do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-834/16: Order of the General Court of 11 December 2018 — QC v European Council (Action for annulment — EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016 — Press release — Notion of ‘international agreement’ — Identification of the author of the act — Scope of the act — Meeting of the European Council — Meeting of the Heads of State or Government of the Member States of the European Union held on the premises of the Council of the European Union — Capacity of the representatives of the Member States of the European Union during a meeting with the representative of a third country — First paragraph of Article 263 TFEU — Lack of jurisdiction)
Date: 2018-12-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Türkiye, international agreement, powers of the institutions (EU), press release, summit meeting, third country








C_2019065EN.01003401.xml










18.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 65/34






Order of the General Court of 11 December 2018 — QC v European Council
(Case T-834/16) (1)

((Action for annulment - EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016 - Press release - Notion of ‘international agreement’ - Identification of the author of the act - Scope of the act - Meeting of the European Council - Meeting of the Heads of State or Government of the Member States of the European Union held on the premises of the Council of the European Union - Capacity of the representatives of the Member States of the European Union during a meeting with the representative of a third country - First paragraph of Article 263 TFEU - Lack of jurisdiction))
(2019/C 65/42)
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: QC (represented by: C. Ladis, lawyer)

Defendant: European Council (represented by: S. Boelaert, M.-M. Joséphidès and J.-P. Hix, acting as Agents)

Re:

First, application based on Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of an alleged agreement concluded between the European Council and the Republic of Turkey dated 18 March 2016 and entitled ‘EU-Turkey Statement, 18 March 2016’ and, secondly, application based on Article 265 TFEU seeking a declaration that the European Council unlawfully failed to take measures.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


QC and the European Council shall bear their own respective costs.






(1)  OJ C 38, 6.2.2017.
Case T-440/17: Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2018 — Arca Capital Bohemia v Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents relating to a procedure for reviewing State aid — Refusal to grant access — Exception relating to the protection of commercial interests of third parties — Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits — General presumption of confidentiality — Obligation to carry out a specific and individual examination — Overriding public interest)
Date: 2018-12-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, access to EU information, bank, banking, control of State aid, privatisation








C_2019072EN.01002801.xml










25.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 72/28






Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2018 — Arca Capital Bohemia v Commission
(Case T-440/17) (1)

((Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents relating to a procedure for reviewing State aid - Refusal to grant access - Exception relating to the protection of commercial interests of third parties - Exception relating to the protection of the purpose of inspections, investigations and audits - General presumption of confidentiality - Obligation to carry out a specific and individual examination - Overriding public interest))
(2019/C 72/35)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Arca Capital Bohemia a.s. (Prague, Czech Republic) (represented by: M. Nedelka, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouchagiar and A. Buchet, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment, first, of the decision allegedly contained in the Commission’s response of 15 March 2017 to the initial application for access to documents relating to a procedure for reviewing State aid and, secondly, of Commission Decision C(2017) 3130 final of 4 May 2017 refusing to grant such access.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Arca Capital Bohemia a.s. to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 347, 16.10.2017.
Case C-206/18: Order of the President of the Court of 11 December 2018 — European Commission v Republic of Poland, supported by: Kingdom of Belgium, French Republic
Date: 2018-12-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: action for failure to fulfil an obligation, copyright, digital rights management, infringement procedure (EU), literary and artistic property, music, national implementing measure, sanction (EU)








C_2019103EN.01002102.xml










18.3.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 103/21






Order of the President of the Court of 11 December 2018 — European Commission v Republic of Poland, supported by: Kingdom of Belgium, French Republic
(Case C-206/18) (1)

(2019/C 103/24)
Language of the case: Polish
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 182, 28.5.2018.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8492 — Quaker/Global Houghton) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-12-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, merger control, special chemicals








C_2019124EN.01000101.xml










3.4.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 124/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8492 — Quaker/Global Houghton)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 124/01)
On 11 December 2018, 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) in conjunction with Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English 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 32018M8492. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2018-12-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2018446EN.01000301.xml










