do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Invitation to express views (Case M.6447 – IAG / BMI) – Candidate case for transfer of the monitoring and enforcement of commitments and remedies pursuant to Article 95(2) of the Withdrawal Agreement
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, agreement (EU), air transport, competition policy, economic concentration, maintenance, merger control, national competent authority, transport company, withdrawal from the EU








C_202401987EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/1987


6.3.2024






Invitation to express views
(Case M.6447 – IAG / BMI)
Candidate case for transfer of the monitoring and enforcement of commitments and remedies pursuant to Article 95(2) of the Withdrawal Agreement
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/1987)


1.   

By decision C(2012) 2320 of 30 March 2012 based on Article 6(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6(2) of Council Regulation No 139/2004, the Commission declared the concentration by which the undertaking International Consolidated Airlines Group (‘IAG’, United Kingdom) acquired sole control of the undertaking British Midlands Limited (‘bmi’, United Kingdom) compatible with the internal market subject to conditions and obligations (the ‘Commitments’).



2.   

The Commission has come to the preliminary view that the monitoring and enforcement of the Commitments are suitable to be transferred to the designated national competition authority of the United Kingdom (‘CMA’), pursuant to Article 95(2) of the Withdrawal Agreement (1). However, the final decision on this point is reserved.



3.   

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.



4.   
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:
M.6447 – IAG / BMI
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)  Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ C 384 I, 12.11.2019, p. 1).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1987/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-181/24, Genmab: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 6 March 2024 - Genmab A/S
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: drug surveillance, market approval, medicinal product








C_202403059EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3059


13.5.2024






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék (Hungary) lodged on 6 March 2024 - Genmab A/S


(Case C-181/24, Genmab)

(C/2024/3059)
Language of the case: Hungarian

Referring court

Fővárosi Törvényszék

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Genmab A/S

Other party: Szellemi Tulajdon Nemzeti Hivatala

Question referred

Must Article 3(b) and (d) of Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (1) be interpreted as meaning that a marketing authorisation predating the marketing authorisation appearing in the application for a supplementary protection certificate and referring to the same product must be regarded as the first marketing authorisation for the purposes of that regulation, even where that prior marketing authorisation was withdrawn prior to the submission of the application for the certificate?


(1)  
            OJ 2009. L 152, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3059/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-183/24, S.P.E.I. 2000: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione (Italy) lodged on 6 March 2024 – S.P.E.I. 2000 Srl v Ministero della Giustizia
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: claim, debt, hiring, interest, legal expenses, provision of services, public prosecutor's department, surveillance








C_202403445EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3445


10.6.2024






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione (Italy) lodged on 6 March 2024 – S.P.E.I. 2000 Srl v Ministero della Giustizia


(Case C-183/24, S.P.E.I. 2000)

(C/2024/3445)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Corte suprema di cassazione

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant in cassation: S.P.E.I. 2000 Srl

Respondent in cassation: Ministero della Giustizia

Questions referred







1.


Should Directive 2000/35/EC, (1) as amended by Directive 2011/7/EU, (2) and, in particular, Article 1, Article 2(1) and (2), and Article 4(3) of Directive 2011/7, be interpreted as precluding a piece of national legislation or a national practice that:






(a)


excludes the classification of services, provided against remuneration by charterers of the equipment used for wiretapping at the request of public prosecutors’ offices, as commercial transactions within the meaning of Directive 2011/7, making them subject to the substantive and procedural regime covering extraordinary legal costs?










(b)


consequently excludes the abovementioned services between charterers and public prosecutors’ offices from the rules governing interest which are laid down by that directive?














2.


Should Directive 2000/35, as amended by Directive 2011/7, and, in particular, Article 10(1) of the latter directive, be interpreted as precluding a piece of national legislation or a national practice that lays down an indeterminate time limit (‘without delay’) for the settlement of fees due to a service provider, with the result that those creditor rights cannot be asserted in an effectively enforceable and fully satisfactory manner?






