do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11391 – ITOCHU / KEOGH FAMILY TRUST / MTF HOLDINGS / UON)
Date: 2024-01-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: banking, consultancy, economic concentration, electrical engineering, energy grid, holding company, hydraulic works, investment company, merger control








C_202401280EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1280


31.1.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11391 – ITOCHU / KEOGH FAMILY TRUST / MTF HOLDINGS / UON)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/1280)

On 19 January 2024, 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 32024M11391. 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/2024/1280/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-34/24: Action brought on 19 January 2024 — CA v Court of Auditors
Date: 2024-01-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: administrator, equal treatment, promotion, staff regulations (EU)








C_202401880EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1880


11.3.2024





Action brought on 19 January 2024 — CA v Court of Auditors
(Case T-34/24)
(C/2024/1880)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: CA (represented by: A. Tymen, lawyer)

Defendant: European Court of Auditors

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


declare the present action admissible and well-founded;










—


annul Decision No 20-2023 of 22 March 2023 of the Secretary-General of the European Court of Auditors concerning promotions for the 2023 financial year, in so far as it does not include the applicant’s name in the list of officials promoted to grade AD 8with effect from 1 January 2023;










—


annul the decision of the Secretary-General of the European Court of Auditors of 10 October 2023, rejecting the complaint of 13 June 2023;










—


order the defendant to pay all the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on four pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging infringement of Articles 6.2 and 6.4 of Decision No 26-2020 and of Article 41(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging breach of the obligation to state reasons.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging breach of the principle of equal treatment, breach of the principle of non-discrimination, infringement of Decision No 011-21 and infringement of Article 45 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union (‘the Staff Regulations’).










4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging a manifest error of assessment and infringement of Article 45 of the Staff Regulations.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1880/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.110472Text with EEA relevance.
Date: 2024-01-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Spain, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid








C_202400985EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/985


19.1.2024






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.110472
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/985)







Date of adoption of the decision


20.12.2023




Aid number


SA.110472




Member State


Spain




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


TCTF: Fourth Amendment to the National Guarantee Scheme (SA.102711)




Legal basis


Agreement of the Council of Ministers establishing the terms and conditions for the third tranche and the amendment of the terms and conditions for guarantees already granted under the Royal Decree-Law 6/2022.




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Compensation of damage caused by natural disasters or exceptional occurrences




Form of aid


Guarantee




Budget


Overall budget: 10 000 000  EUR
Annual budget: 3 500 000 000  EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


Until 30.6.2024




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministerio de Economía, Comercio y Empresa. Instituto de Crédito Oficial




Paseo del Prado, 4. Madrid. España








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/2024/985/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-40/24: Action brought on 19 January 2024 — Instituto dos vinhos do Douro e do Porto v EUIPO — The Benriach Distillery Company (PORTSOY)
Date: 2024-01-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, spirits, trade-mark law








C_202401882EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1882


11.3.2024





Action brought on 19 January 2024 — Instituto dos vinhos do Douro e do Porto v EUIPO — The Benriach Distillery Company (PORTSOY)
(Case T-40/24)
(C/2024/1882)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Instituto dos vinhos do Douro e do Porto I. P. (Peso da Régua, Portugal) (represented by: P. Sousa e Silva, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: The Benriach Distillery Company Ltd (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark PORTSOY — Application for registration No 18 386 353

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 November 2023 in Case R 1885/2022-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


alter the contested decision in order to reject the trade mark application at issue;










—


order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the costs, including those incurred by the applicant in the proceedings before the Office and the Board of Appeal.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 103(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to commercial use;










—


Infringement of Article 103(2)(a)(i) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to comparable products;










—


Infringement of Article 103(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the exploitation of the reputation of a protected designation of origin;










—


Infringement of Article 103(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the evocation of a protected designation of origin.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1882/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-1119/23 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 19 January 2024 — Lagardère v European Commission (Interim proceedings — Competition — Concentrations — Request for information — Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 — Application for interim measures — No urgency)
Date: 2024-01-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: audiovisual industry, competition, disclosure of information, dissemination of information, economic concentration, merger control, recording medium, reprography








C_202401702EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1702


4.3.2024





Order of the President of the General Court of 19 January 2024 — Lagardère v European Commission
(Case T-1119/23 R)
(Interim proceedings - Competition - Concentrations - Request for information - Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 - Application for interim measures - No urgency)
(C/2024/1702)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Lagardère SA (Paris, France) (represented by: D. Théophile, G. Aubron and C. Bocket, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Caro de Sousa, B. Cullen, D. Viros, agents)

Re:

By its application under Articles 278 and 279 TFEU, the applicant seeks, first, suspension of operation of Commission Decision C(2023) 6429 final of 19 September 2023 relating to a procedure pursuant to Article 11(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Case M.11184 — Vivendi/Lagardère) (the ‘decision of 19 September 2023
            ’), as amended by Commission Decision C(2023) 7464 final of 27 October 2023 (the ‘decision of 27 October 2023
            ’) and, second, as a precautionary measure, an order that the Commission retain all of the documents concerned by the decision of 19 September 2023 as amended by the decision of 27 October 2023, as may be relevant to the Commission’s investigation.

Operative part of the order







1.


The application for interim measures is dismissed.










2.


The order of 29 November 2023, Lagardère v Commission (T-1119/23 R), is cancelled.










3.


The costs are reserved.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1702/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
Date: 2024-01-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, fresh meat, frozen product, human nutrition, livestock, offal, refrigerated product








C_202401012EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1012


19.1.2024






Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
(C/2024/1012)

Pursuant to Article 9(1), point (a), of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1), the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (2) are hereby amended as follows:

On page 20, in the Explanatory note to heading ‘
         


               0206 Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen


            ’, the following second paragraph is inserted:



            ‘This heading also includes animal bones normally used for making soups or broths for human consumption. These bones may have attached small (minor) residual pieces of meat, tendons, fat or cartilage remaining after removing the bones from meat of this chapter.’.



(1)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1987/2658/oj).

(2)  
            OJ C 119, 29.3.2019, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1012/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
Date: 2024-01-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, food production, olive, olive oil




C_202401013EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1013


19.1.2024






Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
(C/2024/1013)

Pursuant to Article 9(1)(a), of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1), the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (2) are hereby amended as follows:

On page 107, in the Explanatory note to CN subheadings


               ‘
               2306 90 11 and 2306 90 19 Oilcake and other residues resulting from the extraction of olive oil


            ’, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:



            ‘For the determination of the fat content, the method set out in Annex IV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2105 (*1) is to be applied.



(1)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).

(2)  
            OJ C 119, 29.3.2019, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1013/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)