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Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11626 – JUMBO / VERMAAT / LA PLACE)
Date: 2024-08-12
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, catering industry, economic concentration, franchising, merger control, supermarket








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C/2024/5167


19.8.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11626 – JUMBO / VERMAAT / LA PLACE)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/5167)

On 12 August 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:






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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,










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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32024M11626. 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/2024/5167/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-284/24 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 12 August 2024 – Nuctech Warsaw Company Limited and Nuctech Netherlands v Commission (Interim relief – Foreign subsidies – Inspections within the European Union – Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – No urgency – No prima facie case – Weighing up of interests)
Date: 2024-08-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: China, EU competition policy, control of restrictive practices, foreign capital, foreign investment, protection of privacy, restriction on competition, rights of the defence, single market








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C/2024/5824


7.10.2024






Order of the President of the General Court of 12 August 2024 – Nuctech Warsaw Company Limited and Nuctech Netherlands v Commission


(Case T-284/24 R)

(Interim relief - Foreign subsidies - Inspections within the European Union - Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 - Application for suspension of operation of a measure - No urgency - No prima facie case - Weighing up of interests)
(C/2024/5824)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Nuctech Warsaw Company Limited sp. z o.o. (Warsaw, Poland), Nuctech Netherlands BV (Rotterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: J.-F. Bellis and S. Ross, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, M. Farley and A.-L. Delbac, acting as Agents)

Re:

By their application under Articles 278 and 279 TFEU, the applicants seek the suspension of operation of the decision of the European Commission of 16 April 2024 requiring an undertaking active in the threat detection systems sector to submit to inspections pursuant to Article 14(3) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Case FS.100068 – MARE) and any subsequent acts or requests based on it.

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/2024/5824/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-421/24: Action brought on 12 August 2024 – UU v Court of Justice of the European Union
Date: 2024-08-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, competence of the institution, damages, disciplinary proceedings, international convention, staff regulations (EU)








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C/2024/5837


7.10.2024






Action brought on 12 August 2024 – UU v Court of Justice of the European Union


(Case T-421/24)

(C/2024/5837)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: UU (represented by: S. Makoumbou, lawyer)

Defendant: Court of Justice of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






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annul the contested decision and, accordingly, the previous decisions which the contested decision confirms;










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award compensation for the non-material and material damage suffered by the applicant, estimated ex aequo et bono at EUR 1 200 000;










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order the defendant to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action brought against the decision of 8 May 2024 of the committee of the General Court with competence to adjudicate on complaints, rejecting the complaint lodged against a decision of the Presidents of the Court of Justice and of the General Court of the European Union and a claim for damages, the applicant relies on five pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging that the authority which adopted the contested decision did not have competence as regards the claim for damages.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging failure to state reasons for the contested decision and infringement of Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging an error of law and a manifest error of assessment in that it was not possible to rely on the entry into force of the Istanbul Convention as a new fact justifying re-examination.










4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging (i) distortion of the request for re-examination of 17 November 2023, which is the basis of the conclusion of the contested decision relating to the allegedly belated reliance on new facts in the administrative complaint of 14 March 2024, and (ii) a manifest error of assessment in how the measures prior to the contested decision were characterised.










5.


Fifth plea in law, alleging manifest errors in the assessment of the unlawful overall conduct alleged in the context of the claim for damages.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5837/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Rule of law : Eurobarometer report.
Date: 2024-08-12
Institutions: Directorate-General for Communication, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers
Subjects: EU Member State, EU law, balance sheet, corruption, freedom of communication, fundamental rights, legal system, pluralism in the media, rule of law, technical specification

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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.112911
Date: 2024-08-12
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Greece, State aid, control of State aid, telecommunications








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C/2024/4997


12.8.2024






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.112911
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/4997)








Date of adoption of the decision


19.7.2024




Aid number


SA.112911




Member State


Greece




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Greece – Gigabit Voucher Scheme




Legal basis


The national legal basis will take the form of a Ministerial Decision.




Type of measure


Scheme


 




Objective


Broadband infrastructures




Form of aid


Other




Budget


Overall budget: 80 000 000  EUR
Annual budget: 40 000 000  EUR




Intensity


50,0 %




Duration


Until 18.7.2026




Economic sectors


Wired telecommunications activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministry of Digital Governance




Fragkoudi 11 & Al. Pantou, 101 63 Athens, Greece








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/2024/4997/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-545/24, Utiledulci: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Administrativo e Fiscal do Funchal (Portugal) lodged on 12 August 2024 – Utiledulci – Comércio Internacional e Serviços, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda. – Zona Franca da Madeira v Autoridade Tributária e Assuntos Fiscais da Região Autónoma da Madeira
Date: 2024-08-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Madeira, Portugal, State aid, control of State aid, enforcement of ruling, national law, reimbursement of aid, tax law








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C/2024/6637


11.11.2024






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Administrativo e Fiscal do Funchal (Portugal) lodged on 12 August 2024 – Utiledulci – Comércio Internacional e Serviços, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda. – Zona Franca da Madeira v Autoridade Tributária e Assuntos Fiscais da Região Autónoma da Madeira


(Case C-545/24, Utiledulci)

(C/2024/6637)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Referring court

