do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
P9_TA(2024)0110 – Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union of the one part, and the Republic of Kenya, Member of the East African Community of the other Part – European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 February 2024 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Kenya, Member of the East African Community, of the other part (15958/2023 – C9-0468/2023 – 2023/0338(NLE)) (Consent)
Date: 2024-02-29
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, Committee on Development, Committee on International Trade, European Parliament
Subjects: Kenya, cooperation agreement (EU), economic cooperation, ratification of an agreement








C_202406764EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/6764


26.11.2024






P9_TA(2024)0110

Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union of the one part, and the Republic of Kenya, Member of the East African Community of the other Part


European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 February 2024 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Kenya, Member of the East African Community, of the other part (15958/2023 – C9-0468/2023 – 2023/0338(NLE))


(Consent)

(C/2024/6764)



The European Parliament,







—


having regard to the draft Council decision (15958/2023),










—


having regard to draft Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Kenya, Member of the East African Community, of the other part (13573/2023),










—


having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 207(4), first subparagraph, and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C9-0468/2023),










—


having regard to Rule 105(1) and (4), and Rule 114(7) of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Development,










—


having regard to the letter from the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development,










—


having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A9-0012/2024),













1.


Gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement;












2.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Kenya.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6764/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-676/22,  B2 Energy: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 29 February 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud – Czech Republic) – B2 Energy s.r.o. v Odvolací finanční ředitelství (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Article 138(1) – Exemption in respect of intra-Community supplies of goods – Refusal to grant the exemption – Evidence – Supplier of goods not proving delivery of the goods to the recipient indicated in the tax documents – Supplier presenting other information proving that the actual recipient has the status of taxable person)
Date: 2024-02-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, goods and services, judgment of the Court (EU), supplier, supply, tax authorities, tax exemption, tax offence, taxpayer








C_202402575EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2575


22.4.2024






Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 29 February 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud – Czech Republic) – B2 Energy s.r.o. v Odvolací finanční ředitelství


(Case C-676/22, (1) B2 Energy)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common system of value added tax (VAT) - Directive 2006/112/EC - Article 138(1) - Exemption in respect of intra-Community supplies of goods - Refusal to grant the exemption - Evidence - Supplier of goods not proving delivery of the goods to the recipient indicated in the tax documents - Supplier presenting other information proving that the actual recipient has the status of taxable person)
(C/2024/2575)
Language of the case: Czech

Referring court

Nejvyšší správní soud

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: B2 Energy s.r.o.

Defendant: Odvolací finanční ředitelství

Operative part of the judgment

Article 138(1) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, must be interpreted as meaning that the exemption from value added tax of a supplier established in one Member State, having supplied goods to another Member State, must be refused where that supplier has not shown that the goods were supplied to a recipient having the status of a taxable person in that Member State and that, in the light of the factual circumstances and evidence provided by the supplier, the information necessary to verify that the recipient had that status is lacking.


(1)  
            OJ C 45, 6.2.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2575/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-688/22 P: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 29 February 2024 - Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Ltd v European Commission, Achema AB, Grupa Azoty S.A., Grupa Azoty Zakłady Azotowe Puławy S.A. (Appeal – Dumping – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1688 – Imports of mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate originating in Russia, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States of America – Definitive anti-dumping duty – Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 – Definitive collection of the provisional duties – Hierarchy between the calculation methods – Calculation of the undercutting margin)
Date: 2024-02-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, anti-dumping duty, chemical fertiliser, export price, import (EU), organic fertiliser, originating product








C_202402577EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2577


22.4.2024






Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 29 February 2024 - Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Ltd v European Commission, Achema AB, Grupa Azoty S.A., Grupa Azoty Zakłady Azotowe Puławy S.A.


(Case C-688/22 P)
                (1)

(Appeal - Dumping - Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1688 - Imports of mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate originating in Russia, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States of America - Definitive anti-dumping duty - Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 - Definitive collection of the provisional duties - Hierarchy between the calculation methods - Calculation of the undercutting margin)
(C/2024/2577)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Ltd (represented by: V. Crochet and B. Servais, avocats)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: G. Luengo, P. Němečková and J. Zieliński, acting as Agents), Achema AB, Grupa Azoty S.A., Grupa Azoty Zakłady Azotowe Puławy S.A. (represented by: M. Hommé and B. O’Connor, avocats)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Ltd, in addition to bearing its own costs, to pay those incurred by the European Commission;










3.


