do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9590 — Oaktree/RAFI) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 83/02
Date: 2019-12-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronics industry, investment company, merger control, provision of services, trade credit








C_2020083EN.01000201.xml










13.3.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 83/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9590 — Oaktree/RAFI)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 83/02)
On 11 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 32019M9590. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-905/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Darmstadt (Germany) lodged on 11 December 2019 — EP v Kreis Groß-Gerau
Date: 2019-12-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Tunisia, agreement (EU), discrimination on the basis of nationality, equal treatment, foreign national, migrant worker, residence permit, work permit








C_2020077EN.01002801.xml










9.3.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 77/28






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Darmstadt (Germany) lodged on 11 December 2019 — EP v Kreis Groß-Gerau
(Case C-905/19)
(2020/C 77/39)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgericht Darmstadt

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: EP

Defendant: Kreis Groß-Gerau

Questions referred

Can it be inferred from the prohibition of discrimination in Article 64 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement with Tunisia (1) that a curtailment of the period of validity of a residence permit because the conditions for the grant of that residence permit are no longer satisfied is prohibited if






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the Tunisian national was in employment at the time when the retroactive curtailment of the period of validity of the residence permit was notified,










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the decision to curtail the period of validity is not based on grounds relating to the protection of a legitimate national interest, such as public policy, public security or public health, and










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the Tunisian national did not possess authorisation to take up employment (work permit) that was independent of the residence permit, but was entitled by law to take up employment during the period of validity of the residence permit?




Does the legal status of a foreign national arising from the prohibition of discrimination in Article 64 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement with Tunisia require, in addition to the residence permit, the grant of an administrative authorisation to take up employment?
What is the relevant point in time for the assessment of legal status under the law on residence and work permits? Is the relevant point in time the date of adoption of the administrative decision withdrawing the right of residence or the date of the judicial decision?


(1)  Euro-Mediterranean Agreement of 17 July 1995 establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part (OJ 1998 L 97, p. 1).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9505 — Daimler AG/Swiss Re Ltd/JV) (Text with EEA relevance) 2019/C 431/05
Date: 2019-12-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, insurance company, merger control, motor vehicle industry, reinsurance, subsidiary








C_2019431EN.01000501.xml










23.12.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 431/5






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9505 — Daimler AG/Swiss Re Ltd/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 431/05)
On 11 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 32019M9505. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Opinion of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank of 11 December 2019 on a Council recommendation on the appointment of a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (CON/2019/43)2019/C 425/02
Date: 2019-12-11
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: appointment of members, member of the European Central Bank








C_2019425EN.01000201.xml










18.12.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 425/2






OPINION OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 11 December 2019
on a Council recommendation on the appointment of a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank
(CON/2019/43)
(2019/C 425/02)

Introduction and legal basis

On 15 November 2019 the European Central Bank (ECB) received a request from the President of the European Council for an opinion on Council Recommendation of 8 November 2019 on the appointment of a member of the Executive Board 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 Isabel SCHNABEL be appointed as a member of the ECB’s Executive Board for a term of office of eight years with effect from 1 January 2020.












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 Isabel Schnabel as a member of the ECB’s Executive Board.





Done at Frankfurt am Main, 11 December 2019.


The President of the ECB

Christine LAGARDE




(1)  OJ C 385, 13.11.2019, p. 1.
Case C-907/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany) lodged on 11 December 2019 — Q-GmbH v Z Tax Office
Date: 2019-12-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, insurance company, insurance occupation, tax exemption, trade intermediary








C_2020087EN.01000801.xml










16.3.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 87/8






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany) lodged on 11 December 2019 — Q-GmbH v Z Tax Office
(Case C-907/19)
(2020/C 87/11)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesfinanzhof

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Q-GmbH

Defendant: Z Tax Office

Question referred

Does a service related to insurance and reinsurance transactions that is performed with exemption from tax by insurance brokers and insurance agents within the meaning of Article 135(1)(a) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (1) exist if a taxable person who carries out intermediary work for an insurance company also provides that insurance company with the mediated insurance product?


(1)  OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1.
Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1198 of 12 July 2019 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ceramic tableware and kitchenware originating in the People’s Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 (Official Journal of the European Union L 189 of 15 July 2019)
Date: 2019-12-11
Institutions: European Commission, Secretariat-General
Subjects: China, anti-dumping duty, ceramics, household article, import (EU), originating product








L_2019320EN.01015901.xml










11.12.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 320/159







Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1198 of 12 July 2019 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ceramic tableware and kitchenware originating in the People’s Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036

(Official Journal of the European Union L 189 of 15 July 2019)


On page 52, in point (a) of Article 2:
for:


                  ‘it did not export to the Union the product described in paragraph 1 in the period between 1 October 2010 and 30 September 2011 (original investigation period),’;

read:


                  ‘it did not export to the Union the product described in Article 1(1) in the period between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2011 (original investigation period),’.
Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates applicable as from 1 January 2020 (Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 (OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1))2019/C 416/06
Date: 2019-12-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, interest, reimbursement of aid








C_2019416EN.01001201.xml










11.12.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 416/12






Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates applicable as from 1 January 2020


(Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 (OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1))


(2019/C 416/06)
Base rates calculated in accordance with the Communication from the Commission on the revision of the method for setting the reference and discount rates (OJ C 14, 19.1.2008, p. 6.). Depending on the use of the reference rate, the appropriate margins have still to be added as defined in this communication. For the discount rate this means that a margin of 100 basispoints has to be added. The Commission Regulation (EC) No 271/2008 of 30 January 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 foresees that, unless otherwise provided for in a specific decision, the recovery rate will also be calculated by adding 100 basispoints to the base rate.
Modified rates are indicated in bold.
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Case C-483/19: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 11 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour du travail de Liège — Belgium) — Ville de Verviers v J (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Social policy — Directive 1999/70/EC — Framework Agreement, concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP regarding fixed-term work — Clause 2 — Scope of the Framework Agreement — Possibility for Member States to exclude initial vocational training relationships and apprenticeship schemes and employment contracts and relationships which have been concluded within the framework of a specific public or publicly supported training, integration and vocational retraining programme — Consequences)
Date: 2019-12-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: framework agreement, labour law, national implementing measure, temporary employment, vocational retraining, vocational training, work contract








