do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-749/19: Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – John Wood Group and Others v Commission (State aid – United Kingdom tax regime relating to group financing – Annulment of the contested act by the Court of Justice – Action which has become devoid of purpose – No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2025-03-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, corporation tax, foreign enterprise, group of companies, tax exemption, tax law








C_202502883EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2883


2.6.2025






Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – John Wood Group and Others v Commission


(Case T-749/19)
                (1)

(State aid - United Kingdom tax regime relating to group financing - Annulment of the contested act by the Court of Justice - Action which has become devoid of purpose - No need to adjudicate)
(C/2025/2883)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: John Wood Group plc (Aberdeen, United Kingdom), WGPSN (Holdings) Ltd (Aberdeen), Wood Group Investments Ltd (Aberdeen), Amec Foster Wheeler Ltd (Knutsford, United Kingdom) (represented by: B. Goren, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, S. Noë and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents)

Re:

By their action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2019/1352 of 2 April 2019 on the State aid SA.44896 implemented by the United Kingdom concerning CFC Group Financing Exemption (OJ 2019 L 216, p. 1).

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the present action.










2.


The European Commission shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by John Wood Group plc, WGPSN (Holdings) Ltd, Wood Group Investments Ltd and Amec Foster Wheeler Ltd.






(1)  
            OJ C 45, 10.2.2020.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2883/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-761/19: Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – Willis Europe v Commission (State aid – United Kingdom tax regime relating to group financing – Annulment of the contested act by the Court of Justice – Action which has become devoid of purpose – No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2025-03-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, corporation tax, foreign enterprise, group of companies, tax exemption, tax law








C_202502889EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2889


2.6.2025






Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – Willis Europe v Commission


(Case T-761/19)
                (1)

(State aid - United Kingdom tax regime relating to group financing - Annulment of the contested act by the Court of Justice - Action which has become devoid of purpose - No need to adjudicate)
(C/2025/2889)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Willis Europe BV (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: B. Hoorelbeke, lawyer, and P. O’Gara, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, S. Noë and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2019/1352 of 2 April 2019 on the State aid SA.44896 implemented by the United Kingdom concerning CFC Group Financing Exemption (OJ 2019 L 216, p. 1).

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the present action.










2.


The European Commission shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by Willis Europe BV.






(1)  
            OJ C 36, 3.2.2020.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2889/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Notice for the attention of persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2013/184/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) 401/2013 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma
Date: 2025-03-06
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Myanmar/Burma, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








C_202501571EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1571


6.3.2025






Notice for the attention of persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2013/184/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) 401/2013 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma
(C/2025/1571)

The following information is brought to the attention of Min Aung Hlaing (No. 15), Myint Swe (No. 16), Sein Win (No. 18), Thein Soe a.k.a. U Thein Soe (No. 19), Mya Tun Oo (No. 20), Moe Myint Tun (No. 24), Than Hlaing (No. 25), Sai Long Hseng (No. 32), Tin Aung San (No. 40), Ni Lin Aung (No. 64), Kan Zaw (No. 66), Phone Myat (No. 75), Thet Pon (No. 77), Htein Win (No. 78), Nyunt Win Swe (No. 81), Maung Maung Aye (No. 89), Kyaw Swar Lin a.k.a Kyaw Swar Linn (No. 95), persons appearing in the Annex to Council Decision 2013/184/CFSP (1) and in Annex IV to Council Regulation (EU) No 401/2013 (2) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma.
The Council envisages maintaining the restrictive measures against the above-mentioned persons with an amended statement of reasons and/or information. These persons are hereby informed that they may submit a request to the Council to obtain the envisaged amended statement of reasons for their designation, by 14 March 2025
         , to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




RELEX.1




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




e-mail: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu







(1)  
            OJ L 111, 23.4.2013, p. 75


(2)  
            OJ L 121, 3.5.2013, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1571/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-785/19: Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – Anglo American International Holdings v Commission (State aid – United Kingdom tax regime relating to group financing – Annulment of the contested act by the Court of Justice – Action which has become devoid of purpose – No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2025-03-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, corporation tax, foreign enterprise, group of companies, tax exemption, tax law








C_202503049EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3049


10.6.2025






Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – Anglo American International Holdings v Commission


(Case T-785/19)
                (1)

(State aid - United Kingdom tax regime relating to group financing - Annulment of the contested act by the Court of Justice - Action which has become devoid of purpose - No need to adjudicate)
(C/2025/3049)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Anglo American International Holdings Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: M. Anderson, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, S. Noë and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2019/1352 of 2 April 2019 on the State aid SA.44896 implemented by the United Kingdom concerning CFC Group Financing Exemption (OJ 2019 L 216, p. 1).

