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doi:10.3000/1977091X.C_2012.295.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 295

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 55
29 September 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 295/01

Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European UnionOJ C 287, 22.9.2012

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V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2012/C 295/02

Case C-337/09 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 July 2012 — Council of the European Union v Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industrial Group Co. Ltd, European Commission, Association des utilisateurs et distributeurs de l’agrochimie européenne (Audace) (Appeal — Commercial policy — Dumping — Imports of glyphosate originating in China — Regulation (EC) No 384/96 — Article 2(7)(b) and (c) — Status of an undertaking operating under market economy conditions — Concept of ‘significant State interference’ within the meaning of the first indent of Article 2(7)(c) — State shareholder controlling de facto the general meeting of the producer’s shareholders — Equating such control to ‘significant interference’ — Assessment of an export contract stamping mechanism — Limits of judicial review — Assessment of the evidence submitted)

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2012/C 295/03

Case C-130/10: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 July 2012 — European Parliament v Council of the European Union (Common foreign and security policy — Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 — Regulation (EU) No 1286/2009 — Restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda network and the Taliban — Freezing of funds and economic resources — Choice of legal basis — Articles 75 TFEU and 215 TFEU — Entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon — Transitional provisions — CFSP common positions and decisions — Joint proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and from the Commission)

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2012/C 295/04

Case C-334/10: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — X v Staatssecretaris van Financiën (Sixth VAT Directive — Article 6(2), first subparagraph, (a) and (b), Article 11A(1)(c) and Article 17(2) — Part of a capital item forming part of the assets of a business — Temporary use for private purposes — Permanent alterations to that item — Payment of VAT in respect of the permanent alterations — Right to deduct)

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2012/C 295/05

Case C-522/10: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Sozialgericht Würzburg — Germany) — Doris Reichel-Albert v Deutsche Rentenversicherung Nordbayern (Social security for migrant workers — Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 — Article 44(2) — Examination of entitlement to old-age pension — Taking into account of child-raising periods completed in another Member State — Applicability — Article 21 TFEU — Free movement of citizens)

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2012/C 295/06

Case C-565/10: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 July 2012 — European Commission v Italian Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 91/271/EEC — Urban waste water treatment — Articles 3, 4 and 10 — Collection systems — Secondary or equivalent treatment — Treatment plants — Representative samples)

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2012/C 295/07

Case C-591/10: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) — (United Kingdom) — Littlewoods Retail Ltd and Others v Her Majesty’s Commissioners for Revenue and Customs (Second and Sixth VAT Directives — Input tax — Refund of excess — Payment of interest — Procedures)

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2012/C 295/08

Joined Cases C-628/10 P and C-14/11 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 July 2012 — Alliance One International Inc., Standard Commercial Tobacco Co. Inc v Trans-Continental Tobacco Leaf Corp. Ltd, European Commission and European Commission v Alliance One International Inc., Standard Commercial Tobacco Co. Inc., Trans-Continental Leaf Tobacco Corp. Ltd (Appeals — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Spanish market for the purchase and first processing of raw tobacco — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Infringement of Article 81 EC — Attributability of unlawful conduct of subsidiaries to their parent companies — Presumption of innocence — Rights of the defence — Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based — Equal treatment)

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2012/C 295/09

Case C-31/11: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof — Germany) — Marianne Scheunemann v Finanzamt Bremerhaven (Freedom of establishment — Free movement of capital — Direct taxation — Inheritance tax — Conditions for the calculation of the tax — Acquisition through inheritance of a shareholding, as sole shareholder, in a capital company established in a third country — National legislation excluding shareholdings in such companies from tax advantages)

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2012/C 295/10

Case C-33/11: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus — Finland) — A Oy (Sixth Directive — Exemptions — Article 15(6) — Exemption for the supply of aircraft used by airlines operating for reward chiefly on international routes — Supply of aircraft to an operator who makes them available to such an undertaking — Concept of ‘operating for reward on international routes’ — Charter flights)

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2012/C 295/11

Case C-44/11: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof — Germany) — Finanzamt Frankfurt am Main V-Höchst v Deutsche Bank AG (Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 56(1)(e) — Article 135(1)(f) and (g) — Exemption for transactions relating to the management of securities-based assets (portfolio management))

