do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-561/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige Ondernemingsrechtbank Brussel (Belgium) lodged on 26 October 2020 — Q, R, S v United Airlines, Inc.
Date: 2020-10-26
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: carrier, civil aviation, indemnification, reservation, territorial law, traveller








C_2021128EN.01000601.xml










12.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 128/6






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige Ondernemingsrechtbank Brussel (Belgium) lodged on 26 October 2020 — Q, R, S v United Airlines, Inc.
(Case C-561/20)
(2021/C 128/07)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Nederlandstalige Ondernemingsrechtbank Brussel

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Q, R, S

Defendant: United Airlines, Inc.

Questions referred







1.


Should Article 3(1)(a) and Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91, as interpreted by the Court of Justice, be interpreted as meaning that passengers are entitled to financial compensation from a non-Community air carrier when they arrive at their final destination with a delay of more than three hours as a result of a delay of the last flight, the place of departure and the place of arrival of which are both situated in the territory of a third country, without a stopover in the territory of a Member State, in a series of connecting flights commencing at an airport situated in the territory of a Member State, all of which have been physically operated by that non-Community air carrier and all of which have been reserved in a single booking by the passengers with a Community air carrier which has not physically operated any of those flights?










2.


If the first question is answered in the affirmative, does Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91, as interpreted in the first question, infringe international law and, in particular, the principle of the exclusive and complete sovereignty of a State over its territory and airspace, in making EU law applicable to a situation taking place within the territory of a third country?






(1)  OJ 2004 L 46, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9677 — DIC/BASF Colors & Effects) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 358/09
Date: 2020-10-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: dyestuffs industry, economic concentration, merger control, office supplies, printer








C_2020358EN.01001001.xml










26.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 358/10






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9677 — DIC/BASF Colors & Effects)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 358/09)

1.   
On 16 October 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:






—


The DIC Corporation (‘DIC’, Japan),










—


BASF Colors & Effects (‘BCE’, Germany), controlled by BASF SE.




DIC acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of BCE.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares and assets.
The same concentration was already notified to the Commission on 15 May 2020, but the notification was subsequently withdrawn on 23 June 2020.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for DIC: the production and sale of printing inks, organic pigments and synthetic resins. As regards pigments and other colourants, DIC is mainly active through its wholly-owned subsidiary Sun Chemical Corporation;










—


for BCE: the production and sale of pigments and other colourants.






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:
M.9677 — DIC/BASF Colors & Effects
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’).
Notice for the attention of the persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/638/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1556, and in Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea 2020/C 358/03
Date: 2020-10-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Guinea, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








C_2020358EN.01000301.xml










26.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 358/3






Notice for the attention of the persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/638/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1556, and in Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea
(2020/C 358/03)
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in the Annex to Council Decision 2010/638/CFSP (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1556 (2), and in Annex II to Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 (3).
The Council of the European Union has determined that the persons that appear in the above-mentioned Annexes continue to fulfil the criterion set out in Decision 2010/638/CFSP and in Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea and should therefore remain subject to the measures, as renewed by Decision (CFSP) 2020/1556.
The attention of the persons concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated in the web-sites in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 1284/2009, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 8 of the Regulation).
The persons concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation before 30 June 2021, that the decision to include them on the above-mentioned list should be reconsidered, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




RELEX.1.C




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu
The attention of the persons concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council's decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, second paragraph, and Article 263, fourth and sixth paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  OJ L 280, 26.10.2010, p. 10.

(2)  OJ L 355, 26.10.2020, p. 3.

