do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-7/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 9 January 2020 — VS v Hauptzollamt Münster
Date: 2020-01-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, customs debt, import (EU)








C_2020137EN.01003002.xml










27.4.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 137/30






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 9 January 2020 — VS v Hauptzollamt Münster
(Case C-7/20)
(2020/C 137/42)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Finanzgericht Düsseldorf

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: VS

Defendant: Hauptzollamt Münster

Question referred

Is the second subparagraph of Article 71(1) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (1) to be interpreted as meaning that Article 87(4) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 establishing the EU Customs Code (2) can be applied mutatis mutandis to the recovery of VAT (import turnover tax)?


(1)  OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1.

(2)  OJ 2013 L 269, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9521 — Bamesa/Sumitomo/Steel Centre Europe) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 49/05
Date: 2020-01-09
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: distributor, economic concentration, iron and steel industry, merger control








C_2020049EN.01000501.xml










13.2.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 49/5






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9521 — Bamesa/Sumitomo/Steel Centre Europe)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 49/05)
On 9 January 2020, 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 32020M9521. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-12/20: Action brought on 9 January 2020 — Schneider v EUIPO — Frutaria Comercial de Frutas y Hortalizas (Frutaria.)
Date: 2020-01-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, dried product, export, fresh fruit, fresh vegetable, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2020068EN.01006001.xml










2.3.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 68/60






Action brought on 9 January 2020 — Schneider v EUIPO — Frutaria Comercial de Frutas y Hortalizas (Frutaria.)
(Case T-12/20)
(2020/C 68/68)
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Markus Schneider (Bonn, Germany) (represented by: M. Bergermann and D. Graetsch, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Frutaria Comercial de Frutas y Hortalizas, SL (Zaragoza, Spain)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark Frutaria. in green (Pantone 363) — EU trade mark No 5 922 885

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 October 2019 in Case R 284/2019-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision, in so far as it upholds the registration of EU trade mark No 5 922 885 for the following goods:






—


Class 29: Dried fruits










—


Class 31: Fresh fruits and fresh vegetables










—


Class 35: Export of fresh fruits;














—


order EUIPO to pay the costs, including the costs incurred in the appeal proceedings.





Plea in law

Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) and 58(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9667 — BlackRock Group/Raffles/Kellas Group) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 15/03
Date: 2020-01-09
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, gas industry, investment company, merger control, subsidiary, transport company








C_2020015EN.01000301.xml










16.1.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 15/3






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9667 — BlackRock Group/Raffles/Kellas Group)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 15/03)
On 9 January 2020, 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 32020M9667. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29 January 2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9678 – Keppel Infrastructure/MET Capital/MET) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 21/02
Date: 2020-01-09
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electricity supply, energy industry, gas supply, merger control, wholesale selling








C_2020021EN.01000201.xml










22.1.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 21/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9678 – Keppel Infrastructure/MET Capital/MET)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 21/02)
On 9 January 2020, 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 32020M9678. 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.9688 — Cinven/Astorg/LGC Science Group) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 5/03
Date: 2020-01-09
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, economic concentration, investment company, measuring equipment, merger control, pharmaceutical industry, provision of services








C_2020005EN.01000301.xml










9.1.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/3






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9688 — Cinven/Astorg/LGC Science Group)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 5/03)

1.   
On 19 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:






—


Cinven Capital Management (VII) Gerenal Partner Limited (‘Cinven’, UK),










—


Astorg Asset Management S.à r.l. (‘Astorg’, Luxembourg), and










—


LGC Science Group Holdings Limited (‘LGC’, UK).




Cinven and Astorg acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of LGC.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Cinven is a European private equity business engaged in the provision of investment management and investment advisory services to a number of investment funds,










—


Astorg is an independent European private equity firm with over EUR 8 billion of assets under management, and










—


LGC is the parent undertaking of a group of companies engaged in the provision of measurement tools, proficiency testing schemes, supply chain assurance standards, genomics reagents and instrumentation and research and measurement services.






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.9688 — Cinven/Astorg/LGC Science Group
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-8/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Verwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 9 January 2020 — L.R. v Federal Republic of Germany
Date: 2020-01-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, Norway, asylum seeker, right of asylum








C_2020087EN.01001502.xml










16.3.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 87/15






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Verwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 9 January 2020 — L.R. v Federal Republic of Germany
(Case C-8/20)
(2020/C 87/19)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Schleswig-Holsteinisches Verwaltungsgericht

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: L.R.

