do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11539 – LIBERTY MEDIA / DORNA SPORTS)
Date: 2024-11-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, management, marketing, mass media, merger control, sporting event








C_202407081EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/7081


21.11.2024






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11539 – LIBERTY MEDIA / DORNA SPORTS)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/7081)


1.   
On 14 November 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:






—


Liberty Media Corporation (‘Liberty Media’, USA),










—


Dorna Sports, S.L. (‘Dorna Sports’, Spain), controlled by Bridgepoint Group plc (UK) and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (Canada).




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


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






—


Liberty Media owns interests in a broad range of media, sports and entertainment businesses, including Formula 1.










—


Dorna Sports is the organizer and exclusive commercial and television rights holder of the FIM World Championship Grand Prix (also known as the ‘MotoGP’) since 1992 and is active in sports management, marketing and media.






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.



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.11539 – LIBERTY MEDIA / DORNA SPORTS
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/2024/7081/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-594/24: Action brought on 21 November 2024 – Compass-Datenbank v Commission
Date: 2024-11-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to EU information, industrial property, ownership, right to information








C_202500272EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/272


20.1.2025






Action brought on 21 November 2024 – Compass-Datenbank v Commission


(Case T-594/24)

(C/2025/272)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Compass-Datenbank GmbH (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: F. Galla, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul Decision C(2024) 6786 of the Commission, as the defendant, of 24 September 2024, by which the Commission rejected the applicant’s confirmatory application for access to documents – EASE 2023/3877;










—


declare that the Commission, as the defendant, must pay the applicant, Compass-Datenbank GmbH, its procedural costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The applicant alleges infringement by the defendant of Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. (1)

The defendant incorrectly assumes that the documents to which the applicant requests access are not in its possession. This is directly contradicted by the technical description of the e-Justice Portal.
There is no such thing as data ownership in European civil law. In practice, the EU legislature has often adopted a different approach in recent years, focusing on the right of access to certain data and their use for certain legally defined purposes, without granting or defining ownership rights as such.
Industrial property rights over the data requested can hardly exist in law and, in any case, are not known; such rights cannot therefore justify any restriction on use. Even if, for that reason, the data were in the possession of the Member States and stored only temporarily by the defendant, there is no legal basis for refusing to transmit those data to a re-user such as the applicant.


(1)  Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ 2001 L 145, p. 43).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/272/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-807/24, Blue Style: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 21 November 2024 – N. K. v Blue Style a.s.
Date: 2024-11-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: admission of aliens, consumer information, package travel, travel agency, traveller








C_202501216EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1216


3.3.2025






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 21 November 2024 – N. K. v Blue Style a.s.


(Case C-807/24, Blue Style)

(C/2025/1216)
Language of the case: Czech

Referring court

Nejvyšší soud

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: N. K.

Defendant: Blue Style a.s.

Questions referred







1.


Is a tour organiser or a retailer from an EU Member State obliged to inform, pursuant to Article 5(1)(f) of Directive (EU) 2015/2302 (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on package travel [and linked travel arrangements], amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 90/314/EEC (‘the Directive’), in the same manner and to the same extent, both travellers who are citizens of EU Member States and other travellers?










2.


Does the fact that a tour organiser or a retailer provides travellers who are not citizens of an EU Member State with general information on passport and visa requirements, including approximate periods for obtaining visas, of the country of destination, by a reference to the website of an embassy of the country of destination, constitute a breach of the obligation to provide information pursuant to Article 5(1)(f) of the Directive?










3.


Is the fact that a package tour contract was entered into shortly before the expected time of the package tour, in the case at hand less than 48 hours beforehand, relevant for the scope of the above obligation to provide information, with respect to a citizen who is not a national of an EU Member State?






(1)  
            OJ 2015 L 326, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1216/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-61/23, Ekostroy: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 November 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad – Haskovo – Bulgaria) – Еkоstroy EOOD v Agentsia Patna infrastruktura (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Road transport – Tax provisions – Directive 1999/62/EC – Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures – Penalties applicable to infringements of the national provisions adopted under that directive – Article 9a – Requirement of proportionality – National legislation penalising all offences by means of a flat-rate fine)
Date: 2024-11-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: administrative sanction, carriage of goods, fine, large vehicle, road transport, road transport tariff, toll, traffic offence, traffic regulations, transport infrastructure








