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Case T-220/13: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — Scuola Elementare Maria Montessori v Commission (State aid — Municipal real estate tax — Exemption granted to non-commercial entities carrying out specific activities — Consolidated text on income tax — Exemption of the one-off municipal tax — Decision partly finding the absence of State aid and party declaring the aid incompatible with the common market — Action for annulment — Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures — Direct concern — Admissibility — Absolute impossibility of recovery — Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2016-09-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Italy, State aid, control of State aid, local tax, non-commercial sector, property tax, tax exemption, tax law








C_2016402EN.01002501.xml










31.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 402/25





Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — Scuola Elementare Maria Montessori v Commission
(Case T-220/13) (1)

((State aid - Municipal real estate tax - Exemption granted to non-commercial entities carrying out specific activities - Consolidated text on income tax - Exemption of the one-off municipal tax - Decision partly finding the absence of State aid and party declaring the aid incompatible with the common market - Action for annulment - Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures - Direct concern - Admissibility - Absolute impossibility of recovery - Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 - Obligation to state reasons))
(2016/C 402/25)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Scuola Elementare Maria Montessori Srl (Rome, Italy) (represented by: initially A. Nucara and E. Gambaro, then E. Gambaro, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: initially V. Di Bucci, G. Conte and D. Grespan, then G. Conte, D. Grespan and F. Tomat, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri and G. De Bellis, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking annulment of Commission Decision of 19 December 2012 on State aid SA.20829 (C 26/2010, ex NN 43/2010 (ex CP 71/2006)) Scheme concerning the municipal real estate tax exemption granted to real estate used by non-commercial entities for specific purposes implemented by Italy (OJ 2013 L 166, p. 24).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)


Dismisses the action;










2)


Orders Scuola Elementare Maria Montessori Srl to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by the European Commission;










3)


Orders the Italian Republic to bear its own costs relating to its intervention.






(1)  OJ C 171, 15.6.2013.
Case T-219/13: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — Ferraci v Commission (State aid — Municipal real estate tax — Exemption granted to non-commercial entities carrying out specific activities — Codified law on income tax — Exemption from the one-off municipal tax — Decision in part finding no State aid and in part declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market — Action for annulment — Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures — Whether directly concerned — Admissibility — Absolute impossibility of recovering the aid — Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2016-09-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, church, control of State aid, local tax, sports body, tax exemption, tax on income








C_2016392EN.01002201.xml










24.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 392/22





Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — Ferraci v Commission
(Case T-219/13) (1)

((State aid - Municipal real estate tax - Exemption granted to non-commercial entities carrying out specific activities - Codified law on income tax - Exemption from the one-off municipal tax - Decision in part finding no State aid and in part declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market - Action for annulment - Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures - Whether directly concerned - Admissibility - Absolute impossibility of recovering the aid - Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 - Obligation to state reasons))
(2016/C 392/24)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Pietro Ferraci (San Cesareo, Italy) (represented initially by: A. Nucara and E. Gambaro, and subsequently by E. Gambaro, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by: V. Di Bucci, G. Conte and D. Grespan, and subsequently by G. Conte, D. Grespan and F. Tomat, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri and G. De Bellis, acting as Agents

Re:

Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking the annulment of Commission Decision 2013/284/EU of 19 December 2012 on State aid SA.20829 (C 26/2010, ex NN 43/2010 (ex CP 71/2006)); Scheme concerning the municipal real estate tax exemption granted to real estate used by non-commercial entities for specific purposes implemented by Italy (JO 2013 L 166, p. 24).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Mr Pietro Ferracci to bear his own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission;










3.


Orders the Italian Republic to bear its own costs relating to its intervention.






(1)  OJ C 164, 8.6.2013.
Case T-698/14: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — European Dynamics Luxembourg and Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission (Public service contracts — Public procurement procedure — External service provision for development, studies and support for information systems (ESP DESIS III) — Ranking of a tenderer in the cascade procedure — Obligation to state reasons — Abnormally low bids — Principle of free competition — Non-contractual liability)
Date: 2016-09-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: award of contract, competition policy, indemnification, information system, invitation to tender, services contract








C_2016402EN.01003801.xml










31.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 402/38





Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — European Dynamics Luxembourg and Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
(Case T-698/14) (1)

((Public service contracts - Public procurement procedure - External service provision for development, studies and support for information systems (ESP DESIS III) - Ranking of a tenderer in the cascade procedure - Obligation to state reasons - Abnormally low bids - Principle of free competition - Non-contractual liability))
(2016/C 402/42)
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicants: European Dynamics Luxembourg SA (Ettelbrück, Luxembourg) and Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Sistimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE (Athens, Greece) (represented initially by: V. Christianos, I. Ampazis and M. Sfyri, lawyers, and subsequently by: M. Sfyri, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: S. Delaude and S. Lejeune, acting as Agents, and, initially, E. Petritsi, E. Roussou and K. Adamantopoulos, and, subsequently, E. Roussou and K. Adamantopoulos, lawyers)

Re:

Firstly, application on the basis of Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of the Commission’s decisions to rank in third and fourth positions under the cascade mechanism the bids made by the applicants for lots Nos 1 and 3 under open call for tenders No DIGIT/R2/PO/2013/029 — ESP DESIS III concerning ‘External service provision for development, studies and support for information systems’ (OJ 2013/S 19-0380314) and to exclude their bid for lot No 2 under that call for tenders and, secondly, application on the basis of Article 268 TFEU seeking compensation for the loss allegedly suffered by the applicants.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders European Dynamics Luxembourg and Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Sistimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 448, 15.12.2014.
Special Report No 21/2016 — ‘EU pre-accession assistance for strengthening administrative capacity in the Western Balkans: A meta-audit’
Date: 2016-09-15
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: Western Balkans, administrative check, administrative reform, aid evaluation, development aid, economic aid, financial aid, pre-accession aid, public administration








C_2016338EN.01000501.xml










15.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 338/5





Special Report No 21/2016
‘EU pre-accession assistance for strengthening administrative capacity in the Western Balkans: A meta-audit’
(2016/C 338/06)
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 21/2016 ‘EU pre-accession assistance for strengthening administrative capacity in the Western Balkans: A meta-audit’ has just been published.
The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu or on EU Bookshop: https://bookshop.europa.eu
European Parliament decision of 15 September 2016 approving the appointment of Julian King as a Member of the Commission (C8-0339/2016 — 2016/0812(NLE))
Date: 2016-09-15
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: European Commissioner, appointment of members








C_2018204EN.01022501.xml










13.6.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 204/225





P8_TA(2016)0348
Appointment of a new Commissioner
European Parliament decision of 15 September 2016 approving the appointment of Julian King as a Member of the Commission (C8-0339/2016 — 2016/0812(NLE))
(2018/C 204/39)

The European Parliament,







—


having regard to the second paragraph of Article 246 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










—


having regard to Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,










—


having regard to point 6 of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission (1),










—


having regard to the resignation of Jonathan Hill as a Member of the Commission, tendered on 25 June 2016,










—


having regard to the Council's letter of 15 July 2016, whereby the Council consulted Parliament on a decision, to be taken by common accord with the President of the Commission, on the appointment of Julian King as a Member of the Commission (C8-0339/2016),










—


having regard to the hearing of Julian King on 12 September 2016, led by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, and to the statement of evaluation drawn up following that hearing;










—


having regard to Rule 118 of, and Annex XVI to, its Rules of Procedure,












1.


Approves the appointment of Julian King as a Member of the Commission;












2.


Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States.






