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Official Journal

of the European Union

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English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 59
24 October 2016

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Court of Justice of the European Union

2016/C 392/01

Last publications of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union

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General Court

2016/C 392/02

Election of the President of the General Court

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2016/C 392/03

Election of the Vice-President of the General Court

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2016/C 392/04

Elections of Presidents of Chambers

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2016/C 392/05

Formation of Chambers and assignment of Judges to Chambers

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V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2016/C 392/06

Case C-374/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof, Germany lodged on 7 July 2016 — RGEX GmbH, in liquidation, represented by Rochus Geissel, liquidator v Finanzamt Neuss

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2016/C 392/07

Case C-375/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany) lodged on 7 July 2016 — Finanzamt Bergisch Gladbach v Igor Butin

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2016/C 392/08

Case C-409/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Symvoulio tis Epikrateias (Greece) lodged on 22 July 2016 — Ypourgos Esoterikon, Ypourgos Paideias kai Thriskevmaton v Maria-Eleni Kalliri

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2016/C 392/09

Case C-415/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Judicial da Comarca do Porto (Portugal) lodged on 27 July 2016 — David Fernando Leal da Fonseca v Varzim Sol — Turismo, Jogo e Animação, SA

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2016/C 392/10

Case C-419/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Bolzano/Landesgericht Bozen (Italy) lodged on 28 July 2016 — Sabine Simma Federspiel v Provincia autonoma di Bolzano, Equitalia Nord SpA

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2016/C 392/11

Case C-420/16 P: Appeal brought on 28 July 2016 by Balázs-Árpád Izsák and Attila Dabis against the judgment delivered on 10 May 2016 in Case T-529/13 Balázs-Árpád Izsák and Attila Dabis v European Commission

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2016/C 392/12

Case C-421/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 28 July 2016 — Ministre des finances et des comptes publics v Marc Lassus

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2016/C 392/13

Case C-429/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Łodzi (Poland) lodged on 2 August 2016 — Małgorzata Ciupa and Others v II Szpital Miejski im. L. Rydygiera w Łodzi, now Szpital Ginekologiczno-Położniczy im dr L. Rydygiera Sp. z o.o. w Łodzi

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2016/C 392/14

Case C-436/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Areios Pagos (Greece) lodged on 4 August 2016 — Georgios Leventis, Nikolaos Vafeias v Malcon Navigation Co. Ltd, Brave Bulk Transport Ltd

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2016/C 392/15

Case C-438/16 P: Appeal brought on 4 August 2016 by the European Commission against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) delivered on 26 May 2016 in Joined Cases T-479/11 and T-157/12

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2016/C 392/16

Case C-454/16 P: Appeal brought on 12 August 2016 by Global Steel Wire, S.A. against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 2 June 2016 in Joined Cases T-426/10 to T-429/16 and T-438/12 to T-441/12, Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías and Others v Commission

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2016/C 392/17

Case C-455/16 P: Appeal brought on 12 August 2016 by Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías, S.A. against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 2 June 2016 in Joined Cases T-426/10 to T-429/16 and T-438/12 to T-441/12, Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías and Others v Commission

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2016/C 392/18

Case C-456/16 P: Appeal brought on 12 August 2016 by Trefilerías Quijano, S.A. against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 2 June 2016 in Joined Cases T-426/10 to T-429/16 and T-438/12 to T-441/12, Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías and Others v Commission

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2016/C 392/19

Case C-457/16 P: Appeal brought on 12 August 2016 by Global Steel Wire, S.A. against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 2 June 2016 in Joined Cases T-426/10 to T-429/16 and T-438/12 to T-441/12, Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías and Others v Commission

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2016/C 392/20

Case C-458/16 P: Appeal brought on 12 August 2016 by Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC, S.L. against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 2 June 2016 in Joined Cases T-426/10 to T-429/16 and T-438/12 to T-441/12, Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías and Others v Commission

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2016/C 392/21

Case C-459/16 P: Appeal brought on 12 August 2016 by Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC, S.L. against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 2 June 2016 in Joined Cases T-426/10 to T-429/16 and T-438/12 to T-441/12, Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías and Others v Commission

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2016/C 392/22

Case C-460/16 P: Appeal brought on 12 August 2016 by Trefilerías Quijano, SA against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 2 June 2016 in Joined Cases T-426/10 to T-429/16 and T-438/12 to T-441/12, Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías and Others v Commission

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2016/C 392/23

Case C-461/16 P: Appeal brought on 12 August 2016 by Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías, S.A. against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 2 June 2016 in Joined Cases T-426/10 to T-429/16 and T-438/12 to T-441/12, Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías and Others v Commission

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General Court

2016/C 392/24

Case T-219/13: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — Ferraci v Commission (State aid — Municipal real estate tax — Exemption granted to non-commercial entities carrying out specific activities — Codified law on income tax — Exemption from the one-off municipal tax — Decision in part finding no State aid and in part declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market — Action for annulment — Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures — Whether directly concerned — Admissibility — Absolute impossibility of recovering the aid — Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Obligation to state reasons)

