do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10107 — BlackRock/Mubadala/Goldman Sachs/Calisen) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 30/02
Date: 2021-01-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: banking, consultancy, economic concentration, electronic equipment, energy industry, financial services, investment company, measuring equipment, merger control, public procurement








C_2021030EN.01000201.xml










27.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 30/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10107 — BlackRock/Mubadala/Goldman Sachs/Calisen)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 30/02)
On 21 January 2021, 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 32021M10107. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
State aid – Decision to raise no objections 2021/C 22/06
Date: 2021-01-21
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Norway, State aid, control of State aid, coronavirus disease, epidemic, sporting event, voluntary work








C_2021022EN.01003601.xml










21.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 22/36







State aid – Decision to raise no objections
(2021/C 22/06)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:






Date of adoption of the decision


14.10.2020




Case No


85638




Decision No


117/20/COL




EFTA State


Norway




Title


COVID-19 Renewal and amendment of the compensation scheme for the cancellation or postponement of sports and volunteer events.




Legal basis


The regulation on a temporary compensation scheme for the voluntary and sports sector following the COVID-19 outbreak.




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


The objective of the scheme is to compensate for eligible losses caused by the cancellation or postponement of sports and volunteer events to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus.




Form of aid


Grants




Budget


NOK 1 billion




Duration


Until 31.12.2020




Economic sectors


Sport and voluntary sector




Name and address of the granting authority







The Norwegian Gaming and Foundation Authority




P.O.Box 800




NO-6805 Førde




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.) 20 January 2021 2021/C 22/02
Date: 2021-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2021022EN.01000201.xml










21.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 22/2







Euro exchange rates (1)


            20 January 2021
         
(2021/C 22/02)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2101 




JPY


Japanese yen


125,62 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4382 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,88563 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,1383 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0778 




ISK


Iceland króna


157,20 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,3230 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


26,125 




HUF


Hungarian forint


357,38 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,5322 




RON


Romanian leu


4,8738 




TRY


Turkish lira


9,0111 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5666 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5379 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,3804 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6965 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6054 




KRW


South Korean won


1 333,62 




ZAR


South African rand


18,1101 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8292 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5635 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 004,08 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8949 




PHP


Philippine peso


58,122 




RUB


Russian rouble


89,0850 




THB


Thai baht


36,315 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,4390 




MXN


Mexican peso


23,7719 




INR


Indian rupee


88,3680 






(1)  
            Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-843/19: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 21 January 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña — Spain) — Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS) v BT (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security — Directive 79/7/EEC — Article 4(1) — Voluntary early retirement — Early retirement pension — Eligibility — Requirement for the pension amount to be received to be at least as much as the legal minimum amount — Proportion of workers of each sex excluded from the benefit of early retirement — Justification of a potential particular disadvantage to female workers — Social policy objectives of the Member State concerned)
Date: 2021-01-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: early retirement, equal treatment, gender equality, pension scheme, sexual discrimination, social security legislation








C_2021079EN.01001501.xml










8.3.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 79/15






Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 21 January 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña — Spain) — Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS) v BT
(Case C-843/19) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Social policy - Equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security - Directive 79/7/EEC - Article 4(1) - Voluntary early retirement - Early retirement pension - Eligibility - Requirement for the pension amount to be received to be at least as much as the legal minimum amount - Proportion of workers of each sex excluded from the benefit of early retirement - Justification of a potential particular disadvantage to female workers - Social policy objectives of the Member State concerned)
(2021/C 79/18)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS)

Defendant: BT

Operative part of the judgment

Article 4(1) of Council Directive 79/7 of 19 December 1978 on the progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security must be interpreted as meaning that it does not preclude national legislation which, in the event of voluntary early retirement of a worker enrolled in the general social security scheme, makes that worker’s right to an early retirement pension contingent on the condition that the amount of that pension must be at least as much as the minimum pension to which that worker would be entitled at the age of 65, even if that law puts at a particular disadvantage female workers compared with male workers, which is for the referring court to verify, in so far as that consequence is justified by legitimate social policy objectives which are unrelated to any discrimination based on sex.


(1)  OJ C 54, 17.2.2020.
Notice concerning a request in accordance with Article 34 of Directive 2014/25/EU Suspension of the period for adoption of implementing acts 2021/C 22/10
Date: 2021-01-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: Austria, award of contract, bus, provision of services, public transport, services of general interest








C_2021022EN.01004601.xml










21.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 22/46







Notice concerning a request in accordance with Article 34 of Directive 2014/25/EU
Suspension of the period for adoption of implementing acts
(2021/C 22/10)

On 2 October 2020, the Commission received a request pursuant to Article 35 of Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (1). The first working day following receipt of the request was 5 October 2020 and the initial period available to the Commission for deciding on this request was of 145 working days.
This request, made by Österreichische Postbus AG, concerns operation of non-commercial bus services in Austria. The relevant notice was published on page number 17 of OJ C 361 of 27 October 2020. The initial deadline was 10 May 2021.
Pursuant to Annex IV, paragraph 2, of Directive 2014/25/EU, the Commission may require the Member State or the contracting entity concerned or the competent independent national authority or any other competent national authority to provide all necessary information or to supplement or clarify information given within an appropriate time limit. On 11 November 2020, the Commission asked the Austrian authorities to provide additional information by 3 December 2020 at the latest.
In the event of late or incomplete answers, the initial deadline shall be suspended for the period between the expiry of the time limit set in the request for information, and the receipt of the complete and correct information.
The final deadline will therefore expire after 102 working days after the receipt of the complete and correct information.


