do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11007 – REGAL REXNORD / ALTRA) (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 101/04
Date: 2023-03-09
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: driving mechanism, economic concentration, electric machinery, engine, mechanical equipment, merger control








C_2023101EN.01004701.xml










17.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 101/47






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11007 – REGAL REXNORD / ALTRA)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 101/04)
On 9 March 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,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32023M11007. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-144/23, KUBERA: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije (Slovenia) lodged on 9 March 2023 — KUBERA, trgovanje s hrano in pijačo, d.o.o. v Republika Slovenija
Date: 2023-03-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: appeal, civil procedure, higher court, preliminary ruling procedure, right to justice








C_2023271EN.01001401.xml










31.7.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 271/14






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije (Slovenia) lodged on 9 March 2023 — KUBERA, trgovanje s hrano in pijačo, d.o.o. v Republika Slovenija
(Case C-144/23, KUBERA)
(2023/C 271/18)
Language of the case: Slovenian

Referring court

Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: KUBERA, trgovanje s hrano in pijačo, d.o.o.

Respondent: Republika Slovenija

Questions referred







1.


Does the third paragraph of Article 267 TFEU preclude a provision of the Zakon o pravdnem postopku (Code of Civil Procedure) under which, in proceedings relating to the grant of leave to bring an appeal on a point of law (revizija), the Vrhovno sodišče (Supreme Court, Slovenia) is not to consider the issue of whether, as a result of a party’s request that a reference for a preliminary ruling be made to the Court of Justice of the European Union, it is required to refer one or more questions to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling?




If Question 1 is answered in the affirmative:






2.


Must Article 47 of the Charter, regarding the obligation to state the reasons for judicial decisions, be interpreted as meaning that a procedural decision refusing a party’s application for leave to bring an appeal on a point of law (revizija) under the Code of Civil Procedure constitutes a ‘judicial decision’ which must state the reasons why the party’s request that a reference for a preliminary ruling be made to the Court of Justice of the European Union should not be granted in the case at hand?
Joined Cases C-715/21 P and C-716/21 P: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 9 March 2023 — Gerardo Galeote (C-715/21 P), Graham Watson (C-716/21 P) v European Parliament (Appeal — Law governing the institutions — Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament — Amendment of the additional voluntary pension scheme — Individual decision fixing additional voluntary pension rights — Plea of illegality — Competence of the Bureau of the Parliament — Rights acquired or in the process of being acquired — Proportionality — Equal treatment — Legal certainty)
Date: 2023-03-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Bureau of the EP, Member of the European Parliament, allowances and expenses, competence of the institution, equal treatment, principle of legal certainty, principle of proportionality, staff regulations (EU), supplementary pension








C_2023155EN.01002102.xml










2.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 155/21






Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 9 March 2023 — Gerardo Galeote (C-715/21 P), Graham Watson (C-716/21 P) v European Parliament
(Joined Cases C-715/21 P and C-716/21 P) (1)

(Appeal - Law governing the institutions - Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament - Amendment of the additional voluntary pension scheme - Individual decision fixing additional voluntary pension rights - Plea of illegality - Competence of the Bureau of the Parliament - Rights acquired or in the process of being acquired - Proportionality - Equal treatment - Legal certainty)
(2023/C 155/25)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellants: Gerardo Galeote (C-715/21 P), Graham Watson (C-716/21 P) (represented by: E. Arnaldos Orts, abogado, F. Doumont, avocat, J. Martínez Gimeno and D. Sarmiento Ramírez-Escudero, abogados)

Other party to the proceedings: European Parliament (represented by: M. Ecker, N. Görlitz and T. Lazian, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeals;










2.


Orders Mr Gerardo Galeote and Mr Graham Watson to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 37, 24.1.2022.
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 8 March 2023 2023/C 87/07
Date: 2023-03-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2023087EN.01001301.xml










9.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 87/13






Euro exchange rates (1)

8 March 2023
(2023/C 87/07)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0545 




JPY


Japanese yen


144,70 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4412 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,89074 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,2835 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9931 




ISK


Iceland króna


149,90 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,2205 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


23,585 




HUF


Hungarian forint


379,87 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,6753 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9113 




TRY


Turkish lira


19,9706 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5978 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4499 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,2777 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7242 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4269 




KRW


South Korean won


1 389,60 




ZAR


South African rand


19,5893 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,3315 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 290,52 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,7721 




PHP


Philippine peso


58,377 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


37,002 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,4510 




MXN


Mexican peso


19,0229 




INR


Indian rupee


86,4210 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-129/23: Action brought on 9 March 2023 — Meta Platforms Ireland v European Data Protection Board
Date: 2023-03-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: abuse of power, data protection, data-processing law, personal data, sanction (EU), social media








