JUDG_EXTRACT

Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 3 December 2025 (Extracts).#Amer Foz v Council of the European Union.#Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Syria – Freezing of funds – Restrictions on entry into the territory of the Member States – Lists of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources and subject to restrictions on entry into the territory of the Member States – Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the lists – Criterion of association with a person or entity subject to restrictive measures – Fall of the regime of Bashar Al-Assad – Error of assessment.#Case T-414/24.

Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 29 October 2025 (Extracts).#ClientEarth and Collectif Nourrir v European Commission.#Agriculture – CAP Strategic Plan – Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 – Rules on support for strategic plans drawn up by Member States under the CAP – Commission approval – Rejection of the request for internal review – Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 – Article 13 of Regulation 2021/2115 – Error of law – Manifest error of assessment.#Case T-399/23.

Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 15 October 2025 (Extracts).#WU v European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation.#Civil service – Members of the temporary staff – Administrative inquiry – Article 12a of the Staff Regulations – Psychological harassment – Request for assistance – Refusal of the request – Article 24 of the Staff Regulations – Duty to exercise due care – Liability.#Cases T-295/23 and T-1176/23.

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 24 September 2025 (Extracts).#Barry’s Bootcamp Holdings LLC v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – International registration designating the European Union – Figurative mark representing eight inverted black chevrons – Genuine use of the mark – Article 18(1)(a) and Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Nature of use of the mark – Form differing in elements that do not alter the distinctive character of the mark – Cross-claim – Subject matter of the action – Interest in bringing proceedings – Admissibility.#Case T-32/24.

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 10 September 2025 (Extracts).#Ffauf Italia SpA v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU figurative mark pastaZARA Sublime – Earlier EU word mark ZARA – Relative ground for refusal – No injury to reputation – Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 – No link between the signs – No risk of unfair advantage being taken of the mark with a reputation – Existence of due cause for the use of the mark applied for.#Case T-425/24.

Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 3 September 2025 (Extracts).#Juan Costa Pujadas v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#European Union design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered EU design representing a speed variator – Ground for invalidity – No individual character – Visible features of a component part of a complex product – Concepts of ‘normal use’ and ‘visibility’ – Article 4(2) and (3) and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 – Burden of proof.#Case T-331/24.

Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 23 July 2025 (Extracts).#BT Global Services Belgium v European Commission.#Public supply contracts – Tendering procedure – Trans-European Services for Telematics between Administrations – New Generation Extension (TESTA-ng II Ext) – Directive 2014/24/EU – Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 – Decision to modify the existing contract without publishing a new call for tenders – Unforeseeable circumstances – Action for annulment – Locus standi – Individual concern – Admissibility.#Case T-1081/23.

Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 23 July 2025 (Extracts).#Lattanzio KIBS SpA and Others v European Commission.#Public procurement – Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – Action for annulment – Lack of direct concern – Partial inadmissibility – Criteria for exclusion from participation in public procurement procedures – Concept of ‘final judgment that the person or entity is guilty’ – Article 136(1)(d)(ii) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 – Persons who have powers of representation, decision or control with regard to a person or entity who is excluded – Article 136(4)(a) of Regulation 2018/1046 – Obligation to state reasons – Proportionality.#Case T-113/24.

Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 9 July 2025 (Extracts).#LAT Nitrogen Piesteritz GmbH, anciennement Borealis Agrolinz Melamine Deutschland GmbH and Cornerstone Chemical Co. v European Chemicals Agency.#REACH – Substances of very high concern – Establishment of a candidate list for eventual inclusion in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 – Decision identifying melamine as a substance meeting the criteria laid down for inclusion in the list – Obligation to state reasons – Right to be heard – Ultra vires – Article 57 of Regulation No 1907/2006 – Manifest error of assessment – Proportionality – Precautionary principle – Misuse of powers.#Case T-167/23.

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 25 June 2025 (Extracts).#K-Way SpA v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – EU figurative mark representing five coloured parallel strips – Genuine use of the mark – Nature of use – Use in relation to goods in respect of which the mark is registered – Article 18(1)(a) and Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001.#Case T-372/24.