(1)  Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 243).
EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on state aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for the EFTA States applicable as from 1 November 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 of 14 July 2004 (OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and EEA Supplement to the OJ No. 26/2006, 25 May 2006, p. 1.) 2021/C 22/04
Date: 2021-01-21
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, State aid, interest, reimbursement of aid








C_2021022EN.01003201.xml










21.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 22/32







EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on state aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for the EFTA States applicable as from 1 November 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 of 14 July 2004
                   (1)



(2021/C 22/04)

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.
Base rates have been determined as follows:








 


Iceland


Liechtenstein


Norway




1.11.2020 –


1,80


- 0,55 


0,32






(1)  
            OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and EEA Supplement to the OJ No. 26/2006, 25 May 2006, p. 1.
Case T-49/21: Action brought on 21 January 2021 — PZ v Commission
Date: 2021-01-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, rights of the defence, staff assessment








C_2021128EN.01004101.xml










12.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 128/41






Action brought on 21 January 2021 — PZ v Commission
(Case T-49/21)
(2021/C 128/48)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: PZ (represented by: S. Rodrigues and A. Champetier, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the 2019 appraisal report covering the period from 1 January to 31 December 2019, communicated to the applicant on 19 February 2020;










—


together with, and so far as necessary, annul the decision of 23 October 2020 (notified to the applicant on 30 October 2020) rejecting the applicant’s complaint of 26 June 2020 and










—


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 manifest errors of assessment by the defendant.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging breach of the duty to state reasons by the defendant.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging breach of his right to be heard.










4.


Forth plea in law, alleging lack of independence of the appraisal officer.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10074 — Hyundai Motor Company/Hyundai Assan Otomotive Sanayi) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 31/01
Date: 2021-01-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, motor vehicle industry








C_2021031EN.01000101.xml










28.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 31/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10074 — Hyundai Motor Company/Hyundai Assan Otomotive Sanayi)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 31/01)
On 21 January 2021, 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 32021M10074. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-105/20: Order of the Court of 21 January 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal du travail de Nivelles — Belgium) — UF v Partena, Assurances sociales pour travailleurs indépendants ASBL, Institut national d’assurances sociales pour travailleurs indépendants (Inasti), Union Nationale des Mutualités Libres (Partenamut) (UNMLibres) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Decision to refer — Insufficient information as to the reasons justifying the need for an answer to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling for the purposes of resolving the dispute in the main proceedings — Manifest inadmissibility of the request for a preliminary ruling)
Date: 2021-01-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: admissibility, preliminary ruling procedure








C_2021138EN.01001601.xml










19.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 138/16






Order of the Court of 21 January 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal du travail de Nivelles — Belgium) — UF v Partena, Assurances sociales pour travailleurs indépendants ASBL, Institut national d’assurances sociales pour travailleurs indépendants (Inasti), Union Nationale des Mutualités Libres (Partenamut) (UNMLibres)
(Case C-105/20) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Decision to refer - Insufficient information as to the reasons justifying the need for an answer to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling for the purposes of resolving the dispute in the main proceedings - Manifest inadmissibility of the request for a preliminary ruling)
(2021/C 138/20)
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Tribunal de travail de Nivelles

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: UF

Defendants: Partena, Assurances sociales pour travailleurs indépendants ASBL, Institut national d’assurances sociales pour travailleurs indépendants (Inasti), Union Nationale des Mutualités Libres (Partenamut) (UNMLibres)

Operative part of the order

The request for a preliminary ruling made by the Tribunal du travail de Nivelles (Nivelles Labour Court, Belgium), by decision of 3 February 2020, is manifestly inadmissible.


