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Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0364
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber), 19 December 2012.#Mostafa Abed El Karem El Kott and Others v Bevándorlási és Állampolgársági Hivatal.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Bíróság.#Directive 2004/83/EC — Minimum standards for determining who qualifies for refugee status or subsidiary protection status — Stateless persons of Palestinian origin who have in fact availed themselves of assistance from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) — The right of those stateless persons to recognition as refugees on the basis of the second sentence of Article 12(1)(a) of Directive 2004/83 — Conditions under which applicable — Cessation of UNRWA assistance ‘for any reason’ — Evidence — Consequences for the persons concerned seeking refugee status — Persons ‘ipso facto … entitled to the benefits of [the] Directive’ — Automatic recognition as a ‘refugee’ within the meaning of Article 2(c) of Directive 2004/83 and the granting of refugee status in accordance with Article 13 thereof.#Case C‑364/11.19 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0314
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 19 December 2012.#European Commission v Planet AE.#Appeal — Protection of the financial interests of the European Union — Identification of the level of risk associated with an entity — Early warning system — OLAF investigation — Decisions — Requests for activation of W1a and W1b warnings — Reviewable measures — Admissibility.#Case C‑314/11 P.19 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0207
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 19 December 2012.#3D I Srl v Agenzia delle Entrate — Ufficio di Cremona.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione tributaria regionale di Milano (Italy).#Taxation — Directive 90/434/EEC — Common system of taxation applicable to mergers, divisions, transfers of assets and exchanges of shares concerning companies of different Member States — Articles 2, 4 and 9 — Transfer of assets — Taxation of the capital gains obtained by the transferring company at the time of the transfer of assets — Deferral of taxation — Requirement that a reserve fund for the suspended tax corresponding to the value of the capital gains obtained be carried over in the balance sheet of the transferring company.#Case C‑207/11.19 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0149
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber), 19 December 2012.#Leno Merken BV v Hagelkruis Beheer BV.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof ’s-Gravenhage.#Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 15(1) — ‘Genuine use of the trade mark’ — Territorial scope of use — Use of the Community trade mark in a single Member State — Whether sufficient.#Case C‑149/11.19 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0363
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 19 December 2012.#Epitropos tou Elegktikou Sinedriou sto Ipourgio Politismou kai Tourismou v Ipourgio Politismou kai Tourismou – Ipiresia Dimosionomikou Elenchou
 .#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Elegktiko Sinedrio (Greece).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Concept of ‘court or tribunal of a Member State’ within the meaning of Article 267 TFEU — Proceedings intended to lead to a decision of a judicial nature — National court of auditors ruling on prior authorisation of public expenditure — Inadmissibility.#Case C‑363/11.19 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0068
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 19 December 2012.#European Commission v Italian Republic.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Directive 1999/30/EC — Pollution control — Limit values for concentrations of PM10 in ambient air.#Case C‑68/11.19 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0374
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 December 2012.#European Commission v Ireland.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 75/442/EEC — Domestic waste waters discharged through septic tanks in the countryside — Judgment of the Court finding that a Member State has failed to fulfil obligations — Article 260(2) TFEU — Measures to ensure compliance with a judgment of the Court — Financial penalties — Penalty payment — Lump sum.#Case C‑374/11.19 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0445
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 December 2012.#Bavaria NV v European Commission.#Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Dutch beer market — Commission decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Fines — Duration of the administrative procedure — Level of the fine.#Case C‑445/11 P.19 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0452
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 December 2012.#Heineken Nederland BV and Heineken NV v European Commission.#Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Dutch beer market — Commission decision establishing a breach of Article 81 EC — Fines — Duration of the administrative procedure — Level of the fine.#Case C‑452/11 P.19 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62010CJ0534
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 19 December 2012.#Brookfield New Zealand Ltd and Elaris SNC v Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) and Schniga GmbH.#Appeal — Community plant variety rights — Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — Article 73(2) — Decision of the Board of Appeal of the CPVO refusing an application for a Community plant variety right — Discretion — Review by the General Court — Article 55(4) read in conjunction with Article 61(1)(b) — Right of the CPVO to make a new request for the submission of plant material.#Case C‑534/10 P.19 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0310
