do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.112196Text with EEA relevance.
Date: 2024-03-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid








C_202402360EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2360


26.3.2024






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.112196
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/2360)







Date of adoption of the decision


29.2.2024




Aid number


SA.112196




Member State


Germany




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


INVEST Scheme — Direct grants for risk capital investments — Amendment of the INVEST Guidelines




Legal basis


Förderrichtlinie zur Bezuschussung von Wagniskpaital privater Investierender für junge innovative Unternehmen




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Risk finance




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 183 720 000  EUR
Annual budget: 45 930 000  EUR




Intensity


15,0  %




Duration


1.3.2024 — 31.12.2026




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)




Frankfurter Straße 29-35, 65760 Eschborn








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/2024/2360/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-233/24 P: Appeal brought on 26 March 2024 by YU against the order of the General Court (Third Chamber) delivered on 5 March 2024 in Case T-529/23, YU v Commission
Date: 2024-03-26
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: France, State aid, admissibility, bank, control of State aid, financial aid, guarantee, legal aid, reimbursement of aid, whistleblowing








C_202405054EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/5054


26.8.2024






Appeal brought on 26 March 2024 by YU against the order of the General Court (Third Chamber) delivered on 5 March 2024 in Case T-529/23, YU v Commission


(Case C-233/24 P)

(C/2024/5054)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellant: YU (represented by: L. Frölich, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission
By order of 15 July 2024, the Court of Justice (Sixth Chamber) dismissed the appeal as manifestly unfounded and ordered YU to bear his own costs.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5054/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-230/24, Banco Santander: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de Primera Instancia n.o 8 de A Coruña (Spain) lodged on 26 March 2024 – MF v Banco Santander, S.A.
Date: 2024-03-26
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: claim, consumer protection, limitation of legal proceedings, unfair terms of contract








C_202404571EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/4571


29.7.2024






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de Primera Instancia n.o 8 de A Coruña (Spain) lodged on 26 March 2024 – MF v Banco Santander, S.A.


(Case C-230/24, Banco Santander)

(C/2024/4571)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado de Primera Instancia n.o 8 de A Coruña

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: MF

Defendant: Banco Santander, S.A.

Question referred

Is it contrary to Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993
             (1) and the principle of equivalence to apply the possibility of dissociating invalidity on the basis of unfairness from restitutory effects, whereby invalidity is not subject to a limitation period and, at the same time, actions for restitution are subject to a limitation period, when, in Spanish domestic law, there is no legislation or case-law which applies it to other legal relationships?


(1)  Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts (OJ 1993 L 95, p. 29).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4571/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1021 of 26 March 2024 approving a Union amendment to the specification for a Protected Designation of Origin (Minervois-la-Livinière)
Date: 2024-03-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: France, Occitanie, designation of origin, labelling, product designation, red wine, still wine








L_202401021EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
L series













2024/1021


3.4.2024







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/1021
of 26 March 2024
         
approving a Union amendment to the specification for a Protected Designation of Origin (‘Minervois-la-Livinière’)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 99(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


The Commission has examined the application for the approval of a Union amendment to the product specification for the Protected Designation of Origin ‘Minervois-la-Livinière’, forwarded by France in accordance with Article 97(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 in conjunction with Article 105(3), first subparagraph, of that Regulation. The change includes a change of name from ‘Minervois-la-Livinière’ to ‘La Livinière’.












(2)


The Commission has published the application for the approval of the Union amendment to the product specification in the Official Journal of the European Union (2), as required by Article 97(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 in conjunction with Article 105(3), first subparagraph, of that Regulation.












(3)


No reasoned statement of objection has been received by the Commission under Article 98 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.












(4)


The Union amendment to the product specification should therefore be approved in accordance with Article 99(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The Union amendment to the product specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name ‘Minervois-la-Livinière’ (PDO) is hereby approved.


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, 26 March 2024.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.