(1)  Directive 2000/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 June 2000 on combating late payment in commercial transactions (OJ 2000 L 200, p. 35).

(2)  Directive 2011/7/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on combating late payment in commercial transactions (recast) (OJ 2011 L 48, p. 1).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3445/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Notice for the attention of persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP and Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Democratic Republic of the Congo, EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








C_202402108EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2108


6.3.2024






Notice for the attention of persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP and Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(C/2024/2108)

The following information is brought to the attention of Mr. Bernard Maheshe BYAMUNGU and Mr. Protogène RUVUGAYIMIKORE, persons appearing in Annex I to Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP (1) and Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 (2) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Council envisages updating the entries of the above-mentioned persons by adding the information contained in the narrative summaries of reasons for listing those persons provided by the United Nations Security Council Committee (UNSC) established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo (3).
If the persons concerned wish to present observations, they should be submitted by 20 March 2024 to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




RELEX.1




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu


(1)  
            OJ L 336, 21.12.2010, p. 30.

(2)  
            OJ L 193, 23.7.2005, p. 1.

(3)  See the respective narrative summaries of 25 October 2023, available at https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/bernard-maheshe-byamungu and https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/protog%C3%A8ne-ruvugayimikore.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2108/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11411 – BPIFRANCE / MERIDIAM / EXOES)
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, economic concentration, electric machinery, electric vehicle, electricity storage device, electronics, heat pump, investment company, merger control, thermal discharge








C_202402125EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2125


12.3.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11411 – BPIFRANCE / MERIDIAM / EXOES)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/2125)

On 6 March 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 32024M11411. 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/2024/2125/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-258/22: Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 – BSW – management company of BMC holding v Council
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Belarus, EU restrictive measure, Russia, Ukraine, economic sanctions, equal treatment, fundamental rights, international sanctions, legal person, rights of the defence, territorial dispute








C_202402755EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2755


29.4.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 – BSW – management company of ‘BMC’ holding v Council


(Case T-258/22)
                (1)

(Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Belarus - Prohibitions on the import, purchase and transport of products as well as on the provision of services in the sector for iron and steel products originating from Belarus - Obligation to state reasons - Equal treatment - Misuse of powers - Proportionality - Right to property - Freedom to conduct a business)
(C/2024/2755)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: AAT Byelorussian Steel Works – management company of ‘Byelorussian Metallurgical Company’ holding (BSW – management company of ‘BMC’ holding) (Zhlobin, Belarus) (represented by: N. Tuominen and L. Engelen, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: E. Rebasti and A. Boggio-Tomasaz, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Carpus Carcea and J. Norris, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment, first, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/356 of 2 March 2022 amending Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus (OJ 2022 L 67, p. 103), and second, of Council Regulation (EU) 2022/355 of 2 March 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus (OJ 2022 L 67, p. 1), in so far as they concern the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders AAT Byelorussian Steel Works – management company of ‘Byelorussian Metallurgical Company’ holding (BSW – management company of ‘BMC’ holding) to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by the Council of the European Union;










3.


Declares that the European Commission shall bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 257, 4.7.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2755/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11397 – OJI / WALKI) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: cellulose, economic concentration, glass fibre, merger control, packaging, pulp and paper industry








C_202402072EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2072


6.3.2024






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11397 – OJI / WALKI)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/2072)


1.   
On 27 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:






—


Oji Holdings Corporation (‘Oji’, Japan),










—


Walki Holding Oy (‘Walki’, Finland), ultimately controlled by One Equity Partners (USA).




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


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






—


Oji produces pulp and paper products,










—


Walki produces technical laminates and protective packaging materials.






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.
Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified treatment for certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.


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.11397 – Oji / Walki
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’).

