do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of digital euro services by payment services providers incorporated in Member States whose currency is not the euro and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1230 of the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2023) 368 final — 2023/0211 (COD))
Date: 2023-09-20
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: electronic banking, electronic money, euro, financial services, financial transaction, intra-EU payment, provision of services, regulation of transactions, virtual currency








C_202300878EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/878


8.12.2023






Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of digital euro services by payment services providers incorporated in Member States whose currency is not the euro and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1230 of the European Parliament and the Council
(COM(2023) 368 final — 2023/0211 (COD))
(C/2023/878)







Referral


Council of the European Union, 11.9.2023
European Parliament, 11.9.2023




Legal basis


Articles 114 and 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion




Adopted at plenary


20.9.2023




Plenary session No


581




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


200/1/1




Since the Committee endorses the contents of the proposal and has already set out its views on the subject of the digital euro in its other opinion ‘A digital euro and the scope and effects of the legal tender status of banknotes and coins’
          (1), to be adopted at the same plenary session in September 2023, it decided to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text and to refer to the position it had taken in the above-mentioned document.


Brussels, 20 September 2023.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Oliver RÖPKE
            





(1)  Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘A digital euro and the scope and effects of the legal tender status of banknotes and coins’ (Exploratory opinion requested by the Spanish Presidency) (OJ C, C/2023/860, 8.12.2023, ELI: http://data. europa.eu/eli/C/2023/860/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/878/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates (Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.) 19 September 2023 2023/C 331/01
Date: 2023-09-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_2023331EN.01000101.xml










20.9.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 331/1







Euro exchange rates (1)


            19 September 2023
         
(2023/C 331/01)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0713 




JPY


Japanese yen


158,20 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4551 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86263 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,8845 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9595 




ISK


Iceland króna


144,90 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,4905 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,432 




HUF


Hungarian forint


383,25 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,6548 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9698 




TRY


Turkish lira


28,9603 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6566 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4373 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,3756 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8022 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4596 




KRW


South Korean won


1 418,98 




ZAR


South African rand


20,2829 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8111 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 476,59 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,0308 




PHP


Philippine peso


60,684 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


38,492 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,1914 




MXN


Mexican peso


18,3010 




INR


Indian rupee


89,1438 






(1)  
            Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11206 – BROOKFIELD / OTPP / COMPASS) (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 340/03
Date: 2023-09-20
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Canada, computer systems, data processing, economic concentration, insurance, investment company, merger control, pension scheme, teacher








C_2023340EN.01000301.xml










27.9.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 340/3







Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11206 – BROOKFIELD / OTPP / COMPASS)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 340/03)

On 20 September 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 32023M11206. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.






(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council empowering the French Republic to negotiate, sign and conclude an international agreement on the safety and interoperability requirements within the Channel Fixed Link (COM(2023) 328 final – 2023/0192 (COD))
Date: 2023-09-20
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: English Channel, France, United Kingdom, bilateral agreement, international negotiations, international transport, rail transport, ratification of an agreement, signature of an agreement, transport infrastructure, transport safety








C_202300879EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/879


8.12.2023






Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council empowering the French Republic to negotiate, sign and conclude an international agreement on the safety and interoperability requirements within the Channel Fixed Link
(COM(2023) 328 final – 2023/0192 (COD))
(C/2023/879)







Referral


European Parliament, 10.7.2023
Council of the European Union, 27.6.2023




Legal basis


Articles 91(1) and 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union




Section responsible


Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society




Adopted in section


6.9.2023




Adopted at plenary


20.9.2023




Plenary session No


581




Outcome of vote
(for/against/abstentions)


184/0/2




Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the content of the proposal and feels that it requires no comment on its part, it decided to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text.


Brussels, 20 September 2023.


The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Oliver RÖPKE
            





ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/879/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-131/16 RENV: Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2023 — Belgium v Commission (State aid — Aid scheme put into effect by Belgium — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering recovery of the aid granted — Tax ruling — Taxable profit — Excess profit exemption — Advantage — Selectivity — Adverse effect on competition — Recovery)
Date: 2023-09-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, corporation tax, multinational enterprise, profit, reimbursement of aid, tax exemption, tax law








C_202300756EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/756


20.11.2023





Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2023 — Belgium v Commission
(Case T-131/16 RENV) (1)

