do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-784/19: Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – William Hill and William Hill Organization 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_202503048EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3048


10.6.2025






Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – William Hill and William Hill Organization v Commission


(Case T-784/19)
                (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/2025/3048)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: William Hill plc (London, United Kingdom), William Hill Organization Ltd (London) (represented by: C. McDonnell, Barrister)

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 Hill plc and William Hill Organization Ltd.






(1)  
            OJ C 45, 10.2.2020.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3048/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11837 – KPS / INEOS COMPOSITES)
Date: 2025-03-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, composite materials, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, special chemicals








C_202501693EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1693


14.3.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11837 – KPS / INEOS COMPOSITES)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/1693)

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 32025M11837. 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/2025/1693/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-748/19: Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – The Vitec Group 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_202502882EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2882


2.6.2025






Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – The Vitec Group v Commission


(Case T-748/19)
                (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/2025/2882)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: The Vitec Group plc (Richmond, 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 The Vitec Group plc.






(1)  
            OJ C 27, 27.1.2020.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2882/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-711/19: Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – SSP Group and SSP Financing 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_202502872EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2872


2.6.2025






Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – SSP Group and SSP Financing v Commission


(Case T-711/19)
                (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/2025/2872)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: SSP Group plc (London, United Kingdom), SSP Financing Ltd (London) (represented by: J. Lesar, Solicitor, and K. Beal KC)

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 SSP Group plc and SSP Financing Ltd.






(1)  
            OJ C 10, 13.1.2020.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2872/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-315/23, Biljane Donje landfill II): Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 6 March 2025 – European Commission v Republic of Croatia (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 260(2) TFEU – Waste treatment – Directive 2008/98/EC – Stone aggregate deposited in the Biljane Donje (Croatia) landfill site – Article 5(1) – Concept of by-product – Article 13 – Obligation of Member States to ensure the protection of human health and of the environment – Article 15(1) – Obligation to have waste treated by the holder or by other designated persons – Judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations – Failure to comply – Financial penalties – Lump sum payment – Penalty payment)
Date: 2025-03-06
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: sanction (EU), stone, waste management








C_202502341EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2341


28.4.2025






Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 6 March 2025 – European Commission v Republic of Croatia


(Case C-315/23,
                (1)
(Biljane Donje landfill II))

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Article 260(2) TFEU - Waste treatment - Directive 2008/98/EC - Stone aggregate deposited in the Biljane Donje (Croatia) landfill site - Article 5(1) - Concept of ‘by-product’ - Article 13 - Obligation of Member States to ensure the protection of human health and of the environment - Article 15(1) - Obligation to have waste treated by the holder or by other designated persons - Judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations - Failure to comply - Financial penalties - Lump sum payment - Penalty payment)
(C/2025/2341)
Language of the case: Croatian

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: M. Escobar Gómez, M. Mataija and P. Ondrůšek, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Croatia (represented by: G. Vidović Mesarek, acting as Agent)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by failing to take all the measures necessary to comply with the judgment of 2 May 2019, Commission v Croatia (Biljane Donje landfill) (C-250/18, EU:C:2019:343), the Republic of Croatia has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 260(1) TFEU;










2.


Orders the Republic of Croatia to pay the European Commission a lump sum in the amount of EUR 1 000 000;










3.


Orders the Republic of Croatia to pay the European Commission, from the date of delivery of the present judgment until compliance with the judgment of 2 May 2019, Commission v Croatia (Biljane Donje landfill) (C-250/18, EU:C:2019:343), in the event that the failure to fulfil obligations established in point 1 of the operative part of the present judgment continues until that day, a penalty payment of EUR 6 500 per day of delay in implementing the measures necessary to comply with the judgment of 2 May 2019, Commission v Croatia (Biljane Donje landfill) (C-250/18, EU:C:2019:343);










4.


