do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-671/23, Lietuvos bankas: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 13 November 2023 — M v Lietuvos bankas
Date: 2023-11-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: administrative sanction, infringement of EU law, money laundering, terrorism financing








C_202400632EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/632


15.1.2024





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 13 November 2023 — M v Lietuvos bankas
(Case C-671/23, Lietuvos bankas)
(C/2024/632)
Language of the case: Lithuanian

Referring court

Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: M

Defendant: Lietuvos bankas

Questions referred







1.


Is Article 59 of Directive 2015/849 (1) to be interpreted as precluding national legislation under which, if the competent national authority finds a number of infringements of different sets of requirements under Article 59(1)(a) to (d) of Directive 2015/849 during a single inspection, each of those infringements is considered to constitute a separate systematic infringement, and each of those infringements is subject to a separate fine taking into account the maximum fine laid down in the national law implementing Directive 2015/849?










2.


Is Article 59 of Directive 2015/849 to be interpreted as precluding national legislation under which, if the competent national authority finds a number of infringements of the same set of requirements under Article 59(1)(a) to (d) of Directive 2015/849 during a single inspection, each of those infringements is considered to constitute a separate systematic infringement and each of those infringements is subject to a separate fine taking into account the maximum fine laid down in the national law implementing Directive 2015/849?










3.


If at least one of the above questions is answered in the affirmative, what criteria must be taken into account when determining whether an infringement under Article 59 of Directive 2015/849 is systematic?






(1)  Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directive 2006/70/EC (OJ 2015 L 141, p. 73).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/632/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-674/23, AEON NEPREMIČNINE and Others: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Ustavno sodišče Republike Slovenije (Slovenia) lodged on 13 November 2023 — AEON NEPREMIČNINE and Others, STAN nepremičnine d.o.o. and Državni svet Republike Slovenije v Državni zbor Republike Slovenije
Date: 2023-11-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: broker, property leasing, property market, provision of services, purchase, real property, sale








C_202400713EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/713


22.1.2024





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Ustavno sodišče Republike Slovenije (Slovenia) lodged on 13 November 2023 — AEON NEPREMIČNINE and Others, STAN nepremičnine d.o.o. and Državni svet Republike Slovenije v Državni zbor Republike Slovenije
(Case C-674/23, AEON NEPREMIČNINE and Others)
(C/2024/713)
Language of the case: Slovenian

Referring court

Ustavno sodišče Republike Slovenije

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: AEON NEPREMIČNINE, d.o.o. and Others, STAN nepremičnine d.o.o. and Državni svet Republike Slovenije

Other party to the proceedings: Državni zbor Republike Slovenije

Questions referred







1.


Are Articles 7, 16 and 38 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, read in conjunction with Article 15 of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market, (1) to be interpreted as precluding legislation of a Member State of the European Union under which the maximum fee permitted for property brokerage in the context of the purchase or sale of the same property may not exceed 4 % of the contractual price, in the case of brokerage in the context of the purchase or sale of a single-family residence, an apartment or a dwelling purchased by an individual?










2.


Are Articles 7, 16 and 38 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, read in conjunction with Article 15 of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market, to be interpreted as precluding legislation of a Member State of the European Union under which the maximum permitted brokerage fee in the context of a lease for the same property may not be more than 4 % of the amount resulting from the multiplication of the amount of monthly rent by the number of months for which the property is let, and in any event may not exceed the amount of one month’s rent, in the case of brokerage in the context of the rental of a single-family residence, apartment or dwelling rented by an individual?






