do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Recommendation of the European Central Bank of 25 July 2019 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Central Bank of Malta (ECB/2019/24)
Date: 2019-07-25
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: European System of Central Banks, Malta, accountant, auditing, central bank, euro area








C_2019283EN.01000101.xml










21.8.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 283/1






RECOMMENDATION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 25 July 2019
to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Central Bank of Malta
(ECB/2019/24)
(2019/C 283/01)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Article 27.1 thereof,
Whereas:






(1)


The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and national central banks of the Member States whose currency is the euro are audited by independent external auditors recommended by the ECB’s Governing Council and approved by the Council of the European Union.










(2)


The mandate of the Central Bank of Malta’s current external auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers, ended after the audit for the financial year 2018. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2019.










(3)


The Central Bank of Malta has selected KPMG as its external auditors for the financial years 2019 to 2025,




HAS ADOPTED THIS RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that KPMG should be appointed as the external auditors of the Central Bank of Malta for the financial years 2019 to 2025.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 25 July 2019.


The President of the ECB

Mario DRAGHI
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9381 — Carlyle/Mubadala/CEPSA) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-07-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, gas industry, investment company, merger control, oil industry








C_2019284EN.01000102.xml










22.8.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 284/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9381 — Carlyle/Mubadala/CEPSA)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 284/02)
On 25 July 2019, 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 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 32019M9381. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9454 — EP Global Commerce/METRO) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: broadcasting, economic concentration, electronic commerce, energy industry, merger control, publishing, retail selling, wholesale selling








C_2019249EN.01006901.xml










25.7.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 249/69






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9454 — EP Global Commerce/METRO)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 249/06)

1.   
On 18 July 2019, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


EP Global Commerce a.s. (Czechia),










—


METRO AG (Germany)




EP Global Commerce a.s. acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of METRO AG.
The concentration is accomplished by way of public bid announced on 21 June 2019.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for undertaking EP Global Commerce a.s.: EP Global Commerce a.s., which indirectly already holds a stake of 10,91 % in METRO AG, is an acquisition vehicle with the main purpose of (indirectly) holding the shares in METRO AG. It is controlled by Mr Daniel Kretinsky who holds interests in a number of companies that are predominantly active in the utility and energy sector, publishing and radio broadcasting, and — to a limited extent — in e-commerce,
—   for undertaking METRO AG: METRO AG is predominantly active in the area of retail of daily consumer products under the brand Real and in the wholesale of daily consumer products with outlet stores under the brands METRO and MAKRO Cash & Carry.


3.   
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.
Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.


4.   
The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:
M.9454 — EP Global Commerce/METRO
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:





E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu




Fax +32 22964301




Postal 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’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Information concerning the date of entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part
Date: 2019-07-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Mediterranean region (EU), Morocco, Union for the Mediterranean, association agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement, revision of an agreement








L_2019197EN.01000101.xml










25.7.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 197/1







Information concerning the date of entry into force of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part

The above mentioned Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, signed in Brussels on 25 October 2018, entered into force on 19 July 2019.
Case C-568/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) lodged on 25 July 2019 — MO v Subdelegación del Gobierno en Toledo
Date: 2019-07-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: direct applicability, foreign national, illegal migration, legality, national implementing measure, penalty, return migration








C_2019363EN.01000702.xml










28.10.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 363/7






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) lodged on 25 July 2019 — MO v Subdelegación del Gobierno en Toledo
(Case C-568/19)
(2019/C 363/13)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla-La Mancha

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: MO

Defendant: Subdelegación del Gobierno en Toledo

Question referred

Whether an interpretation of the judgment of the Court of Justice of 23 April 2015 (Case C-38/14, Zaizoune) (1) as meaning the Spanish authorities and courts can directly apply Directive 2008/115/EC (2)
to the detriment of the third-country national, thereby ignoring and disapplying more advantageous national penalty provisions, aggravating that national’s liability to a penalty and possibly disregarding the principle that criminal penalties must be defined by law, is compatible with the case-law of the Court of Justice on the limits on the direct effect of directives, and should the fact that the Spanish legislation is not in conformity with that directive be resolved not in that way but by legislative reform or by the remedies provided by EU law whereby a State can be required properly to transpose directives.


