do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-397/23: Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2025 – Ausnit, Olariu și Asociații v Commission (Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) – Grant agreement – Project Setup and ITS connectivity of safe and secure truck parking areas in Romania along TEN-T core network corridors – Enforceable decision – Article 299 TFEU – Eligible costs – Failure to observe the principle of sound financial management in the award of contracts to third parties – Proportionality – Legitimate expectations)
Date: 2025-04-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Romania, award of contract, commercial vehicle, eligibility criteria, financial management, parking area, principle of proportionality, project funding, public procurement, transport network








C_202502856EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2856


2.6.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2025 – Ausnit, Olariu și Asociații v Commission


(Case T-397/23)
                (1)

(Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) - Grant agreement - Project ‘Setup and ITS connectivity of safe and secure truck parking areas in Romania along TEN-T core network corridors’ - Enforceable decision - Article 299 TFEU - Eligible costs - Failure to observe the principle of sound financial management in the award of contracts to third parties - Proportionality - Legitimate expectations)
(C/2025/2856)
Language of the case: Romanian

Parties


Applicant: Ausnit, Olariu și Asociații SRL (Lugoj, Romania) (represented by: F. Irimia, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: R. Onozó, T. Isacu de Groot, S. Romoli and E. Stamate, Agents)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision C(2023) 3232 final of 10 May 2023, concerning the recovery of an amount of EUR 4 013 520,16.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Ausnit, Olariu și Asociații SRL to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 304, 28.8.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2856/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-109/24: Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2025 – CL v Commission (Civil service – Officials – Social security – Total and permanent invalidity – Fifth paragraph of Article 78 of the Staff Regulations – Refusal to recognise invalidity as arising from an occupational disease – Obligation to state reasons – Concept of occupational disease – Liability)
Date: 2025-04-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, indemnification, occupational disease, physically disabled person, social security, staff regulations (EU), worker with disabilities








C_202502860EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2860


2.6.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2025 – CL v Commission


(Case T-109/24)
                (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Social security - Total and permanent invalidity - Fifth paragraph of Article 78 of the Staff Regulations - Refusal to recognise invalidity as arising from an occupational disease - Obligation to state reasons - Concept of occupational disease - Liability)
(C/2025/2860)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: CL (represented by: N. Flandin, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J.-F. Brakeland and K. Talabér-Ritz, acting as Agents)

Re:

By her action based on Article 270 TFEU, the applicant seeks, first, the annulment of the decision of the European Commission of 11 January 2023 inasmuch as that decision declares that the total permanent invalidity of the applicant is not occupational in origin and, so far as necessary, of the decision of the Commission of 10 November 2023 rejecting the applicant’s complaint against that decision and, second, compensation for the damage which she claims to have suffered as a result.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders CL to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C C/2024/3073, 13.5.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2860/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11960 – BWGI / VERALLIA) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2025-04-09
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, glass, investment company, merger control, packaging product








C_202502164EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2164


9.4.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11960 – BWGI / VERALLIA)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/2164)


1.   
On 27 March 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:






—


BW Gestão de Investimentos Ltda. (‘BWGI’, Brazil),










—


Verallia S.A. (‘Verallia’, France).




BWGI will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Verallia.
The concentration is accomplished by way of public bid announced on 10 March 2025.


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






—


BWGI is a Brazilian independent asset management company active globally,










—


Verallia mainly produces and supplies glass packaging for food and beverages 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.
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.11960 – BWGI / VERALLIA
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/2025/2164/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-336/20: Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2025 – Hypo Vorarlberg Bank v SRB (2016 ex ante contributions) (Economic and monetary union – Banking union – Single Resolution Mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms (SRM) – Single Resolution Fund (SRF) – Decision of the SRB on the calculation of the 2016 ex ante contributions – Duty to state reasons – Right to be heard – Principle of legal certainty – Right to effective judicial protection – Principle of non-retroactivity – Plea of illegality)
Date: 2025-04-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU banking union, bank, bank resolution, financing method, financing plan, fund (EU), legality, principle of legal certainty, retroactivity of a law, right to an effective remedy








