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State aid – Decision to raise no objections 2023/C 107/06
Date: 2023-03-23
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Norway, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, electrical energy, price increase, price of energy, retail trade, rural region








C_2023107EN.01006601.xml










23.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 107/66






State aid – Decision to raise no objections
(2023/C 107/06)
The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:






Date of adoption of the decision


24 November 2022




Case No


89541




Decision No


206/22/COL




EFTA State


Norway




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Temporary Crisis Framework – Grant scheme for small rural retailers




Legal basis


Parliamentary Decision authorising the measure and its budget, as set out in Innst. 34 S (2022-2023), and a regulation on its administration to be adopted by the Ministry of Local authorities and rural development




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Support small retail stores in rural areas in adapting to higher energy costs




Form of aid


Grant




Budget


NOK 150 million




Intensity


N.A.




Duration


Aid under the measure can be granted in support of electricity costs incurred in the period from 1 September 2022 to 1 December 2023. Aid will be granted no later than 31 December 2023




Economic sectors


Non-specialised stores with broad commodity selection with weight on food and beverages: NACE 47.111




Name and address of the granting authority







Distriktssenteret – Kompetansesenter for distriktsutvikling




Skolegata 22




7713 Steinkjer




NORWAY








The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:
http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/
Case C-653/21, Syndicat Uniclima: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 23 March 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Syndicat Uniclima v Minister for the Interior (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Internal market — Harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to machinery, electrical equipment and pressure equipment — Directive 2006/42/EC — Directive 2014/35/EU — Directive 2014/68/EU — ‘CE marking’ — Imposition, by national regulations, of requirements additional to the essential safety requirements laid down by those directives — Conditions — National safety regulations to counter the risks of fire and panic in establishments open to the public)
Date: 2023-03-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EC conformity marking, electrical equipment, fire protection, harmonisation of standards, inflammable product, machinery, market approval, pressure equipment, safety standard, technical standard








C_2023173EN.01000701.xml










15.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 173/7






Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 23 March 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Syndicat Uniclima v Minister for the Interior
(Case C-653/21, (1) Syndicat Uniclima)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Internal market - Harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to machinery, electrical equipment and pressure equipment - Directive 2006/42/EC - Directive 2014/35/EU - Directive 2014/68/EU - ‘CE marking’ - Imposition, by national regulations, of requirements additional to the essential safety requirements laid down by those directives - Conditions - National safety regulations to counter the risks of fire and panic in establishments open to the public)
(2023/C 173/08)
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Conseil d’État

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Syndicat Uniclima

Defendant: Minister for the Interior

Operative part of the judgment

Article 3(2) of Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pressure equipment, read in conjunction with point 31 of Article 2 and the first subparagraph of Article 5(1) of Directive 2014/68,
must be interpreted as precluding national legislation which, in order to protect the health and safety of persons against risks of fire in premises open to the public, imposes on pressure equipment and assemblies using flammable refrigerants, requirements which do not appear among the essential safety requirements laid down by that directive, for the purposes of the making available on the market or the putting into service of such equipment and assemblies, even though they bear the CE marking.


(1)  OJ C 37, 24.1.2022.
Case T-149/23: Action brought on 23 March 2023 — Kirov v EUIPO — Pasticceria Cristiani (CRISTIANI)
Date: 2023-03-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, catering industry, pulp and paper industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2023173EN.01003502.xml










15.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 173/35






Action brought on 23 March 2023 — Kirov v EUIPO — Pasticceria Cristiani (CRISTIANI)
(Case T-149/23)
(2023/C 173/46)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Georgi Kirov (Prague, Czech Republic) (represented by: J. Matzner, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Pasticceria Cristiani Sas di Sergio Cristiani & C. (Livorno, Italy)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark CRISTIANI — European Union trade mark No 13 498 381

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 January 2023 in Case R 835/2022-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision in its entirety;










—


order the defendant and the intervener to pay the costs.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 58 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Case T-158/23: Action brought on 23 March 2023 — Colombani v EEAS
Date: 2023-03-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: abuse of power, duties of civil servants, staff assessment, staff regulations (EU)








C_2023179EN.01006401.xml










22.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 179/64






Action brought on 23 March 2023 — Colombani v EEAS
(Case T-158/23)
(2023/C 179/89)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Jean Marc Colombani (Auderghem, Belgium) (represented by: N. de Montigny, lawyer)

Defendant: European External Action Service

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the applicant’s 2021 annual performance appraisal report of 13 July 2022;










—


in so far as necessary, in that it supplements the performance appraisal report, annul the decision of 20 December 2022 of the High Representative and Vice-President of the Commission rejecting the complaint R/394/2022 lodged by the applicant on 19 August 2022 against his 2021 performance appraisal report;










—


order the defendant to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

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






1.


First plea in law, alleging breach of the rules applicable to the appraisal procedure, infringement of Articles 11a, 12a and 24 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union, misuse of powers and infringement of the objectivity and the impartiality that must be attached to the appraisal procedures;










2.


