ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 255

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 62
29 July 2019

Contents

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

CDJ

2019/C 255/01

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 255/02

Joined Cases C-391/16, C-77/17 and C-78/17: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 May 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud and from the Conseil du contentieux des étrangers — Czech Republic, Belgium) — M v Ministerstvo vnitra (C-391/16), X (C-77/17), X (C-78/17) v Commissaire général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Asylum policy — International protection — Directive 2011/95/EU — Refugee status — Article 14(4) to (6) — Refusal to grant or revocation of refugee status in the event of danger to the security or the community of the host Member State — Validity — Article 18 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 78(1) TFEU — Article 6(3) TEU — Geneva Convention)

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2019/C 255/03

Case C-235/17: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 May 2019 — European Commission v Hungary (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Article 63 TFEU — Free movement of capital — Article 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Right to property — National legislation extinguishing, without compensation, the rights of usufruct over agricultural and forestry land acquired by legal persons or by natural persons who cannot demonstrate a close family tie with the owner of the land)

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2019/C 255/04

Case C-341/1 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 15 May 2019 — Hellenic Republic v European Commission (Appeal — Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) — Expenditure excluded from EU financing — Expenditure incurred by the Hellenic Republic — Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 — Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 — Area-related aid scheme — Concept of ‘permanent pasture’ — Flat-rate financial corrections — Deduction of earlier correction)

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2019/C 255/05

Case C-509/17: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 16 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Arbeidshof te Antwerpen — Belgium) — Christa Plessers v PREFACO NV, Belgische Staat (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Transfers of undertakings — Directive 2001/23/EC — Articles 3 to 5 — Safeguarding of employees’ rights — Exceptions — Insolvency proceedings — Proceedings for judicial restructuring by transfer under judicial supervision — Total or partial safeguard of the undertaking — National legislation authorising the transferee, after the transfer, to choose which employees to keep on)

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2019/C 255/06

Case C-653/17 P: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 May 2019 — VM Vermögens-Management GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), DAT Vermögensmanagement GmbH (Appeal — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Regulation (EU) 2015/2424 — Invalidity proceedings — Word mark Vermögensmanufaktur — Declaration of invalidity — Right to a fair hearing — Examination of the facts by EUIPO of its own motion — Retrospectivity — Jurisdiction of the General Court — Statement of reasons for judgments)

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2019/C 255/07

Case C-677/17: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Centrale Raad van Beroep — Netherlands) — M. Çoban v Raad van bestuur van het Uitvoeringsinstituut werknemersverzekeringen (Reference for a preliminary ruling — EEC-Turkey Association Agreement — Additional Protocol — Article 59 — Decision No 3/80 — Social security for migrant workers — Waiver of residence clauses — Article 6 — Invalidity benefit — Withdrawal — Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 — Special non-contributory cash benefits — Residence condition — Directive 2003/109/EC — Long-term resident status)

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2019/C 255/08

Case C-689/17: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht München I — Germany) — Conti 11. Container Schiffahrts-GmbH & Co. KG Ms ‘MSC Flaminia’ v Land Niedersachsen (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Shipment of waste — Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 — Waste subject to the prior written notification and consent procedure — Shipments within the European Union — Article 1(3)(b) — Exclusion from the regulation’s scope — Waste generated on board ships — Waste on board a ship following damage at sea)

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2019/C 255/09

Case C-706/17: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 15 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas — Lithuania) — AB ‘Achema’, AB ‘Orlen Lietuva’, AB ‘Lifosa’ v Valstybinė kainų ir energetikos kontrolės komisija (VKEKK) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — State aid — Concept of ‘aid granted by a Member State or through State resources’ — Measures intended to compensate providers of public interest services in the electricity sector — Concept of aid ‘affecting trade between Member States’ and ‘distorting or threatening to distort competition’ — Concept of‘selective advantage’ — Service of general economic interest — Offsetting of costs involved in the discharging of public service obligations)

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2019/C 255/10

Case C-52/18: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 23 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Norderstedt- Germany) — Christian Fülla v Toolport GmbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Consumer protection — Directive 1999/44/EC — Lack of conformity of the goods delivered — Article 3 — Right of the consumer to repair or replacement of the goods free of charge, within a reasonable time and without any significant inconvenience — Determination of where the consumer must make goods acquired under a distance contract available to the seller to be brought into conformity — Concept of bringing the goods into conformity ‘free of charge’ — Right of the consumer to rescind the contract)

