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Case C-698/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 June 2022 — Sony Optiarc Inc., Sony Optiarc America Inc. v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Optical disk drives — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area of 2 May 1992 — Single and continuous infringement — Definition — Collusive agreements relating to procurement events concerning optical disk drives for notebook and desktop computers organised by two computer manufacturers)
Date: 2022-06-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU competition policy, European Economic Area, cartel, control of restrictive practices, disc drive, equal treatment, principle of proportionality, right to justice, rights of the defence, sanction (EU)








C_2022294EN.01000301.xml










1.8.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 294/3






Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 June 2022 — Sony Optiarc Inc., Sony Optiarc America Inc. v European Commission
(Case C-698/19 P) (1)

(Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Optical disk drives - Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area of 2 May 1992 - Single and continuous infringement - Definition - Collusive agreements relating to procurement events concerning optical disk drives for notebook and desktop computers organised by two computer manufacturers)
(2022/C 294/04)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellants: Sony Optiarc Inc., Sony Optiarc America Inc. (represented by: E. Kelly, N. Levy and R. Snelders, avocats)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: A. Dawes, M. Farley, F. van Schaik and L. Wildpanner, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 12 July 2019, Sony Optiarc and Sony Optiarc America v Commission (T-763/15, not published, EU:T:2019:517);










2.


Annuls Article 1(g) of Commission Decision C(2015) 7135 final of 21 October 2015 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case AT.39639 — Optical disk drives) to the extent that it declares that Sony Optiarc Inc. and Sony Optiarc America Inc. infringed Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area of 2 May 1992 by participating, from 25 July 2007 to 29 October 2008 and from 25 July 2007 to 31 October 2007 respectively, in several separate infringements;










3.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










4.


Orders the European Commission to pay, in addition to its own costs relating to both the proceedings at first instance and those on appeal, all of the costs incurred by Sony Optiarc Inc. and Sony Optiarc America Inc. in the present appeal and half of the costs that they incurred at first instance;










5.


Orders Sony Optiarc Inc. and Sony Optiarc America Inc. to bear half of their own costs relating to the proceedings at first instance.






(1)  OJ C 383, 11.11.2019.
Case C-596/20: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 16 June 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék — Hungary) — DuoDecad Kft. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Taxation — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 2, 24 et 43 — Place of supply of services — Technical support services provided to a company established in another Member State — Abuse of rights — Assessment of the facts — Lack of jurisdiction)
Date: 2022-06-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, establishment, help desk, jurisdiction, provision of services








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8.8.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 303/4






Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 16 June 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék — Hungary) — DuoDecad Kft. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága
(Case C-596/20) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Taxation - Common system of value added tax (VAT) - Directive 2006/112/EC - Articles 2, 24 et 43 - Place of supply of services - Technical support services provided to a company established in another Member State - Abuse of rights - Assessment of the facts - Lack of jurisdiction)
(2022/C 303/05)
Language of the case: Hungarian

Referring court

Fővárosi Törvényszék

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: DuoDecad Kft.

Defendant: Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága

Operative part of the judgment

The Court of Justice of the European Union has no jurisdiction to answer the questions referred by the Fővárosi Törvényszék (Budapest High Court, Hungary), made by decision of 28 September 2020.


(1)  OJ C 35, 1.2.2021.
Opinion C-1/20: Opinion of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 June 2022 — Kingdom of Belgium (Opinion pursuant to Article 218(11) TFEU — Request for an Opinion — Draft modernised Energy Charter Treaty — Article 26 — Dispute settlement mechanism — Admissibility)
Date: 2022-06-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Energy Charter, alternative dispute resolution, investment








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1.8.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 294/2






Opinion of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 June 2022 — Kingdom of Belgium
(Opinion C-1/20) (1)

(Opinion pursuant to Article 218(11) TFEU - Request for an Opinion - Draft modernised Energy Charter Treaty - Article 26 - Dispute settlement mechanism - Admissibility)
(2022/C 294/02)
Language of the case: all the official languages

Applicant

Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: S. Baeyens, J.-C. Halleux, C. Pochet and M. Van Regemorter, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the Opinion

The request for an Opinion introduced by the Kingdom of Belgium, on 2 December 2020, is inadmissible.


