do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9555 — Recruit/MUBK/JV) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 12/04
Date: 2019-12-02
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, financial services, information technology, merger control, provision of services, retail selling








C_2020012EN.01000601.xml










14.1.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 12/6






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9555 — Recruit/MUBK/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 12/04)
On 2 December 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 32019M9555. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Council Decision (EU) 2019/2097 of 2 December 2019 appointing a member and an alternate member, proposed by Romania, of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2019-12-02
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Committee of the Regions, Romania, appointment of members








L_2019317EN.01011001.xml










9.12.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 317/110








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2019/2097
of 2 December 2019
         
appointing a member and an alternate member, proposed by Romania, of the Committee of the Regions


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal of the Romanian Government,

Whereas:







(1)


On 26 January 2015, 5 February 2015 and 23 June 2015, the Council adopted Decisions (EU) 2015/116 (1), (EU) 2015/190 (2) and (EU) 2015/994 (3) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020. On 3 April 2017, by Council Decision (EU) 2017/665 (4), Mr Gheorghe CATRINOIU was replaced by Mr Emil BOC as an alternate member.












(2)


A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Gheorghe FALCĂ.












(3)


An alternate member’s seat has become vacant following the appointment of Mr Emil BOC as a member of the Committee of the Regions,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2020:






(a)


as a member:






—


Mr Emil BOC, Mayor of Cluj-Napoca,








and






(b)


as an alternate member:






—


Mr Daniel Ștefan DRĂGULIN, Mayor of Călărași.










Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 2 December 2019.


For the Council


The President

M. OHISALO
            





(1)  Council Decision (EU) 2015/116 of 26 January 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 20, 27.1.2015, p. 42).

(2)  Council Decision (EU) 2015/190 of 5 February 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 31, 7.2.2015, p. 25).

(3)  Council Decision (EU) 2015/994 of 23 June 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 159, 25.6.2015, p. 70).

(4)  Council Decision (EU) 2017/665 of 3 April 2017 appointing five members and nine alternate members, proposed by Romania, of the Committee of the Regions (OJ L 94, 7.4.2017, p. 40).
Case T-824/19: Action brought on 2 December 2019 — RY v Commission
Date: 2019-12-02
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: abuse of power, access to EU information, reassignment, right to information, rights of the defence, servant (EU), staff regulations (EU), temporary employment, termination of employment








C_2020036EN.01003702.xml










3.2.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 36/37






Action brought on 2 December 2019 — RY v Commission
(Case T-824/19)
(2020/C 36/45)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: RY (represented by J.-N. Louis, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:






—


annul the Commission’s decision of 10 April 2019 to terminate the applicant’s contract as a member of the temporary staff pursuant to Article 2(c) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants (‘CEOS’);










—


order the Commission to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

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






1.


First plea in law, alleging infringement of Article 266 TFEU. The applicant claims in that regard that the Commission ought to have reinstated him further to the judgment of 10 January 2019, RY v Commission (T-160/17, EU:T:2019:1).










2.


Second plea in law, alleging infringement of the right to be heard, in that the applicant was not able to submit his comments effectively and influence the decision-making process in question.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging misuse of power, on the ground that the contested decision was taken for the sole purpose of giving a semblance of lawfulness to the purely confirmatory decision to terminate the applicant’s contract.










4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging infringement of the right of access to the file. The applicant claims in that respect that no follow-up was given to his repeated requests that he be sent the documents exchanged between the office of the Commission member concerned and the Directorate General for Human Resources and Security further to the judgment of 10 January 2019, RY v Commission (T-160/17, EU:T:2019:1)
Euro exchange ratesSource: reference exchange rate published by the ECB. 29 November 20192019/C 405/04
Date: 2019-12-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2019405EN.01000401.xml










2.12.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 405/4






Euro exchange rates (1)

29 November 2019
(2019/C 405/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0982 




JPY


Japanese yen


120,43 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4713 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85225 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,4995 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0998 




ISK


Iceland króna


134,00 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,1045 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,515 




HUF


Hungarian forint


333,82 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3185 




RON


Romanian leu


4,7823 




TRY


Turkish lira


6,3198 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6228 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4614 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,5954 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7090 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5017 




KRW


South Korean won


1 295,81 




ZAR


South African rand


16,1197 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7172 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4385 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 490,11 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,5882 




PHP


Philippine peso


55,838 




RUB


Russian rouble


70,5544 




THB


Thai baht


33,204 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,6459 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,4483 




INR


Indian rupee


78,6875 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-827/19: Action brought on 2 December 2019 – Gaspar v Commission
Date: 2019-12-02
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, retirement conditions, staff regulations (EU), transfer of pension rights








C_2020061EN.01004801.xml










24.2.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 61/48






Action brought on 2 December 2019 – Gaspar v Commission
(Case T-827/19)
(2020/C 61/61)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Norbert Gaspar (Mensdorf, Luxembourg) (represented by: R. Wardyn, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the Commission’s decision of 23 May 2018; and










—


order the Commission to pay the costs of the process.