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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 26 March 2025 (Extracts).#UBS Group AG and Others v European Commission.#Competition – Agreements, decisions and concerted practices – European Government Bonds sector – Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement – Coordination of prices and bond-trading activities – Exchange of commercially sensitive information – Single and continuous infringement – Restriction of competition by object – Legitimate interest in finding infringements – Calculation of the amount of the fine – Basic amount – Proxy for value of sales – Unlimited jurisdiction.#Cases T-441/21, T-449/21, T-453/21 and T-455/21.

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 27 November 2024 (Extracts).#HSBC Holdings plc and Others v European Commission.#Competition – Agreements, decisions and concerted practices – Euro Interest Rate Derivatives sector – Decision establishing an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement – Failure to discharge the obligation to state reasons – Annulment in part of the decision by a judgment of the General Court – Amending decision – Fines – Limitation – Basic amount – Value of sales – Article 23(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 – Equal treatment – Proportionality – Unlimited jurisdiction.#Case T-561/21.

Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 17 July 2024 (Extracts).#Deutsche Bank AG v Single Resolution Board.#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 calculation of the 2021 ex ante contributions – Obligation to state reasons – Effective judicial protection – Equal treatment – Principle of proportionality – SRB’s margin of discretion – Plea of illegality – Commission’s margin of discretion – Limitation of the temporal effects of the judgment.#Case T-396/21.

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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 29 May 2024 (Extracts).#Portigon AG v Single Resolution Board.#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 calculation of the 2021 ex ante contributions – Plea of illegality – Legal basis of Regulation No 806/2014 – Article 114 TFEU – Equal treatment – Commission’s margin of discretion – SRB’s margin of discretion – Duty to state reasons.#Case T-360/21.

Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 24 May 2023 (Extracts).#Ryanair DAC v European Commission.#State aid – Italian air transport market – Compensation scheme for airlines with an Italian operating licence – Decision not to raise any objections – Aid intended to make good the damage caused by an exceptional occurrence – Obligation to state reasons.#Case T-268/21.

Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 14 December 2022 (Extracts).#Pierre Lannier v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for an EU figurative mark representing the superposed capital letters ‘P’ and ‘L’ – Earlier EU figurative mark representing a mirror image combination of the superposed capital letters ‘P’ and ‘L’ – Admissibility of the appeal before the Board of Appeal – Locus standi – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).#Case T-530/21.

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Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 12 October 2022 (Extracts).#Shopify Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Cancellation proceedings – EU figurative mark Shoppi – Earlier EU word mark SHOPIFY – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Lack of enhanced distinctiveness of the earlier mark – Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and from Euratom (Brexit).#Case T-222/21.

Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 6 July 2022 (Extracts).#ABLV Bank AS v Single Resolution Board.#Economic and monetary union – Banking union – Single resolution mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms (SRM) – Resolution procedure applicable where an entity is failing or is likely to fail – Decision of the SRB not to adopt a resolution scheme – Action for annulment – Act adversely affecting a person – Interest in bringing proceedings – Standing to bring proceedings – Inadmissibility in part – Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 – Power of the author of the measure – Right to be heard – Obligation to state reasons – Proportionality – Equal treatment.#Case T-280/18.

Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 9 June 2021 (Extracts).#Sayed Shamsuddin Borborudi 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 – List of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources – Retention of the applicant’s name on the list – Error of assessment – Article 266 TFEU.#Case T-580/19.

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 9 June 2021 (Extracts).#Ana Calhau Correia de Paiva v European Commission.#Language regime – Competition EPSO/AD/293/14 for the recruitment of administrators in the fields of competition law, corporate finance, financial economics, industrial economics and macroeconomics (AD 7) – Non-inclusion on the reserve list – Plea of illegality – Limitation of the choice of the second language of the competition to English, French or German – Regulation No 1 – Article 1d(1) of the Staff Regulations – Discrimination based on language – Justification – Interests of the service.#Case T-202/17.

Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 23 September 2020 (Extracts).#Bauer Radio Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU word mark MUSIKISS – Earlier United Kingdom word and figurative marks KISS – Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and Euratom – Transition period – Decision of the Board of Appeal to remit the case to the Opposition Division – Admissibility – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).#Case T-421/18.

Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 23 September 2020 (Extracts).#Khaled Kaddour v Council of the European Union.#Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures adopted against Syria – Freezing of funds – Error of assessment – Right to property – Proportionality – Damage to reputation – Determination of listing criteria.#Case T-510/18.

