do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Joined Cases C-167/19 P and C-171/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 10 March 2022 — European Commission v Freistaat Bayern and Others (Appeal — State aid — Aid in favour of the German dairy sector — Financing of milk quality tests — Article 108(2) TFUE — Decision to initiate the formal investigation procedure — Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Article 6(1) — Obligation for the European Commission to summarise the relevant issues of fact and law in that decision — Scope — Rights of interested parties to be involved in the administrative procedure — Breach of an essential procedural requirement — Consequences for the lawfulness of the final decision)
Date: 2022-03-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Bavaria, Germany, State aid, administrative procedure, control of State aid, dairy industry, milk, quality control of agricultural products, reimbursement of aid








C_2022171EN.01000201.xml










25.4.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 171/2






Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 10 March 2022 — European Commission v Freistaat Bayern and Others
(Joined Cases C-167/19 P and C-171/19 P) (1)

(Appeal - State aid - Aid in favour of the German dairy sector - Financing of milk quality tests - Article 108(2) TFUE - Decision to initiate the formal investigation procedure - Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 - Article 6(1) - Obligation for the European Commission to summarise the relevant issues of fact and law in that decision - Scope - Rights of interested parties to be involved in the administrative procedure - Breach of an essential procedural requirement - Consequences for the lawfulness of the final decision)
(2022/C 171/02)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: European Commission (represented by: K. Herrmann, P. Němečková and T. Maxian Rusche, acting as Agents)

Other parties to the proceedings: Freistaat Bayern (Germany) (represented by: U. Soltész and H. Weiß, Rechtsanwälte) (C-167/19 P), Interessengemeinschaft privater Milchverarbeiter Bayerns eV, Genossenschaftsverband Bayern eV, Verband der Bayerischen Privaten Milchwirtschaft eV (represented by: C. Bittner and N. Langhans, Rechtsanwälte) (C-171/19 P)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeals;










2.


Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 131, 8.4.2019.
Notice of Open Competition 2022/C 114/04
Date: 2022-03-10
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: European Court of Auditors, administrator, audit, auditing, competition (EU), job vacancy, recruitment








C_2022114EN.01000501.xml










10.3.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 114/5






NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITION
(2022/C 114/04)
The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is organising the following open competition:
EPSO/AD/399/22 – Administrators in the field of Audit (AD 7)
The competition notice is published in 24 languages in 
Official Journal of the European Union C 114 A of 10 March 2022.
Further information can be found on the EPSO Internet: https://epso.europa.eu/
Case T-132/22: Action brought on 10 March 2022 — Société des produits Nestlé v EUIPO — Impossible Foods (IMPOSSIBLE SAUSAGE)
Date: 2022-03-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, food substitute, foodstuff, fruit, meat, meat product, milk product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, vegetable








C_2022191EN.01003302.xml










10.5.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 191/33






Action brought on 10 March 2022 — Société des produits Nestlé v EUIPO — Impossible Foods (IMPOSSIBLE SAUSAGE)
(Case T-132/22)
(2022/C 191/43)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Société des produits Nestlé SA (Vevey, Switzerland) (represented by: A. Jaeger-Lenz, M. Goldmann and C. Elkemann, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Impossible Foods Inc. (Redwood City, California, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark IMPOSSIBLE SAUSAGE — European Union trade mark No 18 061 982

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 December 2021 in Case R 972/2021-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings before the General Court and order the intervener to pay the costs before the EUIPO.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 94(1), second sentence, read in conjunction with Article 70(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 95(1), first sentence, read in conjunction with third sentence of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Case C-183/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 10 March 2022 –Saint-Louis Sucre v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation, SICA des betteraviers d’Étrépagny
Date: 2022-03-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU agricultural market, agricultural product, agricultural production, common organisation of markets, holding company, producer organisation








C_2022213EN.01003001.xml










30.5.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 213/30






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 10 March 2022 –Saint-Louis Sucre v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation, SICA des betteraviers d’Étrépagny
(Case C-183/22)
(2022/C 213/41)
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Conseil d’État

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Saint-Louis Sucre

Defendants: Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation, SICA des betteraviers d’Étrépagny

Questions referred







1.


Must the rule set out in [the French version of] Article 153(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of 17 December 2013, (1) according to which the statutes of a producer organisation require its members to ‘be members of only one producer organisation for any given product of the holding’, be interpreted as applying only to producer members?










2.


In order to ensure compliance with the principle set out in Article 153(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, according to which the producer members of a producer organisation must scrutinise democratically their organisation and its decisions:






—


is it necessary, in order to assess the independence of the members of the organisation, to take account exclusively of the holding of their capital by the same natural or legal person, or also of other links such as, for non-producer members, affiliation to the same union confederation, or, for producer members, the exercise of management responsibilities within such a confederation?










