do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 14 August 2020 2020/C 270/04
Date: 2020-08-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2020270EN.01000401.xml










17.8.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 270/4






Euro exchange rates (1)

14 August 2020
(2020/C 270/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1813 




JPY


Japanese yen


126,01 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4470 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,90173 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,2933 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0754 




ISK


Iceland króna


161,10 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,5403 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


26,118 




HUF


Hungarian forint


346,11 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3984 




RON


Romanian leu


4,8360 




TRY


Turkish lira


8,7149 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6525 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5649 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,1555 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8071 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6209 




KRW


South Korean won


1 402,11 




ZAR


South African rand


20,6121 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,2100 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5356 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 612,00 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9538 




PHP


Philippine peso


57,553 




RUB


Russian rouble


86,5850 




THB


Thai baht


36,750 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,3750 




MXN


Mexican peso


26,2027 




INR


Indian rupee


88,4680 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission statement regarding Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law 2020/C 270 I/01
Date: 2020-08-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, infringement of EU law, right to information, whistleblowing








CI2020270EN.01000101.xml










17.8.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CI 270/1






Commission statement regarding Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law
(2020/C 270 I/01)
At the time of the review to be conducted in accordance with Article 27 of Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and the of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (1), the Commission will consider the possibility of proposing to extend its scope of application to certain acts based on Articles 153 TFEU and 157 TFEU, after consulting the social partners, where appropriate, in accordance with Article 154 TFEU.


(1)  OJ L 305, 26.11.2019, p. 17.
Case T-190/19: Order of the General Court of 17 August 2020 — BF v Commission (Action for failure to act — State aid — Operation of water supply and sanitation facilities — Preliminary examination of alleged State aid granted by the German authorities — Second invitation to act — Commission’s position — Second subparagraph of Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 — Article 24(2) of Regulation 2015/1589 — Time limit for bringing an action — Manifest inadmissibility)
Date: 2020-08-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, action for failure to act, control of State aid, operation of the Institutions, restriction on competition








C_2020371EN.01001201.xml










3.11.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 371/12






Order of the General Court of 17 August 2020 — BF v Commission
(Case T-190/19) (1)

(Action for failure to act - State aid - Operation of water supply and sanitation facilities - Preliminary examination of alleged State aid granted by the German authorities - Second invitation to act - Commission’s position - Second subparagraph of Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 - Article 24(2) of Regulation 2015/1589 - Time limit for bringing an action - Manifest inadmissibility)
(2020/C 371/11)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: BF (represented by: S. Gesterkamp, lawyer, and C. Koenig, Professor)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Němečková and K.-P. Wojcik, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application based on Article 265 TFEU seeking a declaration that the Commission unlawfully failed to adopt a decision closing the preliminary examination procedure regarding alleged State aid granted by the German authorities to both company A and company B.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible.










2.


BF shall bear its own costs and shall pay those incurred by the European Commission.






(1)  OJ C 213, 24.6.2019.
Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1175 of 7 August 2020 concerning the authorisation of L-cysteine hydrochloride monohydrate produced by fermentation with Escherichia coli KCCM 80180 and Escherichia coli KCCM 80181 as a feed additive for all animal species (Official Journal of the European Union L 259 of 10 August 2020)
Date: 2020-08-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal feedingstuffs, flavouring, market approval








L_2020269EN.01004201.xml










17.8.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 269/42







Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1175 of 7 August 2020 concerning the authorisation of L-cysteine hydrochloride monohydrate produced by fermentation with Escherichia coli KCCM 80180 and Escherichia coli KCCM 80181 as a feed additive for all animal species

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 259 of 10 August 2020
)


On page 8, Annex, last column of the table (End of period of authorisation):
for:


                  ‘
                  30.9.2030
                  ’,

read:


                  ‘
                  30.8.2030
                  ’.
Case T-516/20: Action brought on 17 August 2020 — Mandelay v EUIPO — Qx World (QUEST 9)
Date: 2020-08-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, medical device, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2020339EN.01002502.xml










