do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9932 – Kaufland/SCP Real Digital assets) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 300/08
Date: 2020-09-10
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronic commerce, merger control, supermarket








C_2020300EN.01000901.xml










10.9.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 300/9






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9932 – Kaufland/SCP Real Digital assets)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 300/08)

1.   
On 2 September 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:






—


Kaufland Stiftung & Co. KG (‘Kaufland’, Germany), controlled by the Schwarz Gruppe (Germany),










—


Real Digital businesses (‘Real Digital’), currently controlled by SCP Retail Operations S.à r.l (‘SCP’, Luxembourg).




Kaufland acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of part of Real Digital.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of assets.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Kaufland: a supermarket chain offering primarily food and other daily consumer goods,










—


for Schwarz Gruppe: active via the Kaufland and Lidl supermarket chains in the retail of food and other daily consumer goods, as well as active in the production of certain food products and in recycling,










—


for Real Digital: the digital business of the Real Group, including the online retail of food and non-food daily consumer goods as well as a digital market place.






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.9932 – Kaufland/SCP Real Digital assets
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-738/19: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 10 September 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam — Netherlands) — A v B, C (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Consumer protection — Directive 93/13/EEC — Annex, point 1(e) — Unfair terms in consumer contracts — Social housing — Obligation of residence and prohibition on subletting the property — Article 3(1) and (3) — Article 4(1) — Assessment of whether penalty clauses are unfair — Criteria)
Date: 2020-09-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: consumer protection, hiring, subsidised housing, unfair terms of contract








C_2020390EN.01001601.xml










16.11.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 390/16






Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 10 September 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam — Netherlands) — A v B, C
(Case C-738/19) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Consumer protection - Directive 93/13/EEC - Annex, point 1(e) - Unfair terms in consumer contracts - Social housing - Obligation of residence and prohibition on subletting the property - Article 3(1) and (3) - Article 4(1) - Assessment of whether penalty clauses are unfair - Criteria)
(2020/C 390/22)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Rechtbank Amsterdam

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: A

Defendants: B, C

Operative part of the judgment

Article 3(1) and (3) and Article 4(1) of Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts must be interpreted as meaning that, where a national court examines whether a term in a consumer contract is unfair, within the meaning of those provisions, it must take account, among the terms which fall within the scope of that directive, of the degree of interaction between the term at issue and other terms, having regard, inter alia, to their respective scope. In order to assess whether the amount of the penalty imposed on the consumer is disproportionately high, within the meaning of point 1(e) of the annex to that directive, significant weight must be attached to those terms which relate to the same breach.


(1)  OJ C 19, 20.1.2020.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9906 – KKR/HPS/Monleasing Holdco) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 300/07
Date: 2020-09-10
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, machinery, merger control, rental business








C_2020300EN.01000801.xml










10.9.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 300/8






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9906 – KKR/HPS/Monleasing Holdco)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 300/07)

1.   
On 2 September 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:






—


KKR & Co. Inc. (‘KKR’ United States),










—


HPS Investment Partners, LLC (‘HPS’, United States),










—


Monleasing Holdco Pty Ltd (‘Monleasing’, Australia)




KKR and HPS acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Monleasing from Monash Private Capital Pty Ltd.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for KKR: global investment firm, which offers a broad range of alternative asset funds and other investment products to investors and provides capital markets solutions for the firm, its portfolio companies and other clients,










—


for HPS: US-based investment firm that focuses on acquisitions and strategic financing or recapitalisation of companies that require financial assistance,










—


for Monleasing: active in the commercial and industrial equipment rental and leasing industry exclusively in Australia and New Zealand.






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.9906 – KKR/HPS/Monleasing Holdco
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-367/19: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 10 September 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Državna revizijska komisija za revizijo postopkov oddaje javnih naročil — Slovenia) — Tax-Fin-Lex d.o.o. v Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public service contracts — Directive 2014/24/EU — Article 2(1)(5) — Concept of ‘public contract’ — Concept of ‘contract for pecuniary interest’ — Tenderer’s bid at a price of EUR 0.00 — Rejection of the tender — Article 69 — Abnormally low tender)
Date: 2020-09-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: award of contract, market access, services contract, supplies contract, tendering, works contract








C_2020390EN.01001101.xml










16.11.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 390/11






Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 10 September 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Državna revizijska komisija za revizijo postopkov oddaje javnih naročil — Slovenia) — Tax-Fin-Lex d.o.o. v Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve
(Case C-367/19) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Public service contracts - Directive 2014/24/EU - Article 2(1)(5) - Concept of ‘public contract’ - Concept of ‘contract for pecuniary interest’ - Tenderer’s bid at a price of EUR 0.00 - Rejection of the tender - Article 69 - Abnormally low tender)
(2020/C 390/14)
Language of the case: Slovenian

Referring court

Državna revizijska komisija za revizijo postopkov oddaje javnih naročil

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Tax-Fin-Lex d.o.o.

