ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 220

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 62
1 July 2019

Contents

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

CDJ

2019/C 220/01

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

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V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

CDJ

2019/C 220/02

Opinion 1/17: Opinion of the Court (Full Court) of 30 April 2019 — Kingdom of Belgium (Opinion pursuant to Article 218(11) TFEU — Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part (CETA) — Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) — Establishment of a Tribunal and an Appellate Tribunal — Compatibility with primary EU law — Requirement to respect the autonomy of the EU legal order — Level of protection of public interests determined, in accordance with the EU constitutional framework, by the EU institutions — Equal treatment of Canadian investors and EU investors — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 20 — Access to the above Tribunals and their independence — Article 47 of the Charter — Financial accessibility — Commitment to guarantee that accessibility for natural persons and small and medium-sized enterprises — External and internal aspects of the requirement of independence — Appointment, remuneration and ethics of the Members — Role of the CETA Joint Committee — Binding interpretations of the CETA determined by that Committee)

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2019/C 220/03

Case C-598/17: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 2 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof ’s-Hertogenbosch — Netherlands) — A-Fonds v Inspecteur van de Belastingdienst (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Existing aid and new aid — Concept of new aid — Refund of dividend tax — Scheme widened to companies established outside the Member State concerned — Free movement of capital — Obligations of national courts)

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2019/C 220/04

Case C-611/17: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 30 April 2019 — Italian Republic v Council of the European Union (Actions for annulment — Common fisheries policy — Conservation of resources — International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas — Total allowable catch (TAC) for Mediterranean swordfish — Regulation (EU) 2017/1398 — Fixing of fishing opportunities for 2017 — Exclusive competence of the European Union — Determination of the reference period — Reliability of the basic facts — Scope of judicial review — Article 17 TEU — Management of the EU’s interests within international bodies — Principle of relative stability — Conditions under which applicable — Principles of non-retroactivity, legal certainty, legitimate expectation and non-discrimination)

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2019/C 220/05

Case C-614/17: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 2 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo — Spain) — Fundación Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Protegida Queso Manchego v Industrial Quesera Cuquerella SL, Juan Ramón Cuquerella Montagud (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Agriculture — Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 — Article 13(1)(b) — Protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs — Manchego cheese (‘queso manchego’) — Use of signs capable of evoking the region with which a protected designation of origin (PDO) is associated — Concept of the ‘average consumer who is reasonably well informed and reasonably observant and circumspect’ — European consumers or consumers of the Member State in which the product covered by the PDO is made and mainly consumed)

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2019/C 220/06

Case C-694/17: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 2 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg — Luxembourg) — Pillar Securitisation Sàrl v Hildur Arnadottir (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters — Lugano II Convention — Article 15 — Contract concluded by a consumer — Relationship with Directive 2008/48/EC — Consumer credit agreements — Articles 2 and 3 — Concepts of ‘consumer’ and of ‘transactions covered by the directive’ — Maximum amount of credit — Irrelevant for the purposes of Article 15 of the Lugano II Convention)

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2019/C 220/07

Case C-98/18: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 2 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven — Netherlands) — T. Boer & Zonen BV v Staatssecretaris van Economische Zaken (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of health — Hygiene package — Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 — Hygiene of food of animal origin — Rules for food business operators — Specific requirements — Meat of domestic ungulates — Storage and transport — Requirements for the temperature of the meat)

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2019/C 220/08

Case C-133/18: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 2 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the tribunal administratif de Montreuil — France) — Sea Chefs Cruise Services GmbH v Ministre de l’Action et des Comptes publics (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Refund of VAT — Directive 2008/9/EC — Article 20 — Request for additional information from the Member State of refund — Information to be provided within one month of the date on which the request reaches the person to whom it is addressed — Legal nature of time limit and consequences of failure to comply)

