do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10888 – INEOS / SINOPEC / INEOS STYROLUTION ADVANCED MATERIALS) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 438/02
Date: 2022-10-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: China, chemical industry, economic concentration, merger control, oil industry, petrochemicals








C_2022438EN.01000201.xml










18.11.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 438/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10888 – INEOS / SINOPEC / INEOS STYROLUTION ADVANCED MATERIALS)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 438/02)
On 25 October 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 32022M10888. 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.10792 – PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL / SWEDISH MATCH) (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 246/01
Date: 2022-10-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Norway, Sweden, distributor, economic concentration, merger control, subsidiary, tobacco, tobacco industry








C_2023246EN.01000101.xml










13.7.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 246/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10792 – PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL / SWEDISH MATCH)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 246/01)
On 25 October 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) in conjunction with Article 6(2) 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 32022M10792. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 24 October 2022 2022/C 409/09
Date: 2022-10-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2022409EN.01001301.xml










25.10.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 409/13






Euro exchange rates (1)

24 October 2022
(2022/C 409/09)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


0,9851 




JPY


Japanese yen


146,76 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4385 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87070 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,0795 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9856 




ISK


Iceland króna


142,50 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,3920 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,482 




HUF


Hungarian forint


411,88 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,7908 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9128 




TRY


Turkish lira


18,3298 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5631 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3502 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


7,7329 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7343 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4008 




KRW


South Korean won


1 418,40 




ZAR


South African rand


18,0625 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,1544 




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5337 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 362,63 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6674 




PHP


Philippine peso


58,021 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


37,600 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,1461 




MXN


Mexican peso


19,6514 




INR


Indian rupee


81,5451 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10928 – ICI / BENVIC) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 409/11
Date: 2022-10-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, economic concentration, merger control, pharmaceutical industry, plastics industry








C_2022409EN.01001501.xml










25.10.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 409/15






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10928 – ICI / BENVIC)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 409/11)

1.   
On 13 October 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:






—


International Chemical Investors 4 SE (‘ICI’, Luxembourg),










—


Benvic Group SAS (‘Benvic’, France).




ICI will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Benvic.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


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






—


ICI is an industrial group, focusing on mid-sized chemical and pharmaceutical businesses and through Vynova Holding S.A. is active in the production of commodity suspension PVC (‘S-PVC’) resins,










—


BENVIC is a producer of PVC compounds.






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.10928 – ICI / BENVIC
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 T-655/22: Action brought on 25 October 2022 — Torre Oria v EUIPO — Giramondi and Antonelli (WINE TALES RACCONTI DI VINO)
Date: 2022-10-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, advertising, business administration, business management, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2022472EN.01004701.xml










12.12.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 472/47






Action brought on 25 October 2022 — Torre Oria v EUIPO — Giramondi and Antonelli (WINE TALES RACCONTI DI VINO)
(Case T-655/22)
(2022/C 472/54)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Torre Oria, SL (Derramador-Requena, Spain) (represented by: Á. González López-Menchero and V. Valero Piña, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Simone Giramondi (Milan, Italy), Damiano Antonelli (Vignate, Italy)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark WINE TALES RACCONTI DI VINO — Application for registration No 18 194 623

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 August 2022 in Case R 822/2022-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


partially revoke the contested decision;










—


reject the contested EUTM application No. 18 194 623 for the designated services in class 35: ‘Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions’;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Case T-654/22: Action brought on 25 October 2022 — M&T 1997 v EUIPO — VDS Czmyr Kowalik (Door and window handles)
Date: 2022-10-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, furniture industry








C_2022472EN.01004601.xml










12.12.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 472/46






Action brought on 25 October 2022 — M&T 1997 v EUIPO — VDS Czmyr Kowalik (Door and window handles)
(Case T-654/22)
(2022/C 472/53)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: M&T 1997, a.s. (Dobruška, Czech Republic) (represented by: T. Dobřichovský, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: VDS Czmyr Kowalik sp.k. (Świętochłowice, Poland)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the design at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Design at issue: European Union design No 2 138 008-0031