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2012/C 295/12

Case C-48/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus — Finland) — Veronsaajien oikeudenvalvontayksikkö v A Oy (Direct taxation — Freedom of establishment — Free movement of capital — EEA Agreement — Articles 31 and 40 — Directive 2009/133/EC — Scope — Exchange of shares between a company established in a Member State and a company established in a third State party to the EEA Agreement — Refusal of a tax advantage — Agreement on mutual administrative assistance in the field of taxation)

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2012/C 295/13

Case C-62/11: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hessisches Landessozialgericht, Darmstadt (Germany)) — Land Hessen v Florence Feyerbacher (Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the ECB — Article 36 — Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities — Articles 13, 15 and 23 — ECB Headquarters Agreement — Article 15 — Applicability to ECB staff of the provisions of German social welfare law providing for a parental allowance)

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2012/C 295/14

Case C-112/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Köln — Germany) — ebookers.com Deutschland GmbH v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV (Transport — Air transport — Common rules for the operation of air services in the European Union — Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 — Obligation on the person selling air travel to ensure that the customer’s acceptance of optional price supplements is on an opt-in basis — Concept of ‘optional price supplements’ — Price of flight cancellation insurance provided by an independent insurance company and forming part of the overall price)

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2012/C 295/15

Case C-130/11: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division) — United Kingdom) — Neurim Pharmaceuticals (1991) Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents (Medicinal products for human use — Supplementary protection certificate — Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 — Article 3 — Conditions for obtaining a supplementary protection certificate — Medicinal product having obtained a valid marketing authorisation — First authorisation — Product successively authorised as a veterinary medicinal product and a human medicinal product)

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2012/C 295/16

Case C-145/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 July 2012 — European Commission v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2001/82/EC — Veterinary medicinal products — Decentralised procedure for the grant of marketing authorisation for a veterinary medicinal product in a number of Member States — Generic medicinal products similar to the reference medicinal products already authorised — Refusal to approve request by a Member State — Composition and form of the medicinal product)

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2012/C 295/17

Case C-154/11: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesarbeitsgericht Berlin-Brandenburg — Germany) — Ahmed Mahamdia v People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria (Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Jurisdiction over individual contracts of employment — Contract with an embassy of a third State — Immunity of the employing State — Concept of branch, agency or other establishment within the meaning of Article 18(2) — Compatibility with Article 21 of an agreement conferring jurisdiction on the courts of the third State)

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2012/C 295/18

Case C-160/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny — Poland) — Bawaria Motors sp. z o.o. v Minister Finansów (Directive 2006/112/EC — VAT — Article 136 — Exemptions — Articles 313 to 315 — Special margin scheme — Supply of second-hand vehicles by a taxable dealer — Vehicles previously supplied exempt from VAT to a taxable dealer by another taxable person which had a right of partial deduction of input tax)

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2012/C 295/19

Joined Cases C-213/11, C-214/11 and C-217/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (references for a preliminary ruling from the Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyjny w Gdańsku — Poland) — Fortuna sp. z o.o. (C-213/11), Grand sp. z o.o. (C-214/11), Forta sp. z o.o. (C-217/11) v Dyrektor Izby Celnej w Gdyni (Internal market — Directive 98/34/EC — Technical standards and regulations — Procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations — Low-prize gaming machines — Prohibition of the amendment, extension and issue of operating authorisations — Concept of ‘technical regulation’)

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2012/C 295/20

Case C-250/11: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Mokestinių ginčų komisija prie Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės — Lithuania) — Lietuvos geležinkeliai AB v Vilniaus teritorinė muitinė, Muitinės departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos (Relief from customs duties and VAT exemptions on imports of goods — Fuel contained in the standard tanks of land motor vehicles — Notion of ‘motorised road vehicle’ — Locomotives — Road transport and transport by rail — Principle of equal treatment — Principle of neutrality)

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2012/C 295/21

Case C-263/11: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākās tiesas Senāts — Latvia) — Ainārs Rēdlihs v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests (Sixth VAT Directive — Directive 2006/112/EC — Concept of ‘economic activity’ — Supplies of timber in order to alleviate the damage caused by a storm — Reverse charge procedure — Failure to register in the register of taxable persons — Fine — Principle of proportionality)

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2012/C 295/22

Case C-264/11 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 July 2012 — Kaimer GmbH & Co. Holding KG, Sanha Kaimer GmbH & Co. KG, Sanha Italia Srl v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — Cartel — Penalty — Copper and copper alloy fittings sector — Probative value of statements made in the context of the leniency policy)

