do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Borgarting Court of Appeal dated 8 May 2024 in the case of Friends of the Earth Norway and Young Friends of the Earth Norway v the Norwegian Government, represented by the Ministry of Climate and Environment and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries (Case E-13/24)
Date: 2024-05-08
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: European Economic Area, Norway, economic conditions, job creation, migration for settlement purposes, mineral resources, mining industry, pollution, private sector, services of general interest








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C/2024/6954


14.11.2024






Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Borgarting Court of Appeal dated 8 May 2024 in the case of Friends of the Earth Norway and Young Friends of the Earth Norway v the Norwegian Government, represented by the Ministry of Climate and Environment and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
(Case E-13/24)
(C/2024/6954)

A request has been made to the EFTA Court dated 8 May 2024 from Borgarting Court of Appeal (Borgarting lagmannsrett), which was received at the Court Registry on 23 May 2024, for an Advisory Opinion in the case of Friends of the Earth Norway and Young Friends of the Earth Norway v the Norwegian Government, represented by the Ministry of Climate and Environment (Klima-og miljødepartementet) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries (Nærings- og fiskeridepartemented), on the following questions:

1.   
What is the legal test when determining whether there is an ‘overriding public interest’ within the meaning of Article 4(7)(c) of Directive 2000/60/EC (1)?






a.


Is a qualified preponderance of interest required and/or are only particularly important public interests relevant?










b.


What will be key factors in the assessment of whether the public interests that justify the measure are ‘overriding’?






2.   
Can the following economic considerations constitute an ‘overriding public interest’ under Article 4(7)(c) of Directive 2000/60/EC, and if so, under what conditions?






a.


Purely economic considerations (i.e. the expected gross income generated by the planned mining operations)










b.


That a private undertaking will generate income for shareholders










c.


That a private undertaking will generate tax revenue for the state and municipality










d.


That a private undertaking will provide wage income for employees






3.   
Can the following considerations constitute an ‘overriding public interest’ under Article 4(7)(c) of Directive 2000/60/EC, and if so, under what conditions?






a.


That a private undertaking will generate employment effects (increased local business activity, employment and settlement)










b.


Global supply of rutile










c.


Ensuring Norway and Europe access to critical minerals







(1)  
            OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6954/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-241/23, Dyrektor Izby Administracji Skarbowej w Warszawie (Shares as consideration): Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 8 May 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny - Poland) - P. sp. z o.o. v Dyrektor Izby Administracji Skarbowej w Warszawie (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Article 73 – Supply of goods or services – In-kind contribution of property – Taxable amount – Consideration – Shares – Nominal value – Issue value)
Date: 2024-05-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, basis of tax assessment, capital increase, company with share capital, economic value, real property, share, tax law








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C/2024/3728


24.6.2024






Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 8 May 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny - Poland) - P. sp. z o.o. v Dyrektor Izby Administracji Skarbowej w Warszawie


(Case C-241/23,
                (1)
Dyrektor Izby Administracji Skarbowej w Warszawie (Shares as consideration))

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common system of value added tax (VAT) - Directive 2006/112/EC - Article 73 - Supply of goods or services - In-kind contribution of property - Taxable amount - Consideration - Shares - Nominal value - Issue value)
(C/2024/3728)
Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: P. sp. z o.o.

Respondent: Dyrektor Izby Administracji Skarbowej w Warszawie

Intervener: Rzecznik Małych i Średnich Przedsiębiorców

Operative part of the judgment

Article 73 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, as amended by the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Croatia and the adjustments to the Treaty on European Union, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
must be interpreted as meaning that the taxable amount of a contribution of property by one company to the capital of a second company in exchange for shares in the latter must be determined in relation to the issue value of those shares where those companies agreed that the consideration for that capital contribution was to be that issue value.


