do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 10 December 2021 2021/C 501/04
Date: 2021-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2021501EN.01001001.xml










13.12.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 501/10






Euro exchange rates (1)

10 December 2021
(2021/C 501/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1273 




JPY


Japanese yen


128,20 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4362 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85355 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,2463 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0424 




ISK


Iceland króna


147,80 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,1335 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,365 




HUF


Hungarian forint


365,58 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,6123 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9494 




TRY


Turkish lira


15,6908 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5765 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4340 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,7918 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6635 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5396 




KRW


South Korean won


1 331,35 




ZAR


South African rand


18,0414 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,1814 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5250 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 202,70 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,7488 




PHP


Philippine peso


56,746 




RUB


Russian rouble


82,8024 




THB


Thai baht


37,945 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,2923 




MXN


Mexican peso


23,6094 




INR


Indian rupee


85,3105 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10465 – ADECCO / AKKA) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 514 I/02
Date: 2021-12-13
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, economic concentration, information technology, merger control, personnel administration, provision of services, research and development








CI2021514EN.01000501.xml










21.12.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CI 514/5






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10465 – ADECCO / AKKA)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 514 I/02)
On 13 December 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 32021M10465. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-769/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā rajona tiesa (Latvia) lodged on 13 December 2021 — AAS BTA Baltic Insurance Company v Iepirkumu uzraudzības birojs, Tieslietu ministrija
Date: 2021-12-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: award of contract, equal treatment, principle of proportionality, public procurement, tendering








C_2022084EN.01002901.xml










21.2.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 84/29






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā rajona tiesa (Latvia) lodged on 13 December 2021 — AAS BTA Baltic Insurance Company v Iepirkumu uzraudzības birojs, Tieslietu ministrija
(Case C-769/21)
(2022/C 84/38)
Language of the case: Latvian

Referring court

Administratīvā rajona tiesa

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: AAS BTA Baltic Insurance Company

Defendants: Iepirkumu uzraudzības birojs, Tieslietu ministrija

Question referred

Is national legislation which requires the contracting authority to terminate a procurement procedure in a situation where the originally selected tenderer, which declined to enter into the procurement contract with the contracting authority, must be considered to constitute a single market participant with the next tenderer, whose tender meets the contracting authority’s needs and requirements, compatible with the principles of procurement defined in Article 18(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC, (1) in particular with the requirement for Member States to treat economic operators equally and without discrimination, and with the principle of proportionality?


(1)  OJ 2014 L 94, p. 65.
Case T-772/21: Action brought on 13 December 2021 — Brobet v EUIPO — Efbet Partners (efbet)
Date: 2021-12-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, automatic game, computer equipment, electronic game, registered trade mark, software, trade-mark law








C_2022073EN.01005201.xml










14.2.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 73/52






Action brought on 13 December 2021 — Brobet v EUIPO — Efbet Partners (efbet)
(Case T-772/21)
(2022/C 73/66)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Brobet ltd. (Ta'Xbiex, Malta) (represented by: F. Bojinova, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Efbet Partners OOD (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark figurative mark efbet — European Union trade mark No 10 818 748

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 September 2021 in Case R 624/2021-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


partially annul the contested decision, namely the part of the section 3 in which the appeal of Brobet Limited had been dismissed with respect to the revocation of the same party’s rights in EUTM No. 010818748 for the following goods and services: Computer interfaces; Recorded computer software, which can be transferred to another currier; Electronic game equipment; and the services in class 9 and Entertainment (except gambling); Information services in the field of entertainment (except gambling); Gaming (except gambling) in class 41;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs incurred by the applicant in relation to the present action of annulment.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement, alternatively, of Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as interpreted by the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union;










—


Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Case C-647/20: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 13 December 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Arbitral Tributário (Centro de Arbitragem Administrativa — CAAD) — Portugal) — XG v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Direct taxation — Taxation of capital gains on immovable property — Articles 63, 64 and 65 TFEU — Free movement of capital — Higher tax liability on capital gains on immovable property made by residents of third countries)
Date: 2021-12-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: capital gains tax, direct tax, discrimination on the basis of nationality, equal treatment, foreign national, free movement of capital, personal income tax, real property, residence, tax law








