do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11998 – KKR / KARO HEALTHCARE) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2025-07-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: cosmetic product, economic concentration, food supplement, health care, investment company, medical device, medicinal product, merger control








C_202504096EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4096


17.7.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11998 – KKR / KARO HEALTHCARE)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/4096)


1.   
On 10 July 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:






—


KKR & Co. Inc. (‘KKR’, United States),










—


Karo Intressenter Holding AB (‘Karo Healthcare’, Sweden).




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


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






—


KKR is a global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well capital markets and insurance solutions.










—


Karo Healthcare operates in the consumer healthcare industry with a diverse range of everyday products, such as over the counter products, prescribed pharmaceuticals, medical devices, cosmetics and food supplements.






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.11998 – KKR / KARO HEALTHCARE
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/2025/4096/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-596/24, Hama: Order of the President of the Court of 17 July 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht – Austria) – F.XXX K.XXX v Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl
Date: 2025-07-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Syria, economic sanctions, foreign national, international protection, international sanctions, national service, payment, persecution








C_202505684EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/5684


3.11.2025






Order of the President of the Court of 17 July 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht – Austria) – F.XXX K.XXX v Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl


(Case C-596/24,
                (1)
Hama
                (2)
)

(C/2025/5684)
Language of the case: German
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C, C/2024/6924.

(2)  The name of the present case is a fictitious name. It does not correspond to the real name of any party to the proceedings.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5684/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-475/25, Finanzamt für Großbetriebe: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshofs (Austria) lodged on 17 July 2025 – Finanzamt für Großbetriebe
Date: 2025-07-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: capital gains tax, corporation tax, double taxation, foundation, free movement of capital, gift, tax exemption, tax law, tax rebate








C_202505313EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/5313


13.10.2025






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshofs (Austria) lodged on 17 July 2025 – Finanzamt für Großbetriebe


(Case C-475/25, Finanzamt für Großbetriebe)

(C/2025/5313)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant on a point of law: Finanzamt für Großbetriebe

Interested party: P Privatstiftung

Question referred

Does Article 63 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) preclude a tax regime of a Member State like that applicable in the main proceedings under which a resident private foundation is required to pay corporation tax on certain earnings (in particular interest income and income from transfers of shareholdings and property sales), but is reimbursed that corporation tax in so far as it makes transfers (gifts) to beneficiaries and those transfers are subject to domestic capital gains tax, with the result that reimbursement of that corporation tax is not made if the beneficiaries are not subject to capital gains tax on the transfers received (on the basis of a national exemption or a double taxation convention)?


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5313/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12021 – PIC / WANHUA / WANHUA PETROCHEMICAL)
Date: 2025-07-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: China, domestic market, economic concentration, merger control, petrochemicals, production, supply








C_202504341EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4341


29.7.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.12021 – PIC / WANHUA / WANHUA PETROCHEMICAL)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/4341)

On 17 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 32025M12021. 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/2025/4341/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12003 – HELVETIA / BALOISE) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2025-07-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, insurance, merger control, provision of services








C_202504073EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4073


17.7.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.12003 – HELVETIA / BALOISE)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/4073)


1.   
On 10 July 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:






—


Helvetia Holding AG (‘Helvetia’, Switzerland), and










—


Baloise Holding AG (‘Baloise’, Switzerland).




Helvetia will enter into a full merger within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a) of the Merger Regulation with Baloise.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


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






—


Helvetia provides the full spectrum of life, non-life, and specialty insurance solutions for private individuals and businesses,










—


Baloise provides and distributes a broad range of insurance solutions, including different types of life and non-life insurance, as well as prevention, pension and assistance services, for private individuals and businesses.






