do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-378/20: Order of the Court (Eight Chamber) of 25 February 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Oberösterreich — Austria) — Stadtapotheke E v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Linz-Land (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 47 — Right to a fair trial — Application for a licence for a new pharmacy — Obligation to request an expert opinion from the chamber of pharmacists — Freedom to choose an occupation and right to engage in work — Freedom to conduct a business — Right to property — Conditions for the establishment of a new pharmacy — Proportionality — Failure to implement EU law — Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court)
Date: 2021-02-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: application of EU law, expert's report ordered by a court, ownership, pharmacy, principle of proportionality, professional society, right of establishment, right to justice, right to work, service concession








C_2021182EN.01002401.xml










10.5.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 182/24






Order of the Court (Eight Chamber) of 25 February 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Oberösterreich — Austria) — Stadtapotheke E v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Linz-Land
(Case C-378/20) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Article 47 - Right to a fair trial - Application for a licence for a new pharmacy - Obligation to request an expert opinion from the chamber of pharmacists - Freedom to choose an occupation and right to engage in work - Freedom to conduct a business - Right to property - Conditions for the establishment of a new pharmacy - Proportionality - Failure to implement EU law - Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court - Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court)
(2021/C 182/33)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landesverwaltungsgericht Oberösterreich

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Stadtapotheke E

Defendant: Bezirkshauptmannschaft Linz-Land

Intervener: AW

Operative part of the order

The Court of Justice of the European Union clearly lacks jurisdiction to answer the questions referred by the Landesverwaltungsgericht Oberösterreich (Regional Administrative Court, Upper Austria, Austria) by decision of 10 August 2020.


(1)  OJ C 443, 21.12.2020.
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 24 February 2021 2021/C 65/05
Date: 2021-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2021065EN.01000601.xml










25.2.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 65/6






Euro exchange rates (1)

24 February 2021
(2021/C 65/05)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2146 




JPY


Japanese yen


128,69 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4364 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86030 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,0893 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1029 




ISK


Iceland króna


154,60 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,2483 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,978 




HUF


Hungarian forint


359,74 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,5178 




RON


Romanian leu


4,8749 




TRY


Turkish lira


8,7071 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5347 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5266 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,4189 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6451 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6049 




KRW


South Korean won


1 346,15 




ZAR


South African rand


17,5723 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8362 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5805 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 070,23 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9100 




PHP


Philippine peso


59,072 




RUB


Russian rouble


89,4919 




THB


Thai baht


36,487 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,5642 




MXN


Mexican peso


24,7700 




INR


Indian rupee


87,8760 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-772/19: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 25 February 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Austria) — Bartosch Airport Supply Services GmbH v Zollamt Wien (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common Customs Tariff — Combined Nomenclature — Tariff classification — Tariff heading 8701 and Tariff heading 8705 — Interpretation — Aircraft tractor)
Date: 2021-02-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, airport, common customs tariff, motor vehicle, specification of tariff heading








C_2021138EN.01000901.xml










19.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 138/9






Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 25 February 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Austria) — Bartosch Airport Supply Services GmbH v Zollamt Wien
(Case C-772/19) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common Customs Tariff - Combined Nomenclature - Tariff classification - Tariff heading 8701 and Tariff heading 8705 - Interpretation - Aircraft tractor)
(2021/C 138/11)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Bartosch Airport Supply Services GmbH

Defendant: Zollamt Wien

Operative part of the judgment

The Combined Nomenclature set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1821 of 6 October 2016, must be interpreted as meaning that heading 8705 of that nomenclature does not cover vehicles designed to tow and push aircraft, referred to as ‘aircraft tractors’, since those aircraft tractors fall within heading 8701 of that nomenclature.


(1)  OJ C 27, 27.1.2020.
Case C-615/19 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 February 2021 — John Dalli v European Commission (Appeal — Action for damages — Non-contractual liability of the European Union — Allegedly illegal conduct of the European Commission and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) — Termination of office of a Member of the Commission — Procedural rules governing the OLAF investigation — Opening of an investigation — Right to be heard — OLAF Supervisory Committee — Presumption of innocence — Assessment of the alleged damage)
Date: 2021-02-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Anti-fraud Office, European Commissioner, appointment of members, corruption, damages, infringement of EU law, rights of the defence








C_2021138EN.01000501.xml










19.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 138/5






Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 February 2021 — John Dalli v European Commission
(Case C-615/19 P) (1)

(Appeal - Action for damages - Non-contractual liability of the European Union - Allegedly illegal conduct of the European Commission and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) - Termination of office of a Member of the Commission - Procedural rules governing the OLAF investigation - Opening of an investigation - Right to be heard - OLAF Supervisory Committee - Presumption of innocence - Assessment of the alleged damage)
(2021/C 138/06)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: John Dalli (represented by: L. Levi and S. Rodrigues, avocats)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: J.P. Keppenne and J. Baquero Cruz, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Mr John Dalli to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.