(1)  
            OJ 2006 L 376, p. 36.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/713/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11277 – TPG / KKR / A-GAS)
Date: 2023-11-13
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: capital market, economic concentration, insurance, investment company, merger control








C_202301651EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1651


22.12.2023






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11277 – TPG / KKR / A-GAS)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/1651)

On 13 November 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 32023M11277. 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/2023/1651/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 10 November 2023
Date: 2023-11-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202300689EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/689


13.11.2023






Euro exchange rates (1)


            10 November 2023
         
(C/2023/689)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0683 




JPY


Japanese yen


161,77 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4577 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87435 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,6290 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9636 




ISK


Iceland króna


151,90 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,8725 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,525 




HUF


Hungarian forint


377,43 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,4243 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9698 




TRY


Turkish lira


30,5149 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6795 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4753 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,3433 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8119 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4525 




KRW


South Korean won


1 408,82 




ZAR


South African rand


20,0296 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7874 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 764,67 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,0296 




PHP


Philippine peso


59,680 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


38,395 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,2579 




MXN


Mexican peso


19,0402 




INR


Indian rupee


88,9803 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/689/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2587 of 13 November 2023 approving amendments to the product specification for a spirit drink whose name is registered as a geographical indication (Eau-de-vie de vin de la Marne)
Date: 2023-11-13
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: France, Grand Est, designation of origin, labelling, product designation, spirits








L_202302587EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series L













2023/2587


20.11.2023







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/2587
of 13 November 2023
         
approving amendments to the product specification for a spirit drink whose name is registered as a geographical indication (‘Eau-de-vie de vin de la Marne’)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 (1), and in particular Article 30(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Under Article 26(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/787, the Commission has examined the application of France for a Union amendment to the specification for the name ‘Eau-de-vie de vin de la Marne’ entered in the register of geographical indications for spirit drinks. The application concerns an amendment of the name ‘Eau-de-vie de vin de la Marne’ to ‘Eau-de-vie de vin de la Marne / Fine champenoise’.












(2)


Having concluded that the application complies with Regulation (EU) 2019/787, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union (2), pursuant to Article 26(2) of that Regulation.












(3)


As no notice of opposition under Article 27(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/787 has been received by the Commission, the amendments to the specification should be approved,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The amendment to the specification of the geographical indication ‘Eau-de-vie de vin de la Marne’, published in the Official Journal of the European Union, is hereby approved.


Article 2
This Regulation shall come 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, 13 November 2023.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 130, 17.5.2019, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ C 273, 2.8.2023, p. 8.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/2587/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11252 – DACHSER / DACHSER & FERCAM ITALIA)
Date: 2023-11-13
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, economic concentration, inland transport, international transport, logistics, merger control, storage








C_202301421EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1421


6.12.2023






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11252 – DACHSER / DACHSER & FERCAM ITALIA)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/1421)

On 13 November 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 32023M11252. 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/2023/1421/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2588 of 13 November 2023 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Poulet du Bourbonnais (PDO))
Date: 2023-11-13
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, designation of origin, fresh meat, labelling, poultrymeat, product designation








L_202302588EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series L













2023/2588


20.11.2023







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/2588
of 13 November 2023
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Poulet du Bourbonnais’ (PDO))


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Under Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, France’s application to register the name ‘Poulet du Bourbonnais’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


As no reasoned statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been lodged with the Commission, the name ‘Poulet du Bourbonnais’ should therefore be entered in the register,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Poulet du Bourbonnais’ (PDO) is hereby entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications.
The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 1.1. Fresh meat (and offal), as listed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 (3).


Article 2
This Regulation shall come 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, 13 November 2023.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ C 268, 31.7.2023, p. 18.

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 36).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/2588/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.108082
Date: 2023-11-13
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Saxony, State aid, aquaculture, control of State aid








C_202300797EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/797


13.11.2023






Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
SA.108082
(C/2023/797)







Date of adoption of the decision


9.8.2023




Aid number


SA.108082




Member State


Germany




Region


SACHSEN




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Sachsen: Natürliches Erbe — Vorhaben zur Prävention von Schäden durch den Biber (Aquakultursektor)




Legal basis


Förderrichtlinie Natürliches Erbe des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für Energie, Klimaschutz, Umwelt und Landwirtschaft … (Förderrichtlinie Natürliches Erbe — FRL NE/2023)




