — Prima facie case — Urgency — Weighing up of interests
Language of the case: Greek
Case T‑169/08 DEI v Commission
Competition — Abuse of dominant position — Greek market for the supply of lignite and Greek wholesale electricity market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 86(1) EC, read in combination with Article 82 EC — Grant or maintenance of rights awarded by the Hellenic Republic in favour of a public undertaking for the extraction of lignite
Language of the case: Greek
Case T‑154/10 France v Commission
State aid — Aid allegedly implemented by France in the form of an implied, unlimited guarantee in favour of La Poste as a result of its status as a publicly-owned establishment — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market — Action for annulment — Interest in bringing proceedings — Admissibility — Burden of proving the existence of State aid — Advantage
Language of the case: French
Case T‑278/10 Wesergold Getränkeindustrie v OHIM – Lidl Stiftung (WESTERN GOLD)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark WESTERN GOLD — Earlier national, international and Community word marks WESERGOLD, Wesergold, and WeserGold — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Distinctiveness of the earlier marks
Language of the case: German
Case T‑343/06 Shell Petroleum and Others v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Joint control — Fines — Aggravating circumstances — Role of instigator and leader — Repeated infringement — Duration of the infringement — Rights of the defence — Unlimited jurisdiction — Conduct of the undertaking during the administrative procedure
Language of the case: English
Case T‑347/06 Nynäs Petroleum and Nynas Belgium v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Fines — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Significant added value — Equal treatment
Language of the case: English
Case T‑357/06 Koninklijke Wegenbouw Stevin v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Existence and classification of an agreement — Restriction on competition — Guidelines on the applicability of Article 81 EC to horizontal cooperation agreements — Rights of the defence — Fine — Aggravating circumstances — Role of instigator and leader — Absence of cooperation — Commission’s powers of investigation — Right to the assistance of a lawyer — Misuse of powers — Calculation of the amount of the fines — Duration of the infringement — Unlimited jurisdiction
Language of the case: Dutch
Case T‑361/06 Ballast Nedam v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Attributability of the unlawful conduct — Rights of the defence — Effects in relation to third parties of a judgment annulling a measure
Language of the case: Dutch
Case T‑362/06 Ballast Nedam Infra v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Fines — Proof of the infringement — Gravity of the infringement — Attributability of the unlawful conduct — Rights of the defence — Production of new pleas in the course of proceedings — Unlimited jurisdiction
Language of the case: Dutch
Case T‑370/06 Kuwait Petroleum and Others v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Fines — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Significant added value — Equal treatment — Rights of the defence
Language of the case: English
Case T-82/08 Guardian Industries and Guardian Europe v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for flat glass in the EEA — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price-fixing — Evidence of the infringement — Calculation of the amount of the fines — Exclusion of captive sales — Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based — Equal treatment — Mitigating circumstances
Language of the case: English
Case T‑139/09 France v Commission
State aid — Fruit and vegetable sector — ‘Contingency plans’ seeking to support the fruit and vegetable market in France — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market — Concept of State aid — State resources — Co-financing by a public institution and by voluntary contributions from farmers’ organisations — Arguments not raised during the administrative procedure — Duty to state reasons
Language of the case: French
Case T‑387/09 Applied Microengineering v Commission
Fifth framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration — Contracts concerning the projects ‘Formation of a New Design House for MST’ and ‘Assessment of a New Anodic Bonder’ — Recovery of part of the financial contribution paid — Enforceable decision — Decision amending the contested decision during the proceedings — Legal basis of the action — Nature of the pleas put forward — Legitimate expectations — Duty to state reasons — Principle of sound administration
Language of the case: English
Information (on unpublished decisions)
Case T‑381/08 DAI v Commission
Agriculture — Sugar — Temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry of the Community — Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 and Regulation (EC) No 928/2006 — Decision 2008/445/EC — Retroactive restructuring aid
Case T‑213/12 R Elitaliana v Eulex Kosovo and Starlite Aviation Operations
Interim measures — Public contracts — Tendering procedure — Rejection of a tender — Application for interim measures — Disregard of the procedural requirements — Inadmissibility
Case T‑497/11 Euro-Information v OHIM (EURO AUTOMATIC PAIEMENT)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark EURO AUTOMATIC PAIEMENT — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive nature — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑564/11 Farage v Parliament and Buzek
Law governing the institutions — Decision of the President of the Parliament imposing on a Member of the Parliament the penalty of forfeiture of entitlement to the daily subsistence allowance for a period of 10 days — Decision of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the Parliament declaring inadmissible the Member’s request for defence of his Parliamentary immunity — Manifest lack of jurisdiction of the General Court — Manifest inadmissibility
Case T‑657/11 Technion and Technion Research & Development Foundation v Commission
Action for annulment — Sixth framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities — Letter notifying the applicant of the Commission’s intention to recover the adjusted sums pursuant to a research financing contract — Acts inseparable from the contract — Inadmissibility
Case T‑394/06 Italy v Commission
EAGGF — ‘Guarantee’ section — Clearance of accounts — Expenditure excluded from financing — Irregularities or negligence attributable to administrations or bodies of Member States — Article 8(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 and Article 8(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 — Excessive delay in assessment by the Commission of communications sent pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 595/91 — Reasonable time limit
Case T‑356/08 Greece v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Arable crops — Proportionality — Increase in the correction due to recurrence of the infringement
Case T‑566/10 Ertmer v OHIM – Caterpillar (erkat)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark erkat — Earlier Community and national word and figurative marks CAT — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Damage to reputation — Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (E) No 207/2009 — Duty to state reasons
Case T‑295/11 Duscholux Ibérica v OHIM – Duschprodukter i Skandinavien (duschy)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Community — Application for the Community figurative mark duschy — Earlier Community figurative mark DUSCHO Harmony — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Duty to state reasons — Articles 75 and 76 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑119/09 Protégé International v Commission
Competition — Abuse of dominant position — Market for Irish whiskey — Decision to reject a complaint — Lack of Community interest
Case T‑379/09 Italy v Commission
State aid — Exemption from excise duty on diesel used to heat glasshouses — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and ordering the recovery of the aid paid — Duty to state reasons — Selective nature — Effect on trade between Member States — Effect on competition — Directive 92/81/EEC — Directive 2003/96/EC — Community framework for State aid for the protection of the environment
Case T‑404/10 National Lottery Commission v OHIM – Mediatek Italia and De Gregorio (Representation of a hand)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark representing a hand — Article 53(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Existence of earlier copyright protected by national law — Burden of proof — Application by OHIM of national law — Review
Case T‑72/11 Sogepi Consulting y Publicidad v OHIM (ESPETEC)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark ESPETEC — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive nature — Lack of distinctiveness — Lack of distinctiveness acquired by use — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑369/11 Diadikasia Symvouloi Epicheiriseon v Commission and Others
Action for damages — Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance — Third country — National public procurement — Decentralised management — Inadmissibility — Lack of jurisdiction
Case T‑460/11 Scandic Distilleries v OHIM – Bürgerbräu, Röhm & Söhne (BÜRGER)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark BÜRGER — Earlier Community word mark Bürgerbräu — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑326/10 Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in light grey, dark grey, beige, dark red and brown)
Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in light grey, dark grey, beige, dark red and brown — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑327/10 Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in black, dark grey, light grey and dark red)
Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in black, dark grey, light grey and dark red — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑328/10 Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, beige and dark red)
Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, beige and dark red — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑329/10 Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in black, grey, beige and dark red)
Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in black, grey, beige and dark red — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑26/11 Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in black, beige, brown, dark red and grey)
Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in black, beige, brown, dark red and grey — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑31/11 Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in pink, violet, beige and dark grey)
Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in pink, violet, beige and dark grey — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑50/11 Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, black, beige, dark red and light red)
Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, black, beige, dark red and light red — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑164/11 Reddig v OHIM – Morleys (Knife handle)
Community trade mark — Proceedings for invalidity — Three-dimensional Community trade mark — Knife handle — Absolute ground for refusal — Sign constituted exclusively by the shape of the product necessary for obtaining a technical result — Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Declaration of invalidity by the Board of Appeal
Case T‑220/11 TeamBank v OHIM – Fercredit Servizi Finanziari (f@ir Credit)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark f@ir Credit — Earlier Community figurative mark FERCREDIT — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑333/09 Poland v Commission
EAGGF — Modulation — Allocation between the Member States of savings made — Distinction between the old Member States and those which acceded to the European Union in 2004 — Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 — Solidarity — Equal treatment — Duty to state reasons
Case T‑421/09 DEI v Commission
Competition — Abuse of dominant position — Greek markets for the supply of lignite and wholesale electricity — Decision establishing specific measures to correct the anti-competitive effects of an infringement of Article 86(1) EC, in conjunction with Article 82 EC, identified in an earlier decision — Article 86(3) EC — Annulment of the earlier decision
Case T‑89/10 Hungary v Commission
Structural funds — Financial assistance — M43 Motorway between Szeged and Makó — VAT — Non-eligible expenditure
Case T‑407/10 Hungary v Commission
Structural funds — Financial assistance — Budapest-Kelenföld-Székesfehérvár-Boba railway line — VAT — Non-eligible expenditure
Case T‑445/10 HerkuPlast Kubern v OHIM – How (eco-pack)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community trade mark eco-pack — Earlier national and international word marks ECOPAK — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑84/09 Italy v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Provision of information and promotion of agricultural products — Production of olive oil and table olives — Late payment
Case T‑265/09 Serrano Aranda v OHIM – Burg Groep (LE LANCIER)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark LE LANCIER — Earlier national word and figurative marks EL LANCERO — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Opposition dismissed
Case T‑301/09 IG Communications v OHIM – Citigroup and Citibank (CITIGATE)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark CITIGATE — Earlier national and Community word and figurative marks containing the element ‘citi’ — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Family of trade marks — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier trade mark — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑269/10 LIS v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Fines — Gravity and duration of the infringement
Case T‑344/06 Total v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Fines — Gravity and duration of the infringement
Case T‑348/06 Total Nederland v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Continuous nature of the infringement — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Fines — Gravity and duration of the infringement
Case T‑351/06 Dura Vermeer Groep v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Imputability of the unlawful conduct
Case T‑352/06 Dura Vermeer Infra v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Rights of the defence
Case T‑353/06 Vermeer Infrastructuur v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Existence and classification of an agreement — Restriction of competition — Guidelines on the applicability of Article 81 EC to horizontal cooperation agreements — Calculation of the amount of the fines — Gravity and duration of the infringement — Duty to state reasons — Rights of the defence
Case T‑354/06 BAM NBM Wegenbouw and HBG Civiel v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Existence and classification of an agreement — Restriction of competition — Guidelines on horizontal cooperation agreements — Rights of the defence — Fines — Duration of the infringement
Case T‑355/06 Koninklijke BAM Groep v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Duration of the infringement
Case T‑356/06 Koninklijke Volker Wessels Stevin v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Fines — Imputability of the unlawful conduct
Case T‑359/06 Heijmans Infrastructuur v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Burden of proof — Fines — Gravity of the infringement — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Duty to state reasons — Rights of the defence
Case T‑360/06 Heijmans v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Imputability of the unlawful conduct
Case T‑535/08 Tuzzi fashion v OHIM – El Corte Inglés (Emidio Tucci)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark Emidio Tucci — Earlier national word mark and international registration TUZZI — Earlier company name Tuzzi fashion GmbH — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Duty to state reasons — Article 73 and Article 62(2) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 75 and Article 64(2) of Regulation No 207/2009) — Examination of the facts by the adjudicatory body of its own motion — Article 74 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 76 of Regulation No 207/2009) — Article 79 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 83 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑243/09 Fedecom v Commission
State aid — Fruit and vegetable sector — ‘Contingency plans’ aimed at supporting the fruit and vegetable market in France — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the common market — Concept of State aid — State resources — Joint financing by a public body and by voluntary contributions from producer organisations — Arguments contrary to the facts submitted during the administrative proceedings — Operating aid — Legitimate expectation
Case T‑328/09 Producteurs de légumes de France v Commission
State aid — Fruit and vegetable sector — ‘Contingency plans’ aimed at supporting the fruit and vegetable market in France — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the common market — Legitimate expectation — Material error in the calculation of the amounts to be recovered
Case T‑357/09 Pucci International v OHIM – El Corte Inglés (Emidio Tucci)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark Emidio Tucci — Earlier Community figurative and national word and figurative marks Emilio Pucci and EMILIO PUCCI — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier mark — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑373/09 El Corte Inglés v OHIM – Pucci International (Emidio Tucci)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark Emidio Tucci — Earlier Community figurative and national word and figurative marks Emilio Pucci and EMILIO PUCCI — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier mark — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Duty to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑39/10 El Corte Inglés v OHIM – Pucci International (PUCCI)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark PUCCI — Earlier national figurative and word marks Emidio Tucci and E. TUCCI — Application for the earlier Community figurative mark Emidio Tucci — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) and Article 15(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier mark — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑160/10 J v Parliament
Right of petition — Petition addressed to the European Parliament — Decision to take no further action — Action for annulment — Duty to state reasons — Petition not falling within an area of activity of the European Union
Case T‑257/10 Italy v Commission
State aid — Undertaking with subsidiaries in certain non-member countries — Reduced rate loans — Decision declaring aid incompatible in part with the internal market and ordering it to be repaid — Decision taken following the annulment by the General Court of the initial decision concerning the same procedure — Force of res judicata — Duty to state reasons
Case T‑303/10 Wam Industriale v Commission
State aid — Undertaking with subsidiaries in certain non-member countries — Reduced rate loans — Decision declaring aid in part incompatible with the common market and ordering it to be repaid — Decision taken following the annulment by the General Court of the initial decision concerning the same procedure — Execution of a judgment of the General Court — Duty to state reasons — Principle of sound administration — Duty to exercise diligence — Duty of care
October 2012
Case T‑465/09 Jurašinović v Council
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Application for access to the reports of European Union observers present in Croatia from 1 to 31 August 1995 — Refusal of access — Risk of undermining the protection of international relations — Prior disclosure
Language of the case: French
Case T‑63/10 Jurašinović v Council
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Request for access to certain documents exchanged with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the course of a trial — Refusal of access — Risk of undermining the protection of international relations — Risk of undermining the protection of court proceedings and legal advice
Language of the case: French
Case T‑584/10 Yilmaz v OHIM – Tequila Cuervo (TEQUILA MATADOR HECHO EN MEXICO)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark TEQUILA MATADOR HECHO EN MEXICO — Earlier national and international word marks MATADOR — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — No similarity of the goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: English
Case T‑53/12 CF Sharp Shipping Agencies v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Actions for annulment — Duty to state reasons
Language of the case: English
Case T‑63/12 Oil Turbo Compressor v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Action for annulment — Duty to state reasons
Language of the case: German
Information (on unpublished decisions)
Case T‑312/10 ELE.SI.A v Commission
Arbitration clause — Sixth multiannual framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities, contributing to the creation of the European Research Area and to innovation (2002 to 2006) — Contract concerning the ‘I Way, Intelligent, co-operative system in cars for road safety’ project — Termination of the contract — Request for repayment of the financial contribution paid — Damages — Action seeking to obtain the full financial contribution requested and to challenge the request for repayment — Counterclaim
Case T‑360/10 Tecnimed v OHIM – Ecobrands (ZAPPER-CLICK)
Community trade mark — Period allowed for bringing proceedings — Out of time — No unforeseeable circumstances — No force majeure — Right of access to a court — Manifest inadmissibility
Case T‑215/10 Greece v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from Community financing — Cotton — Aid to the least well-off — Rural development — Effectiveness of supervision — Proportionality
Case T‑591/08 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
Public service contracts — Tendering procedure — Provision of information technology services — Selection of the tenderer as second contractor in the cascade procedure — Action for annulment — Grounds for exclusion from the tendering procedure — Conflict of interests — Duty to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Equal treatment — Non-contractual liability
Case T‑204/10 Lancôme v OHIM – Focus Magazin Verlag (COLOR FOCUS)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark COLOR FOCUS — Earlier Community word mark FOCUS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the marks — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Abuse of right
Case T‑62/12 ClientEarth v Council
Action for annulment — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Opinion issued by the legal service of the Council concerning a draft regulation of the Parliament and of the Council related to public access to the documents of the Parliament, of the Council and of the Commission — Confirmation of a refusal to grant full access — Inadmissibility — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Notion of measure open to challenge for the purposes of Article 263 TFEU — Confirmatory measure
Case T‑426/08 Italy v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — EAGF — Expenditure excluded from financing — Fruit and vegetables — Sugar — Processing of citrus fruits — Milk — Arable crops — Flat-rate financial correction — Proportionality — Duty to state reasons — No error of assessment
Case T‑366/11 Bial-Portela v OHIM – Isdin (ZEBEXIR)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ZEBEXIR — Earlier Community word mark ZEBINIX — Relative grounds for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑31/12 Région Poitou-Charentes v Commission
Action for annulment — Structural funds — Measure not subject to review — Measure in part informative and in part preparatory — Inadmissibility
Case T‑150/09 Ningbo Yonghong Fasteners v Council
Dumping — Imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in China — Market economy treatment — Time-limit for adopting the decision on that treatment — Manifest error of assessment — Burden of proof — Adjustment to costs — Article 2(5) and (7)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (now Article 2(5) and (7)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Case T‑158/09 Greece v Commission
EAGGF — ‘Guarantee’ section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Clearance of accounts of the paying agencies of Member States concerning expenditure financed by the EAGGF — Negligence of the Member State in the recovery of sums wrongly paid — Liability of the Member State for the financial consequences of failure to recover
Case T‑170/09 Shanghai Biaowu High-Tensile Fasteners and Shanghai Prime Machinery v Council
Dumping — Imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in China — Market economy treatment — Time-limit for adopting the decision on that treatment — Principle of sound administration — Burden of proof — Duty to state reasons — Article 2(7)(b) and (c) and (10) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (now Article 2(7)(b) and (c) and (10) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Case T‑172/09 Gem-Year and Jinn-Well Auto-Parts (Zhejiang) v Council
Dumping — Imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in China — Support of the complaint by the Community industry — Definition of the product concerned — Injury — Market economy treatment — Costs of major inputs substantially reflecting market values — Article 2(7)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (now Article 2(7)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Case T‑247/09 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
Public service contracts — Tendering procedure — Supply of services relating to the production and dissemination of the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union and related offline and online media — Rejection of the bid of one tenderer and decision to award the contract to another tenderer — Obligation to state reasons — Equal treatment — Manifest error of assessment — Non-contractual liability
Case T-183/10 Sviluppo Globale v Commission
Public service contracts — Public procurement procedure — Supply of technical assistance to the Government of Syria — Rejection of the tender — Duty to state reasons
Case T‑569/10 Bimbo v OHIM – Panrico (BIMBO DOUGHNUTS)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark BIMBO DOUGHNUTS — Earlier national word mark DOGHNUTS — Relative ground for refusal — Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 76(2) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Application for alteration — Admissibility
Case T‑333/11 Wessang v OHIM – Greinwald (star foods)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark star foods — Earlier Community word and figurative marks STAR SNACKS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑556/10 Novatex v Council
Subsidies — Imports of certain types of polyethylene terephthalate originating in Iran, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates — Definitive countervailing duty and definitive collection of provisional duty — Article 3(1) and (2), Article 6(b), and Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Case T‑389/12 R EDF v Commission
Application for interim measures — Competition — Concentrations — Electricity market — Decision authorising a concentration operation subject to compliance with certain commitments — Refusal to grant the postponement of the deadline set for fulfilling those commitments — Application for interim measures — Lack of urgency
Case T-371/11 Monier Roofing Components v OHIM (CLIMA COMFORT)
Community trade mark — Application for the Community word mark CLIMA COMFORT — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Right to be heard — Second sentence of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Ex officio examination of the facts — Article 76(1) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑491/09 Spain v Commission
EAGGF — ‘Guarantee’ section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Premiums in the ovine and caprine meat sector — On-the-spot inspections
Case T-220/10 Commission v EU Research Projects
Arbitration clause — Contract concluded in the framework of the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration on a ‘User-friendly information society’ — Withdrawal from the project — Reimbursement of part of the amount advanced by the Commission — Default interest — Procedure by default
Case T‑286/10 Fondation IDIAP v Commission
Arbitration clause — Sixth Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities — Contracts relating to the Amida, Bacs and Dirac projects — Eligible costs — Additional cost model — Salary of researchers holding permanent employment contracts — Absence of contractor’s own resources
Case T‑447/10 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Court of Justice
Public service contracts — Tender procedure — Provision of services for the maintenance, development and support of computer applications — Rejection of the applicant’s tenders and award of the contracts to another tenderer — Selection criteria — Award criteria — Obligation to state reasons — Non-contractual liability
Case T‑485/10 MIP Metro v OHIM – J. C. Ribeiro (MISS B)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark MISS B — Earlier national word mark miss H — Earlier international word mark Miss H — Earlier national and international figurative marks Miss H. — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑340/11 Régie Networks and NRJ Global v Commission
Action for damages — State aid — Limitation — Damage for which compensation may be awarded — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law — Manifest lack of jurisdiction
Case T‑466/11 Ellinika Nafpigeia and Hoern v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Shipbuilding — Aid granted by the Greek authorities to a shipyard — Measures implementing the Commission’s decision finding the aid incompatible with the common market and ordering that it be repaid — Inadmissibility
Case T-14/09 Vanhecke v Parliament
Privileges and immunities — Member of the Parliament — Waiver of immunity — Action for annulment — No further interest in bringing proceedings — No need to adjudicate
Case T‑442/11 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
Action for annulment — Act not subject to review — Act which is confirmatory, in part, and informative, in part — Inadmissibility — Action for damages — Failure to identify the alleged conduct or to define the alleged damage — Inadmissibility — Action for damages — No proof of damage — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T‑161/06 Arbos v Commission
Action for damages — ‘Culture 2000’ programme — Grants made for projects — Claims for payment of various sums — Article 44(1)(c) of the Rules of Procedure — Inadmissible
Case T‑216/09 Astrim and Elyo Italia v Commission
Public service contracts — Tendering procedure — Maintenance services for air conditioning, heating and ventilation systems — Ispra Joint Research Centre — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid — Interpretation of a condition laid down in the contract specifications — Duty to state reasons
Case T‑503/10 IDT Biologika v Commission
Public supply contracts — Call for tenders — Supply in Serbia of rabies vaccines — Rejection of a submitted tender — Award of the contract to another tenderer
Case T‑552/10 riha v OHIM – Lidl Stiftung (VITAL&FIT)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark VITAL&FIT — Earlier national word mark VITAFIT — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Duty to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑191/11 Automobili Lamborghini v OHIM – Miura Martínez and Miura Martínez (Miura)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community trade mark Miura — Earlier national word and figurative marks MIURA — Rights of the defence — Right to be heard — Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Notification by ordinary mail — Rule 62(1) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95
November 2012
Case T‑137/10 CBI v Commission
State aid — Public hospitals — Subsidies granted by the Belgian authorities to public hospitals belonging to the IRIS association — Decision at the end of the preliminary stage — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Service of general economic interest — Definition of public service mission — Proportionality of compensation for public service
Language of the case: French
Joined Cases T‑83/11 and T‑84/11 Antrax It v OHIM – THC (Radiators for heating)
Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community designs representing thermosiphons for radiators for heating — Earlier design — Ground for invalidity — Lack of individual character — No different overall impression — Articles 6 and 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Saturation of the state of the art — Duty to state reasons
Language of the case: Italian
Case T‑278/11 ClientEarth and Others v Commission
Actions for annulment — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Implied refusal of access — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Delay — Manifest inadmissibility
Language of the case: English
Case T‑135/09 Nexans France and Nexans v Commission
Competition — Administrative procedure — Action for annulment — Acts adopted during an inspection — Intermediate measures — Inadmissibility — Decision ordering an inspection — Duty to state reasons — Protection of privacy — Reasonable grounds — Review by the Courts
Language of the case: English
Case T‑345/12 R Akzo Nobel and Others v Commission
Interim relief — Competition — Publication of a decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Rejection of claim for confidential treatment of information provided to the Commission pursuant to its Leniency Notice — Application for interim measures — Urgency — Prima facie case — Weighing up of interests
Language of the case: English
Case T‑76/11 Spain v Commission
Fisheries — Measures for the conservation of living aquatic resources — Article 105 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 — Deductions from quotas allocated for a given year on account of overfishing in previous years — Temporal application — Legal certainty — Interpretation guaranteeing compliance with primary law — Principle that penalties must have a proper legal basis — Non-retroactivity
Language of the case: Spanish
Case T-541/10 ADEDY and Others v Council
Action for annulment — Decisions addressed to a Member State with a view to remedying a situation of excessive deficit — No direct concern — Inadmissibility
Language of the case: Greek
Cases T‑537/10 and T‑538/10 Adamowski v OHIM – Fagumit (FAGUMIT and Fagumit)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark Fagumit and Community figurative mark FAGUMIT — Earlier national figurative mark FAGUMIT — Relative ground for invalidity — Article 8(3) and Article 165(4)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: German
Case T‑164/12 R Alstom and Others v Commission
Interim relief — Competition — Commission decision to transmit documents to a national court — Confidentiality — Right to effective judicial protection — Application for interim measures — Prima facie case — Urgency — Weighing up of interests
Language of the case: English
Information (on unpublished decisions)
Case T‑574/08 Syndicat des thoniers méditerranéens and Others v Commission
Non-contractual liability — Fishing — Conservation of fishery resources — Reconstitution of the stocks of bluefin tuna — Emergency measures prohibiting fishing by purse seiners — Unusual loss
Case T‑114/11 Giordano v Commission
Non-contractual liability — Fisheries — Conservation of fisheries resources — Recovery of bluefin tuna stocks — Emergency measures prohibiting fishing by purse seiners — Unlawful conduct — Causal link
Case T-194/10 Hungary v Commission
Action for annulment — Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 – Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 — E-Bacchus database – Registration of the protected designation of origin ‘Vinohradnícka oblast’ Tokaj’, in respect of Slovakia — Measure not subject to review — Inadmissibility
Case T‑415/11 Hartmann v OHIM (Nutriskin Protection Complex)
Community trade mark — Application for the Community word mark Nutriskin Protection Complex — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 — OHIM’s decision-making practice — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑555/11 tesa v OHIM – Superquímica (tesa TACK)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark tesa TACK — Earlier national figurative mark TACK Ceys — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑140/09 Prysmian and Prysmian Cavi e Sistemi Energia v Commission
