do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Joined Cases C-178/21  and C-240/21,  Volkswagen and Others: Order of the President of the Court of 14 March 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Ravensburg – Germany) – GL, DV, UK (C-178/21), SA, FT, LH, IL, TN (C-240/21) v Volkswagen AG, Audi AG (C-178/21), Daimler AG (C-240/21)
Date: 2024-03-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: anti-pollution device, approval, civil liability proceedings, damages, motor vehicle, motor vehicle industry, purchase, purchase price, vehicle parts








C_202403602EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3602


17.6.2024






Order of the President of the Court of 14 March 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Ravensburg – Germany) – GL, DV, UK (C-178/21), SA, FT, LH, IL, TN (C-240/21) v Volkswagen AG, Audi AG (C-178/21), Daimler AG (C-240/21)


(Joined Cases C-178/21
                (1)
and C-240/21,
                (2)
Volkswagen and Others)

(C/2024/3602)
Language of the case: German
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C 217, 7.6.2021.

(2)  
            OJ C 263, 5.7.2021



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3602/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11288 – TAPESTRY / CAPRI)
Date: 2024-03-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: clock and watch industry, clothing industry, cosmetic product, economic concentration, footwear industry, luxury products industry, merger control








C_202402185EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2185


14.3.2024






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11288 – TAPESTRY / CAPRI)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/2185)


1.   
On 6 March 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:






—


Tapestry, Inc. (‘Tapestry’, United States),










—


Capri Holdings Limited (‘Capri’, British Virgin Islands).




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


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






—


Tapestry is a luxury fashion group consisting of three brands: Coach, Kate Spade New York, and Stuart Weitzman. Products sold under Tapestry’s brands include handbags, small leather goods, clothing, shoes, and accessories such as watches, sunglasses, jewellery, and fragrances,










—


Capri is a luxury fashion group that designs and manufactures luxury fashion products, including apparel, footwear, and accessories such as handbags and small leather goods. Capri’s portfolio consists of three brands: Versace, Jimmy Choo, and Michael Kors.






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.11288 – TAPESTRY / CAPRI
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/2024/2185/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11373 – IP / EV ASSET HOLDING / IPLANET JV)
Date: 2024-03-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Italy, economic concentration, economic infrastructure, electric vehicle, energy distribution, energy supply, financial services, investment company, merger control, oil industry








C_202402350EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2350


22.3.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11373 – IP / EV ASSET HOLDING / IPLANET JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/2350)

On 14 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 32024M11373. 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/2024/2350/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/906 of 14 March 2024 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Araban Sarımsağı (PDO))
Date: 2024-03-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: Türkiye, bulb vegetable, designation of origin, labelling, product designation








L_202400906EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series L













2024/906


21.3.2024







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/906
of 14 March 2024
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Araban Sarımsağı’ (PDO))


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, Turkey’s application to register the name ‘Araban Sarımsağı’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the name ‘Araban Sarımsağı’ should therefore be entered in the register,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Araban Sarımsağı’ (PDO) is hereby entered in the register.
The name specified in the first paragraph denotes a product in Class 1.6 – Fruit, vegetables and cereals, fresh or processed, as listed in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 (3).


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 March 2024.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2012/1151/oj.

(2)  
            OJ C, C/2023/162, 6.10.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/162/oj.

(3)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 of 13 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 36, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2014/668/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/906/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
P9_TA(2024)0169 – Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Albania on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Albania – European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 March 2024 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Albania on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Albania (11945/2023 – C9-0344/2023 – 2023/0235(NLE)) (Consent)
Date: 2024-03-14
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: Albania, European cooperation, Frontex, agreement (EU), border control, external border of the EU, migration control, migratory movement, operation of the Institutions, ratification of an agreement








C_202406582EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/6582


12.11.2024






P9_TA(2024)0169

Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Albania on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Albania


European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 March 2024 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Albania on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Albania (11945/2023 – C9-0344/2023 – 2023/0235(NLE))


(Consent)

(C/2024/6582)



The European Parliament,







—


having regard to the draft Council decision (11945/2023),










—


having regard to the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Albania on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Albania (11944/2023),










—


having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 77(2), points (b) and (d), Article 79(2), point (c), and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C9-0344/2023),










—


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 Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A9-0036/2024),













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 Albania.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6582/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-449/22: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 14 March 2024 – European Commission v Portuguese Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Directive (EU) 2018/1972 – European Electronic Communications Code – Failure to transpose and notify the transposition measures – Article 260(3) TFEU – Application for the imposition of a lump sum and a periodic penalty payment – Criteria for determining the amount of the penalty – Discontinuance in part)
Date: 2024-03-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Internet, information technology, national implementing measure, provision of services, regulation of telecommunications, sanction (EU), trans-European network, transmission network, universal service








C_202403041EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3041


13.5.2024






Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 14 March 2024 – European Commission v Portuguese Republic


(Case C-449/22)
                (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Article 258 TFEU - Directive (EU) 2018/1972 - European Electronic Communications Code - Failure to transpose and notify the transposition measures - Article 260(3) TFEU - Application for the imposition of a lump sum and a periodic penalty payment - Criteria for determining the amount of the penalty - Discontinuance in part)
(C/2024/3041)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: P. Caro de Sousa, U. Małecka, L. Malferrari and E. Manhaeve, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Portuguese Republic (represented by: P. Barros da Costa and A. Pimenta, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by failing to adopt, by the expiry of the period prescribed in the reasoned opinion, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code and, consequently, by failing to notify those provisions to the European Commission, the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 124(1) of that directive;










2.


