do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11920 – ALCENTRA / PEOPLE & BABY) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2025-02-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: France, child care, economic concentration, financial services, investment company, merger control, property leasing








C_202501344EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1344


21.2.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11920 – ALCENTRA / PEOPLE & BABY)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/1344)


1.   
On 13 February 2025, 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:






—


Alcentra Limited (‘Alcentra’, United Kingdom), controlled by Franklin Resources Inc. (‘Franklin Resources’, United States),










—


Groupe People & Baby SAS (‘People & Baby’, France), controlled by Alcentra and Mr. Cristophe Durieux (France).




Alcentra will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of People & Baby.
The concentration is accomplished by way of contract or any other means.


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






—


Alcentra is a global asset management firm, focused on sub-investment grade corporate credit. Alcentra is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, a global investment management organisation.










—


People & Baby operates child daycare centres in France and around the world.






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 concentration 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.11920 – ALCENTRA / PEOPLE & BABY
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/2025/1344/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11253 – SAFRAN / PART OF COLLINS AEROSPACE’S ACTUATION AND FLIGHT CONTROL ACTIVITIES)
Date: 2025-02-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: aeronautical industry, aerospace industry, economic concentration, merger control, supply








C_202501270EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1270


21.2.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11253 – SAFRAN / PART OF COLLINS AEROSPACE’S ACTUATION AND FLIGHT CONTROL ACTIVITIES)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/1270)


1.   
On 14 February 2025, 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:






—


Safran S.A. (‘Safran’, France),










—


part of the the actuation and flight control activities of Collins Aerospace (United States), controlled by RTX Corporation (United States) (the ‘Target’, United States).




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


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






—


Safran is active in the design, manufacture, and supply of aerospace systems (including flight control actuation systems), aircraft equipment and defence globally,










—


the Target is active in the design, manufacture, and supply of flight control actuation systems globally.






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.11253 – SAFRAN / PART OF COLLINS AEROSPACE’S ACTUATION AND FLIGHT CONTROL ACTIVITIES
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/2025/1270/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.102206
Date: 2025-02-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, State aid, control of State aid, gas industry, gas pipeline








C_202501268EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1268


21.2.2025






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.102206
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/1268)








Date of adoption of the decision


17.12.2024




Aid number


SA.102206




Member State


Denmark




Region


Denmark




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


SA.102206 - Aid for upgraded biogas and other gases from renewable sources that can be injected into the Danish gas system




Legal basis


Act no 1594 of 28 December 2022 on changes to the act on natural gas supply and other acts




Type of measure


Scheme


 




Objective


Renewable energy




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 12 960 000 000  DKK




Intensity


 




Duration


Until 31.12.2030




Economic sectors


Manufacture of gas; distribution of gaseous fuels through mains, Manufacture of gas




Name and address of the granting authority







The Danish Energy Agency




Carsten Niebuhrs Gade 43, 1577 København V








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/2025/1268/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11845 – INFRAVIA / ILIAD / OP CORE)
Date: 2025-02-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: computer centre, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, provision of services, service, telecommunications








C_202501788EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1788


19.3.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11845 – INFRAVIA / ILIAD / OP CORE)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/1788)

On 21 February 2025, 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 32025M11845. 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/2025/1788/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-132/25: Action brought on 21 February 2025 – Nouwen v Commission
Date: 2025-02-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU Member State, access to EU information, disclosure of information








C_202502559EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2559


12.5.2025






Action brought on 21 February 2025 – Nouwen v Commission


(Case T-132/25)

(C/2025/2559)
Language of the case: Dutch

Parties


Applicant: Martijn Frederik Nouwen (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) (represented by: M. Weijers, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul Commission Decision C(2024)8620 final of 28 November 2024, by which the Commission unilaterally restricted his application for disclosure and decided not to disclose the acronyms of the Member States on the basis of the fourth indent of Article 4(1)(a) of 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 (1) (‘the Transparency Regulation’);










—


order the Commission to pay the applicant’s costs under Article 134 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, including the costs of interveners, as the case may be.





