do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
Date: 2023-12-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, EU waters, Portugal, United Kingdom, catch by species, catch quota, fishing area, fishing rights, international waters, sea fish, sea fishing, territorial waters








C_202301616EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1616


21.12.2023






Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
(C/2023/1616)

In accordance with Article 35(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), a decision has been taken to close the fishery as set down in the following table:






Date and time of closure


6.12.2023




Duration


6.12.2023 – 31.12.2023




Member State


Portugal




Stock or Group of stocks


ALF/3X14-




Species


Alfonsinos (Beryx spp.)




Zone


United Kingdom, Union and international waters of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14




Type(s) of fishing vessels


—




Reference number


20/TQ194






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1616/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 20 December 2023
Date: 2023-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202301399EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1399


21.12.2023






Euro exchange rates (1)


            20 December 2023
         
(C/2023/1399)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0944 




JPY


Japanese yen


157,12 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4565 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86555 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,1290 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9460 




ISK


Iceland króna


150,30 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,2895 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,538 




HUF


Hungarian forint


385,23 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3413 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9699 




TRY


Turkish lira


31,8830 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6186 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4609 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,5439 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7421 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4562 




KRW


South Korean won


1 425,62 




ZAR


South African rand


20,1107 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8121 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 993,62 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,0977 




PHP


Philippine peso


60,991 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


38,252 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,3287 




MXN


Mexican peso


18,6867 




INR


Indian rupee


91,0595 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1399/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-297/22 P: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 December 2023 — United Parcel Service Inc. v European Commission (Appeal — Action for damages — Concentrations of undertakings — European Commission decision declaring the concentration to be incompatible with the internal market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement — Annulment of the decision on account of procedural defect — Non-contractual liability of the European Union — Causal link)
Date: 2023-12-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: damages, delivery, economic concentration, international transport, logistics, merger control, rights of the defence








C_202401377EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1377


19.2.2024





Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 December 2023 — United Parcel Service Inc. v European Commission
(Case C-297/22 P) (1)

(Appeal - Action for damages - Concentrations of undertakings - European Commission decision declaring the concentration to be incompatible with the internal market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement - Annulment of the decision on account of procedural defect - Non-contractual liability of the European Union - Causal link)
(C/2024/1377)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: United Parcel Service Inc. (represented by: F. Hoseinian, advokat, W. Knibbeler, A. Pliego Selie, F. Roscam Abbing, T. van Helfteren, advocaten, and A. Ryan, Solicitor)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: P. Berghe, M. Farley and N. Khan, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders United Parcel Service Inc. to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 284, 25.7.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1377/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
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: 2023-12-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: chemical compound, chemical product, electricity storage device, health control, health risk, market approval, marketing standard, solvent








C_202301518EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/1518


21.12.2023






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/2023/1518)


Decision granting an authorisation in the context of a review














Reference of the decision (2)



Date of decision


Substance name


Holder of the authorisation


Authorisation number


Authorised use


Date of expiry of review period


Repealed decision


Reasons for the decision




C(2023 )8346


14 December 2023


trichloroethylene (TCE)
(EC No: 201-167-4; CAS No: 79-01-6)


Microporous GmbH, Gewerbestraße 8, 9181 Feistritz im Rosental, Austria


REACH/23/38/0/R1


As extraction solvent in the manufacture of polyethylene separators for lead-acid batteries


21 April 2035


C(2017) 7928


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/2023/1518/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-796/23, Česká síť: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 21 December 2023 – Česká síť s. r. o. v Odvolací finanční ředitelství
Date: 2023-12-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, association, company constituted under civil law, provision of services, taxpayer








C_202403050EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3050


13.5.2024






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 21 December 2023 – Česká síť s. r. o. v Odvolací finanční ředitelství


(Case C-796/23, Česká síť)

(C/2024/3050)
Language of the case: Czech

Referring court

Nejvyšší správní soud

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Česká síť s. r. o.

Defendant: Odvolací finanční ředitelství

Questions referred

Is the situation in which, pursuant to special national value added tax arrangements for ‘societies’ (associations of persons that do not have legal personality), a ‘designated partner’ is liable for the payment of the VAT for the entire society, despite the fact that another partner had dealt with the end customer in relation to the supply of services, compatible with Council Directive 2006/112/EC (1) of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, in particular with Article 9(1) and Article 193 of the Directive?
Does the compatibility of the situation with Directive 2006/112/EC depend on whether the other partner had overstepped the rules of representing the society and dealt in his, her or its own name with the end customer?


