do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-723/21: Action brought on 11 November 2021 — Rooken and Others v Parliament
Date: 2021-11-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Member of the European Parliament, coronavirus disease, data protection, disease prevention, equal treatment, health certificate, health control, personal data, principle of proportionality, protection of privacy








C_2022011EN.01003602.xml










10.1.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 11/36






Action brought on 11 November 2021 — Rooken and Others v Parliament
(Case T-723/21)
(2022/C 11/50)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: Robert Jan Rooken (Muiderberg, Netherlands) and eight other applicants (represented by: P. de Bandt, M. Gherghinaru and L. Panepinto, lawyers)

Defendant: European Parliament

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the General Court should:






—


order the annulment of the decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 27 October 2021 on exceptional health and safety rules governing access to the European Parliament buildings at its three places of work;










—


order the defendant to pay all the costs, including those relating to the application for suspension of operation of the contested decision.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicants rely on four pleas in law that are identical or similar to those relied upon in Case T-710/21, Roos and Others v Parliament.
Case T-77/21: Order of the General Court of 11 November 2021 — QC v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Pension — Transfer of national pension rights — Decision establishing the number of pensionable years of service — Circumscribed powers — Action for annulment and for damages — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law — No action brought for failure to fulfil obligations — Inadmissibility — Request for directions to be issued — Clear lack of jurisdiction)
Date: 2021-11-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, damages, injunction, retirement conditions, seniority, transfer of pension rights








C_2022024EN.01003802.xml










17.1.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 24/38






Order of the General Court of 11 November 2021 — QC v Commission
(Case T-77/21) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Pension - Transfer of national pension rights - Decision establishing the number of pensionable years of service - Circumscribed powers - Action for annulment and for damages - Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law - No action brought for failure to fulfil obligations - Inadmissibility - Request for directions to be issued - Clear lack of jurisdiction)
(2022/C 24/51)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: QC (represented by: F. Moyse, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Martin, B. Mongin and M. Brauhoff, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking, first, annulment of the notice of 6 April 2020 establishing the pension rights and, second, compensation for the material and non-material damage which the applicant claims to have suffered.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed, in part as manifestly lacking any foundation in law, in part as being inadmissible and, in part, on account of the fact that the Court clearly does not have jurisdiction to hear and rule on the action.










2.


QC is ordered to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 138, 19.4.2021.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10437 – EDF / GEIH / SCI OPG AVENUE DE FRANCE) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 505/01
Date: 2021-11-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: France, economic concentration, energy distribution, energy industry, energy production, energy supply, energy transport, investment company, merger control, real estate business








C_2021505EN.01000101.xml










15.12.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 505/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10437 – EDF / GEIH / SCI OPG AVENUE DE FRANCE)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 505/01)
On 11 November 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 policy’ 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 32021M10437. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 10 November 2021 2021/C 457/02
Date: 2021-11-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2021457EN.01000401.xml










11.11.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 457/4






Euro exchange rates (1)

10 November 2021
(2021/C 457/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1558 




JPY


Japanese yen


130,90 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4376 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85548 




SEK


Swedish krona


9,9645 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0555 




ISK


Iceland króna


150,40 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,8848 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,209 




HUF


Hungarian forint


362,15 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,6121 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9496 




TRY


Turkish lira


11,3563 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5697 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4371 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,0035 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6285 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5585 




KRW


South Korean won


1 362,58 




ZAR


South African rand


17,5294 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,3866 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5165 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 460,52 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8006 




PHP


Philippine peso


57,859 




RUB


Russian rouble


81,8733 




THB


Thai baht


37,899 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,2965 




MXN


Mexican peso


23,5282 




INR


Indian rupee


85,8824 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-214/20: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 November 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Labour Court, Ireland — Ireland) — MG v Dublin City Council (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of the safety and health of workers — Organisation of working time — Directive 2003/88/EC — Article 2 — Concept of ‘working time’ — Retained firefighter — Stand-by time according to a stand-by system — Pursuit, during the period of stand-by time, of a self-employed professional activity — Constraints arising from the stand-by system)
Date: 2021-11-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: arrangement of working time, fire protection, occupational safety, requisitioning of workers, self-employment, working time








