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State aid – Decision to raise no objections 2020/C 332/07
Date: 2020-10-08
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Iceland, State aid, aid to undertakings, company in difficulties, control of State aid, coronavirus disease, epidemic, package travel








C_2020332EN.01000701.xml










8.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 332/7






State aid – Decision to raise no objections
(2020/C 332/07)
The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following State aid measure:






Date of adoption of the decision


2 July 2020




Case No


85 349 




Decision No


077/20/COL




EFTA State


Iceland




Title


COVID-19 Travel guarantee fund for package travel traders




Legal basis


Act No 95/2018 on Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangement.
The terms and conditions for the state subsides individual loan agreements will be set out in a regulation issued by the Ministry of Industries and Innovation.




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


To address the temporary and severe liquidity shortage of package travel organisers and traders of package travel.




Form of aid


Subsidised loans




Budget


ISK 4,5 billion




Duration


2.7.2020–1.9.2020




Economic sectors


Package travel sector




Name and address of the granting authority







Ferðamálastofa




Hafnarstræti 91




600 Akureyri




ICELAND








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/
Case C-456/19: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 8 October 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Svea hovrätt, Patent- och marknadsöverdomstolen — Sweden) — Aktiebolaget Östgötatrafiken v Patent- och registreringsverket (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Trade marks — Directive 2008/95/EC — Article 3(1)(b) — Signs of which a trade mark may consist — Distinctive character — Application for registration as a trade mark of a sign in respect of a service, consisting of motifs of colour and intended to be affixed to goods used to provide that service — Assessment of the distinctive character of that sign — Criteria)
Date: 2020-10-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, economic sector, labelling, provision of services, registered trade mark, service, trade-mark law








C_2020414EN.01000901.xml










30.11.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 414/9






Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 8 October 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Svea hovrätt, Patent- och marknadsöverdomstolen — Sweden) — Aktiebolaget Östgötatrafiken v Patent- och registreringsverket
(Case C-456/19) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Trade marks - Directive 2008/95/EC - Article 3(1)(b) - Signs of which a trade mark may consist - Distinctive character - Application for registration as a trade mark of a sign in respect of a service, consisting of motifs of colour and intended to be affixed to goods used to provide that service - Assessment of the distinctive character of that sign - Criteria)
(2020/C 414/10)
Language of the case: Swedish

Referring court

Svea hovrätt, Patent- och marknadsöverdomstolen

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Aktiebolaget Östgötatrafiken

Defendant: Patent- och registreringsverket

Operative part of the judgment

Article 3(1)(b) of Directive 2008/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks must be interpreted as meaning that the distinctive character of a sign for which registration as a trade mark in respect of a service is sought, which sign is composed of coloured motifs and which is intended to be affixed exclusively and systematically in a specific manner to a large part of the goods used for the provision of that service, must be assessed by taking into account the perception of the relevant public of the affixing of that sign to those goods, without it being necessary to examine whether that sign departs significantly from the norm or customs of the economic sector concerned.


(1)  OJ C 280, 19.8.2019.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2147 of 8 October 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/516 of the European Parliament and of the Council by defining the list of issues to be addressed in every verification cycle (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2020-10-08
Institutions: European Commission, Eurostat
Subjects: EU statistics, data collection, economic indicator, gross national product, statistical method








L_2020428EN.01000901.xml










18.12.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 428/9








            COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2020/2147
of 8 October 2020
         
supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/516 of the European Parliament and of the Council by defining the list of issues to be addressed in every verification cycle
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/516 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices and repealing Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 (GNI Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Gross national income at market prices (GNI) data should be reliable, exhaustive and comparable and appropriate measures should be established for this purpose.












(2)


In accordance with Article 5(1) of the GNI Regulation and in order to verify the sources, their uses and the methods used to produce GNI aggregates and their components, the Commission draws up a verification model in close cooperation with the GNI Expert Group. This model should take into account the list of issues established in the present Delegated Regulation.












(3)


Based on the process of verifying GNI data, the lessons learned from the previous verification cycles and the feedback from national accounts experts from the Member States, the Commission has identified the issues to ensure the reliability, exhaustiveness and comparability of the GNI data,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The list of issues to ensure the reliability, exhaustiveness and comparability of the GNI data to be addressed in every verification cycle shall include the following subjects:






—


definition of geographic territory,










—


principles of estimating dwelling services,










—


treatment of repayments of VAT,










—


measures on exhaustiveness,










—


treatment of non-collected VAT.






