do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
European Parliament legislative resolution of 16 September 2021 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the Union of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cabo Verde amending the Agreement on facilitating the issue of short-stay visas to citizens of the Republic of Cape Verde and of the European Union (05034/2021 — C9-0116/2021 — 2020/0319(NLE))
Date: 2021-09-16
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: Cabo Verde, EU visa policy, Schengen Agreement, agreement (EU), external border of the EU, foreign national, ratification of an agreement, revision of an agreement








C_2022117EN.01034801.xml










11.3.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 117/348






P9_TA(2021)0378
Visa Facilitation Agreement between the EU and Cabo Verde***
European Parliament legislative resolution of 16 September 2021 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the Union of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cabo Verde amending the Agreement on facilitating the issue of short-stay visas to citizens of the Republic of Cape Verde and of the European Union (05034/2021 — C9-0116/2021 — 2020/0319(NLE))
(Consent)
(2022/C 117/30)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the draft Council decision (05034/2021),










—


having regard to the draft agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cabo Verde amending the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde on facilitating the issue of short-stay visas to citizens of the Republic of Cape Verde and of the European Union (05034/2021),










—


having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 77(2), point (a), and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C9-0116/2021),










—


having regard to Rule 105(1) and (4) and Rule 114(7) of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A9-0264/2021),












1.


Gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement;












2.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Cabo Verde.
Special Report 18/2021 Commission’s surveillance of Member States exiting a macroeconomic adjustment programme: an appropriate tool in need of streamlining 2021/C 372/03
Date: 2021-09-16
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, economic stabilisation, macroeconomics, multilateral surveillance, stability programme, structural adjustment








C_2021372EN.01000401.xml










16.9.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 372/4






Special Report 18/2021
Commission’s surveillance of Member States exiting a macroeconomic adjustment programme: an appropriate tool in need of streamlining
(2021/C 372/03)
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report 18/2021 ‘Commission’s surveillance of Member States exiting a macroeconomic adjustment programme: an appropriate tool in need of streamlining’ has just been published.
The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu.
Case C-572/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen (Sweden) lodged on 16 September 2021 — CC v VO
Date: 2021-09-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: child, international convention, judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU, jurisdiction, parental responsibility, residence, third country








C_2021481EN.01001802.xml










29.11.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 481/18






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen (Sweden) lodged on 16 September 2021 — CC v VO
(Case C-572/21)
(2021/C 481/24)
Language of the case: Swedish

Referring court

Högsta domstolen

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: CC

Defendant: VO

Question referred

Does the court of a Member State retain jurisdiction under Article 8(1) of the Brussels II Regulation (1) if the child concerned by the case changes his or her habitual residence during the proceedings from a Member State to a third country which is a party to the 1996 Hague Convention (see Article 61 of the regulation)?


(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 (OJ 2003 L 338, p. 1).
Case T-592/21: Action brought on 16 September 2021 — Kakuzo v EUIPO — Rauch Fruchtsäfte (Kakuzo)
Date: 2021-09-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, advertising, beverage industry, coffee, honey, instant product, registered trade mark, sugar, tea, trade-mark law








C_2021502EN.01003301.xml










13.12.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 502/33






Action brought on 16 September 2021 — Kakuzo v EUIPO — Rauch Fruchtsäfte (Kakuzo)
(Case T-592/21)
(2021/C 502/50)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Kakuzo GmbH (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: O. Spieker, A. Schönfleisch and D. Mienert, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Rauch Fruchtsäfte GmbH (Rankweil, Austria)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark Kakuzo — Application for registration No 17 452 541

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 July 2021 in Case R 356/2021-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Case C-571/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 16 September 2021 — RWE Power Aktiengesellschaft v Hauptzollamt Duisburg
Date: 2021-09-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: electrical energy, energy production, energy-generating product, environmental tax, mining operation, power plant, tax exemption








C_2021490EN.01002202.xml










6.12.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 490/22






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 16 September 2021 — RWE Power Aktiengesellschaft v Hauptzollamt Duisburg
(Case C-571/21)
(2021/C 490/22)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Finanzgericht Düsseldorf

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: RWE Power Aktiengesellschaft

Defendant: Hauptzollamt Duisburg

Questions referred







1.


