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Call for applications for the Jan Amos Comenius Prize for high-quality teaching about the European Union2019/C 427 I/01
Date: 2019-12-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission
Subjects: cultural prize, promotion of the European idea, secondary education, teaching quality








CI2019427EN.01000101.xml










19.12.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CI 427/1






Call for applications
for the ‘Jan Amos Comenius Prize for high-quality teaching about the European Union’
(2019/C 427 I/01)
The Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture of the European Commission has launched a Call for Applications for the European Union’s ‘Jan Amos Comenius Prize for high quality teaching about the European Union’.
The prize will reward secondary schools that help their pupils learn about the European Union in ways that inspire. It will provide EU-wide recognition and visibility to relevant work in each Member State and will highlight the importance of teaching and learning about the EU at a young age. It will showcase innovative teaching methods that engage pupils actively in learning about the EU and will help spread these practices.
The call is open to secondary schools (ISCED level 2 and ISCED level 3) established and based in the European Union (not to individual teachers).
This contest will award up to twenty-eight (28) prizes of EUR 8 000 each, one per EU Member State.
If the United Kingdom withdraws from the EU before the award decision is taken by the European Commission (this comes soon after the assessment of the applications) without an agreement ensuring that UK applicants continue to be eligible, UK schools will cease to be eligible for this prize. In this case, the maximum number of prizes will be 27 (instead of 28) but the amount per prize will remain the same (EUR 8 000).
The deadline for applications is 17.00 CET on Thursday 6 February 2020.
All relevant information and application forms are available at:
https://ec.europa.eu/education/resources-and-tools/funding-opportunities/jan-amos-comenius-prize_en
Case C-645/18: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark — Austria) — NE v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Hartberg-Fürstenfeld (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Freedom to provide services — Posting of workers — Article 56 TFEU — Directive 2014/67/EU — Articles 9 and 20 — Reporting of workers — Retention of records of wages — Penalties — Proportionality — Fines of a predefined minimum amount — Cumulative — No upper limit — Court fees)
Date: 2019-12-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: administrative formalities, administrative sanction, fine, free movement of workers, freedom to provide services, labour law, legal expenses, pay, posted worker, principle of proportionality








C_2020068EN.01002101.xml










2.3.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 68/21






Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark — Austria) — NE v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Hartberg-Fürstenfeld
(Case C-645/18) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court - Freedom to provide services - Posting of workers - Article 56 TFEU - Directive 2014/67/EU - Articles 9 and 20 - Reporting of workers - Retention of records of wages - Penalties - Proportionality - Fines of a predefined minimum amount - Cumulative - No upper limit - Court fees)
(2020/C 68/20)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: NE

Defendant: Bezirkshauptmannschaft Hartberg-Fürstenfeld

Intervener: Finanzpolizei

Operative part of the order

Article 20 of Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’) must be interpreted as precluding national legislation which lays down, in the event of non-compliance with labour law obligations relating to the reporting of workers and the retention of records of wages, the imposition of high fines:






—


which may not be lower than a predefined amount;










—


which are imposed cumulatively in respect of each worker concerned and without an upper limit, and










—


to which is added a contribution to court costs of 20 % of the amount of the fines if the appeal against the decision imposing those fines is dismissed.






(1)  OJ C 122, 1.4.2019.
Case T-14/18: Judgment of the General Court of 19 December 2019 — Greece v Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Decoupled direct aid — Flat-rate financial correction — Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 — Article 12 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 — Obligation to state reasons — Assessment of the damage — Proportionality)
Date: 2019-12-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EAFRD, EAGF, aid per hectare, aid to agriculture, grassland, principle of proportionality, single payment scheme








C_2020061EN.01002401.xml










24.2.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 61/24






Judgment of the General Court of 19 December 2019 — Greece v Commission
(Case T-14/18) (1)

(EAGF and EAFRD - Expenditure excluded from financing - Decoupled direct aid - Flat-rate financial correction - Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 - Article 12 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 - Obligation to state reasons - Assessment of the damage - Proportionality)
(2020/C 61/28)
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: G. Kanellopoulos, E. Leftheriotou and A. Vasilopoulou, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Triantafyllou and D. Bianchi, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application on the basis of Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2014 of 8 November 2017, excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2017 L 292, p. 61) in so far as it concerns the Hellenic Republic.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.



Dismisses the action;











2.



Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.







