do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 28 August 2023 2023/C 305/06
Date: 2023-08-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2023305EN.01000601.xml










29.8.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 305/6






Euro exchange rates (1)

28 August 2023
(2023/C 305/06)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0808 




JPY


Japanese yen


158,35 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4530 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85815 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,9000 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9559 




ISK


Iceland króna


142,30 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,5705 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,138 




HUF


Hungarian forint


382,63 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,4735 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9360 




TRY


Turkish lira


28,7045 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6839 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4693 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,4789 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8283 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4659 




KRW


South Korean won


1 433,73 




ZAR


South African rand


20,1598 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8822 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 523,27 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,0306 




PHP


Philippine peso


61,281 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


38,125 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,2633 




MXN


Mexican peso


18,0507 




INR


Indian rupee


89,3040 






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11196 – CVC / WORXINVEST / SD WORX) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 305/07
Date: 2023-08-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, economic concentration, investment, investment company, merger control, personnel administration, provision of services, wage cost








C_2023305EN.01000701.xml










29.8.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 305/7






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11196 – CVC / WORXINVEST / SD WORX)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 305/07)

1.   
On 21 August 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:






—


CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS S.A. (‘CVC’, Luxembourg)










—


WorxInvest (Belgium),










—


SD Worx NV (‘SD Worx’, Belgium), wholly owned and controlled by WorxInvest.




CVC and WorxInvest will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of SD Worx.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


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






—



CVC: the provision of advice to and management of investment funds with interests in a number of companies active in a variety of industries around the world, primarily in Europe, the US and the Asia-Pacific Region.










—



WorxInvest: investing in private equity funds and small- and medium-sized companies, money market instruments and real estate.










—



SD Worx: the provision of human resources and payroll solutions and services.






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.
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.


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.11196 – CVC / WORXINVEST / SD WORX
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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11249 – TOTALENERGIES / RNS HOLDING / RNS ENERJI)
Date: 2023-08-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Türkiye, building industry, economic concentration, electrical energy, energy industry, energy production, health care, merger control, petrochemicals, power plant, property market








C_202300095EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/95


2.10.2023






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11249 – TOTALENERGIES / RNS HOLDING / RNS ENERJI)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/95)

On 29 August 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 32023M11249. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/95/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-540/23: Action brought on 29 August 2023 — Sandhold v EUIPO — Grupo de Bodegas Vinartis (PATAPOUF)
Date: 2023-08-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, alcoholic beverage, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202300223EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/223


23.10.2023





Action brought on 29 August 2023 — Sandhold v EUIPO — Grupo de Bodegas Vinartis (PATAPOUF)
(Case T-540/23)
(C/2023/223)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Sandhold BV (Leiden, Netherlands) (represented by: A. Spiegeler, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Grupo de Bodegas Vinartis, SA (Madrid, Spain)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark PATAPOUF — Application for registration No 18 445 273

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 June 2023 in Case R 2553/2022-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to bear, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by Sandhold B.V.;










—


order Grupo de Bodegas Vinartis, S.A. to bear its own costs.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council in relation to the definition of the ‘relevant public’ for the likelihood of confusion;










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Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council in relation to the assessment of the likelihood of confusion by refusing to proceed to the conceptual comparison and not taking into consideration the high reputation of the product associated with the earlier trade mark.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/223/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-548/23 P: Appeal brought on 29 August 2023 by Mr Frédéric Baldan against the order of the General Court (First Chamber) made on 20 July 2023 in Case T-276/23, Frédéric Baldan v European Commission
Date: 2023-08-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commissioner, President of the Commission, admissibility, coronavirus disease, epidemic, indemnification, operation of the Institutions, supply, vaccine








C_202400932EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/932


29.1.2024





Appeal brought on 29 August 2023 by Mr Frédéric Baldan against the order of the General Court (First Chamber) made on 20 July 2023 in Case T-276/23, Frédéric Baldan v European Commission
(Case C-548/23 P)
(C/2024/932)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellant: Frédéric Baldan (represented by: D. Protat, avocate)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission
By order of 30 November 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (Eighth Chamber) dismissed the appeal as being in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded, and ordered the appellant to bear his own costs.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/932/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-633/22: Order of the General Court of 29 August 2023 — LD v EUIPO (Civil service — Officials — Article 42c of the Staff Regulations — Leave in the interests of the service — Withdrawal of rights and privileges — Categorisation as a complaint — Article 90 of the Staff Regulations — Lodging of a second complaint — Time limit for bringing proceedings — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2023-08-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, damages, limitation of legal proceedings, special leave, staff regulations (EU)








C_202300655EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/655


13.11.2023





Order of the General Court of 29 August 2023 — LD v EUIPO
(Case T-633/22) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Article 42c of the Staff Regulations - Leave in the interests of the service - Withdrawal of rights and privileges - Categorisation as a complaint - Article 90 of the Staff Regulations - Lodging of a second complaint - Time limit for bringing proceedings - Inadmissibility)
(C/2023/655)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: LD (represented by: H. Tettenborn, lawyer)

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

Re:

By her action based on Article 270 TFEU, the applicant seeks (i) annulment of the decision of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 1 December 2021 rejecting her requests made by letters of 8 August and 12 November 2021 for her rights and privileges to be maintained during the period while she is on leave in the interests of the service, and annulment of any implied decision of EUIPO relating to those requests, (ii) an order that EUIPO take the measures necessary to maintain those rights and privileges, and (iii) compensation for the damage she claims to have suffered.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


LD shall pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 7, 9.1.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/655/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-533/23: Action brought on 29 August 2023 — ChiCom Marketing v EUIPO — China Faw Group (Hongqi)
Date: 2023-08-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, electricity storage device, maintenance, motor vehicle industry, registered trade mark, satellite navigation, software, toy industry, trade-mark law, vehicle parts








C_202300144EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/144


16.10.2023





Action brought on 29 August 2023 — ChiCom Marketing v EUIPO — China Faw Group (Hongqi)
(Case T-533/23)
(C/2023/144)
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: ChiCom Marketing GmbH (Munich, Germany) (represented by: H. Asam, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: China Faw Group Co. Ltd (Changchun, China)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark Hongqi — EU trade mark No 17 966 582

Proceedings before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 June 2023 in Case R 863/2022-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision in so far as the applicant’s appeal of 18 May 2022 against the decision of the Cancellation Division of EUIPO of 25 March 2022 in invalidity proceedings No 48 307 C (EU trade mark No 17 9665 82) was dismissed;










—


annul the decision of the Cancellation Division of EUIPO of 25 March 2022 in proceedings No 48 307 C (EU trade mark No 17 966 582), in so far as that decision has not already been annulled by the contested decision;










—


dismiss the application of the other party to the proceedings, China Faw Group Co. Ltd, for a declaration of invalidity of EU trade mark No 17 966 582.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/144/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)