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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10565 – VOLKSWAGEN / TRINITY / EUROPCAR) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 172/02
Date: 2022-04-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, motor vehicle industry, vehicle rental








C_2022172EN.01000201.xml










26.4.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 172/2






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10565 – VOLKSWAGEN / TRINITY / EUROPCAR)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 172/02)

1.   
On 19 April 2022, 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:






—


Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (‘VWAG’, Germany),










—


Trinity Investments Designated Activity Company (‘Trinity’, Ireland), managed by Attestor Limited (UK),










—


Europcar Mobility Group, S.A (‘Europcar’, France).




VWAG and Trinity will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Europcar.
The concentration is accomplished by way of public bid announced on 20 September 2021.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned:






—


VWAG is mainly active in the development, manufacture and distribution of new passenger cars, light commercial vehicles and trucks, as well as the provision of car rental and other mobility services,










—


Trinity is a private investment company established for the purpose of pursuing certain investment opportunities, notably in growth stage companies,










—


Europcar is mainly active in the provision of short-term car rental services, as well as other mobility services and the sale of used vehicles to resellers.






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.



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.10565 – VOLKSWAGEN / TRINITY / EUROPCAR
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’).
Case C-464/21: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 April 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Social No 3 de Barcelona — Spain) — QL v Universitat de Barcelona (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Social policy — Directive 1999/70/EC — Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP — Successive fixed-term contracts in the public sector — Clause 2 and Clause 3(1) — Scope — Concept of ‘fixed-term worker’)
Date: 2022-04-26
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: framework agreement, penalty, public institution, temporary employment, work contract








C_2022237EN.01002201.xml










20.6.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 237/22






Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 April 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Social No 3 de Barcelona — Spain) — QL v Universitat de Barcelona
(Case C-464/21) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Social policy - Directive 1999/70/EC - Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP - Successive fixed-term contracts in the public sector - Clause 2 and Clause 3(1) - Scope - Concept of ‘fixed-term worker’)
(2022/C 237/27)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado de lo Social No 3 de Barcelona

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: QL

Defendant: Universitat de Barcelona

Operative part of the order

Clause 2 and Clause 3(1) of the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded on 18 March 1999, which is annexed 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 meaning that a worker bound to his or her public sector employer by successive fixed-term contracts and whose employment relationship may be reclassified, as a penalty, as a ‘non-permanent contract of indefinite duration’, falls within the scope of that framework agreement.


(1)  Date lodged: 29.7.2021.
Case C-282/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny (Poland) lodged on 26 April 2022 — Dyrektor Krajowej Informacji Skarbowej v P. in W.
Date: 2022-04-26
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, electric vehicle, electricity storage device, provision of services








C_2022326EN.01000501.xml










29.8.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 326/5






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny (Poland) lodged on 26 April 2022 — Dyrektor Krajowej Informacji Skarbowej v P. in W.
(Case C-282/22)
(2022/C 326/07)
Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant in cassation and defendant at first instance: Dyrektor Krajowej Informacji Skarbowej

Respondent in cassation and applicant at first instance: P. in W.

Questions referred

Does a complex supply made to electric vehicle users at recharging points which encompasses:






(a)


the provision of recharging devices (including integration of the charger with the vehicle operating system),










(b)


the supply of electricity, within duly adjusted parameters, to the batteries of the electric vehicle,










(c)


the necessary technical support for vehicle users, and










(d)


the provision of a special platform, website or application whereby users may reserve a particular connector and view their transaction and payment history, and of the option to use an ‘e-wallet’ to pay the balance due for individual recharging sessions






—


constitute a supply of goods within the meaning of Article 14(1) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, (1) or a supply of services within the meaning of Article 24(1) thereof?










(1)  OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 25 April 2022 2022/C 172/01
Date: 2022-04-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2022172EN.01000101.xml










26.4.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 172/1






Euro exchange rates (1)

25 April 2022
(2022/C 172/01)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0746 




JPY


Japanese yen


137,73 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4391 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84330 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,3476 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0267 




ISK


Iceland króna


139,20 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,7018 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,418 




HUF


Hungarian forint


374,08 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,6398 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9455 




TRY


Turkish lira


15,8640 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4972 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3709 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,4325 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6240 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4757 




KRW


South Korean won


1 344,49 




ZAR


South African rand


16,8549 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,0398 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5620 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 533,84 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6815 




PHP


Philippine peso


56,259 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


36,542 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,1953 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,8989 




INR


Indian rupee


82,3210 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10378 – VUB / SLOVENSKA SPORITELNA / TATRA BANKA / 365.BANK / CSOB / JV ) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 281/02
Date: 2022-04-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, banking, cash-in-transit, commercial bank, economic concentration, handling, merger control, money, provision of services








C_2022281EN.01000201.xml










22.7.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 281/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10378 – VUB / SLOVENSKA SPORITELNA / TATRA BANKA / 365.BANK / CSOB / JV )
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 281/02)
On 26 April 2022, 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 32022M10378. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-654/20: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 April 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Apelativen sad — Sofia — Bulgaria) — Criminal proceedings against VD (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Transport — Directive 2006/126/EC — Driving licences — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 49 — Principles of legality and proportionality of criminal offences and penalties — Driving a vehicle during the period of suspension of the driving licence — Penalties — Factual context of the dispute in the main proceedings — Reasons justifying the need for a reply to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Absence of sufficient information — Manifest inadmissibility)
Date: 2022-04-26
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: administrative offence, administrative sanction, alternative sentence, criminal liability, driving licence, fine, legality, principle of proportionality, traffic offence