Competition — Administrative procedure — Action for annulment — Acts adopted during an inspection — Intermediate measures — Inadmissibility — Decision ordering an inspection — Duty to state reasons — Protection of privacy — Reasonable grounds — Review by the Court
Case T‑529/11 Evonik Industries v OHIM – Impulso Industrial Alternativo (Impulso creador)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark Impulso creador — Earlier figurative Community mark IMPULSO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑403/12 R Intrasoft International v Commission
Interim measures — Public contracts — Procurement procedure — Rejection of a bid — Application for a stay of execution — Lack of urgency
Case T-278/09 Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter v OHIM (GG)
Community trade mark — Application for the Community collective word mark GG — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑341/12 R Evonik Degussa v Commission
Interim measures — Competition — Publication of a decision by which the Commission finds an infringement of provisions which prohibit cartels — Refusal of the request for confidential treatment of information provided to the Commission pursuant to its Leniency Notice — Weighing up of interests — Urgency — Prima facie case
Case T‑589/11 Phonebook of the World v OHIM – Seat Pagine Gialle (PAGINE GIALLE)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark PAGINE GIALLE — Absolute grounds for refusal — Distinctive character — Lack of descriptive character — No signs or indications which have become customary — Article 7(1)(b) to (d) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑120/12 Shahid Beheshti University v Council
Annulment action — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran to prevent nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Lateness — Inadmissible
Case T‑270/08 Germany v Commission
ERDF — Reduction in financial assistance — Operational programme falling under Objective No 1 (1994-1999) for Berlin (East) (Germany
Case T‑338/11 Getty Images v OHIM (PHOTOS.COM)
Community trade mark — Application for the Community word mark PHOTOS.COM — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Descriptive character — No distinctiveness acquired through use — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑558/11 Atlas v OHIM – Couleurs de Tollens (ARTIS)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ARTIS — Earlier national word mark ARTIS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-17/10 Steinberg v Commission
Action for annulment — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to funding decisions for grants to Israeli and Palestinian non-governmental organisations under the ‘Partnership for Peace’ programme and the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights — Partial refusal of access — Exception relating to the protection of the public interest as regards public security — Duty to state reasons — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T-215/11 ADEDY and Others v Council
Actions for annulment — Decision addressed to a Member State with a view to remedying a situation of excessive deficit — No direct concern — Inadmissibility
Case T‑672/11 H-Holding v Parliament
Action for failure to act — Action for damages — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly devoid of any basis in law
Case T‑29/12 Bauer and Alva Management v OHIM – BenQ Materials (Daxon)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark Daxon — Earlier Community word mark DALTON — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑491/07 CB v Commission
Competition — Decision of an association of undertakings — Market for issuing payment cards in France — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Tariff measures applicable to ‘new entrants’ — Membership fees and so-called ‘regulation of customer function’ and ‘sleeper member fee’ mechanisms — Relevant market — Object of the measures at issue — Restriction of competition by object — Article 81(3) EC — Manifest errors of assessment — Principle of sound administration — Proportionality — Legal certainty
Case T‑590/10 Thesing and Bloomberg Finance v ECB
Access to documents — Decision 2004/258/EC — Documents concerning the government debt and government deficit of a Member State — Refusal of access — Exception relating to the economic policy of the Union or of a Member State — Partial refusal of access
Case T-171/11 Hopf v OHIM (Clampflex)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark Champflex — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptiveness — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Lack of distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Duty to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
December 2012
Case T‑15/11 Sina Bank v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Actions for annulment — Duty to state reasons
Language of the case: English
Case T‑332/09 Electrabel v Commission
Competition — Concentrations — Decision imposing a fine for putting into effect a concentration — Obligation to suspend the concentration — Obligation to state reasons — Error of assessment — Limitation period — Amount of the fine
Language of the case: French
Case T‑352/09 Novácke chemické závody v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for calcium carbide and magnesium for the steel and gas industries in the EEA, with the exception of Ireland, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Fines — Obligation to state reasons — Proportionality — Equal treatment — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Ability to pay
Language of the case: English
Information (on unpublished decisions)
Case T‑143/11 Consorzio vino Chianti Classico v OHIM – FFR (F.F.R.)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for a Community figurative mark ‘F.F.R.’ — Earlier national figurative marks CHIANTI CLASSICO — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑421/11 Qualitest v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures adopted against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Action for annulment — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment
Case T‑167/10 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Requests for quotation — Refusal to grant access — Action for annulment — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Point from which time starts to run — Admissibility — Exception relating to the protection of the economic policy of the European Union — Exception relating to the protection of the commercial interests of a third party — Exception relating to the protection of the public interest in the field of public security — Duty to state reasons
Case T‑42/09 A. Loacker v OHIM – Editrice Quadratum (QUADRATUM)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark QUADRATUM — Earlier Community word mark LOACKER QUADRATINI — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Article 73 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009) — Article 74 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 76 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑22/12 Fomanu v OHIM (Qualität hat Zukunft)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark Qualität hat Zukunft — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑231/00 Adriatica di Navigazione and Comitato "Venezia vuole vivere" v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Relief from social security contributions for firms in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and requiring recovery of aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T‑253/00 Bauer v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Reductions in social security contributions for undertakings in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and requiring recovery of the aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T‑260/00 Cooperativa San Marco fra Lavoratori della Piccola Pesca and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Reductions in social security contributions for undertakings in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and requiring recovery of the aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T‑261/00 Sacaim and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Reductions in social security contributions for undertakings in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and requiring recovery of the aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T‑457/07 Evropaïki Dynamiki v EFSA
Public procurement — Tender procedure — Provision of IT consultancy assistance services — Rejection of a tender and decision to award the contract to another tenderer — Admissibility — Obligation to state reasons — Selection criteria — Award criteria — Compliance with award criteria laid down in the tender specifications — Manifest error of assessment
Case T‑392/09 1. garantovaná v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for calcium carbide and magnesium for the steel and gas industries in the EEA, with the exception of Ireland, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Fines — Ceiling of 10% of turnover — Relevant turnover — Rights of the defence — Obligation to state reasons — Proportionality — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Ability to pay
Case T‑400/09 Ecka Granulate and non ferrum Metallpulver v Commission
Competition — Cartels — Market in calcium carbide and magnesium for the steel and gas industries in the EEA, with the exception of Ireland, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price fixing and market sharing — Fines — Principle that penalties must have a sound legal basis — 2006 guidelines for the calculation of the amount of fines — Mitigating circumstances — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Proportionality — Ability to pay
Case T‑410/09 Almamet v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for calcium carbide and magnesium for the steel and gas industries in the EEA, with the exception of Ireland, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Rights of the defence — Commission’s powers in inspections — Single and continuous infringement — Fines — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Proportionality — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines
Case T‑103/08 Versalis and Eni v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Chloroprene rubber market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price fixing and market sharing — Attributability of the unlawful conduct — Duty to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Evidence of involvement in the cartel — Single and continuous infringement — Fines — Gravity and duration of the infringement — Repeat offending — Deterrence — Attenuating circumstances — Maximum turnover limit of 10% — Cooperation — 2002 Leniency Notice — Equal treatment — Proportionality
Case T‑34/10 Hairdreams v OHIM – Bartmann (MAGIC LIGHT)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark MAGIC LIGHT — Earlier national word mark MAGIC LIFE — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑588/10 Greece v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Arable crops — Dried grapes — Raw tobacco — Specific measures for the smaller Aegean islands concerning certain agricultural products — Sheepmeat and goatmeat — Conditionality — Proportionality
Case T‑136/11 pelicantravel.com v OHIM – Pelikan (Pelikan)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark pelikan — Absolute ground for refusal — No bad faith on the part of the applicant — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-461/11 Natura Selection v OHIM – Ménard (natura)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark natura — Prior Community word mark NATURA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑357/11 Bimbo v OHIM – Grupo Bimbo (GRUPO BIMBO)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community trade mark GRUPO BIMBO — Earlier national word mark BIMBO — Relative grounds for refusal — Mark with a reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-205/11 Germany v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Out of time — Inadmissibility
Case T‑320/11 Hungary v Commission
Action for annulment — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Point from which time starts to run — Out of time — Inadmissibility
January 2013
Case T‑182/10 Aiscat v Commission
State aid — Direct concession for the construction and subsequent management of a section of motorway — Decision to take no further action on the complaint — Action for annulment — Actionable measure — Locus standi — Individual concern — Admissibility — Definition of aid — State resources
Language of the case: Italian
Case T‑54/11 Spain v Commission
ERDF — Reduction of financial assistance — Aid for the operational programme falling within Objective 1 (2000-2006) concerning the region of Andalucía (Spain) — Article 39(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 — Three-month period — Directive 93/36/EEC — Negotiated procedure without prior publication of a tender notice
Language of the case: Spanish
Case T‑237/11 Lidl Stiftung v OHIM – Lactimilk (BELLRAM)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark BELLRAM — Earlier national word and figurative marks RAM and Ram — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Right to be heard — Articles 63(2), 75 and 76 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Opposition period
Language of the case: English
Case T‑625/11 BSH v OHIM (ecoDoor)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark ecoDoor — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: German
Joined Cases T‑346/11 and T‑347/11 Gollnisch v Parliament
Privileges and immunities — Member of the European Parliament — Decision to waive immunity — Activity unconnected with the functions of a Member of the Parliament — Procedure for waiver of immunity — Decision not to defend privileges and immunities — No further interest in bringing an action — No need to adjudicate
Language of the case: French
Case T‑308/00 RENV Salzgitter v Commission
State aid — Steel industry — Tax incentives for the development of the border zone between the former German Democratic Republic and the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic — Non-notified aid — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market — Recovery — Delay — Legal certainty — Calculation of the aid to be repaid — Aid falling within the scope of the ECSC Treaty — Investments for the protection of the environment — Discount rate
Language of the case: German
Joined Cases T‑225/06 RENV, T‑255/06 RENV, T‑257/06 RENV and T‑309/06 RENV Budějovický Budvar v OHIM
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Applications for Community word and figurative marks BUD — Appellations ‘bud’ — Relative grounds for refusal — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Case T‑46/09 Greece v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Processing of citrus fruits, cotton, bovines, and olive oil — Financial audit — Key controls — Proportionality — Recurrence — Duty to state reasons
Language of the case: Greek
Joined Cases T‑339/10 and T‑532/10 Cosepuri v EFSA
Public service contracts — Tender procedure — Shuttle service in Italy and Europe — Tenderer’s bid rejected — Decision to award the contract to another tenderer — Non-contractual liability — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Bid of the successful tenderer — Access refused — Exception relating to the protection of the commercial interests of a third party
Language of the case: Italian
Case T‑496/10 Bank Mellat v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Right to effective judicial protection — Manifest error of assessment
Language of the case: English
Information (on unpublished decisions)
Case T‑274/12 Alfastar Benelux v Council
Actions for failure to act — Action devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate — Actions for damages — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Cases T‑445/11 and T‑88/12 Charron Inox and Almet v Commission and Council
Action for annulment — Action for damages — Dumping –Imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of stainless steel originating in China — Provisional anti-dumping duty — No need to adjudicate — Definitive anti-dumping duty — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly devoid of any basis in law
Case T‑568/11 Kokomarina v OHIM – Vana Real Estate and Euro Shoe Group (interdit de me gronder IDMG)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Community — Figurative mark interdit de me gronder IDMG — Earlier Benelux word mark DMG — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark disputed for the first time before the General Court
Case T‑392/07 Strack v Commission
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to confirmatory applications for access to documents and to a case brought before the General Court — Document register — Action for annulment — Implied refusal of access — Interest in bringing proceedings — Admissibility — Partial refusal of access — Exception relating to the protection of the privacy and the integrity of the individual — Exception relating to the protection of the decision-making process — Duty to state reasons — Non-contractual liability
Case T‑413/11 Welte-Wenu v OHIM – Commission (EUROPEAN DRIVESHAFT SERVICES)
Community trade mark — Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity — Community figurative mark EUROPEAN DRIVESHAFT SERVICES — Absolute ground for refusal — Imitation of the emblem of an international inter-governmental organisation — Article 7(1)(h) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 6b of the Paris Convention — Content of the application for a declaration of invalidity — Admissibility of new elements — Article 56(2) and Article 76 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Rule 37(b)(iv) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 — Jurisdiction of the Board of Appeal in the case of an action limited to part of the decision of the Cancellation Division
Case T‑451/11 Gigabyte Technology v OHIM – Haskins (Gigabyte)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark Gigabyte — Earlier Community word mark GIGABITER — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑21/12 Alfacam and Others v Parliament
Action for annulment — Public service contracts — Procurement procedure — Supply of audiovisual services to the Parliament — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid — Articles 94 and 103 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 — Action manifestly devoid of any basis in law
Case T‑544/11 Spectrum Brands (UK) v OHIM – Philips (STEAM GLIDE)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark STEAM GLIDE — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑355/09 Reber v OHIM – Wedl & Hofmann (Walzer Traum)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community mark Walzer Traum — Earlier national word mark Walzertraum — Lack of genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Equal treatment
Cases T‑582/11 and T‑583/11 Solar-Fabrik v OHIM (Premium XL and Premium L)
Community trade mark — Applications for the Community word marks Premium XL and Premium L — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑507/12 R Slovenia v Commission
Interim measures — State aid — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery from the recipient — Application for stay of execution — Lack of urgency
Case T‑137/12 FunFactory v OHIM (Vibrator)
Community trade mark — Application for a three-dimensional trade mark — Vibrator — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons — First sentence of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Rights of the defence — Second sentence of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑218/00 Cooperativa Mare Azzurro and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Relief from social security contributions for firms in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme to be incompatible with the common market and requiring recovery of aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T‑262/00 La Vigile San Marco v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Relief from social security contributions for firms in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme to be incompatible with the common market and requiring the recovery of aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T‑263/00 La Navale v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Relief from social security contributions for firms in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme to be incompatible with the common market and requiring the recovery of aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T‑474/09 Fercal v OHIM – Jacson of Scandinavia (JACKSON SHOES)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark JACKSON SHOES — Earlier national business name JACSON OF SCANDINAVIA AB — Relative ground for refusal — Relative ground for invalidity — Article 8(4) and Article 53(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑189/11 Yordanov v OHIM – Distribuidora comercial del frio (DISCO DESIGNER)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark DISCO DESIGNER — Earlier figurative Community mark DISCO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Identity of the goods — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑269/00 Sagar and Baglioni Hotels v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Reductions in social security contributions for undertakings in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and requiring the recovery of aid paid — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T‑272/00 Barbini and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Reductions in social security contributions for undertakings in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and imposing the recovery of the aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T‑273/00 Unindustria and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Reductions in social security contributions for undertakings in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and imposing the recovery of the aid paid — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T‑25/11 Germans Boada v OHIM (Manual tile-cutting machine)
Community trade mark — Application for a Community three-dimensional mark — Manual tile-cutting machine — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons — Articles 75 and 76 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Equal treatment
Case T‑283/11 Fon Wireless v OHIM – nfon (nfon)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark nfon — Earlier Community trade mark fon and earlier national word mark FON — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Application for alteration
Case T‑662/11 Müller v OHIM – Loncar (Sunless)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark Sunless — Earlier Community word marks SUNLESS and LONCAR-SUNLESS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑540/10 Spain v Commission
Cohesion Fund — Reduction of the financial assistance initially granted from the Cohesion Fund to four project stages concerning the construction of certain sections of the high-speed line linking Madrid and the French border — Time limit for adopting a decision — Article H(2) of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1164/94 — Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1386/2002 — Additional works or services — Concept of ‘unforeseen circumstances’ — Article 20(2)(f) of Directive 93/38/EEC
Case T‑66/11 Present-Service Ullrich v OHIM – Punt Nou (babilu)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark babilu — Earlier Community word mark BABIDU — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the services — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑235/11 Spain v Commission
Cohesion Fund — Reduction of the financial assistance initially granted by the Fund to five projects concerning the implementation of certain lines of the high-speed railway network in Spain — Time limit for the adoption of a decision — Article H(2) of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1164/94 — Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1386/2002 — Additional deliveries — Additional works or services — Concept of ‘unforeseen circumstance’ — Article 20(2)(e) and (f) of Directive 93/38/EEC
Case T‑54/12 K2 Sports Europe v OHIM – Karhu Sport Iberica (SPORT)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark SPORT — Earlier national and international word marks K2 SPORTS — Relative ground for refusal — No similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
February 2013
Case T‑494/10 Bank Saderat Iran v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Right to effective judicial protection — Manifest error of assessment
Language of the case: English
Case T‑84/07 EuroChem MCC v Council
Dumping — Imports of solutions of urea and ammonium nitrate originating in Russia — Request for an expiry review — Request for an interim review — Admissibility — Normal value — Export price — Articles 1, 2 and 11(1) to (3) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (now Articles 1, 2 and 11(1) to (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009)
Language of the case: English
Case T‑492/10 Melli Bank v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Entity wholly owned by an entity identified as being involved in nuclear proliferation — Plea of illegality — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Right to effective judicial protection
Language of the case: English
Case T‑378/11 Langguth Erben v OHIM (MEDINET)
Community trade mark — Application for the Community figurative mark MEDINET — Earlier national and international figurative marks MEDINET — Claim of seniority of the earlier national and international marks — Earlier marks in colour and Community trade mark applied for not designating any specific colour — Signs not identical — Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Expediency of oral proceedings — Article 77 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: German
Information (on unpublished decisions)
Case T‑104/11 Ferrari v OHIM (PERLE')
Community trade mark — International registration designating the European Community — Figurative mark PERLE' — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character — Lack of distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑272/11 Coin v OHIM – Dynamiki Zoi (Fitcoin)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark Fitcoin — Earlier national, Community and international figurative marks coin — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑368/11 Polyelectrolyte Producers Group and Others v Commission
REACH — Transitional measures concerning the restrictions on the placing on the market and use of acrylamide for grouting applications — Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 — Proportionality — Obligation to state reasons
Case T‑368/11 R Polyelectrolyte Producers Group and Others v Commission
Application for interim measures — Dismissal of the main action — No need to adjudicate
Case T‑159/11 Marszałkowski v OHIM – Mar-Ko Fleischwaren (WALICHNOWY MARKO)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark WALICHNOWY MARKO — Earlier Community word mark MAR-KO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑504/11 Hartmann v OHIM – Protecsom (DIGNITUDE)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark DIGNITUDE — Earlier national and Community word marks Dignity — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — No similarity between the goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑551/11 BSI v Council
Action for annulment — Dumping — Extension of anti-dumping duty imposed on the imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China to imports of certain iron or steel fasteners consigned from Malaysia — Independent importer — Article 263, fourth paragraph, TFEU — Lack of individual concern — Legislative measure containing implementing measure — Inadmissibility
Case T‑263/11 Bopp v OHIM (Representation of a green octagonal frame)
Community trade mark — Application for a Community figurative mark representing a green octagonal frame — Absolute ground for refusal — Distinctive character — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Offer of evidence submitted for the first time in the reply — Article 48(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court — Document sent to OHIM by fax — Applicable rules
Case T‑412/11 Maharishi Foundation v OHIM (TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION — Absolute grounds for refusal — Decision of the Board of Appeal remitting the case to the Examination Division — Article 65(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Admissibility — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Relevant public
Case T‑426/11 Maharishi Foundation v OHIM (MÉDITATION TRANSCENDANTALE)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark MÉDITATION TRANSCENDANTALE — Absolute grounds for refusal — Decision of the Board of Appeal remitting the case to the Examination Division — Article 65(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Admissibility — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Relevant public
Case T‑235/08 Acron and Dorogobuzh v Council
Dumping — Imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia — Request for a partial interim review — Normal value — Export price — Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (now Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Case T‑459/08 EuroChem MCC v Council
Dumping — Imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia — Request for a partial interim review — Expiry review — Normal value — Export price — Articles 1, 2 and 11(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (now Articles 1, 2 and 11(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009)
Case T‑118/10 Acron v Council
Dumping — Imports of solutions of urea and ammonium nitrate originating in Russia — Request for a new exporter review — Normal value — Export price — Articles 1, 2 and 11(4) and (9) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (now Articles 1, 2 and 11(4) and (9) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009)
Case T‑50/12 AMC-Representações Têxteis v OHIM – MIP Metro (METRO KIDS COMPANY)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark METRO KIDS COMPANY — Earlier international figurative mark METRO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑33/12 Piotrowski v OHIM (MEDIGYM)
Community trade mark — International registration designating the European Community — Word mark MEDIGYM — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptiveness — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Right to a hearing — Second sentence of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
Joined Cases T-15/12 and T-16/12 Provincie Groningen and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Subsidy scheme for the acquisition of natural areas for environmental protection — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — No interest in bringing proceedings — Inadmissibility
Cases T‑278/00 to T‑280/00, T‑282/00 to T‑286/00 and T‑288/00 to T‑295/00 Albergo Quattro Fontane and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Relief from social security contributions for firms in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and requiring recovery of the aid paid out — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T‑241/09 Nikolaou v Court of Auditors
Non-contractual liability — Court of Auditors — Conduct of internal investigations — Personal data — Illegality — Causal link — Limitation period
Case T‑224/11 Caventa v OHIM – Anson's Herrenhaus (BERG)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark BERG — Earlier Community word mark Christian Berg — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑225/11 Caventa v OHIM – Anson's Herrenhaus (BERG)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark BERG — Earlier Community word mark Christian Berg — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑631/11 Caventa v OHIM – Anson's Herrenhaus (B BERG)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark B BERG — Earlier Community word mark Christian Berg — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑9/10 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
Public service contracts — Tender procedure — Supply of external services relating to the provision of electronic publications — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid — Award of the contract to another tenderer — Selection and award criteria — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment
Case T‑444/10 Esge v OHIM – De'Longhi Benelux (KMIX)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark KMIX — Earlier Community word mark BAMIX — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑427/11 Laboratoire Bioderma v OHIM – Cabinet Continental (BIODERMA)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark BIODERMA — No infringement of the rights of the defence — Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 207/2009
Joined Cases T‑65/10, T‑113/10 and T‑138/10 Spain v Commission
ERDF — Reduction of financial assistance — Operational Programmes for ‘Andalusia’ and ‘Comunidad Valenciana’ Objective 1 (1994-1999) — Operational Programme for ‘Basque Country’ Objective 2 (1997-1999) — Extrapolation
Case T‑591/10 Castiglioni v Commission
Action for annulment — Action for damages — Public works contracts — Tender procedure — Construction, restructuring and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure at the Joint Research Centre’s Ispra site — Selection criteria — Rejection of the tender submitted by one tenderer and a decision to award the contract to another tenderer — New pleas in law — Action in part manifestly unfounded in law and in part manifestly inadmissible
Case T‑241/10 Poland v Commission
EAGGF, EAGF and EAFRD — ‘Guarantee’ Section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Direct payments — Identification system for agricultural parcels — Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 — Lack of effectiveness and reliability — Intentional irregularities — Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004
Case T‑367/10 Bloufin Touna Ellas Naftiki Etaireia and Others v Commission
Fisheries — Conservation of fish stocks — Recovery plan for bluefin tuna — Measures prohibiting fishing activities of purse seiners flying the flag of France or Greece — Actions for annulment — Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures — Whether directly concerned — Admissibility — Rate of exhaustion of quotas per State and per purse seiner — True catch capacity
Case T‑387/11 Nitrogénművek Vegyipari v Commission
State aid — Banking sector — Loans guaranteed by Hungary and granted by a development bank — Decision declaring the aid measures partly incompatible and ordering their recovery — Private investor test
March 2013
Case T‑93/10 Bilbaína de Alquitranes and Others v ECHA
REACH — Identification of pitch, coal tar, high temperature as a substance of very high concern — Actions for annulment — Actionable measure — Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures — Direct concern — Admissibility — Equal treatment — Proportionality
Language of the case: English
Case T‑94/10 Rütgers Germany and Others v ECHA
REACH — Identification of anthracene oil as a substance of very high concern — Actions for annulment — Actionable measure — Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures — Direct concern — Admissibility — Equal treatment — Proportionality
Language of the case: English
Case T‑95/10 Cindu Chemicals and Others v ECHA
REACH — Identification of anthracene oil, anthracene low as a substance of very high concern — Actions for annulment — Actionable measure — Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures — Direct concern — Admissibility — Equal treatment — Proportionality
Language of the case: English
Case T‑96/10 Rütgers Germany and Others v ECHA
REACH — Identification of anthracene oil (anthracene paste) as a substance of very high concern — Actions for annulment — Actionable measure — Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures — Direct concern — Admissibility — Equal treatment — Proportionality
Language of the case: English
Case T‑370/11 Poland v Commission
Environment — Directive 2003/87/EC — Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading — Transitional rules for harmonised free allocation of emission allowances from 2013 — Benchmarks to be applied to calculate the allocation of emission allowances — Equal treatment — Proportionality
Language of the case: Polish
Case T‑110/12 R Iranian Offshore Engineering & Construction v Council
Interim relief — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran — Freezing of funds and economic resources — Application for interim measures — No urgency — Balancing of interests
Language of the case: Spanish
Case T‑462/12 R Pilkington Group v Commission
