do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9371 — DSV/Panalpina Welttransport) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-07-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: air transport, carrier, economic concentration, land transport, logistics, maritime transport, merger control








C_2019262EN.01000101.xml










5.8.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 262/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9371 — DSV/Panalpina Welttransport)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 262/01)
On 26 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 32019M9371. 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.9367 — Mirova/Predica/Indigo) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, insurance, investment company, merger control, parking area








C_2019251EN.01000401.xml










26.7.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 251/4






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9367 — Mirova/Predica/Indigo)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 251/04)

1.   
On 19 July 2019, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


Mirova S.A. (‘Mirova’, France),










—


Prévoyance Dialogue du Crédit Agricole S.A. (‘Predica’, France),










—


Indigo Group (‘Indigo’, France).




Mirova and Predica acquire within the meaning of Articles 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Indigo by acquiring Infra Foch Topco, the holding company of the Indigo group.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Mirova: an asset management company which is ultimately controlled by Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne (‘BPCE’) Groupe. BPCE is headquartered in Paris, France and is active in a full range of banking and insurance activities,
—   for Predica: a life and health insurance company belonging to Crédit Agricole Assurances, headquartered in Paris France,
—   for Indigo: Indigo is headquartered in Paris, France, and offers vehicle parking services as well as digital parking and individual mobility services, mostly in France, Belgium, Spain and Luxembourg.


3.   

On a 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.



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.9367 — Mirova/Predica/Indigo
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:





Email: 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’).
Results of the call for proposals — EIB Institute’s EIBURS sponsorship
Date: 2019-07-26
Institutions: European Investment Bank
Subjects: EU aid, EU programme, EU research policy, EU sponsorship, research body, university, university research








C_2019251EN.01000301.xml










26.7.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 251/3






Results of the call for proposals — EIB Institute’s EIBURS sponsorship
(2019/C 251/03)
The EIB-University Research Sponsorship Programme (EIBURS) is part of the EIB Institute’s Knowledge Programme, through which the EIB fosters relationships with universities and research centres. EIBURS provides grants of up to EUR 100 000 per year for a period of three years to universities and research centres working on topics selected by the EIB Institute and of major interest to the EIB Group. The grants are awarded through a competitive process to interested entities in the EU, candidate countries or potential candidate countries, with recognised expertise in areas of direct interest to the EIB Group. The grant seeks to enable the chosen university or research centres to expand their activities in these areas.
For the period 2019-2021, the EIBURS programme selected two new research topics:






—


‘Building the future of inclusive finance: the role of Fintechs and digitalisation’: the call for proposals was published in OJ C 50 of 8 February 2019 and the EIB Institute received 8 proposals from 7 different countries,










—


‘Incorporating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Criteria in Credit Analysis and Ratings’: the call for proposals was published in OJ C 57 of 13 February 2019 and the EIB Institute received 10 proposals from 7 different countries.




On 26 June 2019, the EIB Institute’s Internal Steering Group (ISG) decided to award:






—


the EIBURS grant on ‘Building the future of inclusive finance: the role of Fintechs and digitalisation’ to the University of Twente (Netherlands),










—


the EIBURS grant on ‘Incorporating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Criteria in Credit Analysis and Ratings’ to the University Ca’ Foscari Venezia (Italy).




All applicants for both EIBURS grants have been directly informed of these results.
For more extensive information on EIBURS and the other Knowledge Programme initiatives, please visit the Knowledge Programme page of the EIB Institute’s website.
Case T-530/19: Action brought on 26 July 2019 — Nord Stream v Parliament and Council
Date: 2019-07-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: energy transport, gas pipeline, gas supply, natural gas, principle of proportionality, security of supply, single market, third country








C_2019312EN.01004501.xml










16.9.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 312/45






Action brought on 26 July 2019 — Nord Stream v Parliament and Council
(Case T-530/19)
(2019/C 312/37)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Nord Stream AG (Zug, Suisse) (represented by: M. Raible, C. von Köckritz and J. von Andreae, lawyers)

