ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 187

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 62
3 June 2019

Contents

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Court of Justice of the European Union

2019/C 187/01

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 187/02

Case C-377/16: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 March 2019 — Kingdom of Spain v European Parliament (Actions for annulment — Rules on languages — Selection procedure for contract staff — Call for expressions of interest — Drivers — Function group I — Knowledge of languages — Restriction of the choice of language 2 of the selection procedure to English, French and German — Language of communication — Regulation No 1 — Staff Regulations — Conditions of Employment of Other Servants — Discrimination based on language — Justification — Interests of the service)

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2019/C 187/03

Case C-405/16 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 March 2019 — Federal Republic of Germany v European Commission (Appeal — State aid — Aid granted by certain provisions of the amended German law concerning renewable energy sources (EEG 2012) — Aid supporting renewable electricity and reduced EEG surcharge for energy-intensive users — Decision declaring the aid partially incompatible with the internal market — Concept of State aid — Advantage — State resources — Public control of resources — Measure which can be assimilated to a levy on electricity consumption)

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2019/C 187/04

Case C-620/16: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 March 2019 — European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Article 258 TFEU — Decision 2014/699/EU — Principle of sincere cooperation — Article 4(3) TEU — Admissibility — Effects of the conduct criticised on the expiry date of the time limit set in the reasoned opinion — Ongoing effects on the unity and consistency of the European Union’s international action — Sufficiency of the measures taken by the Member State concerned in order to comply with the reasoned opinion — Vote by the Federal Republic of Germany against the Union position laid down in Decision 2014/699/EU at the 25th session of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) Revision Committee and opposition expressed by that Member State against that position and the arrangements for the exercise of voting rights as defined in that decision)

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2019/C 187/05

Case C-621/16 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 March 2019 — European Commission v Italian Republic, Republic of Lithuania (Appeal — Rules on languages — Open competition for the recruitment of administrators — Notice of competition — Administrators (AD 5) — Administrators (AD 6) in the field of data protection — Knowledge of languages — Restriction of the choice of language 2 of the competitions to English, French and German — Language of communication with the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) — Regulation No 1 — Staff Regulations — Discrimination based on language — Justification — Interests of the service — Judicial review)

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2019/C 187/06

Case C-680/16 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 March 2019 — Dr. August Wolff GmbH & Co. KG Arzneimittel, Remedia d.o.o. v European Commission (Appeal — Medicinal products for human use — Directive 2001/83/EC — Article 30(1) — Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use — Referral of a matter to the committee subject to the absence of a previous national decision — Active substance estradiol — Decision of the European Commission ordering the Member States to revoke or vary marketing authorisations for medicinal products with 0.01% estradiol by weight for topical use)

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2019/C 187/07

Joined Cases C-70/17 and C-179/17: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 March 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo and the Juzgado de Primera Instancia no 1 de Barcelona — Spain) — Abanca Corporación Bancaria SA v Alberto García Salamanca Santos (C-70/17) and Bankia SA v Alfonso Antonio Lau Mendoza and Verónica Yuliana Rodríguez Ramírez (C-179/17) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Consumer protection — Directive 93/13/EEC — Articles 6 and 7 — Unfair terms in consumer contracts — Accelerated repayment clause of a mortgage loan contract — Declaration that the clause is unfair in part — Powers of the national court when dealing with a term regarded as ‘unfair’ — Replacement of the unfair term with a provision of national law)

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2019/C 187/08

Case C-127/17: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 March 2019 — European Commission v Republic of Poland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Transport — Directive 96/53/EC — International traffic — Vehicles complying with the limit values for weights and dimensions laid down in that directive — Use of such vehicles, which were registered or put into circulation in one Member State, on the territory of another Member State — Special permit regime — Articles 3 and 7 — 2003 Act of Accession — Transitional arrangements — Point 8.3 of Annex XII)

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2019/C 187/09

Case C-163/17: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof Baden-Württemberg — Germany) — Abubacarr Jawo v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Dublin system — Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 — Transfer of the asylum seeker to the Member State responsible for examining the application for international protection — Concept of ‘absconding’ — Modalities of extending the time limit for transfer — Article 4 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Substantial risk of inhuman or degrading treatment on completion of the asylum procedure — Living conditions of beneficiaries of international protection in that Member State)