Interim relief — Competition — Publication of a decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Rejection of request for confidential treatment of information allegedly covered by business secrecy — Application for interim measures — Urgency — Prima facie case — Weighing up of interests
Language of the case: English
Case T‑4/13 R Communicaid Group v Commission
Application for interim measures — Public services contracts — Tendering procedure — Language training services — Rejection of tender submitted by a tenderer — Application for suspension of operation and interim measures — Loss of opportunity — No serious and irreparable damage — No urgency
Language of the case: English
Joined Cases T‑229/11 and T‑276/11 Inglewood and Others v Parliament
Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Additional pension scheme — Decisions rejecting applications seeking to benefit from the provisions in force before the amendment to the additional pension scheme in 2009 — Plea of illegality — Acquired rights — Legitimate expectations — Proportionality — Equal treatment
Language of the case: French
Case T‑587/08 Fresh Del Monte Produce v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market in bananas — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Information exchange system — Concept of a concerted practice having an anti-competitive object — Causal link between the collusion and the conduct of the undertakings on the market — Single infringement — Imputation of the infringement — Rights of the defence — Fines — Gravity of the infringement — Cooperation — Mitigating circumstances
Language of the case: English
Case T‑588/08 Dole Food and Dole Germany v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market in bananas — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Concept of a concerted practice having an anti-competitive object — Information exchange system — Duty to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Gravity of the infringement
Language of the case: English
Case T‑301/10 In 't Veld v Commission
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to the draft international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) — Negotiating documents — Refusal to grant access — Exception relating to the protection of the public interest with regard to international relations — Manifest error of assessment — Proportionality — Duty to state reasons
Language of the case: English
Case T‑324/10 Firma Van Parys v Commission
Customs union — Imports of bananas from Ecuador — Post-clearance recovery of import duties — Request for remission of import duties — Article 220(2)(b) and Article 239 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 — Error by the customs authorities — Obvious negligence on the part of the interested party
Language of the case: Dutch
Case T‑415/10 Nexans France v Joint Undertaking Fusion for Energy
Public supply contracts — Euratom — Procedure for call for tenders by the Joint Undertaking Fusion for Energy — Supply of electrical equipment — Rejection of a tenderer’s offer — Open procedure — Offer containing reservations — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Proportionality — Conflict of interests — Award decision — Action for annulment — No direct effect — Inadmissibility — Non-contractual liability
Language of the case: French
Case T‑571/11 El Corte Inglés v OHIM – Chez Gerard (CLUB GOURMET)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark CLUB GOURMET — Earlier national figurative mark CLUB DEL GOURMET, EN ... El Corte Inglés — Relative ground for refusal — No similarity between the goods and services — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Arguments and evidence adduced for the first time before the General Court
Language of the case: Spanish
Information (on unpublished decisions)
Case T‑198/09 UOP v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — No individual concern — Inadmissibility
Case T‑539/10 Acino v Commission
Medicinal products for human use — Suspension of the placing on the market and withdrawal of medicinal products containing the active ingredient Clopidogrel — Variation of the authorisation to place on the market — Prohibition from placing medicinal products on the market — Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 and Directive 2001/83/EC — Proportionality — Obligation to state reasons
Case T‑186/11 Schönberger v Parliament
Action for annulment — Right to petition — Petition addressed to the European Parliament — Petition declared admissible — Decision concluding the petition procedure — Measure not subject to review — Inadmissibility
Case T‑247/11 FairWild Foundation v OHIM – Wild (FAIRWILD)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Community — Word mark FAIRWILD — Earlier Community word mark WILD — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑64/12 Henkel and Henkel France v Commission
Action for annulment — Request seeking to obtain the transmission to the French competition authority of certain documents contained in the Commission’s file relating to competition proceedings concerning the European market for consumer detergents — Use in the context of national proceedings concerning the French detergents sector — Lack of interest in bringing proceedings — Inadmissibility
Case T‑498/10 Mayer Naman v OHIM – Daniel e Mayer (David Mayer)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark David Mayer — Earlier national word mark DANIEL & MAYER MADE IN ITALY — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Request for proof of genuine use made for the first time before the Board of Appeal — Out of time — Article 57(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑552/12 R North Drilling v Council
Interim relief — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran — Freezing of funds and economic resources — Application for interim measures — Lack of urgency — Weighing up of interests
Case T‑27/13 R Elan v Commission
Interim measures — State aid — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery from the beneficiary — Application for stay of execution — Lack of urgency
Case T‑89/13 R Calestep v ECHA
Application for interim measures — Fees and charges payable to ECHA — Reduced fees granted to small enterprises — Verification by ECHA of the declaration relating to the size of the enterprise — Decision ordering the recovery of the uncollected amount of the total fees payable — Application for suspension of operation of the decision — Disregard of the procedural requirements — Inadmissibility
Case T‑553/10 Biodes v OHIM – Manasul Internacional (FARMASUL)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark FARMASUL — Earlier Spanish figurative mark MANASUL — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Distinctive character of the earlier mark — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑624/11 Yueqing Onesto Electric v OHIM – Ensto (ONESTO)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Community — Figurative mark ONESTO — Earlier Community figurative mark ENSTO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑495/10 Bank Saderat v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Entity wholly owned by an entity identified as being involved in nuclear proliferation — Plea of illegality — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Right to effective judicial protection
Case T‑92/11 Andersen v Commission
State aid — Aid granted by the Danish authorities to the public undertaking DSB — Public service contracts for the supply of passenger rail transport services between Copenhagen and Ystad — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market subject to conditions — Temporal application of rules of substantive law
Case T‑489/11 Rousse Industry v Commission
State aid — Aid granted by Bulgaria in the form of a debt waiver — Decision declaring that aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — New aid — Distortion of competition — Obligation to state reasons
Case T‑277/12 Bimbo v OHIM – Café do Brasil (Caffè KIMBO)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark Caffè KIMBO — Earlier national word mark BIMBO — Relative grounds for refusal — Well-known trade mark within the meaning of Article 6 bis of the Paris Convention — Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑353/11 Event v OHIM – CBT Comunicación Multimedia (eventer EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark eventer EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS — Earlier national word mark Event — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑409/10 Bottega Veneta International v OHIM (Shape of a handbag)
Community trade mark — Application for a three-dimensional Community trade mark — Shape of a handbag — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Lack of distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(1)(b) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Failure to take account of an element of the trade mark applied for — Rule No 9 of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95
Case T‑410/10 Bottega Veneta International v OHIM (Shape of a bag)
Community trade mark — Application for a three-dimensional Community trade mark — Shape of a bag — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Lack of distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(1)(b) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Failure to take account of an element of the trade mark applied for — Rule No 9 of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95
Case T‑571/10 Fabryka Łożysk Tocznych-Kraśnik v OHIM – Impexmetal (FŁT-1)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark FŁT‑1 — Earlier Community figurative mark FŁT — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
April 2013
Case T‑671/11 IPK International v Commission
Financial assistance for an ecological tourism project — Repayment of the amounts recovered — Decision taken following the annulment by the General Court of the earlier decision cancelling the assistance — Compensatory interest — Default interest — Calculation
Language of the case: German
Case T‑401/08 Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Copyright relating to public performance of musical works via the internet, satellite and cable retransmission — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Sharing of the geographic market — Bilateral agreements between national collecting societies — Concerted practices precluding the possibility of granting multi-territory and multi-repertoire licences — Proof — Presumption of innocence
Language of the case: Finnish
Case T‑442/08 CISAC v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Copyright relating to public performance of musical works via the internet, satellite and cable retransmission — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Sharing of the geographic market — Bilateral agreements between national collecting societies — Concerted practices precluding the possibility of granting multi-territory and multi-repertoire licences — Proof — Presumption of innocence
Language of the case: English
Case T‑383/10 Continental Bulldog Club Deutschland v OHIM (CONTINENTAL)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark CONTINENTAL — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: German
Joined Cases T‑99/09 and T‑308/09 Italy v Commission
ERDF — Campania Regional Operational Programme (ROP) 2000-2006 — Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 — Article 32(3)(f) — Decision not to make interim payments in connection with the ROP measure concerning waste management and disposal — Infringement procedure against Italy
Language of the case: Italian
January 2012
Case T-304/09 Tilda Riceland Private v OHIM – Siam Grains (BASmALI)
Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community figurative mark BASmALI – Earlier non-registered trade mark and earlier sign BASMATI – Relative ground for refusal – Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber), 18 January 2012
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Case T-103/11 Shang v OHIM (justing)
Community trade mark – Application for the Community figurative mark ‘justing’ – Earlier national figurative mark JUSTING – Seniority of the earlier national mark claimed – Signs not identical – Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: Italian
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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber), 19 January 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:19 |
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Case T-289/11 Deutsche Bahn and Others v Commission
Language of the case : German
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Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of
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Case T-407/09 Neubrandenburger Wohnungsgesellschaft v Commission
Action for annulment – State aid – Contracts for the sale of apartments as part of the privatisation of publicly-owned apartments in Neubrandenburg – Complaint – Act not subject to review – Inadmissibility – Action for failure to act
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Case T-58/10 Phoenix-Reisen and DRV v Commission
Action for annulment – State aid – German system of allowances paid to employees of insolvent undertakings and the financing thereof – Decision finding no State aid – Inadmissibility
Case T-301/11 Ben Ali v Council
Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken in the light of the situation in Tunisia – Action for annulment – Time-limit for bringing proceedings – Out of time – No force majeure – No excusable error – Application for alteration of the contested measure – Claim for compensation – Manifest inadmissibility
Case T-462/09 Storck v OHIM – RAI (Ragolizia)
Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community word mark Ragolizia – Earlier Community word mark FAVOLIZIA – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the signs – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-135/07 Italy v Commission
Health policy – Avian influenza – Italian market in poultrymeat – Request of the Italian authorities to adopt exceptional measures to support the market – Commission decision rejecting that request
Case T-249/10 Kitzinger v OHIM – MDR and ZDF (KICO)
Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community figurative mark KICO – Earlier national figurative mark and Community word mark KIKA – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-513/10 Hamberger Industriewerke v OHIM (Atrium)
Community trade mark – Application for the Community word mark Atrium – Absolute ground for refusal – Descriptive character – Lack of distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-522/10 Hell Energy Magyarország v OHIM – Hansa Mineralbrunnen (HELL)
Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community figurative mark HELL – Earlier Community word mark HELLA – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the goods and of the signs – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-422/07 Djebel - SGPS v Commission
State aid – Aid scheme designed to promote modern and competitive entrepreneurial strategies – Planned aid for a commercial company in the form of a soft loan in order to help finance an investment by that company in Brazil – Decision declaring aid to be incompatible with the common market – Duty to state reasons – Impairment of competition – Effect on trade between Member States – Equal treatment
Case T-71/10 Xeda International and Pace International v Commission
Plant protection products – Active substance diphenylamine – Non-inclusion in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC – Withdrawal of authorisations of plant protection products containing that substance – Action for annulment – Locus standi – Admissibility – Proportionality – Article 6(1) of Directive 91/414 – Rights of the defence – Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1095/2007
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Case T-315/10 Groupe Partouche v Commission
Action for annulment – Concentrations – Decision declaring the concentration compatible with the common market – Article 44(1)(c) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court – Inadmissibility
Case T-607/11 R Henkel and Henkel France v Commission
Application for interim measures – Competition – Commission decision refusing to transmit documents to a national competition authority – Application for interim measures – No interest in bringing proceedings – Disregard of formal requirements – Measures requested not provisional in character – Inadmissibility
Case T-260/08 Indo Internacional v OHIM – Visual (VISUAL MAP)
Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community word mark VISUAL MAP – Earlier national word mark VISUAL – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-593/10 El Corte Inglés v OHIM – Ruan (B)
Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community figurative mark containing the letter ‘B’ – Earlier Community figurative mark containing the letter ‘B’ – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-332/10 Viaguara v OHIM – Pfizer (VIAGUARA)
Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community word mark ‘VIAGUARA’ – Earlier Community word mark VIAGRA – Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier trade mark – Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-637/11 R Euris Consult v Parliament
Application for interim measures – Public services contract – Tendering procedure – Services of translation into Maltese – Rejection of a tender – Arrangements for communication – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – Loss of opportunity – No serious and irreparable damage – No urgency
Case T-90/09 Mojo Concerts and Amsterdam Music Dome Exploitatie v Commission
State aid – Action for annulment – Investment of the Gemeente Rotterdam in the Ahoy’ complex – Decision finding that there was no State aid – Applicants not individually concerned – Inadmissibility
Case T-206/08 Spain v Commission
EAGGF – ‘Guarantee’ section – Expenditure excluded from Community financing – Wine sector – Prohibition on new vine plantations – National monitoring systems – Lump-sum financial correction – Procedural guarantees – Error of assessment – Proportionality
Case T-378/09 Spar v OHIM – Spa Group Europe (SPA GROUP)
Community trade mark – Opposition procedure – Application for Community word mark SPA GROUP – Earlier national figurative marks SPAR – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – No similarity between the signs – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T-205/10 Cervecería Modelo v OHIM – Plataforma Continental (LA VICTORIA DE MEXICO)
Community trade mark – Opposition procedure – Application for Community word mark LA VICTORIA DE MEXICO – Earlier Community figurative mark containing the word element ‘victoria’ and earlier national word mark VICTORIA – Registration refused in part – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the signs – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
February 2012
Case T-237/09 Région wallonne v Commission
Environment — Directive 2003/87/EC — Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading — National emission allowance allocation plan for Belgium in respect of the period from 2008 to 2012 — Article 44 of Regulation (EC) No 2216/2004 — Subsequent correction — New entrant — Decision instructing the Central Administrator of the Community independent transaction log to enter a correction into the national allocation plan table
Language of the case: French
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Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber), 1 February 2012
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Case T-291/09 Carrols v OHIM – Gambettola (Pollo Tropical CHICKEN ON THE GRILL)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Figurative Community mark Pollo Tropical CHICKEN ON THE GRILL — Absolute grounds for refusal — No bad faith — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: Spanish
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber), 1 February 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:39 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-171/12 P) |
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Case T‑424/10 Dosenbach-Ochsner v OHIM – Sisma (Représentation d'éléphants dans un rectangle)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark representing elephants in a rectangle — Earlier international and national figurative marks representing an elephant and earlier national word mark elefanten — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Distinctive character of the earlier marks
Language of the case: Italian
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 7 February 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:58 |
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Case T‑59/09 Germany v Commission
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to an infringement procedure which has been closed — Documents originating from a Member State — Grant of access — Prior agreement of the Member State
Language of the case: German
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 14 February 2012
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Joined Cases T‑115/09 and T‑116/09 Electrolux and Whirlpool Europe v Commission
State aid – Restructuring aid for a manufacturer of large home appliances notified by the French Republic — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the common market subject to conditions — Manifest errors of assessment — Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 14 February 2012
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Case T—33/11 Peeters Landbouwmachines v OHIM – Fors MW (BIGAB)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark BIGAB — Absolute ground for refusal — No bad faith — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber), 14 February 2012
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Joined Cases T‑268/08 and T‑281/08 Land Burgenland and Austria v Commission
State aid — Aid granted by the Austrian authorities to the Grazer Wechselseitige group (GRAWE) in connection with the privatisation of Bank Burgenland — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Private investor in a market economy test — Application where the State acts as vendor — Determination of the market price
Language of the case: German
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 28 February 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:90 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-214/12 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-223/12 P) |
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Case T-153/10 Schneider España de Informática v Commission
Customs union — Importation of colour television sets assembled in Turkey — Post-clearance recovery of import duties — Application for waiver of post‑clearance entry in the accounts of import duties and for remission of those duties — Article 220(2)(b) and Article 239 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 — Commission decision rejecting that application — Annulment by the national court of decisions taken by national authorities ordering post-clearance entry of import duties in the accounts — No need to adjudicate
Language of the case: English
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Order of the General Court (First Chamber), 28 February 2012
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Case T‑353/09 mtronix v OHIM – Growth Finance (mtronix)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark mtronix — Earlier Community word mark Montronix — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑76/08 EI du Pont de Nemours and Others v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for chloroprene rubber — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Price-fixing — Market‑sharing — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Joint venture — Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Mitigating circumstances — Cooperation
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Case T‑77/08 Dow Chemical v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for chloroprene rubber — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Price-fixing — Market-sharing — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Joint venture — Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Mitigating circumstances — Cooperation
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Case T‑83/08 Denki Kagaku Kogyo and Denka Chemicals v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for chloroprene rubber — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Price-fixing — Market-sharing — Proof of participation in the cartel − Proof of distancing from the cartel − Duration of the infringement — Rights of the defence — Access to the file − Guidelines on the method of setting fines − Non-retroactivity — Legitimate expectations — Principle of proportionality — Mitigating circumstances
Case T‑321/09 skytron energy v OHIM (arraybox)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark arraybox — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑469/09 Greece v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenses excluded from Community financing — Tomato processing and rice storage sectors — Integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes — Principle of proportionality
Case T‑387/10 Goutier v OHIM – Euro Data (ARANTAX)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ARANTAX — Earlier national word mark ANTAX — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑596/10 Almunia Textil v OHIM – FIBA-Europe (EuroBasket)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark EuroBasket — Earlier Community figurative mark Basket — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑359/10 Ecologistas en Acción v Commission
Action for annulment — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents concerning the development plan for the Cabanyal quarter in Valencia (Spain) — Documents originating from a Member State — Refusal of access — Exception relating to protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits — Exception relating to the protection of court proceedings and legal advice — Environmental information — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Action clearly without legal foundation
Case T‑305/10 Hartmann-Lamboy v OHIM – Diptyque (DYNIQUE)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark DYNIQUE — Earlier Community word mark DIPTYQUE — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑64/11 Run2Day Franchise v OHIM – Runners Point (Run²)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark Run2 — Earlier Community word and figurative marks RUN2DAY — Earlier Benelux figurative mark RUN2DATE — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-32/11 Verenigde Douaneagenten v Commission
Customs union — Imports of raw cane sugar from the Netherlands Antilles — Post‑clearance recovery of import duties — Request for remission of import duties — Article 220(2)(b) and Article 239 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 — Infringement of essential procedural requirements
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Joined Cases T‑80/06 and T‑182/09 Budapesti Erőmű v Commission
State aid — Wholesale electricity market — Favourable terms granted by a Hungarian public undertaking to certain power generators under power purchase agreements — Decision to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) EC — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — New aid — Private investor test
Case T‑601/11 R Dansk Automat Brancheforening v Commission
Interim measures — State aid — Danish law instituting lower duties for providers of online gaming — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Application for suspension of operation — Lack of urgency — Weighing up of interests
Case T‑267/06 Italy v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from Community financing — Financial corrections — Fruit and vegetables — Public storage of beef and veal
Case T‑319/08 Grasso v Commission
Action for annulment — Regulation (EC) No 530/2008 — Recovery plan for bluefin tuna — Setting of TACs for 2008 — Act of general application — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissible
Case T‑329/08 AJD Tuna v Commission
Action for annulment — Regulation (EC) No 530/2008 — Recovery plan for bluefin tuna — Setting of TACs for 2008 — Act of general application — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissible
Case T‑330/08 Ligny Pesca di Guaiana Francesco and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — Regulation (EC) No 530/2008 — Recovery plan for bluefin tuna — Setting TACs for 2008 — Act of general application — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissible
Case T‑366/08 Federcoopesca and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — Regulation (EC) No 530/2008 — Recovery plan for bluefin tuna — Setting of TACs for 2008 — Act of general application — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissible
Case T‑656/11 R Morison Menon Chartered Accountants and Others v Council
Interim relief — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds and economic resources — Application for suspension of operation — No urgency
Case T‑572/11 R Hassan v Council
Interim measures — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Syria — Freezing of funds and economic resources — Application for interim measures — Lack of urgency — Weighing up of interests
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Order of the President of the General Court of 17 February 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:83 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-168/12 P(R)) |
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Case T-‑218/11 R Dagher v Council
Interim measures — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures adopted having regard to the situation in Côte d’Ivoire — Withdrawal from the list of persons concerned — Application for interim measures — No need to adjudicate
Case T‑282/08 Grazer Wechselseitige Versicherung v Commission
State aid — Aid granted by the Austrian authorities to the Grazer Wechselseitige group (GRAWE) in connection with the privatisation of Bank Burgenland — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Private investor in a market economy test — Application where the State acts as vendor — Determination of the market price
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 28 February 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:91 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-215/12 P) |
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Joined Cases T‑77/10 and T‑78/10 Certmedica International v OHIM – Lehning entreprise (L112) and Lehning entreprise v OHIM – Certmedica International (L112)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark L112 — Earlier French word mark L.114 — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 57(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Declaration of partial invalidity
Case T‑525/10 Azienda Agricola Colsaliz di Faganello Antonio v OHIM – Weinkellerei Lenz Moser (SERVO SUO)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark SERVO SUO — Earlier Community word mark SERVUS — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
March 2012
Cases T-29/10 and T-33/10 Netherlands and ING Groep v Commission
State aid — Financial sector — Aid designed to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State — Capital injection with repayment or share conversion options conferred on the aid recipient — Amendment to the repayment terms during the administrative procedure — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the common market — Concept of State aid — Advantage — Private investor test — Necessary and proportionate relationship between the amount of aid and the extent of measures intended to ensure compatibility of the aid
Languages of the case: Dutch and English
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Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber), 2 March 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:98 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-224/12 P) |
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Case T‑230/10 Spain v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Fruit and vegetables — Obligation to justify expenditure — Conditions for recognition of producer organisations
Language of the case: Spanish
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 6 March 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:105 |
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Case T-210/02 RENV British Aggregates v Commission
State aid — Environmental tax on aggregates in the United Kingdom — Commission decision not to raise objections — Advantage — Selective nature
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber, Extended Composition), 7 March 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:110 |
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Case T‑221/10 Iberdrola v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Aid scheme allowing for the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of aid — Act entailing implementing measures — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissibility
Language of the case: Spanish
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber, Extended Composition), 8 March 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:112 |
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Case T‑32/10 Ella Valley Vineyards v OHIM – HFP (ELLA VALLEY VINEYARDS)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark ELLA VALLEY VINEYARDS — Earlier national and Community trade marks ELLE — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of association — Link between the signs — Reputation — No similarity of the signs — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: French
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Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber), 9 March 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:118 |
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Case T-273/09 Associazione "Giùlemanidallajuve" v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Abuse of dominant position — Rejection of a complaint — Legitimate interest — Community interest — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Language of the case: French
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Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of
19 March 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:129 |
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Joined Cases T-50/06 RENV, T-56/06 RENV, T-60/06 RENV, T‑62/06 RENV and T-69/06 RENV Ireland and Others v Commission
State aid — Directive 92/81/EEC — Excise duty on mineral oils — Mineral oils used as fuel for alumina production — Exemption from excise duty — Whether the exemption complies with a Council decision of authorisation under Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81 — Presumption of legality attaching to European Union measures — Legal certainty — Sound administration
Languages of the case: English, French and Italian
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition), 21 March 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:134 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-272/12 P) |
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Case T-227/09 Feng Shen Technology v OHIM – Majtczak (FS)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark FS — Applicant acting in bad faith — Article 51(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 21 March 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:138 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-266/12 P) |
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Joined Cases T‑439/10 and T‑440/10 Fulmen and Mahmoudian v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Actions for annulment — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Right to effective judicial protection — Error of assessment — Burden and standard of proof
Language of the case: French
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 21 March 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:142 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-280/12 P) |
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Case T-174/11 Modelo Continente Hipermercados v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Aid scheme permitting the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering recovery of the aid — Absence of individual concern — Inadmissibility
Language of the case: Spanish
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Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of
21 March 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:143 |
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Joined Cases T‑458/09 and T‑171/10 Slovak Telekom v Commission
