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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11753 – MARS / KELLANOVA)
Date: 2025-05-27
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: animal feedingstuffs, cereal flakes, confectionery product, economic concentration, merger control, rice, supplier








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/3091


27.5.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11753 – MARS / KELLANOVA)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/3091)


1.   
On 16 May 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:






—


Mars, Incorporated (‘Mars’, United States),










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Kellanova (United States).




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


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






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Mars is a worldwide supplier of a range of food products, including chewing gums, chocolate confectionery, sugar confectionary, rice or pet food.










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Kellanova (formerly Kellogg Company) principally manufactures and markets ready-to-eat cereals and savoury snacks worldwide.






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 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.11753 – MARS / KELLANOVA
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/2025/3091/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-355/25, IBL Banca: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Giudice di pace di Palermo (Italy) lodged on 27 May 2025 – IBL Banca SpA v QJ
Date: 2025-05-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: consumer credit, consumer protection, cost of borrowing, redemption








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C/2025/5306


13.10.2025






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Giudice di pace di Palermo (Italy) lodged on 27 May 2025 – IBL Banca SpA v QJ


(Case C-355/25, IBL Banca)

(C/2025/5306)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Giudice di pace di Palermo

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: IBL Banca SpA

Respondent: QJ

Questions referred







1.


Do the provisions of Article 16(1) of Directive 2008/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008, (1) interpreted in the light of the judgment of the Court of Justice of 11 September 2019, Lexitor (C-383/18, ECLI:EU:C:2019:702), preclude an interpretation of the expression ‘total cost of the credit’ – to whose reduction the consumer is entitled in the event of early repayment of the credit – which does not include tax charges, whose amount under national law does not depend on the duration of the credit and is remitted by the creditor when the credit is granted?










2.


Does the general EU law principle of the prohibition of unjust enrichment applied to the provisions of Article 16(1) of Directive 2008/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 preclude an interpretation of the national legislation transposing Directive 2008/48/EC requiring, in the event of early repayment of the credit and reimbursement to the consumer of the ‘total cost of the credit’, that the consumer also be reimbursed tax charges, the amount of which does not depend on the duration of the credit and which the creditor must remit to the Treasury upon granting the credit?






(1)  Directive 2008/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 on credit agreements for consumers and repealing Council Directive 87/102/EEC (OJ 2008 L 133, p. 66).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5306/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-359/25, Delevris: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Symvoulio tis Epikrateias (Greece) lodged on 27 May 2025 – IS v Ypourgos Exoterikon
Date: 2025-05-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: age discrimination, civil servant, diplomatic profession, equal treatment, public service, retirement conditions, seniority








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C/2025/4878


15.9.2025






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Symvoulio tis Epikrateias (Greece) lodged on 27 May 2025 – IS v Ypourgos Exoterikon


(Case C-359/25, Delevris
                (1)
)

(C/2025/4878)
Language of the case: Greek

Referring court

Symvoulio tis Epikrateias

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: IS

Defendant: Ypourgos Exoterikon

Question referred

Does Directive 2000/78/EC (2) preclude a statutory provision, such as Article 98(1) of the Organismos tou Ypourgeiou Exoterikon (Statute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (Nomos 3566/2007) (Law No 3566/2007), which provides that officials in the diplomatic service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs must retire from the service upon completion of 35 years of actual and pensionable public service, but not before reaching the age of 65 or after reaching the age of 67, on the ground that it introduces unjustified discrimination against officials in the diplomatic service who are required to retire from the service at the age of 65 because at that time they have completed 35 years of actual and pensionable public service:






—


in comparison with officials in the diplomatic service who are required to retire from the service on reaching the age of 67 because they had not up until that time completed 35 years of actual and pensionable service?










—


in comparison with officials in the diplomatic service who have not reached the age of 65 and are therefore not required to retire from the service?










—


in comparison with civil servants in the civil service and employees of legal persons governed by public law, senior judicial officials and professors in higher education establishments who are required to retire from the service on reaching the age of 67, irrespective of whether, at the age of 65 or at any other time, they had completed 35 years of actual and pensionable public service?






(1)  The name given to the present case is fictitious. It does not correspond to the real name of any of the parties to the proceedings.