(1)  
            OJ C 252, 17.7.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3728/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11508 – ARAMCO DIGITAL / LTIMINDTREE / JV)
Date: 2024-05-08
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Saudi Arabia, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, consultancy, digital transformation, economic concentration, information technology, information technology applications, merger control, outsourcing, software








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C/2024/3244


21.5.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11508 – ARAMCO DIGITAL / LTIMINDTREE / JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/3244)

On 8 May 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 32024M11508. 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/2024/3244/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 7 May 2024
Date: 2024-05-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








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C/2024/2523


8.5.2024






Euro exchange rates (1)


            7 May 2024
         
(C/2024/2523)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0766 




JPY


Japanese yen


166,45 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4596 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85805 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,6810 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9770 




ISK


Iceland króna


150,30 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,6980 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,014 




HUF


Hungarian forint


389,05 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3138 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9757 




TRY


Turkish lira


34,7408 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6297 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4730 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,4197 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7918 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4570 




KRW


South Korean won


1 462,45 




ZAR


South African rand


19,9127 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7707 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 295,26 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,1009 




PHP


Philippine peso


61,678 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


39,683 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,4629 




MXN


Mexican peso


18,1606 




INR


Indian rupee


89,8980 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2523/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-113/24 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 8 May 2024 – Lattanzio KIBS and Others v Commission (Interim relief – Public procurement – Exclusion from procurement procedures and from the award of grants financed by the general budget of the European Union and by the EDF – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – No urgency)
Date: 2024-05-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU financing, European Development Fund, award of contract, legal person, project funding, public procurement, tendering








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C/2024/3779


24.6.2024






Order of the President of the General Court of 8 May 2024 – Lattanzio KIBS and Others v Commission


(Case T-113/24 R)

(Interim relief - Public procurement - Exclusion from procurement procedures and from the award of grants financed by the general budget of the European Union and by the EDF - Application for suspension of operation of a measure - No urgency)
(C/2024/3779)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Lattanzio KIBS SpA (Milan, Italy), CY, CV (represented by: B. O’Connor and M. Hommé, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Rossi, F. Behre and F. Moro, acting as Agents)

Re:

By their application under Articles 278 and 279 TFEU, the applicants seek suspension of the operation of the decision of the European Commission of 13 December 2023 by which Lattanzio KIBS is excluded from participating in award procedures governed by Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (OJ 2018 L 193, p. 1), and by Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1877 of 26 November 2018 on the financial regulation applicable to the 11th European Development Fund, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2015/323 (OJ 2018 L 307, p. 1), or from being selected for the implementation of funds governed by those regulations.

Operative part of the order







1.


The application for interim measures is dismissed.










2.


The costs are reserved.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3779/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-758/22: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2024 – Puma v EUIPO – Fujian Daocheng Electronic Commerce (Footwear) (Community design – Invalidity proceedings – Registered Community design representing a shoe – Earlier Community designs – Grounds for invalidity – Individual character – Article 25(1)(b) and Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
Date: 2024-05-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, footwear industry








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C/2024/3767


24.6.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2024 – Puma v EUIPO – Fujian Daocheng Electronic Commerce (Footwear)


(Case T-758/22)
                (1)

(Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing a shoe - Earlier Community designs - Grounds for invalidity - Individual character - Article 25(1)(b) and Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)
(C/2024/3767)
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: J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Fujian Daocheng Electronic Commerce Co. Ltd (Quanzhou, China)

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 21 September 2022 (Case R 1876/2021-3).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Puma SE to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 35, 30.1.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3767/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-501/23: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2024 – Listan v EUIPO (Silent Loop) (EU trade mark – International registration designating the European Union – Word mark Silent Loop – Absolute grounds for refusal – Descriptive character – Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – No distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001)
Date: 2024-05-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, audiovisual equipment, computer equipment, electronic equipment, multimedia, registered trade mark, service, software, telecommunications, trade-mark law








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C/2024/3775


24.6.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2024 – Listan v EUIPO (Silent Loop)


(Case T-501/23)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - International registration designating the European Union - Word mark Silent Loop - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001)
(C/2024/3775)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Listan GmbH (Glinde, Germany) (represented by: S. Pietzcker and C. Spintig, lawyers)

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

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 8 June 2023 (Case R 187/2023-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 338, 25.9.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3775/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-242/24: Action brought on 8 May 2024 – Versiontech v EUIPO – Verizon Trademark Services (VersionTech)
Date: 2024-05-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, computer equipment, electrical equipment, electronic equipment, household electrical appliance, lighting, lighting equipment, measuring equipment, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








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C/2024/3796


24.6.2024






Action brought on 8 May 2024 – Versiontech v EUIPO – Verizon Trademark Services (VersionTech)