(1)  Judgment of 23 April 2015, Zaizoune (C-38/14, EU:C:2015:260).

(2)  Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals (OJ 2008 L 348, p. 98).
Joint Statement by the Parliament, the Council and the Commission relating to Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 adapting a number of legal acts providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to Articles 290 and 291 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Date: 2019-07-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Commission, European Parliament
Subjects: European Commission, delegated legislation, delegation of power, drafting of EU law, legislative power, non-legislative act (EU), powers of the institutions (EU), transfer of competence








C_2019250EN.01000101.xml










25.7.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 250/1






Joint Statement by the Parliament, the Council and the Commission relating to Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 adapting a number of legal acts providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to Articles 290 and 291 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (1)

(2019/C 250/01)
In point 27 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making the three institutions acknowledged the need for the alignment of all existing legislation to the legal framework introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, and in particular the need to give high priority to the prompt alignment of all basic acts which still refer to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny. Following the proposal of the Commission to that end, this Regulation responds to that need by providing for the alignment of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny in a significant number of acts included in that proposal. The three institutions will continue to work on the alignment of the remaining acts of that proposal.


(1)  OJ L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 241.
Opinion of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank of 25 July 2019 on a Council recommendation on the appointment of the President of the European Central Bank (CON/2019/28)
Date: 2019-07-25
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: European Central Bank, appointment of members, decision-making body (EU), president of an institution








C_2019258EN.01000201.xml










1.8.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 258/2






OPINION OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 25 July 2019
on a Council recommendation on the appointment of the President of the European Central Bank
(CON/2019/28)
(2019/C 258/02)

Introduction and legal basis

On 16 July 2019 the European Central Bank (ECB) received a request from the President of the European Council for an opinion on Council Recommendation of 9 July 2019 on the appointment of the President of the European Central Bank (1).
The competence of the ECB’s Governing Council to deliver an opinion is based on Article 283(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

General observations









1.


The Council’s recommendation, which was submitted to the European Council and on which the European Parliament and the ECB’s Governing Council are being consulted, recommends that Christine LAGARDE be appointed as President of the ECB for a term of office of eight years with effect from 1 November 2019.












2.


The ECB’s Governing Council is of the opinion that the proposed candidate is a person of recognised standing and professional experience in monetary or banking matters as required by Article 283(2) of the Treaty.












3.


The ECB’s Governing Council has no objection to the Council’s recommendation to appoint Christine LAGARDE as President of the ECB.





Done at Frankfurt am Main, 25 July 2019.


The President of the ECB

Mario DRAGHI




(1)  OJ C 235, 12.7.2019, p. 1.
Case C-567/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) lodged on 25 July 2019 — LP v Subdelegación del Gobierno en Toledo
Date: 2019-07-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: foreign national, imprisonment, judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU, offence, removal, residence permit








C_2019372EN.01001701.xml










4.11.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 372/17






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) lodged on 25 July 2019 — LP v Subdelegación del Gobierno en Toledo
(Case C-567/19)
(2019/C 372/18)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla-La Mancha

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: LP

Defendant: Subdelegación del Gobierno en Toledo

Question referred

Is an interpretation such as that set out in judgments of the Spanish Supreme Court No 191/2019 of 19 February 2019, appeal in cassation 5607/2017 (ECLI:ES:TS:2019:580), and No 257/2019 of 27 February 2019, appeal in cassation 5809/2017 (ECLI:ES:TS:2019:663), according to which, through an interpretation of Directive 2001/40/EC, (1) it is possible to come to the conclusion that any third-country national holding a long-term residence permit who has committed an offence punishable by a sentence of at least one year in duration can and should be ‘automatically’ removed, that is to say, [without] needing to give any consideration to his personal, family, social or employment circumstances, compatible with Article 12 of Council [Directive] 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents, (2) and with — inter alia — the judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 7 December 2017 (Case C-636/16 (3)) and of 8 December 2011 (Case C-371/08 (4))?