C_2023155EN.01007201.xml










2.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 155/72






Action brought on 9 March 2023 — Meta Platforms Ireland v European Data Protection Board
(Case T-129/23)
(2023/C 155/89)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd (Dublin, Ireland) (represented by: H. Kamann, F. Louis, M. Braun and A. Vallery, lawyers, P. Nolan, B. Johnston, C. Monaghan and D. Breatnach, Solicitors, D. McGrath, E. Egan McGrath and H. Godfrey, Barristers)

Defendant: European Data Protection Board (EDPB)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the EDPB’s Binding Decision 3/2022 on the dispute submitted by the Irish SA on Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its Facebook service (Art. 65 GDPR) adopted on 5 December 2022, in total or, in the alternative, in its relevant parts; 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 five 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)(b) GDPR by interpreting the concept of contractual necessity overly narrowly and applying this incorrect legal standard based on an incorrect interpretation of Meta Ireland’s Terms of Service.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging that the EDPB infringed the right to good administration as enshrined in Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU.










4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging that that the EDPB failed to act as an impartial body.










5.


Fifth plea in law, alleging that the EDPB violated Article 83 GDPR and various underlying principles governing the determination of fines under the GDPR.
Case C-143/23, Mercedes-Benz Bank and Volkswagen Bank: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Ravensburg (Germany) lodged on 9 March 2023 — TJ, KI, FA v Mercedes-Benz Bank AG, Volkswagen Bank GmbH
Date: 2023-03-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: claim, consumer, consumer credit, interest, purchase price, sale, termination of a contract, vehicle








C_2023235EN.01000802.xml










3.7.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 235/8






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Ravensburg (Germany) lodged on 9 March 2023 — TJ, KI, FA v Mercedes-Benz Bank AG, Volkswagen Bank GmbH
(Case C-143/23, Mercedes-Benz Bank and Volkswagen Bank)
(2023/C 235/12)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landgericht Ravensburg

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: TJ, KI, FA

Defendants: Mercedes-Benz Bank AG, Volkswagen Bank GmbH

Questions referred







1.


Is it compatible with EU law, in particular Article 14(1) of Directive 2008/48/EC, (1) if, in the case of withdrawal from a consumer credit agreement linked to a vehicle sales agreement concluded with a brick-and-mortar trader, the amount of compensation for the diminished value to be paid by the consumer to the creditor on return of the vehicle financed is calculated by deducting from the trader’s sales price at the time of purchase of the vehicle by the consumer the trader’s purchase price at the time of the return of the vehicle?










2.


Is the first sentence of Article 14(3)(b) of Directive 2008/48/EC fully harmonised, and therefore binding on the Member States, as regards consumer credit agreements which are linked to an agreement for the sale of a vehicle?
If question 2 is answered in the negative:










3.


Is it compatible with EU law, in particular Article 14(1) of Directive 2008/48/EC, if, following withdrawal from a consumer credit agreement linked to a vehicle sales agreement, the borrower is obliged to pay interest at the contractually agreed borrowing rate to the creditor (or to the seller) for the period between the payment of the loan to the seller of the vehicle being financed and the time when the vehicle is returned?






(1)  Directive 2008/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 on credit agreements for consumers and repealing Council Directive 87/102/EEC (OJ 2008 L 133, p. 66).
Case C-119/21 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 9 March 2023 — PlasticsEurope v European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), Federal Republic of Germany, French Republic, ClientEarth (Appeal — Establishment of a list of substances subject to authorisation — Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 — Annex XIV — List of substances identified for eventual inclusion in Annex XIV — Updating of the entry of the substance bisphenol A as ‘a substance of very high concern’)
Date: 2023-03-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: chemical product, dangerous substance, environmental protection, health risk, market approval, organic chemical








C_2023155EN.01000701.xml










2.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 155/7






Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 9 March 2023 — PlasticsEurope v European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), Federal Republic of Germany, French Republic, ClientEarth
(Case C-119/21 P) (1)

(Appeal - Establishment of a list of substances subject to authorisation - Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 - Annex XIV - List of substances identified for eventual inclusion in Annex XIV - Updating of the entry of the substance bisphenol A as ‘a substance of very high concern’)
(2023/C 155/09)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: PlasticsEurope (represented by: R. Cana and E. Mullier, avocates)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (represented by: W. Broere and A. Hautamäki, acting as Agents, and by S. Raes, advocaat), Federal Republic of Germany (represented initially by J. Möller and D. Klebs, acting as Agents, and subsequently by J. Möller, acting as Agent), French Republic (represented by: G. Bain and T. Stéhelin, acting as Agents), ClientEarth (represented by: P. Kirch, lawyer)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders PlasticsEurope AISBL to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and ClientEarth;










3.