Orders Achema AB, Grupa Azoty S.A. and Grupa Azoty Zakłady Azotowe Puławy S.A. to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 7, 9.1.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2577/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-132/24: Action brought on 29 February 2024 – Germany v Commission
Date: 2024-02-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, electrical energy, energy consumption








C_202402641EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2641


22.4.2024






Action brought on 29 February 2024 – Germany v Commission


(Case T-132/24)

(C/2024/2641)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: J. Möller and R. Kanitz)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—

annul the Decision of the European Commission of 19 December 2023 concerning State Aid SA.103196 (2023/N) – Germany – Amendment to aid schemes SA.42393 (2016/C) – Reduced CHP (1) surcharge for energy intensive users und State Aid SA.49416 (2017/N) – Reduced offshore surcharge for electro-intensive undertakings, in so far as it finds that the reduction of





a)


the KWKG (2) surcharge,










b)


the offshore surcharge
granted to electro-intensive undertakings under the Energiefinanzierungsgesetz (Law on energy financing) constitutes state aid; and














—


order the defendant to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of its action, the applicant relies on a single plea in law. The applicant submits that the European Commission erred in law in its interpretation and application of Article 107(1) TFEU in so far as it found that the undertakings affected by the notified measure received aid granted by a Member State or through State resources. The reductions of the KWKG (3)surcharge and the offshore surcharge for electro-intensive undertakings under the EnFG (4) do not constitute a compulsory surcharge within the meaning of the case-law of the Court of Justice. Furthermore, the funds collected by network operators do not constantly remain under public control and are therefore not available to the state.


(1)  Combined heat and power.

(2)  Kraft-Wärme-Kopplungsgesetz (Law on combined heat and power generation, ‘KWKG’).

(3)  Gesetz für die Erhaltung, die Modernisierung und den Ausbau der Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung (Kraft-Wärme-Kopplungsgesetz – KWKG 2023) (Law on the maintenance, modernisation and expansion of combined heat and power generation – KWKG 2023) of 21 December 2015 (BGBl. I p. 2498), last amended by Paragraph 9 of the Law of 20 December 2022 (BGBl. I p. 2512).

(4)  Gesetz zur Finanzierung der Energiewende im Stromsektor durch Zahlungen des Bundes und Erhebung von Umlagen (Energiefinanzierungsgesetz – EnFG) (Law on the financing of the energy transition in the electricity sector through Federal payments and the levying of surcharges, Law on energy financing, ‘EnFG’) of 20 July 2022 (BGBl. I p. 1237, 1272), last amended by Paragraph 5 of the Law of 26 July 2023 (BGBl. 2023 I Nr. 202).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2641/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-569/23,  Toplofikatsia Sofia: Order of the President of the Court of 29 February 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad - Bulgaria) – ‘Toplofikatsia Sofia’ EAD v M. K. T., Ts. B. T., А. К. V.
Date: 2024-02-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: disciplinary proceedings, free service, lawyer, legal action, legal aid, minimum pay, professional society, remuneration of work








C_202403171EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3171


21.5.2024






Order of the President of the Court of 29 February 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad - Bulgaria) – ‘Toplofikatsia Sofia’ EAD v M. K. T., Ts. B. T., А. К. V.


(C-569/23,
                (1)
Toplofikatsia Sofia)

(C/2024/3171)
Language of the case: Bulgarian
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C, C/2023/961.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3171/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.111647Text with EEA relevance.
Date: 2024-02-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Slovenia, State aid, air conditioning, control of State aid, electricity supply, energy supply, gas supply








C_202401796EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1796


29.2.2024






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.111647
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/1796)







Date of adoption of the decision


16.2.2024




Aid number


SA.111647




Member State


Slovenia




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


TCTF: Investment aid for accelerating the introduction of energy from renewable sources, storage and heat from renewable sources




Legal basis


Regulation on Aid to Promote the Introduction of Energy from Renewable Sources, Storage and Heat from Renewable Sources (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 69/23)




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Energy




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 225 000 000  EUR
Annual budget: 75 000 000  EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


Until 31.12.2025




Economic sectors


ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministry of environment, climate and energy