C_2022095EN.01000301.xml










28.2.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 95/3






Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 13 December 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Arbitral Tributário (Centro de Arbitragem Administrativa — CAAD) — Portugal) — XG v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira
(Case C-647/20) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Direct taxation - Taxation of capital gains on immovable property - Articles 63, 64 and 65 TFEU - Free movement of capital - Higher tax liability on capital gains on immovable property made by residents of third countries)
(2022/C 95/04)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Referring court

Tribunal Arbitral Tributário (Centro de Arbitragem Administrativa — CAAD)

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: XG

Defendant: Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira

Operative part of the order

Articles 63 and 65(1) TFEU must be interpreted as precluding legislation of a Member State relating to personal income tax, which makes capital gains arising from the sale of immovable property situated in that Member State, by a resident of a third country, subject to a higher tax liability than that which would be applied, for the same type of transaction, to capital gains made by a resident of that Member State.


(1)  OJ C 53, 15.2.2021.
Council Decision (EU) 2021/2242 of 13 December 2021 amending Decision 2009/908/EU laying down measures for the implementation of the European Council Decision on the exercise of the Presidency of the Council, and on the chairmanship of preparatory bodies of the Council
Date: 2021-12-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Council committee, Presidency of the Council of the EU, administrative structures, operation of the Institutions, research








L_2021450EN.01014801.xml










16.12.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 450/148








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2021/2242
of 13 December 2021
         
amending Decision 2009/908/EU laying down measures for the implementation of the European Council Decision on the exercise of the Presidency of the Council, and on the chairmanship of preparatory bodies of the Council


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,


Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to European Council Decision 2009/881/EU of 1 December 2009 on the exercise of the Presidency of the Council (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


By Decision 2009/908/EU (2), the Council laid down measures for the implementation of Decision 2009/881/EU. The preparatory bodies of the Council which are not chaired by the 6-monthly Presidency are listed in Annex III to Decision 2009/908/EU, as provided for in Article 2, third subparagraph, of Decision 2009/881/EU.












(2)


In light of the advisory nature as well as of the experience and the type of tasks carried out by the European Research Area and Innovation Committee, that committee should be added to the list of preparatory bodies that are not chaired by the 6-monthly Presidency.












(3)


Decision 2009/908/EU should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
In Annex III to Decision 2009/908/EU, the following preparatory body is added to the list entitled ‘Elected chairs’:


                  ‘European Research Area and Innovation Committee’.



Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 13 December 2021.


For the Council


The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES
            





(1)  
            OJ L 315, 2.12.2009, p. 50.

(2)  Council Decision 2009/908/EU of 1 December 2009 laying down measures for the implementation of the European Council Decision on the exercise of the Presidency of the Council, and on the chairmanship of preparatory bodies of the Council (OJ L 322, 9.12.2009, p. 28).
Case C-226/21: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 13 December 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 1 de Toledo — Spain) — KQ v Servicio de Salud de Castilla-La Mancha (SESCAM) (Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP — Clause 4 — Principle of non-discrimination — Concept of ‘employment conditions’ — Exemption from providing on-call medical services on the grounds of age granted solely to permanent workers)
Date: 2021-12-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: emergency medical treatment, equal treatment, full-time employment, health care profession, labour law, temporary employment, working conditions








C_2022119EN.01001402.xml










14.3.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 119/14






Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 13 December 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 1 de Toledo — Spain) — KQ v Servicio de Salud de Castilla-La Mancha (SESCAM)
(Case C-226/21) (1)

(Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP - Clause 4 - Principle of non-discrimination - Concept of ‘employment conditions’ - Exemption from providing on-call medical services on the grounds of age granted solely to permanent workers)
(2022/C 119/19)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo No 1 de Toledo

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: KQ

Defendant: Servicio de Salud de Castilla-La Mancha (SESCAM)

Operative part of the order

Clause 4(1) of the framework agreement on fixed-term work, concluded on 18 March 1999, which is set out in the annex to Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP, must be interpreted as precluding national legislation pursuant to which the right to an exemption from providing on-call services is granted to permanent workers but not to fixed-term workers.