(2)  Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ 2000 L 303, p. 16).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4878/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-338/25: Action brought on 27 May 2025 – Muhizi v Council
Date: 2025-05-27
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Democratic Republic of the Congo, EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal basis, natural person, proof, right to an effective remedy








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/3925


21.7.2025






Action brought on 27 May 2025 – Muhizi v Council


(Case T-338/25)

(C/2025/3925)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Pascal Muhizi (Kigali, Rwanda) (represented by: J. Grayston, D. Rovetta, P. Gjørtler and V. Villante, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2025/510 of 17 March 2025 implementing Decision 2010/788/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (1);










—


annul Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/509 of 17 March 2025 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (2), in so far as the Contested Measures include the applicant in the list of persons and entities made subject to the restrictive measures.










—


Order the Council to bear the costs of the present proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

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






1.


First plea in law, alleging an infringement of the obligation to state reasons and a breach of the right to effective judicial protection by the Council of the European Union.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging error of assessment and a failure to discharge the burden of proof.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging absence of the correct legal basis for the adoption of unilateral EU sanctions.










4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging a breach of Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter and Article 103 United Nations Charter, as well as a breach of Articles 3(5), 21 And 29 of the Treaty on the European Union.










5.


Fifth plea in law, alleging a breach of essential procedural requirements.






(1)  OJ L, 2025/510.

(2)  OJ L, 2025/509.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3925/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-335/25: Action brought on 27 May 2025 – Chudy v EUIPO – Peca (Graveside lights)
Date: 2025-05-27
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: designs and models, lighting equipment, right to justice, rule of law








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C/2025/3923


21.7.2025






Action brought on 27 May 2025 – Chudy v EUIPO – Peca (Graveside lights)


(Case T-335/25)

(C/2025/3923)
Language in which the application was lodged: Polish

Parties


Applicant: Grzegorz Chudy (Wręczyca Wielka, Poland) (represented by: A. Korbela, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Damian Peca (Częstochowa, Poland)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the design at issue: Applicant

Design at issue: EU design (Graveside lights) – EU design No 8 465 249-0001

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 19 March 2025 in Case R 1330/2022-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision in so far as it upholds the appeal of the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal, and dismiss the appeal in that regard;










—


order EUIPO to pay the costs.





Pleas in law







—


Infringement of Article 4(1), Article 6 and Article 25(1)(f) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002;










—


Infringement of Article 63(1) and (2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 in the version in force on the date of adoption of the contested decision and in the version currently in force, as well as Article 41(2)(c) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;










—


Breach of the rule of law and infringement of the right to due process, as well as abuse of rights.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3923/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-331/25: Action brought on 27 May 2025 – Monster Computer Technology v EUIPO – Monster (MONSTER)
Date: 2025-05-27
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, computer equipment, electronic device, electronic game, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








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C/2025/3920


21.7.2025






Action brought on 27 May 2025 – Monster Computer Technology v EUIPO – Monster (MONSTER)


(Case T-331/25)

(C/2025/3920)
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Monster Computer Technology GmbH (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: A. Renck, C. Stöber and A. Glinke, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Monster, Inc. (South San Francisco, California, United States of America)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘MONSTER’ – EU trade mark No 2 250 728
         

Proceedings before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 March 2025 in Case R 114/2024-5

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










—


Infringement of Article 58(1)(a), read in conjunction with Article 18, of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3920/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11961 – COOPER / VIATRIS (OVER THE-COUNTER ASSETS))
Date: 2025-05-27
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, medical device, merger control, over-the-counter drug, pharmaceutical product, wholesale selling








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C/2025/4507


6.8.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11961 – COOPER / VIATRIS (OVER THE-COUNTER ASSETS))
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/4507)

On 27 May 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 32025M11961. 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/2025/4507/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-341/25: Action brought on 27 May 2025 – Monster Computer Technology v EUIPO – Monster (MONSTER)
Date: 2025-05-27
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, sound reproduction equipment, trade-mark law








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C/2025/3928


21.7.2025






Action brought on 27 May 2025 – Monster Computer Technology v EUIPO – Monster (MONSTER)


(Case T-341/25)

(C/2025/3928)
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Monster Computer Technology GmbH (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: A. Renck, C. Stöber and A. Glinke, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Monster, Inc. (South San Francisco, California, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark MONSTER – European Union trade mark No 8 738 122
         

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 March 2025 in Case R 617/2024-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the contested decision;










—


order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal, should it join the present proceedings, to pay the costs.