C_2022011EN.01000801.xml










10.1.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 11/8






Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 November 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Labour Court, Ireland — Ireland) — MG v Dublin City Council
(Case C-214/20) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Protection of the safety and health of workers - Organisation of working time - Directive 2003/88/EC - Article 2 - Concept of ‘working time’ - Retained firefighter - Stand-by time according to a stand-by system - Pursuit, during the period of stand-by time, of a self-employed professional activity - Constraints arising from the stand-by system)
(2022/C 11/10)
Language of the case: English

Referring court

Labour Court, Ireland

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: MG

Defendant: Dublin City Council

Operative part of the judgment

Article 2(1) of Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time must be interpreted as meaning that a period of stand-by time according to a stand-by system served by a retained firefighter, during which that worker, with the permission of his or her employer, carries out a professional activity on his or her own account but must, in the event of an emergency call, reach his or her assigned fire station within 10 minutes, does not constitute ‘working time’ within the meaning of that provision if it follows from an overall assessment of all the facts of the case, in particular from the scope and terms of that ability to carry out another professional activity and from the absence of obligation to participate in the entirety of the interventions effected from that fire station, that the constraints imposed on the said worker during that period are not of such a nature as to constrain objectively and very significantly the ability that he or she has freely to manage, during the said period, the time during which his or her services as a retained firefighter are not required.


(1)  OJ C 262, 10.8.2020.
Case T-722/21: Action brought on 11 November 2021 — D’Amato and Others v Parliament
Date: 2021-11-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Member of the European Parliament, coronavirus disease, data protection, disease prevention, equal treatment, health certificate, health control, personal data, principle of proportionality, protection of privacy








C_2022011EN.01003601.xml










10.1.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 11/36






Action brought on 11 November 2021 — D’Amato and Others v Parliament
(Case T-722/21)
(2022/C 11/49)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: Rosa D’Amato (Taranto, Italy), Claude Gruffat (Mulsans, France), Damien Carême (Argenteuil, France) and Benoît Biteau (Sablonceaux, France) (represented by: P. de Bandt, M. Gherghinaru and L. Panepinto, lawyers)

Defendant: European Parliament

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the General Court should:






—


order the annulment of the decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 27 October 2021 on exceptional health and safety rules governing access to the European Parliament buildings at its three places of work;










—


order the defendant to pay all the costs, including those relating to the application for suspension of operation of the contested decision.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicants rely on four pleas in law that are identical or similar to those relied upon in Case T-710/21, Roos and Others v Parliament.
State aid – Decision to raise no objections 2021/C 457/05
Date: 2021-11-11
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Norway, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, coronavirus disease, cultural event, epidemic, sporting event, trade event








C_2021457EN.01000701.xml










11.11.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 457/7






State aid – Decision to raise no objections
(2021/C 457/05)
The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:






Date of adoption of the decision


6 July 2021




Case No


87066




Decision No


199/21/COL




EFTA State


Norway




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


COVID-19 renewal of an amended aid scheme compensating for the cancellation of large public events




Legal basis


Parliamentary decision authorising the scheme and the prolongation in the revised State budget. In addition to a letter of assignment from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries to Innovation Norway




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


To remedy the shortage of liquidity that organisers and co-organisers of large public events face following the COVID-19 outbreak




Form of aid


Direct grants




Budget


NOK 130 million




Intensity


60 %




Duration


Until 31 December 2021




Economic sectors


All sectors




Name and address of the granting authority







Innovation Norway




Pb. 448 Sentrum




Akersgata 13




N-0104 Oslo




NORWAY








The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/
ESQF in Practice.
Date: 2021-11-11
Institutions: European Asylum Support Office
Subjects: European Union Agency for Asylum, immigration, political asylum, right of asylum, terminology, vocational training

ESQF in Practice

What?

The ESQF - European Sectoral Qualifications Framework for Asylum and 
Reception Officials - is a practical tool that provides a comprehensive overview 
of the duties and job-tasks performed by asylum and reception officials. 
Occupational standards, describe the competences required and corresponding 
educational standards describe the learning that will support them to do those 
tasks effectively and in line with the Common European Asylum System.

Why?

Because not all Member State asylum and reception authorities are the same. They differ 
in size and structure and in the level of specialisation of their officials. The aim of the 
ESQF is to identify the learning required to perform a job task and to identify training and 
learning paths that correspond to both to the needs of learners for their current roles 
and professional development and to the specific needs of the Member State authority.

How?