Pleas in law and main arguments

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






1.


First plea in law, alleging violation of article 11(2) of Annex VIII of Staff Regulations and Article 7(1) of the GIP:






—


the transferable pensionable years should be calculated on the basis of the amount actually transferred minus the capital appreciation between the date of the application for a transfer and the actual date of the transfer;










—


the PMO erred by calculating the transferable pensions rights based solely on the amount provided by the national administration in the provisional decision while the amount actually transferred did not correspond uniquely to the capital appreciation between the date of the application for a transfer and the date of the actual transfer.














2.


Second plea in law, alleging unjustified enrichment of the Union:






—


the calculation of the transferable years on the basis of a provisional amount which was subject to recalculation and that did not correspond uniquely to the capital appreciation between the date of the application for a transfer and the actual date of the transfer resulted in unjustified enrichment of the Union.
Designation of the Chamber responsible for cases of the kind referred to in Article 193 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (review of decisions given on appeal)
Date: 2019-12-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union, appeal, operation of the Institutions, rules of procedure








C_2019406EN.01000203.xml










2.12.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 406/2






Designation of the Chamber responsible for cases of the kind referred to in Article 193 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (review of decisions given on appeal)
(2019/C 406/04)
At its General Meeting on 24 September 2019, the Court designated the Fifth Chamber as the Chamber that is, in accordance with Article 11(2) of the Rules of Procedure, responsible for cases of the kind referred to in Article 193 of those Rules, for the period from 7 October 2019 to 6 October 2020.
Appointment of the First Advocate General
Date: 2019-12-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: appointment of members, member of the Court of Justice (EU)








C_2019406EN.01000201.xml










2.12.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 406/2






Appointment of the First Advocate General
(2019/C 406/02)
At its General Meeting on 24 September 2019, the Court of Justice appointed, in accordance with Article 14(1) of the Rules of Procedure, Mr Szpunar as First Advocate General for the period from 7 October 2019 to 6 October 2020.
Taking of the oath by new Members of the Court
Date: 2019-12-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Court of Justice (EU), appointment of members, member of the Court of Justice (EU)








C_2019406EN.01000301.xml










2.12.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 406/3






Taking of the oath by new Members of the Court
(2019/C 406/06)
Following his appointment as Judge at the Court of Justice for the period from 7 October 2019 to 6 October 2021 by decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union of 1 February 2019 (1), Mr Jääskinen took the oath before the Court of Justice on 7 October 2019.
Following his appointment as Judge at the Court of Justice for the period from 7 October 2019 to 6 October 2024 by decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union of 10 July 2019 (2), Mr Wahl took the oath before the Court of Justice on 7 October 2019.


(1)  OJ L 32, 4.2.2019, p. 7.

(2)  OJ L 189, 15.7.2019, p. 70.
Assignment of Judges to Chambers
Date: 2019-12-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: appointment of members, member of the Court of Justice (EU)








C_2019406EN.01000302.xml










2.12.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 406/3






Assignment of Judges to Chambers
(2019/C 406/07)
At its General Meeting on 8 October 2019, the Court decided to assign Mr Jääskinen to the First and the Sixth Chambers and Mr Wahl to the Third and the Eighth Chambers.
Case T-819/19: Action brought on 2 December 2019 – Man and Machine v EUIPO – Bim Freelance (bim ready)
Date: 2019-12-02
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, education, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2020027EN.01007001.xml










27.1.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 27/70






Action brought on 2 December 2019 – Man and Machine v EUIPO – Bim Freelance (bim ready)
(Case T-819/19)
(2020/C 27/70)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Man and Machine Ltd (Thame Oxfordshire, United Kingdom) (represented by: R. Peto, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Bim Freelance Corp. (Miami, Florida, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark bim ready – International registration designating the European Union No 1 359 265