(1)  OJ C 112, 26.3.2018.
Case C-236/18: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation — France) — GRDF SA v Eni Gas & Power France SA, Direct énergie, Commission de régulation de l’énergie, Procureur général at the Cour d’appel de Paris (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common rules for the internal market in natural gas — Directive 2009/73/EC — Article 41(11) — Settlement of disputes concerning the obligations imposed on a system operator — Temporal effects of decisions of the dispute settlement authority — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations)
Date: 2019-12-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: energy distribution, natural gas, principle of legal certainty, supervisory power, trade dispute








C_2020068EN.01000701.xml










2.3.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 68/7






Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation — France) — GRDF SA v Eni Gas & Power France SA, Direct énergie, Commission de régulation de l’énergie, Procureur général at the Cour d’appel de Paris
(Case C-236/18) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common rules for the internal market in natural gas - Directive 2009/73/EC - Article 41(11) - Settlement of disputes concerning the obligations imposed on a system operator - Temporal effects of decisions of the dispute settlement authority - Legal certainty - Legitimate expectations)
(2020/C 68/03)
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Cour de cassation

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: GRDF SA

Defendants: Eni Gas & Power France SA, Direct énergie, Commission de régulation de l’énergie, Procureur général at the Cour d’appel de Paris

Operative part of the judgment

It follows from the foregoing considerations that the answer to the question referred is that Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003/55/EC must be interpreted as not precluding that the effects of a decision of a regulatory authority, referred to in Article 41(11) of that directive, extend to the situation of the parties to the dispute before that authority which prevailed between them before the emergence of that dispute, inter alia, as regards a contract for the transmission of natural gas, by requiring a party to that dispute to bring that contract into conformity with Union law for the entire contractual period.


(1)  OJ C 190, 4.6.2018.
Case T-295/18: Judgment of the General Court of 19 December 2019 — Greece v Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Expenditure incurred by Greece — Rural development — Decoupled direct aid — Key controls — Flat-rate financial corrections)
Date: 2019-12-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EAFRD, EAGF, agricultural expenditure, aid to agriculture, eligibility criteria, principle of legal certainty, principle of proportionality, right to justice, rural development








C_2020054EN.01004801.xml










17.2.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 54/48






Judgment of the General Court of 19 December 2019 — Greece v Commission
(Case T-295/18) (1)

(EAGF and EAFRD - Expenditure excluded from financing - Expenditure incurred by Greece - Rural development - Decoupled direct aid - Key controls - Flat-rate financial corrections)
(2020/C 54/53)
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: G. Kanellopoulos, I. Pachi, A. Vasilopoulou and E. Chroni, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Triantafyllou and J. Aquilina, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking the partial annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/304 of 27 February 2018 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2018 L 59, p. 3).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.



Dismisses the action;











2.



Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.







(1)  OJ C 249, 16.7.2018.
Case T-54/19: Judgment of the General Court of 19 December 2019 — Nosio v EUIPO (BIANCOFINO) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark BIANCOFINO — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001)
Date: 2019-12-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, alcoholic beverage, non-alcoholic beverage, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2020061EN.01003401.xml










24.2.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 61/34






Judgment of the General Court of 19 December 2019 — Nosio v EUIPO (BIANCOFINO)
(Case T-54/19) (1)

(EU trade mark - Application for EU word mark BIANCOFINO - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Obligation to state reasons - Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001)
(2020/C 61/42)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Nosio SpA (Mezzocorona, Italy) (represented by: J. Graffer and A. Ottolini, lawyers)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 November 2018 (Case R 2434/2017-1), relating to an application for registration of the word sign BIANCOFINO as an EU trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.



Dismisses the action;











2.



Orders Nosio SpA to pay the costs.







(1)  OJ C 112, 25.3.2019.
Case C-679/19: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Ilfov — Romania) — NL v Direcția Generală Regională a Finanțelor Publice București (Request for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Controls of cash entering or leaving the European Union — Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005 — Scope — Articles 63 and 65 TFEU — Free movement of capital — Transport of large amounts of cash entering or leaving the territory of a Member State — Obligation to declare — Sanctions — Fine and confiscation for the benefit of the State of an undeclared sum in excess of 10 000 euros — Proportionality)
Date: 2019-12-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: administrative sanction, capital movement, confiscation of property, customs formalities, money








C_2020137EN.01002701.xml










27.4.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 137/27






Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Ilfov — Romania) — NL v Direcția Generală Regională a Finanțelor Publice București
(Case C-679/19) (1)

(Request for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Controls of cash entering or leaving the European Union - Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005 - Scope - Articles 63 and 65 TFEU - Free movement of capital - Transport of large amounts of cash entering or leaving the territory of a Member State - Obligation to declare - Sanctions - Fine and confiscation for the benefit of the State of an undeclared sum in excess of 10 000 euros - Proportionality)
(2020/C 137/36)
Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Tribunalul Ilfov

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: NL

Defendant: Direcția Generală Regională a Finanțelor Publice București

Operative part of the order

Articles 63 and 65 TFEU must be interpreted as precluding the rules of a Member State which, for the purpose of sanctioning the failure of the obligation to declare large sums of cash entering or leaving the territory of that State provides, in addition to the imposition of an administrative fine, for the confiscation for the benefit of the State an undeclared sum in excess of 10 000 euros.


(1)  OJ C 423, 17.12.2019
Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/2192 of 19 December 2019 amending Decision 2014/512/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine
Date: 2019-12-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian issue, Ukraine, economic sanctions, international sanctions, territorial dispute




L_2019330EN.01007101.xml










20.12.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 330/71








            COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2019/2192
of 19 December 2019
         
amending Decision 2014/512/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:







(1)


On 31 July 2014 the Council adopted Decision 2014/512/CFSP (1).