Defendant: Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve

Intervener: LEXPERA d.o.o.,

Operative part of the judgment

Article 2(1)(5) of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC, as amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2365 of 18 December 2017, must be interpreted as not constituting a legal basis for rejecting a tenderer’s bid in a public procurement procedure on the sole ground that the price proposed in the tender is EUR 0.00.


(1)  OJ C 263, 5.8.2019.
Case T-529/19: Order of the General Court of 10 September 2020 –ADESO v Commission (Action for annulment — Grant contracts relating to the projects ‘Your Environment is Your Life’ and ‘Social Safety Net for Poor and Vulnerable Households in Northern Regions of Somalia/Somaliland Phase II’ — Non-eligible costs — Debit notes — Confirmation letter — Challengeable act — Contractual nature of the dispute — Act not open to challenge — Act forming part of a purely contractual framework from which it is inseparable — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2020-09-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU control, audit, claim, principle of legal certainty, principle of proportionality, right to justice, rights of the defence








C_2020378EN.01003402.xml










9.11.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 378/34






Order of the General Court of 10 September 2020 –ADESO v Commission
(Case T-529/19) (1)

(Action for annulment - Grant contracts relating to the projects ‘Your Environment is Your Life’ and ‘Social Safety Net for Poor and Vulnerable Households in Northern Regions of Somalia/Somaliland Phase II’ - Non-eligible costs - Debit notes - Confirmation letter - Challengeable act - Contractual nature of the dispute - Act not open to challenge - Act forming part of a purely contractual framework from which it is inseparable - Inadmissibility)
(2020/C 378/43)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: African Development Solutions (ADESO) (Nairobi, Kenya) (represented by: R. Martens, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Estrada de Solà, M. Ilkova and A. Katsimerou, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of a Commission decision allegedly contained in a letter dated 10 May 2019 concerning the recovery of certain sums paid under grant contracts relating to the projects ‘Your Environment is Your Life’ (FED/2013/313-770) and ‘Social Safety Net for Poor and Vulnerable Households in Northern Regions of Somalia/Somaliland Phase II’ (FED/2013/316-291).

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as inadmissible.










2.


African Development Solutions (ADESO) shall pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 357, 21.10.2019.
Case C-320/18 P: Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 10 September 2020 — Crocs Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Gifi Diffusion (Appeal — Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Declaration of invalidity — Appeal which has become devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate — Costs)
Date: 2020-09-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: designs and models, footwear industry








C_2020414EN.01001602.xml










30.11.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 414/16






Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 10 September 2020 — Crocs Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Gifi Diffusion
(Case C-320/18 P) (1)

(Appeal - Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Declaration of invalidity - Appeal which has become devoid of purpose - No need to adjudicate - Costs)
(2020/C 414/20)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: Crocs Inc. (represented by: J. Guise and D. Knight, Solicitors, and H. Haouideg, avocat)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents), Gifi Diffusion (represented by: C. de Chassey, avocate)

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no need to adjudicate on the appeal.










2.


Crocs Inc. shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in the present appeal proceedings.










3.


Gifi Diffusion shall bear its own costs incurred in these proceedings.






(1)  OJ C 319, 10.9.2019.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9876 — TA Associates/Francisco Partners/Edifecs) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 314/02
Date: 2020-09-10
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, health care, investment company, merger control, technology








C_2020314EN.01000201.xml










22.9.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 314/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9876 — TA Associates/Francisco Partners/Edifecs)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 314/02)
On 10 September 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 32020M9876. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Notice of open competition 2020/C 300/05
Date: 2020-09-10
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: EU relations, European External Action Service, administrator, competition (EU)








C_2020300EN.01000501.xml










10.9.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 300/5






NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITION
(2020/C 300/05)
The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is organising the following open competition:
EPSO/AD/382/20 – ADMINISTRATORS (AD 5/AD 7) IN THE FIELD OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS
The competition notice is published in 24 languages in Official Journal of the European Union C 300 A of 10 September 2020.
Further information can be found on the EPSO website: https://epso.europa.eu/
Case C-450/20 P: Appeal brought on 10 September 2020 by Comprojecto-Projectos e Construções, Lda. and Others against the order of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) delivered on 8 July 2020 in Case T-90/20 REC, Comprojecto-Projectos e Construções and Others v ECB and Banco do Portugal
Date: 2020-09-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Portugal, building industry, civil proceedings, credit institution, financial supervision, fraud, guarantee