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2019/C 187/10

Case C-236/17 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 March 2019 — Canadian Solar Emea GmbH and Others v Council of the European Union, European Commission (Appeal — Dumping — Imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and key components (cells) originating in or consigned from China — Definitive anti-dumping duty — Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 — Article 3(7) — Article 9(4) — Temporal scope of Regulation (EU) No 1168/2012)

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2019/C 187/11

Case C-237/17 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 March 2019 — Canadian Solar Emea GmbH, Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc., Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Luoyang) Inc., Csi Cells Co. Ltd, Csi Solar Power (China) Inc. v Council of the European Union, European Commission (Appeal — Subsidies — Imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and key components (cells) originating in or consigned from China — Definitive countervailing duty — Regulation (EC) No 597/2009)

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2019/C 187/12

Joined Cases C-266/17 and C 267/17: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 March 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (C-266/17), Rhenus Veniro GmbH & Co. KG (C-267/17) v Verkehrsbetrieb Hüttebräucker GmbH, BVR Busverkehr Rheinland GmbH (C-266/17), Kreis Heinsberg (C-267/17) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Transport — Public passenger transport services by rail and by road — Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 — Article 5(1) and (2) — Direct award — Contracts for public passenger transport services by bus and tram — Conditions — Directive 2004/17/EC — Directive 2004/18/EC)

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2019/C 187/13

Joined Cases C-297/17, C-318/17, C-319/17 and C-438/17: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 March 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht — Germany) — Bashar Ibrahim (C-297/17), Mahmud Ibrahim and Others (C-318/17), Nisreen Sharqawi, Yazan Fattayrji, Hosam Fattayrji (C-319/17) v Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bundesrepublik Deutschland v Taus Magamadov (C-438/17) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection — Directive 2013/32/EU — Article 33(2)(a) — Rejection by the authorities of a Member State of an application for asylum as being inadmissible because of the prior granting of subsidiary protection in another Member State — Article 52 — Scope ratione temporis of that directive — Articles 4 and 18 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Systemic flaws in the asylum procedure in that other Member State — Systematic rejection of applications for asylum — Substantial risk of suffering inhuman or degrading treatment — Living conditions of those granted subsidiary protection in that other State)

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2019/C 187/14

Joined Cases C-350/17 and C-351/17: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 March 2019 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Mobit Soc. cons. arl v Regione Toscana (C-350/17), Autolinee Toscane SpA v Mobit Soc. cons. arl (C-351/17) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 — Public passenger transport services by rail and by road — Article 5 — Award of public service contracts — Article 5(2) — Direct award — Concept of ‘internal operator’ — Authority exercising similar control — Article 8(2) — Transitional arrangements — Deadline for the expiry of the direct award)

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2019/C 187/15

Case C-427/17: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 28 March 2019 — European Commission v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 91/271/EEC — Collection and treatment of urban waste water — Exceptional circumstances — Best technical knowledge not entailing excessive costs — Principle that the costs should be proportionate — Burden of proof — Means of proof)

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2019/C 187/16

Case C-443/17: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) — United Kingdom) — Abraxis Bioscience LLC v Comptroller General of Patents (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Medicinal product for human use — Supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products — Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 — Article 3(d) — Conditions for granting — Grant of first authorisation to place the product on the market as a medicinal product — Authorisation covering a product as a medicinal product constituting a new formulation of a known active ingredient)

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2019/C 187/17

Case C-444/17: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation — France) — Préfet des Pyrénées-Orientales v Abdelaziz Arib, Procureur de la République près le tribunal de grande instance de Montpellier, Procureur général près la cour d’appel de Montpellier (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Border control, asylum and immigration — Regulation (EU) 2016/399 — Article 32 — Temporary reintroduction of border control by a Member State at its internal borders — Illegal entry of a third-country national — Equation of internal borders with external borders — Directive 2008/115/EC — Scope — Article 2(2)(a))

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2019/C 187/18

Case C-465/17: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — Falck Rettungsdienste GmbH, Falck A/S v Stadt Solingen (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement — Directive 2014/24/EU — Article 10(h) — Specific exclusions for service contracts — Civil defence, civil protection and danger prevention services — Non-profit organisations or associations — Patient transport ambulance services — Transport by qualified ambulance)

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2019/C 187/19

Joined Cases C-487/17 to C 489/17: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 28 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione — Italy) — Criminal proceedings against Alfonso Verlezza and Others (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2008/98/EC and Decision 2000/532/EC — Waste — Classification as hazardous waste — Waste which may be assigned codes for both hazardous waste and non-hazardous waste)