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.12003 – HELVETIA / BALOISE
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/2025/4073/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-476/25, Seruel: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de Primera Instancia no 1 de Fuenlabrada (Spain) lodged on 17 July 2025 – Investcapital Ltd v F.C.T
Date: 2025-07-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: civil proceedings, claim, consumer credit, consumer protection, limitation of legal proceedings








C_202505571EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/5571


27.10.2025






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de Primera Instancia no 1 de Fuenlabrada (Spain) lodged on 17 July 2025 – Investcapital Ltd v F.C.T


(Case C-476/25, Seruel
                (1)
)

(C/2025/5571)
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado de Primera Instancia no 1 de Fuenlabrada

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Investcapital Ltd

Defendant: F.C.T

Question referred







 


Should Article 10(1) of Directive (EU) 2021/2167 (2) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2021 on credit servicers and credit purchasers and amending Directives 2008/48/EC (3) and 2014/17/EU (4) be interpreted as meaning that it allows a national court to determine of its own motion whether the limitation period has expired for a debt that the credit servicer or purchaser is claiming in court from a borrower who is a consumer?






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

(2)  
            OJ 2021 L 438, p. 1.

(3)  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.

(4)  Directive 2014/17/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 February 2014 on credit agreements for consumers relating to residential immovable property and amending Directives 2008/48/EC and 2013/36/EU and Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 – OJ 2014 L 60, p. 34.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5571/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-478/25, TECHNIKI PROSTASIAS PERIVALLONTOS: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Symvoulio tis Epikrateias (Greece) lodged on 17 July 2025 – TECHNIKI PROSTASIAS PERIVALLONTOS A.E. v Ypourgos Anaptyxis, Ypourgos Perivallontos kai Energeias, Ypourgos Naftilias kai Nisiotikis Politikis, Ypourgos Esoterikon, Ypourgos Ethnikis Oikonomias kai Oikonomikon
Date: 2025-07-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: common ports policy, harbour installation, jurisdiction, national implementing measure, pollution from ships, port administration








C_202505314EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/5314


13.10.2025






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Symvoulio tis Epikrateias (Greece) lodged on 17 July 2025 – TECHNIKI PROSTASIAS PERIVALLONTOS A.E. v Ypourgos Anaptyxis, Ypourgos Perivallontos kai Energeias, Ypourgos Naftilias kai Nisiotikis Politikis, Ypourgos Esoterikon, Ypourgos Ethnikis Oikonomias kai Oikonomikon


(Case C-478/25, TECHNIKI PROSTASIAS PERIVALLONTOS)

(C/2025/5314)
Language of the case: Greek

Referring court

Symvoulio tis Epikrateias

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: TECHNIKI PROSTASIAS PERIVALLONTOS A.E.

Defendants: Ypourgos Anaptyxis, Ypourgos Perivallontos kai Energeias, Ypourgos Naftilias kai Nisiotikis Politikis, Ypourgos Esoterikon, Ypourgos Ethnikis Oikonomias kai Oikonomikon

Intervening parties: Organismos Limenos Peiraios A.E., HELLENIC ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER MONOPROSOPI ANONYMI ETAIREIA DIACHEIRISIS KAI EPEXERGASIAS PETRELAIOEIDON KATALOIPON A.E., ANTIPOLLUTION MONOPROSOPI ANONYMI NAFTILIAKI ETAIREIA

Questions referred

Should Directive (EU) 2019/883 (1) be interpreted as meaning that:






—


anchorages located outside the area of jurisdiction of the port operator but within the area of jurisdiction of the relevant port authority constitute anchorages located ‘within the jurisdiction of the port’ within the meaning of Article 2(9) of the directive;
or, alternatively,










—


it is for the national legislature to specify, when transposing the directive into national law, whether ‘jurisdiction of the port’ means not only the jurisdiction of the port operator but also the jurisdiction of the relevant port authority;
or, alternatively,










—


neither of these interpretations is correct, with the result that the anchorages in question do not fall within the scope of the directive.