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 8 July 2020 (Extracts).#Pablosky, SL v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark mediFLEX easySTEP — Earlier EU figurative mark Stepeasy — Relative grounds for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001.#Case T-21/19.

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 8 July 2020 (Extracts).#Pablosky, SL v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark mediFLEX easystep — Earlier EU figurative mark Stepeasy — Relative grounds for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001.#Case T-20/19.

Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 20 September 2019 (Extracts).#Jinan Meide Casting Co. Ltd v European Commission.#Dumping — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1146 — Imports of threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron, originating in China, manufactured by Jinan Meide Castings Co., Ltd — Definitive anti-dumping duty — Resumption of the procedure following the partial annulment of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 430/2013 — Article 2(7)(a), (10) and (11) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 (now Article 2(7)(a), (10) and (11) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036) — Normal value — Fair comparison — Non-matching product types — Article 3(1) to (3) and Article 9(4) and (5) of Regulation No 1225/2009 (now Article 3(1) to (3) and Article 9(4) and (5) of Regulation 2016/1036) — Determination of injury.#Case T-650/17.

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 27 June 2019 (Extracts).#Luciano Sandrone v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark Luciano Sandrone — Earlier EU word mark DON LUCIANO — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Application for an EU word mark consisting of a first name and of a surname — Earlier mark consisting of an honorific title and a first name — Neutrality of the conceptual comparison — No likelihood of confusion.#Case T-268/18.

Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 13 December 2018 (Extracts).#Slovak Telekom, a.s. v European Commission.#Competition — Abuse of dominant position — Slovakian market for broadband telecommunications services — Access by third-party undertakings to the ‘local loop’ of the incumbent operator on that market — Decision finding an infringement of Article 102 TFEU and Article 54 of the EEA Agreement — Single and continuous infringement — Definition of ‘abuse’ — Refusal to grant access — Margin squeeze — Calculation of margin squeeze — Equally efficient competitor test — Rights of defence — Imputation of an infringement committed by a subsidiary to its parent company — Decisive influence of the parent company over the subsidiary’s commercial policy — Actual exercise of such influence — Burden of proof — Calculation of the fine — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines.#Case T-851/14.

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 December 2018 (Extracts).#AlzChem AG v European Commission.#State aid — Chemical industry — Decision to continue the operation of an undertaking during insolvency proceedings — Decision finding no State aid — Action for annulment — Individual concern — Admissibility — Concept of State aid — Advantage — Private creditor test — Whether attributable to the State — Duty to state reasons.#Case T-284/15.

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 13 December 2018 (Extracts).#Ryanair DAC, anciennement Ryanair Ltd and Airport Marketing Services Ltd v European Commission.#State aid — Agreements concluded with the airline Ryanair and its subsidiary Airport Marketing Services — Airport services — Marketing services — Decision declaring the aid to be incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Notion of State aid — Advantage — Private investor test — Recovery — Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Access to the file — Right to be heard.#Case T-165/16.

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 13 December 2018 (Extracts).#Ryanair DAC, anciennement Ryanair Ltd and Airport Marketing Services Ltd v European Commission.#State aid — Agreements between the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pau-Béarn and Ryanair and its subsidiary Airport Marketing Services — Airport services — Marketing services — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Notion of State aid — Imputability to the State — Chamber of Commerce and Industry — Advantage — Private investor test — Recovery — Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights — Right of access to the file — Right to be heard.#Case T-165/15.

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 18 January 2018 (Extracts).#Kenup Foundation and Others v European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).#Research and technological development — EIT — Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation — Call for proposals for the designation of a knowledge and innovation community — Rejection of the applicants’ tender — Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 — Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013 — Unlawful delegation of powers.#Case T-76/15.

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 16 January 2018 (Extracts).#Sun Media Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark METAPORN — Earlier EU and national word marks META4 and figurative marks meta4 — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Similarity of the services — Meaning of complementary services — Similarity of the signs — Likelihood of confusion.#Case T-273/16.

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 September 2016 (Extracts).#Trajektna luka Split d.d. v European Commission.#Competition — Abuse of dominant position — Decision finding an infringement of Article 102 TFEU — Setting of fees by the Split Port Authority for port services in respect of domestic traffic at maximum levels — Rejection of a complaint — Case being dealt with by a competition authority of a Member State — No EU interest.#Case T-70/15.