do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 232/2024 of 25 October 2024 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2025/229]
Date: 2024-10-25
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, aromatic plant, dried product, food contamination, food inspection, food safety, foodstuff, medical plant, revision of an agreement, sampling, tea




L_202500229EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
L series













2025/229


20.2.2025







            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 232/2024
of 25 October 2024
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2025/229]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/885 of 20 March 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2782 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the control of the levels of mycotoxins in food as regards the method of sampling for dried herbs, herbal infusions (dried product), teas (dried product) and powdered spices (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding foodstuffs. Legislation regarding foodstuffs shall not apply to Liechtenstein as long as the application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products is extended to Liechtenstein, as specified in the introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.












(3)


Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is added in point 54zzzl (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2782) of Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

                  ‘, as amended by:






—



32024 R 0885: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/885 of 20 March 2024 (OJ L, 2024/885, 21.3.2024).’
                     






Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/885 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 26 October 2024, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 25 October 2024.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Anders H. EIDE
            





(1)  
            OJ L, 2024/885, 21.3.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/885/oj.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/229/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Special report 21/2024: State aid in times of crisis – Swift reaction but shortcomings in the Commission’s monitoring and inconsistencies in the framework to support the EU’s industrial policy objectives
Date: 2024-10-25
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: EU Member State, EU industrial policy, State aid, administrative formalities, competition policy, control of State aid, economic and social cohesion, infringement of EU law, restriction on competition, single market








C_202406325EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/6325


25.10.2024






Special report 21/2024:

            ‘State aid in times of crisis – Swift reaction but shortcomings in the Commission’s monitoring and inconsistencies in the framework to support the EU’s industrial policy objectives’
         
(C/2024/6325)

The European Court of Auditors has published its special report 21/2024: ‘State aid in times of crisis – Swift reaction but shortcomings in the Commission’s monitoring and inconsistencies in the framework to support the EU’s industrial policy objectives’.
The report can be consulted directly or downloaded at the European Court of Auditors’ website: https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/publications/sr-2024-21



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6325/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.113565
Date: 2024-10-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, air conditioning, control of State aid, electricity supply, energy supply, gas supply, heating








C_202406382EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/6382


25.10.2024






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.113565
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/6382)








Date of adoption of the decision


21.6.2024




Aid number


SA.113565




Member State


Germany




Region


Germany




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Financing model for Germany’s hydrogen core network (HCN)




Legal basis


Energiewirtschaftsgesetz (EnWG)




Type of measure


Ad Hoc Case


The beneficiaries of the measure are all potential HCN-TSOs (‘Kernnetzbetreiber’) which construct and operate parts of the HCN. Section 28r para 2 EnWG requires the operator of gas transmission systems to submit a joint application for a hydrogen core network. Additionally, operators of gas distribution networks, operators of hydrogen networks, operators of other pipeline infrastructure that can be converted for the transport of hydrogen and companies that have registered hydrogen projects with transmissio




Objective


Energy infrastructures, Energy infrastructures




Form of aid


Soft loan, Guarantee




Budget


Overall budget: 3 018 000 000  EUR




Intensity


15,0 %




Duration


14.6.2024 - 31.12.2024




Economic sectors


Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply




Name and address of the granting authority







Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz




Scharnhorststraße 34-37, 10115 Berlin








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/2024/6382/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 251/2024 of 25 October 2024 amending Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement, on the abolition of technical barriers to trade in wine [2025/227]
Date: 2024-10-25
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Castile-La Mancha, European Economic Area, Spain, designation of origin, labelling, product designation, protocol to an agreement, red wine, revision of an agreement




L_202500227EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
L series













2025/227


20.2.2025







            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 251/2024
of 25 October 2024
         
amending Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement, on the abolition of technical barriers to trade in wine [2025/227]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/905 of 15 March 2024 conferring protection under Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the name ‘Rosalejo’ (PDO) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding wine. Legislation regarding wine shall not apply to Liechtenstein as long as the application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products is extended to Liechtenstein, as specified in the seventh paragraph of the introduction to Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.












(3)


Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 8zl (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1228) of Appendix I to Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement:






‘8zm.



32024 R 0905: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/905 of 15 March 2024 conferring protection under Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the name ‘Rosalejo’ (PDO) (OJ L, 2024/905, 22.3.2024).’






Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/905 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 26 October 2024, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 25 October 2024.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Anders H. EIDE
            





(1)  
            OJ L, 2024/905, 22.3.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/905/oj.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/227/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 239/2024 of 25 October 2024 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2025/235]
Date: 2024-10-25
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, building materials, building regulations, fire protection, marketing standard, product safety, revision of an agreement, standardisation, technical specification




L_202500235EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
L series













2025/235


20.2.2025







            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 239/2024
of 25 October 2024
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2025/235]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1681 of 6 March 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing classes of performance in relation to the resistance to fire of construction products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1681 repeals Commission Decision 2000/367/EC (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The text of point 1zu (Commission Decision 2000/367/EC) of Chapter XXI of Annex II to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:


                  ‘
                  32024 R 1681: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1681 of 6 March 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing classes of performance in relation to the resistance to fire of construction products (OJ L, 2024/1681, 13.6.2024).’
               



Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1681 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 26 October 2024, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 25 October 2024.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Anders H. EIDE
            





(1)  
            OJ L, 2024/1681, 13.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2024/1681/oj.

(2)  
            OJ L 133, 6.6.2000, p. 26.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/235/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Case T-554/24: Action brought on 25 October 2024 – Ningbo Vasa Intelligent Technology v EUIPO – Electronic Controls (Warning lights)
Date: 2024-10-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, signalling device








C_202407374EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/7374


16.12.2024






Action brought on 25 October 2024 – Ningbo Vasa Intelligent Technology v EUIPO – Electronic Controls (Warning lights)


(Case T-554/24)

(C/2024/7374)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Ningbo Vasa Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd (Ningbo, China) (represented by: J. Erdozain López, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Electronic Controls Co. (Boise, Idaho, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Design at issue: Community design ‘Warning lights’ – Community design No 8 005 813-0001

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 August 2024 in Case R 2346/2023-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order the defendant and the intervener to bear the costs of the proceedings.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 63(2) read in conjunction with Article 62 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002;










—


Infringement of Article 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002;










—


Infringement of Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/7374/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Notice for the attention of the persons covered by the restrictive measures provided for in Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 and in Annex Ia to Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali
Date: 2024-10-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Mali, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








C_202406589EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/6589


25.10.2024






Notice for the attention of the persons covered by the restrictive measures provided for in Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 and in Annex Ia to Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali
(C/2024/6589)

The following information is brought to the attention of Mr Ismaël WAGUÉ (no 2), Mr Choguel MAÏGA (no 3) and Mr Ibrahim Ikassa MAÏGA (no 4), persons appearing in Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 (1) and in Annex Ia to Council Regulation (EU) No 2017/1770 (2) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali.
The Council envisages maintaining the restrictive measures against the above-mentioned persons with amended statements of reasons. These persons are hereby informed that they may submit a request to the Council to obtain the envisaged statements of reasons for their designation, before 1 November 2024
         , to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




RELEX.1 Horizontal and Global Affairs




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




E-mail: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu







(1)  
            OJ L 251, 29.9.2017, p. 23.

(2)  
            OJ L 251, 29.9.2017, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6589/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11670 MARCEGAGLIA / MANNI / ISOPAN)
Date: 2024-10-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, flat product, iron and steel industry, merger control








C_202406478EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/6478


25.10.2024






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11670 MARCEGAGLIA / MANNI / ISOPAN)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/6478)


1.   
On 17 October 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:






—


Marcegaglia Steel S.p.A (‘Marcegaglia’, Italy),










—


Manni Group S.p.A. (‘Manni’, Italy)




Marcegaglia and Manni will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Isopan S.p.A. (‘Isopan’, Italy), currently solely controlled by Manni, and over certain business units of Marcegaglia (the ‘Marcegaglia Business Units’).
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


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






—


Marcegaglia produces carbon and stainless steel and processes it into carbon steel finished products and, to a lesser extent, flat and long stainless steel products and quarto plates.










—


Manni produces finished steel products.






3.   

The business activities of Isopan and the Marcegaglia Business Units focus on the production of sandwich panels and, to a lesser extent, construction sheets.



4.   

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.



5.   
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.11670 MARCEGAGLIA / MANNI / ISOPAN
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’).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6478/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-551/24: Action brought on 25 October 2024 – Unipreus v EUIPO – Wallapop (wallapop)
Date: 2024-10-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, Internet site, advertising, electronic commerce, registered trade mark, software, trade-mark law








C_202500087EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/87


6.1.2025






Action brought on 25 October 2024 – Unipreus v EUIPO – Wallapop (wallapop)


(Case T-551/24)

(C/2025/87)
Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Unipreus SL (Lleida, Spain) (represented by: C. Rivadulla Oliva, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Wallapop, SL (Barcelona, Spain)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark wallapop – Application No 13 268 941
         

Proceedings before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 August 2024 in Case R 167/2021-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to comply with the judgment of the Court of 3 October 2018 (T-186/17) and to issue a new decision complying with that judgment;










—


order the party or parties against which the action is brought to pay the costs.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 121 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court.










—


Infringement of Article 62 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/87/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-550/24: Action brought on 25 October 2024 – Ningbo Vasa Intelligent Technology v EUIPO – Electronic Controls (Warning lights (part of –))
Date: 2024-10-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, signalling device








C_202407372EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/7372


16.12.2024






Action brought on 25 October 2024 – Ningbo Vasa Intelligent Technology v EUIPO – Electronic Controls (Warning lights (part of –))


(Case T-550/24)

(C/2024/7372)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Ningbo Vasa Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd (Ningbo, China) (represented by: J. Erdozain López, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Electronic Controls Co. (Boise, Idaho, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


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

Design at issue: Community design ‘Warning lights (part of –)’ – Community design No 8 005 813-0002

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 August 2024 in Case R 2347/2023-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order the defendant and the intervener to bear the costs of the proceedings.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 63(2) read in conjunction with Article 62 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002;










—


Infringement of Article 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002










—


Infringement of Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/7372/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)