Langusova ulica 4 1000 Ljubljana








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/2024/1796/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
P9_TA(2024)0113 – Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile – European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 February 2024 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile (11667/2023 – C9-0466/2023 – 2023/0259(NLE)) (Consent)
Date: 2024-02-29
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, Committee on International Trade, European Parliament
Subjects: Chile, interim agreement (EU), investment, liberalisation of trade, ratification of an agreement, trade agreement, trade agreement (EU), trade cooperation








C_202406767EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/6767


26.11.2024






P9_TA(2024)0113

Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile


European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 February 2024 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile (11667/2023 – C9-0466/2023 – 2023/0259(NLE))


(Consent)

(C/2024/6767)



The European Parliament,







—


having regard to the draft Council decision (11667/2023),










—


having regard to the draft Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile (11668/2023),










—


having regard to the Joint Statement on the Provisions on Trade and Sustainable Development contained in the Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile, which is attached to the Agreement,










—


having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 91(1), Article 100(2), Article 207(4), first subparagraph, Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v) and Article 218(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C9-0466/2023),










—


having regard to its interim resolution of 29 February 2024
                   (1) on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Advanced Framework Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part,










—


having regard to Rule 105(1) and (4), and Rule 114(7) of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A9-0011/2024),













1.


Gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement;












2.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Chile.






(1)  Texts adopted, P9_TA(2024)0115.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6767/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Joint declaration by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the re-use of decommitted funds in relation to the research programme
Date: 2024-02-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Commission, European Parliament
Subjects: EU aid, EU financial instrument, European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, Ukraine, budgetary reserve (EU), commitment of expenditure, economic recovery, emergency aid, general budget (EU), multiannual financial framework








C_202401972EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1972


29.2.2024






Joint declaration by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the re-use of decommitted funds in relation to the research programme
(C/2024/1972)

In the Joint Declaration of 22 December 2020 on the re-use of decommitted funds in relation to the research programme (1), the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission agreed to make available again to the benefit of the research programme commitment appropriations, corresponding to the amount up to EUR 0.5 billion (in 2018 prices) in the period 2021-2027 of decommitments, which result from total or partial non-implementation of projects belonging to that programme or its predecessor as provided for in Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation.
Without prejudice to the powers of the budgetary authority in the framework of the annual budgetary procedure and to the Commission’s powers to implement the budget, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission agree that a further amount of EUR 100 million (2018 prices) will be made available again to the benefit of the research programme in the period 2025 to 2027, corresponding to decommitments made in 2019 to 2020 which result from total or partial non-implementation of projects belonging to that programme or its predecessor which have not been made available again under Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation following the joint declaration of 22 December 2020. This does not affect the available amounts of decommitments for the EURI instrument referred to in Article 10a of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093.


(1)  Joint declaration by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the re-use of decommitted funds in relation to the research programme 2020/C 444 I/03, OJ C 444I, 22.12.2020, p. 3.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1972/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-133/24: Action brought on 29 February 2024 – KnitPro International v EUIPO – Crafts Americana Group (Representation of chevrons between two parallel lines)
Date: 2024-02-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, knitted and crocheted goods, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202402785EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2785


29.4.2024






Action brought on 29 February 2024 – KnitPro International v EUIPO – Crafts Americana Group (Representation of chevrons between two parallel lines)


(Case T-133/24)

(C/2024/2785)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: KnitPro International (Jaipur, India) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister-at-Law)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Crafts Americana Group, Inc. (Vancouver, Washington, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark (Representation of chevrons between two parallel lines) – European Union trade mark No 8 884 264
         

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Grand Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 December 2023 in Case R 2672/2017-G (RENV)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


declare that the appeal is manifestly well founded;










—


alternatively, that the cancellation application as it is based on Article 7(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council is dismissed;










—


order EUIPO and the interveners, if they take part in the proceedings, to pay the costs of the applicant for annulment, and bear their own costs.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2785/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11437 – BAIN CAPITAL / ELEDA GROUP)
Date: 2024-02-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: civil engineering, economic concentration, financial services, health care, information technology, investment company, merger control, retail trade, service, transport infrastructure








C_202402085EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2085


8.3.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11437 – BAIN CAPITAL / ELEDA GROUP)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/2085)

On 29 February 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 32024M11437. 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/2024/2085/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)