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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11956 – UMG / DOWNTOWN)
Date: 2025-06-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: audiovisual industry, culture industry, economic concentration, merger control, music, provision of services, publishing








C_202503481EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3481


26.6.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11956 – UMG / DOWNTOWN)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/3481)


1.   
On 16 June 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:






—


Universal Music Group N.V. (‘UMG’, the Netherlands),










—


Downtown Music Holdings LLC A (‘Downtown’, United States of America), ultimately controlled by The Myers Business Trust, the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda.




UMG will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Downtown.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
The concentration has been referred to the Commission by the Dutch Competition Authority pursuant to Article 22(3) of the Merger Regulation.
The referral was subsequently joined by Austrian Competition Authority.


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






—


UMG owns and operates globally active businesses in music recording, music publishing, merchandising, and audiovisual content,










—


Downtown is a global music company providing artist and label services both to independent record companies as well as to artists directly. It also provides music publishing, royalty collection and licensing services.






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.11956 – UMG / DOWNTOWN
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/2025/3481/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 25 June 2025
Date: 2025-06-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202503115EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3115


26.6.2025






Euro exchange rates (1)


            25 June 2025
         
(C/2025/3115)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1598 




JPY


Japanese yen


169,07 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4604 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85260 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,0600 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9361 




ISK


Iceland króna


142,20 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,7820 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,780 




HUF


Hungarian forint


401,18 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2478 




RON


Romanian leu


5,0582 




TRY


Turkish lira


46,0876 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,7854 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5928 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,1044 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,9272 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4853 




KRW


South Korean won


1 581,45 




ZAR


South African rand


20,6388 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,3210 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


18 914,13 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9158 




PHP


Philippine peso


65,794 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


37,850 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,4170 




MXN


Mexican peso


22,0357 




INR


Indian rupee


99,8590 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3115/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-506/24: Order of the General Court of 26 June 2025 – FL v Eurojust and Europol (Exclu) (Non-contractual liability – Cooperation of the police authorities and other law enforcement agencies of the Member States – Alleged unauthorised processing of personal data – Breach of formal requirements – Article 76(d) of the Rules of Procedure – Absence of non-material harm suffered due to Europol – Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
Date: 2025-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: data protection, data-processing law, indemnification, judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU, personal data, protection of communications








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C series













C/2025/4796


8.9.2025






Order of the General Court of 26 June 2025 – FL v Eurojust and Europol (Exclu)


(Case T-506/24)
                (1)

(Non-contractual liability - Cooperation of the police authorities and other law enforcement agencies of the Member States - Alleged unauthorised processing of personal data - Breach of formal requirements - Article 76(d) of the Rules of Procedure - Absence of non-material harm suffered due to Europol - Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
(C/2025/4796)
Language of the case: Dutch

Parties


Applicant: FL (represented by: J. Reisinger, lawyer)

Defendants: European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (represented by: S. van den Brande, S. Raes and P. Van Muylder, lawyers), European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (represented by: A. Nunzi, acting as Agent, and by G. Ziegenhorn, M. Kottmann and T. Shulman, lawyers)

Intervener in support of the defendants: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M. Bulterman and J. Langer, acting as Agents)

Re:

By his action based on Article 268 TFEU, the applicant seeks, in essence, compensation, in the amount of EUR 15 000, for the non-material harm that he believes he has suffered due to the acts committed by the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust), by the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and by certain Member States.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible in so far as it is directed against the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust).










2.


The action is dismissed as manifestly lacking any foundation of law in so far as it is directed against the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol).










3.


FL shall bear his own costs and pay those incurred by Eurojust and Europol.










4.


The Kingdom of the Netherlands shall bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2024/7039, 2.12.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4796/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006)
Date: 2025-06-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Subjects: chemical compound, chemical product, chromium, health control, health risk, market approval, marketing standard, sodium








C_202503365EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3365


26.6.2025






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


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


(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/3365)


Decision granting an authorisation in the context of a review














Reference of the decision
 (2)




Date of decision




Substance name




Holder of the authorisation




Authorisation number




Authorised use




Date of expiry of review period




Reasons for the decision





C(2025) 3760


19 June 2025


sodium dichromate (EC No 234-190-3; CAS No 10588-01-9)


AD International BV, Markweg Zuid 27, 4794 SN Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands


