do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 April 2021 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail passengers’ rights and obligations (recast) (12262/1/2020 — C9-0011/2021 — 2017/0237(COD))
Date: 2021-04-29
Institutions: Committee on Legal Affairs, Committee on Transport and Tourism, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
Subjects: carriage of passengers, common transport policy, consumer protection, disabled person, high-speed transport, liability, passenger tariff, rail transport, transport company








C_2021506EN.01024201.xml










15.12.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 506/242






P9_TA(2021)0150
Rail passengers’ rights and obligations ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 April 2021 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail passengers’ rights and obligations (recast) (12262/1/2020 — C9-0011/2021 — 2017/0237(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)
(2021/C 506/43)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the Council position at first reading (12262/1/2020 — C9-0011/2021),










—


having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 18 January 2018 (1),










—


after consulting the Committee of the Regions,










—


having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2017)0548),










—


having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










—


having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A9-0045/2021),












1.


Approves the Council position at first reading;












2.


Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;












3.


Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;












4.


Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;












5.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.






(1)  OJ C 197, 8.6.2018, p. 66.

(2)  OJ C 363, 28.10.2020, p. 296.
Case C-383/19: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy w Ostrowie Wielkopolskim — Poland) — Powiat Ostrowski v Ubezpieczeniowy Fundusz Gwarancyjny (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Compulsory insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles — Directive 2009/103/EC — Article 3, first paragraph — Obligation to take out a contract of insurance — Scope — Local government authority which has acquired a vehicle by judicial means — Registered vehicle which is on private land and intended to be destroyed)
Date: 2021-04-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: civil liability, compulsory insurance, insurance contract, local authority, motor vehicle, motor vehicle insurance, third-party insurance, vehicle registration








C_2021263EN.01000301.xml










5.7.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 263/3






Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy w Ostrowie Wielkopolskim — Poland) — Powiat Ostrowski v Ubezpieczeniowy Fundusz Gwarancyjny
(Case C-383/19) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Compulsory insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles - Directive 2009/103/EC - Article 3, first paragraph - Obligation to take out a contract of insurance - Scope - Local government authority which has acquired a vehicle by judicial means - Registered vehicle which is on private land and intended to be destroyed)
(2021/C 263/03)
Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Sąd Rejonowy w Ostrowie Wielkopolskim

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Powiat Ostrowski

Defendant: Ubezpieczeniowy Fundusz Gwarancyjny

Operative part of the judgment

The first paragraph of Article 3 of Directive 2009/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles, and the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability, is to be interpreted as meaning that the conclusion of contract of insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of a motor vehicle is compulsory where the vehicle concerned is registered in a Member State, as long as that vehicle has not been officially withdrawn from use in accordance with the applicable national rules.


(1)  OJ C 280, 19.8.2019.
Case C-704/19: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 29 April 2021 — European Commission v Kingdom of Spain (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — State aid — Aid for the deployment of digital terrestrial television in remote and less urbanised areas of the Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha (Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) — Decision (EU) 2016/1385 — Aid which is unlawful and incompatible with the internal market — Failure to comply within the time limit)
Date: 2021-04-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Castile-La Mancha, State aid, control of State aid, high-definition television, infringement of EU law, peripheral region, reimbursement of aid








C_2021263EN.01000501.xml










5.7.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 263/5






Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 29 April 2021 — European Commission v Kingdom of Spain
(Case C-704/19) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - State aid - Aid for the deployment of digital terrestrial television in remote and less urbanised areas of the Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha (Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) - Decision (EU) 2016/1385 - Aid which is unlawful and incompatible with the internal market - Failure to comply within the time limit)
(2021/C 263/06)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: B. Stromsky, P. Arenas and P. Němečková, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: S. Jiménez García, acting as Agent)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by failing to take, within the prescribed time limit, all the measures necessary to recover from Telecom Castilla-La Mancha SA the State aid declared unlawful and incompatible with the internal market by Article 1 of Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1385 of 1 October 2014 on State aid SA.27408 (C 24/10) (ex NN 37/10, ex CP 19/09) implemented by the authorities of Castilla-La Mancha for the deployment of digital terrestrial television in remote and less urbanised areas, by failing to demonstrate that all outstanding payments of that aid have been cancelled and by failing to notify the European Commission, within the prescribed time limit, of the measures taken to comply with that decision, the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under the fourth paragraph of Article 288 TFEU and Articles 3 and 4 of that decision










2.


Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 413, 9.12.2019.
Joined Cases C-294/19 and C-304/19: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 April 2021 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Constanţa — Romania) — Agenţia de Plăţi şi Intervenţie pentru Agricultură — Centrul Judeţean Tulcea v SC Piscicola Tulcea SA (C-294/19), Ira Invest SRL v Agenţia de Plăţi şi Intervenţie pentru Agricultură — Centrul Judeţean Tulcea (C-304/19) (References for a preliminary ruling — Agriculture — Common agricultural policy (CAP) — Direct support schemes — Eligible hectare — Aquaculture facility — Land use — Actual use for agricultural purposes — Use complying with the entries in the land register)
Date: 2021-04-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: agricultural land, aid per hectare, aid to agriculture, aquaculture, land register, single payment scheme, utilised agricultural area








C_2021263EN.01000201.xml










5.7.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 263/2






Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 29 April 2021 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Constanţa — Romania) — Agenţia de Plăţi şi Intervenţie pentru Agricultură — Centrul Judeţean Tulcea v SC Piscicola Tulcea SA (C-294/19), Ira Invest SRL v Agenţia de Plăţi şi Intervenţie pentru Agricultură — Centrul Judeţean Tulcea (C-304/19)
(Joined Cases C-294/19 and C-304/19) (1)

(References for a preliminary ruling - Agriculture - Common agricultural policy (CAP) - Direct support schemes - Eligible hectare - Aquaculture facility - Land use - Actual use for agricultural purposes - Use complying with the entries in the land register)
(2021/C 263/02)
Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Curtea de Apel Constanţa

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Agenţia de Plăţi şi Intervenţie pentru Agricultură — Centrul Judeţean Tulcea (C-294/19), Ira Invest SRL (C-304/19)

Defendants: SC Piscicola Tulcea SA (C-294/19), Agenţia de Plăţi şi Intervenţie pentru Agricultură — Centrul Judeţean Tulcea (C-304/19)

Operative part of the judgment

Article 2(h) and Article 34(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Article 4(1)(e) and Article 32(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Regulation No 73/2009 must be interpreted as meaning that areas categorised under national law as intended for aquaculture activities, but that are or have been actually used for agricultural purposes, are agricultural areas.


(1)  OJ C 288, 26.8.2019.
Case T-142/20: Order of the General Court of 29 April 2021 — Applia v Commission
Date: 2021-04-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: consumer information, eco-label, energy consumption, energy efficiency, energy saving, equal treatment, household electrical appliance, labelling, marketing standard, principle of legal certainty








C_2021252EN.01003903.xml










28.6.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 252/39






Order of the General Court of 29 April 2021 — Applia v Commission
(Case T-142/20) (1)

(2021/C 252/65)
Language of the case: English
The President of the Seventh Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 161, 11.5.2020.
Case C-56/20: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 29 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof Baden-Württemberg — Germany) — AR v Stadt Pforzheim (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Transport — Driving licences — Mutual recognition — Withdrawal of the licence in the territory of a Member State other than the issuing Member State — Affixing of an endorsement to the driving licence indicating that it is not valid within that Member State)
Date: 2021-04-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European driving licence, deprivation of rights, principle of proportionality, residence, road safety, traffic offence








C_2021278EN.01001702.xml










12.7.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 278/17






Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 29 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof Baden-Württemberg — Germany) — AR v Stadt Pforzheim
(Case C-56/20) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Transport - Driving licences - Mutual recognition - Withdrawal of the licence in the territory of a Member State other than the issuing Member State - Affixing of an endorsement to the driving licence indicating that it is not valid within that Member State)
(2021/C 278/23)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgerichtshof Baden-Württemberg

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: AR

Defendant: Stadt Pforzheim

Operative part of the judgment

Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on driving licences, as amended by Commission Directive 2011/94/EU of 28 November 2011, must be interpreted as precluding a Member State which has adopted, under the second subparagraph of Article 11(4) of that directive, as amended by Directive 2011/94, a decision refusing to recognise the validity of a driving licence issued by another Member State on account of unlawful conduct on the part of its holder, which occurred during a temporary stay in the territory of the first Member State after the issue of that licence, from affixing to that licence also an endorsement indicating a prohibition, for that holder, on driving in that Member State, when that holder has not established his or her normal residence, within the meaning of the first subparagraph of Article 12 of Directive 2006/126, as amended by Directive 2011/94, in the territory of that Member State.