(1)  OJ C 53, 15.2.2021.
Announcement pursuant to Article 13 of Directive 2001/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reorganisation and winding up of credit institutions concerning the liquidation and subsequent winding-up of Sberbank Europe AG (Austrian credit institution in liquidation) 2022/C 233/10
Date: 2022-06-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Germany, bank, branch, judicial proceedings, liquidation








C_2022233EN.01003401.xml










16.6.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 233/34






Announcement pursuant to Article 13 of Directive 2001/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reorganisation and winding up of credit institutions concerning the liquidation and subsequent winding-up of Sberbank Europe AG (Austrian credit institution in liquidation)
(2022/C 233/10)
INVITATION TO LODGE A CLAIM. PLEASE OBSERVE THE TIME LIMITS
At the general meeting of 21 April 2022 a decision was taken pursuant to Section 203(1)(2) of the Federal Law on public limited-liability companies (Aktiengesetz — AktG) to liquidate Sberbank Europe AG (registered office and business address: Schwarzenbergplatz 3, 1010 Vienna; Austrian Commercial Register entry number FN 161285i). This credit institution (which has a branch in Germany, also referred to as ‘Sberbank Direct’) is at the liquidation stage under Austrian law.
The current directors – Sonja Sarközi, Pavel Barchugov, Alexander Witte and Aleksei Mikhailov – remain in their positions, although now as liquidators.
Creditors of the institution are invited to lodge a claim with the liquidators Sonja Sarközi, Pavel Barchugov, Alexander Witte and Aleksei Mikhailov (all at Schwarzenbergplatz 31, 1010 Vienna).


Sonja SARKÖZI, Pavel BARCHUGOV, Alexander WITTE and Aleksei MIKHAILOV
Sberbank Europe AG, in liquidation
Case C-400/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Berlin (Germany) lodged on 16 June 2022 — VT, UR v Conny GmbH
Date: 2022-06-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: consumer protection, contract terms, digital contract, legal action, legal aid, payment








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24.10.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 408/26






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Berlin (Germany) lodged on 16 June 2022 — VT, UR v Conny GmbH
(Case C-400/22)
(2022/C 408/35)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landgericht Berlin

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellants: VT, UR

Respondent: Conny GmbH

Question referred

Is it compatible with the second subparagraph of Article 8(2) of Directive 2011/83/EU (1) if a national provision (in the present case, Paragraph 312j(3), second sentence, and (4) of the BGB in the version in force from 13 June 2014 to 27 May 2022) is to be interpreted as meaning that its scope, like that of the second subparagraph of Article 8(2) of Directive 2011/83/EU, also covers a case in which the consumer is not unconditionally obliged to pay the trader at the time of the conclusion of the contract by electronic means, but only under certain further conditions — for example, exclusively in the event that a legal action which the trader has been instructed to bring is subsequently successful, or in the event that formal notice is subsequently given to a third party?


(1)  Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2011 L 304, p. 64).
Case C-62/22: Order of the President of the Court of 16 June 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main — Germany) — IA v DER Touristik Deutschland GmbH
Date: 2022-06-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: consumer protection, judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU, legal domicile, package travel, private international law, territorial jurisdiction, traveller








C_2022368EN.01002103.xml










26.9.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 368/21






Order of the President of the Court of 16 June 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main — Germany) — IA v DER Touristik Deutschland GmbH
(Case C-62/22) (1)

(2022/C 368/38)
Language of the case: German
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 165, 19.4.2022.
Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006 , p. 1.)) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 233/06
Date: 2022-06-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, chromium, health control, health risk, market approval, marketing standard, metal coating, oxide








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16.6.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 233/29






Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)


(Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (1))

(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 233/06)

Decision granting an authorisation













Reference of the decision (2)



Date of decision


Substance name


Holder of the authorisation


Authorisation number


Authorised use


Date of expiry of review period


Reasons for the decision




C(2022) 3678


9 June 2022


Chromium trioxide
EC No. 215-607-8, CAS No. 1333-82-0
Sodium dichromate
EC No. 234-190-3, CAS No. 7789-12-0, 10588-01-9


Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V., Wenckebachstraat 1, 1951 JZ Velsen-Noord, The Netherlands


REACH/22/24/0


Use of chromium trioxide for passivation of electrolytic tinplate (ETP)


31 December 2027


In accordance with Article 60(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the socio-economic benefits outweigh the risk to human health from the use of the substance and there are no suitable alternative substances or technologies.




REACH/22/24/1


Use of sodium dichromate for passivation of electrolytic tinplate (ETP)






(1)  OJ L 396, 30.12.2006 , p. 1.

(2)  The decision is available on the European Commission website at: Authorisation (europa.eu)
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union 2022/C 233/09
Date: 2022-06-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, clock and watch industry, common customs tariff, smart technology








C_2022233EN.01003301.xml










16.6.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 233/33






Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
(2022/C 233/09)
Pursuant to Article 9(1), point (a), of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1), the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (2) are hereby amended as follows:

On page 394, the following explanatory note is inserted:








‘9113




Watch straps, watch bands and watch bracelets, and parts thereof

This heading covers all kinds of watch straps, watch bands and watch bracelets used for fastening all kinds of watches to the wrist (see also the Harmonised System Explanatory Notes to heading 9113). This includes straps, bands and bracelets for:






—


watches and so called “smart-watches” of headings 9101 and 9102; and










—


so-called “smart-watches” of heading 8517 (including straps, bands and bracelets equipped with special adaptors or proprietary fastening devices for attaching solely to a specific “smartwatch”).




