do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-420/23: Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – Al-Assad v Council (Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures adopted in view of the situation in Syria – Freezing of funds – List of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources – Inclusion of the applicant’s name on the list – Family membership criterion – Article 15(1a)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 – Obligation to state reasons – Error of assessment)
Date: 2024-12-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Syria, economic sanctions, family, freezing of assets, international sanctions, natural person








C_202500722EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/722


10.2.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – Al-Assad v Council


(Case T-420/23)
                (1)

(Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures adopted in view of the situation in Syria - Freezing of funds - List of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources - Inclusion of the applicant’s name on the list - Family membership criterion - Article 15(1a)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 - Obligation to state reasons - Error of assessment)
(C/2025/722)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Mudar Al-Assad (Damascus, Syria) (represented by: B. Grundler, lawyer)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: T. Haas and J. Rurarz, acting as Agents, and by E. Raoult, lawyer)

Re:

By his action pursuant to Article 263 TFEU, the applicant claims that the Court should annul Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/844 of 24 April 2023 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (OJ 2023 L 109 I, p. 1), in so far as it concerns the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Mr Mudar Al-Assad to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C C/2023/52, 9.10.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/722/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-1163/23: Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – Glashütter Uhrenbetrieb v EUIPO (Glashütte ORIGINAL) (EU trade mark – Application for EU figurative trade mark Glashütte ORIGINAL – Absolute ground for refusal – No distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2024-12-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clock and watch industry, clothing, downloading, electronic commerce, registered trade mark, retail trade, software, trade-mark law, virtual reality








C_202500726EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/726


10.2.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – Glashütter Uhrenbetrieb v EUIPO (Glashütte ORIGINAL)


(Case T-1163/23)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative trade mark Glashütte ORIGINAL - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2025/726)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Glashütter Uhrenbetrieb GmbH – Glashütte/Sa. (Glashütte, Germany) (represented by: D. von Schultz, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: V. Ruzek, acting as Agent)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 29 September 2023 (Case R 773/2023-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Glashütter Uhrenbetrieb GmbH – Glashütte/Sa. to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C C/2024/1111, 5.2.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/726/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-358/22: Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – Carmeuse Holding v Commission (Environment – Directive 2003/87/EC – Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading – Transitional rules for the harmonised free allocation of emission allowances for the 2021-2030 period – Changes to Romania’s national allocation table for the 2021-2025 period – Transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances to installations producing quicklime – Obligation to state reasons – Right to be heard – Principle of good administration – Error of law – Manifest error of assessment – Equal treatment – Legal certainty – Legitimate expectations)
Date: 2024-12-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU Emissions Trading Scheme, EU emission allowance, Romania, equal treatment, greenhouse gas, industrial pollution, principle of legal certainty, reduction of gas emissions, rights of the defence, tradeable emission permit








C_202500716EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/716


10.2.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2024 – Carmeuse Holding v Commission


(Case T-358/22)
                (1)

(Environment - Directive 2003/87/EC - Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading - Transitional rules for the harmonised free allocation of emission allowances for the 2021-2030 period - Changes to Romania’s national allocation table for the 2021-2025 period - Transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances to installations producing quicklime - Obligation to state reasons - Right to be heard - Principle of good administration - Error of law - Manifest error of assessment - Equal treatment - Legal certainty - Legitimate expectations)
(C/2025/716)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Carmeuse Holding SRL (Brașov, Romania) (represented by: S. Olaru, R. Savin and M. Vasile, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Wils and B. De Meester, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant asks the Court to annul the Commission Decision of 14 February 2022 instructing the Central Administrator of the European Union Transaction Log to enter changes to the national allocation tables of Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Lithuania, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden into the European Union Transaction Log (OJ 2022 C 160, p. 27), in so far as that decision concerns it.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Carmeuse Holding SRL to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.