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 August 2022 in Case R 29/2022-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


modify the contested decision so that the appeal brought by the applicant is upheld, the application for invalidity is dismissed and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal is ordered to pay the costs incurred by the applicant in the proceedings before the Board of Appeal and the Invalidity Division;










—


order the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the costs incurred by the applicant.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 25(1)b of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002, read in conjunction with Article 6 thereof;










—


Infringement of Article 64(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002, read in conjunction with Article 65(1) thereof.
Notice for the attention of persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 and in Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses 2022/C 409/08
Date: 2022-10-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, human rights, international sanctions, legal person, natural person








C_2022409EN.01001201.xml










25.10.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 409/12






Notice for the attention of persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 and in Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses
(2022/C 409/08)
The following information is brought to the attention of Alexander (Alexandr) Petrovich KALASHNIKOV (No 1), WANG Junzheng (No 6), JONG Kyong-thaek (a.k.a. CHO’NG Kyo’ng-t’aek) (No 9) , RI Yong Gil (a.k.a. RI Yong Gi, RI Yo’ng-kil, YI Yo’ng-kil) (No 10), Abderrahim AL-KANI (a.k.a. Abdul-Rahim AL-KANI, Abd-al-Rahim AL-KANI, Abdel Rahim KHALIFA Abdel Rahim AL-SHAQAQI) (No 12), Kaniyat Militia (f.k.a. 7th Brigade, Tarhuna 7th Brigade, Tarhuna Brigade) (a.k.a. 9th Brigade, Al-Kani Militia, Al-Kaniyat, Kani Brigade, Kaniat, Kaniyat, Kanyat) (No 3), Wagner Group a.k.a. Vagner Group, PMC Wagner, Liga, League, (No 5), persons and entities that appear in the Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 (1) and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 (2) concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses.
The Council intends to maintain the restrictive measures against the above-mentioned persons and entities with amended statements of reasons. Those persons and entities are hereby informed that they may submit a request to the Council to obtain the intended statements of reasons for their designation, before 1 November 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.


(1)  OJ L 410 I , 7.12.2020, p. 13.

(2)  OJ L 410 I , 7.12.2020, p. 1.
Case T-603/21: Order of the General Court of 25 October 2022 — WO v European Public Prosecutor’s Office (Civil service — Appointment of the European Delegated Prosecutors of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office — Candidates nominated by [confidential] — Refusal by the College of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to appoint the applicant — No dispute between the Union and one of its servants within the limits and under the conditions laid down in the Staff Regulations and the CEOS — Article 270 TFEU — Manifest lack of jurisdiction)
Date: 2022-10-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European civil service, appointment of members, public prosecutor's department








C_2023015EN.01004102.xml










16.1.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 15/41






Order of the General Court of 25 October 2022 — WO v European Public Prosecutor’s Office
(Case T-603/21) (1)

(Civil service - Appointment of the European Delegated Prosecutors of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office - Candidates nominated by [confidential] - Refusal by the College of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to appoint the applicant - No dispute between the Union and one of its servants within the limits and under the conditions laid down in the Staff Regulations and the CEOS - Article 270 TFEU - Manifest lack of jurisdiction)
(2023/C 15/54)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: WO (represented by V. Vitkovskis, lawyer)

Defendant: European Public Prosecutor’s Office (represented by L. De Matteis and J. Castillo García, acting as Agents)

Re:

By his action based on Article 270 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of Decision No 28/2021 of the College of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office of 21 April 2021 rejecting a candidate for the position of European Delegated Prosecutor of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in [confidential].

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


WO shall pay the costs, including those relating to the interim proceedings.