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2019/C 220/09

Case C-224/18: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 2 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny — Poland) — Budimex S.A. v Minister Finansów (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 66 — Chargeable event and chargeability of the tax — Time of the supply of the services — Construction and installation work — Taking into account the time of the acceptance of the work stipulated in the contract for the supply of services)

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2019/C 220/10

Case C-225/18: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 2 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny — Poland) — Grupa Lotos S.A. v Minister Finansów (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Value added tax (VAT) — Deduction of input tax — Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC — Article 17(2) and (6) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 168 and 176 — Exclusion from the right to deduct — Purchase of overnight accommodation and catering services — Standstill clause — Accession to the European Union)

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2019/C 220/11

Case C-250/18: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 2 May 2019 — European Commission v Republic of Croatia (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2008/98/EC — Waste treatment — Article 5(1) — Stone aggregate which does not fall within the concept of a ‘by-product’ — Article 13 — Obligation of Member States to ensure protection of human health and of the environment — Article 15(1) — Obligation to have waste treated by the holder or other designated persons)

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2019/C 220/12

Case C-259/18: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 2 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil no 3 de Madrid — Spain) — Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos SA v Asendia Spain SLU (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 97/67/EC — Common rules for the development of the internal market in postal services — Provision of the universal postal service — Exclusive rights of the designated operator — Issue of means of payment for postage other than postage stamps)

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2019/C 220/13

Case C-265/18: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 2 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas — Lithuania) — Valstybinė mokesčių inspekcija prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos v Akvilė Jarmuškienė (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Harmonisation of fiscal legislation — Common System of Value Added Tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Special scheme for small enterprises — Articles 282 to 292 — VAT exemption for small enterprises whose annual turnover is below the fixed threshold — Simultaneous supply of two immovable properties in a single transaction — Annual turnover limit exceeded in view of the sale price of one of the two properties — Obligation to pay tax on the total value of the transaction)

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2019/C 220/14

Case C-268/18: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 2 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bacău — Romania) — SC Onlineshop SRL v Agenția Națională de Administrare Fiscală (ANAF), Direcția Generală a Vămilor (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common Customs Tariff — Tariff classification — Combined nomenclature — Subheadings 85269120 and 85285900 — GPS navigation system with multiple functions)

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2019/C 220/15

Case C-294/18: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 2 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the markkinaoikeus — Finland) — proceedings brought by Oulun Sähkönmyynti Oy (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Energy efficiency — Directive 2012/27/EU — Article 11(1) — Cost of access to metering and billing information — Right of final customers to receive all their bills and billing information relating to their energy consumption free of charge — Electricity network charges — Discount on electricity network charges granted by an electricity retail sales company to customers who have chosen electronic billing)

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2019/C 220/16

Case C-309/18: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 2 May 2019 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio — Italy) — Lavorgna Srl v Comune di Montelanico, Comune di Supino, Comune di Sgurgola, Comune di Trivigliano (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2014/24/EU — Labour costs — Automatic exclusion of a tenderer who has failed to state those costs separately in the tender — Principle of proportionality)

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2019/C 220/17

Joined Cases C-119/18 to C-121/18: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 21 March 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Nacional, Sala de lo Contencioso-Administrativo — Spain) — Telefónica Móviles España SAU (C-119/18), Orange España SAU (C-120/18), Vodafone España SAU (C-121/18) v Tribunal Económico-Administrativo Central (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2002/20/EC — Article 6(1),and part A of the annex — Authorisation of electronic communications networks and services — Telecommunications operators — Operating in an area greater than an Autonomous Community — Annual financial contribution — Participation in the financing of the Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española)

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2019/C 220/18

Case C-330/18: Order of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 March 2019 — Bruno Gollnisch v European Parliament (Appeal — European Parliament — Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Parliamentary assistance allowance — Recovery of sums unduly paid)

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2019/C 220/19

Case C-462/18 P: Order of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 March 2019 — Mylène Troszczynski v European Parliament (Appeal — European Parliament — Rules governing the expenses and allowances of Members of the European Parliament — Parliamentary assistance allowance — Recovery of sums unduly paid)

