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Case T-11/23: Action brought on 24 April 2023 — XH v Commission
Date: 2023-04-24
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, damages, promotion, protection of privacy, right to justice, staff assessment, staff regulations (EU)








C_2023223EN.01002902.xml










26.6.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 223/29






Action brought on 24 April 2023 — XH v Commission
(Case T-11/23)
(2023/C 223/41)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: XH (represented by: K. Górny, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul decision No R/404/22 that upheld the note of 31 May 2022 on implementation of the judgment T-511/18 (1) concerning non-inclusion of the applicant’s name in the list of the promoted officials in 2017 as defined by the note of 13 November 2017 (IA no 25-2017);










—


compensate the loss and damages of the applicant (EUR 25 000 for non-material loss and EUR 50 000 for material damage);










—


order the defendant to pay all the costs and expenses under Article 268 TFEU.





Pleas in law and main arguments

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






1.


First plea in law, alleging error of law and the irregularity of the contested promotion procedure 2021: the violation of Decision C(2013) 8968 laying down general provisions implementing Article 45 of the Staff Regulations; the violation of Article 45(1) of the Staff Regulations in the light of Articles 7, 41 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and the absence of actual comparison of the merits.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging the manifest error of assessment in applying the promotion criteria provided for in Article 45 of the Staff Regulations, in the light of Articles 7, 41 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.










3.


Third plea in law, while alleging these reasons, the applicant asks for compensation for material and non-material loss which the applicant claims to have suffered following/as a result of the above-mentioned decisions, which resulted in delayed rectification of the applicant’s personal file taken into account in the promotion exercise; existence of irregular elements in the applicant’s promotion file and manifest errors of assessment during the promotion exercises resulted in an absence of consideration of comparative merits of the candidate and non-implementation of the Court judgment due to failure to repeat in its entirety the promotion exercise 2017, in a regular procedure, with a negative impact on the promotion exercise 2021.






(1)  Judgment of 25 June 2020, XH v European Commission (Case T-511/18; EU:T:2020:291).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10738 – LEAR / IG BAUERHIN) (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 255/01
Date: 2023-04-24
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, motor vehicle industry, supplier, vehicle parts








C_2023255EN.01000101.xml










20.7.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 255/1






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.10738 – LEAR / IG BAUERHIN)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 255/01)
On 24 April 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 (https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search). 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 32023M10738. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 21 April 2023 2023/C 141/02
Date: 2023-04-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2023141EN.01000201.xml










24.4.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 141/2






Euro exchange rates (1)

21 April 2023
(2023/C 141/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0978 




JPY


Japanese yen


146,92 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4527 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,88570 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,3315 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9795 




ISK


Iceland króna


150,10 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,6505 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


23,565 




HUF


Hungarian forint


377,23 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,6108 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9410 




TRY


Turkish lira


21,2999 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6394 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4859 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,6157 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7913 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4651 




KRW


South Korean won


1 458,64 




ZAR


South African rand


19,8967 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,5619 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 423,09 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8715 




PHP


Philippine peso


61,401 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


37,731 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,5432 




MXN


Mexican peso


19,7623 




INR


Indian rupee


90,1090 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-260/23, SIBS — Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais and Others: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal da Concorrência, Regulação e Supervisão (Portugal) lodged on 24 April 2023 — SIBS — Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais SA and Others v Autoridade da Concorrência
Date: 2023-04-24
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: confidentiality, control of restrictive practices, correspondence, evidence, protection of communications, restriction on competition, trade information








C_2023304EN.01000401.xml










28.8.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 304/4






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal da Concorrência, Regulação e Supervisão (Portugal) lodged on 24 April 2023 — SIBS — Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais SA and Others v Autoridade da Concorrência
(Case C-260/23, SIBS — Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais and Others)
(2023/C 304/06)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Referring court

Tribunal da Concorrência, Regulação e Supervisão

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: SIBS — Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais SA, SIBS, Cartões — Produção e Processamento de Cartões SA, SIBS Processos — Serviços Interbancários de Processamento SA, SIBS International SA, SIBS Pagamentos SA, SIBS Gest SA, SIBS — Forward Payment Solutions SA, SIBS MB SA

Defendant: Autoridade da Concorrência

Questions referred







I.


Do the business records at issue in this case, which are transmitted by e-mail, constitute ‘correspondence’ for the purposes of Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union?










II.


Does Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union preclude business records arising from e-mail communications between managers and employees of undertakings from being seized in the course of an investigation into agreements and practices prohibited under Article 102 TFEU (ex Article 82 TEC)?










III.


Does Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union preclude such business records from being seized on the prior authorisation of a judicial authority, in this case the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which is responsible for representing the State, defending the interests determined by law, bringing criminal prosecutions on the basis of the principle of legality and defending democratic legality in accordance with the Constitution, and which operates independently of the other central, regional and local authorities?
Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/854 of 24 April 2023 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran
Date: 2023-04-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Iran, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, natural person








L_2023110EN.01002801.xml










25.4.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 110/28








            COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2023/854
of 24 April 2023
         
amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:







(1)


On 26 July 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/413/CFSP (1), concerning restrictive measures against Iran.