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the present action.










2.


The European Commission shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by Anglo American International Holdings Ltd.






(1)  
            OJ C 45, 10.2.2020.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3049/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-760/19: Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – Imperial Brands and Others v Commission (State aid – United Kingdom tax regime relating to group financing – Annulment of the contested act by the Court of Justice – Action which has become devoid of purpose – No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2025-03-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, corporation tax, foreign enterprise, group of companies, tax exemption, tax law








C_202502888EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2888


2.6.2025






Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – Imperial Brands and Others v Commission


(Case T-760/19)
                (1)

(State aid - United Kingdom tax regime relating to group financing - Annulment of the contested act by the Court of Justice - Action which has become devoid of purpose - No need to adjudicate)
(C/2025/2888)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Imperial Brands plc (Bristol, United Kingdom), Imperial Tobacco Ltd (Bristol), Imperial Tobacco Overseas Holdings Ltd (Bristol), Imperial Tobacco Holdings Ltd (Bristol), Imperial Tobacco Overseas Holdings (2) Ltd (Bristol) (represented by: D. Slater, lawyer, E. Burrows, N. Gardner, and S. Mardell, Solicitors)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, S. Noë and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents)

Re:

By their action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2019/1352 of 2 April 2019 on the State aid SA.44896 implemented by the United Kingdom concerning CFC Group Financing Exemption (OJ 2019 L 216, p. 1).

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the present action.










2.


The European Commission shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by Imperial Brands plc, Imperial Tobacco Ltd, Imperial Tobacco Overseas Holdings Ltd, Imperial Tobacco Holdings Ltd and Imperial Tobacco Overseas Holdings (2) Ltd.






(1)  
            OJ C 36, 3.2.2020.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2888/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 5 March 2025
Date: 2025-03-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202501158EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1158


6.3.2025






Euro exchange rates (1)


            5 March 2025
         
(C/2025/1158)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0694 




JPY


Japanese yen


160,09 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4589 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,83500 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,0125 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9514 




ISK


Iceland króna


146,50 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,8200 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,048 




HUF


Hungarian forint


398,85 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1500 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9758 




TRY


Turkish lira


38,9615 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,7030 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5398 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,3106 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8832 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4301 




KRW


South Korean won


1 551,65 




ZAR


South African rand


19,7222 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7675 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


17 496,99 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,7369 




PHP


Philippine peso


61,383 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


36,012 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,2938 




MXN


Mexican peso


22,0091 




INR


Indian rupee


93,0873 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1158/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-772/19: Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – William Grant & Sons Holdings and William Grant & Sons Investments v Commission (State aid – United Kingdom tax regime relating to group financing – Annulment of the contested act by the Court of Justice – Action which has become devoid of purpose – No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2025-03-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, corporation tax, foreign enterprise, group of companies, tax exemption, tax law








C_202502897EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2897


2.6.2025






Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – William Grant & Sons Holdings and William Grant & Sons Investments v Commission


(Case T-772/19)
                (1)

(State aid - United Kingdom tax regime relating to group financing - Annulment of the contested act by the Court of Justice - Action which has become devoid of purpose - No need to adjudicate)
(C/2025/2897)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: William Grant & Sons Holdings Ltd (Dufftown, United Kingdom), William Grant & Sons Investments Ltd (Dufftown) (represented by: B. Goren, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, S. Noë and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents)

Re:

By their action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2019/1352 of 2 April 2019 on the State aid SA.44896 implemented by the United Kingdom concerning CFC Group Financing Exemption (OJ 2019 L 216, p. 1).

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the present action.










2.


The European Commission shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by William Grant & Sons Holdings Ltd and William Grant & Sons Investments Ltd.






(1)  
            OJ C 45, 10.2.2020.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2897/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11892 – GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES / NOVARES GROUP)
Date: 2025-03-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, motor vehicle industry, plastics, vehicle parts








C_202501685EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1685


14.3.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11892 – GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES / NOVARES GROUP)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/1685)

On 6 March 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 32025M11892. 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/2025/1685/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-485/19: Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – Babcock International Group and Others v Commission (State aid – United Kingdom tax regime relating to group financing – Annulment of the contested act by the Court of Justice – Action which has become devoid of purpose – No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2025-03-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, corporation tax, equal treatment, foreign enterprise, group of companies, right of establishment, tax avoidance, tax exemption








C_202502670EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2670


19.5.2025






Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – Babcock International Group and Others v Commission


(Case T-485/19)
                (1)

(State aid - United Kingdom tax regime relating to group financing - Annulment of the contested act by the Court of Justice - Action which has become devoid of purpose - No need to adjudicate)
(C/2025/2670)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Babcock International Group plc (London, United Kingdom), Babcock Aviation Services (Holdings) Ltd (London), Babcock Mission Critical Services Leasing Ltd. (London) (represented by: B. Goren, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, S. Noë and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents)

Re:

By their action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2019/1352 of 2 April 2019 on the State aid SA.44896 implemented by the United Kingdom concerning CFC Group Financing Exemption (OJ 2019 L 216, p. 1).