Defendant: Federal Republic of Germany

Question referred

Is a national provision according to which an application for international protection can be rejected as an inadmissible subsequent application compatible with Article 33(2)(d) and Article 2(q) of Directive 2013/32/EU (1) if the unsuccessful initial asylum procedure was not conducted in a Member State of the EU, but in Norway?


(1)  Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection (OJ 2013 L 180, p. 60).
Skills forecast.
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Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9636 — American Securities/Lindsay Goldberg/AECOM Management Services) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 15/01
Date: 2020-01-09
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: defence policy, economic concentration, government, investment company, merger control, provision of services








C_2020015EN.01000101.xml










16.1.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 15/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9636 — American Securities/Lindsay Goldberg/AECOM Management Services)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 15/01)
On 9 January 2020, 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 32020M9636. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29 January 2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange ratesSource: reference exchange rate published by the ECB. 8 January 20202020/C 5/02
Date: 2020-01-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2020005EN.01000201.xml










9.1.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/2






Euro exchange rates (1)

8 January 2020
(2020/C 5/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1115 




JPY


Japanese yen


120,86 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4731 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84868 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,5108 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0792 




ISK


Iceland króna


137,10 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,8508 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,265 




HUF


Hungarian forint


331,08 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2429 




RON


Romanian leu


4,7774 




TRY


Turkish lira


6,6158 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6195 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4470 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,6424 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6739 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5014 




KRW


South Korean won


1 297,37 




ZAR


South African rand


15,8166 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7184 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4490 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 441,51 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,5588 




PHP


Philippine peso


56,420 




RUB


Russian rouble


68,6389 




THB


Thai baht


33,740 




BRL


Brazilian real


4,5092 




MXN


Mexican peso


20,9079 




INR


Indian rupee


79,7090 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-11/20: Action brought on 9 January 2020 — Paravan v EUIPO — paragon (Paragon)
Date: 2020-01-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, vehicle parts








C_2020068EN.01005901.xml










2.3.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 68/59






Action brought on 9 January 2020 — Paravan v EUIPO — paragon (Paragon)
(Case T-11/20)
(2020/C 68/67)
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Paravan GmbH (Pfronstetten-Aichelau, Germany) (represented by: I. Jung and L. Delpy, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: paragon GmbH & Co. KGaA (Delbrück, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark Paragon — EU trade mark No 3 705 051

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 October 2019 in Case R 28/2019-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision and uphold the decision of the Cancellation Division of EUIPO of 10 December 2018 in cancellation proceedings No 14 618 C concerning EU trade mark Paragon No 3 705 051;




alternatively,






—


amend the contested decision by annulling the decision of the Cancellation Division of EUIPO of 10 December 2018 in cancellation proceedings No 14 618 C in so far as the EU trade mark Paragon No 3 705 051 was revoked, with effect from 14 March 2017, for ‘carriage body parts for the tuning of motor vehicles for locomotion by land; microphones for hands-free kits for cell phones for motor vehicles for locomotion by land; clocks for motor vehicles for locomotion by land’;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs, including the costs incurred in the proceedings before the Board of Appeal.





Pleas in law







—


infringement of Article 58(1)(a) and 58(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


alternatively, infringement of Article 58(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9569 — EssilorLuxottica/GrandVision) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 5/05
Date: 2020-01-09
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, optical industry, retail selling








C_2020005EN.01000601.xml










9.1.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/6






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9569 — EssilorLuxottica/GrandVision)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 5/05)

1.   
On 23 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:






—


EssilorLuxottica S.A. (EssilorLuxottica)(France and Italy),










—


GrandVision N.V. (GrandVision)(the Netherlands), whose majority shareholder is HAL Optical Investments B.V.




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


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


EssilorLuxottica: (i) every phase of the ophthalmic (corrective) lens development, from design to manufacture to wholesale, (ii) the design, manufacture and distribution of eyewear, and (iii) the retail of optical products,










—


GrandVision: the retail of optical products.






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:
Case M.9569 — EssilorLuxottica/GrandVision.
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’).