12.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 339/25






Action brought on 17 August 2020 — Mandelay v EUIPO — Qx World (QUEST 9)
(Case T-516/20)
(2020/C 339/32)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Mandelay Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. (Mandelay Kft.) (Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary) (represented by: V. Luszcz, C. Sár and É. Ulviczki, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Qx World Kft. (Budapest, Hungary)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trademark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark QUEST 9 — Application for registration No 17 885 953

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 June 2020 in Case R 1900/2019-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs of the applicant incurred in the present proceedings and in the proceedings before the Board of Appeal;










—


should there be an intervention, to order the intervener to bear the costs of the applicant incurred in the present proceedings and in the proceedings before the Board of Appeal.





Pleas in law







—


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










—


Infringement of Article 95 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 97 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of essential procedural requirements;










—


Infringement of the duty to provide adequate reasons.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9711 — Alliance Healthcare Deutschland AG/GEHE Pharma Handel GmbH) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 31/02
Date: 2020-08-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, pharmaceutical industry, wholesale trade








C_2021031EN.01000201.xml










28.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 31/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9711 — Alliance Healthcare Deutschland AG/GEHE Pharma Handel GmbH)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 31/02)
On 17 August 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 32020M9711. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-376/17: Order of the General Court of 17 August 2020 — Poland v Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Suspension of financial aid — Preliminary recognition aid for groups of producers in the fruit and vegetable sector — No longer any interest in bringing proceedings — No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2020-08-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EAFRD, EAGF, EU aid, aid to agriculture, fruit, principle of proportionality, producer organisation, suspension of aid, suspension of payments, vegetable








C_2020371EN.01001001.xml










3.11.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 371/10






Order of the General Court of 17 August 2020 — Poland v Commission
(Case T-376/17) (1)

(EAGF and EAFRD - Suspension of financial aid - Preliminary recognition aid for groups of producers in the fruit and vegetable sector - No longer any interest in bringing proceedings - No need to adjudicate)
(2020/C 371/08)
Language of the case: Polish

Parties


Applicant: Republic of Poland (represented by: B. Majczyna, B. Paziewska, M. Pawlicka and K. Straś, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: X. Lewis, M. Kaduczak and A. Stobiecka-Kuik, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of European Commission Implementing Decision C(2017) 2104 final of 4 April 2017 extending the suspension of monthly payments to the Republic of Poland concerning preliminary recognition aid for groups of producers in the fruit and vegetable sector within the framework of the European Agriculture Guarantee Fund.

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the present action.










2.


The parties shall bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 269, 14.8.2017.
Case T-518/20: Action brought on 17 August 2020 — VF International v EUIPO — National Geographic Society (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC)
Date: 2020-08-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, footwear industry, personal effects, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2020339EN.01002701.xml










12.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 339/27






Action brought on 17 August 2020 — VF International v EUIPO — National Geographic Society (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC)
(Case T-518/20)
(2020/C 339/34)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: VF International Sagl (Stabio, Switzerland) (represented by: T. van Innis, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: National Geographic Society (Washington, District of Columbia, United States)

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: European Union figurative mark NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC in colour yellow and black — European Union trade mark No 2 148 799

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 May 2020 in Case R 1664/2019-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay its own costs and to pay those of the applicant.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9870 – Total Direct Energie/Kernaman) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 280/03
Date: 2020-08-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, energy production, gas industry, merger control, oil industry, renewable energy








C_2020280EN.01000301.xml










25.8.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 280/3






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9870 – Total Direct Energie/Kernaman)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 280/03)
On 17 August 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 32020M9870. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-515/20: Action brought on 17 August 2020 — Puma v EUIPO — Caterpillar (SPEEDCAT)
Date: 2020-08-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, footwear industry, leather, personal effects, registered trade mark, sports equipment, trade-mark law








