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Case C-632/23: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 13 November 2025 – European Commission v Republic of Bulgaria (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – State aid – Aid declared unlawful and incompatible with the internal market – Second subparagraph of Article 108(2) TFEU – Forest land swap transactions – Obligation to recover – Obligation to provide information – Failure to comply)
Date: 2025-11-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, infringement of EU law, publicly owned forest, reimbursement of aid








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2026/135


12.1.2026






Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 13 November 2025 – European Commission v Republic of Bulgaria


(Case C-632/23)
                (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - State aid - Aid declared unlawful and incompatible with the internal market - Second subparagraph of Article 108(2) TFEU - Forest land swap transactions - Obligation to recover - Obligation to provide information - Failure to comply)
(C/2026/135)
Language of the case: Bulgarian

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: A. Steiblytė and B. Stromsky and C. Georgieva, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Bulgaria (represented by: T. Mitova and R. Stoyanov, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by failing to take, within the prescribed periods, all the measures necessary to implement Commission Decision (EU) 2015/456 of 5 September 2014 on the aid scheme No SA.26212 (11/C) (ex 11/NN – ex CP 176/A/08) and SA.26217 (11/C) (ex 11/NN – ex CP 176/B/08) implemented by the Republic of Bulgaria in the context of swaps of forest land, the Republic of Bulgaria has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 4 to 6 of that decision and under the FEU Treaty;










2.


Orders the Republic of Bulgaria to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C, C/2023/1295.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/135/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12140 – BC PARTNERS / BIOGARAN)
Date: 2025-11-13
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: cosmetic product, dietary product, economic concentration, food supplement, generic drug, investment company, marketing, merger control, sale








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C/2025/6371


24.11.2025






Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.12140 – BC PARTNERS / BIOGARAN)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/6371)

On 13 November 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 32025M12140. 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/2025/6371/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Council Decision (EU) 2025/2375 of 13 November 2025 amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of Suomen Pankki
Date: 2025-11-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European System of Central Banks, Finland, accountant, auditing, central bank, euro area




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2025/2375


24.11.2025







            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2025/2375
         
of 13 November 2025
         
amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of Suomen Pankki


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Protocol No 4 on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 27.1 thereof,


Having regard to the Recommendation of the European Central Bank of 7 October 2025 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of Suomen Pankki (ECB/2025/35) (1),

Whereas:







(1)


The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Member States whose currency is the euro are to be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the Governing Council of the ECB and approved by the Council of the European Union.












(2)


The mandate of the external auditors of Suomen Pankki, KPMG Oy Ab, will end following the audit for the financial year 2025. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2026 onwards.












(3)


Suomen Pankki has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy as its external auditors for the financial years 2026 to 2031.












(4)


The Governing Council of the ECB has recommended that PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy be appointed as the external auditors of Suomen Pankki for the financial years 2026 to 2031.












(5)


Following the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB, Council Decision 1999/70/EC (2) should be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
In Article 1 of Decision 1999/70/EC, paragraph 11 is replaced by the following:

‘11.   PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy are hereby approved as the external auditors of Suomen Pankki for the financial years 2026 to 2031.’.



Article 2
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its notification.


Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the European Central Bank.




Done at Brussels, 13 November 2025.


For the Council


The President

S. LOSE
            





(1)  
            OJ C, C/2025/5611, 16.10.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5611/oj.

(2)  Council Decision 1999/70/EC of 25 January 1999 concerning the external auditors of the national central banks (OJ L 22, 29.1.1999, p. 69, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/1999/70(1)/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2375/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)
Case C-9/24 P: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 13 November 2025 – Sonasurf Internacional – Shipping, Lda (Zona Franca da Madeira), Mastshipping – Shipping, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda (Zona Franca da Madeira), Latin Quarter – Serviços Marítimos Internacionais, Lda (Zona Franca da Madeira) v European Commission (Appeal – State aid – Free Zone of Madeira (Portugal) – Granting of tax advantages to undertakings – Aid scheme implemented by the Portuguese Republic – Decisions C(2007) 3037 final and C(2013) 4043 final – Decision taken by the European Commission pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 108(2) TFEU – Implementation of existing aid in breach of a condition ensuring compatibility of the aid with the internal market)
Date: 2025-11-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Madeira, Portugal, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, corporation tax, reimbursement of aid, tax relief








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C/2026/141


12.1.2026






Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 13 November 2025 – Sonasurf Internacional – Shipping, Lda (Zona Franca da Madeira), Mastshipping – Shipping, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda (Zona Franca da Madeira), Latin Quarter – Serviços Marítimos Internacionais, Lda (Zona Franca da Madeira) v European Commission