Tribunal Administrativo e Fiscal do Funchal

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Utiledulci – Comércio Internacional e Serviços, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda. – Zona Franca da Madeira

Defendant: Autoridade Tributária e Assuntos Fiscais da Região Autónoma da Madeira

Question referred

Must the wording ‘recovery … shall be immediate and effective’, appearing in Article 5 of Commission Decision (EU) 2022/1414 of 4 December 2020, (1) and the wording ‘recovery shall be effected without delay and in accordance with the procedures under the national law of the Member State concerned, provided that they allow the immediate and effective execution of the Commission’s decision’, appearing in Article 16(3) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1589, (2) be interpreted as meaning that the rules of Portuguese law relating to the procedural guarantees provided for in tax enforcement procedures, in particular those relating to the suspension of the tax enforcement procedure, are to be disapplied, or, conversely, as meaning that the Autoridade Tributária e Assuntos Fiscais da Região Autónoma da Madeira (Authority for Tax and Fiscal Affairs of the Autonomous Region of Madeira) is still obliged to comply with all of the procedural guarantees provided for in Portuguese tax law, irrespective of the fact that the case in question concerns the recovery of State aid declared unlawful by the Commission’s decision?


(1)  Commission Decision (EU) 2022/1414 of 4 December 2020 ON AID SCHEME SA.21259 (2018/C) (ex 2018/NN) implemented by Portugal for Zona Franca da Madeira (ZFM) – Regime III (notified under document C(2020) 8550) (OJ L 217, 22.8.2022, p. 49).

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 of 13 July 2015 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (codification) (OJ L 248, 24.9.2015, p. 9).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6637/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-418/24: Action brought on 12 August 2024 – Biogena v EUIPO – ACRAF (BIOGENA MOMENTS)
Date: 2024-08-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, baby food, dietary product, food additive, powdered milk, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








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C/2024/5836


7.10.2024






Action brought on 12 August 2024 – Biogena v EUIPO – ACRAF (BIOGENA MOMENTS)


(Case T-418/24)

(C/2024/5836)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Biogena GmbH & Co. KG (Salzburg, Austria) (represented by: I. Schiffer, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Aziende Chimiche Riunite Angelini Francesco SpA (ACRAF SpA) (Rome, Italy)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark BIOGENA MOMENTS – International registration designating the European Union No 1 573 798
         

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 June 2024 in Case R 1978/2023-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






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annul the contested decision;










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grant the registration of the trademark at issue for all applied goods in Class 5;










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order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the costs.





Plea in law







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






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5836/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-544/24, Nekilnojamojo turto valdymas: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Mokestinių ginčų komisija prie Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės (Lithuania) lodged on 12 August 2024 – BUAB Nekilnojamojo turto valdymas v Valstybinė mokesčių inspekcija prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos
Date: 2024-08-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, deadline for payment, interest, penalty, public prosecution, tax collection, tax law, tax offence








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C/2024/6911


25.11.2024






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Mokestinių ginčų komisija prie Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės (Lithuania) lodged on 12 August 2024 – BUAB ‘Nekilnojamojo turto valdymas’ v Valstybinė mokesčių inspekcija prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos


(Case C-544/24, Nekilnojamojo turto valdymas)

(C/2024/6911)
Language of the case: Lithuanian

Referring court

Mokestinių ginčų komisija prie Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: BUAB ‘Nekilnojamojo turto valdymas’
         

Defendant: Valstybinė mokesčių inspekcija prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos

Questions referred







1.


Are Article 325 TFEU, Article 273 of the VAT Directive (1) and Article 50 of the Charter to be interpreted as precluding national legislation which makes it possible to impose interest on late payment of tax, a part of which has the effect of a penalty in respect of the same tax infringements which are the subject of a criminal prosecution, without laying down any rules ensuring coordination which limits to what is strictly necessary the additional disadvantage which results, for the persons concerned, from a duplication of proceedings or making it possible to ensure that the severity of all of the penalties imposed is limited to what is strictly necessary in relation to the seriousness of the offence concerned?










2.


Are Article 325 TFEU, Article 273 of the VAT Directive and Article 49(3) of the Charter to be interpreted as precluding a procedure for applying interest on late payment of taxes which, irrespective of the nature and severity of the infringements, sets a fixed penalty part of interest on late payment of taxes, without making it possible to reduce that penalty part, that is to say, to impose a rate of late payment interest which is lower than the rate provided for by the law or to waive the penalty part of late payment interest?






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6911/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 9 August 2024
Date: 2024-08-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








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C/2024/4804


12.8.2024






Euro exchange rates (1)


            9 August 2024
         
(C/2024/4804)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0917 




JPY


Japanese yen


160,33 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4622 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85708 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,4955 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9435 




ISK


Iceland króna


151,10 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,8295 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,234 




HUF


Hungarian forint


395,20 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3253 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9769 




TRY


Turkish lira


36,6275 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6609 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5007 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,5140 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8156 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4453 




KRW


South Korean won


1 491,07 




ZAR


South African rand


20,0169 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8280 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 413,43 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8280 




PHP


Philippine peso


62,533 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


38,450 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,0477 




MXN


Mexican peso


20,5652 




INR


Indian rupee


91,6550 






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            Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4804/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)