do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
State aid – Decision to raise no objections
Date: 2025-07-31
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Norway, State aid, control of State aid, maritime transport








C_202504338EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4338


31.7.2025






State aid – Decision to raise no objections
(C/2025/4338)

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






Date of adoption of the decision


30 April 2025




Case No


93833




Decision No


066/25/COL




EFTA State


Norway




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Amendments to the Norwegian tax refund scheme for employing seafarers




Legal basis


Regulation on subsidies for the employment of workers at sea of 26 February 2016 No 204





Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Maritime transport




Form of aid


Tax and social security refunds




Economic sectors


Maritime transport




Name and address of the granting authority







Norwegian Maritime Authority, P.O. Box 2222




NO-5509 Haugesund




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/2025/4338/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-525/25: Action brought on 31 July 2025 – equensWorldline v ECB
Date: 2025-07-31
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: award of contract, invitation to tender, maladministration, principle of double jeopardy, public procurement, right to an effective remedy, tendering








C_202504907EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4907


15.9.2025






Action brought on 31 July 2025 – equensWorldline v ECB


(Case T-525/25)

(C/2025/4907)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: equensWorldline SE Germany (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: R. Martens, P. Darras, lawyers)

Defendant: European Central Bank

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Court should:






—


annul, in their entirety, the decision of the Procurement Review Body of the European Central Bank (ECB) of 22 July 2025 rejecting the applicant’s appeal against the ECB award decision of tender PRO-009485 of 13 June 2025, and the ECB award decision of tender PRO-009485 of 13 June 2025 (the contested decisions);










—


order the defendant to pay all costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

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






1.


First plea in law, alleging a breach of Article 3 of the ECB Procurement Decision, (1) the Invitation to Tender, and the principle of patere legem quam ipse fecisti, since the contract was awarded to a tender which exceeded the maximum value of the framework agreement.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging a breach of Article 33 of the ECB Procurement Decision and the principle of fair competition, since the ECB awarded the contract to a tenderer who proposed a tender which does not provide sufficient assurance of proper contract performance.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging a breach of the duty to state reasons pursuant to Article 41(2) in conjunction with Articles 47 and 50 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Article 34(3) of the ECB Procurement Decision, since the ECB failed to adequately disclose the statement of reasons regarding the abnormally low character of the successful tender.






(1)  Decision (EU) 2016/245 of the European Central Bank of 9 February 2016 laying down the rules on procurement (OJ 2016 L 45, p. 15).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4907/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.118986
Date: 2025-07-31
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, State aid, control of State aid, financial services








C_202504226EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4226


31.7.2025






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.118986
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/4226)








Date of adoption of the decision


11.7.2025




Aid number


SA.118986




Member State


Denmark




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


Prolongation of the winding-up scheme for small banks




Legal basis


Act on Restructuring and Resolution of Certain Financial Businesses, Act on Depositor and Investor Guarantee Scheme




Type of measure


Scheme


 




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


 




Budget


 




Intensity


 




Duration


12.7.2025 - 11.7.2026




Economic sectors


Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding




Name and address of the granting authority







Finansiel Sabilitet




Sankt Annæ Plads 13, 2. tv., 1250 København K








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/2025/4226/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Statement of revenue and expenditure for the 2025 financial year – European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA) – amending budget No 2
Date: 2025-07-31
Institutions: European Health and Digital Executive Agency
Subjects: EU expenditure, amending budget, budgetary resources, financial year, general budget (EU), publication of accounts




C_202503664EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3664


31.7.2025






Statement of revenue and expenditure for the 2025 financial year – European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA) – amending budget No 2 (1)

(C/2025/3664)


REVENUE










Title
Chapter


Heading


2025 estimate


Amending budget No 2/2025


New amount





1




EUROPEAN UNION SUBSIDY





1 0


EUROPEAN UNION SUBSIDY (INCLUDING NGEU CONTRIBUTION)


57 914 533 


 


57 914 533 




 



Title 1 — Total




57 914 533 



 



57 914 533 






2




PARTICIPATION OF THIRD COUNTRIES





2 0


PARTICIPATION OF EFTA COUNTRIES IN THE EXECUTIVE AGENCY


4 322 428 


 


4 322 428 




 



Title 2 — Total




4 322 428 



 



4 322 428 







 



GRAND TOTAL




62 236 961 



 