—


is it sufficient, in order to conclude that producer members do have control over the organisation, for those members to have a majority of the votes, or is it necessary to examine whether, in view of the distribution of votes among members who are genuinely independent, the voting share of one or more non-producer members enables them, even without a majority, to control the decisions taken by the organisation?










(1)  Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ 2013 L 347, p. 671).
Corrigendum to Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/267 of 23 February 2022 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (Official Journal of the European Union L 42 I of 23 February 2022)
Date: 2022-03-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Russia, Ukraine, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, territorial dispute, territorial law








LI2022083EN.01000101.xml










10.3.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


LI 83/1







Corrigendum to Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/267 of 23 February 2022 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 42 I of 23 February 2022
)


On page 130, in entry number 321:
for:


                  ‘Yuri Grigoryevich’,

read:


                  ‘Yuri Grigoryev’.
Case C-187/22 P: Appeal brought on 10 March 2022 by Laboratorios Ern, SA against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 12 January 2022 in Case T-160/21, Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Malpricht (APIRETAL)
Date: 2022-03-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, pharmaceutical product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2022318EN.01001902.xml










22.8.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 318/19






Appeal brought on 10 March 2022 by Laboratorios Ern, SA against the judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 12 January 2022 in Case T-160/21, Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO — Malpricht (APIRETAL)
(Case C-187/22 P)
(2022/C 318/27)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: Laboratorios Ern, SA (represented by: T. González Martínez and R. Guerras Mazón, abogados)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Ingrid Malpricht
By order of 11 July 2022, the Court of Justice (Chamber determining whether appeals may proceed) held that the appeal was not allowed to proceed and that Laboratorios Ern, SA should bear its own costs.
State aid – Decision to raise no objections 2022/C 114/03
Date: 2022-03-10
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Norway, State aid, control of State aid, coronavirus disease, epidemic, sporting event, voluntary organisation








C_2022114EN.01000301.xml










10.3.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 114/3






State aid – Decision to raise no objections
(2022/C 114/03)
The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:






Date of adoption of the decision


23 November 2021




Case No


87760




Decision No


263/21/COL




EFTA State


Norway




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Covid-19 Prolongations and amendments of the scheme to aid sports events of national importance and to aid organisations in the voluntary sectors.




Legal basis


Regulation on a temporary scheme for events of national importance in the sports sector and regulation on scheme to aid organisations in the voluntary sector.




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Scheme to aid sports events of national importance: to ensure that sports events of national importance can take place.
Scheme to aid organisations in the voluntary sectors: to ensure liquidity for voluntary organisations and through that stimulate activity and help voluntary organisations through the current COVID-19 crisis.




Form of aid


Direct grants




Budget


Scheme to aid sports events of national importance: NOK 620 million.
Scheme to aid organisations in the voluntary sectors: NOK 1 155  million.




Intensity


Scheme to aid sports events of national importance:
For events that take place as planned, a grant of up to 70 %
For cancelled events the grant may be up to 50 %
Scheme to aid organisations in the voluntary sectors:
Applicants may receive a grant of 70 % of additional costs and/or costs connected to the development and/or adjustment of activities.
For events and other specified activities that take place as planned, applicants may receive a grant of 70 % of eligible costs.
For events and other specified activities that are cancelled, applicants may receive a grant of 50 % of eligible costs.




Duration


30 June 2022




Economic sectors


Scheme to aid sports events of national importance:
Voluntary sector: – Organisers of sports events exclusively
Scheme to aid organisations in the voluntary sectors:
Voluntary sector.




Name and address of the granting authority







Norwegian Gaming and Foundation Authority




P.O. Box 800




NO-6805 Førde




NORWAY








The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s Internet: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 9 March 2022 2022/C 114/02
Date: 2022-03-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2022114EN.01000201.xml










10.3.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 114/2






Euro exchange rates (1)

9 March 2022
(2022/C 114/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0993 




JPY


Japanese yen


127,31 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4440 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,83570 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,7340 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0198 




ISK


Iceland króna


145,30 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,7980 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,364 




HUF


Hungarian forint


379,66 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,8196 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9485 




TRY


Turkish lira


16,1323 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4991 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4108 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,5974 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6055 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4966 




KRW


South Korean won


1 357,08 




ZAR


South African rand


16,6560 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


6,9454 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5625 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 710,06 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6028 




PHP


Philippine peso


57,259 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


36,326 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,5201 




MXN


Mexican peso


23,2145 




INR


Indian rupee


84,2025 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-60/21: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 10 March 2022 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Article 45 TFEU — Article 28 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area — Free movement of workers — Direct taxation — Income tax — Deductions — Maintenance annuities — Equal treatment — Discrimination between resident and non-resident taxpayers)
Date: 2022-03-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: equal treatment, free movement of workers, infringement of EU law, maintenance obligation, residence, tax on income, tax relief, taxable income, taxpayer








