do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
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.110022Text with EEA relevance.
Date: 2024-02-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid








C_202401494EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1494


15.2.2024






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.110022
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/1494)







Date of adoption of the decision


21.12.2023




Aid number


SA.110022




Member State


Ireland




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Restructuring aid scheme for SMEs in difficulty




Legal basis


Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act, 1998, Section, 7 (1) (i)




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Restructuring firms in difficulty




Form of aid


 




Budget


Overall budget: 50 000 000  EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


1.1.2024 — 31.12.2025




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Enterprise Ireland




East Point Business Park, The Plaza, Dublin 3








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/2024/1494/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11320 – CISCO / SPLUNK)
Date: 2024-02-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: cloud computing, computer equipment, economic concentration, information security, merger control, software, technology








C_202401597EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1597


15.2.2024






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11320 – CISCO / SPLUNK)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/1597)


1.   
On 7 February 2024, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


Cisco Systems, Inc. (‘Cisco’, USA); and










—


Splunk Inc. (‘Splunk’, USA).




Cisco will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Splunk.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:






—


Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells a broad range of hardware and software products and technologies deployed by businesses globally, including networking, security, collaboration, applications, and cloud-based offerings (e.g., cloud-based applications and services).










—


Splunk is a software vendor that helps organisations monitor the performance of their digital systems and keep them secure. Splunk's enterprise security and observability solutions allow its customers to simplify detection, investigation, and response of security and performance issues.






3.   

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.



4.   
The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:
M.11320 – CISCO / SPLUNK
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email or by post. Please use the contact details below:
Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu
Postal address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË







(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1597/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 14 February 2024
Date: 2024-02-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202401140EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1140


15.2.2024






Euro exchange rates (1)


            14 February 2024
         
(C/2024/1140)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0713 




JPY


Japanese yen


161,28 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4537 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85258 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,3127 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9493 




ISK


Iceland króna


148,70 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,3375 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,348 




HUF


Hungarian forint


388,73 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3415 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9754 




TRY


Turkish lira


32,9417 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6521 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4509 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,3754 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7607 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4451 




KRW


South Korean won


1 428,41 




ZAR


South African rand


20,3982 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7065 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 717,15 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,1271 




PHP


Philippine peso


60,164 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


38,760 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,3069 




MXN


Mexican peso


18,3559 




INR


Indian rupee


88,9560 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1140/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-120/24, Unigames: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 15 February 2024 – ‘Unigames’ UAB v Lošimų priežiūros tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos
Date: 2024-02-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Internet site, Lithuania, access to information, administrative offence, administrative procedure, game of chance, technical regulations








C_202403156EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3156


21.5.2024






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 15 February 2024 – ‘
                  Unigames’ UAB v Lošimų priežiūros tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos



(Case C-120/24, Unigames)

(C/2024/3156)
Language of the case: Lithuanian

Referring court

Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant:
            ‘Unigames’ UAB

Defendant: Lošimų priežiūros tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos

Questions referred







1.


Does a national provision such as that laid down in Article 10(19) of the Lietuvos Respublikos azartinių lošimų įstatymas (Law of the Republic of Lithuania on gambling) constitute a ‘technical regulation’ within the meaning of Article 1(1)(f) of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on Information Society services, in so far as it relates to information about gambling published on the website of a gambling operator?










2.


Must Directive 2015/1535 be interpreted as meaning that a provision of national legislation such as the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on gambling, the provisions of which must be notified pursuant to Article 5(1) of Directive 2015/1535 where they are regarded as ‘technical regulations’ within the meaning of Article 1(1)(f) of that directive, is rendered unenforceable against economic operators in proceedings to establish liability for administrative offences if the amendments made to the provision, which is regarded as a technical regulation, have not been notified but the text of the law as previously adopted was notified?






(1)  Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on Information Society services (codification) (OJ 2015 L 241, p. 1).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3156/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-92/24: Action brought on 15 February 2024 – ETI Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret v EUIPO – Star Foods Em (Packages)
Date: 2024-02-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, packaging product








C_202402771EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2771


29.4.2024






Action brought on 15 February 2024 – ETI Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret v EUIPO – Star Foods Em (Packages)


(Case T-92/24)

(C/2024/2771)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: ETI Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ (Eskişehir, Türkiye) (represented by: A. Căvescu, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: SC Star Foods Em SRL (Popești Leordeni, Romania)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the design at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Design at issue: European Union design Packages – European Union design No 757 430-0004

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 December 2023 in Case R 912/2023-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO and the intervener to pay the costs of the proceedings before General Court, as well as the costs of the invalidity and appeal proceedings before EUIPO.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 25(1)(e) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002;










—


Infringement of Articles 94 and 95 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of the right to be heard and of the right to a fair trial.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2771/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-83/24: Action brought on 15 February 2024 – ETI Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret v EUIPO – Star Foods Em (Bags [packaging] (Ornamentation for-))
Date: 2024-02-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, packaging product








C_202402769EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2769


29.4.2024






Action brought on 15 February 2024 – ETI Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret v EUIPO – Star Foods Em (Bags [packaging] (Ornamentation for-))


(Case T-83/24)

(C/2024/2769)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: ETI Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ (Eskişehir, Türkiye) (represented by: A. Căvescu, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: SC Star Foods Em SRL (Popești Leordeni, Romania)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the design at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Design at issue: European Union design Bags [packaging] (Ornamentation for-) – European Union design No 3 438 852-0002