62 236 961 






EXPENDITURE










Title
Chapter


Heading


2025 appropriations


Amending budget No 2/2025


New amount





1




STAFF EXPENDITURE





1 1


REMUNERATIONS, ALLOWANCES AND CHARGES


49 170 900 


– 577 571 


48 593 329 




1 2


PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL EXPENDITURE


2 328 000 


159 509 


2 487 509 




 



Title 1 — Total




51 498 900 




– 418 062 




51 080 838 






2




INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATING EXPENDITURE





2 1


BUILDING EXPENDITURE


5 020 000 


– 405 800 


4 614 200 




2 2


ICT


2 710 000 


400 000 


3 110 000 




2 3


MOVABLE PROPERTY AND CURRENT OPERATING EXPENDITURE


285 500 


–28 000 


257 500 




 



Title 2 — Total




8 015 500 




–33 800 




7 981 700 






3




PROGRAMME SUPPORT EXPENDITURE





3 1


PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT EXPENDITURE


2 722 561 


451 862 


3 174 423 




 



Title 3 — Total




2 722 561 




451 862 




3 174 423 







 



GRAND TOTAL




62 236 961 




0 




62 236 961 







(1)  All amounts in this budget document are expressed in euro unless otherwise indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3664/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on state aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for the EFTA States applicable as of 1 May 2025 – Published in accordance with the rules on reference and discount rates set out in Part VII of ESA’s State Aid Guidelines and Article 10 of ESA’s Decision No 195/04/COL 14 July 2004
Date: 2025-07-31
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, State aid, interest, reimbursement of aid








C_202504337EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4337


31.7.2025






EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on state aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for the EFTA States applicable as of 1 May 2025
         


Published in accordance with the rules on reference and discount rates set out in Part VII of ESA’s State Aid Guidelines and Article 10 of ESA’s Decision No 195/04/COL 14 July 2004
               

             (1)

(C/2025/4337)

Base rates are calculated in accordance with the Chapter on the method for setting reference and discount rates of ESA’s State Aid Guidelines as amended by ESA’s Decision No 788/08/COL of 17 December 2008. To obtain the applicable reference rates, appropriate margins shall be added to the base rate in accordance with the State Aid Guidelines.
Base rates have been determined as follows:








 


Iceland


Liechtenstein


Norway




1.5.2025 –


9,27 


1,30 


4,71 






(1)  
            OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and EEA Supplement to the OJ No. 26/2006, 25.5.2006, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4337/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
State aid – Decision to raise no objections
Date: 2025-07-31
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Norway, State aid, control of State aid, offshore wind energy production








C_202504340EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4340


31.7.2025






State aid – Decision to raise no objections
(C/2025/4340)

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






Date of adoption of the decision


15 April 2025




Case No


93862




Decision No


067/25/COL




EFTA State


Norway




Title


Aid scheme for the development of a new floating offshore wind farm in Utsira Nord




Legal basis


The Parliamentary Decision authorising support for development of a new floating offshore wind farm in Utsira Nord




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


The aid scheme is to support development of cost-effective floating offshore wind projects




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


NOK 35 billion




Intensity


The aid intensity will be decided by the competitive bidding procedure




Duration


The auction for the aid will be scheduled in 2028–2029.




Economic sectors


Production of electricity from floating offshore wind (NACE D.35.1.1)




Name and address of the granting authority







The Ministry of Energy




Post-box 8148 Dep




0033 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/2025/4340/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.118443
Date: 2025-07-31
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, telecommunications








C_202504243EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4243


31.7.2025






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.118443
(C/2025/4243)
(Text with EEA relevance)








Date of adoption of the decision


10.7.2025




Aid number


SA.118443




Member State


Spain




Region


 




Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)


TDIG - Modificación SA.108821 (2023/N) ‘MRR – Apoyo a los equipos e infraestructuras 5G’




Legal basis


Orden ETD/685/2023, de 21 de junio, por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras de la concesión de ayudas para la provisión del conjunto de equipamiento activo e infraestructura auxiliar necesaria para la provisión de servicios de comunicaciones móviles con tecnología 5G en zonas donde no existe cobertura móvil 4G con servicio mínimo de 50 Mbps (Programa único 5G redes activas), en el marco del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia.