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the present action.










2.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the application to intervene submitted by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.










3.


The European Commission shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by Babcock International Group plc, Babcock Aviation Services (Holdings) Ltd and Babcock Mission Critical Services Leasing Ltd, with the exception of those relating to the application to intervene.










4.


Babcock International Group, Babcock Aviation Services (Holdings), Babcock Mission Critical Services Leasing, the Commission and the United Kingdom shall bear their own costs relating to the application to intervene.






(1)  
            OJ C 312, 16.9.2019.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2670/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.117534
Date: 2025-03-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Saxony, State aid, animal production, control of State aid








C_202501491EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1491


6.3.2025






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.117534
(C/2025/1491)








Date of adoption of the decision


3.2.2025




Aid number


SA.117534




Member State


Germany




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Saxony: Compensation for damage caused by predators (amendment)




Legal basis


Verwaltungsvorschrift des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft zum Ausgleich von durch Wolf, Luchs oder Bär verursachten Schäden (VwV Große Beutegreifer - VwVGB) vom 28. Juni 2023 (SächsABl. S. 938)




Type of measure


Scheme


 




Objective


Risk and Crisis management (AGRI)




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 2 100 000  EUR
Annual budget: 350 000  EUR




Intensity


100.0%




Duration


Until 31.12.2030




Economic sectors


Animal production




Name and address of the granting authority







Landesdirektion Sachsen




Staufenbergallee 2, 01099 Dresden








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/2025/1491/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-149/23, Whistleblowers directive): Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 March 2025 – European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 258 TFEU – Protection of persons who report breaches of Union law – Directive (EU) 2019/1937 – Article 26(1) and (3) – Failure to transpose and communicate transposition measures – Article 260(3) TFEU – Application for the imposition of a lump sum – Criteria for establishing the amount of the penalty – Automatic application of a coefficient for seriousness)
Date: 2025-03-06
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: directive (EU), national implementing measure, sanction (EU), whistleblowing








C_202502336EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2336


28.4.2025






Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 March 2025 – European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany


(Case C-149/23,
                (1)
(Whistleblowers directive))

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Article 258 TFEU - Protection of persons who report breaches of Union law - Directive (EU) 2019/1937 - Article 26(1) and (3) - Failure to transpose and communicate transposition measures - Article 260(3) TFEU - Application for the imposition of a lump sum - Criteria for establishing the amount of the penalty - Automatic application of a coefficient for seriousness)
(C/2025/2336)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: J. Baquero Cruz and L. Mantl, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: J. Möller, J. Heitz and M. Hellmann, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by having failed, on the expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion of the European Commission of 15 July 2022, as extended until 15 December 2022, to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law and, therefore, by having failed to communicate them to the Commission, the Federal Republic of Germany has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 26(1) and (3) of that directive;










2.


Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay to the European Commission a lump sum in the amount of EUR 34 000 000;










3.


Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.






(1)  
            OJ C 155, 2.5.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2336/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-765/19: Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – Genus Investments v Commission (State aid – United Kingdom tax regime relating to group financing – Annulment of the contested act by the Court of Justice – Action which has become devoid of purpose – No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2025-03-06
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, corporation tax, foreign enterprise, group of companies, tax exemption, tax law








C_202502891EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2891


2.6.2025






Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – Genus Investments v Commission


(Case T-765/19)
                (1)

(State aid - United Kingdom tax regime relating to group financing - Annulment of the contested act by the Court of Justice - Action which has become devoid of purpose - No need to adjudicate)
(C/2025/2891)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Genus Investments Ltd (Basingstoke, United Kingdom) (represented by: B. Goren, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Flynn, S. Noë and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2019/1352 of 2 April 2019 on the State aid SA.44896 implemented by the United Kingdom concerning CFC Group Financing Exemption (OJ 2019 L 216, p. 1).

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the present action.










2.


The European Commission shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by Genus Investments Ltd.






(1)  
            OJ C 45, 10.2.2020.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2891/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)