Having regard to the second sentence of Article 21(3) of Council Directive 2003/96/EC (1) of 27 October 2003 restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (Directive 2003/96), can the first sentence of Article 14(1)(a) of Directive 2003/96, in so far as it provides that electricity used to produce electricity is to be exempt from taxation, be interpreted as meaning that that exemption also covers operations in which energy products are extracted in opencast mines and made more suitable for use in power stations, such as the operations of breaking the products down, separating foreign matter from them and crushing them down to the size operationally required by the boiler?










2.


Having regard to the third sentence of Article 21(3) of Directive 2003/96, can the first sentence of Article 14(1)(a) of Directive 2003/96, in so far as it provides that electricity used to maintain the ability to produce electricity is to be exempt from taxation, be interpreted as meaning that the use of electricity to operate bunker installations and means of transport necessary for the permanent operation of power stations must also be exempt from taxation under that provision?






(1)  Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (OJ 2003 L 283, p. 51).
Case T-589/21: Action brought on 16 September 2021 — Serrano Velázquez v Parliament
Date: 2021-09-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EP Committee, decision (EU), petition








C_2021481EN.01003201.xml










29.11.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 481/32






Action brought on 16 September 2021 — Serrano Velázquez v Parliament
(Case T-589/21)
(2021/C 481/45)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: María Teresa Serrano Velázquez (Seville, Spain) (represented by: F. Vázquez Sánchez, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:






—


Annul the decision of the Petitions Committee of the European Parliament given in respect of Petition 0242/21 by María Teresa Serrano Velázquez, and investigate the matters raised therein.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on a single plea in law, alleging that the decision is not correctly reasoned in accordance with the provisions of Article 296 TFEU.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10368 – Advent/Eurazeo/Hoist) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 393/03
Date: 2021-09-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Internet access provider, catering industry, economic concentration, hotel industry, investment company, merger control, provision of services, real estate business, software








C_2021393EN.01000301.xml










29.9.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 393/3






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10368 – Advent/Eurazeo/Hoist)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 393/03)
On 16 September 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 32021M10368. 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.10414 – Apollo Management/AS Graanul) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 403/03
Date: 2021-09-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: bioenergy, biofuel, biomass, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, power plant








C_2021403EN.01000301.xml










6.10.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 403/3






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10414 – Apollo Management/AS Graanul)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 403/03)
On 16 September 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 32021M10414. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on state aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for the EFTA States applicable as from 1 July 2021 (Published in accordance with the rules on reference and discount rates set out in Part VII of ESA’s State Aid Guidelines and Article 10 of ESA’s Decision No 195/04/COL 14 July 2004 (OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and EEA Supplement to the OJ No. 26/2006, 25 May 2006, p. 1.)) 2021/C 372/07
Date: 2021-09-16
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, State aid, interest, reimbursement of aid








C_2021372EN.01000801.xml










16.9.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 372/8






EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on state aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for the EFTA States applicable as from 1 July 2021


(Published in accordance with the rules on reference and discount rates set out in Part VII of ESA’s State Aid Guidelines and Article 10 of ESA’s Decision No 195/04/COL 14 July 2004 (1))

(2021/C 372/07)
Base rates are calculated in accordance with the Chapter on the method for setting reference and discount rates of ESA’s State Aid Guidelines as amended by ESA’s Decision No 788/08/COL of 17 December 2008. To obtain the applicable reference rates, appropriate margins shall be added to the base rate in accordance with the State Aid Guidelines.
Base rates have been determined as follows:








 


Iceland


Liechtenstein


Norway




1.7.2021 –


1,50


- 0,61


0,33






(1)  OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and EEA Supplement to the OJ No. 26/2006, 25 May 2006, p. 1.
Case C-568/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands) lodged on 16 September 2021 — Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid; Other parties: E. and S., also on behalf of their minor children
Date: 2021-09-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: asylum seeker, diplomatic protection, residence permit, right of asylum








C_2022002EN.01002101.xml










3.1.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 2/21






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands) lodged on 16 September 2021 — Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid; Other parties: E. and S., also on behalf of their minor children
(Case C-568/21)
(2022/C 2/26)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Raad van State

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid

Respondents: E. and S., also on behalf of their minor children

Question referred

Must Article 2(1) of the Dublin Regulation (1) be interpreted as meaning that a diplomatic card issued by a Member State under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations is a residence document within the meaning of that provision?


