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Case T-534/16: Order of the General Court of 6 May 2021 — Tsilikas v Commission
Date: 2021-05-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, allowances and expenses, staff regulations (EU)








C_2021252EN.01003601.xml










28.6.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 252/36






Order of the General Court of 6 May 2021 — Tsilikas v Commission
(Case T-534/16) (1)

(2021/C 252/51)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Eighth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 89, 16.3.2015 (case originally registered before the European Union Civil Service Tribunal under number F-11/15 and transferred to the General Court of the European Union on 1.9.2016).
Case C-122/20 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 6 May 2021 — Bruno Gollnisch v European Parliament (Appeal — Law governing the institutions — Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Amendment of the voluntary additional pension scheme — Concept of ‘individual decision taken with regard to a Member of the Parliament’ — Article 72 of the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the Parliament — Sixth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU — Time limit for bringing proceedings)
Date: 2021-05-06
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Member of the European Parliament, allowances and expenses, limitation of legal proceedings, pension scheme








C_2021278EN.01002001.xml










12.7.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 278/20






Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 6 May 2021 — Bruno Gollnisch v European Parliament
(Case C-122/20 P) (1)

(Appeal - Law governing the institutions - Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament - Amendment of the voluntary additional pension scheme - Concept of ‘individual decision taken with regard to a Member of the Parliament’ - Article 72 of the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the Parliament - Sixth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU - Time limit for bringing proceedings)
(2021/C 278/27)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellant: Bruno Gollnisch (represented by: B. Bonnefoy-Claudet, avocat)

Other party to the proceedings: European Parliament (represented by: M. Ecker and Z. Nagy, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Mr Bruno Gollnisch to pay the costs






(1)  OJ C 175, 25.5.2020.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10177 — Repsol/Suez/Ecoplanta) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 170/07
Date: 2021-05-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Spain, biofuel, chemical industry, economic concentration, merger control, petrochemicals, waste management, water management








C_2021170EN.01000901.xml










6.5.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 170/9






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10177 — Repsol/Suez/Ecoplanta)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 170/07)

1.   
On 27 April 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:






—


Suez Recycling and Recovery Spain, S.L., part of the Suez Group (‘Suez’, France),










—


Repsol Industrial Transformation, S.L., part of the Repsol Group (‘Repsol’, Spain),










—


Ecoplanta Molecular Recycling Solution, S.L. (‘Ecoplanta’, Spain), currently controlled by Suez.




Suez and Repsol acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Ecoplanta.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Suez: water and waste management activities,










—


for Repsol: the manufacture and marketing of all kinds of chemical products, including petrochemicals,










—


for Ecoplanta: the development, construction and operation of a waste-to-biofuels/chemicals facility to transform municipal solid waste-derived feedstock into biomethanol in the province of Tarragona, Spain.






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.10177 — Repsol/Suez/Ecoplanta
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.
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures 2021/C 170/05
Date: 2021-05-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission
Subjects: China, anti-dumping duty, import (EU), organic chemical, originating product








C_2021170EN.01000601.xml










6.5.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 170/6






Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
(2021/C 170/05)
1.   As provided for in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union (1), the Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.
2.   Procedure

Union producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury. Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of the exporting country and Union producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify, rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.
3.   Time limit

Union producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Unit G-1), CHAR 4/39, 1049 Brussels, Belgium (2) at any time from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date mentioned in the table below.
4.   This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036.









Product


Country(ies) of origin or exportation


Measures


Reference


Date of expiry (3)





Sodium gluconate


The People’s Republic of China


Anti-dumping duty


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/94 of 19 January 2017 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of sodium gluconate originating in the People’s Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 16, 20. 1.2017, p. 3)


21. 1.2022






(1)  OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21.

(2)  TRADE-Defence-Complaints@ec.europa.eu

(3)  The measure expires at midnight of the day mentioned in this column.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10233 — Clearlake/TA Associates/Charlesbank/Ivanti) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 215/03
Date: 2021-05-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: consumer goods, economic concentration, energy industry, financial services, health care, investment company, merger control, provision of services, software, technology








C_2021215EN.01000301.xml










7.6.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 215/3






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10233 — Clearlake/TA Associates/Charlesbank/Ivanti)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 215/03)
On 6 May 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 32021M10233. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10197 — CSS/Visana/Zur Rose/medi24/WELL JV) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 184/03
Date: 2021-05-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: cloud computing, distance selling, economic concentration, health care, insurance company, merger control, pharmacy, telemedicine








C_2021184EN.01000301.xml










12.5.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 184/3






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10197 — CSS/Visana/Zur Rose/medi24/WELL JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 184/03)
On 6 May 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 32021M10197. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-358/19: Order of the General Court of 6 May 2021 — Groupe Canal + v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Television distribution — Decision making commitments binding — Withdrawal of the contested act — No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2021-05-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU competition policy, audiovisual industry, broadcasting, cartel, control of restrictive practices, pay television, provision of services, restriction on competition








C_2021252EN.01002302.xml










28.6.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 252/23






Order of the General Court of 6 May 2021 — Groupe Canal + v Commission
(Case T-358/19) (1)

(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Television distribution - Decision making commitments binding - Withdrawal of the contested act - No need to adjudicate)
(2021/C 252/32)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Groupe Canal + SA (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France) (represented by: P. Wilhelm, P. Gassenbach and O. de Juvigny, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Dawes, C. Urraca Caviedes and L. Wildpanner, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of the Commission Decision of 7 March 2019 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case AT.40023 — Cross-border access to pay-TV), making legally binding the commitments given by The Walt Disney Company, The Walt Disney Company Limited, Universal Studios International B.V., Universal Studios Limited and Comcast Corporation, CPT Holdings Inc., Colgems Productions Limited, Sony Corporation, Warner Bros. International Television Distribution Inc., Warner Media LLC, Sky UK Limited and Sky Limited.