(Case T-242/24)

(C/2024/3796)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Versiontech, Inc. (Brooklyn, New York, United States) (represented by: I. Díaz de Bustamante y Terminel, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Verizon Trademark Services LLC (Washington, United States)

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 VersionTech – European Union trade mark No 17 017 336
         

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 March 2024 in Case R 31/2023-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


recognise that there is not likelihood of confusion of the relevant public between the signs at stake;










—


annul the contested decision;










—


revoke the partial cancellation of the trade mark at issue and maintain it in its entirety;










—


order the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to bear all costs in relation to the invalidity request procedure, the appeal procedure before the EUIPO and the appeal procedure before the Court.





Plea in law







—


Infringement of Articles 60(1) read together 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/2024/3796/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-630/21: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2024 - Çolakoğlu Metalurji and Çolakoğlu Dış Ticaret v Commission (Dumping – Imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in Türkiye – Definitive anti-dumping duties – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1100 – Adjustment – Article 2(10)(b), (i) and (j) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 – Functions similar to those of an agent working on a commission basis – Single economic entity – Import duties – Calculation of the dumping margin – Hedging gains and losses – Manifest error of assessment – Right to be heard)
Date: 2024-05-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Türkiye, alloy, anti-dumping duty, commission agent, flat product, import (EU), iron, originating product, rights of the defence, steel








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C/2024/3760


24.6.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2024 - Çolakoğlu Metalurji and Çolakoğlu Dış Ticaret v Commission


(Case T-630/21)
                (1)

(Dumping - Imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in Türkiye - Definitive anti-dumping duties - Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1100 - Adjustment - Article 2(10)(b), (i) and (j) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 - Functions similar to those of an agent working on a commission basis - Single economic entity - Import duties - Calculation of the dumping margin - Hedging gains and losses - Manifest error of assessment - Right to be heard)
(C/2024/3760)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Çolakoğlu Metalurji AŞ (Istanbul, Türkiye), Çolakoğlu Dış Ticaret AŞ (Istanbul) (represented by: J. Cornelis and F. Graafsma, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Luengo and J. Zieliński, acting as Agents)

Re:

By their action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1100 of 5 July 2021 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in Turkey (OJ 2021 L 238, p. 32).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Çolakoğlu Metalurji AŞ and Çolakoğlu Dış Ticaret AŞ to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 471, 22.11.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3760/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-629/21: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2024 - Ereğli Demir ve Çelik Fabrikaları and Others v Commission (Dumping – Imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in Türkiye – Definitive anti-dumping duties – Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1100 – Adjustment – Article 2(10)(j) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 – Conversion of currencies – Hedging gains and losses – Article 2(5) and (6) of Regulation 2016/1036 – Calculation of costs – Exchange rate gains and losses – Manifest error of assessment – Right to be heard)
Date: 2024-05-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Türkiye, alloy, anti-dumping duty, exchange rate, flat product, import (EU), iron, originating product, rights of the defence, steel








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C/2024/3759


24.6.2024






Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2024 - Ereğli Demir ve Çelik Fabrikaları and Others v Commission


(Case T-629/21)
                (1)

(Dumping - Imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in Türkiye - Definitive anti-dumping duties - Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1100 - Adjustment - Article 2(10)(j) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 - Conversion of currencies - Hedging gains and losses - Article 2(5) and (6) of Regulation 2016/1036 - Calculation of costs - Exchange rate gains and losses - Manifest error of assessment - Right to be heard)
(C/2024/3759)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Ereğli Demir ve Çelik Fabrikaları TAŞ (Istanbul, Türkiye), İskenderun Demir ve Çelik AŞ, (Payas, Türkiye), Erdemir Çelik Servis Merkezi Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ (Gebze, Türkiye) (represented by: J. Cornelis and F. Graafsma, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Luengo and J. Zieliński, acting as Agents)

Re:

By their action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1100 of 5 July 2021 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in Turkey (OJ 2021 L 238, p. 32).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Ereğli Demir ve Çelik Fabrikaları TAŞ, İskenderun Demir ve Çelik AŞ and Erdemir Çelik Servis Merkezi Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 471, 22.11.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3759/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)