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Case C-477/25, Servicekörperschaft: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany) lodged on 18 July 2025 – Finanzamt X v Servicekörperschaft
Date: 2025-07-18
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: State aid, competition, control of State aid, economic activity, non-profit organisation, provision of services, tax relief








C_202505674EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/5674


3.11.2025






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany) lodged on 18 July 2025 – Finanzamt X v Servicekörperschaft


(Case C-477/25, Servicekörperschaft)

(C/2025/5674)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesfinanzhof

Parties to the main proceedings


Defendant and appellant on a point of law: Finanzamt X

Applicant and respondent on a point of law: Servicekörperschaft

Questions referred







1.


Is Article 107(1) TFEU to be interpreted as meaning that State aid falling under that provision exists where a corporation is entitled under a national provision to tax relief for a dedicated operation in respect of an economic activity even if it is not required to achieve its tax-privileged purposes set out in its statutes directly itself, but may pursue those purposes under its statutes through systematic cooperation with another tax-privileged corporation such that, as a service corporation, it is able to provide services of any kind to that other corporation, with tax relief, in competition with non-tax-privileged service providers?










2.


Is the selective advantage which is necessary in that regard precluded by the fact that the service corporation is subject to restrictions under the rules on non-profit status, in particular with regard to use of funds and dedication of assets?










3.


In the event that aid exists: Is Article 108(3) TFEU to be interpreted as meaning that an alteration of aid subject to that provision exists where national law provided for tax relief for economic activities as a dedicated operation prior to 1 January 1958, but the scope of that tax relief was subsequently extended such that a service corporation is able to provide services of any kind to other tax-privileged corporations, with tax relief, in competition with non-tax-privileged service providers?






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5674/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-529/25, Prestige Rijwielen: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Antwerpen (Belgium) made on 18 July 2025 – Europees Openbaar Ministerie (EOM) and Belgische Staat, Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën, Algemene Administratie van de Douane en Accijnzen (AAD&A) v Prestige Rijwielen, Logwin Air + Ocean Belgium NV, ZG and Belgische Staat, Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën, Algemene Administratie van de Bijzondere Belastinginspectie (AABBI)
Date: 2025-07-18
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, customs formalities, electric vehicle, free circulation, specification of tariff heading, two-wheeled vehicle, vehicle parts








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C series













C/2025/5467


20.10.2025






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Antwerpen (Belgium) made on 18 July 2025 – Europees Openbaar Ministerie (EOM) and Belgische Staat, Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën, Algemene Administratie van de Douane en Accijnzen (AAD&A) v Prestige Rijwielen, Logwin Air + Ocean Belgium NV, ZG and Belgische Staat, Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën, Algemene Administratie van de Bijzondere Belastinginspectie (AABBI)


(Case T-529/25, Prestige Rijwielen)

(C/2025/5467)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Hof van beroep te Antwerpen

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Europees Openbaar Ministerie (EOM) and Belgische Staat, Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën, Algemene Administratie van de Douane en Accijnzen (AAD&A)

Defendants: Prestige Rijwielen, Logwin Air + Ocean Belgium NV, ZG and Belgische Staat, Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën, Algemene Administratie van de Bijzondere Belastinginspectie (AABBI)

Question referred

Should General Rule 2(a) of the General rules for the interpretation of the CN, as set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of the Council of 23 July 1987
             (1) on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1549/2006 of 17 October 2006, (2) be interpreted as meaning that parts of an electric bicycle intended, after being released for free circulation, to be assembled into an electric bicycle, which are invoiced by two different suppliers and transported in different containers and […] are declared by the same declarant, in the name and on behalf of the same consignee, spread over a period of up to several months, at the same customs office for free circulation by means of separate declarations for free circulation, and which, when released for free circulation, are the property of the consignee, must be classified as electric bicycles presented in a disassembled or unassembled state within the meaning of the aforementioned rule, and therefore fall under one and the same tariff heading, in so far as objective factors show that those parts form a whole and comprise all the essential components of those electric bicycles?