(1)  
            OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3050/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-281/22, GK and Others (European Public Prosecutor’s Office): Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Wien — Austria) — Criminal proceedings against G.K., B.O.D. GmbH, S.L. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — European Public Prosecutor’s Office — Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 — Article 31 — Cross-border investigations — Judicial authorisation — Scope of the review — Article 32 — Enforcement of assigned measures)
Date: 2023-12-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, European Public Prosecutor's Office, cross-border cooperation, enhanced cooperation, judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU, judicial investigation, judicial review, public prosecutor's department








C_202401375EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1375


19.2.2024





Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Wien — Austria) — Criminal proceedings against G.K., B.O.D. GmbH, S.L.
(Case C-281/22, (1) GK and Others (European Public Prosecutor’s Office))
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Judicial cooperation in criminal matters - European Public Prosecutor’s Office - Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 - Article 31 - Cross-border investigations - Judicial authorisation - Scope of the review - Article 32 - Enforcement of assigned measures)
(C/2024/1375)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberlandesgericht Wien

Parties to the main proceedings

G.K., B.O.D. GmbH, S.L.

Intervening party: Österreichischer Delegierter Europäischer Staatsanwalt

Operative part

Articles 31 and 32 of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’)
must be interpreted as meaning that the review conducted in the Member State of the assisting European Delegated Prosecutor, where an assigned investigation measure requires judicial authorisation in accordance with the law of that Member State, may relate only to matters concerning the enforcement of that measure, to the exclusion of matters concerning the justification and adoption of that measure; the latter matters must be subject to prior judicial review in the Member State of the handling European Delegated Prosecutor in the event of serious interference with the rights of the person concerned guaranteed by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.


(1)  
            OJ C 318, 22.8.2022



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1375/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-1179/23: Action brought on 21 December 2023 — France v Commission
Date: 2023-12-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: administrator, competition (EU), cultural heritage, cultural pluralism, defence policy, linguistic discrimination, official language, space policy








C_202401873EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1873


11.3.2024





Action brought on 21 December 2023 — France v Commission
(Case T-1179/23)
(C/2024/1873)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: French Republic (represented by: B. Fodda, B. Travard and S. Royon, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul Notice of open competition — EPSO/AD/410/23 — Administrators (AD 7) in the field of transport;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on five pleas in law, which are, in essence, identical or similar to those relied on in Case T-555/22, France v Commission.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1873/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-789/23, Registrų centras: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 21 December 2023 — I. J. v Registrų centras
Date: 2023-12-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Lithuania, data protection, disclosure of information, free movement of persons, judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU, marriage, married person, matrimonial law, personal data








C_202401676EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1676


4.3.2024





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 21 December 2023 — I. J. v Registrų centras
(Case C-789/23, Registrų centras)
(C/2024/1676)
Language of the case: Lithuanian

Referring court

Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant at first instance and appellant: I. J.

Defendant at first instance and respondent: Registrų centras VĮ

Question referred

Must Article 21(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union be interpreted as precluding national legislation under which a marriage contract concluded in another Member State of the European Union may not be recorded in the Register of Marriage Contracts if the marriage contract does not contain the personal identification number of at least one of the parties to that contract, as provided by the Population Register of the Republic of Lithuania, where, in circumstances such as those of the present case, the competent authorities of the Member State in which the marriage contract was concluded refuse to provide an extract from that contract supplemented by the relevant personal identification data?


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1676/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-167/22: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 December 2023 — European Commission v Kingdom of Denmark (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — International road haulage — Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 — Articles 8 and 9 — Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 — Rest periods — National legislation introducing a maximum parking time at public rest areas of 25 hours along the motorway network of a Member State — Restriction on the freedom to provide road transport services — Burden of proof)
Date: 2023-12-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: driving period, freedom to provide services, international road transport, motorway, parking area, provision of services, rest period, road cabotage








C_202401372EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1372


19.2.2024





Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 December 2023 — European Commission v Kingdom of Denmark
(Case C-167/22) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - International road haulage - Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 - Articles 8 and 9 - Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 - Rest periods - National legislation introducing a maximum parking time at public rest areas of 25 hours along the motorway network of a Member State - Restriction on the freedom to provide road transport services - Burden of proof)
(C/2024/1372)
Language of the case: Danish