(1)  Date lodged: 8 April 2021.
Case T-774/21: Action brought on 13 December 2021 — DPG Deutsche Pfandsystem v EUIPO — Užstato sistemos administratorius (Representation of a bottle silhouette and an arrow)
Date: 2021-12-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, consultancy, packaging product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, waste disposal, waste recycling








C_2022084EN.01004201.xml










21.2.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 84/42






Action brought on 13 December 2021 — DPG Deutsche Pfandsystem v EUIPO — Užstato sistemos administratorius (Representation of a bottle silhouette and an arrow)
(Case T-774/21)
(2022/C 84/59)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: DPG Deutsche Pfandsystem GmbH (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: J. Götz, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Užstato sistemos administratorius VšĮ (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trademark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark (Representation of a bottle silhouette with an arrow) — Application for registration No 14 481 519

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 September 2021 in Case R 117/2020-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Plea in law

The Board of Appeal wrongly based its ruling on the fact that the applicant failed to prove that its earlier trademark was genuinely used in accordance with its primary function as a sign indicating commercial origin in respect of the goods and services concerned.
Case C-224/21: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 13 December 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Arbitral Tributário (Centro de Arbitragem Administrativa — CAAD) — Portugal) — VX v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Direct taxation — Taxation of capital gains on immovable property — Articles 63 and 65 TFEU — Free movement of capital — Discrimination — Higher tax liability on capital gains on immovable property made by non-residents — Election for taxation under the same procedures as residents)
Date: 2021-12-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: capital gains tax, direct tax, discrimination on the basis of nationality, equal treatment, free movement of capital, personal income tax, real property, residence, tax law








C_2022095EN.01000402.xml










28.2.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 95/4






Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 13 December 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Arbitral Tributário (Centro de Arbitragem Administrativa — CAAD) — Portugal) — VX v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira
(Case C-224/21) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Direct taxation - Taxation of capital gains on immovable property - Articles 63 and 65 TFEU - Free movement of capital - Discrimination - Higher tax liability on capital gains on immovable property made by non-residents - Election for taxation under the same procedures as residents)
(2022/C 95/06)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Referring court

Tribunal Arbitral Tributário (Centro de Arbitragem Administrativa — CAAD)

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: VX

Defendant: Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira

Operative part of the order

Articles 63 and 65(1) TFEU must be interpreted as precluding legislation of a Member State relating to personal income tax which, as regards capital gains arising from the sale of immovable property situated in that Member State, systematically makes non-residents subject to a higher tax liability than that which would be applied, for the same type of transaction, to capital gains made by residents, notwithstanding the option available to non-residents to opt for the regime applicable to residents.


(1)  OJ C 252, 28.6.2021
Case C-151/21: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 13 December 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla-La Mancha — Spain) — Servicio de Salud de Castilla-La Mancha (SESCAM) v BF (Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP — Clause 4 — Principle of non-discrimination — Field of public health — Calculation of length-of-service increments — National legislation refusing to take into account, as regards permanent staff regulated under administrative law, for the purpose of calculating length-of-service increments, periods corresponding to activities temporarily exercised in a higher professional category)
Date: 2021-12-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: bonus payment, civil servant, equal treatment, full-time employment, labour law, public health, seniority








C_2022119EN.01001401.xml










14.3.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 119/14






Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 13 December 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla-La Mancha — Spain) — Servicio de Salud de Castilla-La Mancha (SESCAM) v BF
(Case C-151/21) (1)

(Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP - Clause 4 - Principle of non-discrimination - Field of public health - Calculation of length-of-service increments - National legislation refusing to take into account, as regards permanent staff regulated under administrative law, for the purpose of calculating length-of-service increments, periods corresponding to activities temporarily exercised in a higher professional category)
(2022/C 119/18)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla-La Mancha

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Servicio de Salud de Castilla-La Mancha (SESCAM)

Respondent: BF

Operative part of the order

Clause 4 of the framework agreement on fixed-term work, concluded on 18 March 1999, which is set out in the annex to Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP, must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation which provides that, for a permanent worker who temporarily performs duties in a professional category that is higher than the one to which he or she belongs, the three-yearly length-of-service increments to which he or she is entitled are those corresponding to that latter category, even though, for a fixed-term worker placed in the same situation, the three-yearly length-of-service increments correspond to those of the professional category in which his or her duties were actually performed.


(1)  Date lodged: 9 March 2021.