The classification at the subheading level is determined by their constituent material. Straps, bands and bracelets consisting of different materials are classified according to the constituent material which gives them the essential character within the meaning of general rule 3 (b).’






On page 352, the following explanatory note is inserted:








‘8517 79 00




Other

This subheading does not cover separately presented straps, bands and bracelets used for fastening so-called “smart-watches” of heading 8517 to the wrist (heading 9113). Even if equipped with special adaptors or proprietary fastening devices for attaching solely to a specific so-called “smartwatch” device the bands, straps and bracelets remain classified in heading 9113.
See the explanatory note to heading 9113.’







(1)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).

(2)  OJ C 119, 29.3.2019, p. 1.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/974 of 16 June 2022 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Cidre du Perche/Perche’ (PDO))
Date: 2022-06-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Centre-Val de Loire, France, Loire Region, Lower Normandy, cider, designation of origin, labelling, product designation








L_2022167EN.01003401.xml










24.6.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 167/34








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/974
of 16 June 2022
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Cidre du Perche/Perche’ (PDO))


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, France’s application to register the name ‘Cidre du Perche/Perche’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Cidre du Perche/Perche’ should therefore be entered in the register,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Cidre du Perche/Perche’ (PDO) is hereby entered in the register.
The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 1.8. Other products listed in Annex I to the Treaty (spices etc.), as listed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 (3).


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 June 2022.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ C 100, 1.3.2022, p. 43.

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 36).
Case C-697/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 June 2022 — Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc. v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Optical disk drives — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area of 2 May 1992 — Single and continuous infringement — Definition — Collusive agreements relating to procurement events concerning optical disk drives for notebook and desktop computers organised by two computer manufacturers)
Date: 2022-06-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU competition policy, European Economic Area, cartel, control of restrictive practices, disc drive, equal treatment, principle of proportionality, right to justice, rights of the defence, sanction (EU)








C_2022294EN.01000202.xml










1.8.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 294/2






Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 June 2022 — Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc. v European Commission
(Case C-697/19 P) (1)

(Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Optical disk drives - Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area of 2 May 1992 - Single and continuous infringement - Definition - Collusive agreements relating to procurement events concerning optical disk drives for notebook and desktop computers organised by two computer manufacturers)
(2022/C 294/03)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellants: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc. (represented by: E. Kelly, N. Levy and R. Snelders, avocats)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: A. Dawes, M. Farley, F. van Schaik and L. Wildpanner, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 12 July 2019, Sony and Sony Electronics v Commission (T-762/15, not published, EU:T:2019:515);










2.


Annuls Article 1(f) of Commission Decision C(2015) 7135 final of 21 October 2015 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case AT.39639 — Optical disk drives) to the extent that it declares that Sony Corporation and Sony Electronics Inc. infringed Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area of 2 May 1992 by participating, from 23 August 2004 to 15 September 2006, in several separate infringements;










3.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










4.


Orders the European Commission to pay, in addition to its own costs relating to both the proceedings at first instance and those on appeal, all of the costs incurred by Sony Corporation and Sony Electronics Inc. in the present appeal and half of the costs that they incurred at first instance;










5.


Orders Sony Corporation and Sony Electronics Inc. to bear half of their own costs relating to the proceedings at first instance.






(1)  OJ C 383, 11.11.2019.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10653 – ESTAVAYER LAIT / GIVAUDAN / BÜHLER / JV) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 245/01
Date: 2022-06-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, food additive, food industry, food technology, merger control, milk product








C_2022245EN.01000101.xml










28.6.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 245/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10653 – ESTAVAYER LAIT / GIVAUDAN / BÜHLER / JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 245/01)
On 16 June 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 32022M10653. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10534 – TRATON / AKTIEBOLAGET VOLVO / DAIMLER TRUCK / JV)
Date: 2022-06-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: bus, commercial vehicle, construction equipment, economic concentration, electric vehicle, electricity storage device, energy grid, engine, merger control, motor vehicle industry, motorway








C_202300264EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/264


13.10.2023






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10534 – TRATON / AKTIEBOLAGET VOLVO / DAIMLER TRUCK / JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/264)

On 16 June 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 (https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search). 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 32022M10534. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/264/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)