ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 36

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 63
3 February 2020

Contents

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Court of Justice of the European Union

2020/C 36/01

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

Court of Justice

2020/C 36/02

Case C-482/17: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 3 December 2019 — Czech Republic v European Parliament, Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Approximation of laws — Directive (EU) 2017/853 — Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons — Validity — Legal basis — Article 114 TFEU — Amendment of an existing directive — Principle of proportionality — Absence of impact assessment — Interference with the right to property — Proportionality of the measures adopted — Measures creating barriers in the internal market — Principle of legal certainty — Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations — Measures obliging Member States to adopt legislation with retroactive effect — Principle of non-discrimination — Derogation for the Swiss Confederation — Discrimination affecting Member States of the European Union or Member States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) other than that State)

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2020/C 36/03

Joined Cases C-708/17 and C-725/17: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 5 December 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Rayonen sad Asenovgrad, Sofiyski rayonen sad — Bulgaria) — ‘EVN Bulgaria Toplofikatsia’ EAD v Nikolina Stefanova Dimitrova (C-708/17), ‘Toplofikatsia Sofia’ EAD v Mitko Simeonov Dimitrov (C-725/17) (References for a preliminary ruling — Consumer protection — Directive 2011/83/EU — Consumer law — Article 2(1) — Concept of ‘consumer’ — Article 3(1) — Contract concluded between a trader and a consumer — Contract for the supply of district heating — Article 27 — Inertia selling — Directive 2005/29/EC — Unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market — Article 5 — Prohibition of unfair commercial practices — Annex I — Unsolicited supply — National law requiring each owner of a property in a building in co-ownership connected to a district heating network to contribute to the costs of thermal energy consumption by the common areas and internal installation of the building — Energy efficiency — Directive 2006/32/EC — Article 13(2) — Directive 2012/27/EU — Article 10(1) — Billing information — National law providing that, in a building in co-ownership, bills for the consumption of thermal energy by the internal installation are calculated, for each owner of an apartment in the building, in proportion to the heated volume of his or her apartment)

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2020/C 36/04

Case C-117/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 December 2019 — PGNiG Supply & Trading GmbH v European Commission (Appeal — Internal market in natural gas — Directive 2009/73/EC — Article 32 — Third-party access — Article 41(6), (8) and (10) — Rules on tariffs — Article 36 — Application for an exemption — Rules governing the operation of the OPAL pipeline — National regulatory authority — Exemption decision — Request for modification — European Commission Decision — Action for annulment — Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU — Admissibility — Decision of no direct concern to the appellant)

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2020/C 36/05

Case C-342/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 December 2019 — Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. v European Commission, Federal Republic of Germany (Appeal — Internal market in natural gas — Directive 2009/73/EC — Article 32 — Third-party access — Article 41(6), (8) and (10) — Rules on tariffs — Article 36 — Application for an exemption — Rules governing the operation of the OPAL pipeline — National regulatory authority — Exemption decision — Request for modification — European Commission Decision — Action for annulment — Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU — Admissibility — Decision of no direct concern to the appellant)

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2020/C 36/06

Joined Cases C-398/18 and C-428/18: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 5 December 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia — Spain) — Antonio Bocero Torrico (C-398/18), Jörg Paul Konrad Fritz Bode (C-428/18) v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social, Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (References for a preliminary ruling — Social security for migrant workers — Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 — Early retirement pension — Eligibility — Requirement for the pension to be received to be higher than the statutory minimum — Account taken only of pension acquired in the Member State concerned — No account taken of the retirement pension acquired in another Member State — Difference in treatment of workers who have exercised their right to freedom of movement)

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2020/C 36/07

Case C-402/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 27 November 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Tedeschi Srl, acting on its own account and as agent of a temporary association of undertakings, Consorzio Stabile Istant Service, acting on its own account and as principal of a temporary association of undertakings v C.M. Service Srl, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Articles 49 and 56 TFEU — Public procurement — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 25 — Subcontracting — National legislation limiting the possibility of subcontracting to 30 % of the total amount of the contract and preventing the prices which apply to subcontracted services from being reduced by more than 20 % by comparison with the prices stipulated in the decision awarding the contract)