(Case C-9/24 P)
                (1)

(Appeal - State aid - Free Zone of Madeira (Portugal) - Granting of tax advantages to undertakings - Aid scheme implemented by the Portuguese Republic - Decisions C(2007) 3037 final and C(2013) 4043 final - Decision taken by the European Commission pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 108(2) TFEU - Implementation of existing aid in breach of a condition ensuring compatibility of the aid with the internal market)
(C/2026/141)
Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties


Appellants: Sonasurf Internacional – Shipping, Lda (Zona Franca da Madeira), Mastshipping – Shipping, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda (Zona Franca da Madeira) and Latin Quarter – Serviços Marítimos Internacionais, Lda (Zona Franca da Madeira) (represented by: S. Fernandes Martins M. Mendonça Saraiva and I. Marques Freitas, advogadas)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: I. Barcew and P. Caro de Sousa, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Sonasurf Internacional – Shipping, Lda (Zona Franca da Madeira), Mastshipping – Shipping, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda (Zona Franca da Madeira) and Latin Quarter – Serviços Marítimos Internacionais, Lda (Zona Franca da Madeira) to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.






(1)  OJ C, C/2024/3146.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/141/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Networking of organisations operating in the fields within the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA’s) mission
Date: 2025-11-13
Institutions: European Food Safety Authority
Subjects: EU Member State, consumer protection, food inspection, food safety, institutional cooperation








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C/2025/6097


13.11.2025






Networking of organisations operating in the fields within the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA’s) mission
(C/2025/6097)

Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 (1), Article 36(2), provides that the European Food Safety Authority's ‘
         Management Board, acting on a proposal from the Executive Director, shall draw up a list to be made public of competent organisations designated by the Member States which may assist the Authority, either individually or in networks, with its mission.
         ’
      
The list was first drawn up by EFSA’s Management Board on 19 December 2006, and since then is:






(i)


updated regularly, on the basis of proposals from EFSA’s Executive Director, taking account of reviews or new designation proposals from the Member States (in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 2230/2004, Article 2(4) (2)), and










(ii)


made public on EFSA’s website, where the latest updated list of competent organisations is published.




This respective information is available on the EFSA website, at the following locations:






—


the latest amendment to the list of competent organisations by EFSA’s Management Board on 30.10.2025 – http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/partnersnetworks/scorg.




EFSA will keep this Notice updated, specifically regarding the provided website links.
For more information please contact Cooperation.Article36@efsa.europa.eu.


(1)  Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1).

(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2230/2004 of 23 December 2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 with regard to the network of organisations operating in the fields within the European Food Safety Authority’s mission, OJ L 379, 24.12.2004, p. 64, as last amended.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6097/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Council Decision of 13 November 2025 replacing a member of the Management Board of the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions for Hungary
Date: 2025-11-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Eurofound, Hungary, appointment of members, decision-making body (EU)








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C/2025/6420


26.11.2025







            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 13 November 2025
         
replacing a member of the Management Board of the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions for Hungary
(C/2025/6420)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/127 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 January 2019 establishing the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound), and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75 (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


By Decision of 28 March 2023 (2), the Council appointed members and alternate members of the Management Board of the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions for the period from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2027.












(2)


A seat as member in the government representatives category has fallen vacant as a result of the resignation of Ms Krisztina PELEI.












(3)


The Government of Hungary has designated a candidate for the vacant seat,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Ms Renáta TÓTH is appointed member of the Management Board of the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions in place of Ms Krisztina PELEI, for the remainder of the current term of office, ending on 31 March 2027.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 13 November 2025.


For the Council


The President

S. LOSE
            





(1)  
            OJ L 30, 31.1.2019, p. 74.

(2)  Council Decision of 28 March 2023 appointing members and alternate members of the Management Board of the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound) (OJ C 116, 31.3.2023, p. 23).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6420/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Council Decision of 13 November 2025 replacing an alternate member of the Advisory Committee on freedom of movement for workers for Denmark
Date: 2025-11-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Denmark, advisory committee (EU), appointment of members, free movement of workers








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C/2025/6415


26.11.2025







            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 13 November 2025
         
replacing an alternate member of the Advisory Committee on freedom of movement for workers for Denmark
(C/2025/6415)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on freedom of movement for workers within the Union (1), and in particular Articles 23 and 24 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


By Decision of 23 September 2024 (2), the Council appointed members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on freedom of movement for workers for the period from 25 September 2024 to 24 September 2026.