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 September 2019 in Case R 317/2019-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Corrigendum to Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9598 — Allianz/T&R) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Official Journal of the European Union C 394 of 21 November 2019)2019/C 405/13
Date: 2019-12-02
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: catering, catering industry, economic concentration, hotel industry, insurance, investment company, merger control, motor fuel, retail selling








C_2019405EN.01002001.xml










2.12.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 405/20






Corrigendum to Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9598 — Allianz/T&R) Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Official Journal of the European Union C 394 of 21 November 2019)

(2019/C 405/13)
On page 8, in the first paragraph:
for:

‘On 11 November 2019, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).’,

read:

‘On 13 November 2019, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).’.
Case T-821/19: Action brought on 2 December 2019 — Herlyn and Beck v EUIPO — Brillux (B.home)
Date: 2019-12-02
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, catering industry, cosmetic product, hotel industry, marketing, property leasing, real estate business, registered trade mark, textile product, trade-mark law








C_2020027EN.01007002.xml










27.1.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 27/70






Action brought on 2 December 2019 — Herlyn and Beck v EUIPO — Brillux (B.home)
(Case T-821/19)
(2020/C 27/71)
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicants: Sonja Herlyn (Grünwald, Germany), Christian Beck (Grünwald) (represented by: H. Hofmann, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Brillux GmbH & Co. KG (Münster, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicants

Trade mark at issue: Application for EU trade mark B.home — Application for registration No 16 961 336

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 September 2019 in Case R 373/2019-5

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Court should:






—


annul or amend the contested decision and uphold the decision of the Opposition Division of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in proceedings B2976549 of 10 December 2018;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs;










—


set a date for an oral hearing.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Designation of the Chamber responsible for cases of the kind referred to in Article 107 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (urgent preliminary ruling procedure)
Date: 2019-12-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union, operation of the Institutions, preliminary ruling procedure, rules of procedure








C_2019406EN.01000202.xml










2.12.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 406/2






Designation of the Chamber responsible for cases of the kind referred to in Article 107 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (urgent preliminary ruling procedure)
(2019/C 406/03)
At its General Meeting on 24 September 2019, the Court designated the Third and the Fourth Chambers as the Chambers that are, in accordance with Article 11(2) of the Rules of Procedure, responsible for cases of the kind referred to in Article 107 of those Rules, for the period from 7 October 2019 to 6 October 2020.
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures2019/C 405/08
Date: 2019-12-02
Institutions: Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission
Subjects: China, Taiwan, anti-dumping duty, import (EU), originating product, plate, steel








C_2019405EN.01001101.xml










2.12.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 405/11






Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
(2019/C 405/08)

1.   

As provided for in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union (1), the Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.


2.   Procedure

Union producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury. Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of the exporting country and Union producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify, rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.
3.   Time limit

Union producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Unit H-1), CHAR 4/39, 1049 Brussels, Belgium (2) at any time from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date mentioned in the table below.

4.   
This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union.









Product


Country(ies) of origin or exportation


Measures


Reference


Date of expiry (3)





Stainless steel cold-rolled flat products


The People’s Republic of China
Taiwan


Anti-dumping duty


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1429 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of stainless steel cold-rolled flat products originating in the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan (OJ L 224, 27.8.2015, p. 10).


28.8.2020







(1)  OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21.

(2)  TRADE-Defence-Complaints@ec.europa.eu

(3)  The measure expires at midnight of the day mentioned in this column.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9610 — CVC/Royal FrieslandCampina/DMV Fonterra Excipients) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2019/C 405/10
Date: 2019-12-02
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: dairy industry, economic concentration, investment company, lactose, merger control, pharmaceutical industry








C_2019405EN.01001401.xml










2.12.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 405/14






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9610 — CVC/Royal FrieslandCampina/DMV Fonterra Excipients)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 405/10)

1.   
On 22 November 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:






—


CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS S.A. (‘CVC’, Luxembourg),










—


Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. (‘RFC’, Netherlands),










—


DMV Fonterra Excipients GmbH & Co. KG (‘DMV’, Germany).




CVC and RFC acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of DMV.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


CVC and/or its subsidiaries manages investment funds and platforms,










—


RFC produces and sells dairy and dairy related consumer products,










—


DMV manufactures and supplies pharmaceutical grade lactose and non lactose-based excipients to pharmaceutical companies.






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.9610 — CVC/Royal FrieslandCampina/DMV Fonterra Excipients
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’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.