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Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 210/2022 of 8 July 2022 amending Annex VI (Social security) to the EEA Agreement [2023/627]
Date: 2022-07-08
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, Iceland, Liechtenstein, disabled person, elderly person, revision of an agreement, social security legislation, social-security benefit, social-security contribution, social-security harmonisation




L_2023085EN.01001801.xml










23.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 85/18








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 210/2022
of 8 July 2022
         
amending Annex VI (Social security) to the EEA Agreement [2023/627]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems (1) was incorporated into the EEA Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 76/2011 of 1 July 2011 (2).












(2)


Following a change in the national legislation of Iceland, a new entry for Iceland should be included in Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 883/2004.












(3)


The method of calculation and the terminology in the Norwegian National Insurance Act describing the guaranteed minimum benefits to persons who are born disabled or become disabled at an early age have been adjusted over time. In the interest of legal clarity, the entry for Norway should be updated to reflect the current national terminology.












(4)


Annex VI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Adaptation (k) of point 1 of Annex VI to the EEA Agreement (Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall be amended as follows:






1.


The following is inserted before “LIECHTENSTEIN”:

                              ‘ICELAND:






 


Additional social support for the elderly (Act No 74/2020 of 3 July 2020).’
                                 














2.


The text of letter (a) of the entry for Norway is replaced by the following:

                              ‘Guaranteed minimum benefits to persons who are born disabled or become disabled at an early age under the National Insurance Act (Chapters 12, 17, 18, 19 and 20).’
                           






Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on 9 July 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).


Article 3
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 8 July 2022.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON
            





(1)  
            OJ L 166, 30.4.2004, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 262, 6.10.2011, p. 33.

(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Case C-455/22: Action brought on 8 July 2022 — European Commission v Romania
Date: 2022-07-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU environmental policy, Hunedoara, energy policy, industrial pollution, infringement of EU law, national implementing measure, pollution control, power plant, waste incineration








C_2022318EN.01003301.xml










22.8.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 318/33






Action brought on 8 July 2022 — European Commission v Romania
(Case C-455/22)
(2022/C 318/45)
Language of the case: Romanian

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: M. Escobar Gómez, E.A. Stamate and C. Valero, Agents)

Defendant: Romania

Form of order sought

The Commission claims that the Court should:






—


declare that, until 3 October 2020, Romania failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 4(1) of Directive 2010/75/EU; (1)











—


order Romania to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

It is submitted that, from 2014 until 3 October 2020, S.C. CET Govora nr. 2, S.C. Electrocentrale Deva (Mintia) nr. 2 and S.C. Electrocentrale Deva (Mintia) nr. 3 were operated without a valid environmental permit according to the requirements laid down in Directive 2010/75. The Romanian authorities acknowledged that the three installations continued to be operated without a valid environmental permit until 3 October 2020, but argued that the installations were operated sporadically in order to ensure the safety of the national energy system.
Since Romania failed to take the measures necessary to ensure that S.C. CET Govora nr. 2, S.C. Electrocentrale Deva (Mintia) nr. 2 and S.C. Electrocentrale Deva (Mintia) nr. 3 were operated on the basis of a valid environmental permit, it infringed Article 4(1) of Directive 2010/75.
As regards the argument relating to the sporadic operation of the installations in order to ensure the safety of the national energy system, Directive 2010/75 does not contain such a possibility for a general exemption from the obligation to hold an environmental permit laid down in Article 4(1) of that directive. In addition, in accordance with the case-law of the Court, Member States are responsible for an infringement of obligations under EU law regardless of the State body in question responsible and they may not rely on provisions, practices or circumstances existing in the domestic legal order in order to justify the failure to comply with obligations provided for by [EU] directives. In that regard, Romania cannot rely on purely internal situations such as the operators’ insolvency or disputes relating to the suspension of the installations’ activities in order justify the failure to fulfil obligations under the directive.


(1)  Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (OJ 2010 L 334, p. 17).
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 221/2022 of 8 July 2022 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2023/638]
Date: 2022-07-08
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, air safety, civil aviation, harmonisation of standards, revision of an agreement, safety standard




L_2023085EN.01003801.xml










23.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 85/38








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 221/2022
of 8 July 2022
         
amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2023/638]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/463 of 22 March 2022 correcting the German language version of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998 laying down detailed measures for the implementation of the common basic standards on aviation security (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indent is added in point 66he (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement:






‘–



32022 R 0463: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/463 of 22 March 2022 (OJ L 94, 23.3.2022, p. 3).’






Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/463 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 9 July 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 8 July 2022.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON
            





(1)  
            OJ L 94, 23.3.2022, p. 3.

(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Notice concerning the entry into force of the Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and New Zealand, of the other part
Date: 2022-07-08
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: New Zealand, cooperation agreement (EU), cooperation policy








L_2022183EN.01000101.xml










8.7.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 183/1







Notice concerning the entry into force of the Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and New Zealand, of the other part

The Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and New Zealand, of the other part, signed at Brussels on 5 October 2016
          (1), will enter into force on 21 July 2022, the procedure provided for in Article 58(1) of the Agreement having been completed on 21 June 2022.


