do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006)
Date: 2023-11-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: chemical compound, chemical product, chromium, health control, health risk, market approval, marketing standard, metal coating, plumbing equipment








C_202301182EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1182


29.11.2023






Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)


(Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006
                (1)
)


(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/1182)


Decision granting an authorisation













Reference of the decision (2)



Date of decision


Substance name


Holder of the authorisation


Authorisation number


Authorised use


Date of expiry of review period


Reasons for the decision




C(2023) 7832


22 November 2023


Chromium trioxide
EC No. 215-607-8, CAS No. 1333-82-0


Schell GmbH & Co. KG Armaturentechnologie, Raiffeisenstrasse 31, 57462, Olpe, Germany


REACH/23/24/0


Functional chrome plating with decorative character for sanitary applications


31 December 2028


In accordance with Article 60(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the socio-economic benefits outweigh the risk to human health and the environment from the use of the substance and there are no suitable alternative substances or technologies.






(1)  
            OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(2)  The decision is available on the European Commission website at: Authorisation (europa.eu).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1182/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-514/20: Judgment of the General Court of 29 November 2023 — Uno v Commission (Action for annulment — State aid — Postal service — Compensation for universal postal service — Professional association — Lack of individual concern — No substantial effect on the competitive position — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2023-11-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Spain, State aid, business tax, control of State aid, postal service, professional association, property tax, services of general interest, tax exemption, universal service








C_202400941EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/941


29.1.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 29 November 2023 — Uno v Commission
(Case T-514/20) (1)

(Action for annulment - State aid - Postal service - Compensation for universal postal service - Professional association - Lack of individual concern - No substantial effect on the competitive position - Inadmissibility)
(C/2024/941)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Uno Organización Empresarial de Logística y Transporte (Colsada, Spain) (represented by: J. Piqueras Ruiz, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Carpi Badía and D. Recchia, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos SA (represented by: D. Sarmiento Ramírez-Escudero and A. Pérez Hernández, lawyers), Kingdom of Spain (represented by: L. Aguilera Ruiz, acting as Agent)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of European Commission Decision C (2020) 3108 final of 14 May 2020 on State aid SA.50872 (2020/NN) — Spain — Compensation to Correos on account of the universal service obligation (‘USO’), 2011-2020.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action as being inadmissible;










2.


Orders Uno Organización Empresarial de Logística y Transporte to bear its own costs as well as those incurred by the European Commission and by the Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos, SA;










3.


Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 339, 12.10.2020.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/941/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.108579Text with EEA relevance.
Date: 2023-11-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, leisure, medical centre








C_202301243EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1243


29.11.2023






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.108579
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/1243)







Date of adoption of the decision


10.11.2023




Aid number


SA.108579




Member State


Italy




Region


TRENTO




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


TCTF — Measure to support the spa sector in Trento due to the increase in energy costs




Legal basis


Article 43 of the Provincial Law of 8 August 2023 establishing the provisional budget of the Autonomous Province of Trento for 2023-2025 introducing ‘Extraordinary measures in support of the spa sector in Trentino’




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 360 000  EUR
Annual budget: 360 000  EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


Until 31.12.2023




Economic sectors


Physical well-being activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Provincia autonoma di Trento




piazza Dante, 15 — 38122 Trento (TN) — Italia








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/2023/1243/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.109458Text with EEA relevance.
Date: 2023-11-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: France, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid








C_202301241EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1241


29.11.2023






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.109458
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/1241)







Date of adoption of the decision


20.11.2023




Aid number


SA.109458




Member State


France




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Amendment to the Regional aid map for France (1 January 2022 — 31 December 2027) for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2027 (mid-term review)




Legal basis


Loi no 2006-1771 du 30 décembre 2006 de finances rectificative pour 2006




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Regional development (including territorial cooperation)




Form of aid


 




Budget


 




Intensity


50,0  %




Duration


1.1.2024 — 31.12.2027




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministère de la cohésion des territoires et des relations avec les collectivités territoriales — Direction Générale des Collectivités Territoriales (DGCL)




2 place des Saussaies 75008 Paris








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/2023/1241/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.108134
Date: 2023-11-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, State aid, aquaculture, cannery, control of State aid, fishing industry, processing industry