(2)


On 19 March 2015 the European Council agreed that the necessary measures would be taken to clearly link the duration of the restrictive measures to the complete implementation of the Minsk agreements, bearing in mind that the complete implementation was foreseen for 31 December 2015.












(3)


On 27 June 2019 the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2019/1108 (2), renewing Decision 2014/512/CFSP until 31 January 2020 in order to enable it to further assess the implementation of the Minsk agreements.












(4)


Having assessed the implementation of the Minsk agreements, the Council considers that Decision 2014/512/CFSP should be renewed for a further six months in order to enable the Council to further assess their implementation.












(5)


Decision 2014/512/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Decision 2014/512/CFSP is replaced by the following:


‘1.   This Decision shall apply until 31 July 2020.’.




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




Done at Brussels, 19 December 2019.


For the Council


The President

K. MIKKONEN
            





(1)  Council Decision 2014/512/CFSP of 31 July 2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine (OJ L 229, 31.7.2014, p. 13).

(2)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1108 of 27 June 2019 amending Decision 2014/512/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine (OJ L 175, 28.6.2019, p. 38).
Case T-647/18: Judgment of the General Court of 19 December 2019 — ZQ v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Psychological harassment — Article 12a of the Staff Regulations — Request for assistance — Article 24 of the Staff Regulations — Rejection of the request — Reasonable time — Absence of prima facie evidence — Obligation to state reasons — Liability)
Date: 2019-12-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, damages, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, harassment at work, proof, psychological harassment, staff regulations (EU)








C_2020061EN.01003001.xml










24.2.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 61/30






Judgment of the General Court of 19 December 2019 — ZQ v Commission
(Case T-647/18) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Psychological harassment - Article 12a of the Staff Regulations - Request for assistance - Article 24 of the Staff Regulations - Rejection of the request - Reasonable time - Absence of prima facie evidence - Obligation to state reasons - Liability)
(2020/C 61/36)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: ZQ (represented by: B. Cortese and C. Cortese, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Mongin, acting as Agent, and A. Dal Ferro, lawyer)

Re:

Application based on Article 270 TFEU seeking, first, annulment of the Commission decision of 15 December 2017 rejecting the request for assistance made by the applicant on 18 August 2017 and, in so far as is necessary, of the Commission decision of 19 July 2018 rejecting the complaint lodged by the applicant on 19 March 2018 and, second, compensation for the material and non-material damage he claims to have suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.



Dismisses the action;











2.



Orders ZQ to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.







(1)  OJ C 16, 14.1.2019.
Case T-509/18: Judgment of the General Court of 19 December 2019 — Czech Republic v Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Applicable time periods between multiple visits by the national control authorities — Announcement of on-the-spot checks — Implied notice — Articles 25 and 26 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 — Flat rate financial correction)
Date: 2019-12-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EAFRD, EAGF, agricultural expenditure, aid to agriculture, eligibility criteria, financial aid, supervisory body








C_2020061EN.01002702.xml










24.2.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 61/27






Judgment of the General Court of 19 December 2019 — Czech Republic v Commission
(Case T-509/18) (1)

(EAGF and EAFRD - Expenditure excluded from financing - Applicable time periods between multiple visits by the national control authorities - Announcement of on-the-spot checks - Implied notice - Articles 25 and 26 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 - Flat rate financial correction)
(2020/C 61/33)
Language of the case: Czech

Parties


Applicant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, J. Pavliš, O. Serdula and J. Vláčil, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Lewis, A. Sauka and K. Walkerová, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/873 of 13 June 2018 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2018 L 152, p. 29) in so far as it excludes expenditure of a total of EUR 151 116,65 incurred by the Czech Republic under the EAFRD.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.



Annuls Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/873 of 13 June 2018 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in so far as the European Commission excluded under that decision expenditure of a total of EUR 151 116,65 incurred by the Czech Republic under the EAFRD;











2.



Orders the Commission to pay the costs.







(1)  OJ C 399, 5.11.2018.
Case T-270/19: Judgment of the General Court of 19 December 2019 — Amazon Technologies v EUIPO (ring) (EU trade mark — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark ring — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptiveness — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2019-12-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, electronic device, household electrical appliance, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, video surveillance








C_2020061EN.01003602.xml










24.2.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 61/36






Judgment of the General Court of 19 December 2019 — Amazon Technologies v EUIPO (ring)
(Case T-270/19) (1)

(EU trade mark - International registration designating the European Union - Figurative mark ring - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptiveness - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(2020/C 61/45)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, Washington, United States) (represented by: A. Klett and C. Mikyska, lawyers)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 February 2019 (Case R 2211/2018-5), relating to the international registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark ring

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.



Dismisses the action;











2.



Orders Amazon Technologies, Inc. to pay the costs.







(1)  OJ C 213, 24.6.2019.