do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 29 June 2022 2022/C 248/05
Date: 2022-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2022248EN.01010401.xml










30.6.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 248/104






Euro exchange rates (1)

29 June 2022
(2022/C 248/05)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0517 




JPY


Japanese yen


143,53 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4392 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86461 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,6848 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0005 




ISK


Iceland króna


139,90 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,3065 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,739 




HUF


Hungarian forint


394,28 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,6869 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9419 




TRY


Turkish lira


17,4998 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5256 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3513 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,2532 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6871 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4607 




KRW


South Korean won


1 364,02 




ZAR


South African rand


16,9295 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,0382 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5285 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 612,61 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6272 




PHP


Philippine peso


57,773 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


36,925 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,5163 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,1375 




INR


Indian rupee


83,0370 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-146/21: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 June 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti — Romania) — Direcţia Generală Regională a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti — Administraţia Sector 1 a Finanţelor Publice v VB, Direcţia Generalā Regionalā a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti — Serviciul Soluţionare Contestaţii 1 (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Common system of value added tax (VAT) — Directive 2006/112/EC — Implementing Decisions 2010/583/EU and 2013/676/EU authorising Romania to derogate from Article 193 of that directive — Reverse charge mechanism — Supplies of wood products — National legislation imposing a condition of registration for VAT purposes for the application of that mechanism — Principle of fiscal neutrality)
Date: 2022-06-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Romania, VAT, basis of tax assessment, derogation from EU law, supply, tax collection, taxpayer, wood product








C_2022318EN.01001101.xml










22.8.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 318/11






Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 June 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti — Romania) — Direcţia Generală Regională a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti — Administraţia Sector 1 a Finanţelor Publice v VB, Direcţia Generalā Regionalā a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti — Serviciul Soluţionare Contestaţii 1
(Case C-146/21) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common system of value added tax (VAT) - Directive 2006/112/EC - Implementing Decisions 2010/583/EU and 2013/676/EU authorising Romania to derogate from Article 193 of that directive - Reverse charge mechanism - Supplies of wood products - National legislation imposing a condition of registration for VAT purposes for the application of that mechanism - Principle of fiscal neutrality)
(2022/C 318/14)
Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Curtea de Apel Bucureşti

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Direcţia Generală Regională a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti — Administraţia Sector 1 a Finanţelor Publice

Defendants: VB, Direcţia Generalā Regionalā a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti — Serviciul Soluţionare Contestaţii 1

Operative part of the judgment

Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax and the principle of fiscal neutrality do not preclude national legislation under which the reverse charge mechanism is not applicable to a taxable person who had neither applied for nor obtained on his or her own initiative, before carrying out the taxable transactions, his or her registration for the purposes of VAT.


(1)  OJ C 228, 14.6.2021.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10660 – MONTAGU / HG / WAYSTONE / KB ASSOCIATES) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 402/04
Date: 2022-06-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, provision of services








C_2022402EN.01000401.xml










19.10.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 402/4






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10660 – MONTAGU / HG / WAYSTONE / KB ASSOCIATES)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 402/04)
On 30 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 32022M10660. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-149/21 P: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 30 June 2022 — Fakro sp. z o.o. v European Commission, Republic of Poland (Appeal — Competition — Rejection of a complaint by the European Commission — Lack of Union interest)
Date: 2022-06-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Poland, building materials, competition policy, control of restrictive practices, dominant position, glass, reduced price, selling at a loss








C_2022318EN.01001201.xml










22.8.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 318/12






Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 30 June 2022 — Fakro sp. z o.o. v European Commission, Republic of Poland
(Case C-149/21 P) (1)

(Appeal - Competition - Rejection of a complaint by the European Commission - Lack of Union interest)
(2022/C 318/15)
Language of the case: Polish

Parties


Appellant: Fakro sp. z o.o. (represented by: Z. Kiedacz and A. Radkowiak-Macuda, radcowie prawni)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: M. Farley, I.V. Rogalski and J. Szczodrowski, acting as Agents), Republic of Poland (represented by: B. Majczyna, acting as Agent)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Fakro sp. z o.o. to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission;










3.


Orders the Republic of Poland to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 182, 10.5.2021.
Case C-433/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo (Portugal) lodged on 30 June 2022 — Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira v HPA — Construções, SA
Date: 2022-06-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT rate, building industry, improvement of housing, maintenance








C_2022380EN.01000301.xml










3.10.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 380/3






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo (Portugal) lodged on 30 June 2022 — Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira v HPA — Construções, SA
(Case C-433/22)
(2022/C 380/04)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Referring court

Supremo Tribunal Administrativo

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira

Respondent: HPA — Construções, SA

Question referred

Does paragraph 2 of Annex IV to the VAT Directive (1) preclude a provision of national law under which the reduced rate of VAT may be applied only to works contracts for the repair and renovation of buildings in private dwellings which are inhabited at the time when those works are carried out?


