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Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 89/2021 of 3 March 2021 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2024/121]
Date: 2021-03-03
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, coronavirus disease, epidemic, inland waterway transport, land transport, professional qualifications, revision of an agreement, traffic regulations, transport regulations, vocational training




L_202400121EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series L













2024/121


18.1.2024







            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 89/2021
of 3 March 2021
         
amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2024/121]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Regulation (EU) 2021/267 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2021 laying down specific and temporary measures in view of the persistence of the COVID-19 crisis concerning the renewal or extension of certain certificates, licences and authorisations, the postponement of certain periodic checks and periodic training in certain areas of transport legislation and the extension of certain periods referred to in Regulation (EU) 2020/698 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 4b (Regulation (EU) 2020/698 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement:






‘4c.



32021 R 0267: Regulation (EU) 2021/267 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2021 laying down specific and temporary measures in view of the persistence of the COVID-19 crisis concerning the renewal or extension of certain certificates, licences and authorisations, the postponement of certain periodic checks and periodic training in certain areas of transport legislation and the extension of certain periods referred to in Regulation (EU) 2020/698 (OJ L 60, 22.2.2021, p. 1).’






Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) 2021/267 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 3 March 2021, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 3 March 2021.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Clara GANSLANDT
            





(1)  
            OJ L 60, 22.2.2021, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/121/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Notice for the attention of persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999, as amended by Council amending Decision (CFSP) 2021/372 and in Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1998, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/371 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses 2021/C 74/01
Date: 2021-03-03
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Russia, economic sanctions, human rights, international sanctions, natural person








C_2021074EN.01000101.xml










3.3.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 74/1






Notice for the attention of persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999, as amended by Council amending Decision (CFSP) 2021/372 and in Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1998, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/371 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses
(2021/C 74/01)
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in the Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/372 (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 (3) as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/371 (4), concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses.
The Council of the European Union has decided that those persons should be included on the list of persons subject to restrictive measures provided for in Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 and Regulation (EU) 2020/1998. The grounds for designations of those persons appear in the relevant entries in those Annexes.
The attention of the persons concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated in the websites in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2020/1998, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 4 of the Regulation).
The persons concerned may submit a request to the Council before 31 October 2021, together with supporting documentation that the decision to include them on the abovementioned list should be reconsidered, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




RELEX.1.C




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu
Any observations received will be taken into account for the purpose of the Council’s periodic review, pursuant to Article 10 of Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999, of the list of designated persons and entities.


(1)  OJ L 410 I, 7.12.2020, p. 13.

(2)  OJ L 71 I, 2.3.2021, p. 6.

(3)  OJ L 410 I, 7.12.2020, p. 1.

(4)  OJ L 71 I, 2.3.2021, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 2 March 2021 2021/C 74/03
Date: 2021-03-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2021074EN.01000401.xml










3.3.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 74/4






Euro exchange rates (1)

2 March 2021
(2021/C 74/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2028 




JPY


Japanese yen


128,58 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4361 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86433 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,1400 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,1050 




ISK


Iceland króna


152,10 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,2555 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


26,142 




HUF


Hungarian forint


363,70 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,5322 




RON


Romanian leu


4,8762 




TRY


Turkish lira


8,8151 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5422 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5225 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,3297 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6565 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6016 




KRW


South Korean won


1 354,37 




ZAR


South African rand


18,1353 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7840 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5825 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 230,11 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8804 




PHP


Philippine peso


58,338 




RUB


Russian rouble


88,6885 




THB


Thai baht


36,401 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,8387 




MXN


Mexican peso


24,8772 




INR


Indian rupee


88,2590 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-507/20: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 3 March 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Pécsi Törvényszék — Hungary) — FGSZ Földgázszállító Zrt. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 90 — Reduction of the taxable amount — Total or partial non-payment of the price — Debt which has become definitively irrecoverable — Limitation period regarding applications for a subsequent reduction in the taxable amount of VAT — Date on which time starts to run)
Date: 2021-03-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, basis of tax assessment, claim, deadline for payment, tax relief








C_2021228EN.01001101.xml










14.6.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 228/11






Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 3 March 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Pécsi Törvényszék — Hungary) — FGSZ Földgázszállító Zrt. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága
(Case C-507/20) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common system of value added tax (VAT) - Directive 2006/112/EC - Article 90 - Reduction of the taxable amount - Total or partial non-payment of the price - Debt which has become definitively irrecoverable - Limitation period regarding applications for a subsequent reduction in the taxable amount of VAT - Date on which time starts to run)
(2021/C 228/13)
Language of the case: Hungarian

Referring court

Pécsi Törvényszék

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: FGSZ Földgázszállító Zrt.

