do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-524/24: Action brought on 14 October 2024 – Vassilev & Chisuse v EUIPO – Vayanos Kostopoulos (VC LAW)
Date: 2024-10-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, advertising, business management, consultancy, legal adviser, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202500084EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/84


6.1.2025






Action brought on 14 October 2024 – Vassilev & Chisuse v EUIPO – Vayanos Kostopoulos (VC LAW)


(Case T-524/24)

(C/2025/84)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Vassilev & Chisuse Law Firm (Sofia, Bulgaria) (represented by: Y. Blyahova, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Vayanos Kostopoulos Law Firm (Athens, Greece)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union trade mark VC LAW– Application for registration No 18 460 787
         

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 August 2024 in Case R 0588/2023-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO and the intervener in the present proceedings to bear their own costs and to pay the Applicant’s costs of these proceedings, as well as the costs of the appeal procedure before the Board of Appeal.





Plea in law







—


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/2025/84/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2695 of 14 October 2024 amending Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 concerning restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons
Date: 2024-10-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, chemical weapon, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, natural person, non-proliferation of arms, trade restriction




L_202402695EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
L series













2024/2695


15.10.2024







            COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2024/2695
         
of 14 October 2024
         
amending Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 concerning restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:







(1)


On 15 October 2018, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 (1) concerning restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons.












(2)


The restrictive measures set out in Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 apply until 16 October 2024. On the basis of a review of those measures, their validity should be extended until 16 October 2025.












(3)


Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Article 8 of Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 is replaced by the following:


‘Article 8

1.   This Decision shall apply until 16 October 2026. This Decision shall be kept under constant review. The measures set out in Articles 2 and 3 shall apply as regards the natural and legal persons, entities and bodies listed in the Annex until 16 October 2025.


2.   The exceptions referred to in Article 3(7), (8) and (9) as regards Article 3(1) and (2) shall be reviewed at regular intervals, and at least every 12 months, or at the urgent request of any Member State, of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, or of the Commission, following a fundamental change in circumstances.’.





Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Luxembourg, 14 October 2024.


For the Council


The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES
            





(1)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 of 15 October 2018 concerning restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons (OJ L 259, 16.10.2018, p. 25).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/2695/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 11 October 2024
Date: 2024-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202405892EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/5892


14.10.2024






Euro exchange rates (1)


            11 October 2024
         
(C/2024/5892)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0938 




JPY


Japanese yen


162,94 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4610 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,83705 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,3540 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9378 




ISK


Iceland króna


149,10 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,7393 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,293 




HUF


Hungarian forint


400,85 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2898 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9749 




TRY


Turkish lira


37,4975 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6233 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5063 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,5001 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7941 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4283 




KRW


South Korean won


1 477,64 




ZAR


South African rand


19,1041 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7282 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 043,21 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6897 




PHP


Philippine peso


62,613 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


36,445 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,0886 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,2356 




INR


Indian rupee


91,9575 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5892/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-526/24: Action brought on 14 October 2024 – Global Legal Action Network v Commission
Date: 2024-10-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU environmental policy, access to information, administrative measure, environmental law, environmental monitoring, transparency in decision-making








C_202407044EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/7044


2.12.2024






Action brought on 14 October 2024 – Global Legal Action Network v Commission


(Case T-526/24)

(C/2024/7044)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Global Legal Action Network (Galway, Ireland) (represented by: J. Fiala-Butora and E. Fiala-Butora, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the Commission’s decision, set out in a letter of 6 August 2024, by which the Commission rejected a request for internal review brought by the applicant pursuant to Article 10 of the Aarhus Regulation (1);










—


order the defendant to pay the costs;










—


order any other measure deemed appropriate.





Pleas in law and main arguments

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






1.


First plea in law, alleging that the defendant erred in law in claiming that the Contested Act is not imputable to the defendant and is therefore not an act adopted by it for the purpose of Article 10(1) of the Aarhus Regulation.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that the defendant erred in law in claiming that the Contested Act did not produce legal and external effects.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging that the defendant erred in law when it did not consider the applicant’s request for internal review on the merits. Under Article 10(2) of the Aarhus Regulation.






