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.55953
Date: 2024-06-28
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Banská Bystrica region, Bratislava region, Košice region, Nitra region, Prešov region, Slovakia, State aid, Trenčín region, Trnava region, control of State aid, telecommunications, Žilina region








C_202403799EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3799


28.6.2024






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.55953
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/3799)








Date of adoption of the decision


26.4.2024




Aid number


SA.55953




Member State


Slovakia




Region


Západné Slovensko, Bratislavský, Stredné Slovensko, Východné Slovensko




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Primeraná náhrada nákladov vyvolaných zmenou individuálneho povolenia




Legal basis


Decision of the Office for the Regulation of Electronic Communications and Postal Services.Section 34a of Act 351/2011 Coll. on Electronic Communications.




Type of measure


Ad Hoc Case


Towercom a.s.




Objective


Sectorial development




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 11 675 073  EUR
Annual budget: 0 EUR




Intensity


98,3 %




Duration


Until 30.6.2025




Economic sectors


Other telecommunications activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Office for the Regulation of Electronic Communications and Postal Services




Továrenská 7, 828 55 Bratislava 24, Slovenská republika








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/2024/3799/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11542 – KKR / ENCAVIS)
Date: 2024-06-28
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy supply, investment company, merger control, renewable energy, solar energy, wind energy








C_202404375EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/4375


5.7.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11542 – KKR / ENCAVIS)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/4375)

On 28 June 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 32024M11542. 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/2024/4375/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-460/24, Schoger: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzgericht (Austria) lodged on 28 June 2024 – ***X*** v Finanzamt für Großbetriebe
Date: 2024-06-28
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: State aid, VAT, financial services, group of companies, insurance company, pension fund, personnel administration, provision of services, tax exemption








C_202405498EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/5498


23.9.2024






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzgericht (Austria) lodged on 28 June 2024 – ***X*** v Finanzamt für Großbetriebe


(Case C-460/24, Schoger)
                (1)

(C/2024/5498)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesfinanzgericht

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: ***X***

Defendant: Finanzamt für Großbetriebe

Question referred

The Court of Justice of the European Union is asked, pursuant to Article 267 TFEU, for a preliminary ruling on the question whether the following exemption from value added tax (VAT) constitutes State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU:
Tax exemption applies to other services rendered between undertakings which primarily carry out banking, insurance or pension fund transactions, provided that those services are used directly to conduct the aforementioned exempt transactions, and for the provision of personnel by those undertakings to the groupings referred to in the first sentence above.


(1)  The name of the present case is a fictitious name. It does not correspond to the real name of any party to the proceedings.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5498/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-325/24: Action brought on 28 June 2024 – EL v Commission
Date: 2024-06-28
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: administrator, competition (EU), principle of proportionality, recruitment








C_202405109EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/5109


26.8.2024






Action brought on 28 June 2024 – EL v Commission


(Case T-325/24)

(C/2024/5109)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: EL (represented by: P. Billiet, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the decision of the Selection Board in the European Commission’s internal competition COM/AD6/2022 notified to the applicant on 29 June 2023 and upheld by the decision of the Authority Authorised to Conclude Contracts of Employment in response to complaint No. R/565/23 (‘the contested decisions’) in so far as they established that the applicant did not qualify for the next stage of competition COM/AD6/2022 (written assignment) by not having succeeded in the multiple choice questions (MCQ) test;










—


order the defendant to immediately readmit the applicant to the internal competition COM/AD6/2022; and










—


order the defendant to pay the costs incurred by the applicant in relation to these proceedings.





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 a manifest error of assessment and consequent infringement by the defendant of the notice of competition for the European Commission’s internal competition COM/AD6/2022, in which the applicant participated.
The defendant committed a manifest error of assessment when cancelling seven questions of the applicant’s computer-based multiple-choice question test and redistributing the points initially allocated to those questions among the remaining questions of that test (‘neutralising’), failing to correctly apply mathematical rounding rules, thereby effectively raising the pass mark from 35/50, as established in the Notice, to 36.04/50.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging a breach of the principles of proportionality and fairness.
The defendant violated the principles of proportionality and fairness when neutralising seven questions of the applicant’s MCQ test and increasing the pass mark from 35/50 to 36.04/50 when a less onerous option was available (34.88/50), thus allowing its mistake to adversely affect the applicant in disproportional and unfair manner.
Had the defendant not committed the illegalities identified in the application, the applicant would have succeeded in the MCQ test and qualified for the next stage of competition COM/AD6/2022 (written assignment).






