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Case T-631/21: Order of the General Court of 18 October 2023 — BZ v ECB (Civil service — ECB staff — Complaint of discrimination and psychological harassment — Internal administrative inquiry — Compliance with a judgment of the General Court — Time limit for bringing proceedings — Point from which time starts to run — Pre-litigation procedure — Liability — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
Date: 2023-10-18
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to EU information, damages, disciplinary proceedings, equal treatment, indemnification, principle of legal certainty, principle of proportionality, protection of privacy, right to health, working conditions








C_202301304EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1304


11.12.2023





Order of the General Court of 18 October 2023 — BZ v ECB
(Case T-631/21) (1)

(Civil service - ECB staff - Complaint of discrimination and psychological harassment - Internal administrative inquiry - Compliance with a judgment of the General Court - Time limit for bringing proceedings - Point from which time starts to run - Pre-litigation procedure - Liability - Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
(C/2023/1304)
Language of the case: English

Parties


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

Defendant: European Central Bank (represented by: B. Ehlers and F. von Lindeiner, acting as Agents, and by B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)

Re:

By her action based on Article 270 TFEU and on Article 50a of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the applicant seeks (i) the annulment of the decisions of the European Central Bank (ECB) of 16 March and 13 July 2021, and (ii) compensation for the damage which she allegedly suffered as a result of those decisions.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


BZ shall pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 513, 20.12.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1304/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-162/21: Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2023 — BZ v ECB (Civil service — ECB staff — Complaint of discrimination and psychological harassment — Internal administrative inquiry — Equivalent compliance with a judgment of the General Court — Article 266 TFEU — Letter of apology — Existence of a duty of confidentiality — Liability — Non-material damage)
Date: 2023-10-18
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, disciplinary proceedings, equal treatment, harassment at work, indemnification, psychological harassment








C_202301140EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1140


4.12.2023





Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2023 — BZ v ECB
(Case T-162/21) (1)

(Civil service - ECB staff - Complaint of discrimination and psychological harassment - Internal administrative inquiry - Equivalent compliance with a judgment of the General Court - Article 266 TFEU - Letter of apology - Existence of a duty of confidentiality - Liability - Non-material damage)
(C/2023/1140)
Language of the case: English

Parties


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

Defendant: European Central Bank (represented by: B. Ehlers and F. von Lindeiner, acting as Agents, and by B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)

Re:

By her action based on Article 270 TFEU and on Article 50a of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the applicant seeks (i) the annulment in part of the decision of the European Central Bank (ECB) of 17 November 2020, in so far as it fixes a compensation payment in the amount of EUR 50 000, and of the letter of the ECB of 12 January 2021 relating to the existence of a duty of confidentiality, and (ii) compensation for the non-material damage which she allegedly suffered as a result of those measures.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders BZ and the European Central Bank (ECB) to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 189, 17.5.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1140/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-336/22: Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2023 — Gómez Calavia v Court of Justice of the European Union (Civil service — Officials — Reports procedure — Staff report — 2019 appraisal procedure — Guide to staff reports — Lower mark — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Appraisal interview — Deadline for delivering the opinion of the Consultative Committee on Staff Reports)
Date: 2023-10-18
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, staff assessment, staff regulations (EU)








C_202400467EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/467


3.1.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2023 — Gómez Calavia v Court of Justice of the European Union
(Case T-336/22) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Reports procedure - Staff report - 2019 appraisal procedure - Guide to staff reports - Lower mark - Obligation to state reasons - Manifest error of assessment - Appraisal interview - Deadline for delivering the opinion of the Consultative Committee on Staff Reports)
(C/2024/467)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Sara Gómez Calavia, as heir of José Manuel Sánchez Gómez (Zaragoza, Spain) (represented by: D. Giabbani, lawyer)

Defendant: Court of Justice of the European Union (represented by: J. Inghelram and A. Almendros Manzano, acting as Agents)

Re:

By her action based on Article 270 TFEU, the applicant, as heir of José Manuel Sánchez Gómez, seeks, primarily, the retention, in the latter’s staff report for the 2019 appraisal procedure, of the marks appearing in the previous staff report and, in the alternative, the annulment of the staff report for the 2019 appraisal procedure.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the Court of Justice of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay half of those incurred by Ms Sara Gómez Calavia, as heir of Mr José Manuel Sánchez Gómez;










3.