Competition — Administrative procedure — Decision requesting information — Necessity for the information sought — Principle of sound administration — Duty to state reasons — Proportionality
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber), 22 March 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:145 |
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Case T-214/08 Rehbein v OHIM – Dias Martinho and Dias Martinho (OUTBURST)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for registration of the Community figurative mark OUTBURST — Earlier national word mark OUTBURST — Genuine use of the earlier trade mark — Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Production of evidence for the first time before the Board of Appeal — Article 74(2) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 76(2) of Regulation No 207/2009) — Rule 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber), 28 March 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:161 |
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Case T-123/09 Ryanair v Commission
State aid — Loan granted to an airline company and capable of being counted as own capital — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market — Sale of assets of an airline company — Decision finding no aid at the conclusion of the preliminary examination phase — Actions for annulment — Locus standi — Interested party — Admissibility — Serious difficulties — Jurisdiction — Duty to state reasons
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber), 28 March 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:164 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-287/12 P) |
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Case T‑262/07 Lithuania v Commission
Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Measures to be adopted as a result of the accession of new Member States — 2003 Act of Accession — Determination of surplus stocks of agricultural products other than sugar, and the financial consequences of their elimination — Objective pursued by a provision of primary law — Decision 2007/361/EC
Language of the case: Lithuanian
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber), 29 March 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:171 |
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Case T-336/07 Telefónica and Telefónica de España v Commission
Competition — Abuse of dominant position — Spanish markets for broadband internet access — Decision finding an infringement of Article 82 EC — Price fixing — Margin squeeze — Market definition — Dominant position — Abuse — Calculation of margin squeeze — Effects of the abuse — Competence of the Commission — Rights of the defence — Subsidiarity — Proportionality — Legal certainty — Sincere cooperation — Principle of sound administration — Fines
Language of the case: Spanish
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber), 29 March 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:172 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-295/12 P) |
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Case T-398/07 Spain v Commission
Competition — Abuse of dominant position — Spanish broadband internet access markets — Decision finding an infringement of Article 82 EC — Price-fixing — Margin squeeze — Sincere cooperation — Ultra vires application of Article 82 EC — Legal certainty — Protection of legitimate expectations
Language of the case: Spanish
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber), 29 March 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:173 |
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Case T-236/10 Asociación Española de Banca v Commission
Actions for annulment — State aid — Aid schemes allowing for the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of aid — Association — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissibility
Language of the case: Spanish
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Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of
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ECLI:EU:T:2012:176 |
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Information (on unpublished decisions)
Case T-53/06 UPM-Kymmene v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Plastic industrial bags sector — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Duration of the infringement — Single and continuous infringement — Fines — Gravity of the infringement — Mitigating circumstances — Undertaking playing a passive role — Proportionality
Case T-64/06 FLS Plast v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Plastic industrial bags sector — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Duration of the infringement — Fines — Gravity of the infringement — Mitigating circumstances — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Proportionality — Joint and several liability — Principle of ne bis in idem
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 6 March 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:102 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-243/12 P) |
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Case T-65/06 FLSmidth v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Plastic industrial bags sector — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Duration of the infringement — Fines — Gravity of the infringement — Mitigating circumstances — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Proportionality — Joint and several liability
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 6 March 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:103 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-238/12 P) |
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Case T‑453/10 Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture and Rural Development v Commission
Action for annulment — EAGGF, EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure incurred by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — Expenditure excluded from European Union financing — Devolved administration — No direct concern — Inadmissibility
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Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 6 March 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:106 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-248/12 P) |
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Case T‑565/10 ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe v OHIM (Highprotect)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark Highprotect — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑298/10 Arrieta D. Gross v OHIM – Toro Araneda and Others (BIODANZA)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark BIODANZA — Earlier national word mark BIODANZA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Death of the trade mark applicant before adoption of the decision of the Board of Appeal — Admissibility of the response — No genuine use of the earlier trade mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Proceedings before the Board of Appeal — Rights of defence — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑573/10 Octapharma Pharmazeutika v EMA
Medicinal products for human use — Changes to a plasma master file (PMF) — Fees payable to the EMA — Act with adverse effects — Measure merely confirmatory — Manifest inadmissibility
Case T‑192/07 Comité de défense de la viticulture charentaise v Commission
Competition — Decision rejecting a complaint — No Community interest — Scope of the complaint — Competence of the author of the act — Duty to state reasons
Case T-450/08 Coverpla v OHIM – Heinz-Glas (Phial)
Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a bottle — Prior design — Ground for invalidity — Disclosure of prior design — Absence of novelty — Articles 5 and 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002
Case T-172/10 Colas v OHIM – García-Teresa Gárate and Bouffard Vicente (BASE-SEAL)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark BASE-SEAL — Earlier national figurative marks representing a diamond shape — Earlier national and international figurative marks COLAS — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-417/10 Cortés del Valle López v OHIM (¡Que buenu ye! HIJOPUTA)
Community trade mark — Application for Community figurative mark ¡Que buenu ye! HIJOPUTA — Absolute ground for refusal — Trade mark contrary to public policy or to accepted principles of morality — Article 7(1)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-207/11 EyeSense v OHIM – Osypka Medical (ISENSE)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ISENSE — Earlier national word mark EyeSense — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑42/11 Universal v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Italian market for the purchase and first processing of raw tobacco — Request that the parent company pay the fine — Bank guarantee lodged in the name of the subsidiary — Date on which the fine becomes due for payment — Action for annulment — Measure not open to challenge — Inadmissibility
Case T-288/08 Cadila Healthcare v OHIM – Novartis (ZYDUS)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark ZYDUS — Earlier Community word mark ZIMBUS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 March 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:124 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-268/12 P) |
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Case T‑379/08 Mustang v OHIM – Decathlon (Wavy line)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for a figurative Community mark representing a wavy line — Earlier national and international figurative trade marks representing a white wavy line on a black background — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑391/08 Ellinika Nafpigeia v Commission
State aid — Shipbuilding — Aid granted by the Greek authorities to a shipyard — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Misuse of aid
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 15 March 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:126 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-246/12 P) |
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Case T-236/09 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
Public service contracts — Tendering procedure — External service provision for development, studies and support of information systems — Rejection of a tenderer’s bids — Duty to state reasons — Equal treatment — Transparency — Manifest error of assessment — Non-contractual liability
Case T-113/06 Marine Harvest Norway and Others v Council
Dumping — Imports of salmon originating in Norway — Definition of the Community industry — Like product — Composition of the sample of Community producers
Case T-115/06 Fiskeri og Havbruksnæringens Landsforening and Others v Council
Dumping — Imports of salmon originating in Norway — Lesser duty rule — Calculation of minimum import prices and fixed duties
Case T-63/09 Volkswagen v OHIM – Suzuki Motor (SWIFT GTi)
Community Trade Mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark SWIFT GTi — Earlier international and national marks GTI — Relative grounds for refusal — Similarity of the goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Assessment of the likelihood of confusion — Rejection of the opposition
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 March 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:137 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-260/12 P) |
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Case T-225/10 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Aid scheme allowing the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of the aid — No individual concern — Inadmissibility
Case T‑228/10 Telefónica v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Aid schemes allowing for the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of aid — Act entailing implementing measures — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissibility
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Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 21 March 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:140 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-274/12 P) |
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Case T-234/10 Ebro Foods v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Aid scheme allowing the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of the aid — No individual concern — Inadmissibility
Case T-157/10 Barilla v OHIM – Brauerei Schlösser (ALIXIR)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for registration of the Community word mark ALIXIR — Earlier national word mark Elixeer — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑327/09 Connefroy and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissibility
Case T-420/10 Armani v OHIM – Del Prete (AJ AMICI JUNIOR)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark AJ AMICI JUNIOR — Earlier national figurative mark AJ ARMANI JEANS — Earlier national word mark ARMANI JUNIOR — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 27 March 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:156 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-261/12 P) |
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Case T-261/11 European Goldfields v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Subsidy granted by the Greek authorities in favour of the mining company Ellinikos Chrysos consisting of the transfer of the Cassandra mines at a price lower than the real market value and exemption from taxes on that transaction — Decision declaring the aid unlawful and ordering its recovery, with interest — No legal interest in bringing proceedings — Inadmissibility
Case T‑296/08 Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung v Commission
Aid granted under the INTI programme — Determination of the amount to be paid to the beneficiary — Errors of assessment
Case T‑41/09 Hipp v OHIM – Nestlé (Bebio)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark Bebio — Earlier Community word mark and international word mark BEBA — Partial refusal of registration — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑190/10 Egan and Hackett v Parliament
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Registers of assistants to former members of the European Parliament — Refusal of access — Exception relating to the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual — Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data — Regulation (EC) No 45/2001
Case T-243/07 Poland v Commission
Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Measures to be adopted as a result of the accession of new Member States — 2003 Act of Accession — Determination of surplus stocks of agricultural products other than sugar, and the financial consequences of their elimination — Objective pursued by a provision of primary law — Decision 2007/361/EC
Case T-247/07 Slovakia v Commission
Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Measures to be adopted on account of the accession of new Member States — 2003 Act of Accession — Determination of surplus stocks of agricultural products other than sugar and financial consequences of their elimination — Objective pursued by a provision of primary law — Decision 2007/361/EC
Case T-248/07 Czech Republic v Commission
Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Measures to be adopted due to the accession of new Member States — 2003 Act of Accession — Determination of surplus stocks of agricultural products other than sugar and the financial consequences of their elimination — Objective pursued by a provision of primary legislation — Decision 2007/361/EC
Case T-417/09 Poslovni Sistem Mercator v OHIM – Mercator Multihull (MERCATOR STUDIOS)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark MERCATOR STUDIOS — Earlier national and international figurative marks Mercator and Mercator Slovenska košarica — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No injury to reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T-111/10 Portugal v Commission
ERDF — Reduction of financial assistance — Operational Programme seeking modernisation of the economic fabric in Portugal — Absence of precise and verifiable binding objectives — Legitimate expectations
Case T-369/10 Handicare and You-Q v OHIM – Apple Corps (BEATLE)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark BEATLE — Earlier national and Community word and figurative marks BEATLES and THE BEATLES — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Reputation — Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or reputation of the earlier marks
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Case T-547/10 Omya v OHIM – Alpha Calcit (CALCIMATT)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark CALCIMATT — Prior Community word mark CALCILAN — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Refusal of registration
Case T-242/11 Kaltenbach & Voigt v OHIM (3D eXam)
Community trade mark — International registration — Request for territorial extension of protection — Figurative mark 3D eXam — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character and lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
April 2012
Case T‑509/10 Manufacturing Support & Procurement Kala Naft v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Power of the Council — Misuse of power — Entry into force — Non-retroactivity — Duty to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Right to effective judicial protection — Error of law — Concept of support for nuclear proliferation — Error of assessment
Language of the case: French
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 25 April 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:201 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-348/12 P) |
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Case T-326/11 Brainlab v OHIM (BrainLAB)
Community trade mark — Community word mark BrainLAB — Failure to apply for renewal of the registration of the trade mark — Removal of the trade mark from the register on expiry of registration — Application for restitutio in integrum — Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: German
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber), 25 April 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:202 |
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Case T-341/10 F91 Diddeléng and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — Decision to take no further action on a complaint — Failure to bring an action for failure to fulfil obligations — No challengeable act — Inadmissibility
Case T‑49/09 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
Public service contracts — Community tendering procedure — Provision of services relating to the maintenance and development of the information systems of the Directorate-General for Regional Policy — Rejection of a tender — Action for annulment — Equal treatment — Duty to state reasons — Infringement of essential procedural requirements — Manifest error of assessment — Non‑contractual liability
Case T-162/09 Würth and Fasteners (Shenyang) v Council
Action for annulment — Dumping — No individual concern — Inadmissibility
Case T‑572/11 R II Hassan v Council
Interim relief — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Syria — Freezing of funds and economic resources — Application for interim relief — Fresh application — Absence of new facts — Inadmissibility
Case T-163/12 R Ternavsky v Council
Application for interim measures — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Belarus — Freezing of funds and economic resources — Application for suspension of operation of a measure — Disregard of the formal requirements — Inadmissibility
Case T-554/08 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
Public service contracts — Call for tenders — Provision of business, technical and project consultancy services for European Union computer applications in the customs, excise and taxation areas — Rejection of a tender — Decision to award the contract to another tenderer — Action for annulment — Inadmissibility — Claim in damages — Selection and award criteria — Duty to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment
Case T-166/10 Samskip Multimodal Container Logistics v Commission
Action for annulment — Decision awarding Community financial assistance to improve the environmental performance of the freight transport system — Marco Polo II programme — Termination of the grant agreement and definitive abandonment of the project — No longer any interest in bringing proceedings — No need to adjudicate
Case T-328/11 Leifheit v OHIM (EcoPerfect)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark EcoPerfect — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑329/05 Movimondo Onlus v Commission
Arbitration clause — Framework agreement between ECHO and humanitarian organisations — Grant agreements — Suspension of payments
May 2012
Case T‑529/09 In 't Veld v Council
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Opinion of the Council’s Legal Service on a recommendation from the Commission to authorise the opening of negotiations for an international agreement — Partial refusal to grant access — Exception relating to the protection of the public interest in the field of international relations — Exception relating to the protection of legal advice — Specific and foreseeable threat to the interest in question — Overriding public interest
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber), 4 May 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:215 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-350/12 P) |
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Case T‑158/10 Dow Chemical v Council
Dumping — Imports of ethanolamines originating in the United States — Definitive anti-dumping duty — Expiry of anti-dumping measures — Review — Likelihood of a continuation or recurrence of dumping — Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber), 8 May 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:218 |
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Case T‑344/08 EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg v Commission
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Administrative file relating to cartel proceedings — Refusal of access — Exception relating to protection of the purpose of investigations — Exception concerning the protection of the commercial interests of a third party — Exception concerning the protection of the decision-making process — Obligation of the institution concerned to carry out a concrete, individual examination of the content of the documents covered by the request for access
Language of the case: German
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 22 May 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:242 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-365/12 P) |
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Case T‑300/10 Internationaler Hilfsfonds v Commission
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to contract LIEN 97‑2011 — Partial refusal of access — Determination of the subject-matter of the initial application — Exception relating to the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual — Exception relating to protection of the decision-making process — Principle of sound administration — Concrete and individual examination — Duty to state reasons
Language of the case: German
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 22 May 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:247 |
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Case T‑570/10 Environmental Manufacturing v OHIM – Wolf (Representation of the head of a wolf)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for a Community figurative mark representing a wolf’s head — Earlier national and international figurative marks WOLF Jardin and Outils WOLF — Relative grounds for refusal — Detriment to the distinctive character or repute of the earlier mark — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 22 May 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:250 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-383/12 P) |
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Case T‑111/08 MasterCard and Others v Commission
Competition — Decision by an association of undertakings — Market for the provision of debit, charge and credit card transaction acquiring services — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Multilateral fallback interchange fees — Article 81(1) and (3) EC — Concept of ancillary restriction — No objective necessity — Restriction of competition by effect — Conditions for the grant of an individual exemption — Rights of the defence — Remedy — Periodic penalty payment — Statement of reasons — Proportionality
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber), 24 May 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:260 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-382/12 P) |
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Case T‑435/11 Universal Display v OHIM (UniversalPHOLED)
Community trade mark — International registration designating the European Community — Application for Community word mark UniversalPHOLED — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑270/10 Conceria Kara v OHIM – Dima (KARRA)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark KARRA — Earlier national and Community figurative marks Kara — Company name Conceria Kara Srl and trade name Kara — Relative grounds for refusal — First sentence of Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8 of the Paris Convention — Bad faith
Case T‑344/10 UPS Europe and United Parcel Service Deutschland v Commission
State aid — No decision to close the procedure under Article 88(2) EC — Action for failure to act — Locus standi — Admissibility
Case T‑244/10 Tsakiris-Mallas v OHIM – Seven (7 Seven Fashion Shoes)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark 7 Seven Fashion Shoes — Earlier national figurative marks Seven and 7seven — Partial refusal to register — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑331/10 Yoshida Metal Industry v OHIM – Pi-Design and Others (Representation of a triangular surface with black dots)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Figurative Community trade mark representing a surface with black dots — Shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result — Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 May 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:220 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-338/12 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-337/12 P) |
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Case T‑348/10 Panzeri v OHIM – Royal Trophy (Royal Veste e premia lo sport)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community mark Royal Veste e premia lo sport — Earlier Community and international word marks veste lo sport — Earlier unregistered figurative mark panzeri veste lo sport — Relative grounds for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑416/10 Yoshida Metal Industry v OHIM – Pi-Design and Others (Representation of a surface with black dots)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Figurative Community trade mark representing a surface with black dots — Shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result — Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 May 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:222 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-340/12 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-339/12 P) |
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Case T‑101/11 Mizuno v OHIM – Golfino (G)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark G — Earlier Community figurative mark G+ — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 May 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:223 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-341/12 P) |
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Case T‑134/12 R Investigación y Desarrollo en Soluciones y Servicios IT v Commission
Application for interim measures — Financial assistance — Research and development — Recovery of advance payments made — Application for suspension of operation — Disregard of formal requirements — Inadmissibility
Case T‑325/11 Amador López v OHIM (AUTOCOACHING)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark AUTOCOACHING — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑280/11 Ewald v OHIM – Kin Cosmetics (Keen)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark Keen — Community figurative mark KIN — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑580/10 Wohlfahrt v OHIM – Ferrero (Kindertraum)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark Kindertraum — Earlier national word mark Kinder — Relative ground for refusal — Proof of use of the earlier trade mark — Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 May 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:240 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-357/12 P) |
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Case T‑17/09 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
Public service contracts — Tender procedure — Provision of informatics services for an electronic exchange of social security information project (EESSI project) in the field of the coordination of social security for persons mobile in Europe — Rejection of bid submitted by a tenderer — Award of the contract — Duty to state reasons — Transparency — Equal treatment — Manifest error of assessment — No interest in bringing proceedings — Non-contractual liability
Case T‑371/09 Retractable Technologies v OHIM – Abbott Laboratories (RT)
Community trade mark — Opposition Procedure — Application for figurative Community mark RT — Earlier national word mark RTH — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑6/10 Sviluppo Globale v Commission
Public service contracts — Call for tenders — Support for the customs and tax authorities in Kosovo — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid — Act not amenable to review — Confirmatory act — Inadmissibility — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to the call for tenders — Partial refusal of access — Exception concerning the protection of the commercial interests of a third party — Inadequate statement of reasons
Case T‑273/10 Olive Line International v OHIM – Umbria Olii International (O·LIVE)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community trade mark O·LIVE — Earlier Community and Spanish figurative and word marks Olive line — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑345/10 Portugal v Commission
EAGGF — Guidance Section — Reduction of financial assistance — Measures to support investments in agricultural holdings — Effectiveness of controls
Case T‑546/10 Nordmilch v OHIM – Lactimilk (MILRAM)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark MILRAM — Earlier national word and figurative marks RAM — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of goods and signs — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 May 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:249 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-346/12 P) |
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Case T‑585/10 Aitic Penteo v OHIM – Atos Worldline (PENTEO)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark PENTEO — Earlier Benelux and international word marks XENTEO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Articles 75 and 76 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑60/11 Kraft Foods Global Brands v OHIM – fenaco (SUISSE PREMIUM)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark SUISSE PREMIUM — Earlier Community figurative mark Premium — Absolute ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Opposition rejected — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-110/11 Asa v OHIM – Merck (FEMIFERAL)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark FEMIFERAL — Earlier national word mark Feminatal and earlier national figurative mark feminatal — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the signs — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 22 May 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:253 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-354/12 P) |
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Case T‑179/11 Sport Eybl & Sports Experts v OHIM – Seven (SEVEN SUMMITS)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark SEVEN SUMMITS — Earlier Community figurative mark Seven — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑169/10 Grupo Osborne v OHIM – Industria Licorera Quezalteca (TORO XL)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark TORO XL — Early Community figurative mark XL — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 — No likelihood of confusion
Case T‑555/10 JBF RAK v Council
Subsidies — Imports of certain types of polyethylene terephthalate originating in Iran, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates — Definitive countervailing duty and definite collection of provisional duty — Articles 11(8), 15(1) and 30(5) of Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 — Principle of sound administration
Case T‑152/11 TMS Trademark-Schutzrechtsverwertungsgesellschaft v OHIM – Comercial Jacinto Parera (MAD)
Community trade mark — Revocation proceedings — Community figurative mark MAD — Genuine use of the mark — Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character — Article 15(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑550/11 Assaad v Council
Actions for annulment — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Syria — List of persons and entities subject to the freeze of funds and economic resources — No legal interest in bringing proceedings
Case T‑233/10 Nike International v OHIM – Intermar Simanto Nahmias (JUMPMAN)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark JUMPMAN — Earlier national word mark JUMP — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
June 2012
Case T-381/11 Eurofer v Commission
Language of the case: German
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Case T‑395/11 Elti v Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro
Actions for annulment — Public supply contracts — Tender procedure — Digitalisation of Montenegrin Public Broadcasting — Decision awarding the contract taken by the Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro — No legal capacity to be a defendant — Inadmissibility
Language of the case: English
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Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber), 4 June 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:274 |
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Case T‑214/06 Imperial Chemical Industries v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Methacrylates market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Participation in a part of the cartel — Rights of the defence — Fines — Duty to state reasons — Gravity of the infringement — Deterrent effect — Equal treatment — Proportionality — Principle of sound administration — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Duration of procedure — Reasonable time
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber), 5 June 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:275 |
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Case T‑534/10 Organismos Kypriakis Galaktokomikis Viomichanias v OHIM – Garmo (HELLIM)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark HELLIM — Earlier Community collective word mark HALLOUMI — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Right to be heard — Article 63(2) of Regulation No 207/2009
Language of the case: German
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber), 13 June 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:292 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-393/12 P) |
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Case T‑338/08 Stichting Natuur en Milieu and Pesticide Action Network Europe v Commission
Environment — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Maximum residue levels for pesticides — Request for internal review — Refusal — Measure of individual scope — Validity — Aarhus Convention
Language of the case: Dutch
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber), 14 June 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:300 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-404/12 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-405/12 P) |
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Case T-396/09 Vereniging Milieudefensie and Stichting Stop Luchtverontreiniging Utrecht v Commission
Environment — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Obligation of the Member States to protect and improve ambient air quality — Temporary exemption granted to a Member State — Request for internal review — Refusal — Measure of individual scope — Validity — Aarhus Convention
Language of the case: Dutch