C_2022171EN.01001401.xml










25.4.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 171/14






Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 10 March 2022 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium
(Case C-60/21) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Article 45 TFEU - Article 28 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area - Free movement of workers - Direct taxation - Income tax - Deductions - Maintenance annuities - Equal treatment - Discrimination between resident and non-resident taxpayers)
(2022/C 171/17)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: W. Roels and V. Uher, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: C. Pochet, P. Cottin and S. Baeyens, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by refusing the deduction of maintenance annuities or capital sums in lieu of such annuities and supplementary annuities from taxable income to debenture holders who are not resident in Belgium and who receive less than 75 % of their professional income there and who cannot benefit from the same deduction in their Member State of residence on the basis of the small amount of their taxable income in that State, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 45 TFEU and Article 28 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area of 2 May 1992;










2.


Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 98, 22.3.2021.
Case T-131/22: Action brought on 10 March 2022 — Société des produits Nestlé v EUIPO — Impossible Foods (IMPOSSIBLE BURGER)
Date: 2022-03-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, food substitute, foodstuff, fruit, meat product, milk product, prepared foodstuff, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, vegetable








C_2022191EN.01003301.xml










10.5.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 191/33






Action brought on 10 March 2022 — Société des produits Nestlé v EUIPO — Impossible Foods (IMPOSSIBLE BURGER)
(Case T-131/22)
(2022/C 191/42)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Société des produits Nestlé SA (Vevey, Switzerland) (represented by: A. Jaeger-Lenz, M. Goldmann and C. Elkemann, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Impossible Foods Inc. (Redwood City, California, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark IMPOSSIBLE BURGER — European Union trade mark No 17 968 798

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 December 2021 in Case R 973/2021-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings before the General Court and order the intervener to pay the costs before the EUIPO.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 94(1), second sentence, read in conjunction with Article 70(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 95(1), first sentence, read in conjunction with third sentence of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Withdrawal of notification of a concentration (Case M.10319 – GREINER / RECTICEL) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 114/01
Date: 2022-03-10
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, plastics industry








C_2022114EN.01000101.xml










10.3.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 114/1






Withdrawal of notification of a concentration
(Case M.10319 – GREINER / RECTICEL)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 114/01)
On 18 October 2021, the European Commission received notification (1) of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) (‘Merger Regulation’).
On 24 November 2021, the Commission decided to initiate proceedings (3) under Article 6(1)(c) of the Merger Regulation. On 28 February 2022, the notifying party informed the Commission that it withdrew its notification and demonstrated that it abandoned the concentration.


(1)  OJ C 432, 26. 10. 2021, p. 7.


(2)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

(3)  OJ C 483, 1. 12. 2021, p. 2.
Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2077 of 26 November 2021 concerning the authorisation of L-valine produced by Corynebacterium glutamicum CGMCC 7.366 as a feed additive for all animal species (Official Journal of the European Union L 426 of 29 November 2021)
Date: 2022-03-10
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: animal feedingstuffs, food additive, market approval, organic acid








L_2022083EN.01006501.xml










10.3.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 83/65







Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2077 of 26 November 2021 concerning the authorisation of L-valine produced by Corynebacterium glutamicum CGMCC 7.366 as a feed additive for all animal species

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 426 of 29 November 2021
)


On page 7, in the first column of the Annex:
for:


                  ‘3c371i’,

read:


                  ‘3c371ii’.
Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EU) 2022/398 of 9 March 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine (Official Journal of the European Union L 82 of 9 March 2022)
Date: 2022-03-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Belarus, EU restrictive measure, Russia, Ukraine, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, territorial dispute, territorial law








LI2022083EN.01000201.xml










10.3.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


LI 83/2







Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EU) 2022/398 of 9 March 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 82 of 9 March 2022
)


On page 2, in Article 1, point 1:
for:






‘(1)


in Article 1, point 9 is replaced by the following:






‘9.


“transferable securities” means the following classes of securities, including in the form of crypto-assets, which are negotiable on the capital market, with the exception of instruments of payment:






(i)


shares in companies and other securities equivalent to shares in companies, partnerships or other entities, and depositary receipts in respect of shares;










(ii)


bonds or other forms of securitised debt, including depositary receipts in respect of such securities;










(iii)


any other securities giving the right to acquire or sell any such transferable securities or giving rise to a cash settlement determined by reference to transferable securities.’;’,












read:






‘(1)


in Article 1, point 10 is replaced by the following:






‘10.


“transferable securities” means the following classes of securities, including in the form of crypto-assets, which are negotiable on the capital market, with the exception of instruments of payment:






(i)


shares in companies and other securities equivalent to shares in companies, partnerships or other entities, and depositary receipts in respect of shares;










(ii)


bonds or other forms of securitised debt, including depositary receipts in respect of such securities;










(iii)


any other securities giving the right to acquire or sell any such transferable securities or giving rise to a cash settlement determined by reference to transferable securities.’;’.