Translation of "forme intérieure " (French → English) :

The European Commission has referred Italy to the EU Court of Justice (EUCJ) for failing to comply with a Commission decision of 2012 ordering the recovery of incompatible state aid.

By its appeal, August Stork KG seeks to have set aside the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities (Fourth Chamber) of 10 November 2004 in Case T-402/02 Storck v OHIM(Shape of a sweet wrapper) [2004] ECR II-0000 (‘the judgment under appeal’) dismissing its action for annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 18 October 2002 (Case R 256/2001-2) (‘the decision in dispute’) refusing registration of a figurative mark representing a gold-coloured sweet wrapper with twisted ends.

By its appeal, Mag Instrument Inc. requests the Court to set aside the judgment of the Court of First Instance of 7 February 2002 in Case T-88/00 Mag Instrument v OHIM (Torch shapes) [2002] ECR II-467 (‘the contested judgment’), in which the Court of First Instance dismissed its application for the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (‘the Office’) of 14 February 2000 (Cases R 237/1999-2 to R 41/1999-2), refusing registration of five three-dimensional marks consisting of torch shapes (‘the disputed decision’).

By applications lodged at the Court Registry on 6 December 2001, Procter Gamble Company (‘Procter Gamble’) appealed pursuant to Article 49 of the EC Statute of the Court of Justice against the judgments of the Court of First Instance of 19 September 2001 in Case T-128/00 Procter Gamble v OHIM (Square tablet with inlay) [2001] ECR II-2785 (‘Case T-128/00’) and Case T‑129/00 Procter Gamble v OHIM (Rectangular tablet with inlay) [2001] ECR II-2793 (‘Case T‑129/00’), (together hereinafter referred to as ‘the judgments under appeal’), by which the Court of First Instance partially dismissed its actions for annulment of the decisions of the Third Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (‘OH ...[+++]IM’) of 8 March 2000 (Cases R‑506/1999‑1 and R‑508/1999‑1), which had rejected its appeals against the refusal to register as Community trade marks three-dimensional tablets for washing machines or dishwashers (‘the contested decisions’).

It also formally adopted the La Gomera Declaration on terrorism, which is reproduced below: La Gomera Declaration "THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, RECALLING the informal meeting of the Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs of the Member States, held in La Gomera on 14 October 1995, NOTES that terrorism: - constitutes a threat to democracy, to the free exercise of human rights and to economic and social development, from which no Member State of the European Union can be regarded as exempt; - has stepped up its activity, more specifically as a result of fundamentalist action; - is operating on a transnational scale, which cannot be dealt with effectively solely by means of isolated action and using each individual State's own resources ...[+++]; - is developing strategies and using methods of international organized crime; - might take advantage of any differences in legal treatment in different States to try to gain impunity; CONSIDERS that combating terrorism, one of the most serious forms of crime, has been established in the Treaty on European Union as a priority objective among the matters of common interest; DECLARES that in order to prevent and combat terrorist action effectively, there is a need for thorough coordination between Member States by way of improving the mechanism of police and judicial cooperation, through: - an increase in exchange of operational information about terrorist groups, to bring about a better knowledge of their methods of operating, in particular arms trafficking, financing and money laundering, - improvement of coordination and cooperation between judicial authorities so as to eliminate any risks of impunity; - the handing over to the judicial authorities with jurisdiction of those responsible for terrorist acts, to stand trial and serve any sentences imposed, by means of extradition, having regard to the provisions of international Treaties".

It could be the banker, it could be the market, it could be September 11, and the internal force - the only thing that could happen inside - is that they may have an inward vision that they want to be somewhere else than where they are.