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5109/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 27 June 2024
Date: 2024-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202403709EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/3709


28.6.2024






Euro exchange rates (1)


            27 June 2024
         
(C/2024/3709)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0696 




JPY


Japanese yen


171,66 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4583 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84590 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,3380 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9604 




ISK


Iceland króna


148,90 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,3980 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,933 




HUF


Hungarian forint


397,68 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3188 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9779 




TRY


Turkish lira


35,1720 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6078 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4647 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,3521 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7543 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4519 




KRW


South Korean won


1 482,71 




ZAR


South African rand


19,6609 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7745 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 530,00 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,0480 




PHP


Philippine peso


62,705 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


39,393 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,8887 




MXN


Mexican peso


19,6780 




INR


Indian rupee


89,2420 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3709/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-327/24: Action brought on 28 June 2024 – Techtex v EUIPO – Alberts (Dr.Albert)
Date: 2024-06-28
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, footwear industry, furniture industry, medicinal product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202404871EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/4871


12.8.2024






Action brought on 28 June 2024 – Techtex v EUIPO – Alberts (Dr.Albert)


(Case T-327/24)

(C/2024/4871)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Techtex SRL (Oșorhei, Romania) (represented by: B. Bularda, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Adina Alberts (Bucharest, Romania)

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 Dr.Albert – European Union trade mark No 18 221 810
         

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 April 2024 in Case R 763/2023-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


primarily, reject the cancellation in its entirety;










—


in the alternative, refer the case back to the Board of Appeal for reconsideration;










—


order EUIPO and the intervener to bear their own cost and pay the costs incurred by the applicant before the General Court and before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO.





Plea in law







—


Failure to take account of the bad faith of the cancellation applicant and the evidence regarding the bad faith of the cancellation applicant;










—


Infringement of Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the relevant case-law.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4871/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: 2024-06-28
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, award of contract, postal service, provision of services








C_202404072EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/4072


28.6.2024






Notice of a request concerning the applicability of Article 34 of Directive 2014/25/EU
Request made by a Contracting Entity
(C/2024/4072)

On 14 June 2024 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 Slovenská pošta, a.s. The first working day following receipt of the request is 17 June 2024.
This request concerns activities relating to the provision of postal services and other services as referred to in Article 13 (2)(b) and (c) of Directive 2014/25/EU in Slovakia.
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 (2) working days to take a decision on this request, commencing on the working day referred to above. The period therefore expires on 12 November 2024.
According to Article 35(5) of Directive 2014/25/EU, further requests concerning the same activities in Slovakia 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/2024/4072/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-323/24: Action brought on 28 June 2024 – Visable v EUIPO (Europages)
Date: 2024-06-28
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, advertising, business data processing, data collection, database management system, provision of services, registered trade mark, search engine, telecommunications, trade-mark law








C_202404868EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/4868


12.8.2024






Action brought on 28 June 2024 – Visable v EUIPO (Europages)


(Case T-323/24)

(C/2024/4868)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Visable (Levallois-Perret, France) (represented by: J. Künzel, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Trade mark at issue: Application for the EU word mark Europages – Application for registration No 18 762 048
         

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 April 2024 in Case R 34/2024-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision.





Plea in law

Infringement of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4868/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-326/24: Action brought on 28 June 2024 – Tamasu Butterfly Europa v EUIPO – Domu Brands (BTFY)
Date: 2024-06-28
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, footwear industry, glass, leather, registered trade mark, retail trade, textile product, toy industry, trade-mark law








C_202404870EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/4870


12.8.2024






Action brought on 28 June 2024 – Tamasu Butterfly Europa v EUIPO – Domu Brands (BTFY)


(Case T-326/24)

(C/2024/4870)
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Tamasu Butterfly Europa GmbH (Krefeld, Germany) (represented by: C. Röhl, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Domu Brands Ltd (Salford, United Kingdom)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark BTFY – International registration designating the European Union No 1 566 912
         

Proceedings before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 April 2024 in Case R 433/2023-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision and refer it back to the Opposition Division;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4870/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-461/24, Asociación Petón do Lobo: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia (Spain) lodged on 28 June 2024 – Asociación Petón do Lobo v Dirección Xeral de Planificación Enerxética Recursos Naturais
Date: 2024-06-28
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: access to EU information, environmental impact, infringement of EU law, national implementing measure








C_202405609EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/5609


30.9.2024






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia (Spain) lodged on 28 June 2024 – Asociación Petón do Lobo v Dirección Xeral de Planificación Enerxética Recursos Naturais


(Case C-461/24, Asociación Petón do Lobo)

(C/2024/5609)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Asociación Petón do Lobo

Defendant: Dirección Xeral de Planificación Enerxética Recursos Naturais

Co-defendant: Eurus Desarrollos Renovables, S.L.U.

Questions referred







1.


What is the meaning of the expression ‘main reports and advice’ used in Article 6(3) of Directive 2011/92/EU? (1)











2.


Are the reports referred to in Article 37(2) of Law 21/2013 to be construed as forming part of the ‘main reports and advice’ referred to in Article 6(3) of Directive 2011/92/EU?










3.


Do Articles 36, 37 and 38 of State Law 21/2013 and Articles 33 and 34 of Galician Autonomous Community Law 8/2009 run counter to the requirement, laid down in Article 6(3) of Directive 2011/92/EU, to ensure that the main sectoral reports issued are made available to the members of the public concerned so as to enable them, within a period of not less than 30 days, to exercise their right under paragraph 4 of that provision to express comments and opinions and participate in the decision-making process concerning the request for development consent before that decision is taken?






(1)  Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (codification) – OJ 2012 L 26, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5609/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)