do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
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.115372
Date: 2024-12-05
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, control of State aid, silviculture








C_202407244EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/7244


5.12.2024






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.115372
(C/2024/7244)








Date of adoption of the decision


23.9.2024




Aid number


SA.115372




Member State


Germany




Region


Germany




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Gemeinschaftsaufgabe ‘Verbesserung der Agrarstruktur und des Küstenschutzes’ (GAK) - Maßnahmengruppe 5 F, Förderung von Maßnahmen zur Bewältigung der durch Extremwetterereignisse verursachten Folgen im Wald




Legal basis


Gemeinschaftsaufgabe ‘Verbesserung der Agrarstruktur und des Küstenschutzes’ (GAK) - Maßnahmengruppe 5 F, Förderung von Maßnahmen zur Bewältigung der durch Extremwetterereignisse verursachten Folgen im Wald




Type of measure


Scheme


 




Objective


Agriculture; Forestry; Rural areas, Aid for specific forest actions and interventions with the primary objective to contribute to maintaining or to restoring forest ecosystem and biodiversity or the traditional landscape




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 400 000 000  EUR
Annual budget: 80 000 000  EUR




Intensity


100,0 %




Duration


Until 31.12.2028




Economic sectors


Silviculture and other forestry activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Zuständige Behörden der Länder (Anlage)




siehe oeben








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/2024/7244/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-393/20: Order of the General Court of 5 December 2024 – Front Poliario v Council
Date: 2024-12-05
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Association Council (EU), Mediterranean region (EU), Morocco, Union for the Mediterranean, Western Sahara, association agreement (EU), exchange of information, originating product, revision of an agreement, self-determination








C_202500934EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/934


17.2.2025






Order of the General Court of 5 December 2024 – Front Poliario v Council


(Case T-393/20)
                (1)

(C/2025/934)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Sixth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C 279, 24.8.2020.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/934/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-389/23, Bulgarfrukt: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 5 December 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Wedding – Germany) – Bulgarfrukt – Fruchthandels GmbH v Oranzherii Gimel II EOOD (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – European order for payment procedure – Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 – European order for payment declared enforceable – Service of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters – Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 – Invalid service ascertained during enforcement – National legislation providing for a legal remedy enabling the defendant to apply for the annulment of a European order for payment – Legal consequences – Obligation of the court seised to annul the European order for payment)
Date: 2024-12-05
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: appeal, delivery, enforcement of ruling, injunction








C_202500514EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/514


3.2.2025






Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 5 December 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Wedding – Germany) – Bulgarfrukt – Fruchthandels GmbH v Oranzherii Gimel II EOOD


(Case C-389/23,
                (1)
Bulgarfrukt)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Judicial cooperation in civil matters - European order for payment procedure - Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 - European order for payment declared enforceable - Service of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters - Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 - Invalid service ascertained during enforcement - National legislation providing for a legal remedy enabling the defendant to apply for the annulment of a European order for payment - Legal consequences - Obligation of the court seised to annul the European order for payment)
(C/2025/514)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Amtsgericht Wedding

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Bulgarfrukt – Fruchthandels GmbH

Defendant: Oranzherii Gimel II EOOD

Operative part of the judgment

The provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 creating a European order for payment procedure, read in conjunction with those of Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters,
must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation under which, where a European order for payment has not been served on the defendant or has not been served on him or her in a manner which complies with the minimum standards laid down in Articles 13 to 15 of Regulation No 1896/2006, the court before which a remedy against that order is sought is obliged to annul that order.


(1)  
            OJ C 321, 11.9.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/514/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 4 December 2024
Date: 2024-12-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202407225EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/7225


5.12.2024






Euro exchange rates (1)


            4 December 2024
         
(C/2024/7225)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0492 




JPY


Japanese yen


158,59 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4577 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,82830 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,5480 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9305 




ISK


Iceland króna


145,30 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,6205 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,196 




HUF


Hungarian forint


414,39 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2868 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9770 




TRY


Turkish lira


36,4667 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6384 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4755 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,1670 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7987 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4135 




KRW


South Korean won


1 487,28 




ZAR


South African rand


19,0679 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,6285 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 707,46 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6716 




PHP


Philippine peso


61,113 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


36,040 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,3472 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,3067 