C_2022368EN.01000301.xml










26.9.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 368/3






Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 April 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Apelativen sad — Sofia — Bulgaria) — Criminal proceedings against VD
(Case C-654/20) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Transport - Directive 2006/126/EC - Driving licences - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Article 49 - Principles of legality and proportionality of criminal offences and penalties - Driving a vehicle during the period of suspension of the driving licence - Penalties - Factual context of the dispute in the main proceedings - Reasons justifying the need for a reply to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling - Absence of sufficient information - Manifest inadmissibility)
(2022/C 368/03)
Language of the case: Bulgarian

Referring court

Apelativen sad — Sofia

Party to the main criminal proceedings

VD

Operative part of the order

The request for a preliminary ruling made by the Apelativen sad Sofia (Court of Appeal, Sofia, Bulgaria), by decision of 9 November 2020, is manifestly inadmissible.


(1)  OJ C 79, 8.3.2021.
Case C-401/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 April 2022 — Republic of Poland v European Parliament, Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Directive (EU) 2019/790 — Article 17(4), point (b), and point (c), in fine — Article 11 and Article 17(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Freedom of expression and information — Protection of intellectual property — Obligations imposed on online content-sharing service providers — Prior automatic review (filtering) of content uploaded by users)
Date: 2022-04-26
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Internet, control of communications, dissemination of information, freedom of expression, intellectual property, provision of services, right to information








C_2022237EN.01000201.xml










20.6.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 237/2






Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 April 2022 — Republic of Poland v European Parliament, Council of the European Union
(Case C-401/19) (1)

(Action for annulment - Directive (EU) 2019/790 - Article 17(4), point (b), and point (c), in fine - Article 11 and Article 17(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Freedom of expression and information - Protection of intellectual property - Obligations imposed on online content-sharing service providers - Prior automatic review (filtering) of content uploaded by users)
(2022/C 237/02)
Language of the case: Polish

Parties


Applicant: Republic of Poland (represented by: B. Majczyna, M. Wiącek and J. Sawicka, Agents, and by J. Barski, acting as expert)

Defendants: European Parliament (represented by: D. Warin, S. Alonso de León and W.D. Kuzmienko, Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Alver, F. Florindo Gijón and D. Kornilaki, Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendants: Kingdom of Spain (represented: initially by S. Centeno Huerta and J. Rodríguez de la Rúa Puig, and subsequently by J. Rodríguez de la Rúa Puig, Agents), French Republic (represented by: A.-L. Desjonquères and A. Daniel, Agents), Portuguese Republic (represented: initially by M.A. Capela de Carvalho Galaz Pimenta, P. Barros da Costa, P. Salvação Barreto and L. Inez Fernandes, and subsequently by M.A. Capela de Carvalho Galaz Pimenta, P. Barros da Costa and P. Salvação Barreto, Agents), European Commission (represented by: F. Erlbacher, S.L. Kalėda, J. Samnadda and B. Sasinowska, Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the Republic of Poland to pay the costs;










3.


Orders the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Portuguese Republic and the European Commission to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 270, 12.8.2019.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10688 – AXA / ATALANTE) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 172/04
Date: 2022-04-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial services, insurance, merger control








C_2022172EN.01000601.xml










26.4.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 172/6






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10688 – AXA / ATALANTE)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 172/04)

1.   
On 20 April 2022, 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:






—


AXA SA (‘AXA’, France) via its subsidiaries AXA France IARD SA (‘AXA France IARD’, France) and AXA IM SA (‘AXA IM’, France), and










—


Atalante SAS (‘Atalante’, France).




AXA, via its subsidiaries AXA France IARD and AXA IM, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Atalante. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


AXA is a global insurance group that provides life insurance, health insurance and other types of insurance, as well as asset management services.










—


Atalante mainly provides collective and individual portfolio management services, and financial instrument management services for third parties.






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 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 no later than ten days following the date on which this notification is published. The following reference should always be specified:
M.10688 – AXA / ATALANTE
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.
Case C-284/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sozialgericht Nürnberg (Germany) lodged on 26 April 2022 — CK v Familienkasse Bayern Nord
Date: 2022-04-26
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Germany, basis of tax assessment, compulsory insurance, employment service, equal treatment, family benefit, migrant worker, personal income tax, social security legislation, social-security harmonisation








C_2022276EN.01000502.xml










18.7.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 276/5






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sozialgericht Nürnberg (Germany) lodged on 26 April 2022 — CK v Familienkasse Bayern Nord
(Case C-284/22)
(2022/C 276/08)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Sozialgericht Nürnberg

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: CK

Defendant: Familienkasse Bayern Nord

Question referred

Must Article 4 of Regulation (EC) 883/2004 (1)(in conjunction with Articles 18, 21 and 45 TFEU) be interpreted as precluding national legislation under which a migrant worker who earns income which is subject to German income tax but who is not in a compulsory insurance relationship with the Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Agency) and is not subject to unlimited income tax liability in Germany does not receive German child allowance?


(1)  Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems (OJ 2004 L 166, p. 1).