do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 20 September 2022 2022/C 362/02
Date: 2022-09-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2022362EN.01000201.xml










21.9.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 362/2






Euro exchange rates (1)

20 September 2022
(2022/C 362/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


0,9986 




JPY


Japanese yen


143,34 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4368 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87395 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,8338 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9644 




ISK


Iceland króna


140,90 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,2730 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,556 




HUF


Hungarian forint


398,58 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,7208 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9340 




TRY


Turkish lira


18,2833 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4893 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3268 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


7,8382 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6908 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4074 




KRW


South Korean won


1 390,71 




ZAR


South African rand


17,7261 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,0030 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5198 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 997,82 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,5516 




PHP


Philippine peso


57,497 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


36,968 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,2139 




MXN


Mexican peso


19,9667 




INR


Indian rupee


79,6095 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-475/21: Judgment of the General Court of 21 September 2022 — France v Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Expenditure incurred by France — Voluntary coupled support — Eligibility conditions — Eligible sectors and production — Article 52(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013)
Date: 2022-09-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EAFRD, EAGF, agricultural expenditure, aid to agriculture, eligibility criteria, fodder-growing, leguminous vegetable, reimbursement of aid








C_2022418EN.01002802.xml










31.10.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 418/28






Judgment of the General Court of 21 September 2022 — France v Commission
(Case T-475/21) (1)

(EAGF and EAFRD - Expenditure excluded from financing - Expenditure incurred by France - Voluntary coupled support - Eligibility conditions - Eligible sectors and production - Article 52(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013)
(2022/C 418/37)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: French Republic (represented by: A.-L. Desjonquères, F. Alabrune, T. Stéhelin, G. Bain and J.-L. Carré, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Perrin and A. Sauka, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the French Republic seeks annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/988 of 16 June 2021 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2021 L 218, p. 9), in so far as it excluded from EAGF financing the sum of EUR 45 869 990,19, corresponding to expenditure incurred under a voluntary coupled support measure for the production of fodder legumes, relating to the claim year 2017.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the French Republic to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 391, 27.9.2021.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10864 – AGC GLASS EUROPE / INTERPANE) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 405/05
Date: 2022-09-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, glass industry, merger control








C_2022405EN.01006101.xml










21.10.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 405/61






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10864 – AGC GLASS EUROPE / INTERPANE)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 405/05)
On 21 September 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 32022M10864. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-700/21: Judgment of the General Court of 21 September 2022 — Voco v EUIPO (Shape of packaging) (EU trade mark — Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of packaging — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2022-09-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, dental medicine, medical device, packaging product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2022418EN.01003301.xml










31.10.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 418/33






Judgment of the General Court of 21 September 2022 — Voco v EUIPO (Shape of packaging)
(Case T-700/21) (1)

(EU trade mark - Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark - Shape of packaging - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(2022/C 418/44)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Voco GmbH (Cuxhaven, Germany) (represented by: C. Spintig and S. Pietzcker, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Nicolás Gómez and E. Markakis, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 23 August 2021 (Case R 117/2021-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Voco GmbH to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 2, 3.1.2022.
Case T-595/22: Action brought on 21 September 2022 — Ferreira de Macedo Silva v Frontex
Date: 2022-09-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: appointment of staff, dismissal, equal treatment, probationary period, rights of the defence, servant (EU), temporary employment, work contract








C_2023035EN.01006301.xml










30.1.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 35/63






Action brought on 21 September 2022 — Ferreira de Macedo Silva v Frontex
(Case T-595/22)
(2023/C 35/78)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Carlos Miguel Ferreira de Macedo Silva (Cercal do Alentejo, Portugal) (represented by: L. Cosme Nunes Rolo, lawyer)

Defendant: European Border and Coast Guard Agency

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the decision of 29 August 2022 of the Deputy Executive Director for Information Management and Processes of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), acting as Appointing Authority, to dismiss him before the end of probationary period as temporary staff of Standing Corps, Cat. 1;










—


order that Frontex, in case of impossible readmission in time in Batch 8, pay all costs related to the fulfilment of the five year contract, and legal expenses.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging infringement of the principle of the protection of legitimate expectations, and violation of the principle of equal treatment in employment (reference: Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000). (1)











2.


Second plea in law, alleging infringement of essential procedural requirements and also of the right to good administration and the right to be heard.