C_202500233EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/233


20.1.2025






Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 November 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad – Haskovo – Bulgaria) – ‘Еkоstroy’ EOOD v Agentsia ‘Patna infrastruktura’
               


(Case C-61/23,
                (1)
Ekostroy)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Approximation of laws - Road transport - Tax provisions - Directive 1999/62/EC - Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures - Penalties applicable to infringements of the national provisions adopted under that directive - Article 9a - Requirement of proportionality - National legislation penalising all offences by means of a flat-rate fine)
(C/2025/233)
Language of the case: Bulgarian

Referring court

Administrativen sad – Haskovo

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant:
            ‘Еkоstroy’ EOOD

Respondent: Agentsia ‘Patna infrastruktura’
         

Interested party: Okrazhna prokuratura – Haskovo

Operative part of the judgment

Article 9a of Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1999 on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures, as amended by Directive 2011/76/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011,
must be interpreted as meaning that the requirement of proportionality to which it refers precludes a system of penalties that provides for the imposition of a flat-rate fine or financial penalty for all offences, whatever their nature and gravity, under the rules on the obligation to make prior payment of the toll for use of a road infrastructure, including where that system provides for the possibility of being exempted from administrative criminal liability by paying a flat-rate ‘redress charge’.


(1)  
            OJ C 189, 30.5.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/233/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-546/23 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 November 2024 – UG v European Commission (Appeal – Civil service – Members of the contract staff – Contract for an indefinite period – Termination of the contract – Article 47(c)(i) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union – Incompetence – Conduct in the service and attitude at work incompatible with the interests of the service – Obligation to state reasons – Right to be heard – Right to parental leave – Article 42a of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union)
Date: 2024-11-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: contract staff, dismissal, full-time employment, parental leave, rights of the defence, servant (EU)








C_202500237EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/237


20.1.2025






Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 November 2024 – UG v European Commission


(Case C-546/23 P)
                (1)

(Appeal - Civil service - Members of the contract staff - Contract for an indefinite period - Termination of the contract - Article 47(c)(i) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union - Incompetence - Conduct in the service and attitude at work incompatible with the interests of the service - Obligation to state reasons - Right to be heard - Right to parental leave - Article 42a of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union)
(C/2025/237)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellant: UG (represented by: M. Richard, avocat)

Defendant at first instance: European Commission (represented initially by I. Melo Sampaio and A. Sauka, acting as Agents, and subsequently by A. Sauka, acting as Agent)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders UG to bear her own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.






(1)  OJ C C/2023/750.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/237/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
EFTA Surveillance Authority communication pursuant to Article 17(5) of Regulation 1008/2008 of the European parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community – Invitation to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations
Date: 2024-11-21
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Iceland, air transport, inland transport, invitation to tender, services of general interest, transport regulations








C_202406979EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/6979


21.11.2024






EFTA Surveillance Authority communication pursuant to Article 17(5) of Regulation 1008/2008 of the European parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community
Invitation to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations
(C/2024/6979)







Member State


Iceland




Concerned routes


Flight routes:






1.


Reykjavík – Gjögur – Reykjavík










2.


Reykjavík – Bíldudalur – Reykjavík








Period of validity of the contract


1st of November 2025 – 31st of October 2028 with a possibility of two years extension.




Deadline for submission of tenders


Two months from public information notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union





Address where the text of the invitation to tender and any relevant information and/or documentation related to the public tender and the modified public service obligations can be obtained







Vegagerðin




Suðurhraun 3




210 Garðabær




ICELAND




Contact: Gísli Gíslason, gigi@vegagerdin.is, tel. +354 8605656.

https://tendsign.is/







—


Nr. 24-089 Áætlunarflug sérleyfissamningur: Reykjavík – Gjögur– Reykjavík og Reykjavík – Bíldudalur– Reykjavík










—


No. 24-089 Concession in Air routes for Vegagerdin (The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration (IRCA)): Reykjavík – Gjögur – Reykjavík & Reykjavík – Bíldudalur – Reykjavík.










ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6979/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Notice concerning the entry into force of the Agreement between the European Union and the European Space Agency on the security and exchange of classified information
Date: 2024-11-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Space Agency, agreement (EU), confidentiality, data protection, exchange of information








L_202402920EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
L series













2024/2920


21.11.2024






Notice concerning the entry into force of the Agreement between the European Union and the European Space Agency on the security and exchange of classified information

The Agreement between the European Union and the European Space Agency on the security and exchange of classified information (1), signed in Brussels on 22 May 2024, entered into force on 1 November 2024, the procedure provided for in Article 17(1) of the Agreement having been completed on 30 October 2024.


