ISSN 1977-091X

doi:10.3000/1977091X.C_2012.287.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 287

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 55
22 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 287/01

Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European UnionOJ C 273, 8.9.2012

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V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2012/C 287/02

Case C-269/09: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 12 July 2012 — European Commission v Kingdom of Spain (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Articles 18 EC, 39 EC and 43 EC — Articles 28 and 31 of the EEA Agreement — Tax legislation — Transfer abroad of a taxpayer’s residence — Obligation to include any income not yet charged to tax in the tax base for the preceding tax year — Loss of the advantage to be gained by deferring the tax debt)

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2012/C 287/03

Case C-318/10: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 5 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation — Belgium) — Société d’investissement pour l’agriculture tropicale SA (SIAT) v État belge (Freedom to provide services — Tax legislation — Deduction as business expenses of expenses incurred as payment for the provision of services — Expenses incurred in relation to a service provider established in another Member State in which that provider is not subject to tax on income or is subject there to a tax regime which is appreciably more advantageous — Deductibility conditional upon the provision of proof of the genuine and proper nature of the services and the normal nature of the related payments — Obstacle — Justification — Combating tax evasion and avoidance — Effectiveness of fiscal supervision — Balanced allocation between Member States of the power to impose taxes — Proportionality)

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2012/C 287/04

Case C-378/10: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 12 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Legfelsőbb Bíróság — Hungary) — Application to register a company made by VALE Építési kft (Articles 49 TFEU and 54 TFEU — Freedom of establishment — Principles of equivalence and effectiveness — Cross-border conversion — Refusal to add to register)

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2012/C 287/05

Case C-509/10: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 5 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Josef Geistbeck, Thomas Geistbeck v Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungs GmbH (Intellectual and industrial property — Community plant variety rights — Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — ‘Farmer’s privilege’ — Concept of ‘reasonable compensation’ — Compensation for damage suffered — Infringement)

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2012/C 287/06

Case C-527/10: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 5 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Legfelsőbb Bíróság — Hungary) — ERSTE Bank Hungary Nyrt v Magyar Állam, BCL Trading GmbH, ERSTE Befektetési Zrt (Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Insolvency proceedings — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Article 5(1) — Temporal application — Action in rem brought in a State not a member of the European Union — Insolvency proceedings opened against the debtor in another Member State — First State became a member of the European Union — Applicability)

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2012/C 287/07

Case C-558/10: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 5 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de grande instance de Chartres — France) — Michel Bourgès-Maunoury, Marie-Louise Heintz, wife of Mr Bourgès-Maunoury v Direction des services fiscaux d’Eure-et-Loir (Privileges and immunities of the European Communities — Exemption from national taxes on salaries paid by the European Union — Inclusion of income paid by the European Union in the calculation of the cap for wealth tax)

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2012/C 287/08

Case C-562/10: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 12 July 2012 — European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany (Action for failure to fulfil obligations — Article 56 TFEU — German legislation regarding care insurance — Benefits in kind for assistance at home are unavailable where the person reliant on care is temporarily staying in another Member State — Lower level of exportable cash benefits — Failure to reimburse hire costs of care equipment in other Member States)

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2012/C 287/09

Case C-602/10: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Judecătoria Călărași — Romania) — SC Volksbank România SA v Autoritatea Națională pentru Protecția Consumatorilor — Comisariatul Județean pentru Protecția Consumatorilor Călărași (CJPC) (Consumer protection — Credit agreements for consumers — Directive 2008/48/EC — Articles 22, 24 and 30 — National legislation designed to transpose that directive — Applicability to agreements not included in the material and temporal scope of the directive — Obligations not provided for by the directive — Limitation on the bank charges capable of being levied by the creditor — Articles 56 TFEU, 58 TFEU and 63 TFEU — Obligation to put in place, in national law, adequate and effective out-of-court dispute resolution procedures)

