Order of the Court (Third Chamber) of 17 July 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Monomeles Protodikeio Athinon — Greece) — Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha v Maria Patmanidi AE

(Case C-535/13) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court - Trade marks - Right of the proprietor of a trade mark to oppose the placing on the market within the European Economic Area (EEA) of goods bearing that mark without his consent))

2014/C 409/37

Language of the case: Greek

Referring court

Monomeles Protodikeio Athinon

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Defendant: Maria Patmanidi AE

Operative part of the order

Articles 5 and 7 of the First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks, as amended by the Agreement on the European Economic Area of 2 May 1992, and Articles 9 and 13 of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark must be interpreted as meaning that the proprietor of a trade mark may oppose the initial placing on the market within the European Economic Area or the European Union of goods bearing that mark without his consent.

(1)  OJ C 377, 21.12.2013.