do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11534 – STONEPEAK / ORSTED / OONA ENERGY) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2024-04-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: United States, economic concentration, energy production, investment company, merger control, power plant, renewable energy, wind energy








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2024/2806


19.4.2024






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11534 – STONEPEAK / ORSTED / OONA ENERGY)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/2806)


1.   
On 10 April 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:






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Stonepeak Partners LP (‘Stonepeak’), United States of America,










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Orsted Onshore North America, LLC (‘OONA’), United States of America, indirectly controlled by Ørsted A/S (‘Orsted’), Denmark, and










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OONA Energy Partners 3, LLC (‘Target JV’), United States of America, fully owned by OONA.




Stonepeak and Orsted will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control over the Target JV.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


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






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Stonepeak is active as a global alternative investment firm specialising in infrastructure and real assets and,










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Ørsted operates in the field of renewable energies.






3.   

The business activities of the Target JV are the operation of four onshore wind farms in the United States of America.



4.   
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.


5.   
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.11534 – STONEPEAK / ORSTED / OONA ENERGY
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/2024/2806/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-212/24: Action brought on 19 April 2024 – Kaili v Parliament
Date: 2024-04-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Public Prosecutor's Office, Member of the European Parliament, Protocol (EU), criminal procedure, legality, parliamentary immunity, powers of the institutions (EU), rights of the defence








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2024/3487


10.6.2024






Action brought on 19 April 2024 – Kaili v Parliament


(Case T-212/24)

(C/2024/3487)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Eva Kaili (Ixelles, Belgium) (represented by: S. Pappas and A. Pappas, lawyers)

Defendant: European Parliament

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the decision of 6 February 2024 by which the Parliament waived the applicant’s immunity;










—


order the Parliament to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on 10 pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging a breach of an essential procedural requirement. The President of the Parliament and the Committee on Legal Affairs failed to comply with their obligation to examine the legality of the request for the waiver of the applicant’s immunity.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging absence of a legal basis for the European Chief Prosecutor’s request of 15 December 2022.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging lack of competence on the part of the European Chief Prosecutor to request the waiver of the applicant’s immunity.










4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging an infringement by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office of the applicant’s immunity, as provided for in Articles 7 and 8 of Protocol No 7 on the privileges and immunities of the European Union (OJ 2016 C 202, p. 266) ( ‘Protocol on the privileges and immunities’).










5.


Fifth plea in law, alleging an infringement by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office of Article 29(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (OJ 2017 L 283, p. 1).










6.


Sixth plea in law, alleging an infringement by the Committee on Legal Affairs of Articles 7 to 9 of the Protocol on the privileges and immunities and Rules 5(2) and 6(1) and Rule 9 of the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament.










7.


Seventh plea in law, alleging an infringement of the applicant’s right to be heard.










8.


Eighth plea in law, alleging an infringement by the Parliament of point (b) of the first paragraph of Article 9 of the Protocol on the privileges and immunities.










9.


Ninth plea in law, alleging, in the alternative, an infringement of point (a) of the second paragraph of Article 9 of the Protocol on the privileges and immunities.










10.


Tenth plea in law, alleging an infringement of Article 9 of the Protocol on the privileges and immunities inasmuch as the Parliament refused to accept the existence of fumus persecutionis.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3487/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-209/24: Action brought on 19 April 2024 – Allsize v EUIPO – SJoklaedagerdin (North 56-4)
Date: 2024-04-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, footwear industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202403484EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2024/3484


10.6.2024






Action brought on 19 April 2024 – Allsize v EUIPO – SJoklaedagerdin


(North 56-4)


(Case T-209/24)

(C/2024/3484)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Allsize Company A/S (Aarhus, Denmark) (represented by: M. Hansen, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: SJoklaedagerdin hf. (Garðabaer, Iceland)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark North 56-4 – European Union trade mark No 18 449 355
         

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 February 2024 in Case R 1991/2023-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


reject the request for a declaration of invalidity against the contested EUTM.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Article 60(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3484/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-711/22, Advance Pharma: Order of the President of the Seventh Chamber of the Court of 19 April 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy – Poland) – Advance Pharma sp. z o.o. v Skarb Państwa – Główny Inspektor Farmaceutyczny
Date: 2024-04-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Court of Human Rights, appeal, civil law, right to justice








C_202403754EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3754


24.6.2024






Order of the President of the Seventh Chamber of the Court of 19 April 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy – Poland) – Advance Pharma sp. z o.o. v Skarb Państwa – Główny Inspektor Farmaceutyczny


(Case C-711/22,
                (1)
Advance Pharma)

(C/2024/3754)
Language of the case: Polish
The President of the Seventh Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C 45, 6.2.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3754/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
CaseC-622/22: Order of the President of the Third Chamber of the Court of 19 April 2024 – European Commission v Republic of Malta
Date: 2024-04-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: air traffic, air traffic control, data transmission, infringement of EU law, provision of services








C_202403753EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3753


24.6.2024






Order of the President of the Third Chamber of the Court of 19 April 2024 – European Commission v Republic of Malta


(CaseC-622/22)
                (1)