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2019/C 187/20

Case C-498/17: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 March 2019 — European Commission v Italian Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 1999/31/EC — Article 14(b) and (c) — Landfill of waste — Existing landfill sites — Infringement)

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2019/C 187/21

Case C-545/17: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy — Poland) — Mariusz Pawlak v Prezes Kasy Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Internal market of postal services — Directives 97/67/EC and 2008/6/EC — Article 7(1) — Definition of ‘exclusive or special rights for the establishment and provision of postal services’ — Article 8 — Right of the Member States to organise the registered mail service used in the course of judicial proceedings — Time-limit for lodging a procedural document before a court — Interpretation of national law in conformity with EU law — Limits — Direct effect relied on by an emanation of a Member State in proceedings between it and an individual)

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2019/C 187/22

Case C-578/17: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus — Finland) — proceedings brought by Oy Hartwall Ab (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Trade marks — Directive 2008/95/EC — Articles 2 and 3(1)(b) — Refusal to register or invalidity — Assessment of distinctive character by reference to the actual situation — Classification of a trade mark — Effect — Colour mark or figurative mark — Graphic representation of a mark submitted as a figurative mark — Conditions for registration — Insufficiently clear and precise graphic representation)

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2019/C 187/23

Case C-590/17: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation — France) — Henri Pouvin, Marie Dijoux, the spouse of Henri Pouvin v Électricité de France (EDF) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 93/13/EEC — Scope — Article 2(b) and (c) — Concepts of ‘consumer’ and of ‘seller or supplier’ — Finance for the purchase of a home — Mortgage loan granted by an employer to its employee and to his spouse, the jointly and severally liable co-borrower)

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2019/C 187/24

Case C-637/17: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 28 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Judicial da Comarca de Lisboa — Portugal) — Cogeco Communications Inc. v Sport TV Portugal SA, Controlinveste-SGPS SA, NOS-SGPS SA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 102 TFEU — Principles of equivalence and effectiveness — Directive 2014/104/EU — Article 9(1) — Article 10(2) to (4) — Articles 21 and 22 — Actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the Member States and of the European Union — Effects of national decisions — Limitation periods — Transposition — Temporal application)

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2019/C 187/25

Case C-681/17: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — slewo — schlafen leben wohnen GmbH v Sascha Ledowski (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Consumer protection — Directive 2011/83/EU — Article 6(1)(k) and Article 16(e) — Distance contract — Right of withdrawal — Exceptions — Concept of ‘sealed goods which are not suitable for return due to health protection or hygiene reasons and which have been unsealed by the consumer after delivery’ — Mattress whose protective seal has been removed by the consumer after delivery)

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2019/C 187/26

Case C-702/17: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Unareti SpA v Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico and Others (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Internal market in natural gas — Public service distribution concessions — Early cessation of concessions at the end of a transitional period — Reimbursement by the incoming concessionaire to the outgoing concessionaire — Principle of legal certainty)

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2019/C 187/27

Case C-60/18: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 28 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tallinna Ringkonnakohus — Estonia) — Tallinna Vesi AS v Keskkonnaamet (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Waste — Directive 2008/98/EC — Re-use and recovery of waste — Specific end-of-waste criteria for sewage sludge which has undergone recovery treatment — No defined criteria at European Union or national level)

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2019/C 187/28

Case C-101/18: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 28 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Idi Srl v Arcadis Agenzia Regionale Campana Difesa Suolo (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts — Directive 2004/18/EC — Article 45(2), first subparagraph, point (b) — Personal situation of the candidate or tenderer — Possibility for the Member States to exclude from participation in a public contract any operator subject to a procedure for an arrangement with creditors — National legislation providing for the exclusion of persons subject to an ‘ongoing’ procedure for a declaration of admission to an arrangement with creditors, except where the insolvency plan provides for the continuation of the business — Operator having filed an application for an arrangement with creditors, reserving the possibility to submit a plan providing for the continuation of the business)

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2019/C 187/29

Case C-129/18: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom — United Kingdom) — SM v Entry Clearance Officer, UK Visa Section (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Citizenship of the European Union — Right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States — Directive 2004/38/EC — Family members of a citizen of the Union — Article 2(2)(c) — ‘Direct descendant’ — Child in permanent legal guardianship under the Algerian kafala (provision of care) system — Article 3(2)(a) — Other family members — Article 7 and Article 24(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Family life — Best interests of the child)