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber), 14 June 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:301 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-401/12 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-402/12 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-403/12 P) |
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Case T‑439/07 Coats Holdings v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Markets for zip fasteners and ‘other fasteners’ — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Coordinated price increases, fixing of minimum prices, customer-sharing, market-sharing and exchange of other commercial information — Evidence — Single and continuous infringement — Limitation period — Rights of the defence — Fines — Guidelines
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber), 27 June 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:320 |
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Case T‑167/08 Microsoft v Commission
Competition — Abuse of dominant position — Client PC operating systems — Work group server operating systems — Refusal of the dominant undertaking to supply and authorise the use of interoperability information — Fulfilment of obligations under a decision finding an infringement and imposing behavioural measures — Periodic penalty payment
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber), 27 June 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:323 |
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Case T‑372/10 Bolloré v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for carbonless paper — Price-fixing — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Decision adopted following annulment of a first decision — Imputation of the infringement to the parent company in its capacity as direct participant — Principle that offences and penalties must have a proper basis in law — Legal certainty — Principle that penalties must be applied only to the offender — Fair hearing — Equal treatment — Reasonable time — Rights of the defence — Fines — Limitation period — Attenuating circumstances — Cooperation
Language of the case: French
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber), 27 June 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:325 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-414/12 P) |
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Case T‑523/10 Interkobo v OHIM – XXXLutz Marken (my baby)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark my baby — Earlier national and international word marks MYBABY and earlier national figurative mark mybaby — Relative ground for refusal — Failure to produce evidence in the language of the opposition proceedings — Legitimate expectations — Rules 19(3), 20(1) and 98(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95
Language of the case: German
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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber), 27 June 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:326 |
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Case T‑133/09 I Marchi Italiani and Basile v OHIM – Osra (B. Antonio Basile 1952)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark B. Antonio Basile 1952 — Earlier national word mark BASILE — Relative ground for refusal — Limitation in consequence of acquiescence — Article 53(2) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 54(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 8(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Language of the case: Italian
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 28 June 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:327 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-381/12 P) |
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Case T‑360/09 E.ON Ruhrgas and E.ON v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — German and French markets for natural gas — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Market sharing — Duration of the infringement — Fines
Language of the case: German
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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber), 29 June 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:332 |
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Case T‑370/09 GDF Suez v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — German and French markets for natural gas — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Market sharing — Duration of the infringement — Fines
Language of the case: French
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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber), 29 June 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:333 |
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Case T‑440/09 Azienda Agricola Bracesco v Commission
Non‑contractual liability — Agriculture — Bird flu — Exceptional market support measures in the eggs and poultry sector — Non‑inclusion of quails among the poultry types for which compensation is available — Equal treatment and non‑discrimination — No causal link — Action manifestly devoid of any basis in law
Case T‑379/11 Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — Environment — Directive 2003/87/EC — Allocation of free greenhouse gas emission allowances from 2013 — Commission decision determining the product benchmarks to apply for the calculation of the allocation of emission allowances — Article 263, fourth paragraph TFEU — Lack of individual concern — Regulatory act entailing implementing measures — Inadmissible
Joined Cases T‑492/09 and T‑147/10 Meda Pharma v OHIM – Nycomed (ALLERNIL)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Community — Word mark ALLERNIL — Application for Community word mark ALLERNIL — Earlier national word mark ALLERGODIL — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Grounds — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑206/10 Vesteda Groep v Commission
State aid — Scheme of aid granted by the Netherlands to social housing corporations — Existing aid — Decision accepting the commitments made by the Member State — Action for annulment — Locus standi — Inadmissibility
Case T‑165/11 Stichting Regionaal Opleidingencentrum van Amsterdam v OHIM – Investimust (COLLEGE)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark COLLEGE — Absolute ground for refusal — Absence of descriptive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑246/09 Insula v Commission
Arbitration clause — Financing contracts for research and development projects — MEDIS and Dias.Net contracts — Lack of supporting documents and non-compliance with the contractual requirements in respect of some of the declared expenses — Retention of a sum intended for another co‑contractor — Reimbursement of sums advanced — Partial inadmissibility of the action — Counterclaim by the Commission — Partial removal of need to adjudicate in relation to the counterclaim
Case T‑366/09 Insula v Commission
Arbitration clause — Financing contracts for research and development projects — Ecres, El Hierro, Islands 2010, Opet I, Opet II, Opet Ola, Respire, Sustainable Communities and Virtual Campus contracts — Lack of supporting documents and non‑compliance with the contractual requirements in respect of some of the declared expenses — Reimbursement of sums advanced — Partial inadmissibility of the action — Counterclaim by the Commission
Case T‑110/10 Insula v Commission
Arbitration clause — Financing contract for research and development projects — El Hierro contract — Lack of supporting documents and non-compliance with the contractual requirements in respect of the declared expenses — Reimbursement of sums advanced — Counterclaim by the Commission
Case T‑342/10 Hartmann v OHIM – Mölnlycke Health Care (MESILETTE)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark MESILETTE — Earlier national and international word marks MEDINETTE — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑519/10 Seikoh Giken v OHIM – Seiko Holdings (SG SEIKOH GIKEN)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration — Application for territorial extension of the protection — Figurative mark SG SEIKOH GIKEN — Earlier Community word mark SEIKO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑535/10 Organismos Kypriakis Galaktokomikis Viomichanias v OHIM – Garmo (GAZI Hellim)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark GAZI Hellim — Prior collective Community word mark HALLOUMI — Relative ground for refusal — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑542/10 XXXLutz Marken v OHIM – Meyer Manufacturing (CIRCON)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark CIRCON — Prior Community word mark CIRCULON — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Highly distinctive character — Goodwill — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Procedure before the Board of Appeal — Rights of the defence — Articles 75 and 76 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑277/11 Hotel Reservation Service Robert Ragge v OHIM – Promotora Imperial (iHotel)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark iHotel — Earlier Community figurative mark i‑hotel — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑312/11 Süd-Chemie v OHIM – Byk-Cera (CERATIX)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark CERATIX — Earlier national word mark CERATOFIX — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑656/11 R II Morison Menon Chartered Accountants and Others v Council
Application for interim measures — No need to adjudicate
Case T‑293/10 Seven Towns v OHIM (Representation of seven squares of different colours)
Community trade mark — Application for Community mark representing seven squares of different colours — Sign of which a Community trade mark may consist — Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑546/11 Technion and Technion Research & Development Foundation v Commission
Action for annulment — Sixth framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities — Letter confirming the findings of an audit report and informing the applicant of the next steps in the procedure — Acts inseparable from the contract — Inadmissibility
Case T‑159/09 Biofrescos v Commission
Customs union — Frozen shrimps and prawns from Indonesia — Invalid certificates of origin — Post-clearance recovery of import duties — Application for remission of import duties — Article 220(2)(b) and Article 239 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92
Case T‑203/11 Transports Schiocchet - Excursions v Council and Commission
Non-contractual liability — Coach and bus services between Member States — Regulation (EEC) No 684/92 — Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals — None — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law
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Order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 18 June 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:308 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-397/12 P) |
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Case T‑557/10 H.Eich v OHIM – Arav (H.EICH)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark H.EICH — Earlier national figurative mark H SILVIAN HEACH — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 19 June 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:309 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-379/12 P) |
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Case T‑37/11 Hungary v Commission
Action for annulment — Temporary instrument intended to finance actions at the new external borders of the European Union for the purpose of the implementation of the Schengen acquis and border control (Schengen Facility) — Contribution to Hungary in respect of the period from 2004 to 2006 — Recovery of part of the amount paid — Challengeable act — Inadmissibility
Case T‑357/10 Kraft Foods Schweiz v OHIM – Compañía Nacional de Chocolates (CORONA)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark CORONA — Earlier national word marks KARUNA and KARŪNA — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑276/09 Kavaklidere-Europe v OHIM – Yakult Honsha (Yakut)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark Yakut — Earlier Community figurative mark Yakult — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Cases T‑178/10, T‑263/10 and T‑265/10 Spain v Commission
Operational programmes of the Cohesion Fund and of the ERDF managed by Spain — Request for interim payment — Evidence suggesting significant deficiency in functioning of management and control systems — Measures interrupting the period for payment — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Audit strategy — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Proportionality
Cases T-264/10 and T-266/10 Spain v Commission
Cohesion Fund and ERDF operational programme managed by Spain (ESF Combating discrimination 2007-2013 operational programme) — Interim payment application — Decision to suspend the payment deadline because of a significant deficiency in the operation of management and control systems — Actions for annulment — Admissibility — Article 87(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006
Case T‑514/10 Fruit of the Loom v OHIM – Blueshore Management (FRUIT)
Community trade mark — Revocation proceedings — Community word mark FRUIT — Non‑use — Article 15(1)(a) and Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 June 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:316 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-392/12 P) |
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Case T‑531/11 Hamas v Council
Annulment action — Restrictive measures with a view to combating terrorism — Lis pendens
Case T‑445/07 Berning & Söhne v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Markets in zip fasteners and ‘other fasteners’ and attaching machines — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Coordinated price increases, fixing of minimum prices, sharing of customers and of markets and exchange of other business information — Proof — Rights of the defence — Single and continuing infringement — Time-bar — Fines — Duration and gravity of the infringement — Mitigating circumstances — Equal treatment — Proportionality
Case T‑448/07 YKK and Others v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Markets for zip fasteners and ‘other fasteners’, and for attaching machines — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Coordinated price increases, fixing of minimum prices, customer-sharing, market-sharing and exchange of other commercial information — Single and continuous infringement — Evidence — Nature and implementation of the infringement — Real impact — Leniency Notice — Fines — Upper limit — Dissuasive effect of the fine — Equal treatment — Proportionality
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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 27 June 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:322 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-408/12 P) |
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Case T-344/09 Hearst Communications v OHIM – Vida Estética (COSMOBELLEZA)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark COSMOBELLEZA — Earlier national and international word and figurative marks COSMO, COSMOPOLITAN, COSMOTEST, COSMOPOLITAN TELEVISION and THE COSMOPOLITAN SHOW — Non‑registered marks and trade names COSMO and COSMOPOLITAN — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — No similarity between the marks — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-134/09 Basile and I Marchi Italiani v OHIM – Osra (B. Antonio Basile 1952)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark B. Antonio Basile 1952 — Earlier national word mark BASILE — Relative ground for refusal — Limitation through acquiescence — Article 53(2) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 54(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 8(1) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑314/10 Constellation Brands v OHIM (COOK'S)
Community trade mark — Word mark COOK’S — Failure to apply for renewal of the mark — Cancellation of the mark upon expiry of the registration — Application for restitutio in integrum — Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
July 2012
Case T-86/08 Greece v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Fruit and vegetables — Rural development — Non-compliance with payment deadlines — Compliance with a judgment of the Court of Justice — Authority of res judicata — Time-limit of 24 months — Principle of proportionality
Language of the case: Greek
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber), 5 July 2012
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Case T-304/08 Smurfit Kappa Group v Commission
State aid — Corrugated case materials — Aid for the construction of a paper mill — Guidelines on State aid for regional purposes — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the common market — Admissibility — Validity of the authority conferred by a legal person on its lawyers — Adoption of a decision upon conclusion of the preliminary examination phase — Standing to bring proceedings — Procedural rights of interested parties — Serious difficulties justifying the initiation of the formal investigation procedure — Exercise by the Commission of its discretion — Article 87(3)(a) EC — Article 88(2) and (3) EC — Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Article 44(5) and (6) of the Rules of Procedure
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber), 10 July 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:351 |
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Case T-279/09 Aiello v OHIM – Cantoni ITC (100% Capri)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Notification of the opposing party’s pleading before the Board of Appeal — Rules 50(1), 20(2) and 67(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 — Rights of the defence
Language of the case: Italian
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 12 July 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:367 |
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Case T-170/11 Rivella International v OHIM – Baskaya di Baskaya Alim (BASKAYA)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark BASKAYA — Earlier international figurative mark Passaia — Proof of genuine use of the earlier mark — Relevant territory — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: German
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 12 July 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:374 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-445/12 P) |
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Information (on unpublished decisions)
Case T-212/09 Denmark v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Arable crops — Setting aside of land
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 3 July 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:335 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-417/12 P) |
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Case T-350/09 ICO Satellite v Commission
Actions for annulment — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Point from which time starts to run — Absence of excusable error — Manifest inadmissibility
Case T-329/11 TME v Commission
Public service contracts — Call for tenders in relation to the rehabilitation of the Bucharest wastewater treatment plant, jointly financed by the ISPA structural funds — Allegedly unlawful decision of the Romanian authorities to reject the tender submitted by the applicant — Refusal of the Commission to open a financial adjustment procedure with respect to Romania — Manifest inadmissibility
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Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 4 July 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:342 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-418/12 P) |
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Case T-12/12 Laboratoires CTRS v Commission
Medicinal products for human use — Marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Orphacol — Letter informing the applicant of the Commission’s intention to refuse authorisation — Application for a declaration of failure to act — Definition of position by the Commission — Inadmissibility — Application for annulment — Adoption of a new decision — No need to adjudicate
Case T-466/09 Comercial Losan v OHIM – McDonald's International Property (Mc. Baby)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark Mc. Baby — Earlier Community figurative mark Mc Kids. always quality. always fun! — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-209/10 Deutscher Ring v OHIM (Deutscher Ring Sachversicherungs-AG)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark Deutscher Ring Sachversicherungs-AG — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-60/10 Jackson International v OHIM – Royal Shakespeare (ROYAL SHAKESPEARE)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark ROYAL SHAKESPEARE — Earlier Community word mark RSC ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY — Relative grounds for invalidity — Mark with a reputation — Article 53(1)(a) and Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Likelihood of association — Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier trade mark
Case T-382/11 Pigui v Commission
Action for failure to act — Position taken — Application for directions to be issued — Manifest inadmissibility
Case T-520/09 TF1 and Others v Commission
State aid — Public service broadcasting — Aid intended to be granted by the French Republic to France Télévisions — Budgetary grant for 2009 — Decision not to raise objections — Service of general economic interest — Criterion of proportionality — No serious difficulties
Case T-587/10 Interspeed v Commission
Non-contractual liability — External relations — Call for tenders issued by the EAR concerning work at the Preševo (Serbia) border crossing, the financing of the works and other connected measures — No causal link
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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 10 July 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:355 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-471/12 P) |
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Case T-135/11 Clorox v OHIM – Industrias Alen (CLORALEX)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark CLORALEX — Earlier national word marks CLOROX — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 10 July 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:356 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-422/12 P) |
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Case T-559/10 Laboratoire Garnier v OHIM (natural beauty)
Community trade mark — Application for the Community figurative mark natural beauty — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-264/00 Compagnia Generale delle Acque v Commission
Annulment action — State aid — Reductions in social security contributions for undertakings in Venice and Chioggia — Commission decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and imposing the recovery of the aid paid — Action partially inadmissible and partially manifestly devoid of any basis in law
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Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 July 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:365 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-436/12 P) |
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Case T-476/07 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Frontex
Public service contracts — Frontex tendering procedures — Provision of informatics services — Rejection of a tender — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Obligation to state reasons — Award criteria — Manifest error of assessment — Non-contractual liability
Case T-346/09 Winzer Pharma v OHIM – Alcon (BAÑOFTAL)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark BAÑOFTAL — Earlier national word marks KAN-OPHTAL and PAN-OPHTAL — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-470/09 medi v OHIM (medi)
Community trade mark — Application for the Community word mark medi — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (2) of Regulation No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 12 July 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:369 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-410/12 P) |
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Case T-334/10 Leifheit v OHIM – Vermop Salmon (Twist System)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark Twist System — Earlier Community word marks TWIX and TWIXTER — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 12 July 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:371 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-432/12 P) |
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Case T-61/11 Vermop Salmon v OHIM – Leifheit (Clean Twist)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark Clean Twist — Earlier Community word marks TWIX and TWIXSTER — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-227/11 Wall v OHIM – Bluepod Media Worldwide (bluepod MEDIA)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark bluepod MEDIA — Earlier Community figurative mark blue spot and earlier international and national word marks BlueSpot — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-323/11 Unión de Cervecerías Peruanas Backus y Johnston v OHIM (shape of a bottle)
Community trade marks — Absolute grounds for refusal — Application for a three-dimensional trade mark — Shape of a bottle — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-361/11 Hand Held Products v OHIM – Orange Brand Services (DOLPHIN)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark DOLPHIN — Earlier Community word mark DOLPHIN — Opposition refused in part — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-389/11 Guccio Gucci v OHIM – Chang Qing Qing (GUDDY)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark GUDDY — Earlier Community word mark GUCCI — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Highly distinctive character of the earlier mark by reason of the public’s recognition of that mark — Evidence — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T-255/09 Caixa Geral de Depósitos v OHIM – Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona (la Caixa)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark la caixa — Earlier Portuguese word mark CAIXA — Earlier national word and figurative marks — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-201/10 IVBN v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Scheme of aid granted by the Netherlands to housing corporations — Existing aid — Special project aid to housing corporations — Decision accepting the Member State’s commitments — Decision declaring new aid compatible — No individual concern — Failure to initiate the procedure under Article 108(2) TFEU — Action inadmissible in part and in part manifestly devoid of any basis in law
Case T-240/11 L'Oréal v OHIM – United Global Media Group (MyBeauty TV)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Costs recoverable before OHIM — Costs of being represented by an employee — Article 85(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Action manifestly devoid of any basis in law
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Case T‑565/08 Corsica Ferries France v Commission
State aid — Maritime cabotage sector — Service of general economic interest — Private investor in a market economy test — Social policy of the Member States — Restructuring aid — Effects of a judgment annulling a decision
Language of the case: French
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 11 September 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:415 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-536/12 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-533/12 P) |
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Joined Cases T‑133/08, T-134/08, T-177/08 and T‑242/09 Schräder v CPVO – Hansson (LEMON SYMPHONY and SUMOST 01)
Plant varieties — Decision by the CPVO to adapt, of its own motion, the official description of the variety LEMON SYMPHONY — Application for revocation of the Community plant variety right granted for the variety LEMON SYMPHONY — Application for annulment of the Community plant variety right granted for the variety LEMON SYMPHONY — Application for a Community plant variety right for the variety SUMOST 01 — Summons to attend oral proceedings before the Board of Appeal of the CPVO — Period of notice to attend of at least one month
Language of the case: German
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber), 18 September 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:430 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-546/12 P) |
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Case T‑156/11 Since Hardware (Guangzhou) v Council
Dumping — Imports of ironing boards originating in China — Proceeding initiated against a single company — Market economy treatment — Three-month time-limit laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 2(7)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 — Burden of proof — Determination of injury
Language of the case: French
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber), 18 September 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:431 |
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Case T‑265/08 Germany v Commission
ERDF — Reduction of financial assistance — Operational programme falling within Objective 1 (1994-1999), concerning the Land Thüringen (Germany)
Language of the case: German
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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber), 19 September 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:434 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-549/12 P) |
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Cases T‑168/10 and T‑572/10 Commission v SEMEA and Commune de Millau
Arbitration clause — Grant contract concerning a local development action consisting in the performance of work for the preparation and launching of a European Local Enterprise Centre in Millau (France) — Recovery of part of the sums paid — Admissibility of an action against a French company removed from the commercial and companies register — Application of French law — Administrative contract — Recovery of undue payments — Limitation period — Enforceability of an arbitration clause — Take-over of debt — Ancillary principle — Stipulation for third parties
Language of the case: French
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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber), 19 September 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:435 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-531/12 P) |
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Case T‑267/11 Video Research USA v OHIM (VR)
Community trade mark — Community figurative mark VR — Failure to apply for renewal of the mark — Cancellation of the mark upon expiry of the registration — Application for restitutio in integrum — Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber), 19 September 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:446 |
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Case T‑52/12 R Greece v Commission
Application for interim measures — State aid — Compensation payments made in 2008 and 2009 by the Greek Agricultural Insurance Organisation (ELGA) — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Application for suspension of operation of the decision — Prima facie case — Urgency — Weighing up of interests
Language of the case: Greek
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Order of the President of the General Court, 19 September 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:447 |
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Case T‑169/08 DEI v Commission
Competition — Abuse of dominant position — Greek market for the supply of lignite and Greek wholesale electricity market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 86(1) EC, read in combination with Article 82 EC — Grant or maintenance of rights awarded by the Hellenic Republic in favour of a public undertaking for the extraction of lignite
Language of the case: Greek
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 20 September 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:448 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-553/12 P) |
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Case T‑154/10 France v Commission
State aid — Aid allegedly implemented by France in the form of an implied, unlimited guarantee in favour of La Poste as a result of its status as a publicly-owned establishment — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market — Action for annulment — Interest in bringing proceedings — Admissibility — Burden of proving the existence of State aid — Advantage
Language of the case: French
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 20 September 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:452 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-559/12 P) |
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Case T‑278/10 Wesergold Getränkeindustrie v OHIM – Lidl Stiftung (WESTERN GOLD)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark WESTERN GOLD — Earlier national, international and Community word marks WESERGOLD, Wesergold, and WeserGold — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Distinctiveness of the earlier marks
Language of the case: German
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Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber), 21 September 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:459 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-558/12 P) |
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Case T‑343/06 Shell Petroleum and Others v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Joint control — Fines — Aggravating circumstances — Role of instigator and leader — Repeated infringement — Duration of the infringement — Rights of the defence — Unlimited jurisdiction — Conduct of the undertaking during the administrative procedure
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 27 September 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:478 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-585/12 P) |
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Case T‑347/06 Nynäs Petroleum and Nynas Belgium v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Fines — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Significant added value — Equal treatment
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 27 September 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:480 |
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Case T‑357/06 Koninklijke Wegenbouw Stevin v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Existence and classification of an agreement — Restriction on competition — Guidelines on the applicability of Article 81 EC to horizontal cooperation agreements — Rights of the defence — Fine — Aggravating circumstances — Role of instigator and leader — Absence of cooperation — Commission’s powers of investigation — Right to the assistance of a lawyer — Misuse of powers — Calculation of the amount of the fines — Duration of the infringement — Unlimited jurisdiction
Language of the case: Dutch
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 27 September 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:488 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-586/12 P) |
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Case T‑361/06 Ballast Nedam v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Attributability of the unlawful conduct — Rights of the defence — Effects in relation to third parties of a judgment annulling a measure
Language of the case: Dutch
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 27 September 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:491 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-612/12 P) |
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Case T‑362/06 Ballast Nedam Infra v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Fines — Proof of the infringement — Gravity of the infringement — Attributability of the unlawful conduct — Rights of the defence — Production of new pleas in the course of proceedings — Unlimited jurisdiction
Language of the case: Dutch
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 27 September 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:492 |
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Case T‑370/06 Kuwait Petroleum and Others v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Fines — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Significant added value — Equal treatment — Rights of the defence
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 27 September 2012.