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber), 19 December 2012.#Grattan plc v The Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber).#Taxation — VAT — Second Directive 67/228/EEC — Article 8(a) — Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC — Supply of goods — Basis of assessment — Commission paid by a mail order company to its agent — Purchases by third-party customers — Price reduction after the chargeable event — Direct effect.#Case C‑310/11.19 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0279
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 19 December 2012.#European Commission v Ireland.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 85/337/EEC — Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment — Incorrect transposition — Annexe II — Point 1(a) to (c) — Judgment of the Court of Justice — Finding of infringement — Article 260 TFEU — Pecuniary penalties — Lump sum payment — Member State’s ability to pay — Economic crisis — Assessment on the basis of current economic data.#Case C‑279/11.19 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0549
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber), 19 December 2012.#Direktor na Direktsia ‘Obzhalvane i upravlenie na izpalnenieto’ — grad Burgas pri Tsentralno upravlenie na Natsionalnata agentsia za prihodite v Orfey Balgaria EOOD.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad.#VAT — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 63, 65, 73 and 80 — Establishment by natural persons of a building right in favour of a company in exchange for construction services by that company for those persons — Barter contract — VAT on construction services — Chargeable event — When chargeable — Payment on account of the entire consideration — Payment on account — Basis of assessment for a transaction in the event of consideration in the form of goods or services — Direct effect.#Case C‑549/11.19 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0579
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 19 December 2012.#Grande Área Metropolitana do Porto (GAMP) v Comissão Directiva do Programa Operacional Potencial Humano and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the tribunal administrativo e fiscal do Porto.#Structural funds — Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 — Geographical eligibility — Implementation of an investment co-financed by the European Union from a place located outside of the eligible regions and by an operator established in such a place.#Case C‑579/11.19 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0325
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 19 December 2012.#Krystyna Alder and Ewald Alder v Sabina Orlowska and Czeslaw Orlowski.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy w Koszalinie.#Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 — Service of documents — Party domiciled in the territory of another Member State — Representative domiciled in national territory — None — Procedural documents placed in the case file — Presumption of knowledge.#Case C‑325/11.19 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0159
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber), 19 December 2012.#Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Lecce and Università del Salento v Ordine degli Ingegneri della Provincia di Lecce and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato.#Public contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 1(2)(a) and (d) — Services — Study and evaluation of the seismic vulnerability of hospital structures — Contract concluded between two public entities, one of which is a university — Public entity capable of being classified as an economic operator — Contract for pecuniary interest — Consideration not exceeding the costs incurred.#Case C‑159/11.19 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0288
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber), 19 December 2012.#Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG and Flughafen Leipzig-Halle GmbH v European Commission.#Appeal — State aids — Concept of ‘undertaking’ — Economic activity — Airport infrastructure construction — Runway.#Case C‑288/11 P.19 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62010CJ0577
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber), 19 December 2012.#European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Article 56 TFEU — Freedom to provide services — National legislation which imposes a prior declaration requirement on self-employed service providers established in other Member States — Criminal penalties — Obstacle to freedom to provide services — Objectively justified distinction — Overriding requirements in the public interest — Prevention of fraud — Protection against unfair competition — Protection of self-employed workers — Proportionality.#Case C‑577/10.19 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011TO0320
Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 18 December 2012.#Hungary v European Commission.#Action for annulment — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Point from which time starts to run — Out of time — Inadmissibility.#Case T‑320/11.18 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011TO0205
Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 18 December 2012.#Federal Republic of Germany v European Commission.#Action for annulment — State aid — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Out of time — Inadmissibility.#Case T-205/11.18 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011TJ0357
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 14 December 2012.#Bimbo, SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).#Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community trade mark GRUPO BIMBO — Earlier national word mark BIMBO — Relative grounds for refusal — Mark with a reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.#Case T‑357/11.14 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CO0654
Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 December 2012.#Transcatab SpA v European Commission.#Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Italian market for the purchasing and primary processing of raw tobacco — Price fixing and market sharing — Attribution of liability for the unlawful conduct of a subsidiary to its parent company — Presumption of innocence — Rights of the defence — Obligation to state the reasons on which a decision is based — Principle of equal treatment.#Case C‑654/11 P.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011TJ0595