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2019/C 187/30

Case C-144/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 28 March 2019 — River Kwai International Food Industry Co. Ltd v Association européenne des transformateurs de maïs doux (AETMD), Council of the European Union, European Commission (Appeal — Dumping — Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain prepared or preserved sweetcorn in kernels originating in Thailand — Interim review pursuant to Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009)

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2019/C 187/31

Case C-201/18: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 27 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the cour d’appel de Mons — Belgium) — Mydibel SA v État belge (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Harmonisation of fiscal legislation — Deduction of input tax — Immovable property acquired as capital goods — Sale and lease back — Adjustment of deductions of VAT — Principle of VAT neutrality — Principle of equal treatment)

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2019/C 187/32

Case C-245/18: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 21 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Ordinario di Udine — Italy) — Tecnoservice Int. Srl, in liquidation v Poste Italiane SpA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Payment services in the internal market — Directive 2007/64/EC — Article 74(2) — Payment order by credit transfer — Incorrect unique identifier provided by the payer — Execution of the payment transaction on the basis of the unique identifier — Liability of the payee’s payment service provider)

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2019/C 187/33

Case C-275/18: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 March 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud — Czech Republic) — Milan Vinš v Odvolací finanční ředitelství (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of value added tax — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 131 and Article 146(1)(a) — Exemption for supplies of goods dispatched or transported to a destination outside the European Union — Condition of exemption laid down by national law — Placing of goods under a particular customs procedure — Proof of placing of goods under the export procedure)

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2019/C 187/34

Case C-312/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 21 March 2019 — Eco-Bat Technologies Ltd, Berzelius Metall GmbH, Société traitements chimiques des métaux v European Commission (Appeal — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for car battery recycling — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and imposing fines — Correcting decision adding the value of purchases of the addressees which were not included in the initial decision — Time limit for bringing an action — Point from which time starts to run — Delay — Inadmissibility)

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2019/C 187/35

Case C-81/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Cluj (Romania) lodged on 1 February 2019 — NG, OH v SC Banca Transilvania SA

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2019/C 187/36

Case C-83/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Olt (Romania) lodged on 5 February 2019 — Asociația ‘Forumul Judecătorilor din România’ v Inspecția Judiciară

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2019/C 187/37

Case C-127/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Pitești (Romania) lodged on 18 February 2019 — Asociația ‘Forumul Judecătorilor din România’, Asociația ‘Mișcarea pentru Apărarea Statutului Procurorilor’ v Consiliul Superior al Magistraturii

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2019/C 187/38

Case C-138/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 20 February 2019 — DY

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2019/C 187/39

Case C-139/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 20 February 2019 — DY

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2019/C 187/40

Case C-140/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 20 February 2019 — EX

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2019/C 187/41

Case C-141/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 20 February 2019 — EX

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2019/C 187/42

Case C-184/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel București (Romania) lodged on 26 February 2019 — Hecta Viticol SRL v Agenția Națională de Administrare Fiscală (ANAF) — Direcția Generală de Soluționare a Contestațiilor, Biroul Vamal de Interior Buzău and Direcția Generală Regională a Finanțelor Publice Galați

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2019/C 187/43

Case C-187/19 P: Appeal brought on 22 February 2019 by the European External Action Service against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) delivered on 13 December 2018 in Case T-537/17 De Loecker v EEAS

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2019/C 187/44

Case C-195/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel București (Romania) lodged on 28 February 2019 — PJ v QK

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2019/C 187/45

Case C-211/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Miskolci Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság (Hungary) lodged on 6 March 2019 — UO v Készenléti Rendőrség

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2019/C 187/46

Case C-223/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Wiener Neustadt (Austria) lodged on 13 March 2019 — YS v NK

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2019/C 187/47

Case C-225/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Den Haag, zittingsplaats Haarlem (Netherlands) lodged on 14 March 2019 — R.N.N.S. v Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken

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2019/C 187/48

Case C-226/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Den Haag, zittingsplaats Haarlem (Netherlands) lodged on 14 March 2019 — K.A. v Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken

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2019/C 187/49

Case C-229/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof te Amsterdam (Netherlands) lodged on 14 March 2019 — Dexia Nederland BV v XXX