Type of measure


Scheme


 




Objective


Other




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: 680 000 000  EUR




Intensity


90,0 %




Duration


Until 31.12.2025




Economic sectors


Telecommunication




Name and address of the granting authority







Secretaría de Estado de Telecomunicaciones e Infraestructuras Digitales




C/ Poeta Joan Maragall, 41 28071 MADRID








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/2025/4243/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12037 – DEUTSCHE BAHN / SCHWARZ GROUP / DATAHUB EUROPE)
Date: 2025-07-31
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: artificial intelligence, data governance, economic concentration, foodstuff, holding company, logistics, merger control, provision of services, retail trade, transport company








C_202504513EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4513


8.8.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.12037 – DEUTSCHE BAHN / SCHWARZ GROUP / DATAHUB EUROPE)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/4513)

On 31 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 German 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 32025M12037. 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/2025/4513/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-511/25, Prokoda: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 31 July 2025 – Ministerstvo vnitra
Date: 2025-07-31
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, discretionary power, foreign national, international protection, right of asylum, stateless person








C_202505320EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/5320


13.10.2025






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší správní soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 31 July 2025 – Ministerstvo vnitra


(Case C-511/25, Prokoda
                (1)
)

(C/2025/5320)
Language of the case: Czech

Referring court

Nejvyšší správní soud

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Ministerstvo vnitra

Other party to the proceedings: E. K.

Question referred

Proceeding in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 (2) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person, is it possible to derogate from the determination of the responsible Member State under Article 3(2) of that regulation, or is the use of discretionary powers only reserved for situations when the responsible Member State has been determined on the basis of Article 3(1) of that regulation?


(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 2013 L 180, p. 31.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5320/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case T-526/25: Action brought on 31 July 2025 – equensWorldline v ECB
Date: 2025-07-31
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: award of contract, invitation to tender, maladministration, principle of double jeopardy, public procurement, right to an effective remedy, tendering








C_202504908EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4908


15.9.2025






Action brought on 31 July 2025 – equensWorldline v ECB


(Case T-526/25)

(C/2025/4908)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: equensWorldline SE Germany (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: R. Martens, P. Darras, lawyers)

Defendant: European Central Bank

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Court should:






—


annul, in their entirety, the decision of the Procurement Review Body of the European Central Bank (ECB) of 22 July 2025 rejecting the applicant’s appeal against the ECB award decision of tender PRO-009486 of 13 June 2025, and the ECB award decision of tender PRO-009486 of 13 June 2025 (the contested decisions);










—


order the defendant to pay all costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

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






1.


First plea in law, alleging a breach of Article 3 of the ECB Procurement Decision, (1) the Invitation to Tender, and the principle of patere legem quam ipse fecisti, since the contract was awarded to a tender which exceeded the maximum value of the framework agreement.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging a breach of Article 33 of the ECB Procurement Decision and the principle of fair competition, since the ECB awarded the contract to a tenderer who proposed a tender which does not provide sufficient assurance of proper contract performance.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging a breach of the duty to state reasons pursuant to Article 41(2) in conjunction with Articles 47 and 50 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Article 34(3) of the ECB Procurement Decision, since the ECB failed to adequately disclose the statement of reasons regarding the abnormally low character of the successful tender.






(1)  Decision (EU) 2016/245 of the European Central Bank of 9 February 2016 laying down the rules on procurement (OJ 2016 L 45, p. 15).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4908/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Euro exchange rates – 30 July 2025
Date: 2025-07-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate, money








C_202503661EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/3661


31.7.2025






Euro exchange rates (1)


            30 July 2025
         
(C/2025/3661)


1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,1527 




JPY


Japanese yen


170,96 




DKK


Danish krone


7,4618 




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86220 




SEK


Swedish krona


11,1435 




CHF


Swiss franc


0,9301 




ISK


Iceland króna


142,20 




NOK


Norwegian krone


11,7795 




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558 




CZK


Czech koruna


24,562 




HUF


Hungarian forint


398,85 




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2675 




RON


Romanian leu


5,0731 




TRY


Turkish lira


46,7776 




AUD


Australian dollar


1,7775 




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5900 




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,0486 




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,9391 




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,4865 




KRW


South Korean won


1 595,60 




ZAR


South African rand


20,5966 




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,2783 




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


18 917,48 




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8874 




PHP


Philippine peso


66,347 




RUB


Russian rouble


 




THB


Thai baht


37,457 




BRL


Brazilian real


6,4402 




MXN


Mexican peso


21,6193 




INR


Indian rupee


100,8480 






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


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3661/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12015 – SICIT GROUP / TPG / RENAISSANCE PARTNERS)
Date: 2025-07-31
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: animal protein, bio-industry, economic concentration, investment company, merger control








C_202504647EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2025/4647


13.8.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.12015 – SICIT GROUP / TPG / RENAISSANCE PARTNERS)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/4647)

On 31 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 32025M12015. 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/2025/4647/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)