(2)


A seat as alternate member in the government representatives category has fallen vacant as a result of the resignation of Ms Lone HENRIKSEN.












(3)


Denmark has designated a candidate for the vacant seat,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Ms Sidse Skraastad CLEMMENSEN is appointed alternate member of the Advisory Committee on freedom of movement for workers in place of Ms Lone HENRIKSEN for the remainder of the current term of office, ending on 24 September 2026.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 13 November 2025.


For the Council


The President

S. LOSE
            





(1)  
            OJ L 141, 27.5.2011, p. 1.

(2)  COUNCIL DECISION of 23 September 2024 appointing members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Movement for Workers (OJ C, C/2024/5865, 27.9.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5865/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6415/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-117/24, JYSK: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 13 November 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék – Hungary) – JYSK Kereskedelmi Kft. v Nemzeti Élelmiszerlánc-biztonsági Hivatal (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Obligations of operators placing timber and timber products on the market – Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 – Use, maintenance and regular evaluation of a due diligence system – Article 4(2) and (3) and Article 6 – Group of companies – Access of an operator to a due diligence system maintained and evaluated by its parent company or established by a monitoring organisation and used by that parent company)
Date: 2025-11-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: group of companies, market approval, market supervision, parent company, wood product, wood production








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C/2026/143


12.1.2026






Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 13 November 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Törvényszék – Hungary) – JYSK Kereskedelmi Kft. v Nemzeti Élelmiszerlánc-biztonsági Hivatal


(Case C-117/24,
                (1)
JYSK)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Environment - Obligations of operators placing timber and timber products on the market - Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 - Use, maintenance and regular evaluation of a due diligence system - Article 4(2) and (3) and Article 6 - Group of companies - Access of an operator to a due diligence system maintained and evaluated by its parent company or established by a monitoring organisation and used by that parent company)
(C/2026/143)
Language of the case: Hungarian

Referring court

Fővárosi Törvényszék

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: JYSK Kereskedelmi Kft.

Defendant: Nemzeti Élelmiszerlánc-biztonsági Hivatal

Operative part of the judgment

Article 4(2) and (3), first sentence, and Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market,
must be interpreted meaning that, in order to comply with its obligations under those provisions, it is not sufficient for an operator, within the meaning of Article 2(c) of that regulation, belonging to a group of companies to be able to access the elements of a due diligence system, referred to in that Article 6(1), which is either established, maintained and evaluated by the parent company of that group or is established by a monitoring organisation referred to in Article 8 of that regulation and used by that parent company.


(1)  OJ C, C/2024/3057.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/143/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-678/23, Spitalul Clinic de Pneumoftiziologie Iaşi: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 13 November 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Iaşi – Romania) – JU v Spitalul Clinic de Pneumoftiziologie Iaşi (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Directive 89/391/EEC – Safety and health of workers at work – Article 9 – Employers’ obligations – Classification of workplaces according to whether they are exposing workers to risk factors to their safety and health – Article 11(6) – Proceedings before the authority responsible for safety and health protection at work – Effective judicial protection)
Date: 2025-11-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: direct applicability, judicial review, labour standard, right of action, right to an effective remedy, social policy, supervisory body, working conditions








C_202600137EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


EN
C series













C/2026/137


12.1.2026






Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 13 November 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Iaşi – Romania) – JU v Spitalul Clinic de Pneumoftiziologie Iaşi


(Case C-678/23,
                (1)
Spitalul Clinic de Pneumoftiziologie Iaşi)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Social policy - Directive 89/391/EEC - Safety and health of workers at work - Article 9 - Employers’ obligations - Classification of workplaces according to whether they are exposing workers to risk factors to their safety and health - Article 11(6) - Proceedings before the authority responsible for safety and health protection at work - Effective judicial protection)
(C/2026/137)
Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Curtea de Apel Iaşi

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant (applicant at first instance): JU

Respondent (defendant at first instance): Spitalul Clinic de Pneumoftiziologie Iaşi

Operative part of the judgment

Article 9 and Article 11(6) of Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work
must be interpreted as meaning that they do not apply to national legislation, as interpreted by the national courts, which precludes a worker from appealing to the national authority responsible for safety and health protection at work or from bringing an action before a national court in order to establish or review the classification, provided for by that legislation, of his or her workplace based on the higher-than-normal risks to his or her health to which her or she is exposed there and from being granted, under that new classification, additional rights in respect of pension rights and paid annual leave.


(1)  OJ C, C/2024/3734.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/137/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)