Second plea in law, alleging manifest error of assessment and misuse of powers.
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 22 March 2023 2023/C 107/02
Date: 2023-03-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2023107EN.01004901.xml










23.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 107/49






Euro exchange rates (1)

22 March 2023
(2023/C 107/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0785 




JPY


Japanese yen


143,13 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4472 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87925 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,1535 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9960 




ISK


Iceland króna


149,90 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,3320 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


23,722 




HUF


Hungarian forint


388,55 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,6835 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9215 




TRY


Turkish lira


20,5354 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6132 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4782 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,4636 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7362 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4391 




KRW


South Korean won


1 406,43 




ZAR


South African rand


19,8529 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,4238 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 465,08 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8047 




PHP


Philippine peso


58,683 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


37,100 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,6683 




MXN


Mexican peso


20,0036 




INR


Indian rupee


89,0800 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-70/21: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 23 March 2023 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Environment — Directive 2008/50/EC — Ambient air quality — Article 13(1) — Annex XI — Systematic and persistent exceedance of the daily limit value for microparticles (PM10) in the conurbation of Thessaloniki (EL0004) — Article 23(1) — Annex XV — Exceedance period to be ‘as short as possible’ — Appropriate measures)
Date: 2023-03-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Central Macedonia, EU environmental policy, air quality, atmospheric pollutant, environmental monitoring, infringement of EU law, national implementing measure, pollution control








C_2023173EN.01000202.xml










15.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 173/2






Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 23 March 2023 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic
(Case C-70/21) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Environment - Directive 2008/50/EC - Ambient air quality - Article 13(1) - Annex XI - Systematic and persistent exceedance of the daily limit value for microparticles (PM10) in the conurbation of Thessaloniki (EL0004) - Article 23(1) - Annex XV - Exceedance period to be ‘as short as possible’ - Appropriate measures)
(2023/C 173/03)
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


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

Defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: E. Skandalou, acting as Agent)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that,






—


by failing to ensure that the daily limit value for PM10 was not exceeded systematically and persistently from 2005 to 2012 inclusive, in 2014 and again from 2017 to 2019 inclusive, in the EL0004 conurbation of Thessaloniki, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 13(1) of, in conjunction with Annex XI to, Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008, on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe,
and










—


by failing to adopt, from 11 June 2010, appropriate measures to ensure compliance with the limit values for PM10 concentrations in the EL0004 conurbation of Thessaloniki, the Hellenic Republic has failed to meet the obligations under Article 23(1) of Directive 2008/50/EC, read in conjunction with Annex XV to that directive, and in particular the obligation to ensure that air quality plans provide for appropriate measures to ensure that the duration of the exceedance of limit values is as short as possible.














2.


Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 128, 12.4.2021.
Case C-187/23, Albausy: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Lörrach (Germany) lodged on 23 March 2023 — in the probate proceedings P. M. J. T., testator
Date: 2023-03-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: challenge, inheritance, judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU, law of succession, mutual recognition principle, official document








C_2023235EN.01001101.xml










3.7.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 235/11






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Lörrach (Germany) lodged on 23 March 2023 — in the probate proceedings P. M. J. T., testator
(Case C-187/23, Albausy (1))
(2023/C 235/16)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Amtsgericht Lörrach

Parties to the main proceedings


Interested parties: E. V. G.-T., P. T., F. T., G. T.

Questions referred







(a)


Must point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 67(1) of the Succession Regulation (2) be interpreted as meaning that it also refers to challenges raised in the procedure for issuing the European Certificate of Succession itself, which the court is not permitted to examine, and that it does not refer only to challenges raised in other proceedings?










(b)


If the answer to Question (a) is in the affirmative: Must point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 67(1) of the Succession Regulation be interpreted as meaning that a European Certificate of Succession may not be issued even if challenges have been raised in the procedure for issuing the European Certificate of Succession, but they have already been examined in the proceedings for the issuance of a certificate of inheritance under German law?










(c)


If the answer to Question (a) is in the affirmative: Must point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 67(1) of the Succession Regulation be interpreted as covering any challenges, even if they have not been substantiated and no formal evidence is to be taken of that fact?










(d)


If the answer to Question (a) is in the negative: In what form must the court state the reasons that led it to reject the challenges and to issue the European Certificate of Succession?






(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.

(2)  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 (OJ 2012 L 201, p. 107).
Case C-188/23, Conti 11. Container Schiffahrt: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht München (Germany) lodged on 23 March 2023 — Land Niedersachsen v Conti 11. Container Schiffahrts-GmbH & Co. KG MS ‘MSC Flaminia’
Date: 2023-03-23
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: accidental pollution, dangerous substance, fire, hazardous waste, maritime shipping, pollution from ships, waste management








C_2023216EN.01002502.xml










19.6.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 216/25






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht München (Germany) lodged on 23 March 2023 — Land Niedersachsen v Conti 11. Container Schiffahrts-GmbH & Co. KG MS ‘MSC Flaminia’
(Case C-188/23, Conti 11. Container Schiffahrt)
(2023/C 216/34)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberlandesgericht München

Parties to the main proceedings


Defendant and appellant: Land Niedersachsen

Applicant and respondent: Conti 11. Container Schiffahrts-GmbH & Co. KG MS ‘MSC Flaminia’

Questions referred







1.


