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doi:10.3000/1977091X.C_2012.399.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 399

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Information and Notices

Volume 55
22 December 2012

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Court of Justice of the European Union

2012/C 399/01

Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European UnionOJ C 389, 15.12.2012

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V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2012/C 399/02

Case C-300/10: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 23 October 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal da Relação de Guimarães — Portugal) — Vítor Hugo Marques Almeida v Companhia de Seguros Fidelidade-Mundial SA, Jorge Manuel da Cunha Carvalheira, Paulo Manuel Carvalheira, Fundo de Garantia Automóvel (Insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles — Directive 72/166/EEC — Article 3(1) — Directive 84/5/EEC — Article 2(1) — Directive 90/232/EEC — Article 1 — Right to compensation by means of compulsory insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles — Civil liability of the insured person — Victim’s contribution to loss or injury — Limitation of the right to compensation)

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2012/C 399/03

Case C-557/10: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 October 2012 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Transport — Development of the Community’s railways — Directive 91/440/EEC — Article 5(3) — Rail transport undertakings — Freedom of management — Decisions on staff, assets and own procurement — Article 7(3) — Grant of financing to the infrastructure manager — Directive 2001/14/EC — Article 6(1) — Balancing the accounts — Appropriate conditions — Incomplete transposition)

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2012/C 399/04

Joined Cases C-581/10 and C-629/10: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 23 October 2012 (references for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Köln — Germany, High Court of Justice (England and Wales), Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court) — United Kingdom) — Emeka Nelson, Bill Chinazo Nelson, Brian Cheimezie Nelson v Deutsche Lufthansa AG (C-581/10), TUI Travel plc, British Airways plc, easyJet Airline Company Ltd, International Air Transport Association v Civil Aviation Authority (C-629/10) (Air transport — Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 — Articles 5 to 7 — Montreal Convention — Articles 19 and 29 — Right to compensation in the event of delay of flights — Compatibility)

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2012/C 399/05

Case C-133/11: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 October 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Folien Fischer AG, Fofitec AG v Ritrama SpA (Area of freedom, security and justice — Jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters — Special jurisdiction in tort, delict or quasi-delict — Action for a negative declaration («negative Feststellungsklage») — Whether a person alleged to have committed a harmful act may bring a person who might be adversely affected, before the courts with jurisdiction for the place where the act allegedly occurred or may occur, seeking a declaration that there is no liability in tort or delict)

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2012/C 399/06

Case C-164/11: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 25 October 2012 — European Commission v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2003/96/EC — Taxation of energy products and electricity — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

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2012/C 399/07

Joined Cases C-318/11 and C-319/11: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 25 October 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Förvaltningsrätten i Falun — Sweden) — Daimler AG (C-318/11), Widex A/S(C-319/11) v Skatteverket (Common system of value added tax — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 170 and 171 — Eighth VAT Directive — Article 1 — Directive 2008/9/EC — Article 3(a) — Arrangements for the refund of value added tax to taxable persons not established in the territory of the country — Taxable persons established in one Member State and carrying out in another Member State only technical testing or research activities)

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2012/C 399/08

Case C-367/11: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 25 October 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation — Belgium) — Déborah Prete v Office national de l’emploi (Freedom of movement for persons — Article 39 EC — National of a Member State seeking employment in another Member State — Equal treatment — Tideover allowance for young persons seeking their first job — Grant subject to completion of at least six years’ studies in the host State)

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2012/C 399/09

Case C-387/11: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 October 2012 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Articles 49 TFEU and 63 TFEU — Articles 31 and 40 of the EEA Agreement — Taxation of income from capital and immovable property — Resident and non-resident investment companies — Withholding tax — Setting off of withholding tax — Exemption of income from capital and movable property — Discrimination — Justifications)

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2012/C 399/10

Case C-553/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 25 October 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Bernhard Rintisch v Klaus Eder (Trade marks — Directive 89/104/EEC — Article 10(1) and (2)(a) — Genuine use — Use in a form, itself registered as a trade mark, differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character of the mark — Temporal effects of a judgment)