(1)  
            OJ 1987 L 256, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ 2006 L 301, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5467/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12036 – PLATINUM EQUITY GROUP / SOLO GROUP)
Date: 2025-07-18
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: clothing, computer equipment, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, supply, wholesale trade








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/4679


19.8.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.12036 – PLATINUM EQUITY GROUP / SOLO GROUP)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/4679)

On 18 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 32025M12036. 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/2025/4679/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 17 July 2025
Date: 2025-07-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








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Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3647


18.7.2025






Euro exchange rates (1)


            17 July 2025
         
(C/2025/3647)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1579 




JPY


Japanese yen


172,28 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4628 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86440 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,3110 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9323 




ISK


Iceland króna


141,80 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,9675 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,639 




HUF


Hungarian forint


399,15 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2544 




RON


Romanian leu


5,0734 




TRY


Turkish lira


46,6446 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,7923 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5937 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,0883 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,9587 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4904 




KRW


South Korean won


1 614,66 




ZAR


South African rand


20,7253 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,3157 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


18 931,49 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9170 




PHP


Philippine peso


66,312 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


37,678 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,4624 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,7782 




INR


Indian rupee


99,6725 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3647/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1497 of 18 July 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali
Date: 2025-07-18
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Mali, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








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Official Journal of the European Union


EN
L series













2025/1497


21.7.2025







            COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2025/1497
         
of 18 July 2025
         
amending Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and in particular Article 29 thereof,


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

Whereas:







(1)


On 28 September 2017, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 (1).












(2)


On 13 December 2021, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2021/2208 (2), which established a new framework that provides for the imposition of additional restrictive measures against individuals and entities that are responsible for or complicit in, or having engaged, directly or indirectly, in actions or policies that threaten the peace, security or stability of Mali, or that obstruct or undermine the successful completion of Mali’s political transition.












(3)


On the basis of a review of the restrictive measures, as provided for in Article 8(1) of Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775, the entry for one person included in the lists of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies in sections A and B of the Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 should be deleted.












(4)


Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 18 July 2025.


For the Council


The President

M. BJERRE
            





(1)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 of 28 September 2017 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali (OJ L 251, 29.9.2017, p. 23, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2017/1775/oj).

(2)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/2208 of 13 December 2021 amending Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali (OJ L 446, 14.12.2021, p. 44, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2021/2208/oj).




ANNEX
The Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 is amended as follows:






(1)


in Section A (‘List of natural persons referred to in Article 1(1)’), the entry for the following person is deleted:






‘3.


MAÏGA, Choguel’;














(2)


in Section B (‘List of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 2(1)’), the entry for the following person is deleted:






‘3.


MAÏGA, Choguel’.











ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1497/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Case T-479/25: Action brought on 18 July 2025 – Kharkovsky v Council
Date: 2025-07-18
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Russo-Ukrainian issue, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, principle of proportionality








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Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4981


22.9.2025






Action brought on 18 July 2025 – Kharkovsky v Council


(Case T-479/25)

(C/2025/4981)
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Andrei Kharkovsky (Troisdorf, Germany) (represented by: B. Malmendier, lawyer)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul entry No 29 of Annex I to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/965 of 20 May 2025 implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2642 of 8 October 2024; (1)











—


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 applicant relies on two pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging a manifest error of assessment
The defendant did not examine the actual reasons for including the applicant in the list in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2024/2642. (2) None of the reasons given in the statement of reasons for including the applicant in the list apply to him.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging breach of the principle of proportionality
The inclusion of the applicant in the list does not in any way serve the purposes pursued by Regulation (EU) 2024/2642. Furthermore, the sanction imposed on the applicant is also disproportionate.






(1)  Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/965 of 20 May 2025 implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2642 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s destabilising activities (OJ L 2025/965).

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2024/2642 of 8 October 2024 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s destabilising activities (OJ L 2024/2642).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4981/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)