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2012/C 287/10

Joined Cases C-608/10, C-10/11 and C-23/11: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 12 July 2012 (references for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Hamburg — Germany) — Südzucker AG (C-608/10), WEGO Landwirtschaftliche Schlachtstellen GmbH (C-10/11), Fleischkontor Moksel GmbH (C-23/11) v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Jonas (Agriculture — Export refunds — Incorrect indication of the exporter in the export declaration — National legislation making entitlement to an export refund subject to the entry of the applicant as the exporter in the export declaration — Correction of the export declaration after the goods have been released)

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2012/C 287/11

Case C-616/10: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 12 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank ‘s-Gravenhage — Netherlands) — Solvay SA v Honeywell Fluorine Products Europe BV, Honeywell Belgium NV, Honeywell Europe NV (Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Action for infringement of a European patent — Special and exclusive jurisdiction — Article 6(1) — More than one defendant — Article 22(4) — Validity of the patent called into question — Article 31 — Provisional, including protective, measures)

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2012/C 287/12

Case C-49/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 5 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Wien — Austria) — Content Services Ltd v Bundesarbeitskammer (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 97/7/EC — Consumer protection — Distance contracts — Consumer information — Information given or received — Durable medium — Meaning — Hyperlink on the website of the supplier — Right of withdrawal)

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2012/C 287/13

Joined Cases C-55/11, C-57/11 and C-58/11: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo — Spain) — Vodafone España SA v Ayuntamiento de Santa Amalia (C-55/11), Ayuntamiento de Tudela (C-57/11), and France Telecom España SA v Ayuntamiento de Torremayor (C-58/11) (Directive 2002/20/EC — Electronic communications networks and services — Authorisation — Article 13 — Fees for rights of use and rights to install facilities)

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2012/C 287/14

Case C-59/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 12 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Nancy — France) — Association Kokopelli v Graines Baumaux SAS (Agriculture — Directives 98/95/EC, 2002/53/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2009/145/EC — Validity — Vegetables — Sale on the national seed market of vegetable seed not included in the official common catalogue of varieties of vegetable species — Non-compliance with system of prior authorisation for marketing — International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture — Principle of proportionality — Freedom to conduct a business — Free movement of goods — Equal treatment)

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2012/C 287/15

Case C-79/11: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 12 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Firenze — Italy) — Criminal proceedings against Maurizio Giovanardi and Others (Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA — Standing of victims in criminal proceedings — Directive 2004/80/EC — Compensation to victims of crime — Liability of a legal person — Compensation in criminal proceedings)

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2012/C 287/16

Case C-128/11: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 3 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — UsedSoft GmbH v Oracle International Corp. (Legal protection of computer programs — Marketing of used licences for computer programs downloaded from the internet — Directive 2009/24/EC — Articles 4(2) and 5(1) — Exhaustion of the distribution right — Concept of lawful acquirer)

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2012/C 287/17

Case C-138/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 12 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — Compass-Datenbank GmbH v Republik Österreich (Competition — Article 102 TFEU — Concept of ‘undertaking’ — Data of the companies register stored in a database — Activity of collection and making available of that data in return for remuneration — Refusal by the public authorities to authorise re-utilisation of that data — ‘Sui generis’ right provided for in Article 7 of Directive 96/9/EC)

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2012/C 287/18

Case C-141/11: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 5 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Södertörns tingsrätt — Sweden) — Torsten Hörnfeldt v Posten Meddelande AB (Equal treatment in employment and occupation — Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age — National legislation conferring on employees an unconditional right to work until the age of 67 and providing for automatic termination of the employment relationship at the end of the month in which the employee reaches that age — Account not taken of the amount of the retirement pension)

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2012/C 287/19

Case C-146/11: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 12 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus — Estonia) — AS Pimix, in liquidation v Maksu- ja Tolliameti Lõuna maksu- ja tollikeskus, Põllumajandusministeerium (Accession of new Member States — Setting the charge on surplus stocks of agricultural products — Reference, in a provision of national law, to a provision of a European Union regulation not duly published in the OJ in the language of the Member State in question)