C_2020068EN.01002702.xml










2.3.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 68/27






Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 11 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour du travail de Liège — Belgium) — Ville de Verviers v J
(Case C-483/19) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court - Social policy - Directive 1999/70/EC - Framework Agreement, concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP regarding fixed-term work - Clause 2 - Scope of the Framework Agreement - Possibility for Member States to exclude initial vocational training relationships and apprenticeship schemes and employment contracts and relationships which have been concluded within the framework of a specific public or publicly supported training, integration and vocational retraining programme - Consequences)
(2020/C 68/29)
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Cour du travail de Liège

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Ville de Verviers
Defendant: J

Operative part of the order

Clause 2(2)(b) of the framework agreement on fixed-term work annexed to Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP must be interpreted as not precluding that a national legislature which, in accordance with the power granted to it under that provision, excluded from the scope of the national legislation transposing Directive 1999/70 and the framework agreement a certain category of contracts, be exempted from adopting national measures so as to provide a guarantee to workers covered by that category of contract that the objectives pursued by the framework agreement will be respected.


(1)  OJ C 288, 26.8.2019.
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 as regards financial discipline as from financial year 2021 and Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 as regards flexibility between pillars in respect of calendar year 2020’ (COM(2019) 580 — 2019/0253(COD))
Date: 2019-12-11
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: EAFRD, EAGF, EU Member State, EU direct payments, aid to agriculture, budgetary discipline (EU), financial aid, financial management, rural development








C_2020097EN.01006901.xml










24.3.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 97/69






Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 as regards financial discipline as from financial year 2021 and Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 as regards flexibility between pillars in respect of calendar year 2020’
(COM(2019) 580 — 2019/0253(COD))
(2020/C 97/09)






Referral


European Parliament, 13.11.2019
Council of the European Union, 15.11.2019




Legal basis


Articles 43(2) and 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment




Adopted at plenary session


11.12.2019




Plenary session No


548




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


191/1/1




Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the content of the proposal and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided, at its 548th plenary session of 11 and 12 December 2019 (meeting of 11 December 2019), by 191 votes to 1 with 1 abstention, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.

Brussels, 11 December 2019.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Luca JAHIER
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M. 9629 — Faurecia/SAS) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2019/C 416/08
Date: 2019-12-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: commercial vehicle, economic concentration, merger control, motor car, motor vehicle industry, subsidiary, vehicle parts








C_2019416EN.01001401.xml










11.12.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 416/14






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M. 9629 — Faurecia/SAS)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 416/08)

1.   
On 3 December 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:






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Faurecia Automotive GmbH (‘Faurecia’, Germany), a subsidiary of Faurecia S.A. (France) and ultimately controlled by Peugeot S.A. (France), parent company of the PSA group,










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SAS Autosystemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG (‘SAS’, Germany), currently jointly controlled by Faurecia and Continental Automotive GmbH (‘Continental’, Germany).




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


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for Faurecia: Faurecia is a subsidiary of Faurecia S.A., a French automotive supplier active in the development, manufacture, and supply of components for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Peugeot S.A. is a French car manufacturer,










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for SAS: SAS is a jointly-controlled business (owned by Faurecia and Continental, another automotive component supplier), specialising in the assembly of cockpit modules for passenger cars and commercial vehicles.






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. 9629 — Faurecia/SAS
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.
Case C-332/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 11 December 2019 — Mytilinaios Anonymos Etairia — Omilos Epicheiriseon, formerly Alouminion tis Ellados VEAE v European Commission, Dimosia Epicheirisi Ilektrismou AE (DEI) (Appeal — State aid — Production of aluminium — Preferential electricity supply tariff granted by a contract — Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market — Termination of the contract — Judicial suspension, as an interim measure, of the effects of termination — Decision declaring the aid unlawful)
Date: 2019-12-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Greece, State aid, aluminium, control of State aid, electrical energy, electricity supply, preferential price, price of energy








C_2020054EN.01000201.xml










17.2.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 54/2






Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 11 December 2019 — Mytilinaios Anonymos Etairia — Omilos Epicheiriseon, formerly Alouminion tis Ellados VEAE v European Commission, Dimosia Epicheirisi Ilektrismou AE (DEI)
(Case C-332/18 P) (1)

(Appeal - State aid - Production of aluminium - Preferential electricity supply tariff granted by a contract - Decision declaring the aid compatible with the internal market - Termination of the contract - Judicial suspension, as an interim measure, of the effects of termination - Decision declaring the aid unlawful)
(2020/C 54/02)
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Appellant: Mytilinaios Anonymos Etairia — Omilos Epicheiriseon, formerly Alouminion tis Ellados VEAE (represented by: N. Korogiannakis, N. Keramidas, E. Chrysafis, D. Diakopoulos and A. Komninos, dikigoroi, and by K. Struckmann, Rechtsanwalt)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (A. Bouchagiar and E. Gippini Fournier, acting as Agents), Dimosia Epicheirisi Ilektrismou AE (DEI) (represented by: E. Bourtzalas and D. Waelbroeck, avocats, and by C. Synodinos, H. and E. Salaka, dikigoroi)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Mytilinaios Anonymos Etairia — Omilos Epicheiriseon to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 285, 13.8.2018.