INR


Indian rupee


88,9315 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/7225/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-379/23, Guldbrev: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 5 December 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Svea hovrätt, Patent- och marknadsöverdomstolen – Sweden) – Guldbrev AB v Konsumentombudsmannen (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Consumer protection – Unfair commercial practices – Directive 2005/29/EC – Article 2(c), (d) and (i) – Article 3(1) – Scope – Concept of product – Combined offer consisting of the valuation and purchase of a good)
Date: 2024-12-05
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: consumer protection, economic value, gold, purchase, restriction on competition








C_202500513EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/513


3.2.2025






Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 5 December 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Svea hovrätt, Patent- och marknadsöverdomstolen – Sweden) – Guldbrev AB v Konsumentombudsmannen


(Case C-379/23,
                (1)
Guldbrev)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Consumer protection - Unfair commercial practices - Directive 2005/29/EC - Article 2(c), (d) and (i) - Article 3(1) - Scope - Concept of ‘product’ - Combined offer consisting of the valuation and purchase of a good)
(C/2025/513)
Language of the case: Swedish

Referring court

Svea hovrätt Patent- och marknadsöverdomstolen

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Guldbrev AB

Defendant: Konsumentombudsmannen

Operative part of the judgment

Article 2(c), (d) and (i) and Article 3(1) of Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’)
must be interpreted as meaning that the valuation service for goods provided by a trader to a consumer before the purchase of those goods from that consumer, which makes the purchase subject to acceptance of the price determined following that valuation, constitutes, together with that purchase, a ‘product’ within the meaning of those provisions, with the result that practices directly connected with the promotion of that product to consumers come within the scope of that directive.


(1)  
            OJ C 296, 21.8.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/513/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Judgment of the Court of 5 December 2024 in Case E-11/24 – EFTA Surveillance Authority v Iceland (Failure by an EFTA State to fulfil its obligations – Failure to implement – Regulation (EU) 2017/352 – Port services – Financial transparency of ports)
Date: 2024-12-05
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: European Economic Area, Iceland, administrative transparency, common ports policy, harbour installation, maritime transport, national implementing measure, provision of services, services of general interest








C_202501924EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1924


27.3.2025







            JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
         
of 5 December 2024
         
in Case E-11/24
EFTA Surveillance Authority v Iceland


(Failure by an EFTA State to fulfil its obligations – Failure to implement – Regulation (EU) 2017/352 – Port services – Financial transparency of ports)


(C/2025/1924)

In Case E-11/24, EFTA Surveillance Authority v Iceland – APPLICATION seeking a declaration that Iceland has failed to adopt the measures necessary to make the act referred to at point 56z of Chapter V of Annex XIII to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (Regulation (EU) 2017/352 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2017 establishing a framework for the provision of port services and common rules on the financial transparency of ports), as adapted by Protocol 1 to the EEA Agreement, part of its internal legal order, the Court, composed of Páll Hreinsson, President (Judge-Rapporteur), Bernd Hammermann and Michael Reiertsen, Judges, gave judgment on 5 December 2024, the operative part of which is as follows:
The Court hereby:






1.


Declares that Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 7 of the EEA Agreement by failing to make the act referred to at point 56z of Chapter V of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement (Regulation (EU) 2017/352 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2017 establishing a framework for the provision of port services and common rules on the financial transparency of ports), as adapted by Protocol 1 to the EEA Agreement, part of its internal legal order.










2.


Orders Iceland to bear the costs of the proceedings.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1924/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11536 – CONSTANTIA / ALUFLEXPACK)
Date: 2024-12-05
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, packaging product








C_202407394EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/7394


5.12.2024






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11536 – CONSTANTIA / ALUFLEXPACK)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/7394)


1.   
On 28 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:






—


Constantia Flexibles GmbH (‘Constantia’ Austria), solely controlled by One Rock Capital Partners, LLC (‘ORC’, United States),










—


Aluflexpack AG (‘AFP’, Switzerland).




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


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






—


Constantia is a global producer and supplier of flexible packaging solutions. Constantia’s product portfolio includes flexible packaging solutions for everyday use products such as food, dairy, pet food, household and personal care products, pharmaceutical and medical products, as well as beverages.










—


AFP is a manufacturer and supplier of flexible packaging solutions for a variety of industries. AFP’s product portfolio primarily includes flexible packaging solutions used for various food, coffee, and pet food, and, to a lesser extent, for pharmaceutical products and other non-food products.






