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Case C-47/23: Action brought on 31 January 2023 — European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany
Date: 2023-01-31
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: biodiversity, biotope, grassland, infringement of EU law, national implementing measure, protected area, protection of animal life, protection of plant life








C_2023094EN.01003001.xml










13.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 94/30






Action brought on 31 January 2023 — European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany
(Case C-47/23)
(2023/C 94/33)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: C. Hermes and M. Noll-Ehlers, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Federal Republic of Germany

Form of order sought

The Commission claims that the Court should:






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find that the Federal Republic of Germany infringed its obligations under Article 6(2) and the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Directive 92/43/EEC (1) in relation to habitat types 6510 (Lowland hay meadows) and 6520 (Mountain hay meadows) protected by the Natura 2000 network in so far as it










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generally and structurally failed to take appropriate measures to avoid the deterioration of habitat types 6510 and 6520 in the designated sites, and it










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generally and structurally failed to send updated data to the Commission for habitat types 6510 and 6520 in the designated sites;










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order the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

By its action, the Commission claims that the Federal Republic of Germany has systematically infringed its obligation under Article 6(2) of Directive 92/43/EEC to protect Natura 2000 sites against deterioration of the natural habitats included therein, in particular in respect of two important habitat types of Community interest, namely Lowland hay meadows (LRT 6510) and Mountain hay meadows (LRT 6520).
That systematic infringement of the prohibition of deterioration follows, first, from data sent by Germany itself, showing that between 2006 and 2020 in more than a quarter of the Natura 2000 sites designated by Germany for the protection of those habitat types, approximately half the area of those habitats had been lost.
Secondly, the German authorities systematically failed to undertake regular surveillance of the conservation status of both habitat types inside the designated areas of conservation.
Thirdly, the German authorities systematically failed to regulate the main pressures for both habitat types, early mowing and overfertilisation, by means of legally binding protective measures.
In addition, Germany systematically infringed its obligation under the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Directive 92/43 to transmit regularly updated data for both habitat types.


(1)  Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ 1992 L 206, p. 7).
Case C-45/23, MS Amlin Insurance: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige Ondernemingsrechtbank Brussel (Belgium) lodged on 31 January 2023 — A, B, C, D v MS Amlin Insurance SE
Date: 2023-01-31
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: financial solvency, package travel, termination of a contract, traveller








C_2023155EN.01003101.xml










2.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 155/31






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige Ondernemingsrechtbank Brussel (Belgium) lodged on 31 January 2023 — A, B, C, D v MS Amlin Insurance SE
(Case C-45/23, MS Amlin Insurance)
(2023/C 155/40)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Nederlandstalige Ondernemingsrechtbank Brussel

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellants: A, B, C, D

Respondent: MS Amlin Insurance SE

Question referred

Should Article 17(1) of Directive 2015/2302 (1) of the European Parliament and the Council of 25 November 2015 on package travel and linked travel arrangements, amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 90/314/EEC, be interpreted as meaning that the security which it requires also applies to the refund of all sums already paid by travellers or on their behalf where the traveller terminates the package travel contract by reason of unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances within the meaning of Article 12(2) of that Directive and the organiser is declared insolvent after the termination of the package travel contract on that basis, but before those sums have actually been refunded to the traveller, as a result of which that traveller suffers a financial loss and consequently bears an economic risk in the event of the organiser’s liquidation?


(1)  OJ 2015 L 326, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10859 – TRAFIGURA / ECOBAT RESOURCES STOLBERG) (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 187/01
Date: 2023-01-31
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, by-product, economic concentration, lead, merger control, metalwork, mining product, petroleum, primary product








C_2023187EN.01000101.xml










30.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 187/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10859 – TRAFIGURA / ECOBAT RESOURCES STOLBERG)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 187/01)
On 31 January 2023, 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:






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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,










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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32023M10859. 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.10989 – BLACKSTONE / EMERSON (HVAC AND REFRIGERATION TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS)) (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 64/02
Date: 2023-01-31
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: United States, air conditioning, economic concentration, heating, investment company, merger control, provision of services








C_2023064EN.01000201.xml










21.2.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 64/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10989 – BLACKSTONE / EMERSON (HVAC AND REFRIGERATION TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS))
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 64/02)
On 31 January 2023, 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,










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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32023M10989. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-781/21: Order of the General Court of 31 January 2023 — EAA v Commission
Date: 2023-01-31
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: China, aluminium, anti-dumping duty, flat product, originating product, right to justice








C_2023104EN.01004403.xml










20.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 104/44






Order of the General Court of 31 January 2023 — EAA v Commission
(Case T-781/21) (1)

(2023/C 104/67)
Language of the case: English
The President of the Fourth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C 73, 14.2.2022.
Case C-50/23, B.E. and Play Game: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 31 January 2023 — B.E. Srl, Play Game Srl, Coral Srl v Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli
Date: 2023-01-31
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: game of chance, principle of proportionality, right of establishment, service concession, tendering








C_2023127EN.01002301.xml










11.4.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 127/23






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 31 January 2023 — B.E. Srl, Play Game Srl, Coral Srl v Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli
(Case C-50/23, B.E. and Play Game)
(2023/C 127/28)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellants: B.E. Srl, Play Game Srl, Coral Srl

Respondents: Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli

Questions referred







(1)


Does the aforementioned national legislation infringe the European freedom of establishment and the freedom to conduct a business in so far as: (i) it entails an increase in the fee irrespective of the size of the business; (ii) it imposes the acceptance of the extension and of the aforementioned fee increase, exacerbated by the prohibition on transferring the premises, as an unreasonable condition for participating in subsequent tenders which are also indefinitely postponed?