Orders Ms Gómez Calavia to bear half of her own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 284, 25.7.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/467/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-605/21: Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2023 — TestBioTech v Commission (Environment — Genetically modified products — Genetically modified maize containing, consisting of or produced from MON 87427 × MON 87460 × MON 89034 × MIR162 × NK603 and its subcombinations — Rejection of an application for internal review of an authorisation for placing on the market — Manifest error of assessment — Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Articles 4 to 6 and 16 to 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 — Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 503/2013)
Date: 2023-10-18
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: animal feedingstuffs, food safety, foodstuff, labelling, maize, market approval, transgenic plant








C_202301146EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1146


4.12.2023





Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2023 — TestBioTech v Commission
(Case T-605/21) (1)

(Environment - Genetically modified products - Genetically modified maize containing, consisting of or produced from MON 87427 × MON 87460 × MON 89034 × MIR162 × NK603 and its subcombinations - Rejection of an application for internal review of an authorisation for placing on the market - Manifest error of assessment - Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 - Articles 4 to 6 and 16 to 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 - Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 503/2013)
(C/2023/1146)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: TestBioTech eV (Munich, Germany) (represented by: K. Smith, Barrister)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: I. Galindo Martín and F. Castilla Contreras, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the European Commission of 8 July 2021 rejecting the grounds set out in its request for internal review made pursuant to Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies (OJ 2006 L 264, p. 13), against Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/61 of 22 January 2021 authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified maize MON 87427 × MON 87460 × MON 89034 × MIR162 × NK603 and genetically modified maize combining two, three or four of the single events MON 87427, MON 87460, MON 89034, MIR162 and NK603, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2021 L 26, p. 12).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders TestBioTech eV to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.






(1)  
            OJ C 471, 22.11.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1146/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-225/21: Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2023 — Ryanair v Commission (Alitalia I; COVID-19) (State aid — Italian air-transport market — Aid granted by Italy to an airline in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic — Direct grant — Decision not to raise any objections — Aid intended to make good the damage caused by an exceptional occurrence — Article 107(2)(b) TFEU — Consideration of earlier aid measures in favour of the same beneficiary which is the subject of pending formal investigations — Assessment of damages — Causal link — Principle of non-discrimination — Free provision of services — Freedom of establishment — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2023-10-18
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Italy, State aid, aid to undertakings, airline, company in difficulties, control of State aid, coronavirus disease, epidemic, equal treatment, freedom to provide services, right of establishment








C_202301141EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1141


4.12.2023





Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2023 — Ryanair v Commission (Alitalia I; COVID-19)
(Case T-225/21) (1)

(State aid - Italian air-transport market - Aid granted by Italy to an airline in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic - Direct grant - Decision not to raise any objections - Aid intended to make good the damage caused by an exceptional occurrence - Article 107(2)(b) TFEU - Consideration of earlier aid measures in favour of the same beneficiary which is the subject of pending formal investigations - Assessment of damages - Causal link - Principle of non-discrimination - Free provision of services - Freedom of establishment - Obligation to state reasons)
(C/2023/1141)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Ryanair DAC (Swords, Ireland) (represented by: F.-C. Laprévote, E. Vahida, V. Blanc, S. Rating, I.-G. Metaxas-Maranghidis and D. Pérez de Lamo, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, J. Carpi Badía and F. Tomat, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Italian Republic (represented by G. Palmieri, P. Gentili and G. Santini, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of Commission Decision C(2020) 6194 final of 4 September 2020 on State aid SA.58114 (2020/NN) — Italy — COVID-19 aid to Alitalia.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Ryanair DAC to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;










3.


Orders the Italian Republic to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 228, 14.6.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1141/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/382 of 18 October 2023 correcting the Swedish language version of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 231/2013 supplementing Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to exemptions, general operating conditions, depositaries, leverage, transparency and supervision
Date: 2023-10-18
Institutions: Directorate-General for Translation, European Commission
Subjects: consumer information, financial control, financial legislation, financial market, indebtedness, investment company, market supervision








L_202400382EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series L













2024/382


23.1.2024







            COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2024/382
of 18 October 2023
         
correcting the Swedish language version of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 231/2013 supplementing Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to exemptions, general operating conditions, depositaries, leverage, transparency and supervision
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers and amending Directives 2003/41/EC and 2009/65/EC and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 1095/2010 (1), and in particular Article 14(4) and Article 19(11) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


The Swedish language version of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 231/2013 (2) contains errors in Article 7, second subparagraph, point (a), Article 31(1), first subparagraph, first sentence, and Article 32 that alter the meaning of the provisions.












(2)


The Swedish language version of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 231/2013 should therefore be corrected accordingly. The other language versions are not affected,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

(Does not concern the English language)



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




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 October 2023.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p. 1.

