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Council Decision (EU) 2020/577 of 24 April 2020
Date: 2020-04-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Netherlands, appointment of members, member of the Committee of the Regions








L_2020134EN.01000101.xml










28.4.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 134/1








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2020/577
of 24 April 2020
         

appointing two alternate members, proposed by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 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 Dutch Government,

Whereas:







(1)


On 10 December 2019, 20 January 2020, 3 February 2020 and 26 March 2020, the Council adopted Decisions (EU) 2019/2157 (1), (EU) 2020/102 (2), (EU) 2020/144 (3) and (EU) 2020/511 (4) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025.












(2)


Two alternate members’ seats have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Ms Christianne VAN DER WAL – ZEGGELINK and Mr Johannes Gerrit KRAMER,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following are hereby appointed as alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2025:






—


Mr Johannes Cornelius Gerardus Maria (John) BERENDS, Representative of a regional body with political accountability to an elected Assembly: Provinciale Staten van de provincie Gelderland,










—


Mr Klaas FOKKINGA, Representative of a regional body with political accountability to an elected Assembly: Provinciale Staten van de provincie Fryslân.






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




Done at Brussels, 24 April 2020.


For the Council


The President

G. GRLIĆ RADMAN
            





(1)  Council Decision (EU) 2019/2157 of 10 December 2019 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025 (OJ L 327, 17.12.2019, p. 78).

(2)  Council Decision (EU) 2020/102 of 20 January 2020 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025 (OJ L 20, 24.1.2020, p. 2).

(3)  Council Decision (EU) 2020/144 of 3 February 2020 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025 (OJ L 32, 4.2.2020, p. 16).

(4)  Council Decision (EU) 2020/511 of 26 March 2020 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025 (OJ L 113, 8.4.2020, p. 18).
Case T-226/20: Action brought on 24 April 2020 — Steinel v EUIPO (MobileHeat)
Date: 2020-04-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, boiler, hand tool, heating, machine tool, metalworking, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2020201EN.01005301.xml










15.6.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 201/53






Action brought on 24 April 2020 — Steinel v EUIPO (MobileHeat)
(Case T-226/20)
(2020/C 201/67)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Steinel GmbH (Herzebrock-Clarholz, Germany) (represented by: M. Breuer and K. Freudenstein, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Trade mark at issue: Registration of the EU word mark MobileHeat — Application for registration No 18 029 162

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 February 2020 in Case R 2472/2019-2

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 7(1)(b) and (c) read in conjunction with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and Council.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9770 – Sun Life Financial/InfraRed Partners) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 163/01
Date: 2020-04-24
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial services, investment company, merger control








C_2020163EN.01000101.xml










12.5.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 163/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9770 – Sun Life Financial/InfraRed Partners)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 163/01)
On 24 April 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 32020M9770. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Special Report 09/2020 The EU core road network: shorter travel times but network not yet fully functional 2020/C 133/09
Date: 2020-04-24
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: EU financing, EU investment, common transport policy, road network, sustainable mobility, trans-European network, transport infrastructure, transport network, transport planning








C_2020133EN.01001601.xml










24.4.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 133/16






Special Report 09/2020
The EU core road network: shorter travel times but network not yet fully functional
(2020/C 133/09)
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report 09/2020 The EU core road network: shorter travel times but network not yet fully functional has just been published.
The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu
Case C-174/20 P: Appeal brought on 24 April 2020 by STADA Arzneimittel AG against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 11 February 2020 in Case T-487/18 — STADA Arzneimittel v European Union Intellectual Property Office
Date: 2020-04-24
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, dietary product, pharmaceutical product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, veterinary medicinal product








C_2020399EN.01002202.xml










23.11.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 399/22






Appeal brought on 24 April 2020 by STADA Arzneimittel AG against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 11 February 2020 in Case T-487/18 — STADA Arzneimittel v European Union Intellectual Property Office
(Case C-174/20 P)
(2020/C 399/31)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: STADA Arzneimittel AG (represented by: J.-C. Plate and R. Kaase, Rechtsanwälte)

Other party to the proceedings: European Union Intellectual Property Office
By order of 3 September 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (Eighth Chamber) dismissed the appeal as manifestly inadmissible and ordered the appellant to bear its own costs.
Case C-181/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 24 April 2020 — VYSOČINA WIND a.s. v Česká republika — Ministerstvo životního prostředí
Date: 2020-04-24
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: electronic waste, financing method, infringement of EU law, national implementing measure, photovoltaic cell, producer's liability, waste disposal, waste recycling








C_2020222EN.01002001.xml










6.7.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 222/20






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 24 April 2020 — VYSOČINA WIND a.s. v Česká republika — Ministerstvo životního prostředí
(Case C-181/20)
(2020/C 222/22)
Language of the case: Czech

Referring court

Nejvyšší soud České republiky

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: VYSOČINA WIND a.s.