REACH/25/35/0/R1


Formulation of mixtures exclusively intended for uses authorised under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006


21 September 2036


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






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

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



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3365/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
State aid – Decision to raise no objections
Date: 2025-06-26
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Norway, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, start-up, tax, tax exemption








C_202503567EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3567


26.6.2025






State aid – Decision to raise no objections
(C/2025/3567)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:






Date of adoption of the decision


12 March 2025




Case No


93520




Decision No


020/25/COL




EFTA State


Norway




Region


All




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Amendments in the employee share option tax scheme for start-up and growth companies




Legal basis


Norwegian Tax Act, Section 5-14




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


To enhance start-up and growth companies’ ability to recruit and retain key employees.




Form of aid


Tax exemption




Budget


NOK 20 million annually on average during the duration of the scheme




Duration


2022–2031




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministry of Finance




P.O Box 8008 Dep




0030 Oslo




NORWAY








The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:

http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3567/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1281 of 26 June 2025 amending Decision 2013/233/CFSP on the European Union Integrated Border Management Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM Libya)
Date: 2025-06-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU police mission, Libya, border control, cross-border cooperation, international security




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Official Journal of the European Union


EN
L series













2025/1281


27.6.2025







            COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2025/1281
         
of 26 June 2025
         
amending Decision 2013/233/CFSP on the European Union Integrated Border Management Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM Libya)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 42(4) and Article 43(2) thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:







(1)


On 22 May 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/233/CFSP (1) establishing the European Union Integrated Border Management Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM Libya).












(2)


On 26 June 2023, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2023/1305 (2) adapting and extending until 30 June 2025 the mandate of EUBAM Libya.












(3)


On 16 April 2025, in the context of the strategic review of EUBAM Libya, the Political and Security Committee agreed that the mandate of that mission should be extended by two years.












(4)


Decision 2013/233/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly.












(5)


EUBAM Libya will be conducted in the context of a situation which may deteriorate and could impede the achievement of the objectives of the Union’s external action as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Decision 2013/233/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:






(1)


in Article 13(1), the following subparagraph is added:
‘The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure of EUBAM Libya from 1 July 2025 until 30 June 2027 shall be EUR 51 969 371,38.’;









(2)


Article 16 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 16
Entry into force and duration
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
It shall apply until 30 June 2027.’.







Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
It shall apply from 1 July 2025.




Done at Brussels, 26 June 2025.


For the Council


The President

A. SZŁAPKA
            





(1)  Council Decision 2013/233/CFSP of 22 May 2013 on the European Union Integrated Border Management Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM Libya) (OJ L 138, 24.5.2013, p. 15, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2013/233(1)/oj).

(2)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1305 of 26 June 2023 amending Decision 2013/233/CFSP on the European Union Integrated Border Management Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM Libya) (OJ L 161, 27.6.2023, p. 68, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/1305/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1281/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Cordis results pack on Horizon in Denmark : supporting pioneering research, from fighting Parkinson’s disease to developing drought-resistant plants.
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Case C-485/23 P: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 26 June 2025 – enercity v Commission (Appeal – Competition – Concentrations – Decision declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market – Action brought by a third party – Admissibility – Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU – Locus standi)
Date: 2025-06-26
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, electricity supply, energy distribution, energy industry, energy production, energy transport, merger control, renewable energy, right of action








C_202504428EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4428


18.8.2025






Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 26 June 2025 – enercity v Commission


(Case C-485/23 P)
                (1)

(Appeal - Competition - Concentrations - Decision declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market - Action brought by a third party - Admissibility - Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU - 
Locus standi
)
(C/2025/4428)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: enercity AG (represented by: C. Schalast, Rechtsanwalt)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: G. Meessen and I. Zaloguin, acting as Agents, and by F.C. Haus and J. Mädler, Rechtsanwälte), Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: J. Möller and R. Kanitz, acting as Agents), E.ON SE (represented initially by C. Barth, C. Grave, D.-J. dos Santos Gonçalves and R. Seifert, Rechtsanwälte, and subsequently by C. Barth, A. Fuchs, C. Grave and D.-J. dos Santos Gonçalves, Rechtsanwälte), RWE AG (represented initially by U. Scholz, J. Siegmund and J. Ziebarth, Rechtsanwälte, and subsequently by U. Scholz, J. Siegmund and M. von Armansperg, Rechtsanwälte)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 17 May 2023, enercity v Commission (T-321/20, EU:T:2023:253);










2.


