do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules ensuring basic road freight and road passenger connectivity following the end of the transition period mentioned in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community’ (COM(2020) 826 final — 2020/0362 (COD))
Date: 2021-01-27
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: United Kingdom, carriage of goods, carriage of passengers, road transport, transport regulations, withdrawal from the EU








C_2021123EN.01008101.xml










9.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 123/81






Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules ensuring basic road freight and road passenger connectivity following the end of the transition period mentioned in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community’
(COM(2020) 826 final — 2020/0362 (COD))
(2021/C 123/14)






Referrals


Council of the European Union, 11.12.2020
European Parliament, 14.12.2020




Legal basis


Articles 91(1) and 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society




Adopted at plenary


27.1.2021




Plenary session No


557




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


unanimous




Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the content of the proposal and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided unanimously, at its 557th plenary session of 27 and 28 January 2021 (meeting of 27 January), to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.

Brussels, 27 January 2021.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Christa SCHWENG
Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates applicable as from 1 February 2021 (Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 (OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1)) 2021/C 30/04
Date: 2021-01-27
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, interest, reimbursement of aid








C_2021030EN.01000401.xml










27.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 30/4






Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates applicable as from 1 February 2021


(Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 (OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1))


(2021/C 30/04)
Base rates calculated in accordance with the Communication from the Commission on the revision of the method for setting the reference and discount rates (OJ C 14, 19.1.2008, p. 6). Depending on the use of the reference rate, the appropriate margins have still to be added as defined in this communication. For the discount rate this means that a margin of 100 basis points has to be added. The Commission Regulation (EC) No 271/2008 of 30 January 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 foresees that, unless otherwise provided for in a specific decision, the recovery rate will also be calculated by adding 100 basis points to the base rate.
Modified rates are indicated in bold.
Previous table published in OJ C 447, 23.12.2020, p. 9.


































From


To


AT


BE


BG


CY


CZ


DE


DK


EE


EL


ES


FI


FR


HR


HU


IE


IT


LT


LU


LV


MT


NL


PL


PT


RO


SE


SI


SK


UK




1.2.2021


…


-0,45


-0,45


0,00


-0,45


0,44


-0,45



0,05



-0,45


-0,45


-0,45


-0,45


-0,45


0,22


0,80


-0,45


-0,45


-0,45


-0,45


-0,45


-0,45


-0,45



0,19



-0,45


2,07



-0,02



-0,45


-0,45



0,12





1.1.2021


31.1.2021



-0,45




-0,45




0,00




-0,45




0,44




-0,45




0,06




-0,45




-0,45




-0,45




-0,45




-0,45




0,22




0,80




-0,45




-0,45




-0,45




-0,45




-0,45




-0,45




-0,45




0,23




-0,45




2,07




0,00




-0,45




-0,45




0,15
Case C-764/18: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 January 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo — Spain) — Ayuntamiento de Pamplona v Orange España SAU (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Authorisation of electronic communications networks and services — Municipal charge for the occupation or use of public land — Directive 2002/20/EC — Application to undertakings providing fixed telephony and Internet access services — Concepts of ‘electronic communications network’ and of ‘electronic communications services’ — Article 12 — Administrative charges — Article 13 — Fees for rights of use and rights to install facilities — Scope — Limitations on the Member States’ power to impose fees)
Date: 2021-01-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Internet, mobile communication, provision of services, tax system, transmission network








C_2021088EN.01000601.xml










15.3.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 88/6






Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 January 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo — Spain) — Ayuntamiento de Pamplona v Orange España SAU
(Case C-764/18) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Authorisation of electronic communications networks and services - Municipal charge for the occupation or use of public land - Directive 2002/20/EC - Application to undertakings providing fixed telephony and Internet access services - Concepts of ‘electronic communications network’ and of ‘electronic communications services’ - Article 12 - Administrative charges - Article 13 - Fees for rights of use and rights to install facilities - Scope - Limitations on the Member States’ power to impose fees)
(2021/C 88/05)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Supremo

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Ayuntamiento de Pamplona

Defendant: Orange España SAU

Operative part of the judgment







1.


Directive 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (Authorisation Directive), as amended by Directive 2009/140/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009, must be interpreted as applying also to undertakings providing fixed telephony and Internet access services;










2.


Articles 12 and 13 of Directive 2002/20, as amended by Directive 2009/140, must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation which imposes, on undertakings which are the proprietors of infrastructure or networks necessary for electronic communications and which use them in order to provide fixed telephony and Internet access services, a charge the amount of which is determined exclusively on the basis of the annual gross income obtained by those undertakings on the territory of the Member State concerned.






