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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11191 – QIA / OIA / ASAAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 323/10
Date: 2023-09-13
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Oman, company with share capital, economic concentration, hotel industry, merger control, sovereign wealth fund








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13.9.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 323/17







Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11191 – QIA / OIA / ASAAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 323/10)


1.   
On 6 September 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:






—


Qatar Investment Authority (‘QIA’, Qatar),










—


Oman Investment Authority (‘OIA’, Oman),










—


Aasaal International Investment SAOC (‘Target Entity’, Oman).




QIA and OIA will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the Target Entity.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


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






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QIA is the sovereign wealth fund of the State of Qatar.










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OIA is the sovereign wealth fund of the Sultanate of Oman.










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The Target Entity is a closed joint stock company established for the purposes of investing in, owning, establishing, overseeing, and managing hotels, resorts and motels exclusively in Oman.






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.11191 – QIA / OIA / ASAAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT
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 160, 5.5.2023, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10966 – COCHLEAR / OTICON MEDICAL) (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 323/09
Date: 2023-09-13
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, facilities for people with disabilities, medical device, merger control, parent company








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13.9.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 323/16







Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10966 – COCHLEAR / OTICON MEDICAL)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 323/09)


1.   
On 4 September 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:






—


Cochlear Limited (‘Cochlear’, Australia),










—


The cochlear implant (‘CI’) business of Oticon Medical, the hearing implant division of Demant A/S, a Danish publicly listed company (Denmark).




Cochlear will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Oticon Medical’s CI business.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares and assets.
The concentration has been referred to the Commission by the Spanish Competition Authority (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia) pursuant to Article 22(3) of the Merger Regulation. The referral was subsequently joined by Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal and Sweden.


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






—


Cochlear, a company incorporated under the laws of New South Wales (Australia), is the ultimate parent company of the Cochlear Group which provides implantable hearing solutions around the globe,










—


Oticon Medical’s CI business develops, manufactures and sells globally cochlear implants.






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.10966 – COCHLEAR / OTICON MEDICAL
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-44/23: Order of the General Court of 13 September 2023 — FFPE Council section v Council
Date: 2023-09-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European civil service, damages, indemnification, trade union, trade union freedom








C_202300683EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/683


13.11.2023





Order of the General Court of 13 September 2023 — FFPE Council section v Council
(Case T-44/23) (1)

(C/2023/683)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Ninth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C 179, 22.5.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/683/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Special report 21/2023: ‘The Spotlight Initiative to end violence against women and girls – Ambitious but so far with limited impact’ 2023/C 323/04
Date: 2023-09-13
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: UNO, domestic violence, forced marriage, gender-based violence, human rights, international cooperation, position of women, sexual discrimination, strategic partnership (EU), women's rights








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13.9.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 323/4







Special report 21/2023:

            ‘The Spotlight Initiative to end violence against women and girls – Ambitious but so far with limited impact’
         
(2023/C 323/04)

The European Court of Auditors has published its special report 21/2023: ‘The Spotlight Initiative to end violence against women and girls – Ambitious but so far with limited impact’.
The report can be consulted directly or downloaded at the European Court of Auditors’ website: https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/publications/sr-2023-21
European Parliament legislative resolution of 13 September 2023 on the draft European Council decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament (00013/2023 — C9-0319/2023 — 2023/0900(NLE))
Date: 2023-09-13
Institutions: Committee on Constitutional Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: European Parliament, European election, composition of parliament, parliamentary election








C_202401783EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1783


22.3.2024






P9_TA(2023)0311
Composition of the European Parliament
European Parliament legislative resolution of 13 September 2023 on the draft European Council decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament (00013/2023 — C9-0319/2023 — 2023/0900(NLE))
(Consent)
(C/2024/1783)



The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the draft European Council decision (00013/2023),










—


having regard to the request for consent submitted by the European Council in accordance with Article 14(2) of the Treaty on European Union (C9-0319/2023),










—


having regard to its resolution of 15 June 2023 on the composition of the European Parliament and to its proposal for a decision of the European Council annexed thereto (1),










—


having regard to its statement annexed to this resolution,










—


having regard to Rule 90 and Rule 105(1) and (4) of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A9-0265/2023),






1.   

Gives its consent to the draft European Council decision;



2.   

Instructs its President to forward its position to the European Council and, for information, to the Commission and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States.




(1)  Texts adopted, P9_TA(2023)0243.




ANNEX TO THE LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Statement by the European Parliament

The draft decision on the composition of the European Parliament is without prejudice to the prerogatives of the European Parliament and the Council in the annual budgetary procedure and Recital 5 of that draft decision concerns matters that do not fall within the scope of the European Council's competences under Article 15(1) TEU and the legal basis of Article 14(2) TEU. It is for the European Parliament and the Council alone to decide on the content of the Union's budget in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 314 TFEU.