(1)  Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1).
Statement by the Commission on the exclusive competence in respect of Regulation (EU) 2022/1031 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Regulation (EU) 2022/1031 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 June 2022 on the access of third-country economic operators, goods and services to the Union’s public procurement and concession markets and procedures supporting negotiations on access of Union economic operators, goods and services to the public procurement and concession markets of third countries (International Procurement Instrument - IPI) (OJ L173, 30.6.2022, p. 1).) 2022/C 248/02
Date: 2022-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, competence of the institution, goods and services, market access, public procurement, restriction on competition, services contract, supplies contract, tendering, third country








C_2022248EN.01008601.xml










30.6.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 248/86






Statement by the Commission on the exclusive competence in respect of Regulation (EU) 2022/1031 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1)

(2022/C 248/02)
As confirmed in the Opinion 2/15 of the Court of Justice, the participation of third-country economic operators, goods and services in the Union’s procurement procedures falls within the scope of the common commercial policy for which, as explicitly stated in Article 3(1)(e) TFEU, the Union has exclusive competence. Therefore, Member States and their contracting authorities and contracting entities shall not adopt or maintain any legislative or other generally applicable measures governing access by third-country economic operators, goods and services beyond those applied in accordance with this Regulation and other Union legislation.


(1)  Regulation (EU) 2022/1031 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 June 2022 on the access of third-country economic operators, goods and services to the Union’s public procurement and concession markets and procedures supporting negotiations on access of Union economic operators, goods and services to the public procurement and concession markets of third countries (International Procurement Instrument - IPI) (OJ L173, 30.6.2022, p. 1).
Commission notice pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community Changes to public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 248/07
Date: 2022-06-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
Subjects: France, Ile-de-France, Limousin, air transport, inland transport, services of general interest, transport regulations








C_2022248EN.01010601.xml










30.6.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 248/106






Commission notice pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community
Changes to public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 248/07)






Member State


France




Route concerned


Limoges (Bellegarde) – Paris (Orly)




Original date of entry into force of the public service obligation


4 August 2004




Date of entry into force of the changes


4 March 2023




Address where the text and any relevant information and/or documentation relating to the public service obligation can be obtained


Order of 1 June 2022 amending the public service obligation imposed on air services between Limoges and Paris (Orly)
NOR: TREA2215686A
http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/initRechTexte.do
For further information please contact:





Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile




DTA/SDS1




50 rue Henry Farman




75720 Paris Cedex 15




FRANCE




Tel. +33 158094321
Case C-99/21 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 30 June 2022 — Danske Slagtermestre v European Commission, Kingdom of Denmark (Appeal — State aid — Article 107(1) TFEU — Contributions scheme for the collection of waste water — Complaint — Decision finding that there is no State aid — Action for annulment — Admissibility — Locus standi — Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU — Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures — Direct concern)
Date: 2022-06-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Denmark, State aid, admissibility, control of State aid, meat processing industry, professional association, wastewater, water treatment








C_2022318EN.01001001.xml










22.8.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 318/10






Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 30 June 2022 — Danske Slagtermestre v European Commission, Kingdom of Denmark
(Case C-99/21 P) (1)

(Appeal - State aid - Article 107(1) TFEU - Contributions scheme for the collection of waste water - Complaint - Decision finding that there is no State aid - Action for annulment - Admissibility - Locus standi - Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU - Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures - Direct concern)
(2022/C 318/12)
Language of the case: Danish

Parties


Appellant: Danske Slagtermestre (represented by: H. Sønderby Christensen, advokat)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: L. Grønfeldt and P. Němečková, acting as Agents), Kingdom of Denmark (represented by: J. Nymann-Lindegren, V. Pasternak Jørgensen, M. Søndahl Wolff and L. Teilgård, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the order of the General Court of the European Union of 1 December 2020, Danske Slagtermestre v Commission (T-486/18, not published, EU:T:2020:576);










2.


Declares the appeal at first instance admissible;










3.


Refers the case back to the General Court of the European Union for it to rule on the merits;










4.


Reserves the costs.