Orders the Portuguese Republic to pay to the Commission a lump sum in the amount of EUR 2 800 000;










3.


Orders the Portuguese Republic to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Commission.






(1)  
            OJ C 326, 29.8.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3041/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
P9_TA(2024)0168 – Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership – European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 March 2024 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership (16005/2023 – C9-0018/2024 – 2023/0450(NLE)) (Consent)
Date: 2024-03-14
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on International Trade, European Parliament
Subjects: Japan, cooperation agreement (EU), cross-frontier data flow, data protection, economic cooperation, exchange of information, personal data, protection of privacy, protocol to an agreement, ratification of an agreement, revision of an agreement








C_202406581EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/6581


12.11.2024






P9_TA(2024)0168

Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership


European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 March 2024 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership (16005/2023 – C9-0018/2024 – 2023/0450(NLE))


(Consent)

(C/2024/6581)



The European Parliament,







—


having regard to the draft Council decision (16005/2023),










—


having regard to the draft Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership (16006/2023),










—


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 (C9-0018/2024),










—


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 (A9-0081/2024),













1.


Gives its consent to the conclusion of the protocol;












2.


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






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6581/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-429/22,  N1 Interactive: Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 March 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Wien – Austria) – VK v N1 Interactive Ltd. (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Questions the answer to which may be clearly deduced from the Court’s existing case-law – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Law applicable to contractual obligations – Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 – Article 6 – Consumer claiming payment of a sum of money allegedly won in an online casino – No choice of applicable law – Application of a law deemed to be more favourable rather than the law of the country of habitual residence of the consumer)
Date: 2024-03-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: case-law (EU), consumer, game of chance, judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU, law of obligations, online game, private international law, residence








C_202403579EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3579


17.6.2024






Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 March 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Wien – Austria) – VK v N1 Interactive Ltd.


(Case C-429/22,
                (1)
N1 Interactive)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Questions the answer to which may be clearly deduced from the Court’s existing case-law - Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Law applicable to contractual obligations - Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 - Article 6 - Consumer claiming payment of a sum of money allegedly won in an online casino - No choice of applicable law - Application of a law deemed to be more favourable rather than the law of the country of habitual residence of the consumer)
(C/2024/3579)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberlandesgericht Wien

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: VK

Defendant: N1 Interactive Ltd.

Operative part of the order

Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I)
must be interpreted as meaning that where a consumer contract fulfils the requirements set out in that provision and in the absence of a valid choice of law applicable to that contract, that law must be determined in accordance with that provision, notwithstanding the fact that the law applicable to the contract in accordance with Article 4 of that regulation may be more favourable to the consumer.


(1)  
            OJ C 451, 28.11.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3579/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-452/22: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 14 March 2024 – European Commission v Republic of Poland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Directive (EU) 2018/1972 – European Electronic Communications Code – Failure to transpose and to notify transposition measures – Article 260(3) TFEU – Application for the imposition of a lump sum and a periodic penalty payment – Criteria for determining the amount of the penalty)
Date: 2024-03-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Internet, information technology, national implementing measure, provision of services, regulation of telecommunications, sanction (EU), trans-European network, transmission network, universal service








C_202403042EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3042


13.5.2024






Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 14 March 2024 – European Commission v Republic of Poland


(Case C-452/22)
                (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Article 258 TFEU - Directive (EU) 2018/1972 - European Electronic Communications Code - Failure to transpose and to notify transposition measures - Article 260(3) TFEU - Application for the imposition of a lump sum and a periodic penalty payment - Criteria for determining the amount of the penalty)
(C/2024/3042)
Language of the case: Polish

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: U. Małecka, L. Malferrari and E. Manhaeve, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Poland (represented by: B. Majczyna, acting as Agent)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by failing to adopt, by the expiry of the period prescribed in the reasoned opinion, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code, and, consequently, by failing to notify those measures to the European Commission, the Republic of Poland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 124(1) of that directive;










2.


Declares that, by failing to adopt, by the date the Court examined the facts, the provisions necessary to transpose into its national law the provisions of Directive 2018/1972 and, consequently, by failing to notify those measures to the Commission, the Republic of Poland persisted in its failure to fulfil its obligations;










3.


Should the failure to fulfil obligations established in point 1 persist at the date of delivery of this judgment, orders the Republic of Poland to pay the European Commission, as from that date and until that Member State has put an end to that failure to fulfil obligations, a daily penalty payment of EUR 50 000;










4.


Orders the Republic of Poland to pay the Commission a lump sum in the amount of EUR 4 million;










5.


Orders the Republic of Poland, in addition to bearing its own costs, to pay those incurred by the Commission.






(1)  
            OJ C 326, 29.8.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3042/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11309 – KINGSPAN / NWG)
Date: 2024-03-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: European Economic Area, building services, economic concentration, merger control, provision of services








C_202503211EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3211


10.6.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11309 – KINGSPAN / NWG)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/3211)

On 14 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 32024M11309. 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/2025/3211/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)