(2)  
            OJ C/2023/1470, 8.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1470/oj.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1021/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Case C-231/24, Abanca Corporación Bancaria: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de Primera Instancia No 8 de La Coruña (Spain) lodged on 26 March 2024 – Abanca Corporación Bancaria, S. A. v VX
Date: 2024-03-26
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: consumer credit, consumer protection, national law, redemption, unfair terms of contract








C_202403898EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3898


1.7.2024






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de Primera Instancia No 8 de La Coruña (Spain) lodged on 26 March 2024 – Abanca Corporación Bancaria, S. A. v VX


(Case C-231/24, Abanca Corporación Bancaria)

(C/2024/3898)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado de Primera Instancia No 8 de La Coruña

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Abanca Corporación Bancaria, S. A.

Defendant: VX

Questions referred







1.


Is an acceleration clause which provides for the possibility of calling off or preventing acceleration within a certain period of time consistent with Articles 3(1) and (7) of Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts, (1) or does such a right have to be recognised in a specific provision of national law?










2.


If the answer to the foregoing question is in the affirmative, what period of time would be reasonable?






(1)  
            OJ 1993 L 95, p. 29.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3898/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11450 - WORXINVEST / GIMV) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2024-03-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: consumer, economic concentration, health care, investment, investment company, life sciences, merger control, money market, real property, small and medium-sized enterprises








C_202402367EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2367


26.3.2024






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11450 - WORXINVEST / GIMV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/2367)


1.   
On 18 March 2024, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






—


WORXINVEST NV (‘WORXINVEST’, Belgium),










—


GIMV NV (‘GIMV’, Belgium).




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


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






—


WORXINVEST is an investment company investing in private equity funds and small and medium-sized companies, money market instruments and real estate,










—


GIMV is a private equity investment company focused on direct investments into companies headquartered in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Gimv’s five investment platforms are: Consumer, Healthcare, Smart Industries, Sustainable Cities and Life Sciences.






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.11450 - WORXINVEST / GIMV
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/2024/2367/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-227/24, XXX: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte di Appello di Firenze (Italy) lodged on 26 March 2024 – XXX v Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS)
Date: 2024-03-26
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: agricultural labour force, collective agreement, floriculture, full-time employment, hourly wage, social-security contribution, temporary employment, wage determination, working time








C_202403746EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3746


24.6.2024






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte di Appello di Firenze (Italy) lodged on 26 March 2024 – XXX v Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS)


(Case C-227/24, XXX)

(C/2024/3746)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Corte di Appello di Firenze

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: XXX

Respondent: Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS)

Questions referred







1.


Must Clause 4(1) of the framework agreement be interpreted as precluding a provision of national collective agreement, such as that contained in Article 40 of the CCNL [national collective labour agreement] for agricultural workers and floriculturists of 6 July 2006, as interpreted by the Court of Cassation in a manner that is binding on the referring court, which recognises, with regard to fixed-term agricultural workers, the right to be paid for the hours actually worked during the day, in contrast to Article 30 of the CCNL, which precedes it, which, in respect of permanent agricultural workers, recognises the right to pay on the basis of a working day of 6.30 hours?










2.


If the answer to the previous question is in the affirmative, must Clause 4(1) of the framework agreement be interpreted as meaning that the determination of the amount of the compulsory social security contribution payable in respect of fixed-term agricultural workers under an occupational social security scheme also falls within the definition of employment conditions, with the result that it must be determined on the basis of the same criterion as that laid down for permanent agricultural workers and therefore on the basis of the daily working time established in the collective agreement, and not on the basis of the hours actually worked?






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3746/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2024/1013 of 26 March 2024 on the reconfirmation of the authorisation of the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI/2/2024)
Date: 2024-03-26
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: EU military mission, EU restrictive measure, Libya, Mediterranean region (EU), arms trade, firearms and munitions, illicit trade, military cooperation








L_202401013EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
L series













2024/1013


2.4.2024







            POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION (CFSP) 2024/1013
of 26 March 2024
         
on the reconfirmation of the authorisation of the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean
(EUNAVFOR MED IRINI)
(EUNAVFOR MED IRINI/2/2024)


THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 38 thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 of 31 March 2020 on a European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (1), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


On 31 March 2020, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2020/472, which established and launched a European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) for the period until 31 March 2021.












