Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 9 December 2020.#Repsol, SA v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark BASIC – Earlier national trade names basic and basic AG – Relative grounds for refusal – Use in the course of trade of a sign of more than mere local significance – Article 8(4) and Article 53(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) and Article 60(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Declaration of partial invalidity – Decision taken following the annulment of an earlier decision by the General Court – Referral of the case back to a Board of Appeal – Lack of competence of the authority referring the case – Article 1(d) of Regulation (EC) No 216/96