do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11989 – CVC DIF / VNG / BALANCE)
Date: 2025-07-03
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Germany, biogas, by-product, economic concentration, electrical energy, energy production, gas industry, gas pipeline, investment company, merger control








C_202503704EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3704


8.7.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11989 – CVC DIF / VNG / BALANCE)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/3704)

On 3 July 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 32025M11989. 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/2025/3704/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Joined Cases C-687/24 and C-688/24, C.B.S.-2009 and Others: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 3 July 2025 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad Sofia-grad – Bulgaria) – C.B.S.-2009 OOD v Izpalnitelen direktor na Natsionalna agentsa za prihodite (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Freedom to provide services – Increase by 200 % of the fees payable for gambling licences – Purely domestic situation – Requirement to state the reasons justifying the need for a reply from the Court – Lack of sufficient information – Manifest inadmissibility)
Date: 2025-07-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: freedom to provide services, game of chance, gaming establishment, trade licence








C_202505564EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/5564


27.10.2025






Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 3 July 2025 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad Sofia-grad – Bulgaria) – C.B.S.-2009 OOD v Izpalnitelen direktor na Natsionalna agentsa za prihodite


(Joined Cases C-687/24 and C-688/24,
                (1)
C.B.S.-2009 and Others)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Freedom to provide services - Increase by 200 % of the fees payable for gambling licences - Purely domestic situation - Requirement to state the reasons justifying the need for a reply from the Court - Lack of sufficient information - Manifest inadmissibility)
(C/2025/5564)
Language of the case: Bulgarian

Referring court

Administrativen sad Sofia-grad

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: C.B.S.-2009 OOD

Defendant: Izpalnitelen direktor na Natsionalna agentsa za prihodite

Operative part of the order

The requests for a preliminary ruling made by the Administrativen sad Sofia-grad (Administrative Court, Sofia City, Bulgaria), by decisions of 4 October 2024, are manifestly inadmissible.


(1)  Date lodged: 18.10.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5564/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 2 July 2025
Date: 2025-07-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202503611EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3611


3.7.2025






Euro exchange rates (1)


            2 July 2025
         
(C/2025/3611)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1755 




JPY


Japanese yen


169,45 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4611 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86050 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,2005 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9330 




ISK


Iceland króna


143,00 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,8780 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,663 




HUF


Hungarian forint


399,00 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2493 




RON


Romanian leu


5,0641 




TRY


Turkish lira


46,7461 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,7934 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,6041 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,2274 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,9402 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4982 




KRW


South Korean won


1 598,57 




ZAR


South African rand


20,7569 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,4275 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


19 089,00 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9712 




PHP


Philippine peso


66,262 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


38,133 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,4355 




MXN


Mexican peso


22,0357 




INR


Indian rupee


100,7005 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3611/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-628/24 P: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 3 July 2025 – Communauté d’Agglomération du Boulonnais (Appeal – State aid – Tax exemptions for operators of French ports – Successive complaints – Concept of interested party – Concept of a purely confirmatory act)
Date: 2025-07-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: France, State aid, VAT, admissibility, control of State aid, harbour installation, port administration, property tax, tax exemption








C_202504562EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4562


25.8.2025






Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 3 July 2025 – Communauté d’Agglomération du Boulonnais


(Case C-628/24 P)
                (1)

(Appeal - State aid - Tax exemptions for operators of French ports - Successive complaints - Concept of ‘interested party’ - Concept of a ‘purely confirmatory act’)
(C/2025/4562)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellant: Communauté d’Agglomération du Boulonnais (represented by: P. Schiele, avocat)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: C.-M. Carrega and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the order of the General Court of the European Union of 11 July 2024, Communauté d’Agglomération du Boulonnais v Commission (T-582/23);










2.


Refers the case back to the General Court of the European Union;










3.


Reserves the costs.






(1)  OJ C, C/2025/526.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4562/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-529/23 P: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 3 July 2025 – European Parliament v TC (Appeal – Law governing the institutions – European Parliament – Rules governing expenses and allowances for Members of Parliament – Parliamentary assistance allowance – Recovery of sums unduly paid – Article 41(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right to be heard – Right of access to the file – Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the European Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies – Article 9 – Transmissions of personal data to recipients established in the European Union other than Union institutions and bodies – Article 26 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union)
Date: 2025-07-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Member of the European Parliament, allowances and expenses, data protection, debt, personal data, right to justice, rights of the defence, servant (EU)








C_202504549EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4549


25.8.2025






Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 3 July 2025 – European Parliament v TC


(Case C-529/23 P)
                (1)

(Appeal - Law governing the institutions - European Parliament - Rules governing expenses and allowances for Members of Parliament - Parliamentary assistance allowance - Recovery of sums unduly paid - Article 41(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Right to be heard - Right of access to the file - Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 - Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the European Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies - Article 9 - Transmissions of personal data to recipients established in the European Union other than Union institutions and bodies - Article 26 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union)
(C/2025/4549)
Language of the case: Lithuanian

Parties


Appellant: European Parliament (represented by: M. Ecker, N. Görlitz, J.-C. Puffer and S. Toliušis, Agents)

Other party to the proceedings: TC (represented by: D. Aukštuolytė-Kapp, advokatė)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside points 2 and 3 of the operative part of the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 7 June 2023, TC v Parliament (T-309/21, EU:T:2023:315);










2.