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2019/C 220/20

Case C-99/19 P: Appeal brought on 7 January 2019 by BI against the order of the President of the General Court delivered on 26 November 2018 in Case T-626/18 AJ BI v European Commission

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2019/C 220/21

Case C-123/19 P: Appeal brought on 18 February 2019 by Vans, Inc. against the judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) delivered on 6 December 2018 in Case T-817/16, Vans, Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

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2019/C 220/22

Case C-125/19 P: Appeal brought on 18 February 2019 by Vans, Inc. against the judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) delivered on 6 December 2018 in Case T-848/16, Deichmann SE v European Union Intellectual Property Office

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2019/C 220/23

Case C-143/19 P: Appeal brought on 20 February 2019 by Der Grüne Punkt — Duales System Deutschland GmbH against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 12 December 2018 in Case T-253/17 Der Grüne Punkt — Duales System Deutschland GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office

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2019/C 220/24

Case C-292/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság (Hungary) lodged on 10 April 2019 — PORR Építési Kft. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága

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2019/C 220/25

Case C-312/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 16 April 2019 — XT v Valstybinė mokesčių inspekcija prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos

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2019/C 220/26

Case C-321/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberverwaltungsgericht für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany) lodged on 18 April 2019 — BY and CZ v Federal Republic of Germany

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2019/C 220/27

Case C-322/19: Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court (Ireland) made on 23 April 2019 — KS, MHK v The International Protection Appeals Tribunal, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Ireland and the Attorney General

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2019/C 220/28

Case C-327/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus (Finland) lodged on 19 April 2019 — Nobina Finland Oy

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2019/C 220/29

Case C-328/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus (Finland) lodged on 19 April 2019 — Porin kaupunki

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2019/C 220/30

Case C-333/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Bruxelles (Belgium) lodged on 24 April 2019 — DA v Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration (Romatsa), Romania, European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) — and FC, S. C. European Food S.A., S. C. Starmill S.R. L., S. C. Multipack S.R. L. v Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration (Romatsa), Romania, DA, European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol)

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2019/C 220/31

Case C-340/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Senāts) (Latvia) lodged on 29 April 2019 — Valsts ieņēmumu dienests v SIA ‘Hydro Energo’

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2019/C 220/32

C-352/19 P: Appeal brought on 1 May 2019 by Région de Bruxelles-Capitale against the order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 28 February 2019 in Case T-178/18 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale v Commission

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2019/C 220/33

Case C-386/19 P: Appeal brought on 16 May 2019 by Hamas against the judgment of the General Court (First Chamber, Extended Composition) delivered on 6 March 2019 in Case T-289/15 Hamas v Council

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2019/C 220/34

Case C-704/17: Order of the President of the Court of 8 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud — Czech Republic) — D. H. v Ministerstvo vnitra

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2019/C 220/35

Case C-318/18: Order of the President of the Court of 3 April 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige rechtbank van eerste aanleg Brussel — Belgium) — Oracle Belgium BVBA v Belgische Staat

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2019/C 220/36

Case C-776/18: Order of the President of the Court of 29 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Erding — Germany) — U.B., T.V. v Eurowings GmbH

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2019/C 220/37

Case C-7/19: Order of the President of the Court of 28 February 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Köln — Germany) — QG v Germanwings GmbH

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GCEU

2019/C 220/38

Case T-434/15: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines and Others v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation — Freezing of funds — Non-contractual liability — Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals)

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2019/C 220/39

Case T-553/15: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Export Development Bank of Iran v Council (Non-contractual liability — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran — Freezing of funds — Compensation for the damage allegedly sustained by the applicant following the inclusion and maintenance of the applicant’s name on the list of persons and entities subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources at issue — Jurisdiction of the General Court — Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals)