(1)  OJ C 513, 20.12.2021.
Case C-671/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 25 October 2022 — T GmbH v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Spittal an der Drau
Date: 2022-10-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: environmental impact, fishery resources, freshwater ecosystem, lake, water policy








C_2023063EN.01001901.xml










20.2.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 63/19






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 25 October 2022 — T GmbH v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Spittal an der Drau
(Case C-671/22)
(2023/C 63/24)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant on a point of law: T GmbH

Respondent authority: Bezirkshauptmannschaft Spittal an der Drau

Questions referred







1.


Is point 1.2.2 of Annex V (Definitions for high, good and moderate ecological status in lakes) to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (1) to be interpreted as meaning that ‘disturbed conditions’ in the ‘biological quality elements’ table, ‘fish fauna’ row, ‘high status’ column refer exclusively to anthropogenic impacts on physico-chemical and hydromorphological quality elements?
If Question 1 is answered in the negative:










2.


Is the aforementioned provision to be interpreted as meaning that if a biological quality element ‘fish fauna’ deviates from ‘high status’ as a result of disturbed conditions other than anthropogenic impacts on physico-chemical and hydromorphological quality elements, the biological quality element ‘fish fauna’ also cannot be classified as having ‘good status’ or ‘moderate status’?






(1)  OJ 2000 L 327, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10914 – GENSTAR CAPITAL / GTCR / JSSI) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 420/01
Date: 2022-10-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: aeronautical industry, aircraft, consultancy, economic concentration, investment, investment company, maintenance, merger control, provision of services, software








C_2022420EN.01000101.xml










3.11.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 420/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10914 – GENSTAR CAPITAL / GTCR / JSSI)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 420/01)
On 25 October 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 32022M10914. 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.10886 – INEOS / SINOPEC / SHANGHAI SECCO PETROCHEMICAL) (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 222/03
Date: 2022-10-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, hydrocarbon, merger control, oil industry, petrochemicals, special chemicals








C_2023222EN.01002901.xml










26.6.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 222/29






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10886 – INEOS / SINOPEC / SHANGHAI SECCO PETROCHEMICAL)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 222/03)
On 25 October 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 32022M10886. 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.10893 – QUATTROR / IMTC / MTD) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 438/01
Date: 2022-10-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Switzerland, economic concentration, investment company, medical device, merger control, subsidiary








C_2022438EN.01000101.xml










18.11.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 438/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10893 – QUATTROR / IMTC / MTD)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 438/01)
On 25 October 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 32022M10893. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by the Fürstliches Obergericht dated 25 October 2022 in the case of Alexander Amann (Case E-14/22) 2023/C 158/03
Date: 2022-10-25
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: European Economic Area, Liechtenstein, advertising, advertising malpractice, consumer protection, freedom to provide services, lawyer, professional society, service








C_2023158EN.01000801.xml










4.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 158/8






Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by the Fürstliches Obergericht dated 25 October 2022 in the case of Alexander Amann
(Case E-14/22)
(2023/C 158/03)
A request has been made to the EFTA Court, dated 25 October 2022, from the Fürstliches Obergericht (Princely Court of Appeal), which was received at the Court Registry on 16 November 2022, for an Advisory Opinion in the case of Alexander Amann on the following questions:






1.


Does Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market preclude a provision such as Paragraph 35(1)(c) of the Professional Guidelines of the Liechtenstein Chamber of Lawyers which prohibits lawyers from offering professional services to specific categories of potential clients and which is to be construed, in accordance with the interpretation adopted by the Liechtenstein Staatsgerichtshof (Constitutional Court), as ‘prohibiting proactive advertising by lawyers where they offer their services in certain situations to selected (groups of) people who have not themselves expressed an interest in those services’?










2.


Is Article 24(1) of Directive 2006/123/EC to be interpreted as meaning that a national provision may not, in general, prohibit lawyers from, on their own initiative, contacting by letter potential clients who were not previously their customers, after ascertaining their personal addresses, and from offering them their services, in particular by bringing an action for damages in a case of damage affecting them as best only as investors?