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Case T-708/22: Action brought on 14 November 2022 — White Pearl v Commission
Date: 2022-11-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Madeira, Portugal, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, corporation tax, regional aid, reimbursement of aid, tax exemption, tax relief








C_2023035EN.01006701.xml










30.1.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 35/67






Action brought on 14 November 2022 — White Pearl v Commission
(Case T-708/22)
(2023/C 35/85)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties


Applicant: White Pearl, Unipessoal, Lda (Zona Franca da Madeira) (Funchal, Portugal) (represented by: S. Gemas Donário and S. Soares, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:






—


annul Commission Decision C(2020) 8550 final of 4 December 2020 on aid scheme SA.21259 (2018/C) (ex 2018/NN) implemented by Portugal for Zona Franca da Madeira (ZFM) — Regime III;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on five pleas in law that are, essentially, identical or similar to those relied on in Case T-553/22, Thorn Investments v Commission.
Case C-805/21, ZhU (Confiscation of an instrumentality of crime): Order of the President of the Eighth Chamber of the Court of 14 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad — Bulgaria) — Criminal proceedings against ZhU, RD
Date: 2022-11-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: confiscation of property, criminal proceedings, excise duty, motor vehicle, storage, tobacco industry








C_2023104EN.01002102.xml










20.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 104/21






Order of the President of the Eighth Chamber of the Court of 14 November 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad — Bulgaria) — Criminal proceedings against ZhU, RD
(Case C-805/21, (1) ZhU (Confiscation of an instrumentality of crime))
(2023/C 104/29)
Language of the case: Bulgarian
The President of the Eighth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C 138, 28.3.2022.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10859 – TRAFIGURA / ECOBAT RESOURCES STOLBERG) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 431/07
Date: 2022-11-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, by-product, commodities market, economic concentration, lead, merger control, metalwork, mineral resources, petroleum, precious metal








C_2022431EN.01002401.xml










14.11.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 431/24






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10859 – TRAFIGURA / ECOBAT RESOURCES STOLBERG)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 431/07)

1.   
On 3 November 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:






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Trafigura Group Pte Limited (‘Trafigura’, Singapore),










—


Ecobat Resources Stolberg GmbH (‘ERS’, Germany), currently controlled by Ecobat LLC (‘Ecobat’, Germany).




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


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






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Trafigura is an independent commodity trader, specialising in the oil, minerals and metals markets at global level,










—


ERS owns a lead smelting facility in Stolberg, Germany that produces lead metal, as well as other base and precious metals including doré silver and sulphuric acid, recovered as by-products of the lead smelting process.






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.



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.10859 – TRAFIGURA / ECOBAT RESOURCES STOLBERG
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’).
Case T-682/22: Action brought on 14 November 2022 — Meta Platforms Ireland v EDPB
Date: 2022-11-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: abuse of power, data protection, data-processing law, personal data, sanction (EU), virtual community








C_2023007EN.01004501.xml










9.1.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 7/45






Action brought on 14 November 2022 — Meta Platforms Ireland v EDPB
(Case T-682/22)
(2023/C 7/54)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd (Dublin, Ireland) (represented by: H.-G. Kamann, F. Louis, A. Vallery, lawyers, P. Nolan, B. Johnston, C. Monaghan, D. Breatnach, Solicitors, D. McGrath, A. Fitzpatrick, I. McGrath, SC, and E. Egan McGrath, Barrister-at-Law)

Defendant: European Data Protection Board

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






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Annul — in total or, in the alternative, in its relevant parts — the Binding Decision 2/2022 of the EDPB of 28 July 2022, which determined that Meta Ireland infringed certain requirements set out in Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR); and










—


order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

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






1.