(1)  OJ C 112, 25.3.2019.
Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries 2021/C 30/05
Date: 2021-01-27
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, EU waters, France, catch by species, catch quota, fishing area, fishing rights, international waters, sea fish, sea fishing








C_2021030EN.01000501.xml










27.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 30/5






Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
(2021/C 30/05)
In accordance with Article 35(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), a decision has been taken to close the fishery as set down in the following table:






Date and time of closure


27.10.2020




Duration


27.10.2020 – 31.12.2020




Member State


France




Stock or Group of stocks


ALF/3X14-




Species


Alfonsinos (Beryx spp.)




Zone


Union and international waters of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14




Type(s) of fishing vessels


---




Reference number


31/TQ2025






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules ensuring basic air connectivity following the end of the transition period mentioned in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community’ (COM(2020) 827 final — 2020/0363 (COD))
Date: 2021-01-27
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: United Kingdom, air transport, international transport, transport regulations, withdrawal from the EU








C_2021123EN.01008201.xml










9.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 123/82






Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules ensuring basic air connectivity following the end of the transition period mentioned in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community’
(COM(2020) 827 final — 2020/0363 (COD))
(2021/C 123/15)






Referrals


Council of the European Union, 11.12.2020
European Parliament, 14.12.2020




Legal basis


Articles 100(2) and 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society




Adopted at plenary


27.1.2021




Plenary session No


557




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


unanimous




Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the content of the proposal and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided unanimously, at its 557th plenary session of 27 and 28 January 2021 (meeting of 27 January), to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.

Brussels, 27 January 2021.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Christa SCHWENG
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 26 January 2021 2021/C 30/03
Date: 2021-01-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2021030EN.01000301.xml










27.1.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 30/3






Euro exchange rates (1)

26 January 2021
(2021/C 30/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2143 




JPY


Japanese yen


125,93 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4390 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,88698 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,0715 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0789 




ISK


Iceland króna


157,00 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,3873 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


26,080 




HUF


Hungarian forint


358,61 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,5465 




RON


Romanian leu


4,8748 




TRY


Turkish lira


8,9269 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5709 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5444 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,4132 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6793 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6099 




KRW


South Korean won


1 339,51 




ZAR


South African rand


18,4065 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8537 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5630 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 126,85 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9161 




PHP


Philippine peso


58,379 




RUB


Russian rouble


91,2538 




THB


Thai baht


36,405 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,5816 




MXN


Mexican peso


24,3386 




INR


Indian rupee


88,5555 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-382/19: Judgment of the General Court of 27 January 2021 — Turk Hava Yollari v EUIPO — Sky (skylife) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Word mark skylife — Earlier EU word mark SKY — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
Date: 2021-01-27
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, air transport, carriage of passengers, education, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, vocational training








C_2021088EN.01002701.xml










15.3.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 88/27






Judgment of the General Court of 27 January 2021 — Turk Hava Yollari v EUIPO — Sky (skylife)
(Case T-382/19) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Word mark skylife - Earlier EU word mark SKY - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
(2021/C 88/35)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Turk Hava Yollari AO (Istanbul, Turkey) (represented by: R. Almaraz Palmero, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Sky Ltd (Isleworth, United Kingdom) (represented by: A. Brackenbury, Solicitor, and A. Zalewska, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 April 2019 (Case R 880/2018-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Sky and Turk Hava Yollari.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Turk Hava Yollari AO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Sky Ltd.






(1)  OJ C 270, 12.8.2019.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10044 — Mississippi Ventures/Parcom/Hema) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 81/05
Date: 2021-01-27
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, goods and services, investment, investment company, merger control, retail selling, supermarket








C_2021081EN.01000501.xml










10.3.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 81/5






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10044 — Mississippi Ventures/Parcom/Hema)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 81/05)
On 27 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 32021M10044. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decisions 2003/17/EC and 2005/834/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections and the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties of agricultural plant species carried out in the United Kingdom’ (COM(2020) 853 final — 2020/0379 (COD))
Date: 2021-01-27
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: United Kingdom, crop production, import (EU), mutual recognition principle, originating product, plant health control, quality control of agricultural products, seed, withdrawal from the EU








C_2021123EN.01008701.xml










9.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 123/87






Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decisions 2003/17/EC and 2005/834/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections and the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties of agricultural plant species carried out in the United Kingdom’
(COM(2020) 853 final — 2020/0379 (COD))
(2021/C 123/20)






Referral


European Parliament, 18.1.2021
Council, 8.1.2021




Legal basis


Article 43, paragraph 2 and article 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment




Adopted at plenary


27.1.2021




Plenary session No


557




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


unanimous in favour




Since the Committee endorses the content of the proposal and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided unanimously, at its 557th plenary session of 27 and 28 January 2021 (meeting of 27 January), to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.