Defendant: Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága

Operative part of the order

Article 90 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, read in conjunction with the principles of fiscal neutrality and effectiveness, must be interpreted as meaning that, where a Member State lays down a limitation period after which a taxable person, who has a debt which has become definitively irrecoverable, can no longer assert his right to obtain a reduction in the taxable amount, that limitation period must begin to run not from the date of performance of the payment obligation initially provided for, but from the date on which the debt became definitively irrecoverable.


(1)  OJ C 28, 25.1.2021.
Case C-7/20: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 3 March 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — VS v Hauptzollamt Münster (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Customs union — Union Customs Code — Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 — Article 87(4) — Place where the customs debt is incurred — Value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 2(1) — Articles 70 and 71 — Chargeable event and place where the import VAT becomes chargeable — Place where the tax debt is incurred — Finding of a failure to comply with an obligation imposed by EU customs legislation — Goods which were physically introduced into the customs territory of the Union in a Member State but entered the economic network of the Union in the Member State where that finding was made)
Date: 2021-03-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, VAT, customs debt, customs duties, customs territory (EU), goods and services, import (EU)








C_2021163EN.01000901.xml










3.5.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 163/9






Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 3 March 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — VS v Hauptzollamt Münster
(Case C-7/20) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Customs union - Union Customs Code - Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 - Article 87(4) - Place where the customs debt is incurred - Value added tax (VAT) - Directive 2006/112/EC - Article 2(1) - Articles 70 and 71 - Chargeable event and place where the import VAT becomes chargeable - Place where the tax debt is incurred - Finding of a failure to comply with an obligation imposed by EU customs legislation - Goods which were physically introduced into the customs territory of the Union in a Member State but entered the economic network of the Union in the Member State where that finding was made)
(2021/C 163/11)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Finanzgericht Düsseldorf

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: VS

Defendant: Hauptzollamt Münster

Operative part of the judgment

The second subparagraph of Article 71(1) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax must be interpreted as meaning that import VAT on goods subject to customs duties arises in the Member State in which it is established that an obligation imposed by EU customs legislation has not been complied with, where the goods in question, even if they have been physically introduced into the customs territory of the Union in another Member State, entered the economic network of the Union in the Member State where that finding was made.


(1)  OJ C 137, 27.4.2020.
Case T-135/21: Action brought on 3 March 2021 — Trasta Komercbanka v ECB
Date: 2021-03-03
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Latvia, bank, banking supervision, damage, financial supervision, interest, liquidation, trade licence








C_2021206EN.01002701.xml










31.5.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 206/27






Action brought on 3 March 2021 — Trasta Komercbanka v ECB
(Case T-135/21)
(2021/C 206/35)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Trasta Komercbanka AS (Riga, Latvia) (represented by: O. Behrends, lawyer)

Defendant: European Central Bank

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


order the defendant to pay financial compensation in respect of the harm which the applicant has suffered as a result of the defendant’s decision ECB/SSM/2016 — 529900WIPOINFDAWTJ81/1 WOANCA-2016-0005, of 3 March 2016, to revoke the applicant’s licence;










—


determine that the material damage amounts to at least EUR 126 million together with the compensatory interest starting at 3 March 2016 until delivery of the judgment in the present case and with corresponding default interest from the date of delivery of judgment until its payment in full; 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 that the defendant did not deal appropriately with procedural irregularities. These include the fact that the Latvian FCMC (1) had concluded, immediately prior to the initiation of the licence withdrawal procedure, that a licence withdrawal was not warranted and that this fact was subsequently omitted from the request by the FCMC to revoke the licence. The applicant further complains that the English language version of the FCMC’s most recent decision was manipulated. Further alleged procedural irregularities concern a failure to deal effectively with potentially corrupt conduct by Latvian and European officials with respect to the present matter.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that the defendant violated substantive provisions by acting outside its area of competence when issuing the contested decision, in particular with regard to money laundering matters and that the defendant erroneously assumed grounds for a licence withdrawal.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging that the applicant suffered significant financial harm, especially because of its liquidation as a result of the wrongful licence withdrawal










4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging a causal link between the licence withdrawal and the damage suffered by the applicant.