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




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 October 2020.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 91, 29.3.2019, p. 19.
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 7 October 2020 2020/C 332/02
Date: 2020-10-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2020332EN.01000201.xml










8.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 332/2






Euro exchange rates (1)

7 October 2020
(2020/C 332/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1770 




JPY


Japanese yen


124,73 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4421 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,91413 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,4830 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0787 




ISK


Iceland króna


162,80 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,9313 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


27,064 




HUF


Hungarian forint


359,25 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,4862 




RON


Romanian leu


4,8748 




TRY


Turkish lira


9,2722 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6500 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5640 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,1219 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7862 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5995 




KRW


South Korean won


1 362,70 




ZAR


South African rand


19,5793 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,9934 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5685 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 359,51 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8917 




PHP


Philippine peso


56,979 




RUB


Russian rouble


91,9715 




THB


Thai baht


36,758 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,5448 




MXN


Mexican peso


25,2609 




INR


Indian rupee


86,2630 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-360/19: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 8 October 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven — Netherlands) — Crown Van Gelder BV v Autoriteit Consument en Markt (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Internal market for electricity — Directive 2009/72/EC — Article 37 — Duties and powers of the regulatory authority — Out-of-court dispute settlement — Concept of ‘party having a complaint’ — Complaint submitted by a final customer against the operator of a transmission system to which that customer’s installation is not directly connected — Failure on the grid — No contractual relationship between that customer and the operator of that grid — Admissibility of the complaint)
Date: 2020-10-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: admissibility, electrical energy, electricity supply, energy grid, energy supply, energy transport, single market








C_2020414EN.01000801.xml










30.11.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 414/8






Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 8 October 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven — Netherlands) — Crown Van Gelder BV v Autoriteit Consument en Markt
(Case C-360/19) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Internal market for electricity - Directive 2009/72/EC - Article 37 - Duties and powers of the regulatory authority - Out-of-court dispute settlement - Concept of ‘party having a complaint’ - Complaint submitted by a final customer against the operator of a transmission system to which that customer’s installation is not directly connected - Failure on the grid - No contractual relationship between that customer and the operator of that grid - Admissibility of the complaint)
(2020/C 414/08)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Crown Van Gelder BV

Defendant: Autoriteit Consument en Markt

Other party: TenneT TSO BV

Operative part of the judgment

Article 37(11) of Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 2003/54/EC must be interpreted as meaning that the regulatory authority may not dismiss a complaint submitted by a final customer against the operator of a transmission system, following a power failure in that system, on the ground that that final customer’s installation is connected not to that transmission system directly, but only to a distribution system fed by it.


(1)  OJ C 270, 12.8.2019.
Case C-476/19: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 October 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Kammarrätten i Göteborg — Sweden) — Allmänna ombudet hos Tullverket v Combinova AB (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Union Customs Code — Article 124(1)(k) — Extinction of the customs debt in the event the goods are not used — Concept of ‘goods that have been used’ — Inward processing procedure — Customs debt incurred through non-compliance with requirements provided for under the inward processing procedure — Bill of discharge not submitted within the prescribed time limit)
Date: 2020-10-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: customs debt, customs territory (EU), export (EU), goods and services, import (EU)








C_2020414EN.01001001.xml










30.11.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 414/10






Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 October 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Kammarrätten i Göteborg — Sweden) — Allmänna ombudet hos Tullverket v Combinova AB
(Case C-476/19) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Union Customs Code - Article 124(1)(k) - Extinction of the customs debt in the event the goods are not used - Concept of ‘goods that have been used’ - Inward processing procedure - Customs debt incurred through non-compliance with requirements provided for under the inward processing procedure - Bill of discharge not submitted within the prescribed time limit)
(2020/C 414/11)
Language of the case: Swedish

Referring court

Kammarrätten i Göteborg

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Allmänna ombudet hos Tullverket

Opposing party: Combinova AB

Operative part of the judgment

Article 124(1)(k) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code must be interpreted as meaning that the use of the goods referred to in that provision concerns only use which goes beyond the processing operations authorised by the customs authority under the inward processing procedure provided for in Article 256 of that code, and not use in accordance with those authorised processing operations.


(1)  OJ C 288, 26.8.2019.
Case C-507/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Pécsi Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 8 October 2020 — FGSZ Földgázszállító Zrt. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága
Date: 2020-10-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, basis of tax assessment, claim, limitation of legal proceedings, principle of proportionality, supply, tax relief








C_2021028EN.01001601.xml










25.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 28/16






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Pécsi Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 8 October 2020 — FGSZ Földgázszállító Zrt. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága
(Case C-507/20)
(2021/C 28/24)
Language of the case: Hungarian

Referring court

Pécsi Törvényszék

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: FGSZ Földgázszállító Zrt.

Defendant: Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága

Question referred

Does the practice of a Member State, pursuant to which the latter, relying on the ex tunc effects of the reduction applicable to the taxable amount in the event of definitive non-payment in accordance with Article 90(1) of the VAT Directive (1), calculates the general limitation period of five years laid down by that Member State — during which period the reduction may be applied to the taxable amount — from the time of the initial supply of goods and not from the time when the debt concerned has become irrecoverable and, relying on the expiry of that limitation period, deprives the taxable person acting in good faith of his or her right to a reduction of the taxable amount in the case of debts which have become definitively irrecoverable, under circumstances in which a number of years may have elapsed between the time of the supply of goods and the time when the debt became definitively irrecoverable and in which, at the time when the debt became definitively irrecoverable, the Member State’s legislation, unlike EU law, did not permit the reduction of the taxable amount in the case of debts that had become definitively irrecoverable, comply with the fundamental principles of proportionality, fiscal neutrality and effectiveness, particularly in the light of point 63 of the Opinion of the Advocate General in Biosafe — Indústria de Reciclagens (C-8/17), paragraph 27 of the judgment in Di Maura (C-246/16) and paragraph 36 of the judgment in T-2 (C-396/16), and having regard to the fact that a Member State may not charge an amount of VAT exceeding the tax collected by the supplier of goods or services in respect of the goods or services supplied?