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented initially by L. Grønfeldt and P. Messina, subsequently by L. Grønfeldt, P. Messina and G. Wilms, and lastly by P. Messina, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Denmark (represented initially by J. Farver Kronborg, V. Pasternak Jørgensen and M. Søndahl Wolff, and subsequently by J. Farver Kronborg, C. Maertens and M. Jespersen, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the applicant: Republic of Poland (represented by B. Majczyna, acting as Agent)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the European Commission, in addition to bearing its own costs, to pay those incurred by the Kingdom of Denmark;










3.


Orders the Republic of Poland to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 191, 10.5.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1372/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-718/21, Krajowa Rada Sądownictwa (Continued holding of a judicial office): Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy — Poland) — L.G. v Krajowa Rada Sądownictwa (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 267 TFEU — Concept of ‘court or tribunal’ — Criteria — Izba Kontroli Nadzwyczajnej i Spraw Publicznych (Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs) of the Sąd Najwyższy (Supreme Court, Poland) — Reference for a preliminary ruling from a panel of judges without the status of an independent and impartial tribunal previously established by law — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2023-12-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: independence of the judiciary, judge, retirement conditions








C_202401368EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1368


19.2.2024





Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy — Poland) — L.G. v Krajowa Rada Sądownictwa
(Case C-718/21, (1) Krajowa Rada Sądownictwa (Continued holding of a judicial office))
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 267 TFEU - Concept of ‘court or tribunal’ - Criteria - Izba Kontroli Nadzwyczajnej i Spraw Publicznych (Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs) of the Sąd Najwyższy (Supreme Court, Poland) - Reference for a preliminary ruling from a panel of judges without the status of an independent and impartial tribunal previously established by law - Inadmissibility)
(C/2024/1368)
Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Sąd Najwyższy

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: L.G.

Defendant: Krajowa Rada Sądownictwa

Operative part of the judgment

The request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy (Izba Kontroli Nadzwyczajnej i Spraw Publicznych) (Supreme Court (Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs), Poland), made by decision of 20 October 2021, is inadmissible.


(1)  
            OJ C 128, 21.3.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1368/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11233 – OMERS / ABP / KENTER)
Date: 2023-12-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, economic concentration, electrical energy, electricity supply, energy production, investment company, maintenance, merger control, service, supplementary pension








C_202402688EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


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C series













C/2024/2688


12.4.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11233 – OMERS / ABP / KENTER)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/2688)

On 21 December 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 32023M11233. 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/2024/2688/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-795/23, konektra: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 21 December 2023 — konektra GmbH and LN v USM U. Schärer Söhne AG
Date: 2023-12-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: artistic creation, copyright, designs and models, work of art








C_202401844EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


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Series C













C/2024/1844


11.3.2024





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 21 December 2023 — konektra GmbH and LN v USM U. Schärer Söhne AG
(Case C-795/23, konektra)
(C/2024/1844)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Defendants, respondents and appellants on a point of law: konektra GmbH, LN

Applicant, appellant and respondent in the appeal on a point of law: USM U. Schärer Söhne AG

Questions referred

The following questions are referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union for a preliminary ruling concerning the interpretation of Article 2(a), Article 3(1) and Article 4(1) of Directive 2001/29/EC: (1)







1.


Is there a rule-exception relationship between design protection and copyright protection in the case of works of applied art, such that, when assessing the originality of those works for copyright purposes, higher requirements are to be imposed with respect to the creator’s free and creative choices than for other types of work?










2.


When assessing originality for copyright purposes, is it (also) necessary to consider the creator’s subjective view of the creation process and, in particular, does the creator have to make the free and creative choices knowingly in order for them to be regarded as free and creative choices within the meaning of the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union?










3.


If, in the context of the assessment of originality, the decisive consideration is whether and to what extent artistic creation was objectively expressed in the work: Can circumstances occurring after the date of design creation that is relevant for the assessment of originality, such as the presentation of the design in art exhibitions or museums or its recognition in professional circles, also be taken into account for the purposes of that assessment?






(1)  Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (OJ 2001 L 167, p. 10).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1844/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)