C_2020329EN.01002401.xml










5.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 329/24






Action brought on 17 August 2020 — Puma v EUIPO — Caterpillar (SPEEDCAT)
(Case T-515/20)
(2020/C 329/43)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Puma SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany) (represented by: M. Schunke and P. Trieb, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Illinois, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trademark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark SPEEDCAT — Application for registration No 16 703 225

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 June 2020 in Case R 1016/2019-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


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





Pleas in law







—


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










—


Infringement of Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Case C-390/20 P: Appeal brought on 17 August 2020 by HZ, acting as liquidator in the insolvency of etc-gaming GmbH, and OX, acting as liquidator in the insolvency of Casino-Equipment Vermietungs GmbH, against the order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 16 June 2020 in Case T-803/19, etc-gaming GmbH and Casino-Equipment Vermietungs GmbH v European Commission
Date: 2020-08-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: damages, game of chance, loss, preliminary ruling procedure, primacy of EU law, right to justice, tax law, turnover








C_2021088EN.01001201.xml










15.3.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 88/12






Appeal brought on 17 August 2020 by HZ, acting as liquidator in the insolvency of etc-gaming GmbH, and OX, acting as liquidator in the insolvency of Casino-Equipment Vermietungs GmbH, against the order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 16 June 2020 in Case T-803/19, etc-gaming GmbH and Casino-Equipment Vermietungs GmbH v European Commission
(Case C-390/20 P)
(2021/C 88/14)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellants: HZ as liquidator in the insolvency of etc-gaming GmbH, OX as liquidator in the insolvency of Casino-Equipment Vermietungs GmbH (represented by: A. Schuster, Rechtsanwalt)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission
By order of 28 January 2021, the Court of Justice (Sixth Chamber) dismissed the appeal as manifestly unfounded and ordered the appellants to bear their own costs.
Case T-517/20: Action brought on 17 August 2020 — VF International v EUIPO — National Geographic Society (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC)
Date: 2020-08-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, business administration, catering industry, clothing, footwear industry, hotel industry, registered trade mark, retail trade, trade-mark law








C_2020339EN.01002601.xml










12.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 339/26






Action brought on 17 August 2020 — VF International v EUIPO — National Geographic Society (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC)
(Case T-517/20)
(2020/C 339/33)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: VF International Sagl (Stabio, Switzerland) (represented by: T. van Innis, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: National Geographic Society (Washington, District of Columbia, United States)

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: European Union word mark NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC — European Union trade mark No 9 419 731

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 May 2020 in Case R 1665/2019-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay its own costs and to pay those of the applicant.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9920 – EQT/TA Associates/IFS) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 270/05
Date: 2020-08-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, information technology industry, investment company, merger control








C_2020270EN.01000501.xml










17.8.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 270/5






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9920 – EQT/TA Associates/IFS)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 270/05)

1.   
On 10 August 2020, 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:






—


EQT Fund Management S.a.r.l. (‘EQT’, Luxembourg);










—


TA Associates (‘TA Associates’, USA);










—


IGT Holding I Sweden AB and IGT Holding II AB (together ‘IFS’, Sweden).




EQT and TA Associates acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of IFS.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for EQT: private equity investment fund;










—


for TA Associates: private equity firm investing in portfolio companies active in selected industries, including business services, consumer, financial services, healthcare and technology;










—


for IFS: the provision of Enterprise Application Software to customers located in the EEA and globally. In particular, IFS supplies Enterprise Resource Planning, Enterprise Asset Management and Field Service Management software to customers in a range of industry sectors.






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.9920 – EQT/TA Associates/IFS
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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9744 — Mastercard/Nets) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 118/02
Date: 2020-08-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial services, merger control, payment








C_2021118EN.01005001.xml










7.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 118/50






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9744 — Mastercard/Nets)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 118/02)
On 17 August 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) in conjunction with Article 6(2) 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 32020M9744. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.