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 December 2023 in Case R 1017/2023-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO and the intervener to pay the costs of the proceedings before General Court, as well as the costs of the invalidity and appeal proceedings before EUIPO.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 25(1)(e) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002;










—


Infringement of Articles 94 and 95 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of the right to be heard and of the right to a fair trial.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2769/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.111129
Date: 2024-02-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Poland, State aid, animal production, control of State aid, crop production, hunting, service








C_202401489EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1489


15.2.2024






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.111129
(C/2024/1489)







Date of adoption of the decision


11.1.2024




Aid number


SA.111129




Member State


Poland




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


TCTF: Wypłata rekompensat z Funduszu Ochrony Rolnictwa z tytułu braku zapłaty za sprzedane produkty rolne podmiotowi skupującemu, który stał się niewypłacalny.




Legal basis


Ustawa z dnia 9 maja 2023 r. o Funduszu Ochrony Rolnictwa (Dz.U. z 2023 r. poz. 1130)




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


 




Budget


Overall budget: 100 000 000  PLN




Intensity


 




Duration


Until 30.6.2024




Economic sectors


Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Krakowy Ośrodek Wsparcia Rolnictwa




01-207 Warszawa ul. Karolkowa 30








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/2024/1489/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-84/24: Action brought on 15 February 2024 — UU v Court of Justice of the European Union
Date: 2024-02-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: damages, data protection, data-processing law, personal data, principle of proportionality








C_202402328EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2328


2.4.2024





Action brought on 15 February 2024 — UU v Court of Justice of the European Union
(Case T-84/24)
(C/2024/2328)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: UU (represented by: S. Makoumbou, lawyer)

Defendant: Court of Justice of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision and, accordingly, the previous decisions which the contested decision confirms;










—


award compensation for the material and non-material damage suffered by the applicant, estimated ex aequo et bono at EUR 200 000;










—


order the defendant to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action against the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 14 December 2023 rejecting her request for review of a number of previous decisions, the applicant relies on four pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging infringement of the obligation to state reasons.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging breach of the principle of good administration.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging a manifest error of assessment in the weighing up of the interests at stake as well as an error of law in the interpretation and application of Article 17(4) of Regulation 2018/1725, (1) and, in the alternative, raising a plea of illegality in respect of that provision.










4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging breach of the principle of proportionality.






(1)  Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ 2018 L 295, p. 39).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2328/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-91/24: Action brought on 15 February 2024 – ETI Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret v EUIPO – Star Foods Em (Bags [packaging] (Ornamentation for-))
Date: 2024-02-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, packaging product








C_202402770EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2770


29.4.2024






Action brought on 15 February 2024 – ETI Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret v EUIPO – Star Foods Em (Bags [packaging] (Ornamentation for-))


(Case T-91/24)

(C/2024/2770)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: ETI Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ (Eskişehir, Türkiye) (represented by: A. Căvescu, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: SC Star Foods Em SRL (Popești Leordeni, Romania)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the design at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Design at issue: European Union design Bags [packaging] (Ornamentation for-) – European Union design No 3 438 852-0001

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 December 2023 in Case R 1016/2023-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO and the intervener to pay the costs of the proceedings before General Court, as well as the costs of the invalidity and appeal proceedings before EUIPO.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 25(1)(e) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002;










—


Infringement of Articles 94 and 95 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of the right to be heard and of the right to a fair trial.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2770/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-86/24: Action brought on 15 February 2024 — Vinatis v EUIPO — Vinites (VINATIS)
Date: 2024-02-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, advertising, beverage industry, business administration, business management, cultural event, registered trade mark, trade event, trade-mark law, wine








C_202402329EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2329


2.4.2024





Action brought on 15 February 2024 — Vinatis v EUIPO — Vinites (VINATIS)
(Case T-86/24)
(C/2024/2329)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Vinatis (Annecy, France) (represented by: J. Canlorbe, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Vinites NV (Ms Haarlem, Netherlands)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark VINATIS — Application for registration No 18 274 852

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 December 2023 in Case R 2110/2022-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


partially annul the contested decision insofar as it declared that the earlier mark was genuinely used for certain services in Classes 35 and 41;










—


reject the opposition in its entirety;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs, including those incurred in the proceedings before the Board of Appeal.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council in the assessment of evidence of genuine use for services in Class 35;










—


Infringement of Articles 94 and 47(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council in the assessment of evidence of genuine use for services in Class 41.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2329/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 – Head of Representation in Warsaw (Poland) (Grade AD 14) in the Directorate-General Communication (DG COMM) – COM/2024/10444
Date: 2024-02-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Human Resources and Security, European Commission
Subjects: Mazovia province, Poland, administrator, communications policy, competition (EU), job vacancy, managing director, recruitment








C_202401613EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1613


15.2.2024






NOTICE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 29(2) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS
Publication of a vacancy for the function of Director – Head of Representation in Warsaw (Poland) (Grade AD 14) in the Directorate-General Communication (DG COMM)
COM/2024/10444
(C/2024/1613)

The European Commission has published a vacancy notice (reference COM/2024/10444) for the function of Head of Representation in Warsaw – Representation in Poland (Grade AD 14) in the Directorate-General Communication (DG COMM).
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/!BfXXbK


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1613/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)