(1)  Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (OJ 2013 L 180, p. 31).
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 15 September 2021 2021/C 372/01
Date: 2021-09-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2021372EN.01000101.xml










16.9.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 372/1






Euro exchange rates (1)

15 September 2021
(2021/C 372/01)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1824 




JPY


Japanese yen


129,11 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4361 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85510 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,1360 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0845 




ISK


Iceland króna


151,20 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,1418 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,318 




HUF


Hungarian forint


348,86 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,5501 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9485 




TRY


Turkish lira


9,9769 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6153 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5004 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,2021 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6666 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5860 




KRW


South Korean won


1 380,77 




ZAR


South African rand


16,8973 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,6069 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4838 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 826,33 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9170 




PHP


Philippine peso


58,742 




RUB


Russian rouble


85,9738 




THB


Thai baht


38,865 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,1979 




MXN


Mexican peso


23,4927 




INR


Indian rupee


86,8625 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-subsidy measures 2021/C 372/09
Date: 2021-09-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission
Subjects: China, anti-dumping duty, countervailing charge, flat product, import (EU), iron, originating product, steel








C_2021372EN.01001001.xml










16.9.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 372/10






Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-subsidy measures
(2021/C 372/09)
1.   As provided for in Article 18(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against subsidised 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 countervailing measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.
2.   Procedure

Union producers may submit 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 subsidisation 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 18(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037.









Product


Country(ies) of origin or exportation


Measures


Reference


Date of expiry (3)





Certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel


The People’s Republic of China


Anti-subsidy duty


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/969 of 8 June 2017 imposing definitive countervailing duties on imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in the People’s Republic of China and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/649 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in the People’s Republic of China
(OJ L 146, 09.6.2017, p. 17)


10.6.2022






(1)  OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 55.

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

(3)  The measure expires at midnight (00:00) of the day mentioned in this column.
Case C-410/19: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 September 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom — United Kingdom) — The Software Incubator Ltd v Computer Associates (UK) Ltd (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Self-employed commercial agents — Directive 86/653/EEC — Article 1(2) — Definition of ‘commercial agent’ — Supply of computer software to customers by electronic means — Grant of a perpetual licence for use — Concepts of ‘sale’ and ‘goods’)
Date: 2021-09-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: sale, sales representative, software, supply








C_2021471EN.01000401.xml










22.11.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 471/4






Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 September 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom — United Kingdom) — The Software Incubator Ltd v Computer Associates (UK) Ltd
(Case C-410/19) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Self-employed commercial agents - Directive 86/653/EEC - Article 1(2) - Definition of ‘commercial agent’ - Supply of computer software to customers by electronic means - Grant of a perpetual licence for use - Concepts of ‘sale’ and ‘goods’)
(2021/C 471/04)
Language of the case: English

Referring court

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: The Software Incubator Ltd

Defendant: Computer Associates (UK) Ltd

Operative part of the judgment

The concept of ‘sale of goods’ referred to in Article 1(2) of Council Directive 86/653/EEC of 18 December 1986 on the coordination of the laws of the Member States relating to self-employed commercial agents must be interpreted as meaning that it can cover the supply, in return for payment of a fee, of computer software to a customer by electronic means where that supply is accompanied by the grant of a perpetual licence to use that software.


(1)  OJ C 255, 29.7.2019.
European Parliament legislative resolution of 16 September 2021 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Korea on certain aspects of air services (05210/2021 — C9-0120/2021 — 2019/0044(NLE))
Date: 2021-09-16
Institutions: Committee on Transport and Tourism, European Parliament
Subjects: South Korea, agreement (EU), air transport, ratification of an agreement








C_2022117EN.01035101.xml










11.3.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 117/351






P9_TA(2021)0381
EU-Korea agreement: certain aspects of air services ***
European Parliament legislative resolution of 16 September 2021 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Korea on certain aspects of air services (05210/2021 — C9-0120/2021 — 2019/0044(NLE))
(Consent)
(2022/C 117/33)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the draft Council decision (05210/2021),










—


having regard to the draft agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Korea on certain aspects of air services (15082/2019),










—


having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 100(2) and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v), and Article 218(7), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C9-0120/2021),










—


having regard to Rule 105(1) and (4) and Rule 114(7) of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A9-0251/2021),












1.


Gives its consent to conclusion of the agreement;












2.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission, and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Korea.