Pleas in law and main arguments

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






1.


The Commission incorrectly and unilaterally restricted his application and, in any event, failed to provide adequate reasons for doing so.
The applicant argues, first, that he did not agree to the restriction of his application, and secondly, that that application was incorrectly restricted unilaterally.










2.


The Commission incorrectly failed to disclose the acronyms of the Member States and, in any event, did not provide adequate reasons for doing so.
The applicant argues, first, that the derogation referred to by the Commission, laid down in the fourth indent of Article 4(1)(a) of the Transparency Regulation, is not applicable and, secondly, that partial disclosure of the acronyms of only some Member States is not possible.






(1)  
            OJ 2001 L 145, p. 43.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2559/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Corrigendum to the notice of initiation of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of peroxosulphates originating in the People’s Republic of China (OJ C, C/2025/360, 17.1.2025)
Date: 2025-02-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission
Subjects: China, anti-dumping duty, chemical compound, import (EU), originating product








C_202590012EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/90012


21.2.2025






Corrigendum to the notice of initiation of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of peroxosulphates originating in the People’s Republic of China

(
Official Journal of the European Union C, C/2025/360, 17 January 2025
)


On page 1, in point 2:
for:


                  ‘The product subject to this review is peroxosulphates (“persulphates”), including potassium peroxymonosulphate, (“the product under review”),’,

read:


                  ‘The product subject to this review is peroxosulphates (“persulphates”), including potassium peroxymonosulphate sulphate, (“the product under review”),’.



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/116/corrigendum/2025-02-21/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-158/25, AEDT and État du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (Luxembourg) lodged on 21 February 2025 – QJ v Administration de l’enregistrement, des domaines et de la TVA, État du Grand-duché de Luxembourg
Date: 2025-02-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, administrative procedure, liability, managing director, organisation, right to justice, tax collection, taxpayer








C_202503030EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3030


10.6.2025






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (Luxembourg) lodged on 21 February 2025 – QJ v Administration de l’enregistrement, des domaines et de la TVA, État du Grand-duché de Luxembourg


(Case C-158/25, AEDT and État du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg)

(C/2025/3030)
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Cour de cassation du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: QJ

Respondents: Administration de l’enregistrement, des domaines et de la TVA, État du Grand-duché de Luxembourg

Questions referred







1.


Does the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and in particular Article 47 thereof, apply, in the light of the criteria in Article 51(1) of the Charter, to the regulation, by national legislation, of the joint and several liability of company directors, on account of the failure to discharge their obligations, for payment of the VAT owed by the company which they run?










2.


If the answer to the first question is in the affirmative, is Article 47 of the Charter to be interpreted as conferring on directors who are the subject of a guarantee call the ability to challenge, indirectly, in the context of an action available to them under national law against the administrative act establishing their joint and several liability, the ex officio VAT assessment previously issued to the company and to which the company did not file an objection in good time?










3.


If the answer to the second question is in the affirmative, is Article 47 of the Charter to be interpreted as limiting the grounds on which directors may rely in the context of an indirect challenge to the ex officio tax assessment issued to the taxable company or as encompassing all grounds, including those relating to the determination of the VAT liability, such as the findings of fact which led to the ex officio administrative tax decision issued against the taxable company, and purely personal grounds, such as possible infringements of fundamental rights committed in respect of those directors in the context of the ex officio tax procedure?