(3)  OJ L 346, 23.12.2009, p. 26.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9986 — KPS Capital Partners/Garrett Motion) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 366/02
Date: 2020-10-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, motor vehicle industry, vehicle parts








C_2020366EN.01000201.xml










30.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 366/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9986 — KPS Capital Partners/Garrett Motion)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 366/02)
On 26 October 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 32020M9986. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9963 — Iliad/Play Communications) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 428/03
Date: 2020-10-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Internet access provider, economic concentration, holding company, merger control, mobile communication, retail trade








C_2020428EN.01000301.xml










11.12.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 428/3






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9963 — Iliad/Play Communications)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 428/03)
On 26 October 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 32020M9963. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Statement of revenue and expenditure of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency for the financial year 2020 – amending budget No 1 2020/C 360/04
Date: 2020-10-26
Institutions: Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency
Subjects: EU expenditure, amending budget, budgetary resources, financial year, general budget (EU), publication of accounts




C_2020360EN.01001601.xml










26.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 360/16






Statement of revenue and expenditure of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency for the financial year 2020 – amending budget No 1
(2020/C 360/04)

REVENUE










Title
Chapter


Heading


Budget 2020


Amending budget No 1


New amount





1




EUROPEAN UNION SUBSIDY





1 0


EUROPEAN UNION SUBSIDY


11 301 000 


 


11 301 000 




 



Title 1 — Total




11 301 000 



 



11 301 000 






2




PARTICIPATION OF THIRD COUNTRIES





2 0


PARTICIPATION OF EFTA COUNTRIES IN THE EXECUTIVE AGENCY


153 879 


 


153 879 




 



Title 2 — Total




153 879 



 



153 879 







 



GRAND TOTAL




11 454 879 



 



11 454 879 






EXPENDITURE










Title
Chapter


Heading


Appropriations 2020


Amending budget No 1


New amount





1




STAFF EXPENDITURE





1 1


REMUNERATIONS, ALLOWANCES AND CHARGES


7 447 650 


–44 000 


7 403 650 




1 2


PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL EXPENDITURE


278 600 


41 052 


319 652 




 



Title 1 — Total




7 726 250 




–2 948 




7 723 302 






2




INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATING EXPENDITURE





2 1


BUILDING EXPENDITURE


1 060 300 


–28 052 


1 032 248 




2 2


ICT


255 000 


31 000 


286 000 




2 3


MOVABLE PROPERTY AND CURRENT OPERATING EXPENDITURE


212 400 


 


212 400 




 



Title 2 — Total




1 527 700 




2 948 




1 530 648 






3




PROGRAMME SUPPORT EXPENDITURE





3 1


PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT EXPENDITURE


2 200 929 


 


2 200 929 




 



Title 3 — Total




2 200 929 



 



2 200 929 







 



GRAND TOTAL




11 454 879 




0




11 454 879 






Establishment plan










Function group and grade


Permanent posts


Temporary posts




2020


2019


2020


2019






AD 16


—


—


—


—




AD 15


—


—


—


—




AD 14


__


—


3


2




AD 13


—


—


 


1




AD 12


—


—


2


2




AD 11


—


—


2


0




AD 10


—


—


 


1




AD 9


—


—


1


2




AD 8


—


—


2


1




AD 7


—


—


 


2




AD 6


—


—


3


2




AD 5


—


—


5


5




Subtotal A


—


—


18


18






AST 11


—


—


—


—




AST 10


—


—


—


—




AST 9


—


—


—


—




AST 8


—


—


1


1




AST 7


—


—


-


-




AST 6


—


—


—


—




AST 5


—


—


1


1




AST 4


—


—


—


—




AST 3


—


—


—


—




AST 2


—


—


—


—




AST 1


—


—


—


—




Subtotal AST


—


—


2


2






Total


—


—


20


20
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9695 — LVMH/Tiffany) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 215/01
Date: 2020-10-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: beverage industry, clock and watch industry, clothing industry, cosmetics industry, economic concentration, luxury products industry, merger control, precious stones, retail selling








C_2021215EN.01000101.xml










7.6.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 215/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9695 — LVMH/Tiffany)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 215/01)
On 26 October 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 32020M9695. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-648/20: Action brought on 26 October 2020 — NB v Court of Justice of the European Union
Date: 2020-10-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: assistant, promotion, seniority, staff regulations (EU)








C_2020443EN.01002701.xml










21.12.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 443/27






Action brought on 26 October 2020 — NB v Court of Justice of the European Union
(Case T-648/20)
(2020/C 443/32)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: NB (represented by: J.-N. Louis, lawyer)