ECLI:EU:T:2012:493 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-581/12 P) |
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Case T-82/08 Guardian Industries and Guardian Europe v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for flat glass in the EEA — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price-fixing — Evidence of the infringement — Calculation of the amount of the fines — Exclusion of captive sales — Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based — Equal treatment — Mitigating circumstances
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 27 September 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:494 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-580/12 P) |
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Case T‑139/09 France v Commission
State aid — Fruit and vegetable sector — ‘Contingency plans’ seeking to support the fruit and vegetable market in France — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market — Concept of State aid — State resources — Co-financing by a public institution and by voluntary contributions from farmers’ organisations — Arguments not raised during the administrative procedure — Duty to state reasons
Language of the case: French
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 27 September 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:496 |
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Case T‑387/09 Applied Microengineering v Commission
Fifth framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration — Contracts concerning the projects ‘Formation of a New Design House for MST’ and ‘Assessment of a New Anodic Bonder’ — Recovery of part of the financial contribution paid — Enforceable decision — Decision amending the contested decision during the proceedings — Legal basis of the action — Nature of the pleas put forward — Legitimate expectations — Duty to state reasons — Principle of sound administration
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 27 September 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:501 |
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Information (on unpublished decisions)
Case T‑381/08 DAI v Commission
Agriculture — Sugar — Temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry of the Community — Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 and Regulation (EC) No 928/2006 — Decision 2008/445/EC — Retroactive restructuring aid
Case T‑213/12 R Elitaliana v Eulex Kosovo and Starlite Aviation Operations
Interim measures — Public contracts — Tendering procedure — Rejection of a tender — Application for interim measures — Disregard of the procedural requirements — Inadmissibility
Case T‑497/11 Euro-Information v OHIM (EURO AUTOMATIC PAIEMENT)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark EURO AUTOMATIC PAIEMENT — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive nature — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑564/11 Farage v Parliament and Buzek
Law governing the institutions — Decision of the President of the Parliament imposing on a Member of the Parliament the penalty of forfeiture of entitlement to the daily subsistence allowance for a period of 10 days — Decision of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the Parliament declaring inadmissible the Member’s request for defence of his Parliamentary immunity — Manifest lack of jurisdiction of the General Court — Manifest inadmissibility
Case T‑657/11 Technion and Technion Research & Development Foundation v Commission
Action for annulment — Sixth framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities — Letter notifying the applicant of the Commission’s intention to recover the adjusted sums pursuant to a research financing contract — Acts inseparable from the contract — Inadmissibility
Case T‑394/06 Italy v Commission
EAGGF — ‘Guarantee’ section — Clearance of accounts — Expenditure excluded from financing — Irregularities or negligence attributable to administrations or bodies of Member States — Article 8(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 and Article 8(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 — Excessive delay in assessment by the Commission of communications sent pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 595/91 — Reasonable time limit
Case T‑356/08 Greece v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Arable crops — Proportionality — Increase in the correction due to recurrence of the infringement
Case T‑566/10 Ertmer v OHIM – Caterpillar (erkat)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark erkat — Earlier Community and national word and figurative marks CAT — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Damage to reputation — Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (E) No 207/2009 — Duty to state reasons
Case T‑295/11 Duscholux Ibérica v OHIM – Duschprodukter i Skandinavien (duschy)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Community — Application for the Community figurative mark duschy — Earlier Community figurative mark DUSCHO Harmony — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Duty to state reasons — Articles 75 and 76 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑119/09 Protégé International v Commission
Competition — Abuse of dominant position — Market for Irish whiskey — Decision to reject a complaint — Lack of Community interest
Case T‑379/09 Italy v Commission
State aid — Exemption from excise duty on diesel used to heat glasshouses — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and ordering the recovery of the aid paid — Duty to state reasons — Selective nature — Effect on trade between Member States — Effect on competition — Directive 92/81/EEC — Directive 2003/96/EC — Community framework for State aid for the protection of the environment
Case T‑404/10 National Lottery Commission v OHIM – Mediatek Italia and De Gregorio (Representation of a hand)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark representing a hand — Article 53(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Existence of earlier copyright protected by national law — Burden of proof — Application by OHIM of national law — Review
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 13 September 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:423 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-530/12 P) |
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Case T‑72/11 Sogepi Consulting y Publicidad v OHIM (ESPETEC)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark ESPETEC — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive nature — Lack of distinctiveness — Lack of distinctiveness acquired by use — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑369/11 Diadikasia Symvouloi Epicheiriseon v Commission and Others
Action for damages — Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance — Third country — National public procurement — Decentralised management — Inadmissibility — Lack of jurisdiction
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Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 September 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:425 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-520/12 P) |
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Case T‑460/11 Scandic Distilleries v OHIM – Bürgerbräu, Röhm & Söhne (BÜRGER)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark BÜRGER — Earlier Community word mark Bürgerbräu — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑326/10 Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in light grey, dark grey, beige, dark red and brown)
Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in light grey, dark grey, beige, dark red and brown — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑327/10 Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in black, dark grey, light grey and dark red)
Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in black, dark grey, light grey and dark red — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑328/10 Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, beige and dark red)
Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, beige and dark red — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑329/10 Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in black, grey, beige and dark red)
Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in black, grey, beige and dark red — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑26/11 Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in black, beige, brown, dark red and grey)
Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in black, beige, brown, dark red and grey — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑31/11 Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in pink, violet, beige and dark grey)
Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in pink, violet, beige and dark grey — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑50/11 Fraas v OHIM (Tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, black, beige, dark red and light red)
Community trade mark — Application for a figurative Community trade mark representing a tartan pattern in dark grey, light grey, black, beige, dark red and light red — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b), Article 75 and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑164/11 Reddig v OHIM – Morleys (Knife handle)
Community trade mark — Proceedings for invalidity — Three-dimensional Community trade mark — Knife handle — Absolute ground for refusal — Sign constituted exclusively by the shape of the product necessary for obtaining a technical result — Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Declaration of invalidity by the Board of Appeal
Case T‑220/11 TeamBank v OHIM – Fercredit Servizi Finanziari (f@ir Credit)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark f@ir Credit — Earlier Community figurative mark FERCREDIT — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 19 September 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:444 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-524/12 P) |
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Case T‑333/09 Poland v Commission
EAGGF — Modulation — Allocation between the Member States of savings made — Distinction between the old Member States and those which acceded to the European Union in 2004 — Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 — Solidarity — Equal treatment — Duty to state reasons
Case T‑421/09 DEI v Commission
Competition — Abuse of dominant position — Greek markets for the supply of lignite and wholesale electricity — Decision establishing specific measures to correct the anti-competitive effects of an infringement of Article 86(1) EC, in conjunction with Article 82 EC, identified in an earlier decision — Article 86(3) EC — Annulment of the earlier decision
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 20 September 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:450 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-554/12 P) |
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Case T‑89/10 Hungary v Commission
Structural funds — Financial assistance — M43 Motorway between Szeged and Makó — VAT — Non-eligible expenditure
Case T‑407/10 Hungary v Commission
Structural funds — Financial assistance — Budapest-Kelenföld-Székesfehérvár-Boba railway line — VAT — Non-eligible expenditure
Case T‑445/10 HerkuPlast Kubern v OHIM – How (eco-pack)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community trade mark eco-pack — Earlier national and international word marks ECOPAK — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑84/09 Italy v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Provision of information and promotion of agricultural products — Production of olive oil and table olives — Late payment
Case T‑265/09 Serrano Aranda v OHIM – Burg Groep (LE LANCIER)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark LE LANCIER — Earlier national word and figurative marks EL LANCERO — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Opposition dismissed
Case T‑301/09 IG Communications v OHIM – Citigroup and Citibank (CITIGATE)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark CITIGATE — Earlier national and Community word and figurative marks containing the element ‘citi’ — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Family of trade marks — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier trade mark — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑269/10 LIS v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Fines — Gravity and duration of the infringement
Case T‑344/06 Total v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Fines — Gravity and duration of the infringement
Case T‑348/06 Total Nederland v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Continuous nature of the infringement — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Fines — Gravity and duration of the infringement
Case T‑351/06 Dura Vermeer Groep v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Imputability of the unlawful conduct
Case T‑352/06 Dura Vermeer Infra v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Rights of the defence
Case T‑353/06 Vermeer Infrastructuur v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Existence and classification of an agreement — Restriction of competition — Guidelines on the applicability of Article 81 EC to horizontal cooperation agreements — Calculation of the amount of the fines — Gravity and duration of the infringement — Duty to state reasons — Rights of the defence
Case T‑354/06 BAM NBM Wegenbouw and HBG Civiel v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Existence and classification of an agreement — Restriction of competition — Guidelines on horizontal cooperation agreements — Rights of the defence — Fines — Duration of the infringement
Case T‑355/06 Koninklijke BAM Groep v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Duration of the infringement
Case T‑356/06 Koninklijke Volker Wessels Stevin v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Fines — Imputability of the unlawful conduct
Case T‑359/06 Heijmans Infrastructuur v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Burden of proof — Fines — Gravity of the infringement — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Duty to state reasons — Rights of the defence
Case T‑360/06 Heijmans v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Netherlands market in road pavement bitumen — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Imputability of the unlawful conduct
Case T‑535/08 Tuzzi fashion v OHIM – El Corte Inglés (Emidio Tucci)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark Emidio Tucci — Earlier national word mark and international registration TUZZI — Earlier company name Tuzzi fashion GmbH — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Duty to state reasons — Article 73 and Article 62(2) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 75 and Article 64(2) of Regulation No 207/2009) — Examination of the facts by the adjudicatory body of its own motion — Article 74 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 76 of Regulation No 207/2009) — Article 79 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 83 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑243/09 Fedecom v Commission
State aid — Fruit and vegetable sector — ‘Contingency plans’ aimed at supporting the fruit and vegetable market in France — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the common market — Concept of State aid — State resources — Joint financing by a public body and by voluntary contributions from producer organisations — Arguments contrary to the facts submitted during the administrative proceedings — Operating aid — Legitimate expectation
Case T‑328/09 Producteurs de légumes de France v Commission
State aid — Fruit and vegetable sector — ‘Contingency plans’ aimed at supporting the fruit and vegetable market in France — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the common market — Legitimate expectation — Material error in the calculation of the amounts to be recovered
Case T‑357/09 Pucci International v OHIM – El Corte Inglés (Emidio Tucci)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark Emidio Tucci — Earlier Community figurative and national word and figurative marks Emilio Pucci and EMILIO PUCCI — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier mark — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 September 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:499 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-584/12 P) |
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Case T‑373/09 El Corte Inglés v OHIM – Pucci International (Emidio Tucci)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark Emidio Tucci — Earlier Community figurative and national word and figurative marks Emilio Pucci and EMILIO PUCCI — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier mark — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Duty to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 September 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:500 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-582/12 P) |
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Case T‑39/10 El Corte Inglés v OHIM – Pucci International (PUCCI)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark PUCCI — Earlier national figurative and word marks Emidio Tucci and E. TUCCI — Application for the earlier Community figurative mark Emidio Tucci — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) and Article 15(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier mark — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 September 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:502 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-578/12 P) |
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Case T‑160/10 J v Parliament
Right of petition — Petition addressed to the European Parliament — Decision to take no further action — Action for annulment — Duty to state reasons — Petition not falling within an area of activity of the European Union
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 September 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:503 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-550/12 P) |
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Case T‑257/10 Italy v Commission
State aid — Undertaking with subsidiaries in certain non-member countries — Reduced rate loans — Decision declaring aid incompatible in part with the internal market and ordering it to be repaid — Decision taken following the annulment by the General Court of the initial decision concerning the same procedure — Force of res judicata — Duty to state reasons
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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 27 September 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:504 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-587/12 P) |
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Case T‑303/10 Wam Industriale v Commission
State aid — Undertaking with subsidiaries in certain non-member countries — Reduced rate loans — Decision declaring aid in part incompatible with the common market and ordering it to be repaid — Decision taken following the annulment by the General Court of the initial decision concerning the same procedure — Execution of a judgment of the General Court — Duty to state reasons — Principle of sound administration — Duty to exercise diligence — Duty of care
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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 27 September 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:505 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-560/12 P) |
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October 2012
Case T‑465/09 Jurašinović v Council
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Application for access to the reports of European Union observers present in Croatia from 1 to 31 August 1995 — Refusal of access — Risk of undermining the protection of international relations — Prior disclosure
Language of the case: French
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition), 3 October 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:515 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-576/12 P) |
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Case T‑63/10 Jurašinović v Council
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Request for access to certain documents exchanged with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the course of a trial — Refusal of access — Risk of undermining the protection of international relations — Risk of undermining the protection of court proceedings and legal advice
Language of the case: French
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition), 3 October 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:516 |
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Case T‑584/10 Yilmaz v OHIM – Tequila Cuervo (TEQUILA MATADOR HECHO EN MEXICO)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark TEQUILA MATADOR HECHO EN MEXICO — Earlier national and international word marks MATADOR — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — No similarity of the goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber), 3 October 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:518 |
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Case T‑53/12 CF Sharp Shipping Agencies v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Actions for annulment — Duty to state reasons
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 26 October 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:578 |
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Case T‑63/12 Oil Turbo Compressor v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Action for annulment — Duty to state reasons
Language of the case: German
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 26 October 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:579 |
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Information (on unpublished decisions)
Case T‑312/10 ELE.SI.A v Commission
Arbitration clause — Sixth multiannual framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities, contributing to the creation of the European Research Area and to innovation (2002 to 2006) — Contract concerning the ‘I Way, Intelligent, co-operative system in cars for road safety’ project — Termination of the contract — Request for repayment of the financial contribution paid — Damages — Action seeking to obtain the full financial contribution requested and to challenge the request for repayment — Counterclaim
Case T‑360/10 Tecnimed v OHIM – Ecobrands (ZAPPER-CLICK)
Community trade mark — Period allowed for bringing proceedings — Out of time — No unforeseeable circumstances — No force majeure — Right of access to a court — Manifest inadmissibility
Case T‑215/10 Greece v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from Community financing — Cotton — Aid to the least well-off — Rural development — Effectiveness of supervision — Proportionality
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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 October 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:521 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-552/12 P) |
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Case T‑591/08 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
Public service contracts — Tendering procedure — Provision of information technology services — Selection of the tenderer as second contractor in the cascade procedure — Action for annulment — Grounds for exclusion from the tendering procedure — Conflict of interests — Duty to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Equal treatment — Non-contractual liability
Case T‑204/10 Lancôme v OHIM – Focus Magazin Verlag (COLOR FOCUS)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark COLOR FOCUS — Earlier Community word mark FOCUS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the marks — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Abuse of right
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 5 October 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:523 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-593/12 P) |
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Case T‑62/12 ClientEarth v Council
Action for annulment — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Opinion issued by the legal service of the Council concerning a draft regulation of the Parliament and of the Council related to public access to the documents of the Parliament, of the Council and of the Commission — Confirmation of a refusal to grant full access — Inadmissibility — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Notion of measure open to challenge for the purposes of Article 263 TFEU — Confirmatory measure
Case T‑426/08 Italy v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — EAGF — Expenditure excluded from financing — Fruit and vegetables — Sugar — Processing of citrus fruits — Milk — Arable crops — Flat-rate financial correction — Proportionality — Duty to state reasons — No error of assessment
Case T‑366/11 Bial-Portela v OHIM – Isdin (ZEBEXIR)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ZEBEXIR — Earlier Community word mark ZEBINIX — Relative grounds for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 9 October 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:527 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-597/12 P) |
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Case T‑31/12 Région Poitou-Charentes v Commission
Action for annulment — Structural funds — Measure not subject to review — Measure in part informative and in part preparatory — Inadmissibility
Case T‑150/09 Ningbo Yonghong Fasteners v Council
Dumping — Imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in China — Market economy treatment — Time-limit for adopting the decision on that treatment — Manifest error of assessment — Burden of proof — Adjustment to costs — Article 2(5) and (7)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (now Article 2(5) and (7)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 10 October 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:529 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-601/12 P) |
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Case T‑158/09 Greece v Commission
EAGGF — ‘Guarantee’ section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Clearance of accounts of the paying agencies of Member States concerning expenditure financed by the EAGGF — Negligence of the Member State in the recovery of sums wrongly paid — Liability of the Member State for the financial consequences of failure to recover
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 10 October 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:530 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-547/12 P) |
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Case T‑170/09 Shanghai Biaowu High-Tensile Fasteners and Shanghai Prime Machinery v Council
Dumping — Imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in China — Market economy treatment — Time-limit for adopting the decision on that treatment — Principle of sound administration — Burden of proof — Duty to state reasons — Article 2(7)(b) and (c) and (10) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (now Article 2(7)(b) and (c) and (10) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Case T‑172/09 Gem-Year and Jinn-Well Auto-Parts (Zhejiang) v Council
Dumping — Imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in China — Support of the complaint by the Community industry — Definition of the product concerned — Injury — Market economy treatment — Costs of major inputs substantially reflecting market values — Article 2(7)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (now Article 2(7)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 10 October 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:532 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-602/12 P) |
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Case T‑247/09 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
Public service contracts — Tendering procedure — Supply of services relating to the production and dissemination of the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union and related offline and online media — Rejection of the bid of one tenderer and decision to award the contract to another tenderer — Obligation to state reasons — Equal treatment — Manifest error of assessment — Non-contractual liability
Case T-183/10 Sviluppo Globale v Commission
Public service contracts — Public procurement procedure — Supply of technical assistance to the Government of Syria — Rejection of the tender — Duty to state reasons
Case T‑569/10 Bimbo v OHIM – Panrico (BIMBO DOUGHNUTS)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark BIMBO DOUGHNUTS — Earlier national word mark DOGHNUTS — Relative ground for refusal — Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 76(2) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Application for alteration — Admissibility
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 10 October 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:535 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-591/12 P) |
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Case T‑333/11 Wessang v OHIM – Greinwald (star foods)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark star foods — Earlier Community word and figurative marks STAR SNACKS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 10 October 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:536 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-608/12 P) |
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Case T‑556/10 Novatex v Council
Subsidies — Imports of certain types of polyethylene terephthalate originating in Iran, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates — Definitive countervailing duty and definitive collection of provisional duty — Article 3(1) and (2), Article 6(b), and Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Case T‑389/12 R EDF v Commission
Application for interim measures — Competition — Concentrations — Electricity market — Decision authorising a concentration operation subject to compliance with certain commitments — Refusal to grant the postponement of the deadline set for fulfilling those commitments — Application for interim measures — Lack of urgency
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Order of the President of the General Court of 11 October 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:542 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-551/12 P(R)) |
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Case T-371/11 Monier Roofing Components v OHIM (CLIMA COMFORT)
Community trade mark — Application for the Community word mark CLIMA COMFORT — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Right to be heard — Second sentence of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Ex officio examination of the facts — Article 76(1) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑491/09 Spain v Commission
EAGGF — ‘Guarantee’ section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Premiums in the ovine and caprine meat sector — On-the-spot inspections
Case T-220/10 Commission v EU Research Projects
Arbitration clause — Contract concluded in the framework of the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration on a ‘User-friendly information society’ — Withdrawal from the project — Reimbursement of part of the amount advanced by the Commission — Default interest — Procedure by default
Case T‑286/10 Fondation IDIAP v Commission
Arbitration clause — Sixth Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities — Contracts relating to the Amida, Bacs and Dirac projects — Eligible costs — Additional cost model — Salary of researchers holding permanent employment contracts — Absence of contractor’s own resources
Case T‑447/10 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Court of Justice
Public service contracts — Tender procedure — Provision of services for the maintenance, development and support of computer applications — Rejection of the applicant’s tenders and award of the contracts to another tenderer — Selection criteria — Award criteria — Obligation to state reasons — Non-contractual liability
Case T‑485/10 MIP Metro v OHIM – J. C. Ribeiro (MISS B)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark MISS B — Earlier national word mark miss H — Earlier international word mark Miss H — Earlier national and international figurative marks Miss H. — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑340/11 Régie Networks and NRJ Global v Commission
Action for damages — State aid — Limitation — Damage for which compensation may be awarded — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law — Manifest lack of jurisdiction
Case T‑466/11 Ellinika Nafpigeia and Hoern v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Shipbuilding — Aid granted by the Greek authorities to a shipyard — Measures implementing the Commission’s decision finding the aid incompatible with the common market and ordering that it be repaid — Inadmissibility
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Order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 October 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:558 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-616/12 P) |
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Case T-14/09 Vanhecke v Parliament
Privileges and immunities — Member of the Parliament — Waiver of immunity — Action for annulment — No further interest in bringing proceedings — No need to adjudicate
Case T‑442/11 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
Action for annulment — Act not subject to review — Act which is confirmatory, in part, and informative, in part — Inadmissibility — Action for damages — Failure to identify the alleged conduct or to define the alleged damage — Inadmissibility — Action for damages — No proof of damage — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T‑161/06 Arbos v Commission
Action for damages — ‘Culture 2000’ programme — Grants made for projects — Claims for payment of various sums — Article 44(1)(c) of the Rules of Procedure — Inadmissible
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 25 October 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:573 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-615/12 P) |
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Case T‑216/09 Astrim and Elyo Italia v Commission
Public service contracts — Tendering procedure — Maintenance services for air conditioning, heating and ventilation systems — Ispra Joint Research Centre — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid — Interpretation of a condition laid down in the contract specifications — Duty to state reasons
Case T‑503/10 IDT Biologika v Commission
Public supply contracts — Call for tenders — Supply in Serbia of rabies vaccines — Rejection of a submitted tender — Award of the contract to another tenderer
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 25 October 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:575 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-6/13 P) |
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Case T‑552/10 riha v OHIM – Lidl Stiftung (VITAL&FIT)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark VITAL&FIT — Earlier national word mark VITAFIT — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Duty to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑191/11 Automobili Lamborghini v OHIM – Miura Martínez and Miura Martínez (Miura)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community trade mark Miura — Earlier national word and figurative marks MIURA — Rights of the defence — Right to be heard — Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Notification by ordinary mail — Rule 62(1) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95
November 2012
Case T‑137/10 CBI v Commission
State aid — Public hospitals — Subsidies granted by the Belgian authorities to public hospitals belonging to the IRIS association — Decision at the end of the preliminary stage — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Service of general economic interest — Definition of public service mission — Proportionality of compensation for public service