JUDGMENT OF THE GENERAL COURT (Appeal Chamber) 13 December 2012.#A v European Commission.#Appeal — Civil service — Officials — Social security — Occupational disease — Total permanent invalidity — Access to the personal file — Reimbursement of travel expenses — Claim for damages.#Case T‑595/11 P.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011TJ0199
JUDGMENT OF THE GENERAL COURT (Appeal Chamber) 13 December 2012.#Guido Strack v European Commission.#Appeal — Civil service — Officials — Articles 17, 17a, 19 and 90(1) of the Staff Regulations — Application for authorisation to disclose documents — Application for authorisation to publish a text — Application for authorisation to use findings before national judicial authorities — Inadmissibility of the action at first instance — No act adversely affecting an official — Article 90(a) of the Rules of Procedure.#Case T‑199/11 P.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011FJ0002
JUDGMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (Third Chamber) 13 December 2012.#BW v European Commission.#Civil service — Officials — Recruitment — Probationary official — Non-establishment following the probationary period — Statement of reasons for the decision to dismiss a probationary official — Rights of the defence.#Case F‑2/11.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62010TJ0588
Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 13 December 2012.#Hellenic Republic v European Commission.#EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Arable crops — Dried grapes — Raw tobacco — Specific measures for the smaller Aegean islands concerning certain agricultural products — Sheepmeat and goatmeat — Conditionality — Proportionality.#Case T‑588/10.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011FJ0101
JUDGMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (Second Chamber) 13 December 2012.#Tzena Mileva v European Commission.#Civil service — Open competition — Notice of competition EPSO/AD/188/10 — Non-inclusion on the reserve list — Composition of the selection board — Permanent and non-permanent members.#Case F‑101/11.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CO0560
Order of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 December 2012.#Danilo Debiasi v Agenzia delle Entrate Ufficio di Parma.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Commissione tributaria provinciale di Parma — Interpretation of Article 17(2)(A) of Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (OJ 1977 L 145, p. 1) — Deduction of input tax — Public or private healthcare establishments engaged in an exempt activity — National legislation excluding the deduction of tax relating to the purchase of goods or services used in the said exempt activities.#Articles 53(2) and 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Manifest inadmissibility — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure — Reply leaving room for no reasonable doubt — Taxation — VAT — Article 17(2)(a) of the Sixth VAT Directive — Deduction of input tax paid — Public or private healthcare establishments engaged in an exempt activity — National legislation excluding deduction of the tax on the purchase of goods or services used in exempt activities — Deductible proportion.#Case C‑560/11.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011FJ0042
JUDGMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (Second Chamber) 13 December 2012.#Stephanie Honnefelder v European Commission.#Civil service — Open competition — Annulment of a decision of a selection board — Implementation of a judgment — Principle of legality — Plea of illegality against a decision to reopen the procedure for an open competition.#Case F‑42/11.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0670
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber), 13 December 2012.#Etablissement national des produits de l’agriculture et de la mer (FranceAgriMer) v Vinifrance SA.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the le Conseil d’État (France).#Protection of the European Union’s financial interests — Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 — Articles 4 and 5 — Administrative penalty — Administrative measure — Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 — Aid for the private storage of concentrated grape must — Community origin — Regulation (EEC) No 1059/83 — Long-term storage contract — Article 2(2) — Article 17(1)(b) — Reduction of the amount of aid in relation to the seriousness of the breach committed.#Case C‑670/11.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CO0593
Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 December 2012.#Alliance One International, Inc. v European Commission.#Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions or concerted practices — Italian market for the purchase and first processing of raw tobacco — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Attributability of unlawful conduct of subsidiaries to their parent companies — Presumption of innocence — Rights of defence — Obligation to state reasons.#Case C‑593/11 P.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62010TJ0034
Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 13 December 2012.#Hairdreams HaarhandelsgmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).#Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark MAGIC LIGHT — Earlier national word mark MAGIC LIFE — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.#Case T‑34/10.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011FJ0007
JUDGMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (Second Chamber) 13 December 2012.#AX v European Central Bank (ECB).#Civil service — ECB Staff — Disciplinary proceedings — Suspension of a staff member without reduction of his basic salary — Withdrawal of a decision — Rights of the defence — Access to the file — Statement of reasons — Reasons for a decision — Allegation of breach of professional duties — Serious misconduct.#Joined Cases F‑7/11 and F‑60/11.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011TJ0136
Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 13 December 2012.#pelicantravel.com s.r.o. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).#Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark pelikan — Absolute ground for refusal — No bad faith on the part of the applicant — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.#Case T‑136/11.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0226
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber), 13 December 2012.#Expedia Inc. v Autorité de la concurrence and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the la Cour de cassation (France).#Competition — Article 101(1) TFEU — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Appreciable restriction — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Article 3(2) — National competition authority — Practices which may affect trade between Member States — Proceedings and penalty — Market share thresholds of the de minimis notice not attained — Restrictions by object.#Case C‑226/11.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0237
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 13 December 2012.#French Republic v European Parliament.#Actions for annulment — Law governing the institutions — Calendar of plenary part-sessions of the European Parliament for 2012 and 2013 — Protocols on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies, offices, agencies and departments of the European Union.#Joined Cases C‑237/11 and C‑238/11.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011TJ0197
JUDGMENT OF THE GENERAL COURT (Appeal Chamber) 13 December 2012.#European Commission and Guido Strack v Guido Strack and European Commission.#Appeal — Civil service — Officials — Access to documents — Articles 26 and 26a of the Staff Regulations — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Jurisdiction of the Civil Service Tribunal — Inadmissibility of the action at first instance — No act adversely affecting an official — Article 90(a) of the Rules of Procedure.#Cases T‑197/11 P and T‑198/11 P.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62010CO0252
Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 13 December 2012.#European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) v Evropaïki Dynamiki - Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE.#Taxation of costs.#Case C‑252/10 P-DEP.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0215
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 13 December 2012.#Iwona Szyrocka v SiGer Technologie GmbH.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy we Wrocławiu.#Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 — European order for payment procedure — Application for an order which does not comply with the formal requirements laid down by national law — Exhaustive nature of the requirements to be met by the application — Whether it is possible to claim the interest accrued up to the date of payment of the principal.#Case C‑215/11.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62008TJ0103
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 13 December 2012.#Versalis SpA, formerly Polimeri Europa SpA and Eni SpA v European Commission.#Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Chloroprene rubber market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price fixing and market sharing — Attributability of the unlawful conduct — Duty to state reasons — Rights of the defence — Evidence of involvement in the cartel — Single and continuous infringement — Fines — Gravity and duration of the infringement — Repeat offending — Deterrence — Attenuating circumstances — Maximum turnover limit of 10% — Cooperation — 2002 Leniency Notice — Equal treatment — Proportionality.#Case T‑103/08.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0465
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 13 December 2012.#Forposta SA and ABC Direct Contact sp. z o.o. v Poczta Polska SA.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Krajowa Izba Odwoławcza.#Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 45(2), first subparagraph, point (d) – Directive 2004/17/EC — Articles 53(3) and 54(4) — Public procurement — Postal services sector — Exclusion criteria in relation to the procedure for the award of a contract — Grave professional misconduct — Protection of the public interest — Maintenance of fair competition.#Case C‑465/11.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011TO0641
ORDER OF THE GENERAL COURT (Appeal Chamber) 13 December 2012.#Harald Mische v European Commission.#Appeal — Civil service — Officials — Appointment — Classification in grade and step — Competition published before the entry into force of the new Staff Regulations of Officials — Recruitment by the Parliament and simultaneous transfer to the Commission — No need to adjudicate in part — Appeal in part clearly unfounded.#Case T‑641/11 P.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62012CJ0011
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 13 December 2012.#Maatschap L. A. en D. A. B. Langestraat en P. Langestraat-Troost v Staatssecretaris van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven.#Common agricultural policy — Integrated administration and control system — Reduction of or exclusion from payments in the event of non-compliance with cross-compliance rules — Vicarious liability.#Case C‑11/12.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0395
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 13 December 2012.#BLV Wohn- und Gewerbebau GmbH v Finanzamt Lüdenscheid.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof.#Taxation — Sixth VAT Directive — Decision 2004/290/EC — Manner in which a Member State applies a derogating measure — Authorisation — Article 2, point (1) — ‘Construction work’ — Interpretation — Supplies of goods covered — Possibility for the derogating measure to be applied only in part — Restrictions.#Case C‑395/11.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0379
