do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on state aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for the EFTA States applicable as of 1 January 2024 – Published in accordance with the rules on reference and discount rates set out in Part VII of ESA’s State Aid Guidelines and Article 10 of ESA’s Decision No 195/04/COL 14 July 2004
Date: 2024-03-21
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, State aid, interest, reimbursement of aid








C_202402338EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2338


21.3.2024






EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on state aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for the EFTA States applicable as of 1 January 2024
         


Published in accordance with the rules on reference and discount rates set out in Part VII of ESA’s State Aid Guidelines and Article 10 of ESA’s Decision No 195/04/COL 14 July 2004
               
                (1)


(C/2024/2338)

Base rates are calculated in accordance with the Chapter on the method for setting reference and discount rates of ESA’s State Aid Guidelines as amended by ESA’s Decision No 788/08/COL of 17 December 2008. To obtain the applicable reference rates, appropriate margins shall be added to the base rate in accordance with the State Aid Guidelines.
Base rates have been determined as follows:








 


Iceland


Liechtenstein


Norway




01.01.2024 –


9,91 


1,39 


4,73 






(1)  
            OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and EEA Supplement to the OJ No. 26/2006, 25.5.2006, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2338/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.105847Text with EEA relevance.
Date: 2024-03-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: France, State aid, control of State aid, press agency








C_202402255EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2255


21.3.2024






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.105847
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/2255)








Date of adoption of the decision


19.12.2023




Aid number


SA.105847




Member State


France




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Service d’intérêt économique général — Missions d’intérêt général confiées à l’Agence France-Presse au titre de la période 2024-2028




Legal basis


Loi no 57-32 du 10 janvier 1957 portant statut de l'agence France-Presse




Type of measure


Ad Hoc Case


Agence France-Presse (AFP)




Objective


Services of general economic interest (SGEI)




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 1 269 000 000  EUR
Annual budget: 126 900 000  EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


1.1.2024 — 31.12.2033




Economic sectors


News agency activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministère de la culture — Direction générale des medias et des industries culturelles




182 rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 PARIS








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/2024/2255/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-159/24: Action brought on 21 March 2024 – WAAA v CPVO – Teak Enterprises (Cripps Pink and Cripps Red)
Date: 2024-03-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: patent law, pip fruit, plant breeding, plant variety right, principle of legal certainty, proof








C_202403083EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3083


13.5.2024






Action brought on 21 March 2024 – WAAA v CPVO – Teak Enterprises (Cripps Pink and Cripps Red)


(Case T-159/24)

(C/2024/3083)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Western Australian Agriculture Authority (WAAA) (South Perth, Australia) (represented by: T. Bouvet and C. Devinant, lawyers)

Defendant: Community Plant Variety Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Teak Enterprises Pty Limited (Applecross, Australia)

Details of the proceedings before CPVO


Proprietor of the Community plant variety right at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Community plant variety right at issue: Cripps Pink and Cripps Red apple varieties - Community plant variety rights No 1640 and No 3425

Procedure before CPVO: Nullity proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Board of Appeal of CPVO of 12 January 2024 in joined cases A 019/2021 and A 020/2021

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul and set aside the contested decision;










—


alter the contested decision and hold that the CPVO rightfully:










—


considered that the conditions laid down to open nullity proceedings are not met;










—


decided not to declare the Cripps Pink and Cripps Red varieties null and void;










—


order Teak Enterprises Pty Limited to bear the costs and expenses of the proceedings.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 53a of Commission Implementing Regulation (EC) No 874/2009, together with Article 266 TFEU, the principle of legal certainty and the provisions regarding the burden of proof;










—


Infringement of Article 10 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 in combination with Article 53a of Commission Implementing Regulation (EC) No 874/2009 and the provisions regarding the burden of proof.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3083/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
New national sides of euro circulation coins
Date: 2024-03-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
Subjects: France, commemoration, euro, issuing of currency




C_202402261EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2261


21.3.2024






New national sides of euro circulation coins
(C/2024/2261)

Euro circulation coins have legal tender status throughout the euro area. The Commission publishes all new euro coin designs (1) with a view to informing all parties required to handle coins in the course of their work as well as the public at large.
The French national sides of the regular 10, 20 and 50-cent euro coins are renewed for the first time since the introduction of the euro. This change complies with the conditions set out in Article 7(1) of Council Regulation (EU) No 729/2014 (2), which stipulates that changes to the designs used for the national sides of regular coins may only be made once every 15 years.






