Language of the case: French
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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber), 7 November 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:584 |
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Joined Cases T‑83/11 and T‑84/11 Antrax It v OHIM – THC (Radiators for heating)
Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community designs representing thermosiphons for radiators for heating — Earlier design — Ground for invalidity — Lack of individual character — No different overall impression — Articles 6 and 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Saturation of the state of the art — Duty to state reasons
Language of the case: Italian
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber), 13 November 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:592 |
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Case T‑278/11 ClientEarth and Others v Commission
Actions for annulment — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Implied refusal of access — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Delay — Manifest inadmissibility
Language of the case: English
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Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 13 November 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:593 |
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Case T‑135/09 Nexans France and Nexans v Commission
Competition — Administrative procedure — Action for annulment — Acts adopted during an inspection — Intermediate measures — Inadmissibility — Decision ordering an inspection — Duty to state reasons — Protection of privacy — Reasonable grounds — Review by the Courts
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber), 14 November 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:596 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-37/13 P) |
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Case T‑345/12 R Akzo Nobel and Others v Commission
Interim relief — Competition — Publication of a decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Rejection of claim for confidential treatment of information provided to the Commission pursuant to its Leniency Notice — Application for interim measures — Urgency — Prima facie case — Weighing up of interests
Language of the case: English
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Order of the President of the General Court of 16 November 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:605 |
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Case T‑76/11 Spain v Commission
Fisheries — Measures for the conservation of living aquatic resources — Article 105 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 — Deductions from quotas allocated for a given year on account of overfishing in previous years — Temporal application — Legal certainty — Interpretation guaranteeing compliance with primary law — Principle that penalties must have a proper legal basis — Non-retroactivity
Language of the case: Spanish
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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber), 21 November 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:613 |
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Case T-541/10 ADEDY and Others v Council
Action for annulment — Decisions addressed to a Member State with a view to remedying a situation of excessive deficit — No direct concern — Inadmissibility
Language of the case: Greek
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Order of the General Court (First Chamber), 27 November 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:626 |
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Cases T‑537/10 and T‑538/10 Adamowski v OHIM – Fagumit (FAGUMIT and Fagumit)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark Fagumit and Community figurative mark FAGUMIT — Earlier national figurative mark FAGUMIT — Relative ground for invalidity — Article 8(3) and Article 165(4)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: German
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber), 29 November 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:634 |
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Case T‑164/12 R Alstom and Others v Commission
Interim relief — Competition — Commission decision to transmit documents to a national court — Confidentiality — Right to effective judicial protection — Application for interim measures — Prima facie case — Urgency — Weighing up of interests
Language of the case: English
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Order of the President of the General Court, 29 November 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:637 |
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Case T‑574/08 Syndicat des thoniers méditerranéens and Others v Commission
Non-contractual liability — Fishing — Conservation of fishery resources — Reconstitution of the stocks of bluefin tuna — Emergency measures prohibiting fishing by purse seiners — Unusual loss
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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 November 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:583 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-13/13 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-12/13 P) |
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Case T‑114/11 Giordano v Commission
Non-contractual liability — Fisheries — Conservation of fisheries resources — Recovery of bluefin tuna stocks — Emergency measures prohibiting fishing by purse seiners — Unlawful conduct — Causal link
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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 November 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:585 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-611/12 P) |
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Case T-194/10 Hungary v Commission
Action for annulment — Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 – Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 — E-Bacchus database – Registration of the protected designation of origin ‘Vinohradnícka oblast’ Tokaj’, in respect of Slovakia — Measure not subject to review — Inadmissibility
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 8 November 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:587 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-31/13 P) |
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Case T‑415/11 Hartmann v OHIM (Nutriskin Protection Complex)
Community trade mark — Application for the Community word mark Nutriskin Protection Complex — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 — OHIM’s decision-making practice — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑555/11 tesa v OHIM – Superquímica (tesa TACK)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark tesa TACK — Earlier national figurative mark TACK Ceys — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑140/09 Prysmian and Prysmian Cavi e Sistemi Energia v Commission
Competition — Administrative procedure — Action for annulment — Acts adopted during an inspection — Intermediate measures — Inadmissibility — Decision ordering an inspection — Duty to state reasons — Protection of privacy — Reasonable grounds — Review by the Court
Case T‑529/11 Evonik Industries v OHIM – Impulso Industrial Alternativo (Impulso creador)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark Impulso creador — Earlier figurative Community mark IMPULSO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑403/12 R Intrasoft International v Commission
Interim measures — Public contracts — Procurement procedure — Rejection of a bid — Application for a stay of execution — Lack of urgency
Case T-278/09 Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter v OHIM (GG)
Community trade mark — Application for the Community collective word mark GG — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑341/12 R Evonik Degussa v Commission
Interim measures — Competition — Publication of a decision by which the Commission finds an infringement of provisions which prohibit cartels — Refusal of the request for confidential treatment of information provided to the Commission pursuant to its Leniency Notice — Weighing up of interests — Urgency — Prima facie case
Case T‑589/11 Phonebook of the World v OHIM – Seat Pagine Gialle (PAGINE GIALLE)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark PAGINE GIALLE — Absolute grounds for refusal — Distinctive character — Lack of descriptive character — No signs or indications which have become customary — Article 7(1)(b) to (d) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑120/12 Shahid Beheshti University v Council
Annulment action — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran to prevent nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Lateness — Inadmissible
Case T‑270/08 Germany v Commission
ERDF — Reduction in financial assistance — Operational programme falling under Objective No 1 (1994-1999) for Berlin (East) (Germany
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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 21 November 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:612 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-54/13 P) |
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Case T‑338/11 Getty Images v OHIM (PHOTOS.COM)
Community trade mark — Application for the Community word mark PHOTOS.COM — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Descriptive character — No distinctiveness acquired through use — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 November 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:614 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-70/13 P) |
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Case T‑558/11 Atlas v OHIM – Couleurs de Tollens (ARTIS)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ARTIS — Earlier national word mark ARTIS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-17/10 Steinberg v Commission
Action for annulment — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to funding decisions for grants to Israeli and Palestinian non-governmental organisations under the ‘Partnership for Peace’ programme and the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights — Partial refusal of access — Exception relating to the protection of the public interest as regards public security — Duty to state reasons — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T-215/11 ADEDY and Others v Council
Actions for annulment — Decision addressed to a Member State with a view to remedying a situation of excessive deficit — No direct concern — Inadmissibility
Case T‑672/11 H-Holding v Parliament
Action for failure to act — Action for damages — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly devoid of any basis in law
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Order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 November 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:628 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-64/13 P) |
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Case T‑29/12 Bauer and Alva Management v OHIM – BenQ Materials (Daxon)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark Daxon — Earlier Community word mark DALTON — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑491/07 CB v Commission
Competition — Decision of an association of undertakings — Market for issuing payment cards in France — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Tariff measures applicable to ‘new entrants’ — Membership fees and so-called ‘regulation of customer function’ and ‘sleeper member fee’ mechanisms — Relevant market — Object of the measures at issue — Restriction of competition by object — Article 81(3) EC — Manifest errors of assessment — Principle of sound administration — Proportionality — Legal certainty
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 29 November 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:633 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-67/13 P) |
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Case T‑590/10 Thesing and Bloomberg Finance v ECB
Access to documents — Decision 2004/258/EC — Documents concerning the government debt and government deficit of a Member State — Refusal of access — Exception relating to the economic policy of the Union or of a Member State — Partial refusal of access
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 29 November 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:635 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-28/13 P) |
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Case T-171/11 Hopf v OHIM (Clampflex)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark Champflex — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptiveness — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Lack of distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Duty to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
December 2012
Case T‑15/11 Sina Bank v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Actions for annulment — Duty to state reasons
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 11 December 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:661 |
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Case T‑332/09 Electrabel v Commission
Competition — Concentrations — Decision imposing a fine for putting into effect a concentration — Obligation to suspend the concentration — Obligation to state reasons — Error of assessment — Limitation period — Amount of the fine
Language of the case: French
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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber), 12 December 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:672 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-84/13 P) |
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Case T‑352/09 Novácke chemické závody v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for calcium carbide and magnesium for the steel and gas industries in the EEA, with the exception of Ireland, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Fines — Obligation to state reasons — Proportionality — Equal treatment — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Ability to pay
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber), 12 December 2012
ECLI:EU:T:2012:673 |
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Case T‑143/11 Consorzio vino Chianti Classico v OHIM – FFR (F.F.R.)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for a Community figurative mark ‘F.F.R.’ — Earlier national figurative marks CHIANTI CLASSICO — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑421/11 Qualitest v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures adopted against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Action for annulment — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment
Case T‑167/10 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Requests for quotation — Refusal to grant access — Action for annulment — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Point from which time starts to run — Admissibility — Exception relating to the protection of the economic policy of the European Union — Exception relating to the protection of the commercial interests of a third party — Exception relating to the protection of the public interest in the field of public security — Duty to state reasons
Case T‑42/09 A. Loacker v OHIM – Editrice Quadratum (QUADRATUM)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark QUADRATUM — Earlier Community word mark LOACKER QUADRATINI — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Article 73 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009) — Article 74 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 76 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑22/12 Fomanu v OHIM (Qualität hat Zukunft)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark Qualität hat Zukunft — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑231/00 Adriatica di Navigazione and Comitato "Venezia vuole vivere" v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Relief from social security contributions for firms in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and requiring recovery of aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T‑253/00 Bauer v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Reductions in social security contributions for undertakings in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and requiring recovery of the aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T‑260/00 Cooperativa San Marco fra Lavoratori della Piccola Pesca and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Reductions in social security contributions for undertakings in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and requiring recovery of the aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
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Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 December 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:669 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-94/13 P) |
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Case T‑261/00 Sacaim and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Reductions in social security contributions for undertakings in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and requiring recovery of the aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
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Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 December 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:670 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-95/13 P) |
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Case T‑457/07 Evropaïki Dynamiki v EFSA
Public procurement — Tender procedure — Provision of IT consultancy assistance services — Rejection of a tender and decision to award the contract to another tenderer — Admissibility — Obligation to state reasons — Selection criteria — Award criteria — Compliance with award criteria laid down in the tender specifications — Manifest error of assessment
Case T‑392/09 1. garantovaná v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for calcium carbide and magnesium for the steel and gas industries in the EEA, with the exception of Ireland, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Fines — Ceiling of 10% of turnover — Relevant turnover — Rights of the defence — Obligation to state reasons — Proportionality — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Ability to pay
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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 12 December 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:674 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-90/13 P) |
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Case T‑400/09 Ecka Granulate and non ferrum Metallpulver v Commission
Competition — Cartels — Market in calcium carbide and magnesium for the steel and gas industries in the EEA, with the exception of Ireland, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price fixing and market sharing — Fines — Principle that penalties must have a sound legal basis — 2006 guidelines for the calculation of the amount of fines — Mitigating circumstances — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Proportionality — Ability to pay
Case T‑410/09 Almamet v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for calcium carbide and magnesium for the steel and gas industries in the EEA, with the exception of Ireland, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Rights of the defence — Commission’s powers in inspections — Single and continuous infringement — Fines — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Proportionality — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines
Case T‑103/08 Versalis and Eni v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Chloroprene rubber market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price fixing and market sharing — Attributability of the unlawful conduct — Duty to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Evidence of involvement in the cartel — Single and continuous infringement — Fines — Gravity and duration of the infringement — Repeat offending — Deterrence — Attenuating circumstances — Maximum turnover limit of 10% — Cooperation — 2002 Leniency Notice — Equal treatment — Proportionality
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 13 December 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:686 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-123/13 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-93/13 P) |
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Case T‑34/10 Hairdreams v OHIM – Bartmann (MAGIC LIGHT)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark MAGIC LIGHT — Earlier national word mark MAGIC LIFE — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑588/10 Greece v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Arable crops — Dried grapes — Raw tobacco — Specific measures for the smaller Aegean islands concerning certain agricultural products — Sheepmeat and goatmeat — Conditionality — Proportionality
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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 13 December 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:688 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-71/13 P) |
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Case T‑136/11 pelicantravel.com v OHIM – Pelikan (Pelikan)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark pelikan — Absolute ground for refusal — No bad faith on the part of the applicant — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-461/11 Natura Selection v OHIM – Ménard (natura)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark natura — Prior Community word mark NATURA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑357/11 Bimbo v OHIM – Grupo Bimbo (GRUPO BIMBO)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community trade mark GRUPO BIMBO — Earlier national word mark BIMBO — Relative grounds for refusal — Mark with a reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T-205/11 Germany v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Out of time — Inadmissibility
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Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 18 December 2012 ECLI:EU:T:2012:704 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-102/13 P) |
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Case T‑320/11 Hungary v Commission
Action for annulment — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Point from which time starts to run — Out of time — Inadmissibility
January 2013
Case T‑182/10 Aiscat v Commission
State aid — Direct concession for the construction and subsequent management of a section of motorway — Decision to take no further action on the complaint — Action for annulment — Actionable measure — Locus standi — Individual concern — Admissibility — Definition of aid — State resources
Language of the case: Italian
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 15 January 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:9 |
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Case T‑54/11 Spain v Commission
ERDF — Reduction of financial assistance — Aid for the operational programme falling within Objective 1 (2000-2006) concerning the region of Andalucía (Spain) — Article 39(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 — Three-month period — Directive 93/36/EEC — Negotiated procedure without prior publication of a tender notice
Language of the case: Spanish
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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber), 15 January 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:10 |
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Case T‑237/11 Lidl Stiftung v OHIM – Lactimilk (BELLRAM)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark BELLRAM — Earlier national word and figurative marks RAM and Ram — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Right to be heard — Articles 63(2), 75 and 76 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Opposition period
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 15 January 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:11 |
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Case T‑625/11 BSH v OHIM (ecoDoor)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark ecoDoor — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: German
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 15 January 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:14 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-126/13 P) |
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Joined Cases T‑346/11 and T‑347/11 Gollnisch v Parliament
Privileges and immunities — Member of the European Parliament — Decision to waive immunity — Activity unconnected with the functions of a Member of the Parliament — Procedure for waiver of immunity — Decision not to defend privileges and immunities — No further interest in bringing an action — No need to adjudicate
Language of the case: French
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Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber), 17 January 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:23 |
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Case T‑308/00 RENV Salzgitter v Commission
State aid — Steel industry — Tax incentives for the development of the border zone between the former German Democratic Republic and the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic — Non-notified aid — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the common market — Recovery — Delay — Legal certainty — Calculation of the aid to be repaid — Aid falling within the scope of the ECSC Treaty — Investments for the protection of the environment — Discount rate
Language of the case: German
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber, Extended Composition), 22 January 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:30 |
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Joined Cases T‑225/06 RENV, T‑255/06 RENV, T‑257/06 RENV and T‑309/06 RENV Budějovický Budvar v OHIM
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Applications for Community word and figurative marks BUD — Appellations ‘bud’ — Relative grounds for refusal — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber), 22 January 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:31 |
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Case T‑46/09 Greece v Commission
EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Processing of citrus fruits, cotton, bovines, and olive oil — Financial audit — Key controls — Proportionality — Recurrence — Duty to state reasons
Language of the case: Greek
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber), 22 January 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:32 |
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Joined Cases T‑339/10 and T‑532/10 Cosepuri v EFSA
Public service contracts — Tender procedure — Shuttle service in Italy and Europe — Tenderer’s bid rejected — Decision to award the contract to another tenderer — Non-contractual liability — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Bid of the successful tenderer — Access refused — Exception relating to the protection of the commercial interests of a third party
Language of the case: Italian
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber), 29 January 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:38 |
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Case T‑496/10 Bank Mellat v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Right to effective judicial protection — Manifest error of assessment
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 29 January 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:39 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-176/13 P) |
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Case T‑274/12 Alfastar Benelux v Council
Actions for failure to act — Action devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate — Actions for damages — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Cases T‑445/11 and T‑88/12 Charron Inox and Almet v Commission and Council
Action for annulment — Action for damages — Dumping –Imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of stainless steel originating in China — Provisional anti-dumping duty — No need to adjudicate — Definitive anti-dumping duty — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly devoid of any basis in law
Case T‑568/11 Kokomarina v OHIM – Vana Real Estate and Euro Shoe Group (interdit de me gronder IDMG)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Community — Figurative mark interdit de me gronder IDMG — Earlier Benelux word mark DMG — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark disputed for the first time before the General Court
Case T‑392/07 Strack v Commission
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to confirmatory applications for access to documents and to a case brought before the General Court — Document register — Action for annulment — Implied refusal of access — Interest in bringing proceedings — Admissibility — Partial refusal of access — Exception relating to the protection of the privacy and the integrity of the individual — Exception relating to the protection of the decision-making process — Duty to state reasons — Non-contractual liability
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Case T‑413/11 Welte-Wenu v OHIM – Commission (EUROPEAN DRIVESHAFT SERVICES)
Community trade mark — Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity — Community figurative mark EUROPEAN DRIVESHAFT SERVICES — Absolute ground for refusal — Imitation of the emblem of an international inter-governmental organisation — Article 7(1)(h) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 6b of the Paris Convention — Content of the application for a declaration of invalidity — Admissibility of new elements — Article 56(2) and Article 76 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Rule 37(b)(iv) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 — Jurisdiction of the Board of Appeal in the case of an action limited to part of the decision of the Cancellation Division
Case T‑451/11 Gigabyte Technology v OHIM – Haskins (Gigabyte)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark Gigabyte — Earlier Community word mark GIGABITER — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑21/12 Alfacam and Others v Parliament
Action for annulment — Public service contracts — Procurement procedure — Supply of audiovisual services to the Parliament — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid — Articles 94 and 103 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 — Action manifestly devoid of any basis in law
Case T‑544/11 Spectrum Brands (UK) v OHIM – Philips (STEAM GLIDE)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark STEAM GLIDE — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑355/09 Reber v OHIM – Wedl & Hofmann (Walzer Traum)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community mark Walzer Traum — Earlier national word mark Walzertraum — Lack of genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Equal treatment
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Cases T‑582/11 and T‑583/11 Solar-Fabrik v OHIM (Premium XL and Premium L)
Community trade mark — Applications for the Community word marks Premium XL and Premium L — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑507/12 R Slovenia v Commission
Interim measures — State aid — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery from the recipient — Application for stay of execution — Lack of urgency
Case T‑137/12 FunFactory v OHIM (Vibrator)
Community trade mark — Application for a three-dimensional trade mark — Vibrator — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons — First sentence of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Rights of the defence — Second sentence of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑218/00 Cooperativa Mare Azzurro and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Relief from social security contributions for firms in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme to be incompatible with the common market and requiring recovery of aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
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Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 January 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:27 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-136/13 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-145/13 P) |
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Case T‑262/00 La Vigile San Marco v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Relief from social security contributions for firms in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme to be incompatible with the common market and requiring the recovery of aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
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Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 January 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:28 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-174/13 P) |
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Case T‑263/00 La Navale v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Relief from social security contributions for firms in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme to be incompatible with the common market and requiring the recovery of aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T‑474/09 Fercal v OHIM – Jacson of Scandinavia (JACKSON SHOES)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark JACKSON SHOES — Earlier national business name JACSON OF SCANDINAVIA AB — Relative ground for refusal — Relative ground for invalidity — Article 8(4) and Article 53(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 January 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:33 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-159/13 P) |
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Case T‑189/11 Yordanov v OHIM – Distribuidora comercial del frio (DISCO DESIGNER)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark DISCO DESIGNER — Earlier figurative Community mark DISCO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Identity of the goods — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑269/00 Sagar and Baglioni Hotels v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Reductions in social security contributions for undertakings in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and requiring the recovery of aid paid — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law
Case T‑272/00 Barbini and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Reductions in social security contributions for undertakings in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and imposing the recovery of the aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law
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Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 29 January 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:36 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-180/13 P) |
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Case T‑273/00 Unindustria and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Reductions in social security contributions for undertakings in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and imposing the recovery of the aid paid — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law
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Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 29 January 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:37 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-191/13 P) |
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Case T‑25/11 Germans Boada v OHIM (Manual tile-cutting machine)
Community trade mark — Application for a Community three-dimensional mark — Manual tile-cutting machine — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons — Articles 75 and 76 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Equal treatment