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2020/C 36/08

Case C-413/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 December 2019 — H v Council of the European Union (Appeal — Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) — Composition of the Chamber of the General Court of the European Union — Regularity — Decision 2009/906/CFSP — European Union Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUPM) — National staff member on secondment — Redeployment to a regional office of that mission — Powers of the Head of Mission — Misuse of powers — Claim for damages — Principle of audi alteram partem)

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2020/C 36/09

Case C-414/18: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 3 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio — Italy) — Iccrea Banca SpA Istituto Centrale del Credito Cooperativo v Banca d’Italia (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2014/59/EU — Banking Union — Recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms — Annual contributions — Calculation — Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/81 — Uniform procedure for the resolution of credit institutions and investment firms — Administrative procedure involving national authorities and an EU body — Exclusive decision-making power of the Single Resolution Board — Procedure before the national courts — Failure to bring an action for annulment before the EU Courts in due time — Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/63 — Exclusion of certain liabilities from the calculation of contributions — Interconnectedness of a number of banks)

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2020/C 36/10

Case C-421/18: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 5 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de première instance de Namur — Belgium) — Ordre des avocats du barreau de Dinant v JN (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 — Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters — Article 7(1)(a) — Special jurisdiction in matters relating to a contract — Concept of ‘matters relating to a contract’ — Claim for payment of annual fees payable by a lawyer to a bar association)

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2020/C 36/11

Case C-432/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Consorzio Tutela Aceto Balsamico di Modena v Balema GmbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs — Regulations (EC) No 510/2006 and (EU) No 1151/2012 — Article 13(1) — Regulation (EC) No 583/2009 — Article 1 — Registration of the name ‘Aceto Balsamico di Modena (PGI)’ — Protection of the non-geographical components of that name — Scope)

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2020/C 36/12

Case C-493/18: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 4 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation — France) — UB v VA, Tiger SCI, WZ, acting as UB’s trustee in bankruptcy, Banque patrimoine et immobilier SA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Insolvency proceedings — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Article 3(1) — Actions which derive directly from insolvency proceedings and which are closely connected with such proceedings — Sale of immovable property and creation of a mortgage — Action brought by the trustee in bankruptcy seeking a declaration that the transactions concerned are ineffective — Article 25(1) — Exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Member State in which the insolvency proceedings were opened)

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2020/C 36/13

Case C-591/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 28 November 2019 — Brugg Kabel AG, Kabelwerke Brugg AG Holding v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European market for underground and submarine power cables — Market allocation in connection with projects — Fines — Rights of the defence — Access to the file — Principle of the presumption of innocence — Distortion of the evidence)

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2020/C 36/14

Case C-593/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 28 November 2019 — ABB Ltd, ABB AB v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European market for underground and submarine power cables — Market allocation in connection with projects — Burden of proof — Presumption of innocence — Principle of equal treatment)

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2020/C 36/15

Case C-596/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 28 November 2019 — LS Cable & System Ltd v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European market for underground and submarine power cables — Market allocation in connection with projects — Fines — Burden of proof — Distortion of the evidence — Public distancing from the cartel)

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2020/C 36/16

Case C-642/18: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 5 December 2019 — European Commission v Kingdom of Spain (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2008/98/EC — Articles 30 and 33 — Waste management plans — Autonomous Communities of the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands (Spain) — Obligation to revise — Obligation to notify the Commission — No proper formal notice — Letter of formal notice sent prematurely — Inadmissibility)

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2020/C 36/17

Case C-671/18: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 5 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy w Chełmnie — Poland) — proceedings initiated by Centraal Justitieel Incassobureau, Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie (CJIB) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Mutual recognition — Financial penalties — Grounds for non-recognition and non-execution — Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA — Decision by an authority of the issuing Member State based on vehicle registration data — Notification of the penalties and the appeal procedures to the person concerned — Right to effective judicial protection)