(State aid - Aid scheme put into effect by Belgium - Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering recovery of the aid granted - Tax ruling - Taxable profit - Excess profit exemption - Advantage - Selectivity - Adverse effect on competition - Recovery)
(C/2023/756)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: C. Pochet and M. Jacobs, acting as Agents, and by M. Segura and M. Clayton, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Stromsky, P.-J. Loewenthal and F. Tomat, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the applicant: Ireland (represented by: M. Browne, A. Joyce, D. O’Reilly and J. Quaney, acting as Agents, and by P. Gallagher, M. Collins and C. Donnelly, Senior Counsel, and B. Doherty and D. Fennelly, Barristers-at-Law)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the Kingdom of Belgium seeks the annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1699 of 11 January 2016 on the excess profit exemption State aid scheme SA.37667 (2015/C) (ex 2015/NN) implemented by Belgium (OJ 2016 L 260, p 61).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission, comprising those incurred in the original proceedings before the General Court in Case T-131/16, those incurred in the present proceedings following referral in Case T-131/16 RENV, and one half of those incurred in the appeal proceedings in Case C-337/19 P;










3.


Orders Ireland to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 191, 30.5.2016.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/756/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Cases T-278/16 and T-370/16: Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2023 — Atlas Copco Airpower and Others v Commission (State aid — Aid scheme put into effect by Belgium — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering recovery of the aid granted — Tax ruling — Taxable profit — Excess profit exemption — Advantage — Selectivity — Recovery)
Date: 2023-09-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Belgium, State aid, control of State aid, corporation tax, multinational enterprise, profit, reimbursement of aid, tax exemption, tax law








C_202300758EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/758


20.11.2023





Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2023 — Atlas Copco Airpower and Others v Commission
(Cases T-278/16 and T-370/16) (1)

(State aid - Aid scheme put into effect by Belgium - Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering recovery of the aid granted - Tax ruling - Taxable profit - Excess profit exemption - Advantage - Selectivity - Recovery)
(C/2023/758)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants in Case T-278/16: Atlas Copco Airpower (Antwerp, Belgium), Atlas Copco AB (Nacka, Sweden)

Applicants in Case T-370/16: Anheuser-Busch Inbev (Brussels, Belgium), Ampar (Leuven, Belgium)
(represented by: A. von Bonin, O. Brouwer, A. Haelterman, A. Pliego Selie and T. van Helfteren, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P.-J. Loewenthal, B. Stromsky and F. Tomat, acting as Agents)

Re:

By their actions under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1699 of 11 January 2016 on the excess profit exemption State aid scheme SA.37667 (2015/C) (ex 2015/NN) implemented by Belgium (OJ 2016 L 260, p. 61).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Orders that Cases T-278/16 and T-370/16 be joined for the purposes of the present judgment;










2.


Dismisses the actions;










3.


Orders Atlas Copco Airpower and Atlas Copco AB to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission in Case T-278/16;










4.


Orders Anheuser-Busch Inbev and Ampar to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the Commission in Case T-370/16.






(1)  
            OJ C 279, 1.8.2016.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/758/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Cases T-467/16 and T-681/16: Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2023 — Flir Systems Trading Belgium v Commission (State aid — Aid scheme put into effect by Belgium — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering recovery of the aid granted — Tax ruling — Taxable profit — Excess profit exemption — Advantage — Selectivity — Recovery)
Date: 2023-09-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Belgium, State aid, control of State aid, corporation tax, multinational enterprise, profit, reimbursement of aid, tax exemption, tax law








C_202300761EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/761


20.11.2023





Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2023 — Flir Systems Trading Belgium v Commission
(Cases T-467/16 and T-681/16) (1)

(State aid - Aid scheme put into effect by Belgium - Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering recovery of the aid granted - Tax ruling - Taxable profit - Excess profit exemption - Advantage - Selectivity - Recovery)
(C/2023/761)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant in Case T-467/16: Flir Systems Trading Belgium (Meer, Belgium)

Applicant in Case T-681/16: Henkel Belgium, formerly Henkel Electronic Materials (Belgium) (Westerlo, Belgium)
(represented by: N. Reypens and C. Docclo, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P.-J. Loewenthal, B. Stromsky and F. Tomat, acting as Agents)

Re:

By their actions under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1699 of 11 January 2016 on the excess profit exemption State aid scheme SA.37667 (2015/C) (ex 2015/NN) implemented by Belgium (OJ 2016 L 260, p. 61).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Orders that Cases T-467/16 and T-681/16 be joined for the purposes of the present judgment;










2.


Dismisses the actions;










3.


Orders Flir Systems Trading Belgium to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission in Case T-467/16;










4.


Orders Henkel Belgium to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Commission in Case T-681/16.