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2019/C 255/11

Case C-55/18: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Nacional — Spain) — Federación de Servicios de Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) v Deutsche Bank SAE (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Protection of the safety and health of workers — Organisation of working time — Article 31(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Directive 2003/88/EC — Articles 3 and 5 — Daily and weekly rest — Article 6 — Maximum weekly working time — Directive 89/391/EEC — Safety and health of workers at work — Requirement to set up a system enabling the duration of time worked each day by each worker to be measured)

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2019/C 255/12

Case C-132/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 15 May 2019 — European Commission v Sabine Tuerck (Appeal — Civil service — Pensions — Transfer of pension rights acquired in a national pension scheme to the European Union pension scheme — Deduction of the appreciation between the date of the application for a transfer and the actual date of the transfer)

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2019/C 255/13

Case C-138/18: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 16 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Vestre Landsret — Denmark) — Skatteministeriet v Estron A/S (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common Customs Tariff — Tariff classification — Hearing aid connectors — Parts and accessories — Combined Nomenclature — Subheadings 85444290, 90214000 and 90219010)

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2019/C 255/14

Case C-170/18 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 May 2019 — CJ v European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) (Appeal — Civil service — Contract staff — European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control — Fixed-term contract — Termination of the contract — Compliance with a judgment of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal — Res judicata by means of a judgment annulling a decision — Limits)

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2019/C 255/15

Case C-204/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 16 May 2019 — Asociación de la pesca y acuicultura del entorno de Doñana y del Bajo Guadalquívir (Pebagua) v European Commission (Appeal — Environment — Prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species — Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141 — Adoption of a list of invasive alien species of Union concern — Inclusion of the species Procambarus clarkii)

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2019/C 255/16

Case C-226/18: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 May 2019 (Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Hamburg — Germany) — Krohn & Schröder GmbH v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Hafen (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Customs union — Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 — Article 212a — Import procedures — Customs debt — Exemption — Dumping — Subsidies — Imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and key components (i.e. cells) originating in or consigned from the People’s Republic of China — Implementing Regulations (EU) No 1238/2013 and (EU) No 1239/2013 imposing an anti-dumping duty and a countervailing duty — Exemptions)

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2019/C 255/17

Case C-235/18: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 15 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny — Poland) — Vega International Car Transport and Logistic — Trading GmbH v Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w Warszawie (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 135(1)(b) — Supply of goods — Exemptions for other activities — Granting and negotiation of credit — Fuel cards)

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2019/C 255/18

Case C-306/18: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 15 May 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Krajský soud v Ostravě — pobočka v Olomouci — Czech Republic) — KORADO a.s. v Generální ředitelství cel (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common Customs Tariff — Tariff classification — Combined Nomenclature — Welded steel parts — Radiators for central heating, not electrically heated — Headings 7307 and 7322 — Concepts of radiator ‘parts’ and ‘tube or pipe fittings’ — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/23 — Validity)

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2019/C 255/19

Case C-795/18 P: Appeal brought on 18 December 2018 by FCA US LLC against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 18 October 2018 in Case T-109/17: FCA US v EUIPO — Busbridge

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2019/C 255/20

Case C-805/18 P: Appeal brought on 18 December 2018 by Saga Furs Oyj against the order of the General Court (Third Chamber) delivered on 12 October 2018 in Case T-313/18: Saga Furs v EUIPO — Support Design

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2019/C 255/21

Case C-816/18 P: Appeal brought on 21 December 2018 by OY against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 16 October 2018 in Case T-605/16: OY v Commission

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2019/C 255/22

Case C-820/18 P: Appeal brought on 27 December 2018 by Linak A/S against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 18 October 2018 in Case T-368/17: Linak v EUIPO — ChangZhou Kaidi Electrical

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2019/C 255/23

Case C-821/18 P: Appeal brought on 27 December 2018 by Linak A/S against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 18 October 2018 in Case T-367/17: Linak v EUIPO — ChangZhou Kaidi Electrical

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2019/C 255/24

Case C-822/18 P: Appeal brought on 27 December 2018 by Aldo Supermarkets against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) delivered on 25 October 2018 in Case T-359/17: Aldo Supermarkets v EUIPO — Aldi Einkauf

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2019/C 255/25

Case C-310/19 P: Appeal brought on 15 April 2019 by Boudewijn Schokker against the order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) delivered on 8 February 2019 in Case T-817/17 Schokker v EASA

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2019/C 255/26

Case C-324/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Hamburg (Germany) lodged on 19 April 2019 — eurocylinder systems AG v Hauptzollamt Hamburg

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2019/C 255/27

Case C-331/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 23 April 2019 — Staatssecretaris van Financiën v X

