do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11296 – WHP / G-STAR)
Date: 2023-11-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: brand name, clothing industry, distributive trades, economic concentration, electronic commerce, footwear industry, investment company, merger control








C_202301254EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1254


27.11.2023






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11296 – WHP / G-STAR)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/1254)

On 21 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 32023M11296. 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/2023/1254/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-1087/23: Action brought on 21 November 2023 — Barbato v EUIPO — Hightouch (Steve Jobs)
Date: 2023-11-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, cosmetic product, electronic equipment, information technology industry, jewellery and goldsmith's articles, leather industry, polishing and scouring preparations, precious metal, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202400963EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/963


29.1.2024





Action brought on 21 November 2023 — Barbato v EUIPO — Hightouch (Steve Jobs)
(Case T-1087/23)
(C/2024/963)
Language in which the application was lodged: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Vincenzo Barbato (Naples, Italy) (represented by: M. Andreolini and F. Andreolini, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Hightouch Ltd (Ashtead, United Kingdom)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark Steve Jobs — EU trade mark No 11 687 316

Proceedings before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 September 2023 in Case R 78/2022-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul and, where appropriate, amend the contested decision;










—


award the costs in the applicant’s favour.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 58(1)(a), in conjunction with Article 18(1), and with Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/963/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.101033Text with EEA relevance.
Date: 2023-11-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Romania, State aid, Sud-Est (Romania), combined transport, control of State aid, storage








C_202301030EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1030


21.11.2023






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.101033
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/1030)








Date of adoption of the decision


7.7.2023




Aid number


SA.101033




Member State


Romania




Region


Sud-Est




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Galati multimodal platform




Legal basis


Draft government order of the Minister of Transports and Infrastructure




Type of measure


Ad Hoc Case


Compania Națională Administrația Porturilor Dunării Maritime SA (Maritime Danube Ports Administration National Company)




Objective


Coordination of transport, Coordination of transport




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 564 999 273  RON
Annual budget: 141 249 818  RON




Intensity


 




Duration


From 31.12.2022




Economic sectors


Warehousing and support activities for transportation




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure




38, Dinicu Golescu Av. RO-010873 Bucarest 1








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/2023/1030/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 20 November 2023
Date: 2023-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202300922EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/922


21.11.2023






Euro exchange rates (1)


            20 November 2023
         
(C/2023/922)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0928 




JPY


Japanese yen


162,12 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4565 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87630 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,4270 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9665 




ISK


Iceland króna


152,50 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,7200 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,541 




HUF


Hungarian forint


378,90 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3690 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9721 




TRY


Turkish lira


31,4332 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6669 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4994 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,5165 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8132 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4641 




KRW


South Korean won


1 412,56 




ZAR


South African rand


20,1445 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8378 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 881,57 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,1006 




PHP


Philippine peso


60,497 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


38,494 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,3364 




MXN


Mexican peso


18,7590 




INR


Indian rupee


91,1060 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/922/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Council Decision (EU) 2024/582 of 21 November 2023 authorising the opening of negotiations with the Republic of Colombia for a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
Date: 2023-11-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Colombia, cooperation agreement (EU), cooperation policy, negotiation of an agreement (EU)




L_202400582EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series L













2024/582


13.2.2024







            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2024/582
of 21 November 2023
         
authorising the opening of negotiations with the Republic of Colombia for a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 209, in conjuction with Article 218(3) and (4) thereof,


Having regard to the recommendation from the European Commission,


Whereas negotiations should be opened with a view to concluding a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the Republic of Colombia,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1

1.   The Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (the ‘High Representative’) are hereby authorised to open negotiations for a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the Republic of Colombia.


2.   The negotiations shall be conducted on the basis of the negotiating directives of the Council set out in the addendum to this Decision.



Article 2
The Commission is hereby nominated as the head of the Union’s negotiating team.


Article 3
The negotiations shall be conducted in consultation with the Working Party on Latin America and the Caribbean.


Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Commission and the High Representative.




Done at Brussels, 21 November 2023.


For the Council


The President

P. CANCELA RODRÍGUEZ
            





ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/582/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.101518Text with EEA relevance.
Date: 2023-11-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: France, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid








C_202301040EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1040


21.11.2023






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.101518
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/1040)







Date of adoption of the decision


6.11.2023




Aid number


SA.101518




Member State


France




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Réintroduction de l’aide SA.42322 relative à la méthode de calcul d’équivalent-subvention brut pour les aides accordées sous forme d’avances récupérables




Legal basis


Cette mesure étant une méthodologie de calcul de l'équivalent subvention brut elle n'est pas fixée par une base juridique nationale.




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Research, development and innovation




Form of aid


Repayable advances




Budget


Overall budget: 0 EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


1.1.2024 — 31.12.2027




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Direction Générale des Entreprises




61 BOULEVARD Vincent Auriol | 75703 Paris Cedex 13








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/2023/1040/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.109215Text with EEA relevance.
Date: 2023-11-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: France, State aid, control of State aid, telecommunications








C_202301018EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1018


21.11.2023






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.109215
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/1018)







Date of adoption of the decision


19.10.2023




Aid number


SA.109215




Member State


France




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Fonds d’accompagnement de la réception télévisuelle (FARTV)




Legal basis








—


Décret no 2017-1048 du 10 mai 2017 relatif au fonds d'accompagnement de la réception télévisuelle- Article 96-1 de la loi no 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 relative à la liberté de communication








Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Sectorial development, Social support to individual consumers




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 450 000  EUR
Annual budget: 90 000  EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


1.1.2024 — 31.12.2028




Economic sectors


Telecommunications




Name and address of the granting authority







Agence nationale des fréquences (Anfr)




78 Av. du Général de Gaulle, 94704 Maisons-Alfort








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/2023/1018/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-438/23: Order of the General Court of 21 November 2023 — Lotum one v EUIPO — Playtika Santa Monica (WORDBLITZ) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Withdrawal of the opposition — No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2023-11-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, audiovisual production, computer equipment, electronic publishing, film production, mobile phone, online game, registered trade mark, software, trade-mark law








C_202400747EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/747


22.1.2024





Order of the General Court of 21 November 2023 — Lotum one v EUIPO — Playtika Santa Monica (WORDBLITZ)
(Case T-438/23) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Withdrawal of the opposition - No need to adjudicate)
(C/2024/747)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Lotum one GmbH (Bad Nauheim, Germany) (represented by: T. Hogh Holub, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Playtika Santa Monica, LLC (Henderson, Nevada, United States (represented by: I. Fowler and I. Junkar, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 27 March 2023 (Case R 1682/2021-4).

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the action.










2.


Each party shall bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 321, 11.9.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/747/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-522/22, British Airways (reimbursement in the form of frequent flyer miles): Order of the President of the Third Chamber of the Court of 21 November 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Frankfurt am Main — Germany) — GE v British Airways Plc
Date: 2023-11-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: air transport, carriage of passengers, carrier, consumer protection, indemnification, ticket, traveller








C_202401090EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1090


5.2.2024





Order of the President of the Third Chamber of the Court of 21 November 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Frankfurt am Main — Germany) — GE v British Airways Plc
(Case C-522/22, (1) British Airways (reimbursement in the form of frequent flyer miles))
(C/2024/1090)
Language of the case: German
The President of the Third Chamber Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C 389, 10.10.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1090/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2658 of 21 November 2023 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Cebola da Madeira (PDO))
Date: 2023-11-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Madeira, Portugal, bulb vegetable, designation of origin, labelling, product designation








L_202302658EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series L













2023/2658


28.11.2023







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/2658
of 21 November 2023
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Cebola da Madeira’ (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)


Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Portugal’s application to register the name ‘Cebola da Madeira’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Cebola da Madeira’ should therefore be entered in the register,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Cebola da Madeira’ (PDO) is hereby entered in the register.
The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 1.6 – Fruit, vegetables and cereals, fresh or processed, as listed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 (3).