(C/2024/3753)
Language of the case: English
The President of the Third Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C 424, 7.11.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3753/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 18 April 2024
Date: 2024-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202402233EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2233


19.4.2024






Euro exchange rates (1)


            18 April 2024
         
(C/2024/2233)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0679 




JPY


Japanese yen


164,82 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4616 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85628 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,6370 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9704 




ISK


Iceland króna


150,30 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,7375 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,254 




HUF


Hungarian forint


393,93 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3255 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9758 




TRY


Turkish lira


34,7035 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6567 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4687 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,3635 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8013 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4520 




KRW


South Korean won


1 467,41 




ZAR


South African rand


20,3461 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7294 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 279,69 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,1083 




PHP


Philippine peso


61,127 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


39,251 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,5973 




MXN


Mexican peso


18,0940 




INR


Indian rupee


89,1880 






(1)  
            Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2233/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-210/24: Action brought on 19 April 2024 – the airscreen company v EUIPO – Moviescreens Rental (AIRSCREEN)
Date: 2024-04-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, building, building technique, cinema, pump, registered trade mark, screen, trade-mark law








C_202403485EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3485


10.6.2024






Action brought on 19 April 2024 – the airscreen company v EUIPO – Moviescreens Rental (AIRSCREEN)


(Case T-210/24)

(C/2024/3485)
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties to the proceedings


Applicant: the airscreen company GmbH & Co. KG (Münster, Germany) (represented by: O. Spieker, D. Mienert, J. Selbmann and K. Uzman, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Moviescreens Rental GmbH (Damme, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Klägerin

Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark AIRSCREEN – EU trade mark No 3 244 662
         

Proceedings before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 19 February 2024 in Case R 1809/2022-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision in so far as it revoked EU trade mark No 3 244 662;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Plea in law

Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3485/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Notice of a request concerning the applicability of Article 34 of Directive 2014/25/EU – Request made by a Contracting Entity
Date: 2024-04-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: Sweden, award of contract, carriage of passengers, provision of services, rail transport








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Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2795


19.4.2024






Notice of a request concerning the applicability of Article 34 of Directive 2014/25/EU
Request made by a Contracting Entity
(C/2024/2795)

On 22 December 2023 the Commission received a request pursuant to Article 35 of Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (1). The request has been submitted by SJ AB. The first working day following receipt of the request is 3 January 2024.
This request concerns activities relating to the provision of commercial railways passenger services to be carried out in the territory of Sweden.
Article 34 of Directive 2014/25/EU provides that ‘contracts intended to enable an activity mentioned in Articles 8 to 14 to be carried out shall not be subject to this Directive if the Member State or the contracting entities having introduced the request pursuant to Article 35 can demonstrate that, in the Member State in which it is performed, the activity is directly exposed to competition on markets to which access is not restricted; nor shall design contests that are organised for the pursuit of such an activity in that geographic area be subject to this Directive’. The assessment of direct exposure to competition that can be carried out in the context of Directive 2014/25/EU is without prejudice to the full-fledged application of competition law.
The Commission is allowed a period of 105 working days (2) to take a decision on this request, commencing on the working day referred to above. The period therefore expires on 6 June 2024.
According to Article 35(5) of Directive 2014/25/EU, further requests concerning the same activities in Sweden submitted before the expiry of the period opened in respect of this request shall not be considered as new procedures and shall be treated in the context of this request.


(1)  Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement procedures by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 243).

(2)  Pursuant to paragraph 1a of Annex IV to Directive 2014/25/EU in combination with the second subparagraph of said paragraph 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2795/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11462 – CBK / EVOG / JV)
Date: 2024-04-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Germany, banking, economic concentration, electronic money, financial services, merger control, payment








C_202402982EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2982


29.4.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11462 – CBK / EVOG / JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/2982)

On 19 April 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 32024M11462. 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/2024/2982/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-276/24, KONREO: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 19 April 2024 – KONREO, v. o. s., insolvenční správce úpadce FAU s.r.o. v Odvolací finanční ředitelství
Date: 2024-04-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, principle of proportionality, tax collection, tax law, tax offence, tax relief








C_202404709EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/4709


5.8.2024






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 19 April 2024 – KONREO, v. o. s., insolvenční správce úpadce FAU s.r.o. v Odvolací finanční ředitelství


(Case C-276/24, KONREO)

(C/2024/4709)
Language of the case: Czech

Referring court

Nejvyšší správní soud

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: KONREO, v. o. s., insolvenční správce úpadce FAU s.r.o.

Defendant: Odvolací finanční ředitelství

Question referred

Does Article 205 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC (1) on the common system of value added tax, in conjunction with the proportionality principle, preclude a national practice whereby the liability for the payment of value added tax by a supplier of a taxable transaction may be applied to the recipient of that transaction, even though the recipient of the taxable transaction has already been denied a right to a tax deduction due to its involvement in tax fraud?


(1)  
            OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4709/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11509 – MSI / BAM / PORTLAND NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM)
Date: 2024-04-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: North America, consultancy, economic concentration, energy transport, gas pipeline, investment company, merger control, natural gas, service








C_202402993EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/2993


29.4.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11509 – MSI / BAM / PORTLAND NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/2993)

On 19 April 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 32024M11509. 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/2024/2993/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)