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2020/C 36/18

Case C-722/18: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 28 November 2019 (Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie, XXIII Wydział Gospodarczy Odwoławczy, Poland) — KROL — Zakład Robót Wodno-Kanalizacyjnych Sp. z o.o., sp.k. v Porr S.A. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Combating late payment in commercial transactions — Directive 2000/35/EC — Article 1 and Article 6(3) — Scope — National legislation — Commercial transactions financed by the EU Structural Funds and by the EU Cohesion Fund — Exclusion)

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2020/C 36/19

Case C-653/19 PPU: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 28 November 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad — Bulgaria) — Criminal proceedings against DK (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Urgent preliminary ruling procedure — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Directive (EU) 2016/343 — Strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and of the right to be present at the trial in criminal proceedings — Article 6 — Burden of proof — Continuation of the detention on remand pending trial of an accused person)

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2020/C 36/20

Case C-727/19 P: Appeal brought on 30 September 2019 by Guy Steifer against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 12 July 2019 in Case T-331/17, Steifer v EESC

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2020/C 36/21

Case C-817/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle (Belgium) lodged on 31 October 2019 — Ligue des droits humains v Conseil des ministres

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2020/C 36/22

Case C-831/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Milano (Italy) lodged on 14 November 2019 — Banco di Desio e della Brianza SpA and Others v YX, ZW

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2020/C 36/23

Case C-853/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Okresný súd Poprad (Slovakia) lodged on 22 November 2019 — IM v Sting Reality s.r.o.

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2020/C 36/24

Case C-857/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Najvyšší súd Slovenskej republiky (Slovakia) lodged on 26 November 2019 — Slovak Telekom a.s. v Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky

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General Court

2020/C 36/25

Case T-323/16: Judgment of the General Court of 28 November 2019 — Banco Cooperativo Español v SRB (Economic and Monetary Union — Banking union — Single Resolution Mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms (SRM) — Single Resolution Fund (SRF) — Decision of the SRB on the 2016 ex-ante contributions — Action for annulment — Direct and individual concern — Admissibility — Essential procedural requirements — Authentication of the decision — Procedure for the adoption of the decision)

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2020/C 36/26

Case T-365/16: Judgment of the General Court of 28 November 2019 — Portigon v SRB (Economic and Monetary Union — Banking union — Single Resolution Mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms (SRM) — Single Resolution Fund (SRF) — Decision of the SRB on the 2016 ex-ante contributions — Action for annulment — Direct and individual concern — Admissibility — Essential procedural requirements — Authentication of the decision — Procedure for the adoption of the decision — Obligation to state reasons)

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2020/C 36/27

Joined Cases T-377/16, T-645/16 and T-809/16: Judgment of the General Court of 28 November 2019 — Hypo Vorarlberg Bank v SRB (Economic and Monetary Union — Banking union — Single Resolution Mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms (SRM) — Single Resolution Fund (SRF) — Decision of the SRB on the 2016 ex-ante contributions — Action for annulment — Direct and individual concern — Admissibility — Essential procedural requirements — Authentication of the decision — Procedure for the adoption of the decision — Obligation to state reasons — Limitation in time of the effects of the judgment)

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2020/C 36/28

Case T-527/16: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2019 — Tàpias v Council (Civil Service — Reform of the Staff Regulations and of the CEOS that entered into force on 1 January 2014 — Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1023/2013 — Solidarity levy applicable from 1 January 2014 — Suspension of application of the method for updating remuneration for 2013 and 2014)

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2020/C 36/29

Case T-528/16: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2019 — OS v Commission (Civil Service — Reform of the Staff Regulations and of the CEOS that entered into force on 1 January 2014 — Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 — Solidarity levy applicable from 1 January 2014 — Suspension of application of the method for updating remuneration for 2013 and 2014)

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2020/C 36/30

Case T-592/16: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2019 — Feral v Committee of the Regions (Civil Service — Reform of the Staff Regulations and of the CEOS that entered into force on 1 January 2014 — Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 — Solidarity levy applicable from 1 January 2014 — Suspension of application of the method for updating remuneration for 2013 and 2014)