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber), 13 December 2012.#Caves Krier Frères Sàrl v Directeur de l’Administration de l’emploi.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour administrative (Luxembourg).#Freedom of movement for workers – Article 45 TFEU – Subsidy for the recruitment of older unemployed persons and the long-term unemployed – Condition of registration with a placement office of the national employment administration – Residence condition – Restriction – Justification.#Case C‑379/11.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011TJ0461
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 December 2012.#Natura Selection, SL v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).#Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark natura — Prior Community word mark NATURA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.#Case T-461/11.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62009FJ0063
JUDGMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (Second Chamber) 13 December 2012.#Paola Donati v European Central Bank (ECB).#Civil service — Staff of the ECB — Complaint of psychological harassment — Administrative inquiry — Access to the inquiry file — Communication of the file to the persons implicated in the complaint — Duty of confidentiality — Observance of the rights of the defence.#Case F‑63/09.13 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62000TO0253
Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 December 2012.#Bauer SpA v European Commission.#Action for annulment — State aid — Reductions in social security contributions for undertakings in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and requiring recovery of the aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law.#Case T‑253/00.12 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011FO0109
ORDER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (Third Chamber) 12 December 2012.#Giorgio Lebedef v European Commission.#Civil service — Officials — 2009 appraisal — Half-time secondment for the purposes of union representation — Staff report covering the tasks carried out in the service to which the applicant was assigned — Designation under the Staff Regulations — Designation for union purposes — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law.#Case F‑109/11.12 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011FJ0090
JUDGMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (Third Chamber) 12 December 2012.#BS v European Commission.#Civil service — Former official — Social security — Article 73 of the Staff Regulations — Rules on insurance against the risk of accident and occupational disease — Scale annexed to the Insurance Rules — Physical and mental disability rating scale — Interpretation of the scale — Medical Committee — Terms of reference — Principle of collegiality.#Case F‑90/11.12 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62012FO0117
ORDER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (First Chamber) 12 December 2012.#AD v European Commission.#Civil service — Delay — Manifest inadmissibility.#Case F‑117/12.12 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62000TO0261
Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 December 2012.#Sacaim SpA and Others v European Commission.#Action for annulment — State aid — Reductions in social security contributions for undertakings in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and requiring recovery of the aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law.#Case T‑261/00.12 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62009TJ0392
Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 12 December 2012.#1. garantovaná a.s. v European Commission.#Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for calcium carbide and magnesium for the steel and gas industries in the EEA, with the exception of Ireland, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Fines — Ceiling of 10% of turnover — Relevant turnover — Rights of the defence — Obligation to state reasons — Proportionality — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Ability to pay.#Case T‑392/09.12 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62000TO0231
Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 December 2012.#Adriatica di Navigazione SpA and Comitato "Venezia vuole vivere" v European Commission.#Action for annulment — State aid — Relief from social security contributions for firms in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and requiring recovery of aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law.#Case T‑231/00.12 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62000TO0260
Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 December 2012.#Cooperativa San Marco fra Lavoratori della Piccola Pesca - Burano Soc. coop. rl and Others v European Commission.#Action for annulment — State aid — Reductions in social security contributions for undertakings in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and requiring recovery of the aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law.#Case T‑260/00.12 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62009TJ0410
Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 12 December 2012.#Almamet GmbH Handel mit Spänen und Pulvern aus Metall v European Commission.#Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for calcium carbide and magnesium for the steel and gas industries in the EEA, with the exception of Ireland, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Rights of the defence — Commission’s powers in inspections — Single and continuous infringement — Fines — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Proportionality — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines.#Case T‑410/09.12 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62010FJ0043
JUDGMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (Third Chamber) 12 December 2012.#Maria Concetta Cerafogli v European Central Bank (ECB).#Civil service — Staff of the ECB — Complaint of psychological harassment — Administrative inquiry — Access to the file relating to the inquiry — Report on the inquiry — Manifest error of assessment.#Case F‑43/10.12 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62007TJ0457
Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 12 December 2012.#Evropaïki Dynamiki - Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE v European Food Safety Authority.#Public procurement — Tender procedure — Provision of IT consultancy assistance services — Rejection of a tender and decision to award the contract to another tenderer — Admissibility — Obligation to state reasons — Selection criteria — Award criteria — Compliance with award criteria laid down in the tender specifications — Manifest error of assessment.#Case T‑457/07.12 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62010FO0012
ORDER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (Second Chamber) 12 December 2012.#Petrus Kerstens v European Commission.#Procedure — Taxation of costs — Representation of an institution by one of its agents — Recoverable costs –– Definition — Travel and accommodation expenses and daily subsistence allowances paid to the agent.#Case F‑12/10 DEP.12 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62009TJ0400
Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 12 December 2012.#Ecka Granulate GmbH & Co. KG and non ferrum Metallpulver GmbH & Co. KG v European Commission.#Competition — Cartels — Market in calcium carbide and magnesium for the steel and gas industries in the EEA, with the exception of Ireland, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price fixing and market sharing — Fines — Principle that penalties must have a sound legal basis — 2006 guidelines for the calculation of the amount of fines — Mitigating circumstances — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Proportionality — Ability to pay.#Case T‑400/09.12 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011FJ0077
JUDGMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (Third Chamber) 12 December 2012.#Kris Van Neyghem v Council of the European Union.#Civil service — Officials — Promotion — 2007 promotion exercise — Refusal to promote an official — Annulment — Implementing measures — Fresh consideration of comparative merits.#Case F‑77/11.12 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62009TJ0332
Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber), 12 December 2012 .#Electrabel v European Commission.#Competition — Concentrations — Decision imposing a fine for putting into effect a concentration — Obligation to suspend the concentration — Obligation to state reasons — Error of assessment — Limitation period — Amount of the fine.#Case T‑332/09.12 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62009TJ0352
Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber), 12 December 2012 .#Novácke chemické závody a.s. v European Commission.#Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for calcium carbide and magnesium for the steel and gas industries in the EEA, with the exception of Ireland, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Fines — Obligation to state reasons — Proportionality — Equal treatment — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Ability to pay.#Case T‑352/09.12 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011FO0070
ORDER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (Third Chamber) 12 December 2012.#Giorgio Lebedef v European Commission.#Civil service — Officials — 2008 appraisal — Half-time secondment for the purposes of union representation — Staff report covering the tasks carried out in the service to which the applicant concerned was assigned — Consultation of the ad hoc group — Designation under the Staff Regulations — Designation for union purposes — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law.#Case F‑70/11.12 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011FJ0107
JUDGMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (Second Chamber) 11 December 2012.#Ioannis Ntouvas v European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).#Civil service — Member of the contract staff — 2010 appraisal exercise — Application for annulment of the appraisal report.#Case F‑107/11.11 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62010FJ0122
JUDGMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (First Chamber) 11 December 2012.#Giorgio Cocchi and Nicola Falcione v European Commission.#Civil service — Officials — Pension — Transfer of pension rights acquired under a national pension scheme — Withdrawal of a transfer proposal — Act not having conferred personal rights or other similar advantages.#Case F‑122/10.11 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011FJ0097
JUDGMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (First Chamber) 11 December 2012.#Philippe Vienne v European Parliament.#Civil service — Emoluments — Family allowances — Household allowance — Cessation of entitlement to the household allowance — Dissolution of the marriage.#Case F‑97/11.11 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011TJ0015
Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 11 December 2012. # Sina Bank v Council of the European Union. # Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken against Iran with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation - Freezing of funds - Actions for annulment - Duty to state reasons. # Case T-15/11.11 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62010FJ0112
JUDGMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (First Chamber) 11 December 2012.#Cornelia Trentea v European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).#Civil service — FRA staff — Members of the temporary staff — Recruitment — Vacancy notice — Rejection of an application.#Case F‑112/10.11 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62010FJ0065
JUDGMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (Second Chamber) 11 December 2012.#José Manuel Mata Blanco v European Commission.#Civil service — Internal competition COM/INT/OLAF/09/AD 10 — Anti-fraud — Respective powers of EPSO and the selection board — Access tests supervised by the selection board — Oral test — Breach of the competition notice — Discrepancy in marks — Assessment criteria — Equal treatment of candidates — Manifest error of assessment — Principles of transparency and of sound administration — Obligation to state reasons.#Case F‑65/10.11 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62012TJ0022