(1)  Financial Capital Markets Commission.
Case T-723/18: Judgment of the General Court of 3 March 2021 — Barata v Parliament (Civil service — Officials — Promotion — Certification procedure — Exclusion of the applicant from the final list of officials entitled to take part in the training programme — Article 45a of the Staff Regulations — Action for annulment — Communication by registered letter — Article 26 of the Staff Regulations — Registered letter not collected by the person to whom it was addressed — Starting point of the period prescribed for instituting proceedings — Admissibility — Obligation to state reasons — Right to be heard — Principle of sound administration — Proportionality — Rules on the use of languages)
Date: 2021-03-03
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, admissibility, equal treatment, in-service training, principle of proportionality, promotion, rights of the defence, staff regulations (EU)








C_2021148EN.01001501.xml










26.4.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 148/15






Judgment of the General Court of 3 March 2021 — Barata v Parliament
(Case T-723/18) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Promotion - Certification procedure - Exclusion of the applicant from the final list of officials entitled to take part in the training programme - Article 45a of the Staff Regulations - Action for annulment - Communication by registered letter - Article 26 of the Staff Regulations - Registered letter not collected by the person to whom it was addressed - Starting point of the period prescribed for instituting proceedings - Admissibility - Obligation to state reasons - Right to be heard - Principle of sound administration - Proportionality - Rules on the use of languages)
(2021/C 148/20)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: João Miguel Barata (Evere, Belgium) (represented by: G. Pandey, D. Rovetta and V. Villante, lawyers)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: J. Steele and I. Terwinghe, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking annulment of the decision of 23 July 2018, the act of 7 December 2017, the act of 21 December 2017, the letter of 1 March 2018, the letter of 22 March 2018 concerning the applicant’s candidacy in the 2017 certification procedure and the notice of internal competition of 22 September 2017.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders João Miguel Barata to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 72, 25.2.2019.
Case C-146/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti (Romania) lodged on 3 March 2021 — Direcţia Generală Regională a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti — Administraţia Sector 1 a Finanţelor Publice v VB, Direcţia Generalā Regională a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti — Serviciul Soluţionare Contestaţii 1
Date: 2021-03-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, tax collection, taxpayer, wood product








C_2021228EN.01001901.xml










14.6.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 228/19






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti (Romania) lodged on 3 March 2021 — Direcţia Generală Regională a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti — Administraţia Sector 1 a Finanţelor Publice v VB, Direcţia Generalā Regională a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti — Serviciul Soluţionare Contestaţii 1
(Case C-146/21)
(2021/C 228/24)
Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Curtea de Apel Bucureşti

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Direcţia Generală Regională a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti — Administraţia Sector 1 a Finanţelor Publice

Respondents: VB, Direcţia Generalā Regională a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti — Serviciul Soluţionare Contestaţii 1

Question referred

In circumstances such as those in the main proceedings, do Directive 2006/112/EC (1) and the principle of neutrality preclude national legislation or a tax practice in accordance with which the reverse charge mechanism (simplification measures), which is mandatory for the sale of standing timber, is not applicable to a person who has been the subject of an inspection and who has been registered for VAT purposes following that inspection, on the grounds that the person subject to the inspection had neither applied for nor obtained registration for VAT purposes either before the transactions were carried out or by the date on which the upper limit [for exemption] was exceeded?


(1)  Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1).
Case C-136/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Constitucional (Portugal) lodged on 3 March 2021 — Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira v VectorImpacto — Automóveis Unipessoal Lda.
Date: 2021-03-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: equal treatment, motor vehicle, motor vehicle pollution, polluter pays principle, tax law, tax relief, used goods, vehicle tax








C_2021189EN.01001201.xml










17.5.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 189/12






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Constitucional (Portugal) lodged on 3 March 2021 — Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira v VectorImpacto — Automóveis Unipessoal Lda.
(Case C-136/21)
(2021/C 189/13)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Referring court

Tribunal Constitucional

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira

Respondent: VectorImpacto — Automóveis Unipessoal Lda

Question referred

Can Article 110 TFEU, either on its own or in conjunction with Article 191 TFEU, particularly paragraph 2 thereof, be interpreted as not precluding a rule of national law which fails to take account of the environmental component when applying reductions reflecting the average depreciation in the value of vehicles in the national market to the tax levied on second-hand vehicles with a permanent registration plate issued by other Member States of the European Union, thereby enabling the amount of tax calculated in accordance with this provision to be more than the tax levied on equivalent domestic second-hand vehicles?
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10110 — IKB/Hypoport/Fundingport) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 80/03
Date: 2021-03-03
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: credit, economic concentration, financial institution, merger control








C_2021080EN.01001401.xml










9.3.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 80/14






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10110 — IKB/Hypoport/Fundingport)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 80/03)
On 3 March 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 German language 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 32021M10110. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.