First plea in law, alleging that the EDPB exceeded its competence under Article 65 GDPR.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that the EDPB infringed Article 6(1)(f) GDPR by interpreting and applying this provision incorrectly by failing to conduct a proper balancing test, disregarding the legitimate interests of the data subjects and failing to determine a legitimate interest.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging the EDPB infringed the right to good administration as enshrined in Article 41 of the Charter by disregarding Meta Ireland’s right to be heard and the EDPB’s obligations to conduct a comprehensive, fair and impartial assessment and to adequately state reasons.










4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging that that the EDPB violated Article 83 GDPR and various underlying principles governing the determination of fines under the GDPR.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2266 of 14 November 2022 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Samoborska češnjovka/Samoborska češnofka’ (PGI))
Date: 2022-11-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: County of Zagreb, Croatia, designation of origin, labelling, meat product, product designation








L_2022300EN.01000401.xml










21.11.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 300/4








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/2266
of 14 November 2022
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Samoborska češnjovka/Samoborska češnofka’ (PGI))


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


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

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Croatia’s application to register the name ‘Samoborska češnjovka/Samoborska češnofka’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Samoborska češnjovka/Samoborska češnofka’ (PGI) is hereby entered in the register.
The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 1.2 – Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.), as listed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 (3).


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




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 November 2022.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI
            

Member of the Commission






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

(2)  
            OJ C 278, 20.7.2022, p. 35.

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 36).
Case T-717/22: Action brought on 14 November 2022 — Newco v Commission
Date: 2022-11-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Madeira, Portugal, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, corporation tax, regional aid, reimbursement of aid, tax exemption, tax relief








C_2023035EN.01006902.xml










30.1.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 35/69






Action brought on 14 November 2022 — Newco v Commission
(Case T-717/22)
(2023/C 35/90)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties


Applicant: Newco Corporate Services, SA (Zona Franca da Madeira) (Funchal, Portugal) (represented by: A. Ferreira Correia and R. da Palma Borges, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:






—


annul the contested decision in respect of Articles 1 and 4;










—


order the defendant institution to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action brought against Commission Decision (EU) 2022/1414 of 4 December 2020 on aid scheme SA.21259 (2018/C) (ex 2018/NN) implemented by Portugal for Zona Franca da Madeira (ZFM) — Regime III (notified under document C(2020) 8550) (OJ 2022 L 217, p. 49), the applicant relies on four pleas in law that are, essentially, identical or similar to those relied on in Case T-702/22, TA v Commission.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2267 of 14 November 2022 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Meso istarskog goveda – boškarina/Meso istrskega goveda – boškarina’ (PDO))
Date: 2022-11-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: County of Istra, County of Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Croatia, Obalno-kraška, Slovenia, beef, designation of origin, fresh meat, frozen product, labelling, product designation








L_2022300EN.01000501.xml










21.11.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 300/5








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/2267
of 14 November 2022
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Meso istarskog goveda – boškarina/Meso istrskega goveda – boškarina’ (PDO))


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


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

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Croatia and Slovenia’s application to register the name ‘Meso istarskog goveda – boškarina/Meso istrskega goveda – boškarina’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Meso istarskog goveda – boškarina/Meso istrskega goveda – boškarina’ should therefore be entered in the register,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Meso istarskog goveda – boškarina/Meso istrskega goveda – boškarina’ (PDO) is hereby entered in the register.
The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 1.1 – Fresh meat (and offal), as listed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 (3).


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




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 November 2022.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI
            

Member of the Commission






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

(2)  
            OJ C 288, 29.7.2022, p. 46.

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 36).
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2264 of 14 November 2022 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [‘Piadina Romagnola/Piada Romagnola’ (PGI)]
Date: 2022-11-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Emilia-Romagna, Italy, bread, designation of origin, labelling, product designation








L_2022300EN.01000101.xml










21.11.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 300/1








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/2264
of 14 November 2022
         
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [‘Piadina Romagnola/Piada Romagnola’ (PGI)]


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


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

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission has examined Italy’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Piadina Romagnola/Piada Romagnola’, registered under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1174/2014 (2).












