do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-755/20: Action brought on 21 December 2020 — Nissan Motor v EUIPO — VDL Groep (VDL E-POWER)
Date: 2020-12-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, electrical equipment, engine, machine tool, registered trade mark, software, trade-mark law, vehicle








C_2021053EN.01006101.xml










15.2.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 53/61






Action brought on 21 December 2020 — Nissan Motor v EUIPO — VDL Groep (VDL E-POWER)
(Case T-755/20)
(2021/C 53/77)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Nissan Motor Co. Ltd (Yokohama-shi, Japan) (represented by: P. Martini-Berthon, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: VDL Groep BV (Eindhoven, Netherlands)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark VDL E-POWER — Application for registration No 17 895 702

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 October 2020 in Case R 2914/2019-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


allow the present applicant for annulment;










—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO and, as the case may be, the intervener to bear their own costs and pay those of the applicant.





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 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Case C-694/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Grondwettelijk Hof (Belgium) lodged on 21 December 2020 — Orde van Vlaamse Balies, IG, Belgian Association of Tax Lawyers, CD, JU v Vlaamse Regering
Date: 2020-12-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European tax cooperation, administrative cooperation, exchange of information, lawyer, professional secret, protection of privacy, right to justice, tax collection, taxpayer, trade intermediary








C_2021128EN.01001001.xml










12.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 128/10






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Grondwettelijk Hof (Belgium) lodged on 21 December 2020 — Orde van Vlaamse Balies, IG, Belgian Association of Tax Lawyers, CD, JU v Vlaamse Regering
(Case C-694/20)
(2021/C 128/13)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Grondwettelijk Hof

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Orde van Vlaamse Balies, IG, Belgian Association of Tax Lawyers, CD, JU

Defendant: Vlaamse Regering

Question referred

Does Article 1(2) of Council Directive (EU) 2018/822 (1) of 25 May 2018 amending Directive 2011/16/EU as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation in relation to reportable cross-border arrangements infringe the right to a fair trial as guaranteed by Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the right to respect for private life as guaranteed by Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in that the new Article 8ab(5) which it inserted in Council Directive 2011/16/EU (2) of 15 February 2011 on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and repealing Directive 77/799/EEC, provides that, where a Member State takes the necessary measures to give intermediaries the right to waiver from filing information on a reportable cross-border arrangement where the reporting obligation would breach the legal professional privilege under the national law of that Member State, that Member State is obliged to require the intermediaries to notify, without delay, any other intermediary or, if there is no such intermediary, the relevant taxpayer, of their reporting obligations, in so far as the effect of that obligation is to oblige a lawyer acting as an intermediary to share with another intermediary, not being his client, information which he obtains in the course of the essential activities of his profession, namely, representing or defending clients in legal proceedings and giving legal advice, even in the absence of pending legal proceedings?


(1)  OJ 2018 L 139, p. 1.

(2)  OJ 2011 L 64, p. 1.
Case C-696/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny (Poland) lodged on 21 December 2020 — B. v Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w. W.
Date: 2020-12-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Poland, VAT, goods and services, intra-EU trade, principle of proportionality, supply, tax law, taxpayer








C_2021110EN.01001801.xml










29.3.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 110/18






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny (Poland) lodged on 21 December 2020 — B. v Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w. W.
(Case C-696/20)
(2021/C 110/18)
Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant on a point of law: B.

Respondent in the appeal on a point of law: Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w. W.

Question referred

Do Article 41 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (1) and the principles of proportionality and neutrality preclude the application, in a situation such as that at issue in the main proceedings, of a national provision such as Article 25(2) of the ustawa z dnia 11 marca 2004 r. o podatku od towarów i usług (Law of 11 March 2004 on Value Added Tax) to an intra-Community acquisition of goods by a taxable person






—


if that acquisition has already been taxed in the territory of the Member State in which dispatch ends, by the persons acquiring the goods from that taxable person










—


where it has been established that the taxable person’s actions did not involve any tax fraud, but that they were the result of an incorrect designation of supplies in chain transactions and that that taxable person’s Polish VAT identification number was provided for the purposes of a domestic rather than an intra-Community supply?






(1)  OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1.
Case C-703/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski gradski sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 21 December 2020 — ‘PONS HOLDING’ AD
Date: 2020-12-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: criminal law, criminal liability, fine, legal person, natural person, offence








C_2021297EN.01001402.xml










26.7.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 297/14






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski gradski sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 21 December 2020 — ‘PONS HOLDING’ AD
(Case C-703/20)
(2021/C 297/14)
Language of the case: Bulgarian

Referring court

Sofiyski gradski sad

Party to the main proceedings

‘PONS HOLDING’ AD
By order of 6 May 2021, the Court of Justice (Ninth Chamber) held:
The Court of Justice of the European Union manifestly lacks jurisdiction to answer the questions referred for a preliminary ruling by the Sofiyski gradski sad (Sofia City Court, Bulgaria) by decision of 9 December 2020.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10058 — Porsche/Transnet/JV) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 5/06
Date: 2020-12-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy supply, merger control, motor vehicle industry








C_2021005EN.01000601.xml










7.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/6






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10058 — Porsche/Transnet/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 5/06)
On 21 December 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 32020M10058. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2197 of 21 December 2020 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq
Date: 2020-12-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Iraq, bank, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person








L_2020434EN.01005001.xml










23.12.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 434/50








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2197
of 21 December 2020
         
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 of 7 July 2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2465/96 (1), and in particular Article 11(b) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 lists public bodies, corporations and agencies and natural and legal persons, bodies and entities of the previous government of Iraq covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources that were located outside Iraq on 22 May 2003 under that Regulation.












(2)


On 16 December 2020, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to remove one entity from the list of persons and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply.












(3)


Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 21 December 2020.


For the Commission,


On behalf of The President,


Director-General


Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union






(1)  
            OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 6.




ANNEX
In Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 the following entity is deleted:






‘4.


Rafidain Bank (alias Al-Rafidain Bank), Rashid Street, Baghdad, Iraq. Other information: offices in Iraq, United Kingdom, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Sudan and Egypt.’
Case C-705/20: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Income Tax Tribunal of Gibraltar (United Kingdom) made on 21 December 2020 — Fossil (Gibraltar) Limited v Commissioner of Income Tax
Date: 2020-12-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Gibraltar, State aid, United Kingdom, United States, control of State aid, corporation tax, tax relief








C_2022257EN.01001701.xml










4.7.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 257/17






Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Income Tax Tribunal of Gibraltar (United Kingdom) made on 21 December 2020 — Fossil (Gibraltar) Limited v Commissioner of Income Tax
(Case C-705/20)
(2022/C 257/22)
Language of the case: English

Referring court

Income Tax Tribunal of Gibraltar (United Kingdom)

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Fossil (Gibraltar) Limited

Respondent: Commissioner of Income Tax

Question referred

Would the provision of tax relief by the Commissioner of Income Tax under the ITA 2010 for tax paid in the US in respect of the Appellant’s royalty income, infringe the Decision (1) or is otherwise prevented by it?


(1)  Commission Decision (EU) 2019/700 of 19 December 2018 on the State Aid SA.34914 (2013/C) implemented by the United Kingdom as regards the Gibraltar Corporate Income Tax Regime (notified under document C(2018) 7848) (OJ 2019, L 119, p. 151).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10057 — Schlumberger/CEA/Genvia JV) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 5/10
Date: 2020-12-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, gas industry, hydrogen production, industrial research, investment company, merger control, oil industry








C_2021005EN.01001001.xml










7.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/10






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10057 — Schlumberger/CEA/Genvia JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 5/10)
On 21 December 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 French 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 32020M10057. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 18 December 2020 2020/C 442/04
Date: 2020-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2020442EN.01000401.xml










21.12.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 442/4






Euro exchange rates (1)