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2019/C 255/28

Case C-339/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție (Romania) lodged on 25 April 2019 — SC Romenergo SA and Aris Capital SA v Autoritatea de Supraveghere Financiară

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2019/C 255/29

Case C-341/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht (Germany) lodged on 30 April 2019 — MH Müller Handels GmbH v MJ

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2019/C 255/30

Case C-345/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 16 April 2019 — EUflight.de GmbH v Eurowings GmbH

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2019/C 255/31

Case C-353/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 6 May 2019 — Interseroh Dienstleistungs GmbH v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen

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2019/C 255/32

Case C-366/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 8 May 2019 — ‘BOSOLAR’ EOOD v ‘CHEZ ELEKTRO BULGARIA’ AD

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2019/C 255/33

Case C-385/19: Reference for a preliminary ruling from International Protection Appeals Tribunal (Ireland) made on 16 May 2019 — Ms R.A.T., Mr D.S. v Minister for Justice and Equality

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2019/C 255/34

Case C-400/19: Action brought on 23 May 2019 — European Commission v Hungary

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2019/C 255/35

Case C-402/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour du travail de Liège (Belgium) lodged on 24 May 2019 — LM v Centre public d’action sociale de Seraing

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2019/C 255/36

Case C-410/19: Reference for a preliminary ruling from Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (United Kingdom) made on 27 May 2019 — The Software Incubator Ltd v Computer Associates (UK) Ltd

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2019/C 255/37

Case C-440/19 P: Appeal brought on 6 June 2019 by Pometon SpA against the judgment delivered by the General Court (Third Chamber, Extended Composition) on 28 March 2019 in Case T-433/16, Pometon v Commission

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GCEU

2019/C 255/38

Case T-433/15: Judgment of the General Court of 5 June 2019 — Bank Saderat v Council (Non-contractual liability — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Iran — Freezing of funds — Restriction on admission to the territory of the Member States — Compensation for the damage allegedly sustained by the applicant following its inclusion and re-inclusion in the list of persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures at issue — Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals)

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2019/C 255/39

Case T-399/17: Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2019 — Dalli v Commission (Non-contractual liability — Investigation by OLAF — Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals — Non-material damage — Causal link)

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2019/C 255/40

Case T-539/17: Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2019 –EIB v Syria (Arbitration clause — Al Thawra Loan Agreement No 16405 — Non-performance of the agreement — Repayment of the sums advanced — Default interest — Procedure by default)

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2019/C 255/41

Case T-540/17: Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2019 — EIB v Syria (Arbitration clause — Electricity Distribution Project Loan Agreement No 20948 — Non-performance of the agreement — Repayment of the sums advanced — Default interest — Procedure by default)

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2019/C 255/42

Case T-541/17: Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2019 — EIB v Syria (Arbitration clause — Electricity Transmission Project Loan Agreement No 20868 — Non-performance of the agreement — Repayment of the sums advanced — Default interest — Procedure by default)

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2019/C 255/43

Case T-61/17: Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2019 — Bonnafous v EACEA (Civil service — Contract staff — Dismissal at the end of the probationary period — Normal probationary conditions — Psychological harassment — Principle of sound administration — Duty of care — Rights of the defence — Right to be heard — Manifest error of assessment — Misuse of powers — Liability)

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2019/C 255/44

Case T-616/17 RENV: Judgment of the General Court of 5 June 2019 — Siragusa v Council (Civil service — Officials — Leaving the service — Request to retire — Amendment of the Staff Regulations after that request had been made — Withdrawal of an earlier decision — Liability)

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2019/C 255/45

Case T-43/18: Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2019 — Rietze v EUIPO — Volkswagen (VW Bus T 5 vehicle) (Community designs — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing the VW Bus T 5 vehicle — Earlier Community design — Ground for invalidity — Individual character — Informed user — Different overall impression — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

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2019/C 255/46

Case T-191/18: Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2019 — Rietze v EUIPO — Volkswagen (Motor vehicle VW Caddy Maxi) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing the motor vehicle VW Caddy Maxi — Earlier Community design — Ground for invalidity — Individual character — Informed user — Different overall impression — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Burden of proof on the applicant for a declaration of invalidity — Requirements relating to the reproduction of an earlier design)

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2019/C 255/47

Case T-192/18: Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2019 — Rietze v EUIPO — Volkswagen (Motor vehicle VW Caddy) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Registered Community design representing the motor vehicle VW Caddy — Earlier Community design — Ground for invalidity — Individual character — Informed user — Different overall impression — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Burden of proof on the applicant for a declaration of invalidity — Requirements relating to the reproduction of an earlier design)