C_202502851EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2851


2.6.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2025 – Hypo Vorarlberg Bank v SRB (2016 ex ante contributions)


(Case T-336/20)
                (1)

(Economic and monetary union - Banking union - Single Resolution Mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms (SRM) - Single Resolution Fund (SRF) - Decision of the SRB on the calculation of the 2016 ex ante contributions - Duty to state reasons - Right to be heard - Principle of legal certainty - Right to effective judicial protection - Principle of non-retroactivity - Plea of illegality)
(C/2025/2851)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Hypo Vorarlberg Bank AG (Bregenz, Austria) (represented by: G. Eisenberger, A. Brenneis and J. Holzmann, lawyers)

Defendant: Single Resolution Board (represented by: D. Ceran and C. Flynn, acting as Agents, and by B. Meyring, T. Klupsch and S. Ianc, lawyers)

Interveners in support of the defendant: European Parliament (represented by: L. Visaggio, J. Etienne and G. Bartram, acting as Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by: J. Bauerschmidt and E. d’Ursel, acting as Agents), European Commission (represented by: D. Triantafyllou and A. Steiblytė, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Decision SRB/ES/2022/79 of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) of 7 December 2022 withdrawing Decision SRB/ES/2020/16 of the SRB of 19 March 2020 on the calculation of the 2016 [ex ante] contributions due by Banco Cooperativo Español SA, Hypo Vorarlberg Bank AG (formerly: Vorarlberger Landes- und Hypothekenbank AG), and Portigon AG to the Single Resolution Fund, and newly calculating their 2016 [ex ante] contributions to the Single Resolution Fund, in so far as it concerns the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 240, 20.7.2020.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2851/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-232/25: Action brought on 9 April 2025 – Deva/EUIPO – Novartis (Devatis)
Date: 2025-04-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, baby food, dietary product, herbicide, medicinal product, pesticide, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, veterinary medicinal product








C_202502914EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2914


2.6.2025






Action brought on 9 April 2025 – Deva/EUIPO – Novartis (Devatis)


(Case T-232/25)

(C/2025/2914)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Deva Holding Anonim Şirketi (Istanbul, Türkiye) (represented by: C. Tenkhoff and T. Herzog, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Novartis AG (Basel, Switzerland)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the mark Devatis – International registration designating the European Union No 1 516 037
         

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 January 2025 in Case R 2188/2022-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 27(4) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 in conjunction with Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 196 in conjunction with Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2914/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-9/23: Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2025 – Koppers Denmark and Others v Commission (Action for annulment – Public health – Biocidal products – Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 – Renewal of the approval of creosote as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 – Restrictions on the placing on the market of treated articles – Application for partial annulment of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1950 – Contested provisions not severable from the rest of the act – Inadmissibility)
Date: 2025-04-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: admissibility, biocide, chemical product, market approval, preservative, public health, wood product








C_202502854EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2854


2.6.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2025 – Koppers Denmark and Others v Commission


(Case T-9/23)
                (1)

(Action for annulment - Public health - Biocidal products - Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 - Renewal of the approval of creosote as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 - Restrictions on the placing on the market of treated articles - Application for partial annulment of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1950 - Contested provisions not severable from the rest of the act - Inadmissibility)
(C/2025/2854)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Koppers Denmark ApS (Nyborg, Denmark) and the nine other applicants whose names are listed in the annex to the judgment (represented by: R. Cana, E. Mullier and E. Lupo, lawyers)

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

Interveners in support of the defendant: French Republic (represented by: B. Fodda, acting as Agent), Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M. Bulterman, C. Schillemans and A. Hanje, acting as Agents), European Chemicals Agency (represented by: M. Heikkilä, C. Buchanan and N. Knight, acting as Agents)

Re:

By their action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment in part of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1950 of 14 October 2022 renewing the approval of creosote as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2022 L 269, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Koppers Denmark ApS and the other applicants whose names are listed in the annex to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;










3.