Defendant: Court of Justice of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:






—


annul the decision not to promote the applicant to grade AST10, with effect from 1 January 2019;










—


as far as necessary, annul the decision to ‘reclassify’/ promote Ms [X] to grade AST10, with effect from 1 January 2019;










—


purely in the alternative, annul all decisions to ‘reclassify’/promote the applicant’s colleagues to grade AST10, with effect from 1 January 2019;










—


order the defendant to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on four pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging that there was no legal basis for the contested decision.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that the administration’s approach regarding reclassification from grade AST9 to grade AST10 was illegal.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging misinterpretation of the scope of Article 31(3) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union.










4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging failure to inform staff about the rules applicable to reclassification from grade AST9 to grade AST10.
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 23 October 2020 2020/C 358/05
Date: 2020-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2020358EN.01000501.xml










26.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 358/5






Euro exchange rates (1)

23 October 2020
(2020/C 358/05)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1856 




JPY


Japanese yen


124,17 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4407 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,90675 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,3618 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0715 




ISK


Iceland króna


164,90 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,9178 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


27,222 




HUF


Hungarian forint


364,17 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,5823 




RON


Romanian leu


4,8740 




TRY


Turkish lira


9,4418 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6578 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5563 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,1885 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7703 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6089 




KRW


South Korean won


1 338,52 




ZAR


South African rand


19,1905 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,9157 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5778 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 410,24 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9291 




PHP


Philippine peso


57,388 




RUB


Russian rouble


90,6421 




THB


Thai baht


37,056 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,6052 




MXN


Mexican peso


24,7530 




INR


Indian rupee


87,3245 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9927 — MVM/iCR) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 366/01
Date: 2020-10-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, electricity supply, energy distribution, energy production, gas supply, merger control, retail selling, telecommunications, wholesale selling








C_2020366EN.01000101.xml










30.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 366/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9927 — MVM/iCR)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 366/01)
On 26 October 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 32020M9927. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Special Report 22/2020 Future of EU agencies – Potential for more flexibility and cooperation 2020/C 358/06
Date: 2020-10-26
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: EU office or agency, operation of the Institutions








C_2020358EN.01000601.xml










26.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 358/6






Special Report 22/2020
Future of EU agencies – Potential for more flexibility and cooperation
(2020/C 358/06)
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report 22/2020 ‘Future of EU agencies – Potential for more flexibility and cooperation’ has just been published.
The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu
Passenger name records (PNR) Updated list of Member States who have decided the application of the PNR Directive to intra-EU flights as referred to in Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2016/681 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime (OJ C 196, 8.6.2018, p. 29.) (If a Member State decides to apply this Directive to intra-EU flights, it shall notify the Commission in writing. A Member State may give or revoke such a notification at any time. The Commission shall publish that notification and any revocation of it in the Official Journal of the European Union) 2020/C 358/07
Date: 2020-10-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, air safety, air transport, data collection, data protection, data transmission, personal data, protection of privacy, terrorism, traveller




C_2020358EN.01000701.xml










26.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 358/7






PASSENGER NAME RECORDS (PNR)
Updated list of Member States who have decided the application of the PNR Directive to intra-EU flights as referred to in Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2016/681 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime (*1)



(If a Member State decides to apply this Directive to intra-EU flights, it shall notify the Commission in writing. A Member State may give or revoke such a notification at any time. The Commission shall publish that notification and any revocation of it in the Official Journal of the European Union)
(2020/C 358/07)
The Member States that have notified the Commission of the application of the PNR Directive in intra-EU flights are:






—


Belgium,










—


Bulgaria,










—


Czechia,










—


Germany,










—


Estonia,










—


Greece,










—


Spain,










—


France,










—


Croatia,










—


Italy,










—


Cyprus,










—


Latvia,










—


Lithuania,










—


Luxembourg,










—


Hungary,










—


Malta,










—


Netherlands,










—


Poland,










—


Portugal,










—


Romania,










—


Slovakia,










—


Finland,










—


Sweden,










—


United Kingdom.






(*1)  OJ C 196, 8.6.2018, p. 29.