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2012/C 295/23

Case C-336/11: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Lyon, France) — Receveur principal des douanes de Roissy Sud, Receveur principal de la recette des douanes de Lyon Aéroport, Direction régionale des douanes et droits indirects de Lyon, Administration des douanes et droits indirects v Société Rohm & Haas Electronic Materials CMP Europe GmbH, Rohm & Haas Europe s.à.r.l., Société Rohm & Haas Europe Trading APS-UK Branch (Common Customs Tariff — Tariff classification — Combined Nomenclature — Polishing pads intended exclusively for semiconductor wafer-polishing machines — Tariff headings 3919 and 8466 (or 8486) — Definition of ‘parts’ or ‘accessories’)

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2012/C 295/24

Case C-376/11: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Bruxelles — Belgium) — Pie Optiek v Bureau Gevers, European Registry for Internet Domains (Internet — .eu Top Level Domain — Regulation (EC) No 874/2004 — Domain names — Phased registration — Article 12(2) — Concept of ‘licensees of prior rights’ — Person authorised by the proprietor of a trade mark to register, in his own name but on behalf of that proprietor, a domain name identical or similar to that trade mark — No authorisation for other uses of the sign as a trade mark)

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2012/C 295/25

Case C-377/11: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña — Spain) — International Bingo Technology SA v Tribunal Económico-Administrativo Regional de Cataluña (TEARC) (Sixth VAT Directive — Articles 11A(1)(a), 17(5) and 19(1) — Organisation of games of bingo — Legal obligation to use part of the card price to pay winnings to players — Calculation of the basis of assessment)

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2012/C 295/26

Case C-451/11: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Giessen — Germany) — Natthaya Dülger v Wetteraukreis (EEC-Turkey Association Agreement — Association Council Decision No 1/80 — Article 7, first paragraph — Right of residence of members of the family of a Turkish worker duly registered as belonging to the labour force of a Member State — Thai national who was married to a Turkish worker and lived with him for more than three years)

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2012/C 295/27

Case C-470/11: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākās Tiesas Senāts — Latvia) — Garkalns SIA v Rīgas dome (Article 49 EC — Restrictions on freedom to provide services — Equal treatment — Obligation of transparency — Betting and gaming — Casinos, amusement arcades and bingo halls — Obligation to obtain the prior agreement of the municipality of the place of establishment — Discretion — Substantial impairment of the interests of the State and of the residents of the administrative area concerned — Justifications — Proportionality)

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2012/C 295/28

Case C-307/12: Action brought on 25 June 2012 — European Commission v Republic of Bulgaria

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2012/C 295/29

Case C-313/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Corte dei Conti — Sezione Giurisdizionale per la Regione Siciliana (Italy) lodged on 28 June 2012 — Giuseppa Romeo v Regione Siciliana

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2012/C 295/30

Case C-316/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Frankfurt am Main (Germany) lodged on 29 June 2012 — J. Sebastian Guevara Kamm v TAM Airlines S.A./TAM Linhas Aéreas S.A.

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2012/C 295/31

Case C-323/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel București (Romania) of 5 July 2012 — E.On Energy Trading SE v Agenția Națională de Administrare Fiscală, Direcția Generală a Finanțelor Publice a Municipiului București — Serviciul de administrare a contribuabililor nerezidenți

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2012/C 295/32

Case C-327/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 10 July 2012 — Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico and Autorità per la vigilanza sui Contratti Pubblici di lavori, servizi e forniture v Soa Nazionale Costruttori

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2012/C 295/33

Case C-337/12 P: Appeal brought on 16 July 2012 by Pi-Design AG, Bodum France and Bodum Logistics A/S against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 8 May 2012 in Case T-331/10: Yoshida Metal Industry Co. Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

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2012/C 295/34

Case C-338/12 P: Appeal brought on 16 July 2012 by Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 8 May 2012 in Case T-331/10: Yoshida Metal Industry Co. Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

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2012/C 295/35

Case C-339/12 P: Appeal brought on 16 July 2012 by Pi-Design AG, Bodum France and Bodum Logistics A/S against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 8 May 2012 in Case T-416/10: Yoshida Metal Industry Co. Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

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2012/C 295/36

Case C-340/12 P: Appeal brought on 16 July 2012 by Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 8 May 2012 in Case T-416/10: Yoshida Metal Industry Co. Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

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2012/C 295/37

Case C-342/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal do Trabalho de Viseu (Portugal) lodged on 18 July 2012 — Worten — Equipamentos para o Lar, S.A. v ACT — Autoridade para as Condições de Trabalho

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2012/C 295/38

Case C-351/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Krajský soud v Plzni (Czech Republic) lodged on 24 July 2012 — Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílům hudebním, o.s. (OSA) v Léčebné lázně Mariánské Lázně, a.s.