Dismisses the action brought by enercity AG for annulment of Commission Decision C(2019) 1711 final of 26 February 2019, declaring a concentration compatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement (Case M.8871 – RWE/E.ON Assets) as inadmissible;










3.


Orders enercity AG, E.ON SE, RWE AG and the European Commission to bear their own costs in relation to the proceedings at first instance and to the appeal proceedings;










4.


Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 321, 11.9.2023.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4428/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-759/23, PJ Carroll and Nicoventures Trading: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 26 June 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court – Ireland) – PJ Carroll & Company Ltd, Nicoventures Trading Ltd v The Minister for Health, Ireland, The Attorney General (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public health – Directive 2014/40/EU – Article 7(12) – Article 11(6) – Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 – Validity – Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products – Delegation of power to the European Commission – Novel tobacco products – Heated tobacco products – Power to withdraw exemptions from prohibitions of flavourings and labelling requirements – Substantial change of circumstances)
Date: 2025-06-26
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: abuse of power, delegated directive, legislative power, market approval, marketing standard, powers of the institutions (EU), public health, smoking, tobacco, tobacco industry








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C series













C/2025/4431


18.8.2025






Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 26 June 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court – Ireland) – PJ Carroll & Company Ltd, Nicoventures Trading Ltd v The Minister for Health, Ireland, The Attorney General


(Case C-759/23,
                (1)
PJ Carroll and Nicoventures Trading)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Public health - Directive 2014/40/EU - Article 7(12) - Article 11(6) - Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 - Validity - Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products - Delegation of power to the European Commission - Novel tobacco products - Heated tobacco products - Power to withdraw exemptions from prohibitions of flavourings and labelling requirements - Substantial change of circumstances)
(C/2025/4431)
Language of the case: English

Referring court

High Court (Ireland)

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: PJ Carroll & Company Ltd, Nicoventures Trading Ltd

Defendants: The Minister for Health, Ireland, The Attorney General

Interested parties: Philip Morris Ltd, Philip Morris Products SA, Philip Morris Manufacturing & Technology Bologna SpA

Operative part of the judgment

The examination of the questions referred by the High Court (Ireland) has not revealed any factor of such a kind as to affect the validity of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100 of 29 June 2022 amending Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the withdrawal of certain exemptions in respect of heated tobacco products.


(1)  OJ C, C/2024/1537.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4431/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-416/25: Action brought on 26 June 2025 – Iwaszkiewicz v Parliament
Date: 2025-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Member of the European Parliament, allowances and expenses, claim, maladministration, parliamentary allowance, principle of legal certainty, principle of proportionality, servant (EU), work contract








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/4479


18.8.2025






Action brought on 26 June 2025 – Iwaszkiewicz v Parliament


(Case T-416/25)

(C/2025/4479)
Language of the case: Polish

Parties


Applicant: Robert Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (Wrocław, Poland) (represented by: H. Kubik, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the decision of 25 April 2025 of the Secretary-General of the European Parliament to recover from the applicant undue payments in respect of the employment contract of an accredited parliamentary assistant pursuant to Article 72(1) of the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members; (1)











—


annul debit note No 7050000735 linked to the aforementioned contested decision;










—


order the European Parliament to pay to the applicant all sums unduly withheld, plus monetary revaluation and statutory interest from the date of the withholding until the date of payment of the balance;










—


order the European Parliament to pay the applicant’s costs, including the costs of legal representation.





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 infringement by the Secretary General of the European Parliament of the principle of legal certainty, including the right to an impartial and fair hearing within a reasonable time, as expressed in Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that the Secretary General of the European Parliament infringed Article 41(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in so far as the European Parliament failed to secure and produce the documents in its possession concerning the performance of the assistant's work.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging that the Secretary-General misinterpreted the definition of the work of a parliamentary assistant.










4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging that the Secretary-General misinterpreted the requirement that an assistant must reside at the seat of the European Parliament.










5.


Fifth plea in law, in the alternative, in the event that the previous four pleas are not upheld, alleging infringement of the principle of proportionality in requiring the applicant to repay the entire amount of the remuneration paid to the parliamentary assistant.






(1)  Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 19 May and 9 July 2008 concerning implementing measures for the Statute of Members of the European Parliament (OJ 2009 C 159, p. 1).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4479/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)