ISSN 1725-2423

doi:10.3000/17252423.C_2011.160.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 160

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 54
28 May 2011

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Court of Justice of the European Union

2011/C 160/01

Information note on references from national courts for a preliminary ruling

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2011/C 160/02

Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European UnionOJ C 152, 21.5.2011

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V   Announcements

COURT PROCEEDINGS

Court of Justice

2011/C 160/03

Case C-20/09: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 7 April 2011 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Admissibility of the action — Free movement of capital — Article 56 EC — Article 40 of the EEA Agreement — Public debt securities — Preferential tax treatment — Justification — Combating of tax evasion — Combating of tax avoidance)

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2011/C 160/04

Case C-291/09: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 7 April 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van koophandel te Brussel — Belgium) — Francesco Guarnieri & Cie v Vandevelde Eddy VOF (Free movement of goods — Article 34 TFEU — Cautio judicatum solvi — Company governed by Monegasque law — First paragraph of Article 18 TFEU)

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2011/C 160/05

Case C-402/09: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 7 April 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Sibiu — Romania) — Ioan Tatu v Statul român prin Ministerul Finanțelor și Economiei, Direcția Generală a Finanțelor Publice Sibiu, Administrația Finanțelor Publice Sibiu, Administrația Fondului pentru Mediu, Ministerul Mediului (Internal taxation — Article 110 TFEU — Pollution tax charged on first registration of motor vehicles — Neutrality of tax between imported second-hand motor vehicles and similar vehicles already on the domestic market)

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2011/C 160/06

Case C-405/09: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 April 2011 — European Commission v Republic of Finland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — The European Union’s own resources — Procedures relating to the collection of import or export duties — Delay in establishing the own resources relating to those rights)

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2011/C 160/07

Case C-153/10: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 7 April 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — Staatssecretaris van Financiën v Sony Supply Chain Solutions (Europe) BV (Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 — Community Customs Code — Articles 12(2) and (5), 217(1) and 243 — Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 — Implementing provisions of Regulation No 2913/92 — Articles 10 and 11 — Classification of goods — Binding tariff information — Invocation by a trader other than the holder with respect to the same goods — Legitimate expectations)

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2011/C 160/08

Case C-305/10: S Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 April 2011 — European Commission v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Rail transport — Directive 2005/47/EC — Working conditions of mobile workers engaged in interoperable cross-border services in the railway sector — Agreement between sectoral social partners at European level — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)

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2011/C 160/09

Case C-431/10: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 7 April 2011 — European Commission v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2005/85/EC — Right of asylum — Procedure for granting and withdrawing refugee status — Minimum standards — Failure to transpose provisions fully within the prescribed period)

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2011/C 160/10

Case C-106/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 3 March 2011 — M.J. Bakker v Staatssecretaris van Financiën

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2011/C 160/11

Case C-109/11: Action brought on 3 March 2011 — European Commission v Czech Republic

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2011/C 160/12

Case C-110/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 4 March 2011 — Minister van Financiën, interested party: G. in ’t Veld

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2011/C 160/13

Case C-122/11: Action brought on 8 March 2011 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium

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2011/C 160/14

Case C-145/11: Action brought on 25 March 2011 — European Commission v French Republic

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2011/C 160/15

Case C-146/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus (Estonia) lodged on 25 March 2011 — AS Pimix v Maksu- ja Tolliameti Lõuna maksu- ja tollikeskus, Põllumajandusministeerium

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2011/C 160/16

Case C-150/11: Action brought on 28 March 2011 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium

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General Court

2011/C 160/17

Case T-167/07: Judgment of the General Court of 13 April 2011 — Far Eastern New Century v Council (Dumping — Imports of polyethylene terephthalate originating in Taiwan — Determination of the dumping margin — Asymmetrical method of calculation — Export pricing pattern differing according to purchasers and time periods — Full degree of dumping margin cannot be reflected by symmetrical methods of calculation — Duty to state reasons)

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2011/C 160/18

Case T-461/07: Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2011 — Visa Europe and Visa International Service v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for the provision of credit and deferred debit card acquiring services — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Restriction of competition — Potential competitor — Fines — Mitigating circumstances — Reasonable time — Legal certainty — Rights of the defence)

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2011/C 160/19

Case T-465/08: Judgment of the General Court of 15 April 2011 — Czech Republic v Commission (PHARE — ‘Revolving funds’ obtained by the Czech Republic — Reimbursement of amounts paid — Commission decision to offset — Legal basis — Distinct legal orders — Concept of being certain and of a fixed amount — Obligation to state reasons)

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2011/C 160/20

Case T-466/08: Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2011 — Lancôme v OHIM — Focus Magazin Verlag (ACNO FOCUS) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark ACNO FOCUS — Earlier national word mark FOCUS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009))

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2011/C 160/21

Case T-576/08: Judgment of the General Court of 13 April 2011 — Germany v Commission (Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Distribution of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons — Regulation (EC) No 983/2008 — Plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2009 budget year for the distribution programme — Mobilisations on the market — Actions for annulment)

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2011/C 160/22

Case T-70/09: Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2011 — Netherlands v Commission (ERDF — Single programming document for the Groningen-Drenthe region — Decision on the reduction of the aid and ordering partial reimbursement of the amounts paid — Obligation to state reasons — Article 23(1) and Article 24(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88)

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2011/C 160/23

Case T-98/09: Judgment of the General Court of 13 April 2011 — Tubesca v OHIM — Tubos del Mediterráneo (T TUMESA TUBOS DEL MEDITERRANEO S.A.) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark T TUMESA TUBOS DEL MEDITERRANEO S.A. — Earlier national word mark and international figurative mark TUBESCA — Relative ground of refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