(1)  Directive (EU) 2019/883 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on port reception facilities for the delivery of waste from ships, amending Directive 2010/65/EU and repealing Directive 2000/59/EC (OJ 2019 L 151, p. 116).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5314/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11485 – BRASSERIE NATIONALE / BOISSONS HEINTZ)
Date: 2025-07-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: alcoholic beverage, beverage industry, delivery, economic concentration, merger control, non-alcoholic beverage, wholesale trade








C_202504953EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4953


5.9.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.11485 – BRASSERIE NATIONALE / BOISSONS HEINTZ)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/4953)

On 17 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) in conjunction with Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in French language 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 32025M11485. 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/2025/4953/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Cases where the Commission raises no objections – SA.110674
Date: 2025-07-17
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Banská Bystrica region, Bratislava region, Košice region, Nitra region, Prešov region, Slovakia, State aid, Trenčín region, Trnava region, control of State aid, telecommunications, Žilina region








C_202504082EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4082


17.7.2025






Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
SA.110674
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/4082)








Date of adoption of the decision


24.6.2025




Aid number


SA.110674




Member State


Slovakia




Region


Bratislavský kraj, Západné Slovensko, Stredné Slovensko, Východné Slovensko




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Schéma štátnej pomoci z prostriedkov Programu Slovensko pre podniky v odvetví elektronických služieb na podporu internetového pripojenia žiakov prostredníctvom sociálnych poukazov




Legal basis


Zákon č. 121/2022 Z. z. o príspevkoch z fondov Európskej únie a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonovzákon č. 358/2015 Z. z. o úprave niektorých vzťahov v oblasti štátnej pomoci a minimálnej pomoci a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov (zákon o štátnej pomoci)




Type of measure


Scheme


 




Objective


Social support to individual consumers




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 23 364 000  EUR
Annual budget: 5 841 000  EUR




Intensity


100.0%




Duration


30.6.2025 - 31.12.2029




Economic sectors


Telecommunication




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministerstvo investícií, regionálneho rozvoja a informatizácie Slovenskej republiky




Pribinova 25, 811 09 Bratislava








Other information


 




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search?caseInstrument=SA



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4082/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-443/24: Order of the General Court of 17 July 2025 – ECE Group v EUIPO – ECE Logistics (ECE LOGISTICS) (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark ECE LOGISTICS – International registration designating the European Union of the earlier figurative mark ECE – Earlier EU word mark ECE – Earlier national word mark ECE Logistics – Relative ground for invalidity – No likelihood of confusion – No similarity between the goods and services – Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Obligation to state reasons – Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
Date: 2025-07-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, carriage of goods, carriage of passengers, consultancy, consumer information, registered trade mark, storage, trade-mark law, transport company, vehicle rental








C_202504885EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


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C series













C/2025/4885


15.9.2025






Order of the General Court of 17 July 2025 – ECE Group v EUIPO – ECE Logistics (ECE LOGISTICS)


(Case T-443/24)
                (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark ECE LOGISTICS - International registration designating the European Union of the earlier figurative mark ECE - Earlier EU word mark ECE - Earlier national word mark ECE Logistics - Relative ground for invalidity - No likelihood of confusion - No similarity between the goods and services - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Obligation to state reasons - Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
(C/2025/4885)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: ECE Group GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: M. Kloth, M. Tillwich, P. Funke and R. Briske, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Raponi, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: ECE Logistics sp. z o.o. (Zielona Góra, Poland) (represented by: T. Gawliczek, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment and alteration of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 25 June 2024 (Case R 1948/2023-1).

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


ECE Group GmbH & Co. KG shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by ECE Logistics sp. z o.o.










3.


The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shall bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C, C/2024/5847, 7.10.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4885/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 16 July 2025
Date: 2025-07-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202503646EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/3646


17.7.2025






Euro exchange rates (1)


            16 July 2025
         
(C/2025/3646)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1602 




JPY


Japanese yen


172,56 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4633 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86590 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,3195 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9326 




ISK


Iceland króna


142,20 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,9460 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,647 




HUF


Hungarian forint


399,90 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2593 




RON


Romanian leu


5,0730 




TRY


Turkish lira


46,7071 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,7794 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5924 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,1075 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,9527 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4910 




KRW


South Korean won


1 614,05 




ZAR


South African rand


20,7818 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,3309 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


18 906,74 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9250 




PHP


Philippine peso


66,243 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


37,753 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,4549 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,8247 




INR


Indian rupee


99,7735 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3646/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)