Brussels, 27 January 2021.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Christa SCHWENG
Case C-787/19: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 January 2021 — European Commission v Republic of Austria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Taxation — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 306 to 310 — Special scheme for travel agents — Application to all types of clients — National legislation excluding travel services that are provided to taxable persons who use those services for their business — Article 73 — Taxable amount — Determination of a taxable amount on a flat-rate basis for groups of services or for all services provided during the taxable period — Incompatibility)
Date: 2021-01-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, basis of tax assessment, flat-rate tax, infringement of EU law, national implementing measure, provision of services, tax exemption, taxpayer, travel agency








C_2021088EN.01001101.xml










15.3.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 88/11






Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 January 2021 — European Commission v Republic of Austria
(Case C-787/19) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Taxation - Value added tax (VAT) - Directive 2006/112/EC - Articles 306 to 310 - Special scheme for travel agents - Application to all types of clients - National legislation excluding travel services that are provided to taxable persons who use those services for their business - Article 73 - Taxable amount - Determination of a taxable amount on a flat-rate basis for groups of services or for all services provided during the taxable period - Incompatibility)
(2021/C 88/12)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: M. Wasmeier and J. Jokubauskaitė, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Austria (represented by: F. Koppensteiner and A. Posch, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by excluding from the special value-added-tax (VAT) scheme applicable to travel agents travel services provided to taxable persons who use those services for their business, and by authorising travel agents, in so far as they are subject to that scheme, to determine the taxable amount for VAT on a flat-rate basis for groups of services or for all services provided during a tax year, the Republic of Austria has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 73 and Articles 306 to 310 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax;










2.


Orders the Republic of Austria to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 413, 9.12.2019.
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects of aviation safety with regard to the end of the transition period mentioned in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community’ (COM(2020) 828 final — 2020/0364 (COD))
Date: 2021-01-27
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: United Kingdom, air safety, aircraft, civil aviation, environmental standard, quality standard, safety standard, technical standard, transitional period (EU), withdrawal from the EU








C_2021123EN.01008301.xml










9.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 123/83






Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects of aviation safety with regard to the end of the transition period mentioned in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community’
(COM(2020) 828 final — 2020/0364 (COD))
(2021/C 123/16)






Referrals


Council of the European Union, 11.12.2020
European Parliament, 14.12.2020




Legal basis


Articles 100(2) and 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society




Adopted at plenary


27.1.2021




Plenary session No


557




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


unanimous




Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the content of the proposal and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided unanimously, at its 557th plenary session of 27 and 28 January 2021 (meeting of 27 January), to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.

Brussels, 27 January 2021.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Christa SCHWENG
Case C-595/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 27 January 2021 — The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. v European Commission, Prysmian SpA, Prysmian Cavi e Sistemi Srl (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European market for power cables — Market allocation in connection with projects — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Article 23(2) — Attributability of unlawful conduct of one company to another company — Presumption of actual exercise of decisive influence — Entity controlling 100 % of the voting rights associated with the shares of another company)
Date: 2021-01-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: cartel, control of restrictive practices, electric cable, market-sharing agreement, restriction on competition, sanction (EU), shareholding








C_2021088EN.01000501.xml










15.3.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 88/5






Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 27 January 2021 — The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. v European Commission, Prysmian SpA, Prysmian Cavi e Sistemi Srl
(Case C-595/18 P) (1)

(Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - European market for power cables - Market allocation in connection with projects - Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 - Article 23(2) - Attributability of unlawful conduct of one company to another company - Presumption of actual exercise of decisive influence - Entity controlling 100 % of the voting rights associated with the shares of another company)
(2021/C 88/04)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (represented by: A. Mangiaracina, avvocatessa, and J. Koponen, advokat)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: P. Rossi, C. Sjödin, T. Vecchi and J. Norris, acting as Agents), Prysmian SpA, Prysmian Cavi e Sistemi Srl (represented by: C. Tesauro and L. Armati, avvocati)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal.










2.


Orders The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.










3.


Orders Prysmian SpA and Prysmian Cavi e Sistemi Srl to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 445, 10.12.2018.