(2)


Article 8(3) of Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 provides that, notwithstanding this period, the authorization of the operation is to be reconfirmed every four months and that the Political and Security Committee is to prolong the operation unless the deployment of maritime assets of the operation produces a pull effect on migration on the basis of substantiated evidence gathered according to the criteria set out in the Operations Plan.












(3)


On 20 March 2023, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2023/653 (2), extending the operation until 31 March 2025, subject to the same reconfirmation procedure.












(4)


The Operation Commander provided monthly pull factor reports.












(5)


The authorization of the operation should be reconfirmed for the thirteenth four-month sub-period of its mandate and the operation should be prolonged accordingly.





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The authorisation of EUNAVFOR MED IRINI is hereby reconfirmed and the operation is prolonged from 1 April 2024 to 31 July 2024.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 26 March 2024.


For the Political and Security Committee


The Chairperson

D. PRONK
            





(1)  
            OJ L 101, 1.4.2020, p. 4.

(2)  
            OJ L 81, 21.3.2023, p. 27.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/1013/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (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: 2024-03-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
Subjects: Andalusia, Spain, air transport, inland transport, services of general interest, transport regulations








C_202402375EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2375


26.3.2024






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
(C/2024/2375)







Member State


Spain




Route concerned


Almeria - Seville




Reopening date of the PSO route to community air carriers


1.11.2024




Address where the text and any other information or documentation related to the public service obligations can be obtained.







Ministerio de Transportes y Movilidad Sostenible




Dirección General de Aviación Civil




Subdirección General de Transporte Aéreo




Paseo de la Castellana, 67




28071 Madrid




ESPAÑA




Tel. +34 915977505
Fax +34 915978643
e-mail address: osp.dgac@transportes.gob.es




The route subject to public service obligations may be operated on the basis of free competition access as from 1 November 2024. In the event that no air carrier submits a program of services compliant with the public service obligations imposed, access will be restricted to a single air carrier through the corresponding public tender procedure, in accordance with Article 16 (9) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2375/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1024 of 26 March 2024 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Ludbreški hren (PGI))
Date: 2024-03-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: County of Varaždin, Croatia, designation of origin, labelling, product designation, root vegetable








L_202401024EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
L series













2024/1024


3.4.2024







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/1024
of 26 March 2024
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Ludbreški hren’ (PGI))


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, Croatia’s application to register the name ‘Ludbreški hren’ 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 ‘Ludbreški hren’ should therefore be entered in the register,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name ‘Ludbreški hren’ (PGI) 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, 26 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/2023/1426, 7.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1426/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/2024/1024/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (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.110568Text with EEA relevance.
Date: 2024-03-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: France, State aid, aid for restructuring, aid to undertakings, company in difficulties, control of State aid








C_202402364EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2024/2364


26.3.2024






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.110568
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/2364)







Date of adoption of the decision


19.12.2023




Aid number


SA.110568




Member State


France




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Prolongation du régime d’aide SA.41259, notifié à la Commission européenne relatif aux aides au sauvetage et à la restructuration pour les PME en difficulté




Legal basis


Décision de la Commission C(2015) 4809. Cette décision a été prolongée jusqu'au 31 décembre 2023 par la décision no C(2020) 8365 final.




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Restructuring firms in difficulty




Form of aid


Direct grant, Debt write-off, Guarantee, Interest subsidy, Provision of risk capital, Reimbursable grant, Soft loan




Budget


Overall budget: 6 000 000  EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


1.1.2024 — 31.12.2025




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances, Direction Générale des Entreprises




61 Boulevard Vincent Auriol, 75703 — Paris CEDEX 13








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/2024/2364/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)