C_202301242EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1242


29.11.2023






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.108134
(C/2023/1242)







Date of adoption of the decision


18.10.2023




Aid number


SA.108134




Member State


Ireland




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Brexit Fish Processor Transition Scheme




Legal basis


Brexit Fish Processor Transition Scheme




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Fisheries and aquaculture




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


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




Intensity


 




Duration


Until 31.12.2023




Economic sectors


Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs




Name and address of the granting authority







Bord Iascaigh Mhara




12 Crofton Rd., Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin








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/2023/1242/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.106491Text with EEA relevance.
Date: 2023-11-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Spain, State aid, chemical industry, control of State aid, iron and steel industry, leather industry, metallurgical industry, non-ferrous metal, pulp and paper industry








C_202301258EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1258


29.11.2023






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.106491
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/1258)







Date of adoption of the decision


20.11.2023




Aid number


SA.106491




Member State


Spain




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Amendments to SA.100004 (2022/N) — Compensation for indirect ETS costs in Spain for 2021-2030




Legal basis


Law 1/2005 of 9 March 2005 regulating the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading and Royal Decree 309/2022 of 3 May 2022 establishing the compensation mechanism for indirect greenhouse gas emissions costs for the period 2021-2030




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Environmental protection, Energy efficiency, Renewable energy




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 8 510 000 000  EUR




Intensity


75,0  %




Duration


1.1.2021 — 31.12.2030




Economic sectors


Manufacture of leather clothes, Manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals, Aluminium production, Lead, zinc and tin production, Copper production, Other non-ferrous metal production, Manufacture of plastics in primary forms, Manufacture of pulp, Manufacture of paper and paperboard, Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys, Manufacture of refined petroleum products, Casting of iron, Manufacture of glass fibres, Manufacture of industrial gases, Manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism




Po de la Castellana 160, planta 10a, desp 29. Madrid 28071








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/2023/1258/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-303/21: Order of the President of the Sixth Chamber of the Court of 29 November 2023 — European Commission v Italian Republic
Date: 2023-11-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: discrimination on the basis of nationality, equal treatment, free movement of capital, national, purchase, real property, residence, stamp duty, tax relief, transfer of property








C_202401248EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1248


12.2.2024





Order of the President of the Sixth Chamber of the Court of 29 November 2023 — European Commission v Italian Republic
(Case C-303/21) (1)

(C/2024/1248)
Language of the case: Italian
The President of the Sixth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C 278, 12.7.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1248/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-29/23: Judgment of the General Court of 29 November 2023 — Vobro v EUIPO — Mieszko (CHERRY Passion) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark CHERRY Passion — Earlier EU figurative mark MIESZKO PRALINES CHERRISSIMO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2023-11-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, confectionery, confectionery product, dairy ice cream, non-alcoholic beverage, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202400954EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/954


29.1.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 29 November 2023 — Vobro v EUIPO — Mieszko (CHERRY Passion)
(Case T-29/23) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark CHERRY Passion - Earlier EU figurative mark MIESZKO PRALINES CHERRISSIMO - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2024/954)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Vobro sp. z o.o. (Brodnica, Poland) (represented by: M. Kondrat, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Stoyanova-Valchanova and T. Frydendahl, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Mieszko S.A., (Warsaw, Poland)

Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 23 November 2022 (Case R 2073/2021-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 94, 13.3.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/954/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-427/22: Judgment of the General Court of 29 November 2023 — Coljnar v EUIPO — Barbarian Sports Wear (Barbarian fashion) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark Barbarian fashion — Earlier EU word mark BARBARIAN — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2023-11-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, footwear industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202400732EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/732


22.1.2024





Judgment of the General Court of 29 November 2023 — Coljnar v EUIPO — Barbarian Sports Wear (Barbarian fashion)
(Case T-427/22) (1)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark Barbarian fashion - Earlier EU word mark BARBARIAN - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2024/732)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Nataly Coljnar (Maribor, Slovenia) (represented by: A. Šiška, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Barbarian Sports Wear Inc. (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)

Re:

By her 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 12 May 2022 (Case R 1953/2021-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Ms Nataly Coljnar and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) each to bear their own costs;










3.