(2)


In accordance with Article 26(3) of Decision 2010/413/CFSP, the Council has reviewed the list of designated persons and entities set out in Annex II to that Decision.












(3)


On the basis of that review, the entry concerning one person designated in Annex II to Decision 2010/413/CFSP should be removed from that Annex. One entry included in Annex II should be updated.












(4)


Decision 2010/413/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annex II to Decision 2010/413/CFSP is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.


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




Done at Luxembourg, 24 April 2023.


For the Council


The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES
            





(1)  Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP of 26 July 2010 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Common Position 2007/140/CFSP (OJ L 195, 27.7.2010, p. 39).




ANNEX
Annex II to Decision 2010/413/CFSP is amended as follows:






(1)


entry 10 (concerning Rostam QASEMI) in the list headed ‘II. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)’, under the subheading ‘A. Persons’ is deleted;










(2)


under the heading ‘I. Persons and entities involved in nuclear or ballistic missile activities and persons and entities providing support to the Government of Iran.’, the following entry replaces the corresponding entry in the list set out under the subheading ‘B. Entities’:









 


Name


Identifying information


Reasons


Date of listing




‘12.


Fajr Aviation Composite Industries


Mehrabad Airport, PO Box 13445-885, Tehran, Iran


A subsidiary of the IAIO within MODAFL both designated by the EU which primarily produces composite materials for the aircraft industry.
Fajr Aviation Composite Industries also produces drones, which are allegedly being used for regional destabilisation.


26.7.2010’
Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates applicable as from 1 May 2023 (Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 (OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1.)) 2023/C 141/03
Date: 2023-04-24
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, interest, reimbursement of aid








C_2023141EN.01000301.xml










24.4.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 141/3






Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates applicable as from 1 May 2023


(Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 (1)
)


(2023/C 141/03)
Base rates calculated in accordance with the Communication from the Commission on the revision of the method for setting the reference and discount rates (OJ C 14, 19.1.2008, p. 6.). Depending on the use of the reference rate, the appropriate margins have still to be added as defined in this communication. For the discount rate this means that a margin of 100 basispoints has to be added. The Commission Regulation (EC) No 271/2008 of 30 January 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 foresees that, unless otherwise provided for in a specific decision, the recovery rate will also be calculated by adding 100 basispoints to the base rate.
Modified rates are indicated in bold.
Previous table published in OJ C 95, 14.3.2023, p. 13.


































From


To


AT


BE


BG


CY


CZ


DE


DK


EE


EL


ES


FI


FR


HR


HU


IE


IT


LT


LU


LV


MT


NL


PL


PT


RO


SE


SI


SK


UK




1.5.2023


…


3,06 


3,06 



1,80 



3,06 


7,43 


3,06 


3,54 


3,06 


3,06 


3,06 


3,06 


3,06 


3,06 


15,10 


3,06 


3,06 


3,06 


3,06 


3,06 


3,06 


3,06 


7,62 


3,06 


8,31 


3,21 


3,06 


3,06 



4,24 





1.4.2023


30.4.2023


3,06 


3,06 



1,51 



3,06 


7,43 


3,06 



3,54 



3,06 


3,06 


3,06 


3,06 


3,06 


3,06 


15,10 


3,06 


3,06 


3,06 


3,06 


3,06 


3,06 


3,06 


7,62 


3,06 


8,31 



3,21 



3,06 


3,06 


3,52 




1.3.2023


31.3.2023



3,06 




3,06 




1,10 




3,06 



7,43 



3,06 



2,92 



3,06 




3,06 




3,06 




3,06 




3,06 




3,06 



15,10 



3,06 




3,06 




3,06 




3,06 




3,06 




3,06 




3,06 



7,62 



3,06 



8,31 



2,96 




3,06 




3,06 




3,52 





1.2.2023


28.2.2023


2,56 


2,56 



0,79 



2,56 


7,43 


2,56 


2,92 


2,56 


2,56 


2,56 


2,56 


2,56 


2,56 


15,10 


2,56 


2,56 


2,56 


2,56 


2,56 


2,56 


2,56 


7,62 


2,56 


8,31 


2,44 


2,56 


2,56 


2,77 




1.1.2023


31.1.2023



2,56 




2,56 




0,36 




2,56 




7,43 




2,56 




2,92 




2,56 




2,56 




2,56 




2,56 




2,56 




2,56 




15,10 




2,56 




2,56 




2,56 




2,56 




2,56 




2,56 




2,56 




7,62 




2,56 




8,31 




2,44 




2,56 




2,56 




2,77 







(1)  OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11006 – ONE / MACQUARIE / YTI) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 141/05
Date: 2023-04-24
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: container, economic concentration, international transport, investment company, maritime shipping, merger control








C_2023141EN.01000501.xml










24.4.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 141/5






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11006 – ONE / MACQUARIE / YTI)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 141/05)

1.   
On 3 April 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:






—


Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd (‘ONE’, Singapore);










—


MIP III (ECI) AIV, L.P. (‘Macquarie’, USA);










—


Yusen Terminal LLC (‘YTI’, USA).