Occupational standards and educational standards are divided into three sections: 
‘Asylum and Reception Generic Competences’; ‘Asylum and Reception Specific 
Competences’, and ‘Supervisory and Management Competences’. These sections are 
broken down into ‘competence areas’ which describe the knowledge, skills and level of 
autonomy/responsibility as well as the complexity level for each of the areas covered.

Who?

The ESQF is a practical tool that can be used by anyone involved in training whether 
their role is to identify training needs of staff, plan training, design and develop 
training material or deliver training. It can also be used by learners - specifically 
Member State asylum and reception officials responsible for the implementation of
the Common European Asylum System (CEAS).

When?

The ESQF can be used throughout the training cycle to analyse training 
needs, plan training strategies, design learning outcomes and assessment 
tasks, develop training material and target training delivery so that it is authentic 
to the tasks being performed in the workplace.

Print 

ISBN 978-92-9485-548-0  doi:10.2847/382591  BZ-04-20-305-EN-C  |  PDF 

ISBN 978-92-9485-549-7  doi:10.2847/585727  BZ-04-20-305-EN-N
European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 November 2021 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Commonwealth of Australia pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union (06102/2021 — C9-0376/2021 — 2021/0029(NLE))
Date: 2021-11-11
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, Committee on Fisheries, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Committee on International Trade, European Parliament
Subjects: Australia, GATT, United Kingdom, agreement (EU), ratification of an agreement, tariff preference, tariff quota, withdrawal from the EU








C_2022205EN.01015701.xml










20.5.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 205/157






P9_TA(2021)0450
EU/Australia Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV ***
European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 November 2021 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Commonwealth of Australia pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union (06102/2021 — C9-0376/2021 — 2021/0029(NLE))
(Consent)
(2022/C 205/13)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the draft Council decision (06102/2021),










—


having regard to the draft Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Commonwealth of Australia pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union (06103/2021),










—


having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 207(4), first subparagraph, and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C9-0376/2021),










—


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










—


having regard to the letter from the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development,










—


having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A9-0306/2021),





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 Commonwealth of Australia.
State aid – Decision to raise no objections 2021/C 457/04
Date: 2021-11-11
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Iceland, State aid, control of State aid, environmental protection, motor vehicle industry, reduction of gas emissions, tax incentive








C_2021457EN.01000601.xml










11.11.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 457/6






State aid – Decision to raise no objections
(2021/C 457/04)
The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:






Date of adoption of the decision


7 July 2021




Case No


86979




Decision No


178/21/COL




EFTA State


Iceland




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Tax incentives in favour of emission friendly vehicles (EFVs)




Legal basis


Temporary provision XXIV of the VAT Act No 50/1988 and temporary provision LXIX of the Income Tax Act No 90/2003




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Environmental aid




Form of aid


Tax incentives




Budget


Average annual budget of ISK 5,3 billion from 2021 to 2023




Duration


Until 31 December 2023




Economic sectors


(i) manufacturers and dealers of EFVs and batteries, and (ii) undertakings purchasing, importing or leasing EFVs




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs




Arnarhvoli




101 Reykjavik




ICELAND








The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1372 of 17 August 2021 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the prohibition to feed non-ruminant farmed animals, other than fur animals, with protein derived from animals (Official Journal of the European Union L 295 of 18 August 2021)
Date: 2021-11-11
Institutions: European Commission, Secretariat-General
Subjects: animal feedingstuffs, animal protein, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, health control, livestock, veterinary inspection








L_2021398EN.01005101.xml










11.11.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 398/51







Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1372 of 17 August 2021 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the prohibition to feed non-ruminant farmed animals, other than fur animals, with protein derived from animals

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 295 of 18 August 2021
)


On page 15, Annex, point (5)(a), the replaced Section A in Chapter V of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, paragraph 1, points (m) and (n):
for:






‘(m)


authorised compound feed establishments producing, in accordance with Chapter IV, Section G, point (b), compound feed containing processed animal protein derived from porcine animals intended for poultry;










(n)


authorised compound feed establishments producing, in accordance with Chapter IV, Section H, point (b), compound feed containing processed animal protein derived from poultry intended for porcine animals;’,




read:






‘(m)


authorised compound feed establishments producing, in accordance with Chapter IV, Section G, point (d), compound feed containing processed animal protein derived from porcine animals intended for poultry;










(n)


authorised compound feed establishments producing, in accordance with Chapter IV, Section H, point (d), compound feed containing processed animal protein derived from poultry intended for porcine animals;’.