(1)  OJ C 175, 25.5.2020.
Case C-761/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 January 2021 — Päivi Leino-Sandberg v European Parliament (Appeal — Access to documents of the EU institutions — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Article 10 — Refusal to grant access — Action before the General Court of the European Union against a decision by the European Parliament refusing to grant access to a document — Disclosure of the annotated document by a third party after the action was lodged — Order that there was no need to adjudicate pronounced by the General Court on the ground that was no longer any interest in bringing proceedings — Error of law)
Date: 2021-01-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: access to EU information, disclosure of information, provision of documents








C_2021079EN.01000301.xml










8.3.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 79/3






Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 January 2021 — Päivi Leino-Sandberg v European Parliament
(Case C-761/18 P) (1)

(Appeal - Access to documents of the EU institutions - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Article 10 - Refusal to grant access - Action before the General Court of the European Union against a decision by the European Parliament refusing to grant access to a document - Disclosure of the annotated document by a third party after the action was lodged - Order that there was no need to adjudicate pronounced by the General Court on the ground that was no longer any interest in bringing proceedings - Error of law)
(2021/C 79/03)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: Päivi Leino-Sandberg (represented by: O.W. Brouwer and B.A. Verheijen, advocaten, and by S. Schubert, Rechtsanwalt)

Other party to the proceedings: European Parliament (represented by: C. Burgos, I. Anagnostopoulou and L. Vétillard, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the applicant: Republic of Finland (represented by: M. Pere, acting as Agent), Kingdom of Sweden (represented: initially by A. Falk, C. Meyer-Seitz, H. Shev, J. Lundberg and H. Eklinder, and subsequently by C. Meyer-Seitz, H. Shev and H. Eklinder, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the order of the General Court of the European Union of 20 September 2018, Leino-Sandberg v Parliament (T-421/17, not published, EU:T:2018:628);










2.


Refers the case back to the General Court of the European Union;










3.


Reserves the costs.






(1)  OJ C 82, 4.3.2019.
Notice of open competitions 2021/C 22/07
Date: 2021-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EPSO, administrator, competition (EU), information profession, lawyer, recruitment








C_2021022EN.01003701.xml










21.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 22/37








            NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITIONS
         
(2021/C 22/07)

The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is organising the following open competitions:






 


EPSO/AD/383/21 – BULGARIAN-LANGUAGE (BG) LAWYER-LINGUISTS (AD 7)










 


EPSO/AD/384/21 – CZECH-LANGUAGE (CS) LAWYER-LINGUISTS (AD 7)










 


EPSO/AD/385/21 – FRENCH-LANGUAGE (FR) LAWYER-LINGUISTS (AD 7)










 


EPSO/AD/386/21 – IRISH-LANGUAGE (GA) LAWYER-LINGUISTS (AD 7)










 


EPSO/AD/387/21 – HUNGARIAN-LANGUAGE (HU) LAWYER-LINGUISTS (AD 7)










 


EPSO/AD/388/21 – POLISH-LANGUAGE (PL) LAWYER-LINGUISTS (AD 7)




The competition notice is published in 24 languages in 
Official Journal of the European Union C 22 A of 21 January 2021.
Further information can be found on the EPSO website: https://epso.europa.eu/
Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark on the service of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters
Date: 2021-01-21
Institutions: Denmark, European Union
Subjects: Denmark, agreement (EU), application of EU law, civil law, civil procedure, commercial law, electronic document management, electronic government, judicial cooperation








L_2021019EN.01000101.xml










21.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 19/1







Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark on the service of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters

According to Article 3(2) of the Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark on the service judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters, (1) concluded by Council Decision 2006/326/EC of 27 April 2006 (hereafter "the Agreement"), whenever amendments to the Regulation on the service of documents are adopted, Denmark shall notify to the Commission of its decision whether or not to implement the content of such amendments.
Regulation (EU) 2020/1784 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (service of documents) (recast) (2) was adopted on 25 November 2020.
In accordance with Article 3(2) of the Agreement, Denmark has by letter of 22 December 2020 notified the Commission of its decision to implement the contents of Regulation (EU) 2020/1784. In accordance with Article 3(6) of the Agreement, the Danish notification creates mutual obligations between Denmark and the Community. Thus, Regulation (EU) 2020/1784 constitutes an amendment to the Agreement and is considered annexed thereto.
In accordance with Article 3(4) of the Agreement, the necessary administrative measures enter into force on the date of entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2020/1784.


(1)  
            OJ L 120, 5.5.2006, p. 23.

(2)  
            OJ L 405, 2.12.2020, p. 40.
Case T-30/21: Action brought on 21 January 2021 — L’Oréal v EUIPO — Debonair Trading Internacional (SO COUTURE)
Date: 2021-01-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cosmetic product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2021128EN.01004001.xml










12.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 128/40






Action brought on 21 January 2021 — L’Oréal v EUIPO — Debonair Trading Internacional (SO COUTURE)
(Case T-30/21)
(2021/C 128/47)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: L’Oréal (Clichy, France) (represented by: M. Treis and E. Strobel, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Debonair Trading Internacional Lda (Funchal, Portugal)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark SO COUTURE — Application for registration No 12 194 015

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 November 2020 in Case R 158/2016-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO and any intervener to pay the costs of this appeal.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council when conducting the global assessment and assessing the likelihood of confusion.