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Case C-724/23, ATHINAÏKI ZYTHOPOIIA: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 16 July 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Dioikitiko Protodikeio Thessalonikis – Greece) – ATHINAÏKI ZYTHOPOIIA AE v Anexartiti Archi Dimosion Esodon (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Questions the answer to which may be clearly deduced from the Court’s existing case-law or admits of no reasonable doubt – Directive 92/83/EEC – Article 3(1) – Calculation of the amount of excise duty levied on beer – Method of calculating degrees Plato – Legislative amendment intended to clarify that method – Directive (EU) 2020/1151 – Article 1(1) – No effect of that directive on previously existing situations)
Date: 2024-07-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: beer, case-law (EU), excise duty








C_202405053EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/5053


26.8.2024






Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 16 July 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Dioikitiko Protodikeio Thessalonikis – Greece) – ATHINAÏKI ZYTHOPOIIA AE v Anexartiti Archi Dimosion Esodon


(Case C-724/23,
                (1)
ATHINAÏKI ZYTHOPOIIA)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Questions the answer to which may be clearly deduced from the Court’s existing case-law or admits of no reasonable doubt - Directive 92/83/EEC - Article 3(1) - Calculation of the amount of excise duty levied on beer - Method of calculating degrees Plato - Legislative amendment intended to clarify that method - Directive (EU) 2020/1151 - Article 1(1) - No effect of that directive on previously existing situations)
(C/2024/5053)
Language of the case: Greek

Referring court

Dioikitiko Protodikeio Thessalonikis

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: ATHINAÏKI ZYTHOPOIIA AE

Defendant: Anexartiti Archi Dimosion Esodon

Operative part of the order







1.


Article 1(1) of Council Directive (EU) 2020/1151 of 29 July 2020 amending Directive 92/83/EEC on the harmonisation of the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages
must be interpreted as not being a purely interpretative provision.










2.


Article 1(1) of Directive 2020/1151
must be interpreted as not being a new element justifying the Court’s review of, or requiring the Court to review, its interpretation of the version of Article 3(1) of Council Directive 92/83/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the harmonisation of the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages before the entry into force of Directive 2020/1151.






(1)  Date lodged: 28.11.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5053/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-29/24: Order of the General Court of 16 July 2024 – Kaili v Parliament (Law governing the institutions – Member of Parliament – Decision relating to the recovery of part of the general expenditure allowance – Withdrawal of the contested measure – Disappearance of the subject matter of the proceedings – No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2024-07-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Member of the European Parliament, allowances and expenses, parliamentary allowance








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C/2024/5238


2.9.2024






Order of the General Court of 16 July 2024 – Kaili v Parliament


(Case T-29/24)
                (1)

(Law governing the institutions - Member of Parliament - Decision relating to the recovery of part of the general expenditure allowance - Withdrawal of the contested measure - Disappearance of the subject matter of the proceedings - No need to adjudicate)
(C/2024/5238)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Eva Kaili (Ixelles, Belgium) (represented by: S. Pappas, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: M. Ecker and J.-C. Puffer, acting as Agents)

Re:

By her action pursuant to Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the European Parliament of 7 November 2023 relating to the recovery of part of her general expenditure allowance.

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the action.










2.


The European Parliament shall bear its own costs and shall pay the costs incurred by Ms Eva Kaili.






(1)  
            OJ C C/2024/1561, 26.2.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5238/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11582 – ADVENT / WPF / NUVEI)
Date: 2024-07-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, holding company, investment, investment company, merger control, payment system, technology








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2024/4672


22.7.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11582 – ADVENT / WPF / NUVEI)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/4672)

On 16 July 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 32024M11582. 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/2024/4672/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-362/24: Action brought on 16 July 2024 – WS v Commission
Date: 2024-07-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EPSO, data protection, electronic mail, personal data, protection of privacy








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2024/7349


16.12.2024






Action brought on 16 July 2024 – WS v Commission


(Case T-362/24)

(C/2024/7349)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: WS (represented by: H. Tettenborn, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should annul the decision of the European Personnel Selection Office (‘EPSO’), notified by a letter dated 03/05/2024, which the applicant received by e-mail on 06/05/2024, failing to fulfil the applicant’s ‘Data Subject Request’, requesting his rights under Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on a single plea in law, alleging that EPSO breached the obligation of complying with Article 4(2), Article 14(1)(2)(3), Article 17(1)(3), Article 20 and Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. (1)



(1)  Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ 2018 L 295, p. 39).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/7349/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11605 – ICG / DGS) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2024-07-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: digital transformation, economic concentration, information security, information technology industry, investment company, merger control, provision of services








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C/2024/4533


16.7.2024






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11605 – ICG / DGS)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/4533)


1.   
On 9 July 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:






—


Intermediate Capital Group plc (‘ICG’, UK),










—


DGS S.p.A. (‘DGS’, Italy), controlled by Tech Holding S.r.l. (Italy).




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


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






—


ICG is a global alternative asset manager active in structured and private equity, private debt, real assets, and credit based in the UK with presence in Europe, Asia Pacific and the US,










—


DGS is a provider of IT services and solutions for cyber security and digital business transformation and is engaged in the fields of design, integration, implementation and evolution management of IT systems and business applications, typically for corporate clients and public institutions.






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.11605 – ICG / DGS
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/2024/4533/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Council Decision (EU) 2024/2001 of 16 July 2024 amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of the Banque de France
Date: 2024-07-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European System of Central Banks, France, accountant, auditing, central bank, euro area




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2024/2001


19.7.2024







            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2024/2001
         
of 16 July 2024
         
amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of the Banque de France


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Protocol No 4 on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 27.1 thereof,


Having regard to the Recommendation of the European Central Bank of 4 June 2024 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Banque de France (ECB/2024/15) (1),

Whereas:







(1)


The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Member States whose currency is the euro are to be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the Governing Council of the ECB and approved by the Council of the European Union.












(2)


The mandate of the current external auditors of the Banque de France, Mazars and KPMG S.A., will end following the audit for the financial year 2023. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2024 onwards.












(3)


The Banque de France has selected Mazars S.A. and Deloitte & Associés S.A.S. as its external auditors for the financial years 2024 to 2029.












(4)


The Governing Council of the ECB has recommended that Mazars S.A. and Deloitte & Associés S.A.S. be appointed as the external auditors of the Banque de France for the financial years 2024 to 2029.












(5)


Following the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB, Council Decision 1999/70/EC (2) should be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
In Article 1 of Decision 1999/70/EC, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:


‘4.   Mazars S.A. and Deloitte & Associés S.A.S. are hereby approved as the external auditors of the Banque de France for the financial years 2024 to 2029.’.




Article 2
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its notification.


Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the European Central Bank.




Done at Brussels, 16 July 2024.


For the Council


The President


               VARGA M.





(1)  
            OJ C, C/2024/3693, 10.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3693/oj.

(2)  Council Decision 1999/70/EC of 25 January 1999 concerning the external auditors of the national central banks (OJ L 22, 29.1.1999, p. 69).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/2001/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)