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2016/C 392/25

Case T-471/13: Judgment of the General Court of 8 September 2016 — Xellia Pharmaceuticals and Alpharma v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for antidepressant medicinal products containing the active pharmaceutical ingredient citalopram — Concept of restriction of competition ‘by object’ — Potential competition — Generic medicinal products — Barriers to market entry resulting from the existence of patents — Agreement concluded between a patent holder and a generic undertaking — Duration of the Commission’s investigation — Rights of the defence — Fines — Legal certainty — Principle that penalties must have a proper legal basis)

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2016/C 392/26

Case T-675/13: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — K Chimica v ECHA (REACH — Fee for registration of a substance — Reduction granted to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises — Error in declaration relating to the size of the enterprise — Recommendation 2003/361/EC — Decision imposing an administrative charge — Determination of an enterprise’s size — Power of the ECHA)

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2016/C 392/27

Case T-17/14: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — U4U and Others v Parliament and Council (Special and exceptional provisions applicable to officials serving in a third country — Career of officials with the grade of administrator — Amendment of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union — Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 — Irregularities during the procedure for adopting the measures — Failure to consult the Staff Regulations Committee and the trade unions)

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2016/C 392/28

Case T-54/14: Judgment of the General Court of 8 September 2016 — Goldfish and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Belgian, German, French and Dutch markets in North Sea shrimps — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Price-fixing and allocation of sales volumes — Admissibility of evidence — Use of secret recordings of telephone conversations as evidence — Assessment of ability to pay — Unlimited jurisdiction)

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2016/C 392/29

Case T-76/14: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — Morningstar v Commission (Competition — Abuse of a dominant position — Worldwide market for consolidated real-time datafeeds — Decision making the commitments offered by the dominant undertaking binding — Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003)

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2016/C 392/30

Case T-121/14: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — PT Pelita Agung Agrindustri v Council (Dumping — Imports of biodiesel originating in Indonesia — Definitive anti-dumping duty — Article 2(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 — Normal value — Production costs)

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2016/C 392/31

Cases T-353/14 and T-17/15: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — Italy v Commission (Language regime — Notice of open competition for the recruitment of administrators — Choice of second language from three languages — Regulation No 1 — Article 1d(1), Article 27 and Article 28(f) of the Staff Regulations — Principle of non-discrimination — Proportionality)

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2016/C 392/32

Case T-456/14: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — TAO-AFI and SFIE-PE v Parliament and Council (Remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Union — Annual adjustment — Regulation (EU) No 422/2014 and Regulation (EU) No 423/2014 — Irregularities during the procedure for adopting the measures — Failure to consult trade unions)

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2016/C 392/33

Case T-587/14: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — Crosfield Italia v ECHA (REACH — Fee for registration of a substance — Reduction granted to micro-, small-and medium-sized enterprises — Error in declaration relating to the size of the enterprise — Recommendation 2003/361/EC — Decision imposing an administrative charge — Obligation to state reasons)

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2016/C 392/34

Case T-709/14: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2016 — Tri-Ocean Trading v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Syria — Freezing of funds — Error of assessment)

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2016/C 392/35

Case T-719/14: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2016 — Tri Ocean Energy v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Syria — Freezing of funds — Error of assessment)

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2016/C 392/36

Case T-755/14: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — Herbert Smith Freehills v Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to discussions preceding the adoption of the directive on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products — Refusal to grant access — Exception relating to the protection of legal advice — Rights of the defence — Overriding public interest)

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2016/C 392/37

Case T-796/14: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — Philip Morris v Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents drawn up in the context of the preparatory works leading to the adoption of the directive on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products — Refusal to grant access — Exception relating to the protection of court proceedings and legal advice — Exception relating to the protection of the decision-making process — Overriding public interest)

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2016/C 392/38

Case T-830/14: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2016 — Farahat v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Syria — Freezing of funds — Error of assessment)

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2016/C 392/39

Case T-18/15: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — Philip Morris v Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents drawn up in the context of the preparatory works leading to the adoption of the directive on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products — Refusal to grant access — Exception relating to the protection of court proceedings — Exception relating to the protection of the decision-making process — Rights of the defence — Overriding public interest)

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2016/C 392/40

Case T-57/15: Judgment of the General Court of 14 September 2016 — Trajektna luka Split v Commission (State aid — Port services — Alleged aid to the public ferry operator of Jadrolinija — Setting of fees by the Croatian authorities for port services in the Port of Split in respect of domestic traffic at an allegedly lower level than that of the fees applied in other Croatian ports and those applied for international traffic — Private operator holding an allegedly exclusive concession for the operation of the passenger terminal at the Port of Split — Decision finding no State aid — Definition of aid — State resources)

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2016/C 392/41

Case T-146/15: Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2016 — hyphen v EUIPO — Skylotec (Representation of a polygon) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU figurative mark representing a polygon — Genuine use of a mark — Second subparagraph of Article 15(1)(a) and Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Form differing in components which do not alter the distinctive character of the mark)