Pleas in law







—


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










—


Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3928/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Council Decision of 27 May 2025 amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of Lietuvos bankas
Date: 2025-05-27
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European System of Central Banks, Lithuania, accountant, auditing, central bank, euro area




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C/2025/3210


6.6.2025







            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 27 May 2025
         
amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of Lietuvos bankas
(C/2025/3210)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Protocol No 4 on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 27.1 thereof,


Having regard to the Recommendation of the European Central Bank of 4 April 2025 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of Lietuvos bankas (ECB/2025/11) (1),

Whereas:







(1)


The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Member States whose currency is the euro are to be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the Governing Council of the ECB and approved by the Council of the European Union.












(2)


The mandate of the external auditors of Lietuvos bankas, UAB ROSK Consulting, ended following the audit for the financial year 2024. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2025 onwards.












(3)


Lietuvos bankas has selected UAB ROSK Consulting as its external auditors for the financial years 2025 to 2027.












(4)


The Governing Council of the ECB has recommended that UAB ROSK Consulting be appointed as the external auditors of Lietuvos bankas for the financial years 2025 to 2027.












(5)


Following the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB, Council Decision 1999/70/EC (2) should be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
In Article 1 of Decision 1999/70/EC, paragraph 19 is replaced by the following:


‘19.   UAB ROSK Consulting are hereby approved as the external auditors of Lietuvos bankas for the financial years 2025 to 2027.’.




Article 2
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its notification.


Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the European Central Bank.




Done at Brussels, 27 May 2025.


For the Council


The President

A. SZŁAPKA
            





(1)  
            OJ C, C/2025/2306, 15.4.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2306/oj.

(2)  Council Decision 1999/70/EC of 25 January 1999 concerning the external auditors of the national central banks (OJ L 22, 29.1.1999, p. 69, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/1999/70(1)/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3210/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-329/25: Action brought on 27 May 2025 – Monster Computer Technology v EUIPO – Monster (MONSTER GAME)
Date: 2025-05-27
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, computer equipment, electronic device, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_202503918EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/3918


21.7.2025






Action brought on 27 May 2025 – Monster Computer Technology v EUIPO – Monster (MONSTER GAME)


(Case T-329/25)

(C/2025/3918)
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Monster Computer Technology GmbH (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: A. Renck, C. Stöber and A. Glinke, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Monster, Inc. (South San Francisco, California, United States of America)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO


Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘MONSTER GAME’ – EU trade mark No 1 508 134
         

Proceedings before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 March 2025 in Case R 110/2024-5

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










—


Infringement of Article 58(1)(a), read in conjunction with Article 18, of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3918/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Commission information notice pursuant to Article 17(5) of Regulation (EC) 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community – Invitation to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations
Date: 2025-05-27
Institutions: Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, air transport, intra-EU transport, invitation to tender, services of general interest, transport regulations








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C/2025/3005


27.5.2025






Commission information notice pursuant to Article 17(5) of Regulation (EC) 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community
Invitation to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/3005)







Member State


Cyprus




Concerned routes


Larnaka(LCA) – Brussels(BRU) – Larnaka(LCA)




Period of validity of the contract


1.11.2025 – 31.10.2026




Deadline for submission of tenders


2 months after the date of publication of this tender invitation




Address where the text of the invitation to tender and any relevant information and/or documentation related to the public tender and the public service obligations can be obtained







For further information please contact:




Department of Civil Aviation




27, Pindarou Str.




Alpha Business Centre




Nicosia




CYPRUS




Tel. +357 22404139
Fax +357 22766552
Internet: http://www.mcw.gov.cy/mcw/dca/

For the attention of: Mr. Panos Hadjiyiasemis
Email: director@dca.mcw.gov.cy, phadjiyiasemis@dca.mcw.gov.cy.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3005/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)