C_2021252EN.01000401.xml










28.6.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 252/4






Appeal brought on 10 September 2020 by Comprojecto-Projectos e Construções, Lda. and Others against the order of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) delivered on 8 July 2020 in Case T-90/20 REC, Comprojecto-Projectos e Construções and Others v ECB and Banco do Portugal
(Case C-450/20 P)
(2021/C 252/05)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties


Appellants: Comprojecto-Projectos e Construções, Lda., Paulo Eduardo Matos Gomes de Azevedo, Julião Maria Gomes de Azevedo, Isabel Maria Matos Gomes de Azevedo (represented by: M. Ribeiro, advogado)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Central Bank, Banco do Portugal
By order of 5 May 2021, the Court of Justice (Seventh Chamber) dismissed the appeal as manifestly inadmissible.
EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for the EFTA States applicable as from 1 June 2020 (Published in accordance with the rules on reference and discount rates set out in Part VII of ESA’s State Aid Guidelines and Article 10 of ESA’s Decision No 195/04/COL 14 July 2004 (OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and EEA Supplement to the OJ No 26/2006, 25.5.2006, p. 1.)) 2020/C 300/03
Date: 2020-09-10
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, State aid, epidemic, infectious disease, interest, reimbursement of aid








C_2020300EN.01000301.xml










10.9.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 300/3






EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for the EFTA States applicable as from 1 June 2020


(Published in accordance with the rules on reference and discount rates set out in Part VII of ESA’s State Aid Guidelines and Article 10 of ESA’s Decision No 195/04/COL 14 July 2004 (1))

(2020/C 300/03)
Base rates are calculated in accordance with the Chapter on the method for setting reference and discount rates of ESA’s State Aid Guidelines as amended by ESA’s Decision No 788/08/COL of 17 December 2008. To obtain the applicable reference rates, appropriate margins shall be added to the base rate in accordance with the State Aid Guidelines.
The base rates for Iceland and Norway as from 1 June have been updated in light of exceptional circumstances, the COVID-19 pandemic.
Base rates have been determined as follows:








 


Iceland


Liechtenstein


Norway




1.6.2020 -


2,65


–0,56 


0,74






(1)  OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and EEA Supplement to the OJ No 26/2006, 25.5.2006, p. 1.
Case T-562/20: Action brought on 10 September 2020 — Upper Echelon Products v EUIPO (Everlasting Comfort)
Date: 2020-09-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, medical device, registered trade mark, textile product, trade-mark law








C_2020371EN.01002401.xml










3.11.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 371/24






Action brought on 10 September 2020 — Upper Echelon Products v EUIPO (Everlasting Comfort)
(Case T-562/20)
(2020/C 371/27)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Upper Echelon Products LLC (Austin, Texas, United States) (represented by: M. Izquierdo Blanco, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark Everlasting Comfort — Application for registration No 11 429 637

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 July 2020 in Case R 952/2020-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision and grant trademark No 11 429 637 for all the products requested;










—


order EUIPO to pay the procedural costs.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 75 of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009;










—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) in conjunction with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
State aid – Decision to raise no objections 2020/C 300/04
Date: 2020-09-10
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Norway, State aid, control of State aid, epidemic, infectious disease, mobile communication








C_2020300EN.01000401.xml










10.9.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 300/4






State aid – Decision to raise no objections
(2020/C 300/04)
The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following State aid measure:






Date of adoption of the decision


4 June 2020




Case No


85200




Decision No


050/20/COL




EFTA State


Norway




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Deferral of certain licence payments to ensure the continued rollout of a third mobile network




Legal basis


The Electronic Communications Act section 6-2




Type of measure


Ad hoc aid




Objective


Avoid the disturbance of the establishment of a third mobile network due to the COVID-19 outbreak




Form of aid


Deferral of licence payments




Budget


NOK 259 million




Economic sectors


Telecommunication




Name and address of the granting authority







The Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation




Akersgata 59




N-0032 Oslo




NORWAY








The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:
http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 9 September 2020 2020/C 300/01
Date: 2020-09-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2020300EN.01000101.xml










10.9.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 300/1






Euro exchange rates (1)

9 September 2020
(2020/C 300/01)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1773 




JPY


Japanese yen


125,05 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4403 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,91213 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,3620 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0806 




ISK


Iceland króna


165,80 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,7150 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


26,519 




HUF


Hungarian forint


357,70 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,4498 




RON


Romanian leu


4,8588 




TRY


Turkish lira


8,8240 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6264 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5563 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,1246 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7714 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6118 




KRW


South Korean won


1 397,84 




ZAR


South African rand


19,7044 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,0584 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5370 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 406,38 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9111 




PHP


Philippine peso


57,276 




RUB


Russian rouble


89,3613 




THB


Thai baht


36,928 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,2785 




MXN


Mexican peso


25,5626 




INR


Indian rupee


86,6065 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.