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Case T-143/23: Action brought on 15 March 2023 — VF v Council
Date: 2023-03-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, corporation tax, equal treatment, group of companies, international transport, maritime transport, multinational enterprise, principle of legal certainty, principle of proportionality, tax harmonisation








C_2023164EN.01004802.xml










8.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 164/48






Action brought on 15 March 2023 — VF v Council
(Case T-143/23)
(2023/C 164/64)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: VF (represented by: C. Docclo, lawyer)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






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annul the Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523 of 14 December 2022 on ensuring a global minimum level of taxation for multinational enterprise groups and large-scale domestic groups in the Union (1), in so far as










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Article 17 excludes from its scope income from a shipping activity covered by Member States’ tonnage tax regime authorized under State aid rules, other than ‘international shipping income’ and ‘qualified ancillary international shipping income’;










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Article 17 applies only if ‘the constituent entity demonstrates that the strategic or commercial management of all ships concerned is effectively carried on from within the jurisdiction where the constituent entity is located’;










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the Directive does not lay down transitional measures for taxpayers that made substantial investments relying on a national tonnage tax regime;










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order the Council of the European Union to pay the costs of this procedure.





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 Directive infringes the general principle of equal treatment of comparable enterprises.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that the Directive infringes the general principle of proportionality because its effects exceed what is necessary to achieve its purpose.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging that the application of the Directive rules to purely domestic situations infringes the principle of proportionality.










4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging the infringement of the principle of protection of legitimate expectations and legal certainty.










5.


Fifth plea alleging an infringement of Articles 115 and 107 TFEU.






(1)  OJ 2022, L 328, p. 1.
Case C-160/23, Oczka: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie (Poland) lodged on 15 March 2023 — Criminal proceedings against CG
Date: 2023-03-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: carrying out of sentence, criminal proceedings, enforcement of ruling, independence of the judiciary, judicial review, principle of legal certainty, principle of proportionality, right to justice








C_2023338EN.01000401.xml










25.9.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 338/4






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie (Poland) lodged on 15 March 2023 — Criminal proceedings against CG
(Case C-160/23, Oczka (1))
(2023/C 338/06)
Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie

Party to the main proceedings

CG

Questions referred







1.


Must the second subparagraph of Article 19(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and the general principles of European Union law: the principles of legal certainty, inviolability of final court judgments, proportionality, and procedural autonomy, be interpreted as precluding any national legislation which prevents a court, in proceedings for enforcement of a final criminal conviction, from examining whether [the] enforceable judgment was given by a court which satisfies the requirements relating to establishment by law and also independence and impartiality and, if it is established that those requirements have not been satisfied, in accordance with the previous case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, from drawing the necessary conclusions from that fact, inter alia disregarding the judgment thus given and discontinuing the enforcement proceedings?










2.


If the answer to Question 1 is in the affirmative, is the carrying out of such an examination contingent on the initiative being taken by the convicted person or other authorised body or, in the light of the principles of European Union law referred to above, is the court required, in proceedings for enforcement of a final conviction, to carry out such an examination of its own motion?






(1)  The name of the present case is a fictitious name. It does not correspond to the real name of any party to the proceedings.
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 14 March 2023 2023/C 96/04
Date: 2023-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2023096EN.01000401.xml










15.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 96/4






Euro exchange rates (1)

14 March 2023
(2023/C 96/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0737 




JPY


Japanese yen


144,09 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4447 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,88054 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,2880 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9784 




ISK


Iceland króna


151,10 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,3350 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


23,791 




HUF


Hungarian forint


391,50 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,6878 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9218 




TRY


Turkish lira


20,3732 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6052 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4689 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,4248 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7198 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4428 




KRW


South Korean won


1 402,36 




ZAR


South African rand


19,3931 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,3758 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 492,99 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8177 




PHP


Philippine peso


59,134 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


37,010 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,6136 




MXN


Mexican peso


20,0920 




INR


Indian rupee


88,4310 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-463/21, Global Starnet: Order of the President of the Court of 15 March 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Global Starnet Ltd v Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli, Presidenza del Consiglio dei ministri, interested parties: Sisal Entertainment SpA, Magic Games Sas di A. Malfatti, Magic Games Srl, Codacons
Date: 2023-03-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: automatic game, freedom to provide services, income, right of establishment, trade licence