Is the exemption from the obligation to notify, set out in Article 1(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste, invalid, as being contrary to the provisions of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal of 22 March 1989, in so far as the exemption would also remove the obligation to notify hazardous waste that is attributable to damage incurred by a ship at sea and that is to be regarded as waste within the meaning of that exemption provision in accordance with the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 16 May 2019 in Case C-689/17? (2)











2.


In the event that Question (a) is answered in the negative, is the exemption provided for in Article 1(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006, to be interpreted, in the light of the requirements of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal of 22 March 1989, restrictively as meaning that residues in the form of scrap metal and fire-extinguishing water mixed with sludge and cargo residues such as those in the present case that are attributable to damage incurred at sea are not to be regarded as waste generated on board ships within the meaning of that provision?






(1)  Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste (OJ 2006 L 190, p. 1).

(2)  ECLI:EU:C:2019:420.
Case T-300/22: Order of the General Court of 23 March 2023 — Domaine Boyar International v EUIPO — Consorzio DOC Bolgheri e Bolgheri Sassicaia (BOLGARÉ) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark BOLGARÉ — Previous designation of origin ‘Bolgheri’ — Article 8(4a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(6) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 46(1)(d) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Article 103(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013)
Date: 2023-03-23
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, alcoholic beverage, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2023179EN.01004502.xml










22.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 179/45






Order of the General Court of 23 March 2023 — Domaine Boyar International v EUIPO — Consorzio DOC Bolgheri e Bolgheri Sassicaia (BOLGARÉ)
(Case T-300/22) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark BOLGARÉ - Previous designation of origin ‘Bolgheri’ - Article 8(4a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(6) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Article 46(1)(d) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Article 103(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013)
(2023/C 179/67)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Domaine Boyar International EAD (Sofia, Bulgaria) (represented by: F. Bojinova, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Consorzio per la tutela dei vini con denominazione di origine Bolgheri e Bolgheri Sassicaia (Consorzio DOC Bolgheri e Bolgheri Sassicaia) (Castagneto Carducci, Italy) (represented by: D. Caneva and N. Colombo, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 21 March 2022 (Case R 2564/2019-2).

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


Domaine Boyar International EAD shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by Consorzio per la tutela dei vini con denominazione di origine Bolgheri e Bolgheri Sassicaia (Consorzio DOC Bolgheri e Bolgheri Sassicaia).










3.


The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shall bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 276, 18.7.2022.
Corrigendum to Definitive Adoption (EU, Euratom) 2023/278 of the European Union’s annual budget for the financial year 2023 (Official Journal of the European Union L 58 of 23 February 2023)
Date: 2023-03-23
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: EU expenditure, adoption of the budget, budgetary resources, financial year, general budget (EU)








L_2023084EN.01002701.xml










23.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 84/27







Corrigendum to Definitive Adoption (EU, Euratom) 2023/278 of the European Union’s annual budget for the financial year 2023

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 58 of 23 February 2023
)


In Section X ‘European External Action Service’, ‘Expenditure’, Title 2 ‘Buildings, equipment and operating expenditure at headquarters’ is modified as follows:






(1)


on pages 2021 to 2024, in the ‘Heading’ column of the table, the term ‘Differentiated appropriations’ is replaced by ‘Non-differentiated appropriations’, with the exception of item 2 2 5 0 ‘Pilot project — Towards the creation of a European Diplomatic Academy’;










(2)


on page 2040, in item 2 2 5 0 ‘Pilot project — Towards the creation of a European Diplomatic Academy’:




for:


                  ‘
                  Figures (Non-differentiated appropriations)
                  ’,

read:


                  ‘
                  Figures (Differentiated appropriations)
                  ’.
State aid – Decision to raise no objections 2023/C 107/05
Date: 2023-03-23
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Norway, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, electrical energy, price increase, price of energy








C_2023107EN.01006501.xml










23.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 107/65






State aid – Decision to raise no objections
(2023/C 107/05)
The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:






Date of adoption of the decision


21 November 2022




Case No


89540




Decision No


205/22/COL




EFTA State


Norway




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Temporary Crisis Framework - Grant scheme due to an exceptionally severe increase in electricity prices




Legal basis


Parliamentary Decision authorising the measure and its budget, as set out in Innst. 34 S (2022–2023), and the regulation on its administration to be adopted by the Ministry of Climate and Environment




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Support businesses in adapting to higher energy costs and to stimulate them to invest in energy saving and energy production




Form of aid


Grants




Budget


NOK 2.8 billion




Intensity


Up to 50 %




Duration


1 October 2022 – 31 December 2022




Economic sectors


All sectors except for the petroleum extraction industry and undertakings performing activities falling under SN 2007 codes 35.1 and 35.3




Name and address of the granting authority







Enova SF




Postal address: Postboks 5700 Torgarden




N-7437 Trondheim




NORWAY








The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:
http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/.