(1)  Council Directive 2001/40/EC of 28 May 2001 on the mutual recognition of decisions on the expulsion of third country nationals (OJ 2001 L 149, p. 34).

(2)  OJ 2004 L 16, p. 44.

(3)  Judgment of 7 December 2017, López Pastuzano (C-636/16, EU:C:2017:949).

(4)  Judgment of 8 December 2011, Ziebell (C-371/08, EU:C:2011:809).
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1288 of 25 July 2019 entering a name in the register of traditional specialities guaranteed ‘Rögös túró’ (TSG)
Date: 2019-07-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, designation of origin, fresh cheese, labelling, product designation








L_2019203EN.01000101.xml










1.8.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 203/1








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/1288
of 25 July 2019
         
entering a name in the register of traditional specialities guaranteed ‘Rögös túró’ (TSG)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 50(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Hungary's application to register the name ‘Rögös túró’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Rögös túró’ should therefore be entered in the register,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Rögös túró’ (TSG) is hereby entered in the register.
The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 1.3 — Cheeses, as listed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 (3).


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 July 2019.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Phil HOGAN
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ C 111, 25.3.2019, p. 5.

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 36).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2019-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2019249EN.01004701.xml










25.7.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 249/47






Euro exchange rates (1)

24 July 2019
(2019/C 249/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1140 




JPY


Japanese yen


120,41 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4649 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,89143 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,5293 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0982 




ISK


Iceland króna


135,90 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,6355 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,542 




HUF


Hungarian forint


325,75 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2547 




RON


Romanian leu


4,7190 




TRY


Turkish lira


6,3820 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5960 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4627 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,7038 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6613 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5196 




KRW


South Korean won


1 311,47 




ZAR


South African rand


15,5004 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,6588 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3860 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 568,15 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,5831 




PHP


Philippine peso


56,964 




RUB


Russian rouble


70,3192 




THB


Thai baht


34,428 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,1948 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,3211 




INR


Indian rupee


76,8285 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9441 — EDF/Energy2Market) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, electricity supply, energy industry, energy production, gas industry, merger control, power plant, renewable energy, waste recycling








C_2019249EN.01007101.xml










25.7.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 249/71






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9441 — EDF/Energy2Market)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 249/07)

1.   
On 19 July 2019, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


EDF Pulse Croissance Holding SAS (‘EDF Pulse Croissance’), controlled by Electricité de France SA (‘EDF’) (of France),










—


Energy2Market GmbH (‘E2M’) (of Germany).




EDF Pulse Croissance acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of E2M.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   EDF: is active in production, supply and transport of electricity, mainly in France but also outside France. EDF is also active in the gas sector as well as in the construction, operation, and maintenance of electrical plants and power networks and provides waste recycling and energy services,
—   E2M: is an electricity aggregator incorporated in Germany. It is specialised in the direct selling of electricity from renewable energy sources.


3.   
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.
Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.


4.   
The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:
M.9441 — EDF/Energy2Market
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:





E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu




Fax +32 22964301




Postal 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’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Case C-566/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel (Luxembourg) lodged on 25 July 2019 — Parquet général du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg v JR
Date: 2019-07-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European arrest warrant, independence of the judiciary, public prosecution, public prosecutor's department








C_2019337EN.01000801.xml










7.10.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 337/8






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel (Luxembourg) lodged on 25 July 2019 — Parquet général du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg v JR
(Case C-566/19)
(2019/C 337/09)
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Cour d’appel

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Parquet général du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg

Defendant: JR

Questions referred

Can the French Public Prosecutor’s Office at the investigating court or trial court, which has jurisdiction in France, under the law of that State, to issue a European arrest warrant, be considered to be an issuing judicial authority, within the autonomous meaning of that term in Article 6(1) of Council Framework Decision No 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002, (1) in circumstances where, deemed to monitor compliance with the conditions necessary for the issue of a European arrest warrant and to examine whether such a warrant is proportionate in relation to the details of the criminal file, it is, at the same time, the authority responsible for the criminal prosecution in the same case?


(1)  Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States — Statements made by certain Member States on the adoption of the Framework Decision (OJ 2002 L 190, p. 1).