(2)  
            OJ C 160, 5.5.2023, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2072/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-562/23: Order of the General Court of 6 March 2024 – QI v Commission
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, data protection, data transmission, data-processing law, information technology user, natural person, personal data, physically disabled person, principle of proportionality, protection of privacy








C_202402789EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2789


29.4.2024






Order of the General Court of 6 March 2024 – QI v Commission


(Case T-562/23)
                (1)

(C/2024/2789)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Tenth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C, C/2023/351, 30.10.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2789/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-639/22: Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 – VF International v EUIPO – Super Brand Licencing (GEOGRAPHICAL NORWAY EXPEDITION)
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, electrical equipment, leather industry, precious metal, pulp and paper industry, registered trade mark, scientific apparatus, textile product, trade-mark law








C_202402757EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2757


29.4.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024
                – VF International v EUIPO – Super Brand Licencing (GEOGRAPHICAL NORWAY EXPEDITION)


(Case T-639/22)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark GEOGRAPHICAL NORWAY EXPEDITION - Absolute ground for invalidity - Bad faith - Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Relative ground for invalidity - Damage to reputation - Article 8(5) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001))
(C/2024/2757)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: VF International Sagl (Stabio, Switzerland) (represented by: Y. Bizollon, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Super Brand Licencing SAS (Villeurbanne, France) (represented by: T. de Haan and A. Sion, lawyers)

Re:

By its 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 23 August 2022 (Case R 124/2022-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 23 August 2022 (Case R 124/2022-4);










2.


Orders EUIPO and Super Brand Licencing SAS each to pay, in addition to their own costs, half of the costs incurred by VF International Sagl.






(1)  
            OJ C 463, 5.12.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2757/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-647/22: Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 – Puma v EUIPO – Handelsmaatschappij J. Van Hilst (Shoe)
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, footwear industry








C_202402758EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2758


29.4.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 6 March 2024 – Puma v EUIPO – Handelsmaatschappij J. Van Hilst (Shoe)


(Case T-647/22)
                (1)

(Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered community design representing a shoe - Disclosure of the prior design - Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
(C/2024/2758)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Puma SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany) (represented by: M. Schunke and P. Trieb, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Handelsmaatschappij J. Van Hilst BV (Waalwijk, Netherlands) (represented by: L. Jonker and M. Roosendaal, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 11 August 2022 (Case R 726/2021-3).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Puma SE to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 463, 5.12.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2758/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Corrigendum to Common Military List of the European Union adopted by the Council on 19 February 2024 (equipment covered by Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP defining common rules governing the control of exports of military technology and equipment) (updating and replacing the Common Military List of the European Union adopted by the Council on 20 February 2023 (1)) (CFSP) (Official Journal of the European Union C, C/2024/1945, 1 March 2024)
Date: 2024-03-06
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: directory, export monitoring, military equipment, technology








C_202490014EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/90014


6.3.2024






Corrigendum to Common Military List of the European Union adopted by the Council on dd mm 2024 (equipment covered by Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP defining common rules governing the control of exports of military technology and equipment) (updating and replacing the Common Military List of the European Union adopted by the Council on 20 February 2023 (1)) (CFSP)

(
Official Journal of the European Union C, C/2024/1945, 1 March 2024
)


In the title:
for:


                  ‘
                  COMMON MILITARY LIST OF THE EUROPEAN UNION


adopted by the Council on dd mm 2024


(equipment covered by Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP defining common rules governing the control of exports of military technology and equipment)



(updating and replacing the Common Military List of the European Union adopted by the Council on 20 February 2023
                     
 (1))


(CFSP)


(C/2024/1945)’,

read:


                  ‘
                  COMMON MILITARY LIST OF THE EUROPEAN UNION


adopted by the Council on 19 February 2024
                  


(equipment covered by Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP defining common rules governing the control of exports of military technology and equipment)



(updating and replacing the Common Military List of the European Union adopted by the Council on 20 February 2023
                     
 (1))


(CFSP)


(C/2024/1945)’.



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1945/corrigendum/2024-03-06/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)