11.12.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 446/3






Euro exchange rates (1)

10 December 2018
(2018/C 446/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1425 




JPY


Japanese yen


128,79 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4639 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,90245 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,3330 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1295 




ISK


Iceland króna


140,00 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,6885 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,866 




HUF


Hungarian forint


323,15 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2921 




RON


Romanian leu


4,6502 




TRY


Turkish lira


6,0499 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5842 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5218 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,9283 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6581 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5667 




KRW


South Korean won


1 287,42 




ZAR


South African rand


16,3463 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8967 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3870 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 671,36 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,7671 




PHP


Philippine peso


60,367 




RUB


Russian rouble


75,8985 




THB


Thai baht


37,525 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,4524 




MXN


Mexican peso


23,1320 




INR


Indian rupee


82,7284 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-493/17: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 11 December 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverfassungsgericht — Germany) — proceedings brought by Heinrich Weiss and Others (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Economic and monetary policy — Decision (EU) 2015/774 of the European Central Bank — Validity — Secondary markets public sector asset purchase programme — Articles 119 and 127 TFEU — Powers of the ECB and the European System of Central Banks — Maintenance of price stability — Proportionality — Article 123 TFEU — Prohibition of monetary financing of Member States in the euro area)
Date: 2018-12-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Central Bank, central bank, financial legislation, participating country (euro area), price stability, principle of proportionality, public sector, purchase, securities, single monetary policy








C_2019065EN.01001401.xml










18.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 65/14






Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 11 December 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverfassungsgericht — Germany) — proceedings brought by Heinrich Weiss and Others
(Case C-493/17) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Economic and monetary policy - Decision (EU) 2015/774 of the European Central Bank - Validity - Secondary markets public sector asset purchase programme - Articles 119 and 127 TFEU - Powers of the ECB and the European System of Central Banks - Maintenance of price stability - Proportionality - Article 123 TFEU - Prohibition of monetary financing of Member States in the euro area))
(2019/C 65/16)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesverfassungsgericht

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Heinrich Weiss, Jürgen Heraeus, Patrick Adenauer, Bernd Lucke, Hans-Olaf Henkel, Joachim Starbatty, Bernd Kölmel, Ulrike Trebesius, Peter Gauweiler, Johann Heinrich von Stein, Gunnar Heinsohn, Otto Michels, Reinhold von Eben-Worlée, Michael Göde, Dagmar Metzger, Karl-Heinz Hauptmann, Stefan Städter, Markus C. Kerber

Interested parties: Bundesregierung, Bundestag, Deutsche Bundesbank

Operative part of the judgment







1.


Consideration of the first to fourth questions referred for a preliminary ruling has disclosed no factor of such a kind as to affect the validity of Decision (EU) 2015/774 of the European Central Bank of 4 March 2015 on a secondary markets public sector asset purchase programme, as amended by Decision (EU) 2017/100 of the European Central Bank of 11 January 2017.










2.


The fifth question is inadmissible.






(1)  OJ C 402, 27.11.2017.
Initiation of proceedings (Case M.8864 — Vodafone/Certain Liberty Global Assets) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2018-12-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, provision of services, retail trade, telecommunications, television








C_2018459EN.01000202.xml










20.12.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 459/2






Initiation of proceedings
(Case M.8864 — Vodafone/Certain Liberty Global Assets)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2018/C 459/04)
On 11 December 2018, the Commission decided to initiate proceedings in the above-mentioned case after finding that the notified concentration raises serious doubts as to its compatibility with the internal market. The initiation of proceedings opens a second phase investigation with regard to the notified concentration, and is without prejudice to the final decision on the case. The decision is based on Article 6(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their observations on the proposed concentration to the Commission.
In order to be fully taken into account in the procedure, observations should reach the Commission not later than 15 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+ 32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.8864 — Vodafone/Certain Liberty Global Assets, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).