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2019/C 220/40

Case T-516/16 and T-536/16: Judgment of the General Court of 30 April 2019 — Alvarez and Bejarano and Others v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Members of the contract staff — Reform of the Staff Regulations — Less favourable scheme for the flat-rate payment of travel expenses and for the increase in annual leave by way of additional days off as travelling time — Link between the grant of those entitlements and the expatriate status — Abolition of the reimbursement of annual travel expenses and travelling time)

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2019/C 220/41

Case T-523/16 and T-542/16: Judgment of the General Court of 30 April 2019 — Ardalic and Others v Council (Civil service — Officials — Members of the contract staff — Reform of the Staff Regulation — Less favourable scheme for the flat-rate payment of travel expenses and for the increase in annual leave by way of additional days off as travelling time — Link between the grant of those benefits and expatriate or foreign resident status — Abolition of the reimbursement of annual travel expenses and of travelling time)

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2019/C 220/42

Case T-571/16: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — PT v EIB (Civil service — Members of staff of the EIB — Reports procedure — Career evaluation report — 2014 appraisal exercise — Pre-litigation procedure — Admissibility — Right to be heard — Principle of the presumption of innocence — Liability — Non-material damage)

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2019/C 220/43

Case T-749/16: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Stemcor London and Samac Steel Supplies v Commission (Dumping — Imports of certain cold-rolled flat steel products originating in China and Russia — Definitive anti-dumping duty — Registration of imports — Retroactive application of the definitive anti-dumping duty — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1329 — Importer’s awareness of the dumping and injury — Further substantial rise in imports likely to seriously undermine the remedial effect of the definitive anti-dumping duty — Article 10(4)(c) and (d) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036)

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2019/C 220/44

Case T-170/17: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — RW v Commission (Civil Service — Officials — Article 42c of the Staff Regulations — Leave in the interests of the service — Automatic retirement — Interest in bringing proceedings — Admissibility — Scope of the law — Literal, contextual and teleological interpretation)

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2019/C 220/45

Case T-747/17: Judgment of the General Court of 30 April 2019. — UPF v Commission (State aid — Corporate tax exemption scheme implemented by France in favour of its ports — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market — Existing aid — Concept of economic activity — Obligation to state reasons — Distortions of competition and effect on trade between Member States — Principle of sound administration)

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2019/C 220/46

Case T-754/17: Judgment of the General Court of 30 April 2019 — Chambre de commerce et d’industrie métropolitaine Bretagne-Ouest (port de Brest) v Commission (State aid — General corporate tax exemption scheme implemented by France in favour of its ports — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market — Existing aid — Concept of economic activity — Services of general interest — Principle of sound administration — Duty to state reasons — Error of assessment)

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2019/C 220/47

Case T-55/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Team Beverage v EUIPO (LIEBLINGSWEIN) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU figurative mark LIEBLINGSWEIN — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character — Misleading character — Article 7(1)(b), (c) and (g) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 220/48

Case T-56/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Team Beverage v EUIPO (WEIN FÜR PROFIS) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU figurative mark WEIN FÜR PROFIS — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character — Misleading character — Article 7(1)(b), (c) and (g) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 220/49

Case T-57/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Team Beverage v EUIPO (WEIN FÜR PROFIS) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU figurative mark WEIN FÜR PROFIS — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character — Misleading character — Article 7(1)(b), (c) and (g) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 220/50

Case T-271/19: Action brought on 25 April 2019 — Proodeftiki v Commission

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2019/C 220/51

Case T-273/19: Action brought on 24 April 2019 — Target Ventures Group v EUIPO — Target Partners (TARGET VENTURES)

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2019/C 220/52

Case T-279/19: Action brought on 27 April 2019 — Front Polisario v Council

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2019/C 220/53

Case T-287/19: Action brought on 3 May 2019 — BigBen Interactive v EUIPO — natcon7 (nacon)

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2019/C 220/54

Case T-298/19: Action brought on 13 May 2019 — Think Schuhwerk v EUIPO (Shape of red shoelace aglets)

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