Case T‑283/11 Fon Wireless v OHIM – nfon (nfon)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark nfon — Earlier Community trade mark fon and earlier national word mark FON — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Application for alteration
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 29 January 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:41 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-193/13 P) |
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Case T‑662/11 Müller v OHIM – Loncar (Sunless)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark Sunless — Earlier Community word marks SUNLESS and LONCAR-SUNLESS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑540/10 Spain v Commission
Cohesion Fund — Reduction of the financial assistance initially granted from the Cohesion Fund to four project stages concerning the construction of certain sections of the high-speed line linking Madrid and the French border — Time limit for adopting a decision — Article H(2) of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1164/94 — Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1386/2002 — Additional works or services — Concept of ‘unforeseen circumstances’ — Article 20(2)(f) of Directive 93/38/EEC
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 31 January 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:47 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-197/13 P) |
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Case T‑66/11 Present-Service Ullrich v OHIM – Punt Nou (babilu)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark babilu — Earlier Community word mark BABIDU — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the services — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑235/11 Spain v Commission
Cohesion Fund — Reduction of the financial assistance initially granted by the Fund to five projects concerning the implementation of certain lines of the high-speed railway network in Spain — Time limit for the adoption of a decision — Article H(2) of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1164/94 — Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1386/2002 — Additional deliveries — Additional works or services — Concept of ‘unforeseen circumstance’ — Article 20(2)(e) and (f) of Directive 93/38/EEC
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 31 January 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:49 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-192/13 P) |
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Case T‑54/12 K2 Sports Europe v OHIM – Karhu Sport Iberica (SPORT)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark SPORT — Earlier national and international word marks K2 SPORTS — Relative ground for refusal — No similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
February 2013
Case T‑494/10 Bank Saderat Iran v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Right to effective judicial protection — Manifest error of assessment
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 5 February 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:59 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-200/13 P) |
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Case T‑84/07 EuroChem MCC v Council
Dumping — Imports of solutions of urea and ammonium nitrate originating in Russia — Request for an expiry review — Request for an interim review — Admissibility — Normal value — Export price — Articles 1, 2 and 11(1) to (3) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (now Articles 1, 2 and 11(1) to (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009)
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber), 7 February 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:64 |
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Case T‑492/10 Melli Bank v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Entity wholly owned by an entity identified as being involved in nuclear proliferation — Plea of illegality — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Right to effective judicial protection
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 20 February 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:80 |
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Case T‑378/11 Langguth Erben v OHIM (MEDINET)
Community trade mark — Application for the Community figurative mark MEDINET — Earlier national and international figurative marks MEDINET — Claim of seniority of the earlier national and international marks — Earlier marks in colour and Community trade mark applied for not designating any specific colour — Signs not identical — Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Expediency of oral proceedings — Article 77 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: German
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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber), 20 February 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:83 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-412/13 P) |
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Information (on unpublished decisions)
Case T‑104/11 Ferrari v OHIM (PERLE')
Community trade mark — International registration designating the European Community — Figurative mark PERLE' — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character — Lack of distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑272/11 Coin v OHIM – Dynamiki Zoi (Fitcoin)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark Fitcoin — Earlier national, Community and international figurative marks coin — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑368/11 Polyelectrolyte Producers Group and Others v Commission
REACH — Transitional measures concerning the restrictions on the placing on the market and use of acrylamide for grouting applications — Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 — Proportionality — Obligation to state reasons
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 1 February 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:53 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-199/13 P) |
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Case T‑368/11 R Polyelectrolyte Producers Group and Others v Commission
Application for interim measures — Dismissal of the main action — No need to adjudicate
Case T‑159/11 Marszałkowski v OHIM – Mar-Ko Fleischwaren (WALICHNOWY MARKO)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark WALICHNOWY MARKO — Earlier Community word mark MAR-KO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 4 February 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:56 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-177/13 P) |
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Case T‑504/11 Hartmann v OHIM – Protecsom (DIGNITUDE)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark DIGNITUDE — Earlier national and Community word marks Dignity — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — No similarity between the goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑551/11 BSI v Council
Action for annulment — Dumping — Extension of anti-dumping duty imposed on the imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the People’s Republic of China to imports of certain iron or steel fasteners consigned from Malaysia — Independent importer — Article 263, fourth paragraph, TFEU — Lack of individual concern — Legislative measure containing implementing measure — Inadmissibility
Case T‑263/11 Bopp v OHIM (Representation of a green octagonal frame)
Community trade mark — Application for a Community figurative mark representing a green octagonal frame — Absolute ground for refusal — Distinctive character — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Offer of evidence submitted for the first time in the reply — Article 48(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court — Document sent to OHIM by fax — Applicable rules
Case T‑412/11 Maharishi Foundation v OHIM (TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION — Absolute grounds for refusal — Decision of the Board of Appeal remitting the case to the Examination Division — Article 65(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Admissibility — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Relevant public
Case T‑426/11 Maharishi Foundation v OHIM (MÉDITATION TRANSCENDANTALE)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark MÉDITATION TRANSCENDANTALE — Absolute grounds for refusal — Decision of the Board of Appeal remitting the case to the Examination Division — Article 65(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Admissibility — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Relevant public
Case T‑235/08 Acron and Dorogobuzh v Council
Dumping — Imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia — Request for a partial interim review — Normal value — Export price — Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (now Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 7 February 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:65 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-215/13 P) |
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Case T‑459/08 EuroChem MCC v Council
Dumping — Imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia — Request for a partial interim review — Expiry review — Normal value — Export price — Articles 1, 2 and 11(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (now Articles 1, 2 and 11(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009)
Case T‑118/10 Acron v Council
Dumping — Imports of solutions of urea and ammonium nitrate originating in Russia — Request for a new exporter review — Normal value — Export price — Articles 1, 2 and 11(4) and (9) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (now Articles 1, 2 and 11(4) and (9) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009)
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 7 February 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:67 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-216/13 P) |
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Case T‑50/12 AMC-Representações Têxteis v OHIM – MIP Metro (METRO KIDS COMPANY)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark METRO KIDS COMPANY — Earlier international figurative mark METRO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑33/12 Piotrowski v OHIM (MEDIGYM)
Community trade mark — International registration designating the European Community — Word mark MEDIGYM — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptiveness — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Right to a hearing — Second sentence of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
Joined Cases T-15/12 and T-16/12 Provincie Groningen and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Subsidy scheme for the acquisition of natural areas for environmental protection — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — No interest in bringing proceedings — Inadmissibility
Cases T‑278/00 to T‑280/00, T‑282/00 to T‑286/00 and T‑288/00 to T‑295/00 Albergo Quattro Fontane and Others v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — Relief from social security contributions for firms in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and requiring recovery of the aid paid out — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law
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Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 February 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:77 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-229/13 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-246/13 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-237/13 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-234/13 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-230/13 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-236/13 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-233/13 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-227/13 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-231/13 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-239/13 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-232/13 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-238/13 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-235/13 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-228/13 P) |
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Case T‑241/09 Nikolaou v Court of Auditors
Non-contractual liability — Court of Auditors — Conduct of internal investigations — Personal data — Illegality — Causal link — Limitation period
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 20 February 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:79 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-220/13 P) |
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Case T‑224/11 Caventa v OHIM – Anson's Herrenhaus (BERG)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark BERG — Earlier Community word mark Christian Berg — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑225/11 Caventa v OHIM – Anson's Herrenhaus (BERG)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark BERG — Earlier Community word mark Christian Berg — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑631/11 Caventa v OHIM – Anson's Herrenhaus (B BERG)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark B BERG — Earlier Community word mark Christian Berg — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑9/10 Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
Public service contracts — Tender procedure — Supply of external services relating to the provision of electronic publications — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid — Award of the contract to another tenderer — Selection and award criteria — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment
Case T‑444/10 Esge v OHIM – De'Longhi Benelux (KMIX)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark KMIX — Earlier Community word mark BAMIX — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑427/11 Laboratoire Bioderma v OHIM – Cabinet Continental (BIODERMA)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark BIODERMA — No infringement of the rights of the defence — Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 207/2009
Joined Cases T‑65/10, T‑113/10 and T‑138/10 Spain v Commission
ERDF — Reduction of financial assistance — Operational Programmes for ‘Andalusia’ and ‘Comunidad Valenciana’ Objective 1 (1994-1999) — Operational Programme for ‘Basque Country’ Objective 2 (1997-1999) — Extrapolation
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 26 February 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:93 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-263/13 P) |
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Case T‑591/10 Castiglioni v Commission
Action for annulment — Action for damages — Public works contracts — Tender procedure — Construction, restructuring and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure at the Joint Research Centre’s Ispra site — Selection criteria — Rejection of the tender submitted by one tenderer and a decision to award the contract to another tenderer — New pleas in law — Action in part manifestly unfounded in law and in part manifestly inadmissible
Case T‑241/10 Poland v Commission
EAGGF, EAGF and EAFRD — ‘Guarantee’ Section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Direct payments — Identification system for agricultural parcels — Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 — Lack of effectiveness and reliability — Intentional irregularities — Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 27 February 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:96 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-273/13 P) |
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Case T‑367/10 Bloufin Touna Ellas Naftiki Etaireia and Others v Commission
Fisheries — Conservation of fish stocks — Recovery plan for bluefin tuna — Measures prohibiting fishing activities of purse seiners flying the flag of France or Greece — Actions for annulment — Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures — Whether directly concerned — Admissibility — Rate of exhaustion of quotas per State and per purse seiner — True catch capacity
Case T‑387/11 Nitrogénművek Vegyipari v Commission
State aid — Banking sector — Loans guaranteed by Hungary and granted by a development bank — Decision declaring the aid measures partly incompatible and ordering their recovery — Private investor test
March 2013
Case T‑93/10 Bilbaína de Alquitranes and Others v ECHA
REACH — Identification of pitch, coal tar, high temperature as a substance of very high concern — Actions for annulment — Actionable measure — Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures — Direct concern — Admissibility — Equal treatment — Proportionality
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber, Extended Composition), 7 March 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:106 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-287/13 P) |
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Case T‑94/10 Rütgers Germany and Others v ECHA
REACH — Identification of anthracene oil as a substance of very high concern — Actions for annulment — Actionable measure — Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures — Direct concern — Admissibility — Equal treatment — Proportionality
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber, extended composition), 7 March 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:107 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-288/13 P) |
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Case T‑95/10 Cindu Chemicals and Others v ECHA
REACH — Identification of anthracene oil, anthracene low as a substance of very high concern — Actions for annulment — Actionable measure — Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures — Direct concern — Admissibility — Equal treatment — Proportionality
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber, Extended Composition), 7 March 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:108 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-289/13 P) |
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Case T‑96/10 Rütgers Germany and Others v ECHA
REACH — Identification of anthracene oil (anthracene paste) as a substance of very high concern — Actions for annulment — Actionable measure — Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures — Direct concern — Admissibility — Equal treatment — Proportionality
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber, extended composition), 7 March 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:109 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-290/13 P) |
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Case T‑370/11 Poland v Commission
Environment — Directive 2003/87/EC — Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading — Transitional rules for harmonised free allocation of emission allowances from 2013 — Benchmarks to be applied to calculate the allocation of emission allowances — Equal treatment — Proportionality
Language of the case: Polish
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber), 7 March 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:113 |
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Case T‑110/12 R Iranian Offshore Engineering & Construction v Council
Interim relief — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran — Freezing of funds and economic resources — Application for interim measures — No urgency — Balancing of interests
Language of the case: Spanish
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Order of the President of the General Court, 11 March 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:118 |
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Case T‑462/12 R Pilkington Group v Commission
Interim relief — Competition — Publication of a decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Rejection of request for confidential treatment of information allegedly covered by business secrecy — Application for interim measures — Urgency — Prima facie case — Weighing up of interests
Language of the case: English
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Order of the President of the General Court, 11 March 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:119 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-278/13 P(R)) |
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Case T‑4/13 R Communicaid Group v Commission
Application for interim measures — Public services contracts — Tendering procedure — Language training services — Rejection of tender submitted by a tenderer — Application for suspension of operation and interim measures — Loss of opportunity — No serious and irreparable damage — No urgency
Language of the case: English
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Order of the President of the General Court, 11 March 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:121 |
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Joined Cases T‑229/11 and T‑276/11 Inglewood and Others v Parliament
Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Additional pension scheme — Decisions rejecting applications seeking to benefit from the provisions in force before the amendment to the additional pension scheme in 2009 — Plea of illegality — Acquired rights — Legitimate expectations — Proportionality — Equal treatment
Language of the case: French
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 13 March 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:127 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-281/13 P) |
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Case T‑587/08 Fresh Del Monte Produce v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market in bananas — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Information exchange system — Concept of a concerted practice having an anti-competitive object — Causal link between the collusion and the conduct of the undertakings on the market — Single infringement — Imputation of the infringement — Rights of the defence — Fines — Gravity of the infringement — Cooperation — Mitigating circumstances
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber), 14 March 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:129 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-294/13 P) (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-293/13 P) |
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Case T‑588/08 Dole Food and Dole Germany v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market in bananas — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Concept of a concerted practice having an anti-competitive object — Information exchange system — Duty to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Gravity of the infringement
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber), 14 March 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:130 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-286/13 P) |
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Case T‑301/10 In 't Veld v Commission
Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to the draft international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) — Negotiating documents — Refusal to grant access — Exception relating to the protection of the public interest with regard to international relations — Manifest error of assessment — Proportionality — Duty to state reasons
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber), 19 March 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:135 |
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Case T‑324/10 Firma Van Parys v Commission
Customs union — Imports of bananas from Ecuador — Post-clearance recovery of import duties — Request for remission of import duties — Article 220(2)(b) and Article 239 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 — Error by the customs authorities — Obvious negligence on the part of the interested party
Language of the case: Dutch
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber), 19 March 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:136 |
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Case T‑415/10 Nexans France v Joint Undertaking Fusion for Energy
Public supply contracts — Euratom — Procedure for call for tenders by the Joint Undertaking Fusion for Energy — Supply of electrical equipment — Rejection of a tenderer’s offer — Open procedure — Offer containing reservations — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Proportionality — Conflict of interests — Award decision — Action for annulment — No direct effect — Inadmissibility — Non-contractual liability
Language of the case: French
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Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber), 20 March 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:141 |
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Case T‑571/11 El Corte Inglés v OHIM – Chez Gerard (CLUB GOURMET)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark CLUB GOURMET — Earlier national figurative mark CLUB DEL GOURMET, EN ... El Corte Inglés — Relative ground for refusal — No similarity between the goods and services — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Arguments and evidence adduced for the first time before the General Court
Language of the case: Spanish
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber), 20 March 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:145 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-301/13 P) |
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Case T‑198/09 UOP v Commission
Action for annulment — State aid — No individual concern — Inadmissibility
Case T‑539/10 Acino v Commission
Medicinal products for human use — Suspension of the placing on the market and withdrawal of medicinal products containing the active ingredient Clopidogrel — Variation of the authorisation to place on the market — Prohibition from placing medicinal products on the market — Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 and Directive 2001/83/EC — Proportionality — Obligation to state reasons
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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 7 March 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:110 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-269/13 P) |
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Case T‑186/11 Schönberger v Parliament
Action for annulment — Right to petition — Petition addressed to the European Parliament — Petition declared admissible — Decision concluding the petition procedure — Measure not subject to review — Inadmissibility
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 7 March 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:111 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-261/13 P) |
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Case T‑247/11 FairWild Foundation v OHIM – Wild (FAIRWILD)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Community — Word mark FAIRWILD — Earlier Community word mark WILD — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑64/12 Henkel and Henkel France v Commission
Action for annulment — Request seeking to obtain the transmission to the French competition authority of certain documents contained in the Commission’s file relating to competition proceedings concerning the European market for consumer detergents — Use in the context of national proceedings concerning the French detergents sector — Lack of interest in bringing proceedings — Inadmissibility
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Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 7 March 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:116 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-284/13 P) |
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Case T‑498/10 Mayer Naman v OHIM – Daniel e Mayer (David Mayer)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark David Mayer — Earlier national word mark DANIEL & MAYER MADE IN ITALY — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Request for proof of genuine use made for the first time before the Board of Appeal — Out of time — Article 57(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T‑552/12 R North Drilling v Council
Interim relief — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran — Freezing of funds and economic resources — Application for interim measures — Lack of urgency — Weighing up of interests
Case T‑27/13 R Elan v Commission
Interim measures — State aid — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery from the beneficiary — Application for stay of execution — Lack of urgency
Case T‑89/13 R Calestep v ECHA
Application for interim measures — Fees and charges payable to ECHA — Reduced fees granted to small enterprises — Verification by ECHA of the declaration relating to the size of the enterprise — Decision ordering the recovery of the uncollected amount of the total fees payable — Application for suspension of operation of the decision — Disregard of the procedural requirements — Inadmissibility
Case T‑553/10 Biodes v OHIM – Manasul Internacional (FARMASUL)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark FARMASUL — Earlier Spanish figurative mark MANASUL — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Distinctive character of the earlier mark — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑624/11 Yueqing Onesto Electric v OHIM – Ensto (ONESTO)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Community — Figurative mark ONESTO — Earlier Community figurative mark ENSTO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑495/10 Bank Saderat v Council
Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Entity wholly owned by an entity identified as being involved in nuclear proliferation — Plea of illegality — Obligation to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Right to effective judicial protection
Case T‑92/11 Andersen v Commission
State aid — Aid granted by the Danish authorities to the public undertaking DSB — Public service contracts for the supply of passenger rail transport services between Copenhagen and Ystad — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market subject to conditions — Temporal application of rules of substantive law
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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 20 March 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:143 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-303/13 P) |
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Case T‑489/11 Rousse Industry v Commission
State aid — Aid granted by Bulgaria in the form of a debt waiver — Decision declaring that aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — New aid — Distortion of competition — Obligation to state reasons
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Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 March 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:144 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-271/13 P) |
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Case T‑277/12 Bimbo v OHIM – Café do Brasil (Caffè KIMBO)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark Caffè KIMBO — Earlier national word mark BIMBO — Relative grounds for refusal — Well-known trade mark within the meaning of Article 6 bis of the Paris Convention — Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 20 March 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:146 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-285/13 P) |
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Case T‑353/11 Event v OHIM – CBT Comunicación Multimedia (eventer EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark eventer EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS — Earlier national word mark Event — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Case T‑409/10 Bottega Veneta International v OHIM (Shape of a handbag)
Community trade mark — Application for a three-dimensional Community trade mark — Shape of a handbag — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Lack of distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(1)(b) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Failure to take account of an element of the trade mark applied for — Rule No 9 of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95
Case T‑410/10 Bottega Veneta International v OHIM (Shape of a bag)
Community trade mark — Application for a three-dimensional Community trade mark — Shape of a bag — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Lack of distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(1)(b) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Failure to take account of an element of the trade mark applied for — Rule No 9 of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95
Case T‑571/10 Fabryka Łożysk Tocznych-Kraśnik v OHIM – Impexmetal (FŁT-1)
Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark FŁT‑1 — Earlier Community figurative mark FŁT — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 22 March 2013 ECLI:EU:T:2013:150 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-292/13 P) |
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April 2013
Case T‑671/11 IPK International v Commission
Financial assistance for an ecological tourism project — Repayment of the amounts recovered — Decision taken following the annulment by the General Court of the earlier decision cancelling the assistance — Compensatory interest — Default interest — Calculation
Language of the case: German
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Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber), 10 April 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:163 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-336/13 P) |
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Case T‑401/08 Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Copyright relating to public performance of musical works via the internet, satellite and cable retransmission — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Sharing of the geographic market — Bilateral agreements between national collecting societies — Concerted practices precluding the possibility of granting multi-territory and multi-repertoire licences — Proof — Presumption of innocence
Language of the case: Finnish
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 12 April 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:170 |
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Case T‑442/08 CISAC v Commission
Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Copyright relating to public performance of musical works via the internet, satellite and cable retransmission — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Sharing of the geographic market — Bilateral agreements between national collecting societies — Concerted practices precluding the possibility of granting multi-territory and multi-repertoire licences — Proof — Presumption of innocence
Language of the case: English
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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 12 April 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:188 |
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Case T‑383/10 Continental Bulldog Club Deutschland v OHIM (CONTINENTAL)
Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark CONTINENTAL — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Language of the case: German
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Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber), 17 April 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:193 |
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Joined Cases T‑99/09 and T‑308/09 Italy v Commission
ERDF — Campania Regional Operational Programme (ROP) 2000-2006 — Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 — Article 32(3)(f) — Decision not to make interim payments in connection with the ROP measure concerning waste management and disposal — Infringement procedure against Italy
Language of the case: Italian
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Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber), 19 April 2013
ECLI:EU:T:2013:200 (Appeal: Case before the Court of Justice C-385/13 P) |
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