(1)  OJ C 209, 22.6.2020.
European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 April 2021 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Union Anti-Fraud Programme and repealing Regulation (EU) No 250/2014 (05330/1/2021 — C9-0108/2021 — 2018/0211(COD))
Date: 2021-04-29
Institutions: Committee on Budgetary Control, Committee on Budgets, European Parliament
Subjects: EU financing, EU programme, administrative cooperation, corruption, exchange of information, farming sector, fraud, fraud against the EU, pre-accession aid, tariff policy








C_2021506EN.01024101.xml










15.12.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 506/241






P9_TA(2021)0149
Union Anti-Fraud Programme 2021-2027 ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 April 2021 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Union Anti-Fraud Programme and repealing Regulation (EU) No 250/2014 (05330/1/2021 — C9-0108/2021 — 2018/0211(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)
(2021/C 506/42)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the Council position at first reading (05330/1/2021 — C9-0108/2021),










—


having regard to the opinion of the Commission ((COM(2021)0149),










—


having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2018)0386),










—


having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










—


having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A9-0126/2021),












1.


Approves the Council position at first reading;












2.


Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;












3.


Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;












4.


Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;












5.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.






(1)  Text adopted of 12.2.2019, P8_TA(2019)0068.
Case C-890/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 29 April 2021 — Fortischem a.s. v European Commission, AlzChem AG (Appeal — State aid — Advantage — Recovery — Economic continuity)
Date: 2021-04-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: State aid, aid to undertakings, company in difficulties, control of State aid, eligibility criteria, financial solvency, reimbursement of aid








C_2021278EN.01001101.xml










12.7.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 278/11






Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 29 April 2021 — Fortischem a.s. v European Commission, AlzChem AG
(Case C-890/19 P) (1)

(Appeal - State aid - Advantage - Recovery - Economic continuity)
(2021/C 278/14)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: Fortischem a.s. (represented by: C. Arhold, Rechtsanwalt, and by P. Hodál and M. Staroň, avocats)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: L. Armati, P. Arenas and G. Conte, acting as Agents), AlzChem AG (represented by: A. Borsos, avocat, and V. Dolka, dikigoros)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Fortischem a.s. to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission and by AlzChem AG.






(1)  OJ C 54, 17.2.2020
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10162 — AmerisourceBergen/Parts of Walgreens Boots Alliance’s pharmaceutical business) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 190/01
Date: 2021-04-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, logistics, merger control, pharmaceutical product, provision of services, retail selling, wholesale selling








C_2021190EN.01000101.xml










18.5.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 190/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10162 — AmerisourceBergen/Parts of Walgreens Boots Alliance’s pharmaceutical business)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 190/01)
On 29 April 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 32021M10162. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Council Decision (EU) 2021/720 of 29 April 2021 appointing an alternate member, proposed by the Portuguese Republic, of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2021-04-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Portugal, appointment of members, member of the Committee of the Regions








L_2021154EN.01000101.xml










4.5.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 154/1








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2021/720
of 29 April 2021
         
appointing an alternate member, proposed by the Portuguese Republic, of the Committee of the Regions


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision (EU) 2019/852 of 21 May 2019 determining the composition of the Committee of the Regions (1),


Having regard to the proposal from the Portuguese Government,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 300(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Committee of the Regions is to consist of representatives of regional and local bodies who either hold a regional or local authority electoral mandate or are politically accountable to an elected assembly.












(2)


On 20 January 2020, the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2020/102 (2), appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025.












(3)


An alternate member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Rui Jorge DA SILVA LEITE DE BETTENCOURT as a result of the end of his function as member of a Regional Executive (Governo Regional dos Açores).












(4)


The Portuguese government has proposed Mr Pedro CHAVES DE FARIA E CASTRO, who is a representative of a regional body with political accountability to an elected assembly (Subsecretário Regional da Presidência do Governo Regional dos Açores), as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2025,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Mr Pedro CHAVES DE FARIA E CASTRO, representative of a regional body with political accountability to an elected assembly: Subsecretário Regional da Presidência do Governo Regional dos Açores, is hereby appointed as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2025.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 29 April 2021.


For the Council


The President

A. P. ZACARIAS
            





(1)  
            OJ L 139, 27.5.2019, p. 13.

(2)  Council Decision (EU) 2020/102 of 20 January 2020 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2020 to 25 January 2025 (OJ L 20, 24.1.2020, p. 2).