Defendants: European Parliament and Council of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul Directive (EU) 2019/692 of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union of 17 April 2019 amending Directive 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas, insofar as Article 1 (9) of this Directive introduced Article 49a (3) first sentence of Directive 2009/73 stipulating that ‘[d]ecisions pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be adopted by 24 May 2020’;










—


order the European Parliament and/or the Council of the European Union to pay the Applicant’s costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on three pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging that the deadline for obtaining potential derogation decisions under the newly inserted Article 49a of Directive 2009/73 is excessively short and thereby violates the general legal principle of proportionality as laid down in article 5(4) TEU.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that the amending Directive must be partially annulled for violation of Article 296 TFEU since it is vitiated by a failure to state reasons for the introduction of the excessively short deadline in the contested provision.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging that the contested provision violates the principle of legitimate expectations as it unjustly limits the possibility to obtain derogations under the newly introduced Article 49a of Directive 2009/73. The possibility of obtaining such derogations is legally required in order to protect the legitimate expectations of operators of offshore third country pipelines which were completed and in operation when the amending directive entered into force.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9429 — Sports Direct International/GAME Digital) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-07-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, gaming, merger control, retail trade, sports equipment








C_2019258EN.01000101.xml










1.8.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 258/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9429 — Sports Direct International/GAME Digital)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 258/01)
On 26 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 32019M9429. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Corrigendum to Publication of an application for approval of a minor amendment in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ C 132, 13.4.2018)
Date: 2019-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Lombardy, consumer information, cows’ milk cheese, designation of origin, hard cheese, labelling, product designation, quality control of agricultural products








C_2019251EN.01001401.xml










26.7.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 251/14






Corrigendum to Publication of an application for approval of a minor amendment in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs
(
Official Journal of the European Union C 132 of 13 April 2018
)
(2019/C 251/07)
On page 18, in the fourth paragraph of point 3.5:

for:


‘“Parmigiano Reggiano” portions may be packaged at the same business premises on which they are cut.’,


read:


‘Portions of “Parmigiano Reggiano” may be packaged in the retail outlet in which they are prepared.’.
Call for applications 2019 for the ‘Altiero Spinelli Prize for Outreach’
Date: 2019-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European cultural event, cultural prize, promotion of the European idea, public awareness campaign, young person








C_2019251EN.01000201.xml










26.7.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 251/2






Call for applications 2019
for the ‘Altiero Spinelli Prize for Outreach’
(2019/C 251/02)
For the third consecutive year, the Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Culture and Sport of the European Commission has launched a Call for Applications for the European Union's ‘Altiero Spinelli Prize for Outreach’.
The aim of the call is to reward outstanding works that enhance the citizens' understanding of the EU and help broaden the ownership of the European project. In 2019 the Prize focuses on young people.
There will be up to sixteen prizes of EUR 25 000 each.
The call is open to:






—


Individuals (natural persons) who are EU citizens;










—


Non-governmental legal entities established and based in an EU Member State.




The call is not open to public authorities.
The deadline for applications is 29 October 2019 at 17:00 CET.
All relevant information and application forms are available at:
https://ec.europa.eu/education/resources-and-tools/funding-opportunities/altiero-spinelli-prize-for-outreach-call-for-applications-2019
Case C-569/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Potenza (Italy) lodged on 26 July 2019 — OM v Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca and Others
Date: 2019-07-26
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: admissibility, labour dispute








C_2020087EN.01000201.xml










16.3.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 87/2






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Potenza (Italy) lodged on 26 July 2019 — OM v Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca and Others
(Case C-569/19)
(2020/C 87/02)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale di Potenza

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: OM

Defendants: Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, and Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri
By order of 7 November 2019, the Court (Ninth Chamber) declared the request for a preliminary ruling lodged by the Tribunale di Potenza manifestly inadmissible.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9366 — BPCE/Auchan/Oney Bank) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-07-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: banking, credit institution, economic concentration, financial services, insurance, investment bank, merger control, retail trade