(1)  
            OJ L 264, 2006, p. 13.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/7044/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
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.115222
Date: 2024-10-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, State aid, animal production, control of State aid, crop production, forestry holding, forestry policy, hunting, service








C_202406152EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/6152


14.10.2024






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.115222
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/6152)








Date of adoption of the decision


23.8.2024




Aid number


SA.115222




Member State


Germany




Region


Rheinland-Pfalz




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Rheinland-Pfalz: Gewährung staatlicher Finanzhilfen zur Beseitigung der Schäden aufgrund des Starkregens und des Hochwassers am 14. und 15. Juli 2021 in denLandkreisen Ahrweiler, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Cochem-Zell, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Mayen-Koblenz, Trier-Saarburg und Vulkaneifel sowie der kreisfreienStadt Trier (VV Wiederaufbau RLP 2021) Verwaltungsvorschrift der Landesregierung vom 23. September 2021




Legal basis


Gesetz zur Errichtung eines Sondervermögens ‘Aufbauhilfe 2021’ Verordnung über die Verteilung und Verwendung der Mittel des Fonds ‘Aufbauhilfe 2021’ Verordnung zur Änderung der Aufbauhilfeverordnung 2021Verwaltungsvereinbarung zur Aufbauhilfe 2021Änderungsvereinbarung zur Verwaltungsvereinbarung zur Aufbauhilfe 2021Landesgesetz über die Errichtung eines Sondervermögens ‘Aufbauhilfe Rheinland-Pfalz’ Gewährung staatlicher Finanzhilfen zur Beseitigung der Schäden aufgrund des Starkregens und des Hochwassers am 14. und 15. Juli 2021 in den Landkreisen Ahrweiler, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Cochem-Zell, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, MayenKoblenz, Trier-Saarburg und Vulkaneifel sowie der kreisfreien Stadt Trier (VV Wiederaufbau RLP 2021) Verwaltungsvorschrift der Landesregierung vom 23. September 2021 (MinBl. 2021, S. 126), geändert durch Verwaltungsvorschrift vom 5. März 2024 (MinBl. 2024, S. 132)




Type of measure


Scheme


 




Objective


Compensation of damage caused by natural disasters or exceptional occurrences




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 375 000 000  EUR
Annual budget: 125 000 000  EUR




Intensity


100,0 %




Duration


Until 31.12.2026




Economic sectors


Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities, Forestry and logging




Name and address of the granting authority







The responsible district authorities




N/A








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/2024/6152/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-525/24: Action brought on 14 October 2024 – Princesse de Paris v EUIPO – Printsesa Sheih Khaled i s-ie (Princesse de Paris)
Date: 2024-10-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, advertising, clothing, cosmetic product, miscellaneous industries, registered trade mark, retail trade, textile product, trade-mark law








C_202407358EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/7358


16.12.2024






Action brought on 14 October 2024 – Princesse de Paris v EUIPO – Printsesa Sheih Khaled i s-ie (Princesse de Paris)


(Case T-525/24)

(C/2024/7358)
Language in which the application was lodged: French

Parties


Applicant: Princesse de Paris (Paris, France) (represented by: V. Guillon, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Printsesa Sheih Khaled i s-ie OOD (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: Application for EU word mark Princesse de Paris – Application for registration No 18 666 069

Proceedings before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 August 2024 in Case R 1491/2023-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should: annul and alter the contested decision.

Plea in law

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/2024/7358/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-558/24, Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan Riksorganisationen: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen (Sweden) lodged on 14 October 2024 – Skatteverket v Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan Riksorganisationen
Date: 2024-10-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: VAT, customers, group of companies, provision of services, restriction on competition, services of general interest, tax exemption








C_202500194EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/194


13.1.2025






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen (Sweden) lodged on 14 October 2024 – Skatteverket v Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan Riksorganisationen


(Case T-558/24, Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan Riksorganisationen)

(C/2025/194)
Language of the case: Swedish

Referring court

Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Skatteverket

Respondent: Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan Riksorganisationen

Questions referred







1.


Can services which are supplied to the members of an independent group be regarded as directly necessary within the meaning of Article 132(1)(f) of the VAT Directive, (1) where the services are not specific to the public interest activities carried on by the members but are of the more general nature that are also in demand by undertakings which do not carry on such public interest activities?










2.


What are the criteria to be taken into account, in the context of the assessment of whether the grant of an exemption under Article 132(1)(f) is likely to distort competition, when determining whether an independent group is assured of keeping its members’ custom irrespective of whether or not the services are taxable?






(1)  Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/194/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2693 of 14 October 2024 amending Decision 2010/638/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Guinea
Date: 2024-10-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Guinea, economic sanctions, freezing of assets, international sanctions, legal person, natural person, trade restriction




L_202402693EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
L series













2024/2693


15.10.2024







            COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2024/2693
         
of 14 October 2024
         
amending Decision 2010/638/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Guinea


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:







(1)


On 25 October 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/638/CFSP (1).