(2)


If the answer to the first question is in the affirmative, can that restriction be regarded as justified by the alleged existence of an overriding reason in the public interest, namely the need to align the timing of the launch of tender procedures?










(3)


If, nevertheless, an overriding reason in the public interest is deemed to exist, have the following also been infringed: (i) the principle of proportionality, because the restrictive measure is not appropriate, suitable and proportionate, in the strictest sense, to the formally indicated public objective; (ii) the principle of competition for the market, because the choice to extend the concessions and postpone the launch of the calls for tenders prevents operators in the sector from exercising the freedom to conduct a business, at least in terms of the business planning and scheduling that is required?
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 30 January 2023 2023/C 36/03
Date: 2023-01-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2023036EN.01004401.xml










31.1.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 36/44






Euro exchange rates (1)

30 January 2023
(2023/C 36/03)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0903 




JPY


Japanese yen


141,79 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4383 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87978 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,2620 




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0045 




ISK


Iceland króna


153,30 




NOK


Norwegian krone


10,7925 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


23,861 




HUF


Hungarian forint


390,53 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,7103 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9055 




TRY


Turkish lira


20,5063 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5390 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4532 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,5415 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6778 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4310 




KRW


South Korean won


1 338,87 




ZAR


South African rand


18,8890 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,3601 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 335,28 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6272 




PHP


Philippine peso


59,470 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


35,680 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,5654 




MXN


Mexican peso


20,4870 




INR


Indian rupee


88,8885 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-782/21: Order of the General Court of 31 January 2023 — EAA v Commission
Date: 2023-01-31
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: China, aluminium, anti-dumping duty, flat product, import (EU), originating product, right to justice








C_2023104EN.01004404.xml










20.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 104/44






Order of the General Court of 31 January 2023 — EAA v Commission
(Case T-782/21) (1)

(2023/C 104/68)
Language of the case: English
The President of the Fourth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C 73, 14.2.2022.
Notice for the attention of the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/193, and Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/192 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine 2023/C 36/02
Date: 2023-01-31
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Russia, Ukraine, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, natural person, territorial dispute, territorial law








C_2023036EN.01004301.xml










31.1.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 36/43






Notice for the attention of the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/193, and Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/192 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine
(2023/C 36/02)
The following information is brought to the attention of the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies that appear in the Annex to Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/193 (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 (3) as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/192 (4) concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
Article 9(2) of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 requires that those natural or legal persons, entities or bodies must report, before 1 September 2022 or within 6 weeks from the date of listing in Annex I, whichever is latest, funds or economic resources within the jurisdiction of a Member State belonging to, owned, held or controlled by them, to the competent authority of the Member State where those funds or economic resources are located. They must cooperate with the national competent authority in any verification of such information. Failure to comply with these obligations will be considered as circumvention of the measures on the freezing of funds and of economic resources.
The information to be reported must be sent to the competent authority of the relevant Member State, via its website as indicated in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 (5).
The obligation to report under Article 9(2) of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 does not apply until 1 January 2023 with regard to funds or economic resources located in a Member State which had laid down a similar reporting obligation under national law before 21 July 2022.


(1)  OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 16.

(2)  OJ LI 26, 30.1.2023, p. 4.

(3)  OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 6.

(4)  OJ LI 26, 30.1.2023, p. 1.

(5)  Last consolidated version available at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02014R0269-20220916&qid=1666170179071
Case C-46/23, Újpesti Polgármesteri Hivatal: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 31 January 2023 — Budapest Főváros IV. Kerület Újpest Önkormányzat Polgármesteri Hivatala v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság
Date: 2023-01-31
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: data protection, data-processing law, personal data, supervisory body








C_2023127EN.01002101.xml










11.4.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 127/21






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 31 January 2023 — Budapest Főváros IV. Kerület Újpest Önkormányzat Polgármesteri Hivatala v Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság
(Case C-46/23, Újpesti Polgármesteri Hivatal)
(2023/C 127/25)
Language of the case: Hungarian

Referring court

Fővárosi Törvényszék

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Budapest Főváros IV. Kerület Újpest Önkormányzat Polgármesteri Hivatala

Defendant: Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság

Questions referred







1.


Must Article 58(2), in particular subparagraphs (c), (d) and (g), of the General Data Protection Regulation (1) (‘GDPR’) be interpreted as meaning that the national supervisory authority, in exercise of its corrective powers, may order the data controller or processor to erase unlawfully processed personal data even in the absence of an express request by the data subject under Article 17(1) of the GDPR?










2.


In the event that the answer to the first question is that the supervisory authority may order the data controller or processor to erase unlawfully processed personal data even in the absence of a request by the data subject, is that so irrespective of whether or not the personal data were obtained from the data subject?






(1)  Regulation (EU) 2016/679 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 (OJ 2016 L 119, p. 1).