(1)  OJ C 328, 30.9.2019.
Judgment of the Court of 25 February 2021 in Case E-5/20 SMA SA and Société Mutuelle d’Assurance du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics v Finanzmarktaufsicht Liechtenstein (State liability – Directive 2009/138/EC – Supervisory obligations – Insurance claims – Policy holders and beneficiaries) 2021/C 245/16
Date: 2021-02-25
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: European Economic Area, Liechtenstein, claim, financial supervision, insurance claim, insurance company, insurance law








C_2021245EN.01002001.xml










24.6.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 245/20






JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
of 25 February 2021
in Case E-5/20
SMA SA and Société Mutuelle d’Assurance du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics v Finanzmarktaufsicht Liechtenstein


(State liability – Directive 2009/138/EC – Supervisory obligations – Insurance claims – Policy holders and beneficiaries)


(2021/C 245/16)
In Case E-5/20, SMA SA and Société Mutuelle d’Assurance du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics v Finanzmarktaufsicht Liechtenstein – REQUEST to the Court under Article 34 of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice by the Supreme Court of the Principality of Liechtenstein (Fürstlicher Oberster Gerichtshof) concerning the interpretation of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II), in particular Articles 27 and 28, and its predecessors Directive 73/239/EEC, Directive 88/357/EEC and Directive 92/49/EEC, the Court, composed of Páll Hreinsson, President, Per Christiansen (Judge-Rapporteur), and Bernd Hammermann, Judges, gave judgment on 25 February 2021, the operative part of which is as follows:
Articles 27 and 28 of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II), Directive 73/239/EEC, Directive 88/357/EEC and Directive 92/49/EEC do not confer any express rights on economic operators that claim to be creditors of an insurance undertaking in circumstances such as those of the main proceedings and cannot give rise to any liability claim against a supervisory authority under the principle of State liability.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10151 - LINDE/SIPCHEM/JV) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 65/10
Date: 2021-02-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Saudi Arabia, economic concentration, gas industry, gas supply, intermediate goods, marketing, merger control, multinational enterprise, parent company, petrochemicals








C_2021065EN.01001901.xml










25.2.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 65/19






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10151 - LINDE/SIPCHEM/JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 65/10)

1.   
On 18 February 2021, 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:






—


Linde GmbH (‘Linde’, Germany),










—


Sahara International Petrochemical Company (‘Sipchem’, Saudi Arabia),










—


a newly created joint venture (the ‘JV’, Saudi Arabia).




Linde and Sipchem acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the JV.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Linde: Linde GmbH forms part of a multinational group of companies ultimately owned by Linde plc that mainly focus on gases and engineering services,










—


for Sipchem: Sipchem is the ultimate parent of a group of companies that is active in the production and marketing of basic and intermediate petrochemical products.










—


for the JV: the JV will be active in the onsite supply of industrial gases in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia






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.
Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.


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.10151— Linde/Sipchem/JV
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’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Case C-689/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 25 February 2021 — VodafoneZiggo Group BV v European Commission (Appeal — Electronic communications networks and services — Directive 2002/21/EC, as amended by Directive 2009/140/EC — Consolidating the internal market for electronic communications — Article 7(3) and (7) — Draft measure made accessible by the national regulatory authority — Wholesale fixed access market in the Netherlands — Joint significant market power — Comments of the European Commission communicated to the national regulatory authority — Obligation for the national regulatory authority to take the utmost account of them — Scope — Article 263 TFEU — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Challengeable act — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union)
Date: 2021-02-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications, Internet access provider, Netherlands, admissibility, provision of services, regulation of telecommunications, restriction on competition, rights of the defence, wholesale trade








C_2021138EN.01000702.xml










19.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 138/7






Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 25 February 2021 — VodafoneZiggo Group BV v European Commission
(Case C-689/19 P) (1)

(Appeal - Electronic communications networks and services - Directive 2002/21/EC, as amended by Directive 2009/140/EC - Consolidating the internal market for electronic communications - Article 7(3) and (7) - Draft measure made accessible by the national regulatory authority - Wholesale fixed access market in the Netherlands - Joint significant market power - Comments of the European Commission communicated to the national regulatory authority - Obligation for the national regulatory authority to take the utmost account of them - Scope - Article 263 TFEU - Action for annulment - Admissibility - Challengeable act - Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union)
(2021/C 138/09)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: VodafoneZiggo Group BV (represented by: W. Knibbeler, A. Pliego Selie and B.A. Verheijen, advocaten)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: L. Nicolae and G. Braun, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders VodafoneZiggo Group BV to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 372, 4.11.2019.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10087 — PROXIMUS/NEXUS INFRASTRUCTURE/JV) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 65/08
Date: 2021-02-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Flanders (Belgium), economic concentration, holding company, merger control, retail trade, telecommunications, wholesale trade








C_2021065EN.01001601.xml










25.2.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 65/16






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10087 — PROXIMUS/NEXUS INFRASTRUCTURE/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 65/08)

1.   
On 17 February 2021, 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:






—


Proximus NV (‘Proximus’, Belgium);










—


Nexus Infrastructure S.à r.l. (‘Nexus Infrastructure’, Luxembourg);










—


Nexus Fiber BV (‘Nexus Fiber’, Belgium).






2.   
Proximus and Nexus Infrastructure acquire within the meaning of Articles 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the newly created JV, Nexus Fiber.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.


4.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Proximus: operator of fixed and mobile electronic communication services and networks for residential and business customers in Belgium, both at the retail and wholesale level.










—


for Nexus Infrastructure: special purpose vehicle with no other current business activities than its use as a holding company for purposes of the Notified Transaction. Nexus Infrastructure is part of the EQT group and indirectly controlled by EQT Fund Management S.à r.l. EQT is a global integrated alternative investments firm, which amongst other things, invests in infrastructure and infrastructure-related assets and businesses primarily in Europe and North America.










—


for Nexus Fiber: operator (including roll-out) of a dense passive open point-to-point Fiber-To-The-X (‘FTTx’) network in certain parts of the Flanders Region of Belgium.






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.



5.   
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:
M.10087 — Proximus/Nexus Infrastructure/JV
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’).
Case T-437/20: Order of the General Court of 25 February 2021 — Ultrasun v EUIPO (ULTRASUN) (Action for annulment — EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark ULTRASUN — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
Date: 2021-02-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cosmetic product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2021163EN.01003402.xml










3.5.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 163/34






Order of the General Court of 25 February 2021 — Ultrasun v EUIPO (ULTRASUN)
(Case T-437/20) (1)

(Action for annulment - EU trade mark - Application for the EU word mark ULTRASUN - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
(2021/C 163/46)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Ultrasun AG (Zurich, Switzerland) (represented by: A. von Mühlendahl and H. Hartwig, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Markakis, acting as Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 27 April 2020 (Case R 1453/2019-4), concerning an application for registration of the word sign ULTRASUN as an EU trade mark.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


Ultrasun AG shall pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 279, 24.8.2020.
Translation in figures 2021.
Date: 2021-02-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Translation
Subjects: EU publication, European Commission, official language, operation of the Institutions, translation, use of languages

Translation in figures 2021

We are the translation service
of the European Commission. 

We provide high-quality translation 
and other language services. 

This helps the Commission communicate
with citizens in a language they understand,
making the EU more open and democratic.

Our staff
(approx. data as of 1 January 2021)

Translators, language technology experts,  
quality experts, terminologists 
and revisers
70%

Total staff 
2,000

Support staff*
30%

* Management, assistants, IT, HR and finance, outsourcing, training, communication etc.

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67%

Men
33%

Where we work:
1% locally in EU member countries.

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53%
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47%
EU law-making

23%
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communication,
web content 

15%
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parliaments

2%
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on EU policy

8%
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documents

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institutions in one of the official languages 
and receive an answer in the same language.

We translate
approx. 2 million pages
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In-house: 
69%

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31%

Translation costs

Total cost/year

€349 million  
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24/7 availability)

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0.2 %

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Dutch

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Italian

German

Croatian

2013

English

1981

Greek

Danish

Spanish

Portuguese

1995

Finnish

Swedish

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Romanian

Irish

Slovak

Polish

Bulgarian

2007

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Lithuanian

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Hungarian

2004

Czech

Latvian

We translate all official EU languages

2,035,566
 68,176
 36,279
 30,266
 27,455
 23,571
 15,788
 13,713
 12,334
 9,684
 9,285
 8,436
 7,675
 6,965
 6,900
 5,383
 4,852
 4,648
 4,395
 4,374
 3,860
 3,545
 1,957
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English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Romanian
Polish
Greek
Hungarian
Portuguese
Bulgarian
Dutch
Croatian
Finnish
Slovak
Czech
Latvian
Lithuanian
Swedish
Slovenian
Estonian
Danish
Others
Maltese
Irish

 175,153
 143,099
 121,118
 102,437
 101,765
 93,975
 98,469
 96,039
 93,731
 94,528
 92,789
 98,415
 91,442
 90,725
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