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2016/C 392/42

Case T-152/15 P: Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2016 — Commission v Kakol (Appeal — Civil service — Officials — Open competition — Non-admission of a candidate — Non-recognition of a diploma — Admission to a previous competition — Conditions of similar competitions — Obligation to state reasons)

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2016/C 392/43

Case T-159/15: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2016 — Puma v EUIPO — Gemma Group (Representation of a bounding feline) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a bounding feline — Earlier international figurative marks representing a bounding feline — Relative ground for refusal — Sound administration — Proof of the reputation of the earlier marks — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2016/C 392/44

Case T-207/15: Judgment of the General Court of 14 September 2016 — National Iranian Tanker Company v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures adopted against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Res judicata — Right to an effective remedy — Error of assessment — Rights of the defence — Right to property — Proportionality)

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2016/C 392/45

Case T-358/15: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — Arrom Conseil v EUIPO — PUIG France (Roméo has a Gun by Romano Ricci) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for registration of the EU figurative mark Roméo has a Gun by Romano Ricci — Earlier EU word marks NINA RICCI and RICCI — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or reputation of the earlier marks — Damage to reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009)

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2016/C 392/46

Case T-371/15: Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2016 — Preferisco Foods v EUIPO — Piccardo & Savore’ (PREFERISCO) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark PREFERISCO — Earlier EU word mark I PREFERITI — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2016/C 392/47

Case T-390/15: Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2016 — Perfetti Van Melle Benelux v EUIPO — PepsiCo (3D) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark 3D — Earlier EU word and figurative marks 3D’S and 3D’s — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No (EC) No 207/2009)

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2016/C 392/48

Case T-408/15: Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2016 — Globo Comunicação e Participações v EUIPO (sound mark) (EU trade mark — Application for a sound mark — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)

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2016/C 392/49

Case T-410/15 P: Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2016 — Pohjanmäki v Council (Appeal — Civil service — Officials — Promotion — 2013 promotion year — Respective roles of the Appointing Authority and the Joint Consultative Committee — Absence of staff reports — Failure on the part of the members of the JCC to consult the staff reports — Compatibility of the functions of the rapporteur in the JCC with those of the former rapporteur — Equal treatment — Obligation to state reasons)

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2016/C 392/50

Case T-453/15: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — Trinity Haircare v EUIPO — Advance Magazine Publishers (VOGUE) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative trade mark VOGUE — Absolute ground for refusal — No descriptive character — Distinctiveness — Article 52(1)(a), read in conjunction with Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Bad faith — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009)

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2016/C 392/51

Case T-479/15: Judgment of the General Court of 14 September 2016 — Lotte v EUIPO — Kuchenmeister (KOALA LAND) (European Union trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark KOALA LAND — Prior national word mark KOALA — Rejection in part of the application for registration — Likelihood of confusion — Genuine use — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009)

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2016/C 392/52

Case T-557/15 P: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2016 — De Esteban Alonso v Commission (Appeal — Civil service — Article 24 of the Staff Regulations — Request for assistance — Criminal proceedings before a national court — Decision of the institution to become a civil party — Action at first instance dismissed as manifestly unfounded — Procedural irregularities — Conditions for the application of Article 24 of the Staff Regulations)

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2016/C 392/53

Case T-563/15: Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2016 — Paglieri Sell System v EUIPO (APOTEKE) (European Union trade mark — Application for figurative mark APOTEKE — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)

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2016/C 392/54

Case T-424/16: Action brought on 5 August 2016 — Gifi Diffusion v EUIPO — Crocs (Footwear)

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2016/C 392/55

Case T-442/16: Action brought on 4 August 2016 — Šroubárna Ždánice v Council

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2016/C 392/56

Case T-459/16: Action brought on 19 August 2016 — Spain v Commission

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2016/C 392/57

Case T-462/16: Action brought on 22 August 2016 — Portugal v Commission

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2016/C 392/58

Case T-463/16: Action brought on 22 August 2016 — Portugal v Commission

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2016/C 392/59

Case T-619/16: Action brought on 30 August 2016 — Sicignano v EUIPO — Inprodi (GiCapri ‘a giacchett’e capri’)

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2016/C 392/60

Case T-621/16: Action brought on 29 August 2016 — České dráhy v Commission

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2016/C 392/61

Case T-627/16: Action brought on 31 August 2016 — Czech Republic v Commission

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2016/C 392/62

Case T-631/16: Action brought on 2 September 2016 — Remag Metallhandel and Jaschinsky v Commission

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2016/C 392/63

Case T-638/16: Action brought on 7 September 2016 — Deichmann v EUIPO — Vans (Representation of a bar on the side of a shoe)

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2016/C 392/64

Case T-640/16: Action brought on 8 September 2016 — GEA Group v Commission

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2016/C 392/65

Case T-642/16: Action brought on 12 September 2016 — Iame v EUIPO — Industrie Aeronautiche Reggiane (Parilla)

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