(1)  OJ L 304, 20.11.2010, p. 47.
Case T-587/14: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — Crosfield Italia v ECHA (REACH — Fee for registration of a substance — Reduction granted to micro-, small-and medium-sized enterprises — Error in declaration relating to the size of the enterprise — Recommendation 2003/361/EC — Decision imposing an administrative charge — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2016-09-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: administrative formalities, aid to undertakings, payment, small and medium-sized enterprises








C_2016392EN.01002801.xml










24.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 392/28





Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — Crosfield Italia v ECHA
(Case T-587/14) (1)

((REACH - Fee for registration of a substance - Reduction granted to micro-, small-and medium-sized enterprises - Error in declaration relating to the size of the enterprise - Recommendation 2003/361/EC - Decision imposing an administrative charge - Obligation to state reasons))
(2016/C 392/33)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Crosfield Italia Srl (Verona, Italy) (represented by: M. Baldassarri, lawyer)

Defendant: European Chemicals Agency (represented initially by M. Heikkilä, E. Bigi, J.-P. Trnka and E. Maurage, and subsequently by M. Heikkilä, J.-P. Trnka and E. Maurage, Agents, and by C. Garcia Molyneux, lawyer)

Re:

Application, first, under Article 263 TFEU, for annulment of Decision SME(2013) 4672 of the ECHA of 28 May 2014, which states that the applicant does not fulfil the conditions to receive a reduction of the fee for small enterprises and imposing an administrative charge on it and, second, under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of the invoices issued by the ECHA following adoption of Decision SME(2013) 4672.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Decision SME(2013) 4672 of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) of 28 May 2014;










2.


Orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 361, 13.10.2014.
Case T-386/14: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — FIH Holding and FIH Erhvervsbank v Commission (State aid — Banking sector — Aid granted to Danish bank FIH in the form of a transfer of its impaired assets to a new subsidiary and the subsequent purchase thereof by the Danish Financial Stability Company — State aid for banks during the crisis — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Definition of aid — Private investor test — Private creditor test — Calculation of the amount of the aid — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2016-09-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Denmark, State aid, aid to undertakings, bank, banking, control of State aid, financial aid, subsidiary








C_2016402EN.01003701.xml










31.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 402/37





Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — FIH Holding and FIH Erhvervsbank v Commission
(Case T-386/14) (1)

((State aid - Banking sector - Aid granted to Danish bank FIH in the form of a transfer of its impaired assets to a new subsidiary and the subsequent purchase thereof by the Danish Financial Stability Company - State aid for banks during the crisis - Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market - Definition of aid - Private investor test - Private creditor test - Calculation of the amount of the aid - Obligation to state reasons))
(2016/C 402/40)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: FIH Holding A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark), FIH Erhvervsbank A/S (Copenhagen) (represented by: O. Koktvedgaard, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn and P.-J. Loewenthal, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action on the basis of Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision 2014/884/EU of 11 March 2014 on State aid SA.34445 (12/C) implemented by Denmark for the transfer of property-related assets from FIH to the FSC (OJ 2014 L 357, p. 89).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Commission Decision 2014/884/EU of 11 March 2014 on State aid SA.34445 (12/C) implemented by Denmark for the transfer of property-related assets from FIH to the FSC.










2.


Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 253, 4.8.2014.
Case C-495/16 P: Appeal brought on 15 September 2016 by TeamBank AG Nürnberg against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 20 July 2016 in Case T-745/14: TeamBank v EUIPO — Easy Asset Management (EASY CREDIT)
Date: 2016-09-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, credit institution, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2017078EN.01000801.xml










13.3.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 78/8





Appeal brought on 15 September 2016 by TeamBank AG Nürnberg against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 20 July 2016 in Case T-745/14: TeamBank v EUIPO — Easy Asset Management (EASY CREDIT)
(Case C-495/16 P)
(2017/C 078/11)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: TeamBank AG Nürnberg (represented by: D. Terheggen, Rechtsanwalt)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Easy Asset Management AD
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8178 — First Reserve/Morrison Utility Services) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-09-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, mechanical engineering, merger control