(1)  Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ 2000 L 303, p. 16).
Case T-281/22 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 21 September 2022 — Xpand Consortium and Others v Commission (Interim relief — Public supply contracts — Provision of Development, Implementation, Maintenance/Operations, Advice and Consultancy Services in Accounting/Finance and Financial IT Systems — Application for interim measures — Lack of urgency)
Date: 2022-09-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: accounting system, consultancy, financial accounting, maintenance, public procurement, services contract, tendering








C_2022463EN.01005301.xml










5.12.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 463/53






Order of the President of the General Court of 21 September 2022 — Xpand Consortium and Others v Commission
(Case T-281/22 R)
(Interim relief - Public supply contracts - Provision of Development, Implementation, Maintenance/Operations, Advice and Consultancy Services in Accounting/Finance and Financial IT Systems - Application for interim measures - Lack of urgency)
(2022/C 463/78)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Xpand Consortium (Brussels, Belgium), NTT Data Belgique (Brussels), Sopra Steria Benelux (Brussels), Fujitsu Technology Solutions (Brussels) (represented by: M. Troncoso Ferrer, L. Lence de Frutos and A. Rebollar Corrales, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. André and M. Ilkova, acting as Agents)

Re:

By their application based on Articles 278 and 279 TFEU, the applicants seek an order that the European Commission must refrain from launching a new procurement procedure with the same subject matter as that of the procedure for the award of a contract bearing the reference BUDG 19/PO/04, entitled ‘Provision of Development, Implementation, Maintenance/Operations, Advice and Consultancy Services in Accounting/Finance and Financial IT Systems’, until such time as the General Court has given a final ruling on their action for annulment, brought on 13 May 2022, against the Commission’s decision of 3 March 2022 to cancel that procurement procedure.

Operative part of the order







1.


The application for interim measures is dismissed.










2.


The costs are reserved.
Case T-95/21: Judgment of the General Court of 21 September 2022 — Portugal v Commission (Madeira Free Zone) (State aid — Madeira Free Zone — Aid scheme implemented by Portugal — Decision finding that the scheme does not comply with Decisions C(2007) 3037 final and C(2013) 4043 final, declaring it to be incompatible with the internal market, and ordering the recovery of aid paid under that scheme — Concept of State aid — Existing aid within the meaning of Article 1(b)(i) and (ii) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 — Recovery — Legitimate expectations — Legal certainty — Principle of sound administration — Absolute impossibility of implementation — Limitation — Article 17 of Regulation 2015/1589)
Date: 2022-09-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Madeira, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, corporation tax, limitation of legal proceedings, principle of legal certainty, reimbursement of aid, tax exemption, tax relief








C_2022418EN.01002202.xml










31.10.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 418/22






Judgment of the General Court of 21 September 2022 — Portugal v Commission (Madeira Free Zone)
(Case T-95/21) (1)

(State aid - Madeira Free Zone - Aid scheme implemented by Portugal - Decision finding that the scheme does not comply with Decisions C(2007) 3037 final and C(2013) 4043 final, declaring it to be incompatible with the internal market, and ordering the recovery of aid paid under that scheme - Concept of State aid - Existing aid within the meaning of Article 1(b)(i) and (ii) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 - Recovery - Legitimate expectations - Legal certainty - Principle of sound administration - Absolute impossibility of implementation - Limitation - Article 17 of Regulation 2015/1589)
(2022/C 418/28)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties


Applicant: Portuguese Republic (represented by: P. Barros da Costa, A. Soares de Freitas and L. Borrego, acting as Agents, and by M. Gorjão-Henriques and A. Saavedra, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: I. Barcew and G. Braga da Cruz, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the Portuguese Republic seeks the annulment of Articles 1, 4, 5 and 6 of Decision C(2020) 8550 final of the European Commission of 4 December 2020 on aid scheme SA.21259 (2018/C) (ex 2018/NN) implemented by Portugal in favour of the Madeira Free Zone (MFZ) — Regime III.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs, including those relating to the proceedings for interim relief.






(1)  OJ C 138, 19.4.2021.
Notice for the attention of certain persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Annex I to Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2074 and in Annex IV to Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2063 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela 2022/C 362/01
Date: 2022-09-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Venezuela, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








C_2022362EN.01000101.xml










21.9.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 362/1






Notice for the attention of certain persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Annex I to Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2074 and in Annex IV to Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2063 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela
(2022/C 362/01)
The following information is brought to the attention of Mr. Alexis Enrique ESCALONA MARRERO (No 22), Ms. Gladys DEL VALLE REQUENA (No 27), Mr. Juan José MENDOZA JOVER (No 30), Mr. Remigio CEBALLOS ICHASO (No 37), Mr. Omar José PRIETO FERNÁNDEZ (No 38), Ms. Lourdes Benicia SUÁREZ ANDERSON (No 42), Mr. René Alberto DEGRAVES ALMARZA (No 44), Mr. Arcadio DELGADO ROSALES (No 45), Ms. Carmen Auxiliadora ZULETA DE MERCHÁN (No 46), Ms. Indira Maira ALFONZO IZAGUIRRE (No 47), Ms. Tania D’AMELIO CARDIET (No 49), Mr. Jesús Emilio VÁSQUEZ QUINTERO (No 52), Mr. Manuel Eduardo PÉREZ URDANETA (No 54), persons appearing in Annex I to Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2074 (1) and in Annex IV to Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2063 (2) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela.
The Council intends to maintain the restrictive measures against the above-mentioned persons with new statements of reasons. Those persons are hereby informed that they may submit a request to the Council to obtain the intended statement of reasons for maintaining their designation, by 28 September 2022, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




RELEX.1




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu
The persons concerned may submit at any time a request to the Council, together with any supporting documentation, that the decision to include and maintain them on the list should be reconsidered, to the address provided above. Such requests will be considered when they are received. In this respect, the attention of the persons concerned is drawn to the regular review by the Council according to Article 13 of Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2074.