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2011/C 160/24

Case T-202/09: Judgment of the General Court of 13 April 2011 — Deichmann v OHIM (Representation of a curved band with dotted lines) (Community trade mark — International registration designating the European Community — Figurative mark representing a curved band with dotted lines — Absolute ground for refusal — Absence of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

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2011/C 160/25

Case T-209/09: Judgment of the General Court of 13 April 2011 — Alder Capital v OHIM — Gimv Nederland (ALDER CAPITAL) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark ALDER CAPITAL — Earlier Benelux word marks Halder and Halder Investments — Earlier international word mark Halder — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Genuine use of the trade mark — Article 15 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 15 of Regulation No 207/2009))

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2011/C 160/26

Case T-228/09: Judgment of the General Court of 13 April 2011 — United States Polo Association v OHIM — Textiles CMG (U.S. POLO ASSN.) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark U.S. POLO ASSN. — Earlier Community and national word marks POLO-POLO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

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2011/C 160/27

Case T-262/09: Judgment of the General Court of 13 April 2011 — Safariland v OHIM — DEF-TEC Defense Technology (FIRST DEFENSE AEROSOL PEPPER PROJECTOR) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark FIRST DEFENSE AEROSOL PEPPER PROJECTOR — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Implementation by OHIM of a judgment annulling a decision adopted by one of the OHIM Boards of Appeal — Rights of the defence — Obligation to state reasons — Articles 63(2), 65(6), 75 and 76 of Regulation No 207/2009)

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2011/C 160/28

Cases T-310/09 and T-383/09: Judgment of the General Court of 12 April 2011 — Fuller & Thaler Asset Management v OHIM (BEHAVIOURAL INDEXING and BEHAVIOURAL INDEX) (Community trade mark — Applications for Community word marks BEHAVIOURAL INDEXING and BEHAVIOURAL INDEX — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2011/C 160/29

Case T-345/09: Judgment of the General Court of 13 April 2011 — Bodegas y Viñedos Puerta de Labastida v OHIM — Unión de Cosecheros de Labastida (PUERTA DE LABASTIDA) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark PUERTA DE LABASTIDA — Earlier national word mark CASTILLO DE LABASTIDA — Earlier Community word marks CASTILLO LABASTIDA — Relative ground for refusal — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009)

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2011/C 160/30

Case T-358/09: Judgment of the General Court of 13 April 2011 — Sociedad Agricola Requingua v OHIM — Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Toro (TORO DE PIEDRA) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark TORO DE PIEDRA — Earlier Community figurative mark D. ORIGEN TORO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Right to be heard — Obligation to state the reasons on which a decision is based — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)

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2011/C 160/31

Case T-433/09: Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2011 — TTNB v OHIM — March Juan (Tila March) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark Tila March — Earlier national figurative mark CARMEN MARCH — Relative ground of refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2011/C 160/32

Case T-523/09: Judgment of the General Court of 13 April 2011 — Smart Technologies v OHIM (WIR MACHEN DAS BESONDERE EINFACH) (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark WIR MACHEN DAS BESONDERE EINFACH — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2011/C 160/33

Case T-28/10: Judgment of the General Court of 12 April 2011 — Euro-Information v OHIM (EURO AUTOMATIC PAYMENT) (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark EURO AUTOMATIC PAYMENT — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive nature — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2011/C 160/34

Case T-159/10: Judgment of the General Court of 13 April 2011 — Air France v OHMI (Parallelogram shape) (Community trade mark — Application for Community figurative mark representing the shape of a parallelogram — Absolute ground of refusal — Absence of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2011/C 160/35

Case T-179/10: Judgment of the General Court of 13 April 2011 — Zitro IP v OHIM — Show Ball Informática (BINGO SHOWALL) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark BINGO SHOWALL — Earlier figurative Community trade mark SHOW BALL — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

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2011/C 160/36

Case T-457/09 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 18 March 2011 — Westfälisch-Lippischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband v Commission (Interim procedure — Authorisation of State aid for the restructuring of a bank — Abandonment of a branch as a compensatory indemnity — Urgency — Weighing up of the interests)

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2011/C 160/37

Case T-191/11: Action brought on 25 March 2011 — Automobili Lamborghini v OHIM — Miura Martínez (Miura)

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2011/C 160/38

Case T-200/11: Action brought on 1 April 2011 — El-Materi v Council

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2011/C 160/39

Case T-201/11: Action brought on 4 April 2011 — Si.mobil v Commission

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2011/C 160/40

Case T-202/11: Action brought on 4 April 2011 — Aeroporia Aigaiou Aeroporiki and Marfin Investment Group Symmetochon v Commission

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2011/C 160/41

Case T-204/11: Action brought on 4 April 2011 — Spain v Commission

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European Union Civil Service Tribunal

2011/C 160/42

Case F-104/09: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 24 March 2011 — Canga Fano v Council (Civil service — Officials — Promotion — Promotion exercise 2009 — Decision not to promote — Comparative examination of the merits — Manifest error of assessment — Action for annulment — Action for damages)

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2011/C 160/43

Case F-38/10: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 13 April 2011 — Vakalis v Commission (Civil Service — Officials — Pension — Transfer of pension rights acquired in Greece to the pension scheme of officials of the European Union — Calculation of the pensionable years — Objection of illegality concerning the general implementing provisions for Articles 11 and 12 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations — Principle of equal treatment — Principle of the neutrality of the Euro)

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2011/C 160/44

Case F-45/10: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 4 April 2011 — AO v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Disciplinary measure — Removal from post — Article 35(1)(d) and (2)(a) of the Rules of Procedure — Action, in part, clearly inadmissible and, in part, clearly unfounded)

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2011/C 160/45

Case F-23/07 RENV-RX: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 31 March 2011 — M v Agence européenne des médicaments (EMEA)

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