18 December 2020
(2020/C 442/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2259 




JPY


Japanese yen


126,69 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4393 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,90828 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,1333 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0845 




ISK


Iceland króna


156,40 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,5163 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


26,139 




HUF


Hungarian forint


357,24 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,4779 




RON


Romanian leu


4,8688 




TRY


Turkish lira


9,3988 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6107 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5638 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,5039 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7201 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6282 




KRW


South Korean won


1 346,95 




ZAR


South African rand


17,8699 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,0146 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5328 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 337,60 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9532 




PHP


Philippine peso


58,930 




RUB


Russian rouble


90,2025 




THB


Thai baht


36,556 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,2668 




MXN


Mexican peso


24,3280 




INR


Indian rupee


90,1170 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Initiation of proceedings (Case M.9829 — Aon/Willis Towers Watson) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 5/08
Date: 2020-12-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: broker, economic concentration, healthcare industry, information analysis, investment company, merger control, pension scheme, personnel administration, reinsurance, risk management








C_2021005EN.01000801.xml










7.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/8






Initiation of proceedings
(Case M.9829 — Aon/Willis Towers Watson)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 5/08)
On 21 December 2020, the Commission decided to initiate proceedings in the above-mentioned case after finding that the notified concentration raises serious doubts as to its compatibility with the internal market. The initiation of proceedings opens a second phase investigation with regard to the notified concentration, and is without prejudice to the final decision on the case. The decision is based on Article 6(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their observations on the proposed concentration to the Commission.
In order to be fully taken into account in the procedure, observations should reach the Commission not later than 15 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference No. M.9829 — Aon/Willis Towers Watson, to the following 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’).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9993 — Allianz/Noble) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 5/07
Date: 2020-12-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial services, insurance company, investment company, merger control, offshore drilling








C_2021005EN.01000701.xml










7.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/7






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.9993 — Allianz/Noble)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 5/07)
On 21 December 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 32020M9993. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-691/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Judicial da Comarca do Porto Este — Penafiel — Juízo Trabalho (Portugal) lodged on 21 December 2020 — B v O, P, OP, G, N
Date: 2020-12-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, company law, equal treatment, establishment, labour law, national law








C_2021110EN.01001701.xml










29.3.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 110/17






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Judicial da Comarca do Porto Este — Penafiel — Juízo Trabalho (Portugal) lodged on 21 December 2020 — B v O, P, OP, G, N
(Case C-691/20)
(2021/C 110/16)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Referring court

Tribunal Judicial da Comarca do Porto Este — Penafiel — Juízo Trabalho

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: B

Defendants: O, P, OP, G, N

Question referred

Is it contrary to EU law, specifically Article 18 TFEU, to exclude from the application of the rules laid down in Article 334 of the Código de Trabalho (Employment Code) undertakings established in another Member State, in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 481(2) of the Código das sociedades comerciais (Code on commercial companies)?
Case C-699/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy w Nysie (Poland) lodged on 21 December 2020 — Centraal Justitieel Incassobureau, Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie (CJIB) v AP
Date: 2020-12-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: appeal, fine, judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU, judicial review, traffic offence








C_2021310EN.01001001.xml










2.8.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 310/10






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy w Nysie (Poland) lodged on 21 December 2020 — Centraal Justitieel Incassobureau, Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie (CJIB) v AP
(Case C-699/20)
(2021/C 310/12)
Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Sąd Rejonowy w Nysie

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Centraal Justitieel Incassobureau, Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie (CJIB)

Defendant: AP
By order of 8 June 2021, the Court of Justice (Sixth Chamber) declared the request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy w Nysie, II Wydział Karny (District Court, Nysa, 2nd Criminal Division) (Poland) to be manifestly inadmissible.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10065 — Advent/Nielsen Global Connect) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 5/09
Date: 2020-12-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, market research, merger control








C_2021005EN.01000901.xml










7.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 5/9






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10065 — Advent/Nielsen Global Connect)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 5/09)
On 21 December 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 32020M10065. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.