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2012/C 287/20

Case C-171/11: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — Fra.bo SpA v Deutsche Vereinigung des Gas- und Wasserfaches eV (DVGW) — Technisch-Wissenschaftlicher Verein (Free movement of goods — Measures having equivalent effect to a quantitative restriction — National certification procedure — Presumption of compliance with national law — Applicability of Article 28 EC to a private-law certification body)

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2012/C 287/21

Case C-176/11: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Austria) — HIT hoteli, igralnice, turizem dd Nova Gorica and HIT LARIX, prirejanje posebnih iger na srečo in turizem dd v Bundesminister für Finanzen (Article 56 TFEU — Restriction on the freedom to provide services — Games of chance — Legislation of a Member State prohibiting the advertising of casinos located in other States if the level of legal protection for gamblers in those States is not equivalent to that ensured at national level — Justification — Overriding reasons in the public interest — Proportionality)

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2012/C 287/22

Case C-181/11 P: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 12 July 2012 — Compañía Española de Tabaco en Rama, SA (Cetarsa) v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — Agreements — Spanish market for the purchase and first processing of raw tobacco — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price fixing and market sharing — Fines — Equal treatment — Maximum limit of 10 % of turnover — Cooperation — Distortion of evidence — Manifest error of assessment — Failure to state reasons)

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2012/C 287/23

Case C-259/11: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 5 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — DTZ Zadelhoff vof v Staatssecretaris van Financiën (Sixth VAT Directive — Articles 5(3)(c) and 13B(d)(5) — Negotiation of a transaction involving the transfer of company shares — Transaction which also entails the transfer of the ownership of immovable property held by such companies — Exemption)

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2012/C 287/24

Case C-284/11: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 12 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad — Bulgaria) — EMS-Bulgaria Transport OOD v Direktor na Direktsia ‘Obzhalvane i upravlenie na izpalnenieto’ Plovdiv (VAT — Directive 2006/112/EC — Right to deduct — Limitation period for the exercise of the right to deduct VAT — Principle of effectiveness — Refusal of the right to deduct VAT — Principle of fiscal neutrality)

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2012/C 287/25

Case C-291/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 12 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — Staatssecretaris van Financiën v TNT Freight Management (Amsterdam) BV (Common Customs Tariff — Combined Nomenclature — Tariff headings 3002 and 3502 — Blood albumin prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses — Processing of the product)

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2012/C 287/26

Case C-311/11 P: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 12 July 2012 — Smart Technologies ULC v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (Appeals — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Article 7(1)(b) — Word mark WIR MACHEN DAS BESONDERE EINFACH — Mark consisting of an advertising slogan — Distinctive character — Refusal to register)

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2012/C 287/27

Case C-326/11: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — J.J. Komen en Zonen Beheer Heerhugowaard BV v Staatssecretaris van Financiën (Sixth VAT Directive — Article 13B(g), read in conjunction with Article 4(3)(a) — Supply of buildings and the land upon which they stand — Supply of a building undergoing work with the view to the creation of a new building by transformation — Continuation and completion of the work by the purchaser after the supply — Exemption from VAT)

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2012/C 287/28

Case C-212/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 4 May 2012 — Helmut Butz, Christel Bachman-Butz, Frederike Butz v Société Air France SA

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2012/C 287/29

Case C-220/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Hannover (Germany) lodged on 11 May 2012 — Andreas Ingemar Thiele Meneses v Region Hannover

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2012/C 287/30

Case C-278/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands), lodged on 4 June 2012 — A. Adil; other party: Minister voor Immigratie, Integratie en Asiel

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2012/C 287/31

Case C-300/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany) lodged on 20 June 2012 — Finanzamt Düsseldorf-Mitte v Ibero Tours GmbH

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2012/C 287/32

Case C-302/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 20 June 2012 — X; other party: Minister van Financiën

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2012/C 287/33

Case C-303/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de première instance de Liège (Belgium) lodged on 21 June 2012 — Guido Imfeld, Nathalie Garcet v État belge

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2012/C 287/34

Case C-306/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Saarbrücken (Germany) lodged on 26 June 2012 — Spedition Welter GmbH v Avanssur S.A.