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2019/C 187/50

Case C-237/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kúria (Hungary) lodged on 19 March 2019 — Gömböc Kutató, Szolgáltato és Kerreskedelmi Kft. v Szellemi Tulajdon Nemzeti Hivatala

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2019/C 187/51

Case C-241/19 P: Appeal brought on 18 March 2019 by George Haswani against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 16 January 2019 in Case T-477/17 Haswani v Council

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2019/C 187/52

Case C-258/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kúria (Hungary) lodged on 27 March 2019 — EUROVIA Ipari, Kerskedelmi, Szállítmányozási és Idegenforgalmi Kft. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága

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2019/C 187/53

Case C-260/19 P: Appeal brought on 26 March 2019 by Bena Properties Co. SA against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 16 January 2019 in Case T-412/16 Bena Properties v Council

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2019/C 187/54

Case C-261/19P: Appeal brought on 26 March 2019 by Cham Holding Co. SA against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 16 January 2019 in Case T-413/16 Cham v Council

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2019/C 187/55

Case C-262/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Polymeles Protodikeio Athinon (Greece) lodged on 28 March 2019 — RM, SN v Agrotiki Trapeza tis Ellados AE

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2019/C 187/56

Case C-272/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden (Germany) lodged on 1 April 2019 — VQ v Land Hesse

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2019/C 187/57

Case C-277/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Općinski sud u Zadru (Croatia) lodged on 2 April 2019 — R. D., A. D. v Raiffeisenbank St. Stefan-Jagerberg-Wolfsberg eGen

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2019/C 187/58

Case C-281/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal administratif de Paris (France) lodged on 3 April 2019 — XS v Recteur de l’académie de Paris

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2019/C 187/59

Case C-316/19: Action brought on 16 April 2019 — European Commission v Republic of Slovenia

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GCEU

2019/C 187/60

Case T-388/11: Judgment of the General Court of 10 April 2019 — Deutsche Post v Commission (State aid — Postal services — Funding of additional salary and social costs relating to some of the staff of Deutsche Post by means of subsidies and revenue generated by remuneration for price-regulated services — Decision to extend the formal investigation procedure — Decision finding that there was new aid at the end of the preliminary investigation phase — Action for annulment — Challengeable act — Interest in bringing proceedings — Admissibility — Consequences of the annulment of the final decision — Obligation to state reasons)

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2019/C 187/61

Case T-182/15: Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2019 — Sopra Steria Group v Parliament (Public service contracts — Tendering procedure — Supply of IT services to the Parliament and other EU institutions and bodies — Exclusion from tendering procedures — Potential conflict of interests — Failure to provide information required by the contracting authority — Article 107(1)(b) of the Financial Regulation — Transparency — Proportionality — Equal treatment — Article 102(1) of the Financial Regulation)

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2019/C 187/62

Case T-259/15: Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2019 — Close and Cegelec v Parliament (Public works contracts — Tender procedure — Construction of an energy unit — Extension and refurbishment of the Konrad Adenauer building in Luxembourg — Rejection of tender submitted by a tenderer — Award of the contract to another tenderer — Selection criteria — Financial and economic capacity — Technical and professional capacity — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment)

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2019/C 187/63

Case T-492/15: Judgment of the General Court of 12 April 2019 — Deutsche Lufthansa v Commission (Action for annulment — State aid — Measures implemented by Germany in favour of Frankfurt Hahn airport and airlines using that airport — Decision regarding the measures in favour of Frankfurt Hahn airport as State aid compatible with the internal market and finding no State aid in favour of airlines using that airport — Lack of individual concern — Lack of direct concern — Inadmissibility)

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2019/C 187/64

Case T-300/16: Judgment of the General Court of 10 April 2019 — Jindal Saw and Jindal Saw Italia v Commission (Subsidies — Imports of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron originating in India — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/387 — Imposition of a definitive countervailing duty — Indian scheme establishing an export tax on iron ore and a dual railway freight charge placing the transport of iron ore for export at a disadvantage — Article 3(1)(a)(iv) of Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 (replaced by Regulation (EU) 2016/1037) — Financial contribution — Provision of goods — Action consisting of ‘entrusting’ a private body to carry out a function constituting a financial contribution — Article 4(2)(a) of Regulation No 597/2009 — Specificity of a subsidy — Article 6(d) of Regulation No 597/2009 — Calculation of benefit — Injury to the Union industry — Calculation of price undercutting and the injury margin — Causal link — Access to confidential data of the subsidy investigation — Rights of the defence)