(1)  OJ C 182, 10.5.2021.
Case C-51/21: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 30 June 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tallinna Halduskohus — Estonia) — Aktsiaselts M.V.WOOL v Põllumajandus- ja Toiduamet (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Food law — Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 — Microbiological criteria for foodstuffs — Article 3(1) — Obligations of food business operators — Annex I — Point 1.2 of Chapter 1 — Limit values for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in fish products before and after being placed on the market — Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 — Article 14(8) — Official controls of the product at the stage at which it is placed on the market — Scope)
Date: 2022-06-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: fish product, food inspection, food safety, foodstuff, health control, market approval, microorganism








C_2022318EN.01000801.xml










22.8.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 318/8






Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 30 June 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tallinna Halduskohus — Estonia) — Aktsiaselts M.V.WOOL v Põllumajandus- ja Toiduamet
(Case C-51/21) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Food law - Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 - Microbiological criteria for foodstuffs - Article 3(1) - Obligations of food business operators - Annex I - Point 1.2 of Chapter 1 - Limit values for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in fish products before and after being placed on the market - Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 - Article 14(8) - Official controls of the product at the stage at which it is placed on the market - Scope)
(2022/C 318/09)
Language of the case: Estonian

Referring court

Tallinna Halduskohus

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Aktsiaselts M.V.WOOL

Defendant: Põllumajandus- ja Toiduamet

Operative part of the judgment

The combined provisions of Article 3(1) and point 1.2 of Chapter 1 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/229 of 7 February 2019, must be interpreted as meaning that, where the manufacturer is unable to demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the competent authority, that, throughout their shelf-life, foodstuffs will not exceed the limit of 100 colony-forming units/grams (g), as regards the presence of Listeria monocytogenes, the limit requiring the absence of detection of Listeria monocytogenes in 25 g of the food product concerned laid down in that point 1.2 of that Annex I, does not apply to foodstuffs which have been placed on the market throughout their shelf-life.


(1)  OJ C 128, 12.4.2021.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10778 – TA ASSOCIATES / CLEARLAKE / KOFAX) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 248/13
Date: 2022-06-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: automation, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, software








C_2022248EN.01015601.xml










30.6.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 248/156






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10778 – TA ASSOCIATES / CLEARLAKE / KOFAX)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 248/13)

1.   
On 23 June 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:






—


TA Associates Management L.P. (‘TA Associates’, U.S.A.),










—


Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (‘Clearlake’, U.S.A.),










—


Kofax Parent Limited (‘Kofax’ or ‘Target’, U.S.A.) ultimately controlled by Thoma Bravo, L.P. (U.S.A).




TA Associates and Clearlake will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Kofax.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned:






—


for TA Associates: private equity firm, active in business services, consumer, financial services, healthcare and technologies;










—


for Clearlake: private investment firm, active in software and technology-enabled services, energy and industrials, food and consumer products;










—


for Kofax: provider of intelligent automation software for digital workflow transformation to automate and improve business workflows by simplifying the handling of data and documents.






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 not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:
M.10778 – TA ASSOCIATES / CLEARLAKE / KOFAX
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-192/21: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 June 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla y León — Spain) — Clemente v Comunidad de Castilla y León (Dirección General de la Función Pública) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Directive 1999/70/EC — Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP — Clause 4(1) — Principle of non-discrimination — Failure to take into account the services provided by an interim civil servant who has become a career civil servant for the purpose of consolidating his or her personal grade — Assimilation of those services to those provided by a career civil servant — Concept of ‘objective grounds’ — Taking into account the period of service for the purpose of acquiring the status of career civil servant — Structure of the vertical progression of career civil servants under national legislation)
Date: 2022-06-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: civil servant, equal treatment, full-time employment, pay scale, promotion, temporary employment








C_2022318EN.01001301.xml










22.8.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 318/13






Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 June 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla y León — Spain) — Clemente v Comunidad de Castilla y León (Dirección General de la Función Pública)
(Case C-192/21) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Social policy - Directive 1999/70/EC - Framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP - Clause 4(1) - Principle of non-discrimination - Failure to take into account the services provided by an interim civil servant who has become a career civil servant for the purpose of consolidating his or her personal grade - Assimilation of those services to those provided by a career civil servant - Concept of ‘objective grounds’ - Taking into account the period of service for the purpose of acquiring the status of career civil servant - Structure of the vertical progression of career civil servants under national legislation)
(2022/C 318/17)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla y León

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Mr Clemente

Defendant: Comunidad de Castilla y León (Dirección General de la Función Pública)

Operative part of the judgment

Clause 4(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, precludes national legislation under which, for the purposes of consolidating a personal grade, account is not taken of services which a career civil servant provided as an interim civil servant before he or she acquired the status of career civil servant.


(1)  OJ C 263, 5.7.2021.