Dismisses the first and second pleas in law in the action before the General Court of the European Union;










3.


Refers the case back to the General Court of the European Union for judgment on the third to fifth pleas in law;










4.


Reserves the costs.






(1)  OJ C, C/2023/17.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4549/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-605/23, Ati-19: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 3 July 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad Blagoevgrad – Bulgaria) – Ati-19 EOOD v Nachalnik na otdel Operativni deynosti – Sofia v Glavna direktsia Fiskalen kontrol pri Tsentralno upravlenie na Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Article 273 – Article 47, first paragraph, of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right to an effective remedy – Coercive administrative measure of sealing business premises – Application for suspension – Limited judicial review)
Date: 2025-07-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, damages, judicial review, right to justice








C_202504552EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4552


25.8.2025






Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 3 July 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad Blagoevgrad – Bulgaria) – ‘Ati-19’ EOOD v Nachalnik na otdel ‘Operativni deynosti’ – Sofia v Glavna direktsia ‘Fiskalen kontrol’ pri Tsentralno upravlenie na Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite


(Case C-605/23,
                (1)
Ati-19)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common system of value added tax (VAT) - Directive 2006/112/EC - Article 273 - Article 47, first paragraph, of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Right to an effective remedy - Coercive administrative measure of sealing business premises - Application for suspension - Limited judicial review)
(C/2025/4552)
Language of the case: Bulgarian

Referring court

Administrativen sad Blagoevgrad

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant:
            ‘Ati-19’ EOOD

Defendant: Nachalnik na otdel ‘Operativni deynosti’ – Sofia v Glavna direktsia ‘Fiskalen kontrol’ pri Tsentralno upravlenie na Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite

Operative part of the judgment

The first paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
must be interpreted as precluding legislation of a Member State which, pursuant to the option provided for in the first paragraph of Article 273 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, limits the scope of the judicial review carried out in the context of an application for suspension of the provisional enforcement of a coercive administrative measure of a criminal nature solely to the existence of damage which is serious or reparable only with difficulty that such provisional enforcement may cause, by excluding any possibility for the court hearing that application to assess whether it is justified, in law and in fact, by arguments capable, prima facie, of demonstrating that the measure at issue is unlawful.


(1)  OJ C, C/2024/468.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4552/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-326/24 P: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 3 July 2025 – Grodno Azot and Khimvolokno Plant v Council (Appeal – Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Belarus as regards democracy, the rule of law and human rights – Lists of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources – Inclusion and maintenance on those lists of Belarusian undertakings almost wholly owned by the State – Listing criterion related to support to the Lukashenko regime – Obligation imposed on certain Belarusian undertakings owned or controlled by the State to pay part of their profits to the State pursuant to a mandatory State measure)
Date: 2025-07-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Belarus, EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, freezing of assets, international sanctions, legal person, public sector








C_202504561EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4561


25.8.2025






Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 3 July 2025 – Grodno Azot and Khimvolokno Plant v Council


(Case C-326/24 P)
                (1)

(Appeal - Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Belarus as regards democracy, the rule of law and human rights - Lists of persons, entities and bodies subject to the freezing of funds and economic resources - Inclusion and maintenance on those lists of Belarusian undertakings almost wholly owned by the State - Listing criterion related to ‘support to the Lukashenko regime’ - Obligation imposed on certain Belarusian undertakings owned or controlled by the State to pay part of their profits to the State pursuant to a mandatory State measure)
(C/2025/4561)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellants: Grodno Azot AAT, Khimvolokno Plant (represented initially by L. Engelen, advocaat, and N. Montag, avocată, and subsequently by M. Krestiyanova, avocate, and N. Montag, avocată)

Other party to the proceedings: Council of the European Union (represented by: A. Antoniadis and A. Boggio-Tomasaz, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Grodno Azot AAT and Khimvolokno Plant to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union.