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2019/C 255/48

Case T-209/18: Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2019 — Porsche v EUIPO — Autec (Motor vehicles) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a motor vehicle — Earlier Community design — Ground for invalidity — No individual character — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

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2019/C 255/49

Case T-210/18: Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2019 — Porsche v EUIPO — Autec (Cars) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a car — Earlier Community design — Ground for invalidity — No individual character — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

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2019/C 255/50

Case T-220/18: Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2019 — Torrefazione Caffè Michele Battista v EUIPO — Battista Nino Caffè (Battistino) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark Battistino — Earlier EU word mark BATTISTA — Declaration of partial invalidity — Proof of genuine use of the earlier trade mark — Article 57(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 64(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

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2019/C 255/51

Case T-221/18: Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2019 — Torrefazione Caffè Michele Battista v EUIPO — Battista Nino Caffè (BATTISTINO) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Word mark BATTISTINO — Earlier EU word mark BATTISTA — Declaration of invalidity — Proof of genuine use of the earlier trade mark — Article 57(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 64(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

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2019/C 255/52

Case T-229/18: Judgment of the General Court of 5 June 2019 — Biolatte v EUIPO (Biolatte) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark Biolatte — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 255/53

Case T-272/18: Judgment of the General Court of 5 June 2019 — EBM Technologies v EUIPO (MobiPACS) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark MobiPACS — Absolute ground for refusal — Slogan — Level of attention of the relevant public — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 255/54

Case T-273/18: Judgment of the General Court of 5 June 2019 — Bernaldo de Quirós v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Disciplinary measures — Disciplinary procedure — Acts contrary to the dignity of the civil service — Administrative investigation — Mandate given to IDOC — Principle of impartiality — Principle of good administration — Rights of the defence — Disciplinary procedure — Principle of equality of arms — Disciplinary penalty of a reprimand — Proportionality — Non-material damage)

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2019/C 255/55

Case T-538/18: Order of the General Court of 11 June 2019 — Dickmanns v EUIPO (Civil service — Temporary staff — Fixed-term contract with a termination clause — Clause terminating the contract in the event that the name of the agent is not included on the reserve list of a competition — Purely confirmatory measure — Period within which an action must be brought — Inadmissibility)

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2019/C 255/56

Case T-702/18: Order of the General Court of 12 June 2019 — Durand and Others v Parliament (Actions for failure to act and for annulment — Agricultural policy — Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 — Animal welfare — Request by Members of the European Parliament to set up an inquiry committee — Defined position of the Parliament — Act not open to challenge — Informative act — Inadmissibility)

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2019/C 255/57

Case T-171/19: Order of the General Court of 7 June 2019 — Hebberecht v EEAS (Civil service — Officials — Disciplinary proceedings — Suspension — Amounts withheld from remuneration — Failure to comply with the procedural requirements — Manifest inadmissibility)

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2019/C 255/58

Case T-319/19: Action brought on 24 May 2019 — Gollnisch v Parliament

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2019/C 255/59

Case T-327/19: Action brought on 30 May 2019 — Mubarak v Council

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2019/C 255/60

Case T-334/19: Action brought on 4 June 2019 — Google and Alphabet v Commission

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2019/C 255/61

Case T-336/19: Action brought on 31 May 2019 — BZ v Commission

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2019/C 255/62

Case T-341/19: Action brought on 6 June 2019 — Martínez Albainox v EUIPO — Taser International (TASER)

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2019/C 255/63

Case T-342/19: Action brought on 6 June 2019 — Martínez Albainox v EUIPO — Taser International (TASER)

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2019/C 255/64

Case T-349/19: Action brought on 7 June 2019 — Decathlon v EUIPO — Athlon Custom Sportswear (athlon custom sportswear)

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2019/C 255/65

Case T-350/19: Action brought on 11 June 2019 — Bontempi and Others v EUIPO — Sand Cph (WhiteSand)

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2019/C 255/66

Case T-352/19: Action brought on 10 June 2019 — Gamma-A v EUIPO — Piejūra (Packing for foodstuffs)

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2019/C 255/67

Case T-353/19: Action brought on 10 June 2019 — Gamma-A v EUIPO — Piejūra (Packing for foodstuffs)

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2019/C 255/68

Case T-354/19: Action brought on 11 June 2019 — Palacio Domecq v EUIPO — Domecq Bodega Las Copas (PALACIO DOMECQ 1778)

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2019/C 255/69

Case T-355/19: Action brought on 13 June 2019 — CE v Committee of the Regions

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