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the action.










2.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the application to intervene submitted by the French Republic.










3.


The European Commission shall pay the costs, including those incurred by Groupe Canal +, with the exception of those relating to the application to intervene.










4.


Groupe Canal +, the Commission and the French Republic shall each bear their own costs relating to the application to intervene.






(1)  OJ C 270, 12.8.2019.
Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2021/751 of 6 May 2021 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria
Date: 2021-05-06
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Syria, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








L_2021160EN.01011501.xml










7.5.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 160/115








            COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2021/751
of 6 May 2021
         
implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP of 31 May 2013 concerning restrictive measures against Syria (1) and in particular Article 30(1) thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:







(1)


On 31 May 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/255/CFSP.












(2)


The information relating to one person in the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP should be updated.












(3)


Decision 2013/255/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 6 May 2021.


For the Council


The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES
            





(1)  
            OJ L 147, 1.6.2013, p. 14.




ANNEX
In Section A (‘Persons’) of Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP, entry 36 is replaced by the following:










 


Name


Identifying information


Reasons


Date of listing




‘36.


Nizar AL-ASSAD (a.k.a. al-Asad, Assad, Asad, Assaad, Asaad, Al-Assaad)
( اسعد, الاسعد,الاسد;نزار)


Date of birth: 2.3.1948 or 23.3.1948 or March 1948;
Nationalities: Syrian, Lebanese and Canadian;
Syrian passport No 011090258;
Lebanese passport No RL0003434;
Canadian passport No AG629220;
Gender: male


Leading Syrian businessperson with close ties to the regime. Associated with the Assad and Makhlouf families.
As such, he has been participating in, benefiting from or otherwise supporting the Syrian regime.
Leading oil investor, founder and head of the Lead Contracting & Trading Ltd company.


23.8.2011’
Council Decision (EU) 2021/792 of 6 May 2021 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee on Organic Products established by the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Chile on trade in organic products as regards the adoption of the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee on Organic Products
Date: 2021-05-06
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Chile, agricultural trade, joint committee (EU), organic certification, organic farming, organic product, originating product, rules of procedure, trade agreement, trade agreement (EU)








L_2021171EN.01000401.xml










17.5.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 171/4








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2021/792
of 6 May 2021
         
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee on Organic Products established by the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Chile on trade in organic products as regards the adoption of the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee on Organic Products


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:







(1)


The Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Chile on trade in organic products (the ‘Agreement’) was concluded by the Union by Council Decision (EU) 2017/2307 (1) and entered into force on 1 January 2018.












(2)


Article 8 of the Agreement establishes a Joint Committee on Organic Products (the ‘Joint Committee’) to manage the Agreement and take decisions for the implementation and good functioning of the Agreement. Pursuant to paragraph 5 of that Article, the Joint Committee is to adopt its own rules of procedure.












(3)


It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee as regards its rules of procedure, as those rules will be binding on the Union.












(4)


The position of the Union within the Joint Committee should be based on the draft decision of the Joint Committee,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee on Organic Products established by the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Chile on trade in organic products as regards the adoption of its rules of procedure shall be based on the draft decision of the Joint Committee on Organic Products (2).


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




Done at Brussels, 6 May 2021.


For the Council


The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES
            





(1)  Council Decision (EU) 2017/2307 of 9 October 2017 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Chile on trade in organic products (OJ L 331, 14.12.2017, p. 1).

(2)  See document ST 7778/21 at http://register.consilium.europa.eu
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10237 — Bridgepoint/Infinigate) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 184/01
Date: 2021-05-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial services, health care, investment company, mass media, merger control, retail selling, software, technology, wholesale selling








C_2021184EN.01000101.xml










12.5.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 184/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10237 — Bridgepoint/Infinigate)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 184/01)
On 6 May 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 32021M10237. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-571/20: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 6 May 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Potenza — Italy) — OM v Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca — MIUR, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Conservatorio di Musica ‘E.R. Duni’ di Matera (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) of the Rules of procedure of the Court of Justice — Reference for a preliminary ruling on the validity of a provision of the FEU Treaty — Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court — Free movement of workers — Equal treatment — Article 45 TFEU — Difference in status and salary between university teachers and teachers working in the art and music higher education national system — Purely internal situation — Manifest inadmissibility)
Date: 2021-05-06
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, EU national, discrimination on the basis of nationality, equal treatment, free movement of workers, public service employee, remuneration of work, social security, staff, working conditions








C_2021320EN.01001102.xml










9.8.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 320/11






Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 6 May 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Potenza — Italy) — OM v Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca — MIUR, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Conservatorio di Musica ‘E.R. Duni’ di Matera
(Case C-571/20) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 53(2) of the Rules of procedure of the Court of Justice - Reference for a preliminary ruling on the validity of a provision of the FEU Treaty - Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court - Free movement of workers - Equal treatment - Article 45 TFEU - Difference in status and salary between university teachers and teachers working in the art and music higher education national system - Purely internal situation - Manifest inadmissibility)
(2021/C 320/13)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale di Potenza

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: OM

Defendants: Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca — MIUR, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Conservatorio di Musica ‘E.R. Duni’ di Matera

Operative part of the order







1.


The Court of Justice of the European Union clearly lacks jurisdiction to answer the first and second questions referred for a preliminary ruling by the Tribunale di Potenza (District Court, Potenza, Italy).










2.


The third question referred for a preliminary ruling by the Tribunale di Potenza (District Court, Potenza, Italy) is manifestly inadmissible.






(1)  OJ C 28, 25.1.2021.