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3030/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-156/25 P: Appeal brought on 21 February 2025 by Dmitry Konov against the judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) delivered on 11 December 2024 in Case T-326/22, Konov v Council
Date: 2025-02-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian issue, Ukraine, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, proof








C_202502064EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2064


14.4.2025






Appeal brought on 21 February 2025 by Dmitry Konov against the judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) delivered on 11 December 2024 in Case T-326/22, Konov v Council


(Case C-156/25 P)

(C/2025/2064)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellant: Dmitry Konov (represented by: F. Bélot, avocat)

Other parties to the proceedings: Council of the European Union, European Commission

Form of order sought

The appellant claims that the Court should:






—


set aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union (First Chamber) of 11 December 2024, T-326/22, in part in so far as it dismissed the claim for annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1767 of 13 September 2023, Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1765 of 13 September 2023, Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2456 of 12 September 2024 and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2455 of 12 September 2024, including in so far as it ordered the appellant to bear his own costs;










—


rule on the substance and annul Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1767 of 13 September 2023, Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1765 of 13 September 2023, Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2456 of 12 September 2024 and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2455 of 12 September 2024 in so far as those measures include and maintain the appellant on the lists annexed to those acts;










—


order the Council to pay the costs of both sets of proceedings.





Grounds of appeal and main arguments

In support of the appeal, the appellant relies on a single ground.
The appellant submits that the General Court made errors in its interpretation of the evidence submitted by the appellant, arbitrarily applied the rules on evidence and dealt with the allocation of the burden of proof in a manifestly disproportionate and abusive manner. That led to a distortion of the appellant’s evidence and to an incorrect assessment of his situation.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2064/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.63990
Date: 2025-02-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, State aid, carriage of goods, control of State aid, rail transport








C_202501264EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1264


21.2.2025






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.63990
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/1264)








Date of adoption of the decision


20.8.2024




Aid number


SA.63990




Member State


France




Region


NORD-PAS-DE-CALAIS




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Aide à un terminal d’autoroute ferroviaire à Calais




Legal basis


Conventions de subvention entre le bénéficiaire et les autorités publiques octroyant l’aide




Type of measure


Ad Hoc Case


CargoBeamer Terminal Calais SAS




Objective


Coordination of transport




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 6 300 000  EUR




Intensity


38,0 %




Duration


 




Economic sectors


Freight rail transport




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministère de la transition écologique, Direction générale des infrastructures des transports et des mobilités




Tour Séquoïa 92055 La Défense Cedex








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/2025/1264/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 20 February 2025
Date: 2025-02-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202500794EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/794


21.2.2025






Euro exchange rates (1)


            20 February 2025
         
(C/2025/794)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0443 




JPY


Japanese yen


156,60 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4590 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,82823 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,1660 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9423 




ISK


Iceland króna


145,70 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,6090 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,073 




HUF


Hungarian forint


402,08 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1605 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9778 




TRY


Turkish lira


37,9226 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6382 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4841 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,1211 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8227 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,3966 




KRW


South Korean won


1 500,62 




ZAR


South African rand


19,2480 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,5807 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 011,80 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,6262 




PHP


Philippine peso


60,462 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


35,099 




BRL


Brazilian real


5,9526 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,2619 




INR


Indian rupee


90,4260 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/794/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006)
Date: 2025-02-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, chromium, health control, health risk, market approval, marketing standard, metal coating, metal product, oxide








C_202501051EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1051


21.2.2025






Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)


(Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006
                (1)
)


(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/1051)


Decision granting an authorisation













Reference of the decision (2)



Date of decision


Substance name


Holder of the authorisation


Authorisation number


Authorised use


Date of expiry of review period


Reasons for the decision




C(2025) 763


14 February 2025


chromium trioxide (EC No 215-607-8; CAS No 1333-82-0)


ASO Cromsteel S.A., Str. Laminorului 16, 130089 Targoviste Dâmbovița, Romania


REACH/25/11/0


Chromium trioxide based functional chrome plating of semi-finished steel products (bars, cylinder tubes and linear shafts) for the manufacture of hydraulic and pneumatic components


21 November 2034


In accordance with Article 60(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the socio-economic benefits outweigh the risk to human health and the environment from the use of the substance and there are no suitable alternative substances or technologies.




FDF S.r.l., Via Flero 46, 25125 Brescia, Italy


REACH/25/11/1






(1)  
            OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(2)  The decision is available on the European Commission website at: Authorisation (europa.eu)



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1051/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)