Orders the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 163, 3.5.2021.
Case T-355/22: Order of the General Court of 9 March 2023 — Aitana v EUIPO
Date: 2023-03-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: contract terms, contractual liability, price increase, works contract








C_2023155EN.01007401.xml










2.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 155/74






Order of the General Court of 9 March 2023 — Aitana v EUIPO
(Case T-355/22) (1)

(2023/C 155/91)
Language of the case: Spanish
The President of the Ninth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 303, 8.8.2022.
Case C-354/21, Registrų centras: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 9 March 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas -Lithuania) — R.J.R. v Registrų centras VĮ (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — European Certificate of Succession — Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 — Article 1(2)(l) — Scope — Article 68 — Contents of the European Certificate of Succession — Article 69(5) — Effects of the European Certificate of Succession — Succession immovable property located in a Member State other than that of the succession — Registration of that immovable property in the land register of that Member State — Legal requirements for such registration under the law of that Member State — Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1329/2014 — Mandatory nature of Form V in Annex 5 to that implementing regulation)
Date: 2023-03-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: form, inheritance, judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU, land register, law of succession, official document, real property








C_2023155EN.01001001.xml










2.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 155/10






Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 9 March 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas -Lithuania) — R.J.R. v Registrų centras VĮ
(Case C-354/21, (1) Registrų centras)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Judicial cooperation in civil matters - European Certificate of Succession - Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 - Article 1(2)(l) - Scope - Article 68 - Contents of the European Certificate of Succession - Article 69(5) - Effects of the European Certificate of Succession - Succession immovable property located in a Member State other than that of the succession - Registration of that immovable property in the land register of that Member State - Legal requirements for such registration under the law of that Member State - Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1329/2014 - Mandatory nature of Form V in Annex 5 to that implementing regulation)
(2023/C 155/12)
Language of the case: Lithuanian

Referring court

Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: R.J.R.

Defendant: Registrų centras VĮ

Operative part of the judgment

Articles 1(2)(l), 68(l) and 69(5) of Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession
must be interpreted as meaning that they do not preclude legislation of a Member State which provides that an application for registration of immovable property in the land register of that Member State may be rejected where the only document submitted in support of that application is a European Certificate of Succession which does not identify that immovable property.


(1)  OJ C 349, 30.8.2021.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/582 of 9 March 2023 entering a name in the register of traditional specialities guaranteed (‘Суджук Търновски / Sudzhuk Tarnovski’ / ‘Търновски Суджук / Tarnovski Sudzhuk’ (TSG))
Date: 2023-03-09
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, designation of origin, labelling, meat product, product designation








L_2023077EN.01000101.xml










16.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 77/1








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/582
of 9 March 2023
         
entering a name in the register of traditional specialities guaranteed (‘Суджук Търновски / Sudzhuk Tarnovski’ / ‘Търновски Суджук / Tarnovski Sudzhuk’ (TSG))


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)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Bulgaria’s application to register the name ‘Суджук Търновски / Sudzhuk Tarnovski’ / ‘Търновски Суджук / Tarnovski Sudzhuk’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Суджук Търновски / Sudzhuk Tarnovski’ / ‘Търновски Суджук / Tarnovski Sudzhuk’ (TSG) is hereby entered in the register.
The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 1.2, 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, 9 March 2023.


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 458, 1.12.2022, p. 27.

(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).
Corrigendum to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/419 of 24 February 2023 implementing Article 8a of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine (Official Journal of the European Union L 61 of 27 February 2023)
Date: 2023-03-09
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Belarus, EU restrictive measure, Russia, Ukraine, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, natural person, territorial dispute, territorial law








L_2023071EN.01004201.xml










9.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 71/42







Corrigendum to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/419 of 24 February 2023 implementing Article 8a of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 61 of 27 February 2023
)


On page 22, in the Annex, in the introductory wording:
for:

                  ‘Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 is amended as follows:






(1)


in Table “A. Natural persons referred to in Article 2(1)”, entries 10, 17, 20, 22, 35, 39, 41, 42, 64, 65, 71, 73, 75, 78, 85, 87, 89, 90, 123, 125 and 179 are replaced by the following:’,




read:

                  ‘Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 is amended as follows:






(1)


in Table “A. Natural persons referred to in Article 2(1)”, entries 10, 17, 20, 22, 35, 39, 41, 42, 64, 65, 71, 73, 75, 78, 85, 87, 89, 90, 104, 123, 125, 129, 131, 179 and 195 are replaced by the following:’.