(1)  
            OJ L, 2024/1543, 31.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree/2024/1543/oj.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/notice/2024/2920/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Case C-370/23, Mesto Rimavská Sobota: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 November 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Najvyšší správny súd Slovenskej republiky – Slovak Republic) – Mesto Rimavská Sobota v Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva a rozvoja vidieka Slovenskej republiky (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 – Obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market – Article 2(a) to (c) – Concepts of timber and timber products, placing on the market and operator)
Date: 2024-11-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: fight against crime, forestry holding, illegal logging, market approval, sale, wood product








C_202500236EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/236


20.1.2025






Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 November 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Najvyšší správny súd Slovenskej republiky – Slovak Republic) – Mesto Rimavská Sobota v Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva a rozvoja vidieka Slovenskej republiky


(Case C-370/23,
                (1)
Mesto Rimavská Sobota)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Environment - Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 - Obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market - Article 2(a) to (c) - Concepts of ‘timber and timber products’, ‘placing on the market’ and ‘operator’)
(C/2025/236)
Language of the case: Slovak

Referring court

Najvyšší správny súd Slovenskej republiky

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Mesto Rimavská Sobota

Defendant: Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva a rozvoja vidieka Slovenskej republiky

Operative part of the judgment

Article 2(a) to (c) of Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market
must be interpreted as meaning that a natural or legal person that concludes a contract by which it authorises the other party to the contract to harvest, on its direction or under its supervision, wood in the rough or fuel wood, must be regarded as being an ‘operator’
            ‘placing on the market’
            ‘timber and timber products’, within the meaning of that provision, where, in accordance with the applicable national law, that other party to the contract does not directly and automatically become the owner of the timber harvested by the mere fact of felling the trees, but where, in performance of that contract, that person, while remaining the owner of that timber, transfers, after harvesting, that right of ownership to that other party to the contract.


(1)  
            OJ C 321, 11.9.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/236/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-598/24: Action brought on 21 November 2024 – GF v ENISA
Date: 2024-11-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European civil service, damages, indemnification, probationary period, staff assessment, termination of employment, working conditions








C_202500734EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/734


10.2.2025






Action brought on 21 November 2024 – GF v ENISA


(Case T-598/24)

(C/2025/734)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: GF (represented by: N. Flandin, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Agency for Cybersecurity

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


declare the present appeal admissible and founded;










—


annul the ENISA’s decision 2024/02 of 26 January 2024 terminating the applicant’s contract and including the probation report;










—


in so far as necessary, annul the decision MB/2024/12 of the Management Board of 20 August 2024 rejecting the complaint lodged by the applicant against the decision terminating her contract;










—


order the compensation of the material and moral prejudice suffered by the applicant; and,










—


order the defendant to pay all the costs.





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 contested decision, including the probation report, and the decision rejecting the complaint have been taken in violation of the Agency’s duty of care and in violation of Article 41 of the Charter.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that the contested decision, including the probation report and the decision rejecting the complaint are vitiated by manifest errors of appreciation and a lack of supportive evidence in the assessment of the applicant’s performance – Violation of the right of good administration.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging that the contested decision, including the probation report and the decision rejecting the complaint are vitiated by a manifest error of assessment by not taking into account the fact that the applicant did not work under normal conditions.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/734/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11706 – CINVEN / AISE / FRESSNAPF)
Date: 2024-11-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, pet food, retail selling, supply








C_202501262EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1262


20.2.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11706 – CINVEN / AISE / FRESSNAPF)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/1262)

On 21 November 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 32024M11706. 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/2025/1262/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 20 November 2024
Date: 2024-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202406705EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/6705


21.11.2024






Euro exchange rates (1)


            20 November 2024
         
(C/2024/6705)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0562 




JPY


Japanese yen


164,42 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4592 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,83380 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,6050 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9342 




ISK


Iceland króna


145,50 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,6440 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,286 




HUF


Hungarian forint


409,60 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3308 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9765 




TRY


Turkish lira


36,4025 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6225 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4767 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,2208 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7947 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4173 




KRW


South Korean won


1 474,40 




ZAR


South African rand


19,1266 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,6528 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 790,04 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,7228 




PHP


Philippine peso


62,282 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


36,581 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,0975 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,3036 




INR


Indian rupee


89,1025 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6705/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)