do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Single Resolution Board — Decision concerning the assessment of the conditions for resolution in respect of ABLV Bank, AS
Date: 2019-02-08
Institutions: Single Resolution Board
Subjects: EU banking union, aid to undertakings, bank, banking supervision, company in difficulties, financial supervision








C_2019050EN.01000301.xml










8.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 50/3






SINGLE RESOLUTION BOARD
Decision concerning the assessment of the conditions for resolution in respect of ABLV Bank, AS
(2019/C 50/04)
On 23 February 2018, the Single Resolution Board decided not to place ABLV Bank, AS under resolution. This decision was based on the conclusion that the condition of Article 18(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 (1) was not met. The main elements of this decision are as follows:






Date of adoption of the decision


23 February 2018




Decision No


SRB/EES/2018/09




Addressee


Finanšu un kapitāla tirgus komisija




Institution


ABLV Bank, AS




Application of the write-down and conversion of capital instruments power


No




Resolution action


No




Fund aid


No




More information about this decision can be found on the SRB’s official website: https://srb.europa.eu/en/content/ablv


(1)  OJ L 225, 30.7.2014, p. 1.
Case C-96/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Niederösterreich (Austria) lodged on 8 February 2019 — VO v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Tulln
Date: 2019-02-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: data recording, drivers, driving period, form, police checks, road safety, road transport, speed control, traffic control, working conditions








C_2019172EN.01000801.xml










20.5.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 172/8






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Niederösterreich (Austria) lodged on 8 February 2019 — VO v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Tulln
(Case C-96/19)
(2019/C 172/10)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landesverwaltungsgericht Niederösterreich

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: VO

Respondent authority: Bezirkshauptmannschaft Tulln

Questions referred







1.


Should Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 (1), in particular the last sentence of Article 34(3) and Article 36(2) thereof, be interpreted as precluding national rules which require drivers of vehicles fitted with a digital tachograph within the meaning of Article 2(2)(h) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 to keep on board and produce, during controls, confirmations by the employer, which must fulfil the minimum requirements of the form drawn up by the Commission in accordance with Article 11(3) of Directive 2006/22/EC (2),for individual working days which are missing from the driver card (Article 2(2)(f) of Regulation (EU) No 165/2014), but for which no record sheets need be kept on board?










2.


If the answer to Question 1 is in the negative:
Is the form laid down by the Commission in its Decision 2009/959/EU (3) wholly or partially invalid?






(1)  Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 February 2014 on tachographs in road transport, repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport (OJ 2014 L 60, p. 1).

(2)  Directive 2006/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on minimum conditions for the implementation of Council Regulations (EEC) No 3820/85 and (EEC) No 3821/85 concerning social legislation relating to road transport activities and repealing Council Directive 88/599/EEC (OJ 2006 L 102, p. 35).

(3)  Commission Decision of 14 December 2009 amending Decision 2007/230/EC on a form concerning social legislation relating to road transport activities (notified under document C(2009) 9895) (OJ 2009 L 330, p. 80).
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 25/2019 of 8 February 2019 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2020/942]
Date: 2019-02-08
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, greenhouse gas, motor vehicle, motor vehicle pollution, reduction of gas emissions, revision of an agreement, technical specification, technical standard, weight and size




L_2020228EN.01003901.xml










16.7.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 228/39








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 25/2019
of 8 February 2019
         
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2020/942]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/649 of 23 January 2018 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the evolution of the mass of new passenger cars registered in 2014, 2015 and 2016 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indent is added in point 21ae (Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32018 R 0649: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/649 of 23 January 2018 (OJ L 108, 27.4.2018, p. 14).’






Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/649 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 9 February 2019, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 8 February 2019.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 108, 27.4.2018, p. 14.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union — Cases where the Commission raises no objectionsText with EEA relevance.
Date: 2019-02-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Croatia, Greece, State aid, control of State aid








C_2019052EN.01000101.xml










8.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/1






Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 52/01)







Date of adoption of the decision


07.01.2019




Aid number


SA.49935 (2018/N)




Member State


Greece




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Superfast Broadband (SFBB) Project — Greece




Legal basis


Joint Ministerial Decision No 39734/207 (Government Gazette B' 1907/29.05.2018) of the Ministers of Digital Policy Telecommunications and Media, Economy and Development, and Education Research and Religious Affairs along with the ‘Participation Guide for the Superfast Broadband Voucher Project (Superfast Broadband)’ — Ministerial Decision No 151.137/337-Γ/04.06.2018 (Diavgeia Internet Uploading Number (ΑΔΑ): 6ΑΡ646ΜΠΥΓ-ΓΡ3) of the Minister of Digital Policy Telecommunications and Media.




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Sectoral development




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 50 (in millions)




Intensity


%




Duration (period)


—




Economic sectors


Telecommunications




Name and address of the granting authority


Ministry of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media




Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.







Date of adoption of the decision


14.01.2019




Aid number


SA.51814 (2018/N)




Member State


Croatia




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Reintroduction of the resolution scheme for small credit institutions with total assets below EUR 1,5  billion




Legal basis


Croatian Resolution Act for credit institutions and investment companies (NG 19/2015)




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Other — Capital aid




Budget


—




Intensity


 


—




Duration (period)


—




Economic sectors


FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES




Name and address of the granting authority







State Agency for Deposit Insurance and Bank Resolution




Croatia, Zagreb, Jurišićeva 1








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 21/2019 of 8 February 2019 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2019/342]
Date: 2019-02-08
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, bank charges, consumer information, electronic money, financial legislation, financial services, intra-EU payment, revision of an agreement, single market




L_2019060EN.01003401.xml










28.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 60/34








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 21/2019
of 8 February 2019
         
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2019/342]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex IX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is inserted after point 31j (Directive 2014/17/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:







‘31k.



32015 R 0751: Regulation (EU) 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions (OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 1).
The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






(a)


In point (b) of Article 3(2), as regards the EFTA States, the words “8 June 2015” shall read “the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 21/2019 of 8 February 2019”.










(b)


In Article 16(2), as regards the EFTA States, the words “until 9 December 2016” shall read “for one year after the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 21/2019 of 8 February 2019.”’











Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) 2015/751 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 9 February 2019, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 8 February 2019.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 1.

(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.
Statement by the European Parliament relating to Regulation (EU) 2019/216 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the apportionment of tariff rate quotas included in the WTO schedule of the Union following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000
Date: 2019-02-08
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: United Kingdom, World Trade Organisation, agricultural product, fishery product, industrial product, processed food product, tariff quota, withdrawal from the EU








C_2019051EN.01000101.xml










8.2.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 51/1






Statement by the European Parliament relating to Regulation (EU) 2019/216 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the apportionment of tariff rate quotas included in the WTO schedule of the Union following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 (1)

(2019/C 51/01)
The European Parliament attaches great importance to being kept fully informed during the preparation of delegated acts and, in particular, to paragraph 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making, which provides that, in order to ensure equal access to all information, the European Parliament and Council shall receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts.


(1)  OJ L 38, 8.2.2019, p. 1.
Case T-647/17: Judgment of the General Court of 8 February 2019 — Serendipity and Others v EUIPO — CKL Holdings (CHIARA FERRAGNI) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark CHIARA FERRAGNI — Earlier Benelux word mark Chiara — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
Date: 2019-02-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, cosmetic product, jewellery and goldsmith's articles, leather, registered trade mark, sports equipment, textile product, trade-mark law








C_2019112EN.01004101.xml










25.3.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/41






Judgment of the General Court of 8 February 2019 — Serendipity and Others v EUIPO — CKL Holdings (CHIARA FERRAGNI)
(Case T-647/17) (1)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark CHIARA FERRAGNI - Earlier Benelux word mark Chiara - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))
(2019/C 112/49)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicants: Serendipity Srl (Milan, Italy), Giuseppe Morgese (Barletta, Italy) and Pasquale Morgese (Barletta) (represented by: C. Volpi, L. Aliotta and F. Garbagnati Lo Iacono, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Rampini, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: CKL Holdings NV (Bussum, Netherlands)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 July 2017 (Case R 2444/2016-4) relating to opposition proceedings between, on the one hand, CKL Holdings and, on the other hand, Serendipity and Messrs Morgese.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 17 July 2017 (Case R 2444/2016-4);










2.


Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Serendipity Srl, Mr Giuseppe Morgese and Mr Pasquale Morgese.






(1)  OJ C 392, 20.11.2017.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 11/2019 of 8 February 2019 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2020/930]
Date: 2019-02-08
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, chemical product, dangerous substance, footwear industry, market approval, market supervision, public health, revision of an agreement, textile industry




L_2020228EN.01002001.xml










16.7.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 228/20








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 11/2019
of 8 February 2019
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2020/930]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1513 of 10 October 2018 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards certain substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMR), category 1A or 1B (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indent is added in point 12zc (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32018 R 1513: Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1513 of 10 October 2018 (OJ L 256, 12.10.2018, p. 1).’






Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) 2018/1513 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 9 February 2019, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 8 February 2019.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 256, 12.10.2018, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 29/2019 of 8 February 2019 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2020/946]
Date: 2019-02-08
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU aid, EU programme, European Economic Area, artistic profession, cultural promotion, cultural transmission, culture, music, protocol to an agreement, revision of an agreement




L_2020228EN.01004401.xml










16.7.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 228/44








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 29/2019
of 8 February 2019
         
amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2020/946]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Articles 86 and 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 111/2014 of 16 May 2014 (1), the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement includes participation in the Creative Europe Programme established by Regulation (EU) No 1295/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.












(2)


It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Regulation (EU) 2018/596 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 April 2018 amending Regulation (EU) No 1295/2013 establishing the Creative Europe Programme (2014 to 2020) (2).












(3)


Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2018,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following shall be added in the eighth indent of paragraph 4 of Article 9 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement:

                  ‘, as amended by:






—



32018 R 0596: Regulation (EU) 2018/596 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 April 2018 (OJ L 103, 23.4.2018, p. 1).’
                     






Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the last notification under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement (*1).
It shall apply from 1 January 2018.


Article 3
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 8 February 2019.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 310, 30.10.2014, p. 83.

(2)  
            OJ L 103, 23.4.2018, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Case C-750/18: Order of the President of the Court of 8 February 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam — Netherlands) — A, B v C
Date: 2019-02-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: consumer protection, indemnification, unfair terms of contract








C_2019172EN.01002701.xml










20.5.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 172/27






Order of the President of the Court of 8 February 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam — Netherlands) — A, B v C
(Case C-750/18) (1)

(2019/C 172/38)
Language of the case: Dutch
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 93, 11.3.2019.
Case T-78/19: Action brought on 8 February 2019 — Lidl Stiftung v EUIPO — Plásticos Hidrosolubles (green cycles)
Date: 2019-02-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, consultancy, plastics industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2019122EN.01002701.xml










1.4.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 122/27






Action brought on 8 February 2019 — Lidl Stiftung v EUIPO — Plásticos Hidrosolubles (green cycles)
(Case T-78/19)
(2019/C 122/30)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Neckarsulm, Germany) (represented by: A. Marx and K. Bonhagen, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Plásticos Hidrosolubles, SL (Rafelbuñol, Spain)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark green cycles in colours blue, grey and white — European Union trade mark No 8 807 265

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 November 2018 in Case R 778/2018-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings;










—


order Plásticos Hidrosolubles, SL to pay the costs of the proceedings before EUIPO.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council in combination with Article 10(3) and (4) of Delegated Regulation 2018/625.