Orders Barbarian Sports Wear Inc. to bear its own costs in relation to the procedural documents which it has lodged.






(1)  
            OJ C 326, 29.8.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/732/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Communication from the Commission amending the Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial undertakings in difficulty, as regards the period of application
Date: 2023-11-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid for restructuring, aid to undertakings, company in difficulties, control of State aid








C_202301212EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1212


29.11.2023







            COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION
         
amending the Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial undertakings in difficulty, as regards the period of application
(C/2023/1212)


(1)   

The Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial undertakings in difficulty (1) (‘the Guidelines’) are due to expire at the end of 2023.



(2)   

To provide predictability and legal certainty, while preparing for a potential update of the Guidelines, it is necessary and appropriate to extend the period during which they are to be applied for two years.



(3)   
Having regard to the above, point 135 of the Guidelines is replaced by the following:






‘135.


The Commission will apply these guidelines with effect from 1 August 2014 until 31 December 2025.’.







(1)  Communication from the Commission – Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial undertakings in difficulty (OJ C 249, 31.7.2014, p. 1), as amended by the Communication from the Commission concerning the prolongation and the amendments of the Guidelines on Regional State Aid for 2014-2020, Guidelines on State Aid to Promote Risk Finance Investments, Guidelines on State Aid for Environmental Protection and Energy 2014-2020, Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial undertakings in difficulty, Communication on the Criteria for the Analysis of the Compatibility with the Internal Market of State Aid to Promote the Execution of Important Projects of Common European Interest, Communication from the Commission – Framework for State aid for research and development and innovation and Communication from the Commission to the Member States on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to short-term export-credit insurance (OJ C 224, 8.7.2020, p. 2).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1212/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
NOTICE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 29(2) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS – Publication of a vacancy for the function of Director ESTAT.C Macro-economic statistics in Luxembourg (AD 14) in the Directorate-General Eurostat (DG ESTAT) – COM/2023/10441
Date: 2023-11-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Human Resources and Security, European Commission
Subjects: EU statistics, Luxembourg, administrator, competition (EU), economic statistics, job vacancy, macroeconomics, managing director, recruitment








C_202301334EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1334


29.11.2023






NOTICE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 29(2) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS
Publication of a vacancy for the function of Director ESTAT.C ‘Macro-economic statistics’ in Luxembourg (AD 14) in the Directorate-General Eurostat (DG ESTAT)
COM/2023/10441
(C/2023/1334)

The European Commission has published a vacancy notice (reference COM/2023/10441) for the function of Director ESTAT.C ‘Macro-economic statistics’ in the Directorate-General Eurostat (DG ESTAT) (grade AD 14) in Luxembourg.
To consult the text of the vacancy notice in 24 languages and to submit your application, please visit this dedicated webpage on the European Commission’s website: https://europa.eu/!VywV98


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1334/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.109337Text with EEA relevance.
Date: 2023-11-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Austria, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid








C_202300846EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/846


29.11.2023






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.109337
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/846)







Date of adoption of the decision


17.11.2023




Aid number


SA.109337




Member State


Austria




Region


Austria




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


TCTF — Energiekostenzuschuss für Unternehmen II (Period 1.1.2023 — 31.12.2023)




Legal basis








(a)


the Federal Law on an Energy Cost Subsidy for Energy Intensive Enterprises (Enterprises-Energy Cost Subsidy Law (Bundesgesetz über einen Energiekostenzuschuss für energieintensive Unternehmen (Unternehmens-Energiekostenzuschussgesetz) (UEZG, BGBl. I. No 117/2022), as amended (latest amendment published in July 2023), (b) the Guidelines of the Federal Minister for Labour and Economy in agreement with the Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology and Federal Minister for Finance (Energiekostenzuschuss für Unternehmen II — Richtlinie des Bundesministers für Arbeit und Wirtschaft im Einvernehmen mit der Bundesministerin für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie und Bundesminister für Finanzen; the ‘Ministerial Guidelines’)








Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 2 980 400 000  EUR
Annual budget: 2 980 400 000  EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


Until 31.12.2023




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Federal Ministry for Labour and Economy (BMAW)




Stubenring 1, 1010 Wien








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/2023/846/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)