Orders the Republic of Croatia to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C C/2023/943.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2341/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-751/19: Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – Reckitt Benckiser Investments 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_202502884EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2884


2.6.2025






Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – Reckitt Benckiser Investments and Others v Commission


(Case T-751/19)
                (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/2025/2884)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Reckitt Benckiser Investments Ltd (Slough, United Kingdom) and the five other applicants whose names are listed in the annex to the order (represented by: C. Quigley KC, P. Halford and A. Langley, 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 Reckitt Benckiser Investments Ltd and the other applicants whose names are listed in the annex.






(1)  
            OJ C 27, 27.1.2020.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2884/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-150/23, Whistleblowers directive): Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 March 2025 – European Commission v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (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_202502337EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2337


28.4.2025






Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 March 2025 – European Commission v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg


(Case C-150/23,
                (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/2025/2337)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: J. Baquero Cruz, F. Blanc and T. Materne, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (represented by: A. Germeaux and T. Schell, 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, 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 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 26(1) and (3) of that directive;










2.


Orders the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to pay to the European Commission a lump sum in the amount of EUR 375 000;










3.


Orders the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 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/2025/2337/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.110267
Date: 2025-03-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, control of State aid, forestry policy








C_202501498EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1498


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.110267
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/1498)








Date of adoption of the decision


19.12.2023




Aid number


SA.110267




Member State


Germany




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Bund: Projekt- und Investitionsförderung für forstwirtschaftliche ZusammenschlüsseGAK-Maßnahmengruppe 5 C "Forstwirtschaftliche Zusammenschlüsse"




Legal basis


GAK-Gesetz über die Gemeinschaftsaufgabe "Verbesserung der Agrarstruktur und des Küstenschutzes", GAK-Rahmenplan - Maßnahmengruppe 5 C, sowie die beihilferechtlichen Bestimmungen zum GAK-Rahmenplan




Type of measure


Scheme


 




Objective


Aid for co-operation in forestry sector




Form of aid


Direct grant, Subsidised services




Budget


Overall budget: 147 000 000  EUR
Annual budget: 25 000 000  EUR




Intensity


90.0%




Duration


Until 31.12.2028




Economic sectors


Forestry and logging




Name and address of the granting authority







Zuständige Behörden der Länder (vgl. Unterlagen unter 2.)




n/a








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/2025/1498/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-152/23, Whistleblowers directive): Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 March 2025 – European Commission v Czech Republic (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_202502338EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2338


28.4.2025






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


(Case C-152/23,
                (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/2025/2338)
Language of the case: Czech

Parties


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

Defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: T. Müller, J. Očková, M. Smolek and J. Vláčil, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Belgium

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, to adopt all 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 Czech Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 26(1) and (3) of that directive;










2.


Orders the Czech Republic to pay to the European Commission a lump sum in the amount of EUR 2 300 000;










3.


Orders the Czech Republic to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;










4.


Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 155, 2.5.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2338/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-741/19: Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – Sedgwick Overseas 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_202502877EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2877


2.6.2025






Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – Sedgwick Overseas v Commission


(Case T-741/19)
                (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/2025/2877)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Sedgwick Overseas 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.


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 Sedgwick Overseas Ltd, with the exception of those relating to the application to intervene.










4.


Sedgwick Overseas, the Commission and the United Kingdom are to bear their own costs relating to the application to intervene.






(1)  
            OJ C 27, 27.1.2020.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2877/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-474/19: Order of the General Court of 6 March 2025 – Halma 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_202502667EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2667


19.5.2025






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


(Case T-474/19)
                (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/2025/2667)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Halma plc (Amersham, United Kingdom), Halma Overseas Funding Ltd (Amersham), Halma International Ltd (Amersham) (represented by: J. Lesar, Solicitor, and K. Beal KC)

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 Halma plc, Halma Overseas Funding Ltd and Halma International Ltd, with the exception of those relating to the application to intervene.










4.


Halma, Halma Overseas Funding, Halma International, 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/2025/2667/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)