(1)  
            OJ C 383, 17.10.2016.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/761/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-420/16: Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2023 — SJM Coordination Center v Commission (State aid — Aid scheme put into effect by Belgium — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering recovery of the aid granted — Tax ruling — Taxable profit — Excess profit exemption — Advantage — Selectivity — Recovery)
Date: 2023-09-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Belgium, State aid, control of State aid, corporation tax, multinational enterprise, profit, reimbursement of aid, tax exemption, tax law








C_202300760EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/760


20.11.2023





Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2023 — SJM Coordination Center v Commission
(Case T-420/16) (1)

(State aid - Aid scheme put into effect by Belgium - Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering recovery of the aid granted - Tax ruling - Taxable profit - Excess profit exemption - Advantage - Selectivity - Recovery)
(C/2023/760)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: St. Jude Medical Coordination Center (SJM Coordination Center) (Zaventem, Belgium) (represented by: F. Louis and É. Bruc, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P.-J. Loewenthal, B. Stromsky and F. Tomat, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1699 of 11 January 2016 on the excess profit exemption State aid scheme SA.37667 (2015/C) (ex 2015/NN) implemented by Belgium (OJ 2016 L 260, p. 61).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders St. Jude Medical Coordination Center (SJM Coordination Center) to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.






(1)  
            OJ C 350, 26.9.2016.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/760/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-516/21: Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2023 — Italy v Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Expenditure incurred by Italy — Voluntary coupled support in the beef and milk sectors — Treatment of late notifications — Adjustments — Conditions under which permissible — Second subparagraph of Article 53(4) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 — Administrative penalties — Article 31 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014 — Proportionality — Equal treatment — System for the identification and registration of bovine animals — Time limit for notification to the competent authority — Article 2 and Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000)
Date: 2023-09-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EAFRD, EAGF, agricultural expenditure, aid to agriculture, database, eligibility criteria, equal treatment, principle of proportionality








C_202300766EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/766


20.11.2023





Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2023 — Italy v Commission
(Case T-516/21) (1)

(EAGF and EAFRD - Expenditure excluded from financing - Expenditure incurred by Italy - Voluntary coupled support in the beef and milk sectors - Treatment of late notifications - Adjustments - Conditions under which permissible - Second subparagraph of Article 53(4) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 - Administrative penalties - Article 31 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014 - Proportionality - Equal treatment - System for the identification and registration of bovine animals - Time limit for notification to the competent authority - Article 2 and Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000)
(C/2023/766)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, Agent, and C. Gerardis and E. Feola, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Aquilina, A. Becker and F. Moro, Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the Italian Republic seeks the annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/988 of 16 June 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 218, p. 9), in so far as the decision relates to certain expenditure incurred by it.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the Italian Republic to bear its own costs as well as those incurred by the European Commission.






(1)  
            OJ C 412, 11.10.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/766/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-637/16: Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2023 — ZF CV Systems Europe v Commission (State aid — Aid scheme put into effect by Belgium — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering recovery of the aid granted — Tax ruling — Taxable profit — Excess profit exemption — Advantage — Selectivity)
Date: 2023-09-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Belgium, State aid, control of State aid, corporation tax, multinational enterprise, profit, reimbursement of aid, tax exemption, tax law








C_202300762EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/762


20.11.2023





Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2023 — ZF CV Systems Europe v Commission
(Case T-637/16) (1)

(State aid - Aid scheme put into effect by Belgium - Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the internal market and unlawful and ordering recovery of the aid granted - Tax ruling - Taxable profit - Excess profit exemption - Advantage - Selectivity)
(C/2023/762)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: ZF CV Systems Europe, formerly Wabco Europe (Watermael-Boitsfort, Belgium) (represented by: E. Righini, S. Völcker and K. Beikos-Paschalis, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P.-J. Loewenthal, B. Stromsky and F. Tomat, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1699 of 11 January 2016 on the excess profit exemption State aid scheme SA.37667 (2015/C) (ex 2015/NN) implemented by Belgium (OJ 2016 L 260, p. 61).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders ZF CV Systems Europe to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.






(1)  
            OJ C 419, 14.11.2016.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/762/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11255 – APOLLO MANAGEMENT / BC PARTNERS / PETSMART)
Date: 2023-09-20
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Canada, Puerto Rico, United States, consultancy, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, pet shop, provision of services, supermarket








C_202300177EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/177


11.10.2023






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11255 – APOLLO MANAGEMENT / BC PARTNERS / PETSMART)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/177)

On 20 September 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 32023M11255. 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/2023/177/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)