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.11536 – CONSTANTIA / ALUFLEXPACK
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/2024/7394/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-680/23, Modexel: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 5 December 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Administrativo e Fiscal do Funchal – Portugal) – Modexel – Consultores e Serviços SA v Autoridade Tributária e Assuntos Fiscais da Região Autónoma da Madeira (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – First paragraph of Article 183 – Rules governing the exercise of the right of deduction – Carrying forward excess VAT – Concept of following period – Refund of excess VAT – Cessation of economic activity)
Date: 2024-12-05
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, basis of tax assessment, cessation of trading, economic activity, tax law, tax relief, tax return








C_202500517EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/517


3.2.2025






Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 5 December 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Administrativo e Fiscal do Funchal – Portugal) – Modexel – Consultores e Serviços SA v Autoridade Tributária e Assuntos Fiscais da Região Autónoma da Madeira


(Case C-680/23,
                (1)
Modexel)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common system of value added tax (VAT) - Directive 2006/112/EC - First paragraph of Article 183 - Rules governing the exercise of the right of deduction - Carrying forward excess VAT - Concept of ‘following period’ - Refund of excess VAT - Cessation of economic activity)
(C/2025/517)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Referring court

Tribunal Administrativo e Fiscal do Funchal

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Modexel – Consultores e Serviços SA

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

Operative part of the judgment

The first paragraph of Article 183 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax
must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation which provides that, where a taxable person ceases economic activity, that person may not carry excess value added tax, declared at the time of that cessation of activity, forward to a following period and may recover that amount only by requesting a refund within 12 months from the date on which that activity ceased, provided that the principles of equivalence and effectiveness are observed.


(1)  OJ C C/2024/1245.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/517/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11515 – VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT / UNIPER HUNGARY ENERGETIKAI)
Date: 2024-12-05
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, economic concentration, energy industry, merger control, power plant, waste management, water management








C_202502604EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2604


2.5.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11515 – VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT / UNIPER HUNGARY ENERGETIKAI)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/2604)

On 5 December 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 32024M11515. 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/2025/2604/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Special report 26/2024: Integration of third-country nationals in the EU – Relevant support from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund but its impact could not yet be demonstrated
Date: 2024-12-05
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: EU Member State, EU migration policy, foreign national, fund (EU), integration of migrants, third country








C_202407395EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/7395


5.12.2024






Special report 26/2024:

            ‘Integration of third-country nationals in the EU – Relevant support from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund but its impact could not yet be demonstrated’
         
(C/2024/7395)

The European Court of Auditors has published its special report 26/2024: ‘Integration of third-country nationals in the EU – Relevant support from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund but its impact could not yet be demonstrated’.
The report can be consulted directly or downloaded at the European Court of Auditors’ website: https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/publications/sr-2024-26



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/7395/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Judgment of the Court of 5 December 2024 in Case E-9/24 – EFTA Surveillance Authority v Iceland (Failure by an EFTA State to fulfil its obligations – Failure to implement – Directive (EU) 2018/958 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 June 2018 on a proportionality test before adoption of new regulation of professions)
Date: 2024-12-05
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: European Economic Area, Iceland, access to a profession, job creation, national implementing measure, principle of proportionality, professional qualifications, provision of services, simplification of legislation, single market








C_202501927EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1927


27.3.2025







            JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
         
of 5 December 2024
         
in Case E-9/24
EFTA Surveillance Authority v Iceland


(Failure by an EFTA State to fulfil its obligations – Failure to implement – Directive (EU) 2018/958 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 June 2018 on a proportionality test before adoption of new regulation of professions)


(C/2025/1927)

In Case E-9/24, EFTA Surveillance Authority v Iceland – APPLICATION seeking a declaration that Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under the act referred to at point 1c of Chapter A of Annex VII to the EEA Agreement (Directive (EU) 2018/958 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 June 2018 on a proportionality test before adoption of new regulation of professions), as adapted by Protocol 1 to the EEA Agreement, and under Article 7 of the EEA Agreement, by failing to adopt the measures necessary to implement the act within the time prescribed, or in any event, by failing to inform the EFTA Surveillance Authority thereof, the Court, composed of Páll Hreinsson, President, Bernd Hammermann and Michael Reiertsen (Judge-Rapporteur), Judges, gave judgment on 5 December 2024, the operative part of which is as follows:
The Court hereby:






1.


Declares that Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under the act referred to at point 1c of Chapter A of Annex VII to the EEA Agreement (Directive (EU) 2018/958 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 June 2018 on a proportionality test before adoption of new regulation of professions), as adapted by Protocol 1 to the EEA Agreement, and under Article 7 of the EEA Agreement, by failing to adopt the measures necessary to implement the act within the time prescribed.










2.


Orders Iceland to bear the costs of the proceedings.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1927/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)