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, 21 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 281, 10.11.2023, p. 11.

(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/2023/2658/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2654 of 21 November 2023 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Vit färsksaltad Östgötagurka (PGI))
Date: 2023-11-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Sweden, designation of origin, fresh product, fruit vegetable, labelling, product designation, vegetable product, Östergötland county








L_202302654EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series L













2023/2654


28.11.2023







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/2654
of 21 November 2023
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Vit färsksaltad Östgötagurka’ (PGI))


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)


Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Sweden’s application to register the name ‘Vit färsksaltad Östgötagurka’ 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 received by the Commission, the name ‘Vit färsksaltad Östgötagurka’ should therefore be entered in the register,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Vit färsksaltad Östgötagurka’ (PGI) 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 1.6. Fruit, vegetables and cereals, fresh or processed, as listed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 (3).


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, 21 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 272, 1.8.2023, p. 15.

(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/2023/2654/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Corrigendum to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/945 of 17 January 2023 amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/583 as regards certain transparency requirements applicable to transactions in non-equity instruments (OJ L 131, 16.5.2023)
Date: 2023-11-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, exchange of information, financial instrument, financial legislation, financial transaction, investment company, technical standard








L_202390102EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series L













2023/945


21.11.2023






Corrigendum to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/945 of 17 January 2023 amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/583 as regards certain transparency requirements applicable to transactions in non-equity instruments

(
Official Journal of the European Union L 131 of 16 May 2023
)


On page 100, in Annex IV, in the amendments to Tables 1 and 2 in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2017/583, Table 1 shall read as follows:


‘Table 1


Symbol table for Table 2








SYMBOL


DATA TYPE


DEFINITION




{ALPHANUM-n}


Up to n alphanumerical characters


Free text field




{DECIMAL-n/m}


Decimal number of up to n digits, of which up to m digits can be fraction digits


Numerical field for both positive and negative values:






1.


decimal separator is “.” (full stop);










2.


the number may be prefixed with “-” (minus) to indicate negative numbers.




Where applicable, values shall be rounded and not truncated.




{COUNTRYCODE_2}


2 alphanumerical characters


2-letter country code, as defined by ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code




{CURRENCYCODE_3}


3 alphanumerical characters


3-letter currency code, as defined by ISO 4217 currency codes




{DATEFORMAT}


ISO 8601 date format


Dates shall be presented in the following format:
YYYY-MM-DD




{ISIN}


12 alphanumerical characters


ISIN code, as defined in ISO 6166




{LEI}


20 alphanumerical characters


Legal entity identifier as defined in ISO 17442




{MIC}


4 alphanumerical characters


Market identifier as defined in ISO 10383




{EIC}


16 alphanumerical characters


an EIC code pertaining to a delivery point within or outside the European Union




{INDEX}


4 alphabetic characters


“EONA” — EONIA
“EONS” — EONIA SWAP
“EURI” — EURIBOR
“EUUS” — EURODOLLAR
“EUCH” — EuroSwiss
“GCFR” — GCF REPO
“ISDA” — ISDAFIX
“LIBI” — LIBID
“LIBO” — LIBOR
“MAAA” — Muni AAA
“PFAN” — Pfandbriefe
“TIBO” — TIBOR
“STBO” — STIBOR
“BBSW” — BBSW
“JIBA” — JIBAR
“BUBO” — BUBOR
“CDOR” — CDOR
“CIBO” — CIBOR
“MOSP” — MOSPRIM
“NIBO” — NIBOR
“PRBO” — PRIBOR
“TLBO” — TELBOR
“WIBO” — WIBOR
“TREA” — Treasury
“SWAP” — SWAP
“FUSW” — Future SWAP’







ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2023/945/corrigendum/2023-11-21/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)