(1)  Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1).
State aid – Decision to raise no objections 2020/C 332/06
Date: 2020-10-08
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Norway, State aid, aid to undertakings, company in difficulties, control of State aid, coronavirus disease, epidemic, package travel








C_2020332EN.01000601.xml










8.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 332/6






State aid – Decision to raise no objections
(2020/C 332/06)
The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following State aid measure:






Date of adoption of the decision


26 June 2020




Case No


85 319 




Decision No


067/20/COL




EFTA State


Norway




Title


COVID-19 Direct grant scheme to traders of package travels




Legal basis


The legal basis of the measure is the Parliamentary Decision authorising the measure (1). The terms and conditions for the grants will be set out in a letter of assignment and term sheet issued by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries to Innovation Norway.




Type of measure


Grant scheme




Objective


The objective of the measure is to: (i) ensure that sufficient liquidity remains available for traders in the package travel market, in order to counter the damage inflicted on impacted undertakings; (ii) ensure the quickest possible settlement of refunds or reimbursements to package travellers; and (iii) preserve the continuity of economic activity during and after the COVID-19 outbreak.




Budget


NOK 500 million




Duration


26.6.2020–31.12.2020




Economic sectors


Package travel




Name and address of the granting authority







Innovation Norway




Akersgata 13




0104 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/


(1)  https://stortinget.no/no/Saker-og-publikasjoner/Vedtak/Vedtak/Sak/?p=79784
Joined Cases T-389/19 to T-394/19, T-397/19, T-398/19, T-403/19, T-404/19, T-406/19, T-407/19, T-409/19 to T-418/19, T-420/19 to T-422/19, T-425/19 to T-427/19, T-429/29 to T-432/19, T-435/19, T-436/19, T-438/19 to T-442/19, T-444/19 to T-446/19, T-448/19 to T-454/19, T-463/19 and T-465/19: Order of the General Court of 8 October 2020 — Coppo Gavazzi and Others v Parliament
Date: 2020-10-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Bureau of the EP, Italy, Member of the European Parliament, allowances and expenses, equal treatment, national law, pension scheme, principle of legal certainty








C_2021009EN.01003302.xml










11.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 9/33






Order of the General Court of 8 October 2020 — Coppo Gavazzi and Others v Parliament
(Joined Cases T-389/19 to T-394/19, T-397/19, T-398/19, T-403/19, T-404/19, T-406/19, T-407/19, T-409/19 to T-418/19, T-420/19 to T-422/19, T-425/19 to T-427/19, T-429/29 to T-432/19, T-435/19, T-436/19, T-438/19 to T-442/19, T-444/19 to T-446/19, T-448/19 to T-454/19, T-463/19 and T-465/19) (1)

(2021/C 9/48)
Language of the case: Italian
The President of the Eighth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 270, 12.8.2019.
Case C-602/19: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 October 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln — Germany) — kohlpharma GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Articles 34 and 36 TFEU — Free movement of goods — Quantitative restrictions — Measures having equivalent effect — Refusal to approve an amendment to the particulars and documents relating to a medicinal product which is the subject of a parallel import licence — Protection of the health and life of humans — Directive 2001/83/EC)
Date: 2020-10-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: drug surveillance, free movement of goods, import (EU), market approval, measure having equivalent effect, medicinal product, public health, quantitative restriction








C_2020414EN.01001301.xml










30.11.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 414/13






Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 October 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln — Germany) — kohlpharma GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland
(Case C-602/19) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Articles 34 and 36 TFEU - Free movement of goods - Quantitative restrictions - Measures having equivalent effect - Refusal to approve an amendment to the particulars and documents relating to a medicinal product which is the subject of a parallel import licence - Protection of the health and life of humans - Directive 2001/83/EC)
(2020/C 414/15)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgericht Köln

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: kohlpharma GmbH

Defendant: Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Operative part of the judgment

Articles 34 and 36 TFEU must be interpreted as precluding the competent authority of a Member State from refusing to approve amendments to the particulars and documents relating to a medicinal product which is covered by a marketing authorisation in another Member State and by a licence for parallel import into the first Member State, on the sole ground that the marketing authorisation of reference in the first Member State has expired and the proposed amendments are based on both the indications authorised in the other Member State for the parallel-imported medicinal product and the indications relating to a medicinal product with the same therapeutic indication, which is covered by a marketing authorisation in the two Member States concerned and which is essentially manufactured with the same active ingredient but in a different pharmaceutical form, where the parallel import licence at issue is still valid and there is insufficient evidence of a risk to the effective protection of the life and health of humans.


(1)  OJ C 357, 21.10.2019.