C_2019279EN.01000101.xml










19.8.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 279/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9366 — BPCE/Auchan/Oney Bank)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 279/01)
On 26 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 French 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 32019M9366. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9442 — Elliott/Insight/WorkForce) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 343/05
Date: 2019-07-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, information technology industry, investment company, merger control, risk management








C_2020343EN.01000901.xml










15.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 343/9






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9442 — Elliott/Insight/WorkForce)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 343/05)
On 26 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 32019M9442. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-534/19: Action brought on 26 July 2019 – TestBioTech v Commission
Date: 2019-07-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: food safety, maize, market approval, scientific report, transgenic plant








C_2019363EN.01001901.xml










28.10.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 363/19






Action brought on 26 July 2019 – TestBioTech v Commission
(Case T-534/19)
(2019/C 363/27)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: TestBioTech eV (Munich, Germany) (represented by: K. Smith QC)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the Commission’s decision of 20 May 2019, refusing to revoke or amend Commission Implementing Decision 2018/2046 of 19 December 2018; (1)











—


order the defendant to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on three pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging an error of law in that the Commission conducted its assessment of the maize in question in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2004. (2)











2.


Second plea in law, alleging manifest errors of scientific assessment.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging that the Commission unlawfully failed to request an event-specific post-marketing monitoring plan.






(1)  Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/2046 of 19 December 2018 authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize MON 87427 × MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122, and genetically modified maize combining two, three or four of the single events MON 87427, MON 89034, 1507, MON 88017 and 59122 and repealing Decision 2011/366/EU (notified under document C (2018) 8238) (OJ 2018 L 327, p. 70).

(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2004 of 6 April 2004 on detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the application for the authorisation of new genetically modified food and feed, the notification of existing products and adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of genetically modified material which has benefited from a favourable risk evaluation (OJ 2004 L 102, p. 14).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9330 — Denso/Hirose) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer goods, economic concentration, electronic component, industrial product, merger control, vehicle parts








C_2019251EN.01000601.xml










26.7.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 251/6






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9330 — Denso/Hirose)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 251/05)

1.   
On 22 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:






—


Denso Corporation (‘Denso’, Japan),










—


Hirose Plant (Japan), owned by the Toyota Motor Corporation.




Denso acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the Hirose Plant.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of assets.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Denso is a Japanese manufacturer and supplier of advanced automotive parts and components for automobile manufacturers, non-automotive consumer products and industrial products,










—


the Hirose Plant is a manufacturing facility, which is engaged in the production of semiconductors and electronic components for use in automobiles.






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.



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.9330 — Denso/Hirose
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:





Email: 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’).
Case T-527/19: Action brought on 26 July 2019 — Sánchez Cano v EUIPO — Grupo Osborne (EL TORO BALLS Fini)
Date: 2019-07-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, confectionery product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2019312EN.01004401.xml










16.9.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 312/44






Action brought on 26 July 2019 — Sánchez Cano v EUIPO — Grupo Osborne (EL TORO BALLS Fini)
(Case T-527/19)
(2019/C 312/36)
Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Sánchez Cano, SA (Molina del Segura, Spain) (represented by C. Giner Mas and M. González Aleixandre, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Grupo Osborne, SA (El Puerto de Santa María, Spain)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark EL TORO BALLS Fini — Application for registration No 15 648 595

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 March 2019 in Case R 2690/2017-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision in its entirety;










—


order the defendant to pay to the applicant the costs relating to and occasioned by the present application, as well as the costs incurred by the applicant before the Board of Appeal; or, in the event that the other party in the contested decision appears as an intervener, order that the defendant and the other party in the contested decision be held jointly and severally liable to pay to the applicant the costs relating to and occasioned by the present application, as well as the costs incurred by the applicant before the Board of Appeal.





Plea in law

Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.