(1)  
            OJ C 340, 5.9.2022.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/716/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11790 – STRABAG / BECKER / WRG KG) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2024-12-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Germany, building industry, economic concentration, merger control, waste, waste disposal, waste recycling








C_202407428EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/7428


11.12.2024






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11790 – STRABAG / BECKER / WRG KG)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/7428)


1.   
On 2 December 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:






—


STRABAG AG (‘STRABAG’, Germany),










—


Becker Umweltdienste GmbH (‘BECKER’ Germany),










—


Wertstoff und Recycling Gablenz GmbH & Co. KG (‘WRG’, Germany), currently controlled by STRABAG.




STRABAG and BECKER will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of WRG.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


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






—


STRABAG is providing services in the construction industry and is also active in the extraction of and trade with raw construction materials, as well as the collection and treatment of waste,










—


BECKER is active in the municipal and commercial waste disposal, as well as the provision of services to municipalities.






3.   

The business activities of WRG will be the operation of a waste disposal facility in Crimmitschau, Germany.



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.
Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified treatment for certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.


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.11790 – STRABAG / BECKER / WRG KG
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’).

(2)  
            OJ C 160, 5.5.2023, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/7428/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11774 – VISTA / BLACKSTONE / SMARTSHEET) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2024-12-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: cloud computing, economic concentration, financing, investment company, merger control, provision of services, software








C_202407430EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/7430


11.12.2024






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11774 – VISTA / BLACKSTONE / SMARTSHEET)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/7430)


1.   
On 29 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:






—


Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC (together with its affiliates ‘Vista’, USA) controlled by VEP Group, LLC (USA),










—


Blackstone Inc. (‘Blackstone’, USA),










—


Smartsheet, Inc. (‘Smartsheet’, USA).




Vista and Blackstone will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Smartsheet.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


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






—


Vista is a private equity firm focused on financing enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses,










—


Blackstone is a global alternative asset manager,










—


Smartsheet is a provider of a cloud-based software as a service spreadsheet-centric offering for collaboration and work project management.






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.
Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified treatment for certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.


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.11774 – VISTA / BLACKSTONE / SMARTSHEET
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’).

(2)  
            OJ C 160, 5.5.2023, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/7430/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-548/24, Flightright: Order of the General Court (Chamber giving preliminary rulings) of 11 December 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Königs Wusterhausen – Germany) – Flightright GmbH v easyJet Europe Airline GmbH (Transport – Air transport – Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 – Compensation and assistance to passengers – Long delay of a flight – Article 5(3) – Extraordinary circumstances – Allocation of delayed departure slots due to capacity problems in the airspace – Meteorological conditions)
Date: 2024-12-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: air traffic control, airline, atmospheric conditions, carriage of passengers, carrier, civil aviation, indemnification, passenger rights, traveller








C_202501228EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1228


3.3.2025






Order of the General Court (Chamber giving preliminary rulings) of 11 December 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Königs Wusterhausen – Germany) – Flightright GmbH v easyJet Europe Airline GmbH


(Case T-548/24,
                (1)
Flightright)

(Transport - Air transport - Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 - Compensation and assistance to passengers - Long delay of a flight - Article 5(3) - Extraordinary circumstances - Allocation of delayed departure slots due to capacity problems in the airspace - Meteorological conditions)
(C/2025/1228)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Amtsgericht Königs Wusterhausen

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Flightright GmbH

Defendant: easyJet Europe Airline GmbH

Operative part of the order

Case T-548/24 is removed from the register of the General Court.


(1)  Date lodged: 14.10.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1228/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-647/24: Action brought on 11 December 2024 – Lico Cosmetics v EUIPO – Cosmética Natural de Licopeno (LICO)
Date: 2024-12-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, computer network, cosmetic product, electronic commerce, provision of services, registered trade mark, retail trade, trade-mark law








C_202500744EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/744


10.2.2025






Action brought on 11 December 2024 – Lico Cosmetics v EUIPO – Cosmética Natural de Licopeno (LICO)


(Case T-647/24)

(C/2025/744)
Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Lico Cosmetics, SL (Seville, Spain) (represented by: K. Guridi Sedlak, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Cosmética Natural de Licopeno, SL (Badajoz, Spain)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: Application for EU word mark LICO – Application No 18 803 899
         

Proceedings before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 October 2024 in Case R 833/2024-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


declare the first ground of appeal well founded and set aside the contested decision as regards those goods in Class 3 and those services in Class 35 in respect of which the applicant’s appeal was dismissed, and declare that there is no likelihood of confusion between the marks at issue also in respect of those goods and services since there are sufficient and very important differences between the signs, which rule out any likelihood of confusion;










—


order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal, if the latter intervenes in the present proceedings, to pay the costs.