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 11 December 2012.#Fomanu AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).#Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark Qualität hat Zukunft — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.#Case T‑22/12.11 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62010CJ0610
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber), 11 December 2012.#European Commission v Kingdom of Spain.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — State aid — Judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations — Preliminary objection of inadmissibility — Article 228(2) EC and Article 260(2) TFEU — Failure to comply with the judgment — Financial penalties.#Case C‑610/10.11 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62009TJ0042
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 7 December 2012.#A. Loacker SpA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).#Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark QUADRATUM — Earlier Community word mark LOACKER QUADRATINI — Relative ground for 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) — Article 73 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009) — Article 74 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 76 of Regulation No 207/2009.#Case T‑42/09.7 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62010TJ0167
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 6 December 2012.#Evropaïki Dynamiki - Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE v European Commission.#Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Requests for quotation — Refusal to grant access — Action for annulment — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Point from which time starts to run — Admissibility — Exception relating to the protection of the economic policy of the European Union — Exception relating to the protection of the commercial interests of a third party — Exception relating to the protection of the public interest in the field of public security — Duty to state reasons.#Case T‑167/10.6 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0124
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 6 December 2012.#Bundesrepublik Deutschland v Karen Dittrich and Robert Klinke and Jörg-Detlef Müller v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht.#Equal treatment in employment and occupation — National rules — Assistance granted to public servants in the event of illness — Directive 2000/78/EC — Article 3 — Scope — Concept of ‘pay’.#Joined Cases C‑124/11, C‑125/11 and C‑143/11.6 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0356
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber), 6 December 2012.#O and S v Maahanmuuttovirasto and Maahanmuuttovirasto v L.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus.#Citizenship of the Union — Article 20 TFEU − Directive 2003/86/EC − Right to family reunification − Union citizens who are minor children living with their mothers, who are third country nationals, in the territory of the Member State of which the children are nationals — Permanent right of residence in that Member State of the mothers who have been granted sole custody of the Union citizens — Change in composition of the families following the mothers’ remarriage to third country nationals and the birth of children of those marriages who are also third country nationals — Applications for family reunification in the Member State of origin of the Union citizens — Refusal of the right of residence to the new spouses on the ground of lack of sufficient resources — Right to respect for family life — Taking into consideration of the children’s best interests.#Joined Cases C‑356/11 and C‑357/11.6 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0152
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber), 6 December 2012.#Johann Odar v Baxter Deutschland GmbH.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Arbeitsgericht München.#Equal treatment in employment and occupation – Directive 2000/78/EC – Prohibition against any discrimination on grounds of age or disability – Compensation on termination of employment – Social plan providing for a reduction in the amount of redundancy compensation paid to disabled workers.#Case C‑152/11.6 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011CJ0562
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber), 6 December 2012.#Société d’Exportation de Produits Agricoles SA (SEPA) v Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Jonas.#Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof.#Agriculture — Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 — Article 11 — Export refunds — Request for a refund in respect of exported goods which do not confer entitlement to a refund — Administrative penalty.#Case C‑562/11.6 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62010TJ0390
JUDGMENT OF THE GENERAL COURT (Appeal Chamber) 6 December 2012.#Paulette Füller-Tomlinson v European Parliament.#Appeal — Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Social security — Occupational disease — Fixing of the rate of invalidity attributable to occupational disease — Application of the European Guide for Assessment, for medical purposes, of Physical and Mental Impairments — Distortion of the facts — Reasonable time.#Case T‑390/10 P.6 December 2012
Court of Justice of the European Union · CELEX 62011TJ0630
JUDGMENT OF THE GENERAL COURT (Appeal Chamber) 6 December 2012.#Peter Strobl v European Commission and Council of the European Union.#Appeal — Civil service — Officials — Recruitment — Open competition — Candidates whose names were included in a list of suitable candidates prior to the entry into force of the new Staff Regulations — Notice of vacancy — Appointment — Grading under the new, less favourable rules — Article 12 of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations — Error in law — Obligation to state reasons on the part of the Civil Service Tribunal.#Case T‑630/11 P.6 December 2012