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2012/C 295/39

Case C-352/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo Regionale per l’Abruzzo (Italy) lodged on 25 July 2012 — Consiglio Nazionale degli Ingegneri v Comune di Castelvecchio Subequo, Comune di Barisciano

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2012/C 295/40

Case C-354/12 P: Appeal brought on 25 July 2012 by Asa Sp. z o.o. against the judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) delivered on 22 May 2012 in Case T-110/11 Asa v OHIM — Merck (FEMIFERAL)

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2012/C 295/41

Case C-355/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Milano (Italy) lodged on 26 July 2012 — Nintendo Co., Ltd and Others v PC Box Srl and 9Net Srl

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2012/C 295/42

Case C-361/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Napoli (Italy) lodged on 31 July 2012 — Carratù v Poste Italiane SpA

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2012/C 295/43

Case C-368/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour administrative d’appel de Nantes (France) lodged on 2 August 2012 — Adiamix v Ministre de l’Économie et des Finances

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2012/C 295/44

Case C-371/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Tivoli (Italy) lodged on 3 August 2012 — Enrico Petillo, Carlo Petillo v Unipol

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2012/C 295/45

Case C-378/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) London (United Kingdom) made on 3 August 2012 — Nnamdi Onuekwere v Secretary of State for the Home Department

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General Court

2012/C 295/46

Case T-323/12: Action brought on 19 July 2012 — Knauf Insulation Technology v OHIM — Saint Gobain Cristaleria (ECOSE)

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2012/C 295/47

Case T-324/12: Action brought on 19 July 2012 — Knauf Insulation Technology v OHIM — Saint Gobain Cristaleria (ECOSE TECHNOLOGY)

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2012/C 295/48

Case T-330/12: Action brought on 19 July 2012 — Hut.com v OHIM — Intersport France (THE HUT)

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2012/C 295/49

Case T-338/12: Action brought on 23 July 2012 — Rocket Dog Brands v OHIM — Julius-K9 (K9 PRODUCTS)

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2012/C 295/50

Case T-339/12: Action brought on 30 July 2012 — Gandia Blasco v OHIM — Sachi Premium — Outdoor Furniture (Armchairs)

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2012/C 295/51

Case T-342/12: Action brought on 1 August 2012 — Fuchs/OHIM — Les Complices (Star)

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2012/C 295/52

Case T-344/12: Action brought on 1 August 2012 — Virgin Atlantic Airways v Commission

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2012/C 295/53

Case T-345/12: Action brought on 3 August 2012 — Akzo Nobel and Others v Commission

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2012/C 295/54

Case T-354/12: Action brought on 3 August 2012 — Afepadi and Others v Commission

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2012/C 295/55

Case T-358/12 P: Appeal brought on 8 August 2012 by Rosella Conticchio against the order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 12 July 2012 in Case F-22/11 Conticchio v Commission

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2012/C 295/56

Case T-82/12: Order of the General Court of 6 August 2012 — Makhlouf v Council

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European Union Civil Service Tribunal

2012/C 295/57

Case F-58/12: Action brought on 28 May 2012 — ZZ v Commission

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2012/C 295/58

Case F-73/12: Action brought on 17 July 2012 — ZZ and Others v EIB

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2012/C 295/59

Case F-78/12: Action brought on 25 July 2012 — ZZ v Council

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2012/C 295/60

Case F-81/12: Action brought on 27 July 2012 — ZZ v Council

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2012/C 295/61

Case F-83/12: Action brought on 1 August 2012 — ZZ and Others v EIB

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2012/C 295/62

Case F-84/12: Action brought on 1 August 2012 — ZZ v Council

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2012/C 295/63

Case F-85/12: Action brought on 3 August 2012 — ZZ v Commission

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