Declares that the Republic of France, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) are to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 179, 22.5.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2854/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-231/25: Action brought on 9 April 2025 – Deva/EUIPO – Novartis (Devatis)
Date: 2025-04-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, baby food, dietary product, herbicide, medicinal product, pesticide, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, veterinary medicinal product








C_202502913EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2913


2.6.2025






Action brought on 9 April 2025 – Deva/EUIPO – Novartis (Devatis)


(Case T-231/25)

(C/2025/2913)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Deva Holding Anonim Şirketi (Istanbul, Türkiye) (represented by: C. Tenkhoff and T. Herzog, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Novartis AG (Basel, Switzerland)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark Devatis – International registration designating the European Union No 1 513 523
         

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 January 2025 in Case R 2189/2022-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 27(4) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 in conjunction with Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;










—


Infringement of Article 196 in conjunction with Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2913/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-470/24: Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2025 – ITB v EUIPO (TRADEPRO) (EU trade mark – Application for EU word mark TRADEPRO – Absolute ground for refusal – No distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
Date: 2025-04-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, consultancy, maintenance, registered trade mark, software, trade-mark law








C_202502864EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2864


2.6.2025






Judgment of the General Court of 9 April 2025 – ITB v EUIPO (TRADEPRO)


(Case T-470/24)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Application for EU word mark TRADEPRO - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(C/2025/2864)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: ITB GmbH (Kamp-Lintfort, Germany) (represented by: M. Heinrich, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Nicolás Gómez, 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 1 July 2024 (Case R 414/2024-5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders ITB GmbH and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) each to bear their own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C C/2024/6269, 28.10.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2864/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 8 April 2025
Date: 2025-04-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202501940EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/1940


9.4.2025






Euro exchange rates (1)


            8 April 2025
         
(C/2025/1940)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0950 




JPY


Japanese yen


160,65 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4648 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85644 




SEK


Swedish krona


10,9775 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9349 




ISK


Iceland króna


145,10 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,9505 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


25,139 




HUF


Hungarian forint


407,00 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2690 




RON


Romanian leu


4,9772 




TRY


Turkish lira


41,6215 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,8073 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5512 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,5059 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,9534 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4766 




KRW


South Korean won


1 618,79 




ZAR


South African rand


21,1803 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,0359 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


18 522,86 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9176 




PHP


Philippine peso


62,776 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


37,986 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,4211 




MXN


Mexican peso


22,4776 




INR


Indian rupee


94,4125 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1940/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11771 – ADNOC / COVESTRO)
Date: 2025-04-09
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, energy industry, gas industry, merger control, oil industry, petrochemicals, value chain








C_202502163EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2163


9.4.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11771 – ADNOC / COVESTRO)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/2163)


1.   
On 31 March 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:






—


ADNOC International Germany Holding AG (Germany), controlled by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company P.J.S.C. (‘ADNOC’, United Arab Emirates),










—


Covestro AG (‘Covestro’, Germany).




ADNOC will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Covestro.
The concentration is accomplished by way of public bid announced on 1 october 2024.


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






—


ADNOC is an energy and petrochemicals group operating across the entire hydrocarbon value chain through a network of fully integrated businesses. ADNOC is principally active in the exploration, production, storage, refining, and distribution of oil and gas, as well as in the development of petrochemical products. ADNOC is ultimately owned by the Government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi,










—


Covestro is a chemical producer focusing on the supply of high-performance polymer materials and solutions.






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.11771 – ADNOC / COVESTRO
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/2025/2163/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
Date: 2025-04-09
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, EU waters, Spain, catch by species, catch quota, fishing area, fishing rights, sea fish, sea fishing








C_202502241EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/2241


9.4.2025






Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
(C/2025/2241)

In accordance with Article 35(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), a decision has been taken to close the fishery as set down in the following table:






Date and time of closure


26.3.2025




Duration


26.3.2025 – 31.12.2025




Member State


Spain




Stock or Group of stocks


RJU/9-C.




Species


Undulate ray (Raja undulata)




Zone


Union waters of 9




Type(s) of fishing vessels


—




Reference number


3/TQ202






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2241/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)