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1783/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-328/22: Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2023 — Korres v EUIPO — Naos (EST. KORRES 1996 HYDRA-BIOME) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark EST. KORRES 1996 HYDRA-BIOME — Earlier national word mark HYDRABIO — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons — First sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Scope of the examination to be carried out by the Board of Appeal — First sentence of Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)
Date: 2023-09-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cosmetic product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202300531EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/531


6.11.2023





Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2023 — Korres v EUIPO — Naos (EST. KORRES 1996 HYDRA-BIOME)
(Case T-328/22) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark EST. KORRES 1996 HYDRA-BIOME - Earlier national word mark HYDRABIO - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Obligation to state reasons - First sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Scope of the examination to be carried out by the Board of Appeal - First sentence of Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)
(C/2023/531)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Korres AE — Fysika Proionta (Metamorfosi Attikis, Greece) (represented by: S. Tsimikalis, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Naos (Aix-en-Provence, France) (represented by L. Janin-Reynaud, lawyer)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 23 March 2022 (Case R 1410/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 23 March 2022 (Case R 1410/2021-5);










2.


Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Korres AE — Fysika Proionta;










3.


Orders Naos to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 303, 8.8.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/531/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-745/22: Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2023 — DGNB v EUIPO (Representation of a curved white line in a dark square) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a curved white line in a dark square — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2023-09-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, advertising, building industry, consultancy, education, lease, publishing, registered trade mark, software, trade-mark law








C_202300653EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/653


13.11.2023





Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2023 — DGNB v EUIPO (Representation of a curved white line in a dark square)
(Case T-745/22) (1)

(EU trade mark - Application for an EU figurative mark representing a curved white line in a dark square - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2023/653)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen — DGNB eV (Stuttgart, Germany) (represented by: P. Kohl, lawyer)

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

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 September 2022 (Case R 338/2022-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 24, 23.1.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/653/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-57/22: Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2023 — Hungary v Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Fruit and vegetables — Conformity clearance — Value of marketed production for a producer organisation — Amending the operational programmes of producer organisations — Penalty)
Date: 2023-09-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EAFRD, EAGF, agricultural expenditure, aid to agriculture, eligibility criteria, fruit, producer organisation, sanction (EU), vegetable








C_202300651EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/651


13.11.2023





Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2023 — Hungary v Commission
(Case T-57/22) (1)

(EAGF and EAFRD - Expenditure excluded from financing - Fruit and vegetables - Conformity clearance - Value of marketed production for a producer organisation - Amending the operational programmes of producer organisations - Penalty)
(C/2023/651)
Language of the case: Hungarian

Parties


Applicant: Hungary (represented by: M. Fehér and G. Koós, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Aquilina and V. Bottka, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its application based on Article 263 TFEU, Hungary seeks the partial annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2020 of 17 November 2021 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2021 L 413, p. 10), in so far as it concerns the expenditure that Hungary incurred in 2018 and 2019 under the EAGF in the amount of EUR 479 576,63.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Hungary to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 119, 14.3.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/651/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-167/22: Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2023 — Transformers Manufacturing Company v EUIPO — H & F (TMC TRANSFORMERS) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark TMC TRANSFORMERS — International registration of the earlier figurative mark TMC — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
Date: 2023-09-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, electric machinery, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202300525EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/525


6.11.2023





Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2023 — Transformers Manufacturing Company v EUIPO — H & F (TMC TRANSFORMERS)
(Case T-167/22) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark TMC TRANSFORMERS - International registration of the earlier figurative mark TMC - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
(C/2023/525)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Transformers Manufacturing Company Pty Ltd (Melbourne, Australia) (represented by: F. Caricato, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: H & F Srl (Milan, Italy) (represented by: F. Jacobacci and N. Galizia, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 14 February 2022 (Case R 1212/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Transformers Manufacturing Company Pty Ltd to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 207, 23.5.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/525/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Cases T-523/21 and T-216/22: Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2023 — Shatrov v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Belarus — Freezing of funds — Restriction on admission to the territory of the Member States — Inclusion and maintenance of the applicant’s name on the lists of persons, entities and bodies concerned — Error of assessment)
Date: 2023-09-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Belarus, EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, freezing of assets, international sanctions, natural person








C_202300516EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/516


6.11.2023





Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2023 — Shatrov v Council
(Cases T-523/21 and T-216/22) (1)

(Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Belarus - Freezing of funds - Restriction on admission to the territory of the Member States - Inclusion and maintenance of the applicant’s name on the lists of persons, entities and bodies concerned - Error of assessment)
(C/2023/516)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Alexander Evgenevich Shatrov (Minsk, Belarus) (represented by: G. Lansky and A. Egger, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: T. Haas, J. Haunold and S. Van Overmeire, acting as Agents)

Re:

By his actions under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment:






—


of Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2021/1002 of 21 June 2021 implementing Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus (OJ 2021 L 219 I, p. 70), and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/997 of 21 June 2021 implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus (OJ 2021 L 219 I, p. 3), and










—


of Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/307 of 24 February 2022 amending Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus (OJ 2022 L 46, p. 97), and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/300 of 24 February 2022 implementing Article 8a of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus (OJ 2022 L 46, p. 3),




in so far as those measures concern him.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Joins Cases T-523/21 and T-216/22 for the purposes of the judgment;










2.


Dismisses the actions;










3.


Orders Mr Alexander Evgenevich Shatrov to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union.






(1)  
            OJ C 412, 11.10.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/516/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)