10 euro cent


20 euro cent


50 euro cent





Issuing country: France

Date of issue: First semester 2024

Description of the designs: After initiating the change of national designs with the 1€ and 2€ at the same time as the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2022, France continues the renewal of its national coin designs by changing the designs of its 10, 20 and 50-cent euro coins.
The designs feature the stylized portraits of Simone Veil, Joséphine Baker and Maie Curie, which are inserted in the centre of a French flag, symbolizing their iconic embodiment of the French Republic. Their names are superimposed in the centre of the coin. The year date, the RF mention and the mintmarks are inserted among the three colours of the flag.
The three coins' outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.


(1)  See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1, OJ C 254, 20.10.2006, p. 6 and OJ C 248, 23.10.2007, p. 8 for a reference to the other euro coins.

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) No 729/2014 of 24 June 2014 on denominations and technical specifications of euro coins intended for circulation (OJ L 194, 2.7.2014, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2014/729/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2261/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-162/24: Action brought on 21 March 2024 – BT v Commission
Date: 2024-03-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, equal treatment, indemnification, maladministration, pension scheme, staff regulations (EU), survivor's benefit, widowed person








C_202403176EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3176


21.5.2024






Action brought on 21 March 2024 – BT v Commission


(Case T-162/24)

(C/2024/3176)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: BT (represented by: M. Velardo, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


order the Commission to pay a compensatory allowance for the damage linked to the appropriation by the European Union of her economic rights, which include the right to a survivor’s pension as replacement income;










—


order the Commission to pay the actuarial equivalent of six months of the average amount of the monthly survivor’s pension received from November 2018 to July 2024, in respect of the non-material damage caused by the improper treatment of her application of 24 October 2022, which amounts to maladministration for the purposes of Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and unequal administrative treatment for the purposes of Article 20 of the Charter, where there is a precedent for the application of Article 76 of the Staff Regulations;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

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






1.


First plea in law, alleging that the applicant was deprived of the survivor’s pension following the judgment of 14 July 2022, Commission v VW and Others (C-116/21 P to C-118/21 P, C-138/21 P and C-139/21 P, EU:C:2022:557) whereas for another applicant (RN) in the same situation, the survivor’s pension was maintained. The applicant claims unequal treatment.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that the Commission adopted a document on the Pension Scheme for EU Officials, from which it follows that the EU pension fund must be considered the property of officials. The applicant alleges infringement of Article 17 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3176/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
Date: 2024-03-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
Subjects: Germany, commemoration, euro, issuing of currency




C_202402353EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2353


21.3.2024






New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
(C/2024/2353)







National side of the new commemorative 2-euro coin intended for circulation and issued by Germany

Euro coins intended for circulation have legal tender status throughout the euro area. For the purpose of informing the public and all parties who handle the coins, the Commission publishes a description of the designs of all new coins (1). In accordance with the Council conclusions of 10 February 2009
          (2), euro-area Member States and countries that have concluded a monetary agreement with the European Union providing for the issuing of euro coins are allowed to issue commemorative euro coins intended for circulation, provided that certain conditions are met, particularly that only the 2-euro denomination is used. These coins have the same technical characteristics as other 2-euro coins, but their national face features a commemorative design that is highly symbolic in national or European terms.

Issuing country: Germany

Subject of commemoration: The 175th anniversary of the Frankfurt Constitution (also known as the St Paul’s Church Constitution, which was the first attempt to create a unified German nation state.)

Description of the design: The design features several thematic layers. In the foreground is a perspective depiction of St Paul’s Church with the representatives of the national constitutional assembly filing in. This overlays a rendering of the constitutional document and a quill, representing the outcome of the Frankfurt Parliament. Finally, the design is crowned by three female allegories – Unity, Justice and Freedom – and the tricolour flag of black, red and gold. The vibrant three-dimensional relief evokes the timelessness of the basic democratic principles that were put down in writing for the first time and in a foundational way in the Frankfurt Constitution. The coin’s inner ring also features the inscription ‘PAULSKIRCHENVERFASSUNG 1849’ (‘St Paul’s Church Constitution 1849’) and, at the bottom, the year of issue ‘2024’, Germany’s issuing country code ‘D’, the mint mark of the respective mint (‘A’, ‘D’, ‘F’, ‘G’ or ‘J’), and the initials of the artist, Bodo Broschat from Berlin.
The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

Estimated number of coins to be issued: 30 000 000
      

Date of issue: March 2024


(1)  See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1 for the national faces of all the coins issued in 2002.