ONE and Macquarie will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of YTI.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


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






—


ONE is currently controlled by Ocean Network Express Holdings Ltd. (Japan), a joint venture between Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (‘NYK Group’, Japan), Mitsui O.S.K Lines and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha and it operates a global container liner shipping business,










—


Macquarie is a Delaware-domiciled alternative investment vehicle of a fund ultimately controlled by Macquarie Group Limited, a global provider of assets management services headquartered in Australia;










—


YTI is a company controlled by Macquarie and NYK Group, providing marine container terminal stevedoring services at terminals in Los Angeles (USA).






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.   

Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.



5.   
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.11006 – ONE / MACQUARIE / YTI
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’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Case C-258/23, Imagens Médicas Integradas: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal da Concorrência, Regulação e Supervisão (Portugal) lodged on 24 April 2023 — IMI — Imagens Médicas Integradas SA v Autoridade da Concorrência
Date: 2023-04-24
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: confidentiality, control of restrictive practices, correspondence, evidence, protection of communications, restriction on competition, trade information








C_2023304EN.01000301.xml










28.8.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 304/3






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal da Concorrência, Regulação e Supervisão (Portugal) lodged on 24 April 2023 — IMI — Imagens Médicas Integradas SA v Autoridade da Concorrência
(Case C-258/23, Imagens Médicas Integradas)
(2023/C 304/04)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Referring court

Tribunal da Concorrência, Regulação e Supervisão

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: IMI — Imagens Médicas Integradas SA

Defendant: Autoridade da Concorrência

Questions referred







I.


Do the business records at issue in this case, which are transmitted by e-mail, constitute ‘correspondence’ for the purposes of Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union?










II.


Does Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union preclude business records arising from e-mail communications between managers and employees of undertakings from being seized in the course of an investigation into agreements and practices prohibited under Article 101 TFEU (ex Article 81 TEC)?










III.


Does Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union preclude such business records from being seized on the prior authorisation of a judicial authority, in this case the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which is responsible for representing the State, defending the interests determined by law, bringing criminal prosecutions on the basis of the principle of legality and defending democratic legality in accordance with the Constitution, and which operates independently of the other central, regional and local authorities?
Recommendation of the European Central Bank of 24 April 2023 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Central Bank of Malta (ECB/2023/12) 2023/C 156/01
Date: 2023-04-24
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: European System of Central Banks, Malta, accountant, auditing, central bank, euro area








C_2023156EN.01000101.xml










3.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/1






RECOMMENDATION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 24 April 2023
to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Central Bank of Malta
(ECB/2023/12)
(2023/C 156/01)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Article 27.1 thereof,
Whereas:






(1)


The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the national central banks of the Member States whose currency is the euro are audited by independent external auditors recommended by the ECB’s Governing Council and approved by the Council of the European Union.










(2)


Following the audit for the financial year 2022, the mandate of the Central Bank of Malta’s external auditors, KPMG, was terminated by mutual agreement. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2023.










(3)


The Central Bank of Malta has selected Deloitte Audit Ltd as its external auditors for the financial years 2023 to 2027,




HAS ADOPTED THIS RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that Deloitte Audit Ltd should be appointed as the external auditors of the Central Bank of Malta for the financial years 2023 to 2027.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 24 April 2023.


The President of the ECB

Christine LAGARDE
Case C-162/23, Air France: Order of the President of the Court of 24 April 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — LN v Société Air France SA (Air transport — Right to re-routing — Passenger requesting re-routing with no temporal link with the original travel plan)
Date: 2023-04-24
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: air transport, carriage of passengers, traveller








C_2023235EN.01000702.xml










3.7.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 235/7






Order of the President of the Court of 24 April 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — LN v Société Air France SA
(Case C-162/23, (1) Air France)
(Air transport - Right to re-routing - Passenger requesting re-routing with no temporal link with the original travel plan)
(2023/C 235/10)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landgericht Düsseldorf

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: LN

Defendant: Société Air France SA

Operative part of the order

Case C-162/23 is removed from the Register of the Court.


(1)  Date lodged: 16.3.2023.
Special report 09/2023 ‘Securing agricultural product supply chains during COVID-19 – EU response was rapid, but insufficiently targeted by member states’ 2023/C 141/04
Date: 2023-04-24
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: EU aid, agri-foodstuffs, agricultural product, aid to agriculture, control of State aid, coronavirus disease, epidemic, market stabilisation, supply chain








C_2023141EN.01000401.xml










24.4.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 141/4






Special report 09/2023
‘Securing agricultural product supply chains during COVID-19 – EU response was rapid, but insufficiently targeted by member states’
(2023/C 141/04)
The European Court of Auditors has published its special report 09/2023: ‘Securing agricultural product supply chains during COVID-19 – EU response was rapid, but insufficiently targeted by member states’.
The report can be consulted directly or downloaded at the European Court of Auditors’ website: https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocItem.aspx?did=63733