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2012/C 287/35

Case C-309/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Central Administrativo Norte (Portugal) lodged on 27 June 2012 — Maria Albertina Gomes Viana Novo and Others v Fundo de Garantia Salarial, IP

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2012/C 287/36

Case C-311/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Arbeitsgericht Nienburg (Germany) lodged on 27 June 2012 — Heinz Kassner v Mittelweser-Tiefbau GmbH & Co

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2012/C 287/37

Case C-312/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal du travail de Huy (Belgium) lodged on 28 June 2012 — Agim Ajdini v État belge, Service des Allocations aux Handicapés

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2012/C 287/38

Case C-319/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny (Poland) lodged on 2 July 2012 — Minister of Finance v MDDP Sp. z o.o., Akademia Biznesu, Sp. komandytowa

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2012/C 287/39

Case C-321/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Centrale Raad van Beroep (Netherlands), lodged on 2 July 2012 — F. van der Helder, D. Farrington v College voor zorgverzekeringen (Cvz)

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2012/C 287/40

Case C-322/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (Belgium) lodged on 4 July 2012 — État belge — SPF Finances v GIMLE SA

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2012/C 287/41

Case C-325/12: Action brought on 10 July 2012 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic

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2012/C 287/42

Case C-329/12: Action brought on 11 July 2012 — European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany

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2012/C 287/43

Case C-330/12: Action brought on 9 July 2012 — European Commission v Republic of Poland

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2012/C 287/44

Case C-331/12: Action brought on 9 July 2012 — European Commission v Republic of Poland

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2012/C 287/45

Case C-332/12: Action brought on 10 July 2012 — European Commission v Republic of Poland

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2012/C 287/46

Case C-333/12: Action brought on 11 July 2012 — European Commission v Republic of Poland

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2012/C 287/47

Case C-336/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Østre Landsret lodged on 16 July 2012 — Ministeriet for Forskning, Innovation og Videregående Uddannelser v Manova A/S

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2012/C 287/48

Case C-341/12 P: Appeal brought on 17 July 2012 by Mizuno KK against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 May 2012 in Case T-101/11 Mizuno KK v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

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2012/C 287/49

Case C-344/12: Action brought on 18 July 2012 — European Commission v Italian Republic

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2012/C 287/50

Case C-345/12: Action brought on 19 July 2012 — European Commission v Italian Republic

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2012/C 287/51

Case C-346/12 P: Appeal brought on 19 July 2012 by DMK Deutsches Milchkontor GmbH (formerly Nordmilch AG) against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 22 May 2012 in Case T-546/10 Nordmilch AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

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2012/C 287/52

Case C-347/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (Luxembourg), lodged on 20 July 2012 — Caisse nationale des prestations familiales v Ulrike Wiering, Markus Wiering

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2012/C 287/53

Case C-348/12 P: Appeal brought on 16 July 2012 by Council of the European Union against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 25 April 2012 in Case T-509/10 Manufacturing Support & Procurement Kala Naft v Council

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2012/C 287/54

Case C-353/12: Action brought on 25 July 2012 — European Commission v Italian Republic

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2012/C 287/55

Case C-357/12 P: Appeal brought on 27 July 2012 by Harald Wohlfahrt against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 16 May 2012 in Case T-580/10 Harald Wohlfahrt v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

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2012/C 287/56

Case C-365/12 P: Appeal brought on 31 July 2012 by the European Commission against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 22 May 2012 in Case T-344/08 EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG v European Commission