(1)  OJ C, C/2024/4576.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4561/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-429/25: Action brought on 3 July 2025 – Dogru and AFA Medya v Council
Date: 2025-07-03
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Russia, economic sanctions, freedom of expression, freedom of the press, international sanctions, natural person, presumption of innocence, right to justice, rights of the defence








C_202504627EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4627


25.8.2025






Action brought on 3 July 2025 – Dogru and AFA Medya v Council


(Case T-429/25)

(C/2025/4627)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Hüseyin Dogru (Berlin, Germany), AFA Medya AŞ (Istanbul, Türkiye) (represented by: B. Salellas Vilar and A. Górski, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Court should:






—


annul Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/966 of 20 May 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2024/2643 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s destabilising activities, (1) insofar as it includes the applicants in the list of ‘A. Natural persons’ and ‘B. Legal persons, entities and bodies’ subject to restrictive measures concerning Decision (CFSP) 2024/2643;










—


order the Council of the European Union to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicants rely on four pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging the authoritarian trend of the European Union on the grounds that the contested sanctions are based on vague, unsubstantiated accusations, with no due process or individual remedy, and are used to silence independent and critical journalism.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging violation of Article 18 of ECHR and Article 52 of CFREU, which prohibit limitations of rights unless prescribed by law and necessary in a democratic society.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging violation of Article 11 of CFREU, concerning the fundamental right of freedom of expression and information; specifically, violation of Article 11(2), concerning freedom and pluralism of media.










4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging violation of Article 48(1) of CFREU and Article 6 of ECHR, concerning the right to presumption of innocence and right of defence, and Article 47 of CFREU and Article 6(1) of ECHR, concerning the right to a fair trial.






(1)  OJ L, 2025/966.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4627/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-808/23, Högkullen: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 3 July 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen – Sweden) – Högkullen AB v Skatteverket (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Taxation – Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Article 72 – Open market value – Article 80 – Revaluation of the taxable amount – Parent company providing services to its subsidiaries in the context of actively managing them – Determination of the open market value)
Date: 2025-07-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, basis of tax assessment, expenditure, open market, parent company, provision of services, subsidiary








C_202504557EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4557


25.8.2025






Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 3 July 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen – Sweden) – Högkullen AB v Skatteverket


(Case C-808/23,
                (1)
Högkullen)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Taxation - Common system of value added tax (VAT) - Directive 2006/112/EC - Article 72 - Open market value - Article 80 - Revaluation of the taxable amount - Parent company providing services to its subsidiaries in the context of actively managing them - Determination of the open market value)
(C/2025/4557)
Language of the case: Swedish

Referring court

Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Högkullen AB

Respondent: Skatteverket

Operative part of the judgment

Articles 72 and 80 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax
must be interpreted as precluding the services provided by a parent company to its subsidiaries in the context of the active management of those subsidiaries from being, in all situations, regarded by the tax authority as constituting a single supply which precludes the open market value of those services from being determined using the comparison method laid down in the first paragraph of Article 72 of that directive.


(1)  OJ C, C/2024/1846.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4557/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11994 – BCI / ETHOS / OTPP / BROADSTREET)
Date: 2025-07-03
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Canada, United States, economic concentration, insurance, investment company, merger control, pension scheme, teacher








C_202504406EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4406


4.8.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11994 – BCI / ETHOS / OTPP / BROADSTREET)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/4406)

On 3 July 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 32025M11994. 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/2025/4406/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Joined Cases C-609/24 and C-624/24, Volkswagen: Order of the President of the Court of 3 July 2025 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof – Austria) – VS (C-609/24), SK (C-624/24) v Volkswagen AG (C-609/24), V AG (C-624/24)
Date: 2025-07-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: anti-pollution device, approval, commercial vehicle, environmental standard, motor car, motor vehicle pollution, pollution control, technical specification, technical standard, vehicle parts








C_202505685EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/5685


3.11.2025






Order of the President of the Court of 3 July 2025 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof – Austria) – VS (C-609/24), SK (C-624/24) v Volkswagen AG (C-609/24), V AG (C-624/24)


(Joined Cases C-609/24
                (1)
and C-624/24,
                (2)
Volkswagen)

(C/2025/5685)
Language of the case: German
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C, C/2025/524.

(2)  OJ C, C/2025/525.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5685/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Information communicated by member states regarding closure of fisheries
Date: 2025-07-03
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, Ireland, Irish Sea, catch by species, catch quota, fishing area, fishing rights, sea fish, sea fishing








C_202503625EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3625


3.7.2025






Information communicated by member states regarding closure of fisheries
(C/2025/3625)

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


3.6.2025




Duration


3.6.2025 – 31.12.2025




Member State


Ireland




Stock or Group of stocks


SOL/7FG.




Species


Common sole (Solea solea)





Zone


7f and 7g




Type(s) of fishing vessels


—




Reference number


5/TQ202






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3625/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)