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2012/C 399/11

Case C-557/11: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 25 October 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny — Poland) — Maria Kozak v Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w Lublinie (VAT — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 306 to 310 — Special scheme for travel agents — Transport services carried out by travel agents acting in their own name — Concept of single service — Article 98 — Reduced VAT rate)

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2012/C 399/12

Case C-592/11: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 25 October 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus — Finland) — Anssi Ketelä (Agriculture — Regulations (EC) No 1698/2005 and 1974/2006 — Setting up aid for young farmers — Conditions for grant — Setting up for the first time on an agricultural holding as head of the holding — Conditions governing applicability where the person concerned sets up using a legal person)

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2012/C 399/13

Case C-102/12 P: Appeal brought on 27 February 2012 by Stefan Städter against the order of the General Court (First Chamber) delivered on 16 December 2011 in Case T-532/11 Stefan Städter v European Central Bank

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2012/C 399/14

Case C-409/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Patent- und Markensenat (Austria) lodged on 6 September 2012 — Backaldrin Österreich The Kornspitz Company GmbH v Pfahnl Backmittel GmbH

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2012/C 399/15

Case C-426/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof te ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), lodged on 18 September 2012 — X; Other party: Voorzitter van het managementteam van het onderdeel Belastingdienst/Z van de rijksbelastingdienst

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2012/C 399/16

Case C-430/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bacău (Romania) lodged on 21 September 2012 — Elena Luca v Casa de Asigurări de Sănătate Bacău

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2012/C 399/17

Case C-431/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție (Romania), lodged on 24 September 2012 — Agenția Națională de Administrare Fiscală — Direcția Generală de Soluționare a Contestațiilor, Agenția Națională de Administrare Fiscală — Direcția Generală de Administrare a Marilor Contribuabili v SC Rafinăria Steaua Română SA

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2012/C 399/18

Case C-435/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 26 September 2012 — ACI Adam BV and Others v Stichting de Thuiskopie and Others

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2012/C 399/19

Case C-437/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof te ’s Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), lodged on 1 October 2012 — X; Other party: Voorzitter van het managementteam van het onderdeel Belastingdienst/Z van de rijksbelastingdienst

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2012/C 399/20

Case C-451/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Salamanca (Spain) lodged on 8 October 2012 — Josune Esteban García

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2012/C 399/21

Case C-454/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany) lodged on 10 October 2012 — Pro Med Logistik GmbH v Finanzamt Dresden-Süd

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2012/C 399/22

Case C-455/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany) lodged on 10 October 2012 — Karin Oertel v Finanzamt Würzburg mit Außenstelle Ochsenfurt

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2012/C 399/23

Case C-463/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Østre Landsret (Denmark) lodged on 16 October 2012 — Copydan Båndkopi v Nokia Danmark A/S

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2012/C 399/24

Case C-468/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Cosenza (Italy) lodged on 19 October 2012 — CCIAA di Cosenza v CIESSE SRL in liquidation

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2012/C 399/25

Case C-472/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Corte Suprema di Cassazione (Italy) lodged on 22 October 2012 — Panasonic Italia SpA v Agenzia delle Dogane

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General Court

2012/C 399/26

Case T-574/08: Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2012 — 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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2012/C 399/27

Case T-135/09: Judgment of the General Court of 14 November 2012 — Nexans France and Nexans v Commission (Competition — Administrative procedure — Action for annulment — Acts adopted during an inspection — Intermediate measures — Inadmissibility — Decision ordering an inspection — Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based — Protection of privacy — Reasonable grounds — Review by the Courts)

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2012/C 399/28

Case T-140/09: Judgment of the General Court of 14 November 2012 — 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 — Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based — Protection of privacy — Reasonable grounds — Review by the Court.)