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General Court

2012/C 287/57

Case T-240/11: Order of the General Court of 17 July 2012 — L’Oréal v OHIM — United Global Media Group (MyBeauty TV) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Costs recoverable before OHIM — Costs of being represented by an employee — Article 85(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Action manifestly devoid of any basis in law)

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2012/C 287/58

Case T-517/11: Order of the General Court of 17 July 2012 — United States Polo Association v OHIM — Polo/Lauren (Representation of two polo players) (Community trade mark — Partial refusal of registration — Withdrawal of the application for registration — No need to adjudicate)

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2012/C 287/59

Case T-317/12: Action brought on 11 July 2012 — Holcim (Romania) v European Commission

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2012/C 287/60

Case T-319/12: Action brought on 19 July 2012 — Spain v Commission

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2012/C 287/61

Case T-321/12: Action brought on 20 July 2012 — Ciudad de la Luz and Sociedad Proyectos Temáticos de la Comunidad Valenciana v Commission

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2012/C 287/62

Case T-327/12: Action brought on 16 July 2012 — Simca Europe v OHIM — PSA Peugeot Citroën (Simca)

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2012/C 287/63

Case T-328/12: Action brought on 24 July 2012 — Mundipharma v OHIM — AFP Pharmaceuticals (Maxigesic)

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2012/C 287/64

Case T-331/12: Action brought on 27 July 2012 — Sartorius Weighing Technology v OHIM (Representation of a yellow curve)

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2012/C 287/65

Case T-332/12: Action brought on 23 July 2012 — ING Groep v Commission

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2012/C 287/66

Case T-335/12: Action brought on 19 July 2012 — T&L Sugars and Sidul Açúcares v Commission

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2012/C 287/67

Case T-336/12: Action brought on 1 August 2012 — Klizli v Council

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2012/C 287/68

Case T-337/12: Action brought on 30 July 2012 — El Hogar Perfecto del Siglo XXI v OHIM — Wenf International Advisers (Corkscrews)

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2012/C 287/69

Case T-343/12: Action brought on 30 July 2012 — Grupo T Diffusión v OHIM — ABR Producción Contemporánea (Lamps)

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2012/C 287/70

Case T-349/12: Action brought on 1 August 2012 — Leiner v OHIM — Recaro (REVARO)

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2012/C 287/71

Case T-82/11: Order of the General Court of 11 July 2012 — Formica v OHIM — Silicalia (CompacTop)

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European Union Civil Service Tribunal

2012/C 287/72

Case F-4/11: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 10 July 2012 — AV v Commission (Civil service — Temporary agent — Recruitment — Medical cover deferment — Retroactive application of medical cover deferment — Opinion of invalidity committee)

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2012/C 287/73

Case F-66/11: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 20 June 2012 — Cristina v Commission (Civil service — Open competition — Decision of the selection board in the competition not to admit the applicant to the tests — Remedies — Court action brought without waiting for a decision on the administrative complaint — Admissibility — Specific conditions for entry to the competition — Professional experience required)

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2012/C 287/74

Case F-83/11: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 20 June 2012 — Cristina v Commission (Civil service — Open competition — Decision of the selection board in the competition not to admit the applicant to the tests — Remedies — Court action brought without waiting for a decision on the administrative complaint — Admissibility — Specific conditions for entry to the competition — Professional experience related to the nature of the duties)

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2012/C 287/75

Case F-22/11: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 12 July 2012 — Conticchio v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Pensions — Calculation of pension rights — Classification by step — Preliminary plea of illegality — Whether admissible)

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2012/C 287/76

Case F-75/12: Action brought on 20 July 2012 — ZZ and ZZ v Commission

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2012/C 287/77

Case F-76/12: Action brought on 20 July 2012 — ZZ v Commission

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2012/C 287/78

Case F-129/11: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 28 June 2012 — BH v Commission

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2012/C 287/79

Case F-139/11: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 28 June 2012 — BJ v Commission

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2012/C 287/80

Case F-140/11: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 28 June 2012 — BK v Commission

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