(2)


On the basis of a review of Decision 2010/638/CFSP, the restrictive measures set out therein should be extended until 27 October 2025.












(3)


Decision 2010/638/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
In Article 8 of Decision 2010/638/CFSP, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:


‘2.   This Decision shall apply until 27 October 2025. It shall be kept under constant review. It shall be renewed or amended, as appropriate, if the Council deems that its objectives have not been met.’.




Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Luxembourg, 14 October 2024.


For the Council


The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES
            





(1)  Council Decision 2010/638/CFSP of 25 October 2010 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Guinea (OJ L 280, 26.10.2010, p. 10).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/2693/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Case C-448/22 P: Order of the President of the Sixth Chamber of the Court of 14 October 2024 – Stiftung für Forschung und Lehre (SFL) v Single Resolution Board (SRB), Fundación Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno, Kingdom of Spain, European Parliament, Council of the European Union, European Commission, Banco Santander, SA
Date: 2024-10-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU banking union, Spain, bank, bank resolution, company in difficulties, right to justice








C_202500255EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/255


20.1.2025






Order of the President of the Sixth Chamber of the Court of 14 October 2024 – Stiftung für Forschung und Lehre (SFL) v Single Resolution Board (SRB), Fundación Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno, Kingdom of Spain, European Parliament, Council of the European Union, European Commission, Banco Santander, SA


(Case C-448/22 P)
                (1)

(C/2025/255)
Language of the case: Spanish
The President of the Sixth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C 359, 19.9.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/255/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
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.106740
Date: 2024-10-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: France, State aid, control of State aid, electricity storage device, production policy








C_202406134EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/6134


14.10.2024






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.106740
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/6134)








Date of adoption of the decision


3.8.2023




Aid number


SA.106740




Member State


France




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Prologium, Projet ‘Prometheus’




Legal basis


Loi n° 2021-1900 du 30 décembre 2021 de finances pour 2022




Type of measure


Ad Hoc Case


Prologium




Objective


Research, development and innovation




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 1 500 000 000  EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


From 1.9.2023




Economic sectors


Manufacture of batteries and accumulators




Name and address of the granting authority







Direction générale des entreprises (DGE) - Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances, de la Souveraineté Industrielle et Numérique (MEFSIN)




DGE, 61 boulevard Vincent Auriol, 75703 PARIS Cedex 13








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/2024/6134/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11698 – PROMAN / VALENZ)
Date: 2024-10-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: distributor, economic concentration, fertiliser industry, marketing, merger control, methanol








C_202406802EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/6802


11.11.2024






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11698 – PROMAN / VALENZ)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/6802)

On 14 October 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 32024M11698. 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/2024/6802/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
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.114003
Date: 2024-10-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, State aid, control of State aid, electricity supply, energy distribution, energy industry, energy production








C_202406138EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/6138


14.10.2024






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.114003
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/6138)








Date of adoption of the decision


17.9.2024




Aid number


SA.114003




Member State


Belgium




Region


Belgium




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


amendments to the approved state aid scheme SA 54915 and its amendments (SA 104336), hereafter ‘the Commission 2021 Decision [B1]’ and “the Commissions 2023 Decision [B2]




Legal basis


Reference is made to the completed forms uploaded as enclosures to this notification.The national legal basis notified in the framework of the Commission 2021 Decision [B1] and 2023 Decision [B2] remains valid, but has undergone some updates. The legal basis of the measure is the Electricity Act of 29 April 1999 on the organisation of the Belgian electricity market (‘the Electricity Act’) [D1], which has been modified by laws published on 14 May 2024 , 15 may 2024 , and 13 June 2024 in the Belgian Official Gazette. Several implementing provisions for this capacity mechanism were prepared to further elaborate the provisions of the CRM, such as Royal Decrees, Ministerial Decrees and regulatory approved market rules and contracts. These secondary legislations have their legal basis in the abovementioned Federal Electricity Act [D1]




Type of measure


Scheme


 




Objective


Energy infrastructures




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 3 260 000 000  EUR
Annual budget: 343 300 000  EUR




Intensity


 




Duration


15.10.2021 - 31.10.2031




Economic sectors


Electric power generation, transmission and distribution




Name and address of the granting authority







Elia Transmission Belgium SA




Keizerslaan 20, 1000 Brussels Belgium








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/2024/6138/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)