Plea in law

Misinterpretation and misapplication 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/2025/744/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 10 December 2024
Date: 2024-12-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202407243EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/7243


11.12.2024






Euro exchange rates (1)


            10 December 2024
         
(C/2024/7243)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0527 




JPY


Japanese yen


159,74 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4578 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,82555 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,5335 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9267 




ISK


Iceland króna


145,90 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,7315 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,098 




HUF


Hungarian forint


411,15 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2678 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9713 




TRY


Turkish lira


36,6838 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6452 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4908 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,1858 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8083 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4118 




KRW


South Korean won


1 507,31 




ZAR


South African rand


18,8204 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,6354 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 709,98 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6614 




PHP


Philippine peso


61,050 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


35,550 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,3811 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,2298 




INR


Indian rupee


89,3525 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/7243/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Corrigendum to Grand Award Notice – CALL FOR PROPOSALS – ref: GP/DVQ/ReferNet_FPA/002/24 – ReferNet – Cedefop’s European Network of Expertise on Vocational Education and Training (VET) (OJ C, C/2024/90103, 25.10.2024)
Date: 2024-12-11
Institutions: Cedefop
Subjects: Cedefop, Spain, award of contract, cooperation in the field of education, financial aid, invitation to tender, vocational training








C_202490103EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2024/90103


11.12.2024






Corrigendum to Grand Award Notice – CALL FOR PROPOSALS – ref: GP/DVQ/ReferNet_FPA/002/24 – ReferNet – Cedefop’s European Network of Expertise on Vocational Education and Training (VET)

(
Official Journal of the European Union C, C/2024/6463, 25 October 2024
)


On page 2, under point ‘2. Grant award’, in the table, column ‘Maximum grant amount’:
for:


                  ‘
                  43 620
                  ’,

read:


                  ‘0,00’.



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6463/corrigendum/2024-12-11/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-856/24, Sad Trasporto Locale – II: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 11 December 2024 – Sad Trasporto Locale SpA v Provincia autonoma di Bolzano
Date: 2024-12-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: award of contract, public sector, public transport, road transport, services contract








C_202501530EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1530


17.3.2025






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 11 December 2024 – Sad Trasporto Locale SpA v Provincia autonoma di Bolzano


(Case C-856/24, Sad Trasporto Locale – II)

(C/2025/1530)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant and appellant: Sad Trasporto Locale SpA

Defendant and respondent: Provincia autonoma di Bolzano

Questions referred







1.


Must Article 5(1) and (2) of Regulation No 1370/2007 (1) be interpreted as meaning that the rules referred to in Article 5(2) on the direct award of a public passenger transport service contract to an in-house company require a check on whether there is a transfer of the operating risk to the internal operator that is awarded the contract and that it does not apply where there is no such transfer of risk, or does the provision obviate the analysis of the transfer of operating risk altogether on the ground that an in-house company – which is subject to the requirement of similar control – is not an entity distinct from the administration?










2.


Does [EU] law, in particular Article 5(2) [of] Regulation [No 1370/2007], with regard to the direct award to an internal operator of a public passenger transport service contract, in so far as it provides that such an award is possible ‘unless prohibited by national law’, preclude national legislation, of the kind provided for in Article 192(2) [of decreto legislativo (Legislative Decree) No 50/2016], which, while not prohibiting recourse to in-house providers altogether, allows it but subject to restrictions and, in particular, permits the authorities to use that model only where there is a proven situation of market failure, and not on the sole basis of an assessment of economic/administrative convenience?






(1)  Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 1191/69 and 1107/70 (OJ 2007 L 315, p. 1).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1530/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)