(2)


Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union (3) as required by Article 50(2)(a) of that Regulation.












(3)


As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the amendments to the specification should be approved,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name ‘Piadina Romagnola/Piada Romagnola’ (PGI) are hereby approved.


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




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 November 2022.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI
            

Member of the Commission






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

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1174/2014 of 24 October 2014 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Piadina Romagnola/Piada Romagnola (PGI)) (OJ L 316, 4.11.2014, p. 3).

(3)  
            OJ C 278, 20.7.2022, p. 27.
Case T-679/22: Action brought on 14 November 2022 — Shaman Spirits/EUIPO — Global Drinks Finland (LAPLANDIA Land of purity et al.)
Date: 2022-11-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, alcoholic beverage, non-alcoholic beverage, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2023015EN.01004502.xml










16.1.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 15/45






Action brought on 14 November 2022 — Shaman Spirits/EUIPO — Global Drinks Finland (LAPLANDIA Land of purity et al.)
(Case T-679/22)
(2023/C 15/59)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Oy Shaman Spirits Ltd (Tyrnävä, Finland) (represented by: R. Almaraz Palmero, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Global Drinks Finland Oy (Helsinki, Finland)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade marks at issue: European Union figurative marks LAPLANDIA Land of purity et al. — European Union trade marks No 6 491 914, No 7 087 281 and No 14 786 883

Procedure before EUIPO: Procedure for entering licences in the Register

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 September 2022 in Case R 909/2021-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO and the intervener to pay all the costs of the dispute before the General Court, including those relating to the procedure before the First Board of Appeal.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Articles 25, 26 and 27 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










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Infringement of Articles 19 and 20 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 103 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Case T-715/22: Action brought on 14 November 2022 — Piamark v Commission
Date: 2022-11-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Madeira, Portugal, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, corporation tax, ownership, principle of legal certainty, reimbursement of aid, tax exemption, tax relief








C_2023024EN.01006001.xml










23.1.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 24/60






Action brought on 14 November 2022 — Piamark v Commission
(Case T-715/22)
(2023/C 24/83)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties


Applicant: Piamark, Lda (Zona Franca da Madeira) (Funchal, Portugal) (represented by: P. Vidal Matos and F. Lança Martins, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that Court should






—


annul the contested decision in its entirety;










—


order the European Commission to pay all the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action against Commission Decision (EU) 2022/1414 of 4 December 2020 on aid scheme SA.21259 (2018/C) (ex 2018/NN) implemented by Portugal for Zona Franca da Madeira (ZFM) — Regime III, (notified under document C(2020) 8550) (JO 2022, L 217, p. 49), the applicant relies on five pleas in law.
First plea in law, alleging an error of law due to the incorrect identification of the reference system, ignoring the sovereignty of the Portuguese Republic to establish criteria for gaining access to Regime III of the Zona Franca da Madeira (Madeira Free-Trade Zone) and the criteria for verifying compliance with those requirements, in breach of Article 4(2) TEU and Articles 107(1) and 263 TFEU.
Second plea in law, alleging an error of law in the assessment relating to the fulfilment of the requirements for the correct implementation of Regime III of the Zona Franca da Madeira, in that the Portuguese Republic adopted, for that purpose, criteria in accordance with Article 107(1) TFEU.
Third plea in law, alleging an error of law consisting in an infringement of the duty to give reasons for the contested decision, due to a failure to demonstrate that Regime III of the Zona Franca da Madeira has the potential to affect trade between Member States and distort competition, in breach of Articles 107(1), 263 and 296, second paragraph, TFEU.
Fourth plea in law, alleging an error of law consisting in an infringement of the principles of legal certainty and security laid down in Article 16(1) of Council Regulation No 2015/1589 of 13 July 2015 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 TFEU.
Fifth plea in law, alleging an error of law consisting in the infringement of the right to private property laid down in Article 1 of the Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights.