do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali.
Date: 2023-10-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Mali, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








C_202300362EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/362


17.10.2023






Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali.
(C/2023/362)

The following information is brought to the attention of Mr. Choguel MAÏGA and Mr. Ibrahim Ikassa MAÏGA, persons appearing in Annex II to Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 and in Annex Ia to Council Regulation (EU) No 2017/1770 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali.
The Council envisages maintaining the restrictive measures against the above-mentioned persons with amended statements of reasons. These persons are hereby informed that they may submit a request to the Council to obtain the intended statements of reasons for their designation, before 24 October 2023, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




RELEX.1




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




Belgique/BELGIË




Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/362/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-190/22, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 17 October 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Giudice di pace di Rimini — Italy) — BL v Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Requirement to set out the legislative context of the dispute in the main proceedings and the reasons justifying the need for an answer to the question referred for a preliminary ruling — Lack of sufficient information — Manifest inadmissibility)
Date: 2023-10-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU budget, admissibility, age discrimination, independence of the judiciary, judicial reform, magistrate, remuneration of work, rule of law, temporary employment, working conditions








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C/2023/1427


18.12.2023





Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 17 October 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Giudice di pace di Rimini — Italy) — BL v Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri
(Case C-190/22, (1) Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Requirement to set out the legislative context of the dispute in the main proceedings and the reasons justifying the need for an answer to the question referred for a preliminary ruling - Lack of sufficient information - Manifest inadmissibility)
(C/2023/1427)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Giudice di pace di Rimini

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: BL

Defendant: Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri

Operative part of the order

The request for a preliminary ruling from the Giudice di pace di Rimini (Rimini Magistrate, Italy), made by decision of 7 March 2022, received at the Court on 7 March 2022, is manifestly inadmissible.


(1)  
            OJ C 257, 4.7.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1427/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-1036/23: Action brought on 17 October 2023 — Fattorie Garofalo — Società Cooperativa Agricola v EUIPO — Pastificio Lucio Garofalo (fattorie garofalo)
Date: 2023-10-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, catering industry, consultancy, hotel industry, prepared foodstuff, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202301175EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1175


4.12.2023





Action brought on 17 October 2023 — Fattorie Garofalo — Società Cooperativa Agricola v EUIPO — Pastificio Lucio Garofalo (fattorie garofalo)
(Case T-1036/23)
(C/2023/1175)
Language in which the application was lodged: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Fattorie Garofalo — Società Cooperativa Agricola (Capua, Italy) (represented by: S. Cutolo, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Pastificio Lucio Garofalo SpA (Gragnano, Italy)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark fattorie garofalo — Application for registration No 15 556 831

Proceedings before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 August 2023 in Case R 2138/2022-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision and, as a result, register mark No. 15 556 831 for Class 43;










—


order EUIPO also to pay the costs of the opposition proceedings.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1175/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2023/2223 of 17 October 2023 on the appointment of the Head of the Civilian Command and Support Cell of the European Union Security and Defence Initiative in support of West African countries of the Gulf of Guinea (EUSDI) (EUSDI/1/2023)
Date: 2023-10-17
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, Benin, EU civilian mission, EU initiative, Ghana, appointment of members, gulf








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EN
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2023/2223


20.10.2023







            POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION (CFSP) 2023/2223
of 17 October 2023
         
on the appointment of the Head of the Civilian Command and Support Cell of the European Union Security and Defence Initiative in support of West African countries of the Gulf of Guinea (EUSDI) (EUSDI/1/2023)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 38 thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1599 of 3 August 2023 on a European Union Security and Defence Initiative in support of West African countries of the Gulf of Guinea (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


By means of Decision (CFSP) 2023/1599, the Council authorised the Political and Security Committee, in accordance with Article 38 of the Treaty on European Union, to take the relevant decisions to exercise the political control and strategic direction of the European Union Security and Defence Initiative in support of West African countries of the Gulf of Guinea (EUSDI), including the decision on the appointment of the Head of the Civilian Command and Support Cell.












(2)


On 5 October 2023, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy proposed that Mr Philippe CHEVET be appointed as Head of the Civilian Command and Support Cell.












(3)


A decision on the appointment of the Head of the Civilian Command and Support Cell should be taken,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Mr Philippe CHEVET is hereby appointed as Head of the Civilian Command and Support Cell of the European Union Security and Defence Initiative in support of West African countries of the Gulf of Guinea (EUSDI) from 20 October 2023 until 19 October 2024.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on 20 October 2023.




Done at Brussels, 17 October 2023.


For the Political and Security Committee


The Chairperson

D. PRONK
            





(1)  
            OJ L 196, 4.8.2023, p. 25.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2223/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Case T-1039/23: Action brought on 17 October 2023 — Mendes v EUIPO — Actial Farmaceutica (STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS DSM24731)
Date: 2023-10-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, dietary product, food supplement, functional food, medicinal product, microorganism, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202301176EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


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Series C













C/2023/1176


4.12.2023





Action brought on 17 October 2023 — Mendes v EUIPO — Actial Farmaceutica (STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS DSM24731)
(Case T-1039/23)
(C/2023/1176)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Mendes SA (Lugano, Switzerland) (represented by: M. Cavattoni, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Actial Farmaceutica Srl (Rome, 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 word mark STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS DSM24731 — European Union trade mark No 12 869 152

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 August 2023 in Case R 2247/2022-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


uphold its action;










—


annul the contested decision;










—


order the other party to the proceedings to bear the costs and fees.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009;










—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b), (c) and (g) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009;










—


Violation of the right to property of the applicant;










—


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/2023/1176/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Notice for the attention of a person subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Annex II to Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP and in Annex Ia to Council Regulation (EC) 1183/2005 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date: 2023-10-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Democratic Republic of the Congo, EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








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Official Journal of the European Union


EN
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C/2023/364


17.10.2023






Notice for the attention of a person subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Annex II to Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP and in Annex Ia to Council Regulation (EC) 1183/2005 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(C/2023/364)

The following information is brought to the attention of Mr. Meddie NKALUBO (11), person appearing in Annex II to Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP (1) and in Annex Ia to Council Regulation (EC) 1183/2005 (2) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Council envisages maintaining the restrictive measures against the above-mentioned person with an amended statement of reasons. Mr. Meddie NKALUBO is hereby informed that he may submit a request to the Council to obtain the envisaged statement of reasons for maintaining his designation, by 24 October 2023, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




RELEX.1




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu






(1)  
            OJ L 336, 21.12.2010, p. 30.

(2)  
            OJ L 193, 23.7.2005, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/364/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 16 October 2023
Date: 2023-10-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








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Official Journal of the European Union


EN
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C/2023/292


17.10.2023






Euro exchange rates (1)


            16 October 2023
         
(C/2023/292)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0538 




JPY


Japanese yen


157,54 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4592 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86545 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,5375 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9505 




ISK


Iceland króna


146,30 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,5170 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,664 




HUF


Hungarian forint


387,05 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,4733 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9650 




TRY


Turkish lira


29,3809 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6660 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4360 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,2382 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7798 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4427 




KRW


South Korean won


1 427,29 




ZAR


South African rand


19,8069 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7058 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 548,56 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9908 




PHP


Philippine peso


59,814 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


38,221 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,3330 




MXN


Mexican peso


18,9329 




INR


Indian rupee


87,7315 






(1)  
            Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/292/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-1040/23: Action brought on 17 October 2023 — Mendes v EUIPO — Actial Farmaceutica (BIFIDOBACTERIUM INFANTIS DSM24737)
Date: 2023-10-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, dietary product, food supplement, functional food, medicinal product, microorganism, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202301177EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1177


4.12.2023





Action brought on 17 October 2023 — Mendes v EUIPO — Actial Farmaceutica (BIFIDOBACTERIUM INFANTIS DSM24737)
(Case T-1040/23)
(C/2023/1177)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Mendes SA (Lugano, Switzerland) (represented by: M. Cavattoni, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Actial Farmaceutica Srl (Rome, 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 word mark BIFIDOBACTERIUM INFANTIS DSM24737 — European Union trade mark No 12 869 012

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 August 2023 in Case R 1289/2022-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


uphold its action;










—


annul the contested decision;










—


order the other party to the proceedings to bear the costs and fees.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009;










—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b), (c) and (g) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009;










—


Violation of the right to property of the applicant;










—


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/2023/1177/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11287 – ASTERION / STEAG GROUP) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2023-10-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Spain, economic concentration, electrical energy, electricity supply, energy production, energy supply, heating, investment company, merger control, power plant








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EN
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C/2023/282


17.10.2023






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11287 – ASTERION / STEAG GROUP)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/282)


1.   
On 6 October 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:






—


Asterion Industrial Partners, SGEIC, S.A. (‘Asterion’, Spain),










—


STEAG GmbH (‘STEAG’, Germany).