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2020/C 36/31

Case T-524/18: Judgment of the General Court of 4 December 2019 — Billa v EUIPO — Boardriders IP Holdings (Billa) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark Billa — Earlier EU word marks BILLABONG — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Comparison of the goods and services — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2020/C 36/32

Case T-648/18: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2019 — Super bock group v EUIPO — Agus (Crystal) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark Crystal — Earlier national word mark CRISTAL — Relative ground for refusal — No similarity between the goods — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2020/C 36/33

Case T-667/18: Order of the General Court of 28 November 2019 — Pinto Teixeira v EEAS (Civil service — Rights and obligations of officials — Declaration of intention to engage in an occupational activity after leaving the service — Article 16 of the Staff Regulations — Risk of incompatibility with the legitimate interests of the institution — Deadline for responding to the declaration of intention — Implicit acceptance — Prohibition on engaging in an occupational activity after leaving the service — Non-material damage)

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2020/C 36/34

Case T-683/18: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2019 — Conte v EUIPO (CANNABIS STORE AMSTERDAM) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark CANNABIS STORE AMSTERDAM — Absolute ground for refusal — Trade mark contrary to public policy — Article 7(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 7(2) of Regulation 2017/1001)

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2020/C 36/35

Case T-692/18: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2019 — Montanari v EEAS (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Ad hoc inspection report — Refusal of access — Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation No 1049/2001 — Exception relating to the protection of the privacy and integrity of the individual — Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 — Article 8(b) of Regulation No 45/2001 — Transfer of personal data — Article 4(2), third indent, of Regulation No 1049/2001 — Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of investigations — Article 4(3) of Regulation No 1049/2001 — Exception relating to the protection of the decision-making process — Obligation to state reasons)

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2020/C 36/36

Case T-747/18: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2019 — Refan Bulgaria v EUIPO (Shape of a flower) (EU trade mark — Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of a flower — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptiveness — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Rights of the defence — Obligation to state reasons)

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2020/C 36/37

Case T-29/19: Judgment of the General Court of 5 December 2019 — Idea Groupe v EUIPO — The Logistical Approach (Idealogistic Verhoeven Greatest care in getting it there) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark Idealogistic Verhoeven Greatest care in getting it there — Earlier national word marks idéa logistique, IDEA and groupe idea — Earlier national figurative mark iDÉA — International registrations designating the European Union — Earlier figurative mark iDÉA and earlier word mark IDEA — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Use of a sign in the course of trade of more than mere local significance — Article 8(4) of Regulation 2017/1001)

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2020/C 36/38

Case T-255/19: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2019 — Baustoffwerke Gebhart & Söhne v EUIPO (BOITON) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark BIOTON — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2020/C 36/39

Case T-266/19: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2019 — gastivo portal v EUIPO — La Fourchette (Depiction of a fork on a green background) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark depicting a fork on a green background — Earlier EU figurative mark gastivo — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2020/C 36/40

Case T-267/19: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2019 — gastivo portal v EUIPO — La Fourchette (Depiction of a fork on a green background) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark depicting a fork on a green background — Earlier EU figurative mark gastivo — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2020/C 36/41

Case T-746/19: Action brought on 5 November 2019 – GY v ECB

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2020/C 36/42

Case T-760/19: Action brought on 8 November 2019 – Imperial Brands and Others v Commission

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2020/C 36/43

Case T-761/19: Action brought on 8 November 2019 – Willis Europe v Commission

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2020/C 36/44

Case T-811/19: Action brought on 22 November 2019 — Enoport — Producão de Bebidas v EUIPO — Miguel Torres, SA (CABEÇA DE TOIRO)

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2020/C 36/45

Case T-824/19: Action brought on 2 December 2019 — RY v Commission

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2020/C 36/46

Case T-835/19: Action brought on 6 December 2019 – CrossFit v EUIPO – Hochwarter (CROSSBOX)

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2020/C 36/47

Case T-99/17: Order of the General Court of 3 December 2019 — Eutelsat v GSA

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2020/C 36/48

Case T-566/19: Order of the General Court of 27 November 2019 — Scandlines Danmark and Scandlines Deutschland v Commission

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