(1)  
            OJ L 321, 29.11.2016, p. 3 and OJ L 171, 28.6.2022, p. 1.
Case C-456/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Ravensburg (Germany) lodged on 8 July 2022 — VX and AT v Gemeinde Ummendorf
Date: 2022-07-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Internet, damage, data protection, data-processing law, disclosure of information, personal data








C_2022359EN.01004901.xml










19.9.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 359/49






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Ravensburg (Germany) lodged on 8 July 2022 — VX and AT v Gemeinde Ummendorf
(Case C-456/22)
(2022/C 359/57)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landgericht Ravensburg

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: VX, AT

Defendant: Gemeinde Ummendorf

Question referred

Is the concept of non-material damage in Article 82(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (1) to be interpreted as meaning that the assumption of non-material damage requires a noticeable disadvantage and an objectively comprehensible impairment of personal interests, or is the mere short-term loss of the data subject’s unfettered control over his or her data due to the publication of personal data on the internet for a period of a few days, which did not have any noticeable or adverse consequences for the data subject, sufficient for that purpose?


(1)  Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ 2016 L 119, p. 1).
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 227/2022 of 8 July 2022 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/644]
Date: 2022-07-08
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, approval, harmonisation of standards, international standard, maritime safety, maritime shipping, market approval, revision of an agreement, standard, vessel




L_2023085EN.01005101.xml










23.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 85/51








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 227/2022
of 8 July 2022
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/644]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1157 of 4 July 2022 laying down rules for the application of Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards design, construction and performance requirements and testing standards for marine equipment and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1158 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1157 repeals Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1158 (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The text of point 3 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1158) of Chapter XXXII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:






‘32022 R 1157:


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1157 of 4 July 2022 laying down rules for the application of Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards design, construction and performance requirements and testing standards for marine equipment and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1158 (OJ L 180, 6.7.2022, p. 1).’






Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1157 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 9 July 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 8 July 2022.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON
            





(1)  
            OJ L 180, 6.7.2022, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 254, 16.7.2021, p. 1.

(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Case C-459/22: Action brought on 8 July 2022 — European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands
Date: 2022-07-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: free movement of capital, free movement of workers, freedom to provide services, infringement of EU law, supplementary pension, tax on employment income, transfer of pension rights








C_2022359EN.01004902.xml










19.9.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 359/49






Action brought on 8 July 2022 — European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands
(Case C-459/22)
(2022/C 359/58)
Language of the case: Dutch

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: W. Roels, acting as Agent)

Defendant: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Form of order sought

The Commission claims that the Court should:






—


declare that, by approving and maintaining in force the requirements for pension capital transfer as set out in Articles 19a(1)(d) and 19b(1) and (2) of the Wet op de Loonbelasting 1964 (Law on wages tax); Article 40c of the Uitvoeringsregeling Invorderingswet (Decree implementing the Law on the collection of taxes); Article 10d(3) of the Uitvoeringsbesluit Loonbelasting 1965 (Decision implementing the Law on wages tax), as well as Annex IV to Decision DGB2012/7010M on international aspect of pensions, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has failed to fulfil the obligations incumbent on that Member State under Articles 45, 56 and 63 TFEU;










—


order the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The Commission is of the view that the Netherlands legislation on the requirements for transfer of pension capital transfers accrued in the so-called ‘second pillar’, the supplementary pension accrual via the employer, is incompatible with the free movement of workers, services and capital. Although those requirements are applicable to domestic and foreign transfers, they are more easily fulfilled by domestic pension providers than for foreign pension providers that wish to provide in their own Member State of establishment pension services to employees working there who have previously accrued pension capital in the Netherlands. In the event of failure to comply with the requirements set by the legislation, the pension capitals accrued in the Netherlands are included in the levy.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10787 – SONY / HONDA / JV) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 263/08
Date: 2022-07-08
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electric vehicle, electronic game, electronics, energy production, financial services, merger control, motor vehicle industry, software








C_2022263EN.01002201.xml










8.7.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 263/22






Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10787 – SONY / HONDA / JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 263/08)

1.   
On 1 July 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:






—


Sony Group Corporation (‘Sony’, Japan),










—


Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (‘Honda’, Japan),










—


A newly created company (‘JV’, Japan).




Sony and Honda will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the JV.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:






—


Sony is active globally in the businesses for electronics products, games (e.g., game consoles and software), entertainment services, and financial services,










—


Honda is active globally in four main areas: automobiles, motorcycles, financial services, and power products.










—


The JV is a greenfield joint venture that will design, develop, produce, market, and sell high value-added battery electric vehicles.






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.10787 – SONY / HONDA / JV
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.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 212/2022 of 8 July 2022 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/629]
Date: 2022-07-08
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, application of EU law, civil liability, compulsory insurance, insurance contract, motor vehicle, motor vehicle insurance, revision of an agreement, third country, third-party insurance




L_2023085EN.01002101.xml










23.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 85/21








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 212/2022
of 8 July 2022
         
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/629]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1145 of 30 June 2021 on the application of Directive 2009/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to checks on insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles normally based in Montenegro and the United Kingdom (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex IX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 8f (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1358) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:






‘8g.



32021 D 1145: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1145 of 30 June 2021 on the application of Directive 2009/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to checks on insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles normally based in Montenegro and the United Kingdom (OJ L 247, 13.7.2021, p. 100).’






Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1145 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 9 July 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 8 July 2022.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON
            





(1)  
            OJ L 247, 13.7.2021, p. 100.

(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10737 – HP / POLY) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 360/02
Date: 2022-07-08
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, information technology industry, merger control








C_2022360EN.01000201.xml










20.9.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 360/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10737 – HP / POLY)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 360/02)
On 8 July 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 32022M10737. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.