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2019/C 187/65

Case T-301/16: Judgment of the General Court of 10 April 2019 — Jindal Saw and Jindal Saw Italia v Commission (Dumping — Imports of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron originating in India — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/388 — Regulation (EC) No 1255/2009 (replaced by Regulation (EU) 2016/1036) — Dumping margin — Determination of the export price — Association between an exporter and an importer — Reliable export price — Construction of the export price — Reasonable margin for selling, general and administrative costs — Reasonable margin for profit — Injury to the Union industry — Calculation of price undercutting and the injury margin — Causal link — Access to confidential data of the anti-dumping investigation — Rights of the defence)

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2019/C 187/66

Case T-643/16: Judgment of the General Court of 10 April 2019 — Gamaa Islamya Égypte v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism — Freezing of funds — Whether an authority of a third State can be classified as a competent authority within the meaning of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP — Factual basis of the decisions to freeze funds — Obligation to state reasons — Authentication of Council acts)

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2019/C 187/67

Cases T-910/16 and T 911/16: Judgment of the General Court of 4 April 2019 –Hesse and Wedl & Hofmann v EUIPO (TESTA ROSSA) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU figurative mark TESTA ROSSA — Partial revocation — Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Proof of use — Outward use of the contested mark — Equal treatment)

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2019/C 187/68

Case T-5/17: Judgment of the General Court of 4 April 2019 — Sharif v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures against Syria — Freezing of funds — Rights of the defence — Right to effective judicial protection — Manifest error of assessment — Right to property — Proportionality — Damage to reputation)

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2019/C 187/69

Case T-51/17: Judgment of the General Court of 10 April 2019 — Poland v Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from EU financing — Fruit and vegetable sector — Aid to producer groups — Expenditure effected by Poland — Weaknesses in key controls — Checks on recognition plans and on recognition criteria — Checks on applications for aid — Economic consistency — Reasonableness of expenditure — Systemic weakness — Risk to EAGF — Flat rate corrections of 25 %)

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2019/C 187/70

Case T-108/17: Judgment of the General Court of 4 April 2019 — ClientEarth v Commission (REACH — Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 — Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) — Request for internal review of a decision on marketing authorisation rejected as unfounded — Error of law — Manifest error of assessment — Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006)

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2019/C 187/71

Case T-223/17: Judgment of the General Court of 11 April 2019 — Adapta Color v EUIPO — Coatings Foreign IP (ADAPTA POWDER COATINGS) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — European Union figurative mark ADAPTA POWDER COATINGS — Declaration of invalidity by the Board of Appeal — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2007/1001) — No distinctive character acquired by use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(3) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Infringement of the right to be heard — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001) — Evidence submitted for the first time before the Court)

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2019/C 187/72

Case T-224/17: Judgment of the General Court of 11 April 2019 — Adapta Color v EUIPO — Coatings Foreign IP (Bio proof ADAPTA) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — European Union figurative mark Bio proof ADAPTA — Declaration of invalidity by the Board of Appeal — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2007/1001) — No distinctive character acquired by use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(3) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Infringement of the right to be heard — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001) — Evidence submitted for the first time before the Court)

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2019/C 187/73

Case T-225/17: Judgment of the General Court of 11 April 2019 — Adapta Color v EUIPO — Coatings Foreign IP (Bio proof ADAPTA) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — European Union figurative mark Bio proof ADAPTA — Declaration of partial invalidity by the Board of Appeal — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2007/1001) — No distinctive character acquired by use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(3) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Infringement of the right to be heard — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001) — Evidence submitted for the first time before the Court)

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2019/C 187/74

Case T-229/17: Judgment of the General Court of 10 April 2019 — Germany v Commission (Approximation of laws — Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 — Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 — Construction products — Harmonised standards EN 14342:2013 and EN 14904:2006 — Obligation to state reasons)

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2019/C 187/75

Case T-319/17: Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2019 — Aldridge and Others v Commission (Civil service — Temporary staff — OLAF — Contract for an indefinite period — Decision of the Director of OLAF establishing a one-off reclassification to the next higher grade — Request for an annual reclassification procedure to be launched — Measure of a general nature — Time-limit for bringing an action — Point from which time stars to run — Publication on the intranet — Inadmissibility)