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Fisheries and aquaculture




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 7 000 000  EUR
Annual budget: 1 000 000  EUR




Intensity


100,0  %




Duration


Until 31.12.2029




Economic sectors


Aquaculture




Name and address of the granting authority







Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie




Postfach 54 01 37, 01311 Dresden








Other information


 




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search?caseInstrument=SA


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/797/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-1076/23: Action brought on 13 November 2023 — Bowles and Others v ECB
Date: 2023-11-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Bank for International Settlements, Cyprus, European civil service, Germany, central bank, pay, pension scheme, wage determination








C_202400749EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/749


22.1.2024





Action brought on 13 November 2023 — Bowles and Others v ECB
(Case T-1076/23)
(C/2024/749)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Carlos Bowles (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and 39 others (represented by: L. Levi, lawyer)

Defendant: European Central Bank

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Court should:






—


annul their salary statements or pension slips for the month of January 2023 and the salary statements or pension slips issued after January 2023 insofar as they implement the General Salary Adjustment 2023, fixed at 4,0751 % as per the ECB’s decision dated 22 December 2022;










—


annul, if need be, the ECB’s decision dated 8 May 2023 rejecting the administrative review submitted by the applicants against the aforementioned decision;










—


annul, if need be, the ECB’s decision dated 30 August 2023, partially rejecting the grievance procedure submitted by the applicants;










—


order the defendant to bear all the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicants rely on the following plea in law.
The applicants allege a violation of the method of calculation of the General Salary Adjustment, which is based on a specific assessment of the salary adjustments in the organisations which are the ECB’s principal sources of staff recruitment, such as the national central banks (‘comparator organisations’), and of the legitimate expectations, in that:






—


the General Salary Adjustment was fixed taking into account the reporting by the Bank for International Settlements (a comparator organisation) of an increase by 1,5 %, expressed in Swiss francs, while, the applicants submit, the figures in Swiss Francs should have been converted in euros;










—


the ECB considered that three benefits (an energy price lump sum, an upgrade of positions and complimentary job tickets) granted to Deutsche Bundesbank’s (a comparator organisation) employees are outside the scope of the concept of ‘gross annual basic salaries’ as provided by the method of calculation, while these benefits should have been included when calculating the percentage increase related to salaries at Deutsche Bundesbank;










—


in the absence, as the applicants submit, of a general salary adjustment methodology at the Central Bank of Cyprus (a comparator organisation), and given that the latter has shifted to only performance-based but higher increases, the data relating to the salary adjustment at the Central Bank of Cyprus for 2021 and 2022 to be used for the purposes of the General Salary Adjustment, should be based on that performance-based salary adjustment.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/749/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.104506
Date: 2023-11-13
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Saxony, State aid, aid to agriculture, animal production, control of State aid, crop production, hunting








C_202300792EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/792


13.11.2023






Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
SA.104506
(C/2023/792)







Date of adoption of the decision


21.7.2023




Aid number


SA.104506




Member State


Germany




Region


SACHSEN




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Sachsen: Förderung der Biotoppflegemahd mit Erschwernis




Legal basis








1.


Richtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für Energie, Klimaschutz, Umwelt und Landwirtschaft zur Förderung von Maßnahmen der umweltgerechten Flächenbewirtschaftung im Freistaat Sachsen (Förderrichtlinie Agrarumwelt- und Klimamaßnahmen — FRL AUK/2023) 2. Gesetz über die Gemeinschaftsaufgabe ‘Verbesserung der Agrarstruktur und des Küstenschutzes’ 3. Rahmenplan der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe ‘Verbesserung der Agrarstruktur und des Küstenschutzes’ 2022–2025








Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Aid for agri-environment-climate commitments




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 40 000 000  EUR
Annual budget: 8 000 000  EUR




Intensity


100,0  %




Duration


Until 31.12.2027




Economic sectors


Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie




Postfach 54 01 37, 01311 Dresden








Other information


 




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search?caseInstrument=SA


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/792/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)