Asterion will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of STEAG.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


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






—


Asterion is a management company of closed-end collective investment entities and in this context, manages Spanish private equity funds,










—


STEAG is an energy supplier based in Germany, which is active in the generation and supply of electricity and district heating, as well as the project development, construction and operation of power plants and relating technical 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 treatment for certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (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.11287 – ASTERION / STEAG GROUP
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.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/282/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Corrigendum to Commission Notice C(2021) 5430 – Technical guidance on the climate proofing of infrastructure in the period 2021-2027 (OJ C 373, 16.9.2021)
Date: 2023-10-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission
Subjects: EU financial instrument, EU programme, adaptation to climate change, climate change, environmental protection, greenhouse gas, reduction of gas emissions, structural policy, sustainable development, technical regulations








C_202390005EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C














17.10.2023






Corrigendum to Commission Notice C(2021) 5430 – Technical guidance on the climate proofing of infrastructure in the period 2021-2027

(
Official Journal of the European Union C 373 of 16 September 2021
)

(C/2023/90005)

On page 21, Section 3.2.1 (Screening – Phase 1 (Mitigation)), in Table 2 (Screening list – carbon footprint – examples of project categories), second column, final indent:
for:






‘—


Any other infrastructure project category or scale of project for which the absolute and/or relative emissions could exceed 20 000 tonnes CO2e/year (positive or negative) (see Table 7)’,




read:






‘—


Any other infrastructure project category or scale of project for which the absolute and/or relative emissions could exceed 20 000 tonnes CO2e/year (positive or negative) (see Table 4)’.




On page 29, Section 3.3, in Figure 7 (Overview of the climate adaptation-related process for climate proofing):
for:


                  ‘Detailed analysis – Phase 2 (mitigation)’,

read:


                  ‘Detailed analysis – Phase 2 (adaptation)’.

On page 47, in Annex A, Section A.2, in the final paragraph:
for:


                  ‘The sustainability guidance for InvestEU specifies a threshold of EUR 10 million exclusive of VAT below which projects are required to undertake sustainability proofing in accordance with Article 8(5). However, for some projects below the threshold there may still be a legal requirement to undertake an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), which then may include climate proofing considerations as per the amended EIA Directive (see chapter 5 and Annex D).’,

read:


                  ‘The sustainability guidance for InvestEU specifies a threshold of EUR 10 million exclusive of VAT below which projects are excluded from sustainability proofing in accordance with Article 8(5). However, for some projects below the threshold there may still be a legal requirement to undertake an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), which then may include climate proofing considerations as per the amended EIA Directive (see chapter 5 and Annex D).’.



ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-219/23, Dudea: Order of the President of the Court of 17 October 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti — Romania) — Ş.C.F, H.F.I. in the presence of Ministerul Investițiilor și Proiectelor Europene, H.A. SRL, Parchetul de pe lângă Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție — Direcția Națională Anticorupție
Date: 2023-10-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: barring of penalties by limitation, criminal law, criminal liability, criminal proceedings, fraud, fraud against the EU, fundamental rights, primacy of EU law, principle of proportionality








C_202301441EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1441


18.12.2023





Order of the President of the Court of 17 October 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Bucureşti — Romania) — Ş.C.F, H.F.I. in the presence of Ministerul Investițiilor și Proiectelor Europene, H.A. SRL, Parchetul de pe lângă Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție — Direcția Națională Anticorupție
(Case C-219/23, (1) Dudea (2))
(C/2023/1441)
Language of the case: Romanian
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C 261 24.7.2023.

(2)  The name of the present case is a fictitious name. It does not correspond to the real name of any party to the proceedings.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1441/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)