(2)  See the conclusions of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of 10 February 2009 and the Commission Recommendation of 19 December 2008 on common guidelines for the national sides and the issuance of euro coins intended for circulation (OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 52).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2353/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Publication of a vacancy for the nomination of the Deputy Chief Executive of the European Investment Fund (EIF) – COM/2024/20098
Date: 2024-03-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Human Resources and Security, European Commission
Subjects: European Investment Fund, Luxembourg, administrator, competition (EU), job vacancy, managing director, recruitment








C_202402345EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2345


21.3.2024






Publication of a vacancy for the nomination of the Deputy Chief Executive of the European Investment Fund (EIF)
COM/2024/20098
(C/2024/2345)

The European Commission has published a vacancy notice (reference COM/2024/20098) for the nomination of the Deputy Chief Executive of the European Investment Fund (EIF) in the city of Luxembourg in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
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/!fWbhNx


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2345/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-716/23,  Skycop.com: Order of the President of the Court of 21 March 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Vilniaus apygardos teismas – Lithuania) – ‘Skycop.com’ UAB v Ryanair DAC
Date: 2024-03-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: carriage of passengers, carrier, civil aviation, indemnification, traveller








C_202403604EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3604


17.6.2024






Order of the President of the Court of 21 March 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Vilniaus apygardos teismas – Lithuania) – ‘Skycop.com’ UAB v Ryanair DAC


(Case C-716/23,
                (1)
Skycop.com)

(C/2024/3604)
Language of the case: Lithuanian
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C C/2024/1087.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3604/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Commission information notice pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community – Public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services
Date: 2024-03-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
Subjects: Algarve, Central Portugal, Lisbon and the Tagus Valley, Northern Portugal, Portugal, air transport, inland transport, services of general interest, transport regulations








C_202402357EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2357


21.3.2024






Commission information notice pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community
Public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/2357)







Member State


Portugal




Route(s) concerned


Bragança/Vila Real/Viseu/Cascais/Portimão/Cascais/Viseu/Vila Real/Bragança




Date of entry into force of the public service obligations


1st October 2024




Address where the text and any information and/or documentation relating to the public service obligations can be obtained


All documents are available from:
https://www.acingov.pt
For more information please contact:
General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers





Rua Prof. Gomes Teixeira, n.o 2




1399 022 Lisboa




PORTUGAL




Tel. +351 213927600
Email: ecompras@sg.pcm.gov.pt
Internet: https://www.sg.pcm.gov.pt






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2357/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Corrigendum to Commission Notice – Guidelines for the implementation of certain labelling provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 (OJ C 78, 18.2.2022)
Date: 2024-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: alcoholic beverage, beverage industry, consumer information, designation of origin, ethanol, foodstuff, labelling, marketing standard, product designation








C_202490018EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C














21.3.2024






Corrigendum to Commission Notice – Guidelines for the implementation of certain labelling provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008

(
Official Journal of the European Union C 78 of 18 February 2022
)


On page 19, in the box #21:
for:


                  ‘Examples of compound terms:’,

read:


                  ‘Examples of permitted compound terms:’.

On page 20, in the box #22:
for:


                  ‘Examples of compound terms:’,

read:


                  ‘Examples of forbidden compound terms’.



ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-7/23,  Marvesa Rotterdam: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 March 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State - Belgium) – Marvesa Rotterdam NV v Federaal Agentschap voor de veiligheid van de voedselketen (FAVV) (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Agriculture – Approximation of health legislation – Animal health policy – Veterinary checks – Products of animal origin imported from China – Import ban – Decision 2002/994/EC – Exemption for certain products – Part I of the annex – Fishery products – Definition – Fish oil – Products intended for animal feed – Validity)
Date: 2024-03-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: China, animal feedingstuffs, approximation of laws, fishery product, health control, human nutrition, import (EU), originating product, principle of proportionality, principle of subsidiarity, veterinary inspection








C_202403135EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3135


21.5.2024






Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 March 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State - Belgium) – Marvesa Rotterdam NV v Federaal Agentschap voor de veiligheid van de voedselketen (FAVV)


(Case C-7/23,
                (1)
Marvesa Rotterdam)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Agriculture - Approximation of health legislation - Animal health policy - Veterinary checks - Products of animal origin imported from China - Import ban - Decision 2002/994/EC - Exemption for certain products - Part I of the annex - Fishery products - Definition - Fish oil - Products intended for animal feed - Validity)
(C/2024/3135)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Raad van State

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Marvesa Rotterdam NV

Defendant: Federaal Agentschap voor de veiligheid van de voedselketen (FAVV)

Operative part of the judgment







1.


Part I of the annex to Commission Decision 2002/994/EC of 20 December 2002 concerning certain protective measures with regard to the products of animal origin imported from China, as amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1068 of 1 July 2015,
must be interpreted as meaning that the term ‘fishery products’ includes products intended for human consumption, and not products intended for animal feed, and that, consequently, fish oil intended for animal feed is not a ‘fishery product’ within the meaning of that annex.










2.


The examination of the second question has revealed nothing capable of affecting the validity of Part I of the annex to Decision 2002/994, as amended by Implementing Decision 2015/1068.






(1)  
            OJ C 189, 30.5.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3135/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)