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2019/C 187/76

Case T-371/17: Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2019 — Qualcomm and Qualcomm Europe v Commission (Competition — Market for baseband chipsets used in consumer electronic devices — Administrative procedure — Article 18(3) and Article 24(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Decision requesting information — Obligation to state reasons — Necessity of the information requested — Proportionality — Burden of proof — Privilege against self-incrimination — Principle of good administration)

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2019/C 187/77

Case T-655/17: Judgment of the General Court of 11 April 2019 — Inditex v EUIPO — Ansell (ZARA TANZANIA ADVETURES) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark ZARA TANZANIA ADVENTURES — Earlier EU word marks ZARA — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier trade marks — Detriment to the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier trade marks)

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2019/C 187/78

Case T-765/17: Judgment of the General Court of 11 April 2019 — Kiku v CPVO — Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie (Pinova) (Plant varieties — Nullity proceedings — Apple variety Pinova — Rejection of the application for a declaration of nullity — New variety — Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 — Burden of proof — Article 76 of Regulation No 2100/94 — Examination of the facts by the CPVO of its own motion)

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2019/C 187/79

Case T-277/18: Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2019 — Zitro IP v EUIPO (PICK & WIN MULTISLOT) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark PICK & WIN MULTISLOT — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 187/80

Case T-303/18 RENV: Judgment of the General Court of 10 April 2019 — AV v Commission (Civil service — Temporary agents — Engagement — Article 13 of the CEOS — Pre-engagement medical examination — Incomplete declarations at the medical examination — Failure of the person concerned to declare an illness — Subsequent discovery by the AECE — Retroactive application of medical cover deferment for five years — Referral to the Invalidity Committee — Reasonable time limit — Responsibility — Non-material injury)

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2019/C 187/81

Case T-323/18: Judgment of the General Court of 11 April 2019 — Fomanu v EUIPO — Fujifilm Imaging Germany  Reresentation of a butterfly) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU figurative mark representing a butterfly — Genuine use of the mark — Partial revocation — Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 58(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation 2017/1001)

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2019/C 187/82

Case T-403/18: Judgment of the General Court of 11 April 2019 — Pharmadom v EUIPO — Objectif Pharma (WS wellpharma shop) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark WS wellpharma shop — Earlier national word mark WELL AND WELL — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 187/83

Case T-468/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 April 2019 — NSC Holding v EUIPO — Ibercondor (CONDOR SERVICE, NSC) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark CONDOR SERVICE, NSC — Earlier EU word mark IBERCONDOR — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Relevant public — Similarity of the services — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 187/84

Case T-477/18: Judgment of the General Court of 11 April 2019 — Užstato sistemos administratorius v EUIPO — DPG Deutsche Pfandsystem (Representation of a bottle with an arrow) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a bottle and an arrow — Earlier EU figurative mark representing a can, a bottle and an arrow — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 187/85

Case T-555/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 April 2019 — Medrobotics v EUIPO (See More. Reach More. Treat More.) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark See More. Reach More. Treat More. — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

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2019/C 187/86

Case T-701/18: Action brought on 8 April 2019 — SJ v Commission

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2019/C 187/87

Case T-177/19: Action brought on 21 March 2019 — Exxonmobil Petroleum & Chemical v ECHA

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2019/C 187/88

Case T-186/19: Action brought on 29 March 2019 — Zubedi v Council

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2019/C 187/89

Case T-189/19: Action brought on 3 April 2019 — Haykal v Council

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2019/C 187/90

Case T-211/19: Action brought on 5 April 2019 — Le Pen v Parliament

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2019/C 187/91

Case T-213/19: Action brought on 8 April 2019 — AW v Parliament

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2019/C 187/92

Case T-239/19: Action brought on 9 April 2019 — Vinos de Arganza v EUIPO — Nordbrand Nordhausen (ENCANTO)

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2019/C 187/93

Case T-241/19: Action brought on 10 April 2019 — Spain v Commission

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2019/C 187/94

Case T-249/19: Action brought on 12 April 2019 — Karpeta-Kovalyova v Commission

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2019/C 187/95

Case T-250/19: Action brought on 15 April 2019 — Tradición CZ v EUIPO — Rivero Argudo (TRADICIÓN CZ, S.L.)

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2019/C 187/96

Case T-255/19: Action brought on 18 April 2019 — Baustoffwerke Gebhart & Söhne v EUIPO (BIOTON)

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