(1)  OJ L 295, 14.11.2017, p. 60.

(2)  OJ L 295, 14.11.2017, p. 21.
Case T-266/21: Judgment of the General Court of 21 September 2022 — Casanova v EIB (Civil service — EIB staff — Termination of the contract at the end of the trial period — Lack of competence of the author of the act — Liability — Material damage — Premature claim for damages — Non-material damage)
Date: 2022-09-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European civil service, damages, indemnification, probationary period, termination of employment








C_2022418EN.01002601.xml










31.10.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 418/26






Judgment of the General Court of 21 September 2022 — Casanova v EIB
(Case T-266/21) (1)

(Civil service - EIB staff - Termination of the contract at the end of the trial period - Lack of competence of the author of the act - Liability - Material damage - Premature claim for damages - Non-material damage)
(2022/C 418/33)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Philippe Casanova (Fort-de-France, France) (represented by: L. Levi, lawyer)

Defendant: European Investment Bank (represented by: G. Faedo and K. Carr, acting as Agents, and by B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)

Re:

By his action based on Article 270 TFEU and Article 50a of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the applicant seeks, first, annulment of the decision of the European Investment Bank (EIB) of 12 June 2020 to terminate his contract at the end of the trial period, as well as the decision of 8 February 2021 by which the EIB rejected his request for conciliation and his request for review, and, second, compensation for the material and non-material damage which he claims to have suffered as a result of those decisions.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the European Investment Bank (EIB) of 12 June 2020 to terminate Mr Philippe Casanova’s contract at the end of the trial period;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders the EIB to pay, in addition to its own costs, half of Mr Casanova’s costs;










4.


Orders Mr Casanova to bear half of his own costs.






(1)  OJ C 263, 5.7.2021.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10847 – NBH / NLMK DANSTEEL) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 362/05
Date: 2022-09-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, flat product, merger control, steel, subsidiary








C_2022362EN.01004001.xml










21.9.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 362/40






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10847 – NBH / NLMK DANSTEEL)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 362/05)

1.   
On 12 September 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:






—


NLMK Belgium Holdings SA (‘NBH’, Belgium), jointly controlled by Société Wallonne de Gestion et des Participations SA (‘Sogepa’, Belgium) and NLMK International B.V., which in turn is ultimately controlled by Novolipetsk Steel PJSC (‘NLMK’, Russia),










—


NLMK DanSteel A/S (‘NLMK DanSteel’, Denmark), ultimately controlled by NLMK.




NBH intends to acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of NLMK DanSteel.
The concentration is to be accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


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






—


NBH and its subsidiaries are active in production, sale and distribution of semi-finished and finished flat steel products, including hot-rolled steel plates (quarto plates) in Europe,










—


NLMK DanSteel and its subsidiary are active in the production of hot-rolled steel plates (quarto plates) and distribution of steel products in Europe.






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.10847 – NBH / NLMK DANSTEEL
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.
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 of 15 September 2022 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 282/2008 (Official Journal of the European Union L 243 of 20 September 2022)
Date: 2022-09-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer protection, food safety, foodstuff, foodstuffs legislation, packaging product, plastics, recycled product, waste recycling








L_2022244EN.01007001.xml










21.9.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 244/70







Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 of 15 September 2022 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 282/2008

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 243 of 20 September 2022
)


On page 32, Article 31, point 1:
for:






‘1.


Recycled plastic materials and articles obtained by means of a recycling process based on a suitable recycling technology for which this Regulation requires the individual authorisation of recycling processes and for which a valid application has been submitted to the competent authority in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 282/2008, or for which an application is submitted in accordance with Articles 17(1) or 22(1) of this Regulation at the latest may be placed on the market until the applicant withdraws its application, or until the Commission adopts a decision granting or refusing authorisation of the recycling process pursuant to Article 19(1).’,




read:






‘1.


Recycled plastic materials and articles obtained by means of a recycling process based on a suitable recycling technology for which this Regulation requires the individual authorisation of recycling processes and for which a valid application has been submitted to the competent authority in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 282/2008, or for which an application is submitted in accordance with Articles 17(1) or 22(1) of this Regulation at the latest on 10 July 2023 may be placed on the market until the applicant withdraws its application, or until the Commission adopts a decision granting or refusing authorisation of the recycling process pursuant to Article 19(1).’.