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2012/C 399/29

Case T-278/09: Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2012 — 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)

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2012/C 399/30

Case T-137/10: Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2012 — CBI v Commission (State aid — Public hospitals — Funding granted by the Belgian authorities to public hospitals belonging to the IRIS network — Decision at the end of the preliminary phase — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Service of general economic interest — Definition of the public service mandate — Proportionality of the public service compensation)

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2012/C 399/31

Case T-194/10: Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2012 — 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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2012/C 399/32

Joined Cases T-83/11 and T-84/11: Judgment of the General Court of 13 November 2012 — Antrax It v OHIM — THC (Radiators for heating) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community designs representing thermosiphons for the purposes of radiators for heating — Earlier design — Ground for invalidity — Lack of individual character — Overall impression not different — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — No scope for innovation — Obligation to state reasons)

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2012/C 399/33

Case T-114/11: Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2012 — 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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2012/C 399/34

Case T-268/11 P: Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2012 — Commission v Strack (Appeal — Civil Service — Officials — Leave — Sick leave — Annulment at first instance of the Commission’s decision refusing to carry over days of annual leave not taken by the person concerned — Article 4 of Annex V to the Staff Regulations — Article 1e(2) of the Staff Regulations — Directive 2003/88/EC — Appeal well founded — Whether the state of the proceedings permits final judgment to be given — Dismissal of the action)

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2012/C 399/35

Case T-415/11: Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2012 — 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)

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2012/C 399/36

Case T-529/11: Judgment of the General Court of 14 November 2012 — 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)

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2012/C 399/37

Case T-555/11: Judgment of the General Court of 13 November 2012 — 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)

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2012/C 399/38

Case T-212/07 REV: Order of the General Court of 24 October 2012 — Harman International Industries, Inc. v OHIM — Becker (Barbara Becker) (Community trade mark — Opposition — Withdrawal of the opposition — No need to adjudicate)

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2012/C 399/39

Case T-180/11: Order of the General Court of 23 October 2012 — Chivas v OHIM — Glencairn Scotch Whisky (CHIVAS LIVE WITH CHIVALRY) (Community trade mark — Opposition — Opposition withdrawn — No need to adjudicate)

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2012/C 399/40

Case T-181/11: Order of the General Court of 23 October 2012 — Chivas v OHIM — Glencairn Scotch Whisky (LIVE WITH CHIVALRY) (Community trade mark — Opposition — Opposition withdrawn — No need to adjudicate)

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2012/C 399/41

Case T-442/11: Order of the General Court of 24 October 2012 — 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 — Absence of proof of damage — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)

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2012/C 399/42

Case T-530/11: Order of the General Court of 23 October 2012 — Chivas v OHIM — Glencairn Scotch Whisky (CHIVALRY) (Community trade mark — Opposition — Opposition withdrawn — No need to adjudicate)

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2012/C 399/43

Case T-187/12: Order of the General Court of 13 September 2012 — Bäßler v OHIM (MAX) (Application — Formal requirements — Manifest inadmissibility)

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2012/C 399/44

Case T-219/12 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 24 October 2012 — Saobraćajni institut CIP v Commission (Application for interim measures — Public service contracts — Call for tenders concerning the preparation of technical documentation for a railway modernisation project — Exclusion of the applicant from participating in that tendering procedure — Annulment of the tendering procedure after the action had been brought — No need to adjudicate)

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2012/C 399/45

Case T-227/12 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 24 October 2012 — Saobraćajni institut CIP v Commission (Application for interim measures — Public service contracts — Call for tenders concerning the preparation of technical documentation for a rail modernisation project — Exclusion of the applicant from participation in the tender procedure — Annulment of the tender procedure after the action had been brought — No need to adjudicate)

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2012/C 399/46

Case T-444/12: Action brought on 8 October 2012 — Novartis v OHIM — Tenimenti Angelini (LINEX)

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2012/C 399/47

Case T-450/12: Action brought on 11 October 2012 — Anagnostakis v Commission

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2012/C 399/48

Case T-455/12: Action brought on 12 October 2012 — Zoo Sport v OHIM — K-2 (zoo sport)

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