C_2023261EN.01000402.xml










24.7.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/4






Order of the President of the Court of 15 March 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Global Starnet Ltd v Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli, Presidenza del Consiglio dei ministri, interested parties: Sisal Entertainment SpA, Magic Games Sas di A. Malfatti, Magic Games Srl, Codacons
(Case C-463/21, (1) Global Starnet)
(2023/C 261/09)
Language of the case: Italian
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 412, 11.10.2021.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10896 – ORANGE/MASMOVIL/JV) (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 96/07
Date: 2023-03-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Spain, economic concentration, holding company, joint venture, merger control, provision of services, telecommunications








C_2023096EN.01000901.xml










15.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 96/9






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10896 – ORANGE/MASMOVIL/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 96/07)

1.   
On 13 February 2023, 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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Orange Espagne S.A.U. (‘OSP’, Spain), controlled by Orange S.A. (‘Orange’, France),










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MASMOVIL Ibercom S.A.U. (‘MASMOVIL’, Spain), controlled by Lorca JVCo Limited (‘Lorca’, United Kingdom).




Orange and Lorca will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a newly founded JV combining OSP and MASMOVIL.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.


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






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Orange is a French global telecommunications operator present in the Spanish telecommunications market through its subsidiary OSP. OSP provides mobile and fixed telecommunication services to residential customers, business customers and wholesale customers in Spain.










—


LORCA is a holding company controlling MASMOVIL. MASMOVIL is a telecommunications operator established in Spain. MASMOVIL provides fixed and mobile telecommunications services mainly to residential customers in Spain.










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The newly founded JV will combine mobile and fixed telecommunication businesses of OSP and MASMOVIL.






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.10896 – ORANGE/MASMOVIL/JV
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email or by post. Please use the contact details below:
Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu
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-175/22: Judgment of the General Court of 15 March 2023 — Novartis v EUIPO — AstraZeneca (BREZTRI) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark BREZTRI — Earlier EU word marks ONBREZ, BREZILIZER and BREEZHALER — No likelihood of confusion — Lack of enhanced distinctiveness of the earlier marks — Article 60(1)(a) and Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 27(3)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2018/625)
Date: 2023-03-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, pharmaceutical product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2023164EN.01003902.xml










8.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 164/39






Judgment of the General Court of 15 March 2023 — Novartis v EUIPO — AstraZeneca (BREZTRI)
(Case T-175/22) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark BREZTRI - Earlier EU word marks ONBREZ, BREZILIZER and BREEZHALER - No likelihood of confusion - Lack of enhanced distinctiveness of the earlier marks - Article 60(1)(a) and Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Article 27(3)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2018/625)
(2023/C 164/54)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Novartis AG (Basle, Switzerland) (represented by: A. Nordemann-Schiffel, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: N. Lamsters and T. Frydendahl, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: AstraZeneca AB (Södertälje, Sweden) (represented by: C. Tenkhoff and T. Herzog, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 21 January 2022 (Case R 737/2021-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Novartis AG to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 207, 23.5.2022.
Case T-597/21: Judgment of the General Court of 15 March 2023 — Basaglia v Commission (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents concerning various projects in the context of the eTEN programmes and of the fifth and sixth framework programmes for research and technological development — Partial refusal to grant access — Unavailability of documents — Unilateral restriction of the scope of the request for access — Obligation to carry out a specific and individual examination — Unreasonable workload — Article 266 TFEU — Decision adopted to give effect to a judgment of the General Court — Measures necessary to give effect to a judgment delivered in an action for annulment)
Date: 2023-03-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Framework Programme for Research and Development, access to EU information, judgment of the Court (EU)








C_2023164EN.01003501.xml










8.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 164/35






Judgment of the General Court of 15 March 2023 — Basaglia v Commission
(Case T-597/21) (1)

(Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents concerning various projects in the context of the eTEN programmes and of the fifth and sixth framework programmes for research and technological development - Partial refusal to grant access - Unavailability of documents - Unilateral restriction of the scope of the request for access - Obligation to carry out a specific and individual examination - Unreasonable workload - Article 266 TFEU - Decision adopted to give effect to a judgment of the General Court - Measures necessary to give effect to a judgment delivered in an action for annulment)
(2023/C 164/47)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Giorgio Basaglia (Milan, Italy) (represented by: G. Balossi, lawyer)

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

Re:

By his action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks partial annulment of Commission Decision C(2021) 5741 final of 27 July 2021 concerning a confirmatory application for access to documents.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Mr Giorgio Basaglia to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 462, 15.11.2021.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11003 – DTC / IRCP / DIAMOND TRANSMISSION PARTNERS / OFTO BUSINESS) (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 128/02
Date: 2023-03-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, economic concentration, electrical energy, electricity supply, energy grid, holding company, investment company, merger control, offshore wind energy production, transmission network








C_2023128EN.01000201.xml










12.4.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 128/2






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11003 – DTC / IRCP / DIAMOND TRANSMISSION PARTNERS / OFTO BUSINESS)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 128/02)
On 15 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:






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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 32023M11003. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case T-89/22: Judgment of the General Court of 15 March 2023 — Homy Casa v EUIPO — Albatros International (Chairs) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a chair — Earlier design — Ground for invalidity — Disclosure of the earlier design — Disclosure via the Internet — Identification of the earlier design — Discretion of the Board of Appeal — Article 63(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
Date: 2023-03-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, furniture industry








C_2023164EN.01003601.xml










8.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 164/36






Judgment of the General Court of 15 March 2023 — Homy Casa v EUIPO — Albatros International (Chairs)
(Case T-89/22) (1)

(Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing a chair - Earlier design - Ground for invalidity - Disclosure of the earlier design - Disclosure via the Internet - Identification of the earlier design - Discretion of the Board of Appeal - Article 63(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
(2023/C 164/49)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Homy Casa Ltd (Guangzhou, China) (represented by: J. Vogtmeier, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Albatros International GmbH (Nerdlen, Germany) (represented by: A. Biesterfeld-Kuhn, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 30 November 2021 (Case R 837/2020-3).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 30 November 2021 (Case R 837/2020-3);










2.


Orders EUIPO to pay the costs, including the costs necessarily incurred by Homy Casa Ltd for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO;










3.


Orders Albatros International GmbH to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 148, 4.4.2022.
Case T-727/21: Judgment of the General Court of 15 March 2023 — TO v EUAA (Action for annulment and for damages — Civil service — Temporary staff — Recruitment — External vacancy notice [confidential] — Decision not to extend the validity of a reserve list — Time limit for complaints — Publication on the internet — No excusable error — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2023-03-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: assistant, competition (EU), damages, job vacancy, recruitment, temporary employment








C_2023164EN.01003502.xml










8.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 164/35






Judgment of the General Court of 15 March 2023 — TO v EUAA
(Case T-727/21) (1)

(Action for annulment and for damages - Civil service - Temporary staff - Recruitment - External vacancy notice [confidential] - Decision not to extend the validity of a reserve list - Time limit for complaints - Publication on the internet - No excusable error - Inadmissibility)
(2023/C 164/48)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: TO (represented by: É. Boigelot, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Agency for Asylum (represented by: P. Eyckmans and M. Stamatopoulou, acting as Agents, and T. Bontinck, A. Guillerme and T. Payan, lawyers)

Re:

By her action under Article 270 TFEU, the applicant seeks, first, annulment of Decision EASO/HR/2020/2331 of the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) of 18 December 2020 not to extend, by an additional year, the validity of the reserve list drawn up following selection procedure [confidential] on which her name appeared and, secondly, compensation for the damage allegedly suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders TO to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 11, 10.1.2022.
Case T-194/22: Judgment of the General Court of 15 March 2023 — Zelmotor v EUIPO — B&B Trends (zelmotor) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU figurative mark zelmotor — No genuine use of the mark — Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2023-03-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, electrical equipment, electronic commerce, engine, household electrical appliance, measuring equipment, registered trade mark, retail selling, trade-mark law, wholesale selling








C_2023164EN.01004002.xml










8.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 164/40






Judgment of the General Court of 15 March 2023 — Zelmotor v EUIPO — B&B Trends (zelmotor)
(Case T-194/22) (1)

(EU trade mark - Revocation proceedings - EU figurative mark zelmotor - No genuine use of the mark - Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(2023/C 164/56)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Zelmotor sp. z o.o. (Rzeszów, Poland) (represented by: M. Rumak, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: B&B Trends, SL (Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, Spain) (represented by: J. Mora Cortés, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the partial annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 February 2022 (Case R 927/2021-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Zelmotor sp. z o.o. to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by B&B Trends, SL;










3.


Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 222, 7.6.2022.