C_2016338EN.01000201.xml










15.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 338/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8178 — First Reserve/Morrison Utility Services)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 338/03)
On 7 September 2016, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English language and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32016M8178. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-392/13: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — La Ferla v Commission and ECHA (REACH — Fee for registration of a substance — Reduction granted to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises — Error in declaration relating to the size of the enterprise — Recommendation 2003/361/EC — Decision imposing an administrative charge — Request for information — Power of the ECHA — Proportionality)
Date: 2016-09-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to information, administrative formalities, aid to undertakings, payment, principle of proportionality, small and medium-sized enterprises








C_2016402EN.01002502.xml










31.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 402/25





Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — La Ferla v Commission and ECHA
(Case T-392/13) (1)

((REACH - Fee for registration of a substance - Reduction granted to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises - Error in declaration relating to the size of the enterprise - Recommendation 2003/361/EC - Decision imposing an administrative charge - Request for information - Power of the ECHA - Proportionality))
(2016/C 402/26)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Leone La Ferla SpA (Melilli, Italy) (represented by: G. Passalacqua, J. Occhipinti and G. Calcerano, lawyers)

Defendants: European Commission (represented by: L. Di Paolo and K. Talabér-Ritz, acting as Agents) and European Chemicals Agency (represented by: initially M. Heikkilä, A. Iber, E. Bigi, E. Maurage and J.-P. Trnka, then M. Heikkilä, E. Bigi, E. Maurage and J.-P. Trnka, acting as Agents, and by C. Garcia Molyneux, lawyer)

Re:

In the first place, application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking annulment of several Commission or ECHA measures, in the second place, application asking for the ECHA to be ordered to repay amounts which had been unduly received, and, in the third place, application based on Article 268 TFEU and seeking to obtain compensation for the harm which the applicant has allegedly suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that the action in so far as it is brought against the European Commission, is dismissed as being inadmissible;










2.


Declares that the action, in so far as it is brought against the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), is dismissed as being inadmissible in part and unfounded in part;










3.


Orders Leone La Ferla SpA to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 291, 5.10.2013.
Case T-139/14: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — PT Wilmar Bioenergi Indonesia and PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia v Council (Dumping — Imports of biodiesel originating in Indonesia — Definitive anti-dumping duties — Article 2(3) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 — Normal value — Production costs)
Date: 2016-09-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Indonesia, anti-dumping duty, biofuel, import (EU), originating product, production cost








C_2016402EN.01003301.xml










31.10.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 402/33





Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2016 — PT Wilmar Bioenergi Indonesia and PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia v Council
(Case T-139/14) (1)

((Dumping - Imports of biodiesel originating in Indonesia - Definitive anti-dumping duties - Article 2(3) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 - Normal value - Production costs))
(2016/C 402/36)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: PT Wilmar Bioenergi Indonesia (Medan, Indonesia) and PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia (Medan) (represented by: P. Vander Schueren, lawyer)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented initially by S. Boelaert, and subsequently by H. Marcos Fraile, acting as Agents, and by R. Bierwagen and C. Hipp, lawyers)

Interveners in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by J.-F. Brakeland, M. França and A. Stobiecka-Kuik, acting as Agents) and European Biodiesel Board (EBB) (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by O. Prost and M.-S. Dibling, lawyers)

Re:

Action pursuant to Article 263 TFUE for annulment of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1194/2013 of 19 November 2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of biodiesel originating in Argentina and Indonesia (OJ 2013 L 315, p. 2) in so far as the applicants are concerned.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Articles 1 and 2 of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1194/2013 of 19 November 2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of biodiesel originating in Argentina and Indonesia, in so far as they concern PT Wilmar Bioenergi Indonesia and PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia;










2.


Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by PT Wilmar Bioenergi Indonesia and PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia;










3.


Orders the European Commission and the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 151, 19.5.2014.