Defendant: Česká republika — Ministerstvo životního prostředí

Questions referred







1.


Must Article 13 of Directive 2012/19/EU (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) be interpreted such that it prevents a Member State from imposing the obligation to finance the costs of the collection, treatment, recovery, and environmentally sound disposal of WEEE coming from photovoltaic panels placed on the market prior to 1 January 2013 on their users, rather than their producers?










2.


If the first question is answered in the affirmative, is the evaluation of the conditions for the liability of a Member State for damage caused to an individual due to a breach of EU law influenced by the fact — which was at issue in the original proceedings — that the Member State itself regulated the method of financing of waste from photovoltaic panels prior to the adoption of the directive, which newly included photovoltaic panels in the scope of EU regulation and imposed the obligation to finance the costs on producers, including in relation to panels placed on the market prior to the expiry of the directive’s implementation period (and the adoption of regulation at European Union level)?






(1)  OJ 2012 L 197, p. 38.
Case C-438/19: Order of the President of the Sixth Chamber of the Court of 24 April 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. v Frontline Digital GmbH
Date: 2020-04-24
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Internet site, consumer information, contract terms, digital distribution, termination of a contract








C_2020320EN.01001902.xml










28.9.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 320/19






Order of the President of the Sixth Chamber of the Court of 24 April 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. v Frontline Digital GmbH
(Case C-438/19) (1)

(2020/C 320/35)
Language of the case: German
The President of the Sixth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 328, 30.9.2019.
Council Decision (EU) 2020/608 of 24 April 2020 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Korea on certain aspects of air services
Date: 2020-04-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: South Korea, agreement (EU), air transport, signature of an agreement








L_2020142EN.01000101.xml










5.5.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 142/1








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2020/608
of 24 April 2020
         
on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Korea on certain aspects of air services


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 100(2), in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:







(1)


On 5 June 2003 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with an agreement at Union level.












(2)


The Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the Union, an Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Korea on certain aspects of air services (the ‘Agreement’). The negotiations were successfully concluded with the initialling of the Agreement on 12 November 2008.












(3)


On 31 March 2009 the Council adopted a decision on the signing of the Agreement (the ‘2009 decision’). However, because of the reluctance of the Republic of Korea, the Agreement was not signed.












(4)


In 2018 the Republic of Korea expressed a new interest in signing and concluding the Agreement. Given that a number of new bilateral air services agreements between Member States and the Republic of Korea have been initialled or signed since the 2009 decision, the Agreement has been updated. A new Council decision on the signing of the Agreement is therefore required.












(5)


The objective of the Agreement is to bring bilateral air services agreements between 22 Member States and the Republic of Korea into line with Union law.












(6)


The Agreement should be signed,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The signing on behalf of the Union of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Korea on certain aspects of air services is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement (1).


Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 24 April 2020.


For the Council


The President

G. GRLIĆ RADMAN
            





(1)  The text of the Agreement will be published together with the decision on its conclusion.
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 23 April 2020 2020/C 133/04
Date: 2020-04-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2020133EN.01000501.xml










24.4.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 133/5






Euro exchange rates (1)

23 April 2020
(2020/C 133/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0772 




JPY


Japanese yen


115,75 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4577 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87200 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,8883 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0511 




ISK


Iceland króna


158,60 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,5165 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


27,551 




HUF


Hungarian forint


357,51 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,5379 




RON


Romanian leu


4,8425 




TRY


Turkish lira


7,4788 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6918 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5226 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,3489 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7947 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5331 




KRW


South Korean won


1 326,80 




ZAR


South African rand


20,5432 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,6259 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5750 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 772,00 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6966 




PHP


Philippine peso


54,571 




RUB


Russian rouble


80,6062 




THB


Thai baht


34,815 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,8666 




MXN


Mexican peso


26,3418 




INR


Indian rupee


81,9400 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-227/20: Action brought on 24 April 2020 — Biovene Cosmetics v EUIPO — Eugène Perma France (BIOVÈNE BARCELONA)
Date: 2020-04-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cosmetic product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2020201EN.01005302.xml










15.6.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 201/53






Action brought on 24 April 2020 — Biovene Cosmetics v EUIPO — Eugène Perma France (BIOVÈNE BARCELONA)
(Case T-227/20)
(2020/C 201/68)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Biovene Cosmetics, SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: E. Estella Garbayo, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Eugène Perma France (Saint-Denis, France)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark BIOVÈNE BARCELONA in colours pink and white — Application for registration No 16 523 102

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 February 2020 in Case R 1661/2019-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul and invalidate the contested decision;










—


annul and invalidate the decision of the Opposition Division;










—


modify these decisions and agree the granting the application for the trade mark at issue in its entirety;










—


order EUIPO and Eugène Parma France to bear the costs of the present appeal proceedings, the opposition and appeal proceedings before EUIPO.





Plea in law







—


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