(2)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 231/2013 of 19 December 2012 supplementing Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to exemptions, general operating conditions, depositaries, leverage, transparency and supervision (OJ L 83, 22.3.2013, p. 1).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2024/382/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Case T-467/22: Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2023 — EIB v Syria (Arbitration clause — Loan agreement concerning a project for the rehabilitation of saline soils and the prevention of further salinisation of agricultural lands in a third country — Non-performance of the agreement — Repayment of the sums advanced — Default interest — Procedure by default)
Date: 2023-10-18
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EIB loan, agricultural land, desertification, interest, international loan, project funding








C_202301153EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1153


4.12.2023





Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2023 — EIB v Syria
(Case T-467/22) (1)

(Arbitration clause - Loan agreement concerning a project for the rehabilitation of saline soils and the prevention of further salinisation of agricultural lands in a third country - Non-performance of the agreement - Repayment of the sums advanced - Default interest - Procedure by default)
(C/2023/1153)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: European Investment Bank (represented by: T. Gilliams, R. Stuart and F. Oxangoiti Briones, acting as Agents, and by D. Arts and E. Paredis, lawyers)

Defendant: Syrian Arab Republic

Re:

By its action based on Article 272 TFEU, the European Investment Bank (EIB) requests that the Syrian Arab Republic be ordered to pay the European Union, which it represents, the sum of EUR 1 959 745,31, together with interest, under Loan Agreement No 80211 concerning the financing of a project for the rehabilitation of saline soils and the prevention of further salinisation of agricultural lands in the lower Euphrates valley (Syria).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Orders the Syrian Arab Republic to repay the European Union, represented by the European Investment Bank (EIB), the sum of EUR 1 959 745,31 representing the principal amounts and the contractual and default interest due on 30 June 2022;










2.


Declares that the sum of EUR 1 680 510,04 comprising the principal amounts is to bear default interest at the annual rate of 3,5 % from 30 June 2022 until the date that payment is made;










3.


Orders the Syrian Arab Republic to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 359, 19.9.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1153/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-631/23, Servoprax: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 18 October 2023 — Servoprax GmbH v Hauptzollamt Duisburg
Date: 2023-10-18
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, medical device, specification of tariff heading








C_202401081EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1081


5.2.2024





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 18 October 2023 — Servoprax GmbH v Hauptzollamt Duisburg
(Case C-631/23, Servoprax)
(C/2024/1081)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Finanzgericht Düsseldorf

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Servoprax GmbH

Defendant: Hauptzollamt Duisburg

Questions referred







1.


Is the Combined Nomenclature set out in Annex I of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 (1) (OJ EU L 256/1), in the version of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1821 (2) of 6 October 2016 (OJ EU L 294/1), in the version of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1925 (3) of 12 October 2017 (OJ EU L 282/1), as well as in the version of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1602 (4) of 11 October 2018 (OJ EU L 273/1), to be interpreted as meaning that tourniquets, of the type described more precisely in the Order, are to be classified under subheading 9018 90 84 of the Combined Nomenclature?










2.


If the first question referred is answered in the affirmative: Is the second sentence of Article 252 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code (5) valid?






(1)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ 1987 L 256, p. 1).

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1821 of 6 October 2016 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ 2016 L 294, p. 1)

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1925 of 12 October 2017 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ 2017 L 282, p. 1).

(4)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1602 of 11 October 2018 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ 2018 L 273, p. 1).

(5)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code (OJ 2015 L 343, p. 1).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1081/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-535/22: Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2023 — NZ v Commission (Civil service — Officials — Recruitment — Internal competition COM/1/AD 10/18 — Decision not to include the applicant on the reserve list — Equal treatment — Stability in the composition of the selection board — Unlimited jurisdiction — Non-material damage)
Date: 2023-10-18
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: administrator, competition (EU), equal treatment, indemnification, job vacancy, recruitment








C_202301159EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1159


4.12.2023





Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2023 — NZ v Commission
(Case T-535/22) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Recruitment - Internal competition COM/1/AD 10/18 - Decision not to include the applicant on the reserve list - Equal treatment - Stability in the composition of the selection board - Unlimited jurisdiction - Non-material damage)
(C/2023/1159)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: NZ (represented by: H. Tagaras, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Brauhoff, T. Lilamand, I. Melo Sampaio and L. Vernier, acting as Agents)

Re:

By her action on the basis of Article 270 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the selection board of 10 February 2022 rejecting her request for review of the decision of the selection board of 6 February 2020 not to include her name on the reserve list for internal competition COM/1/AD 10/18 (‘the decision of 10 February 2022
            ’).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of 10 February 2022, by which the selection board for internal competition COM/1/AD 10/18 refused, after review, to include NZ on the reserve list for the recruitment of administrators at grade AD 10 in the field of ‘Coordination, communication, human resources and budgetary management, audit’;










2.


Orders the European Commission to pay NZ, in respect of the non-material damage suffered, the sum of EUR 4 000;










3.


Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 398, 17.10.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1159/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)