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Case C-817/25 P: Appeal brought on 11 December 2025 by Bogoljub Karić against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 24 September 2025 in Case T-238/24, Karić v Council
Date: 2025-12-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Belarus, EU restrictive measure, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian issue, Ukraine, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, proof








C_202600468EN.000101.fmx.xml












Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2026/468


2.2.2026






Appeal brought on 11 December 2025 by Bogoljub Karić against the judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) delivered on 24 September 2025 in Case T-238/24, Karić v Council


(Case C-817/25 P)

(C/2026/468)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: Bogoljub Karić (represented by: W. Julié, A. Beauchemin, T. Marembert et A. Bass, avocats, P. Malaguti, avvocato)

Other party to the proceedings: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought

The appellant claims that the Court should:






—


set aside in whole the judgement under appeal;










—


dispose of the actions on the merits and annul, in so far as they concern Mr Bogoljub Karić:






—


Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/769 of 26 February 2024 amending Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine (1); and










—


Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/768 of 26 February 2024 implementing Article 8a of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine (2).














—


in the alternative, set aside the judgement under appeal and remit the case to the General Court;










—


order the Council to bear the full costs and expenses of the proceeding.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the appeal, the appellant relies on four grounds of appeal.
Firstly, the General Court erred in law, infringed essential procedural requirements and the duty to state reasons through insufficient and contradictory reasoning, and substituted its own grounds for those of the Council, by its extensive interpretation and application of the criteria set in Article 3(1)(b) and Article 4(1)(b) of Decision 2012/642/CFSP, and of Article 2(5) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 (‘criteria (b)’) to an ‘associated’ person.
Secondly, the General Court distorted the evidence on file and the appellant’s arguments.
Thirdly, the General Court erred in law by failing to take into consideration the caselaw related to the passage of time and by reversing the burden of proof.
Finally, the General Court erred in law in its interpretation of criteria (b), regarding both the ‘
            support
            ’ and ‘
            benefit
            ’ prongs.


(1)  OJ L, 2024/769.

(2)  OJ L, 2024/768.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/468/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Council Decision of 11 December 2025 replacing a member of the Advisory Committee on freedom of movement for workers for Austria
Date: 2025-12-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Austria, advisory committee (EU), appointment of members, free movement of workers








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C/2025/6758


19.12.2025







            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 11 December 2025
         
replacing a member of the Advisory Committee on freedom of movement for workers for Austria
(C/2025/6758)


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 member in the trade union representatives category has fallen vacant as a result of the resignation of Mr Johannes PEYRL.












(3)


Austria has designated a candidate for the vacant seat,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Ms Nicole PINTER is appointed member of the Advisory Committee on freedom of movement for workers in place of Mr Johannes PEYRL 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, 11 December 2025.


For the Council


The President

J. JENSEN
            





(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/2025/6758/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-767/24, Kuszycka: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 11 December 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie – Poland) – mBank S.A. v ML (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Consumer protection – Directive 93/13/EEC – Unfair terms in consumer contracts – Article 7(1) – Effects of a term being found to be unfair – Contract declared void – Action brought by a seller or supplier seeking restitution of the amount of the loan paid under a contract which is to be annulled – Consequences of the submission of a declaration of set-off – Implied waiver of the objection that the action is time-barred – Effective exercise of the procedural rights of consumers – Principle of effectiveness – Dissuasive effect of the prohibition on unfair terms)
Date: 2025-12-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: claim, consumer credit, consumer protection, limitation of legal proceedings, real estate credit, redemption, unfair terms of contract








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C/2026/615


9.2.2026






Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 11 December 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie – Poland) – mBank S.A. v ML


(Case C-767/24,
                (1) Kuszycka
                (2)
)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Consumer protection - Directive 93/13/EEC - Unfair terms in consumer contracts - Article 7(1) - Effects of a term being found to be unfair - Contract declared void - Action brought by a seller or supplier seeking restitution of the amount of the loan paid under a contract which is to be annulled - Consequences of the submission of a declaration of set-off - Implied waiver of the objection that the action is time-barred - Effective exercise of the procedural rights of consumers - Principle of effectiveness - Dissuasive effect of the prohibition on unfair terms)
(C/2026/615)
Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: mBank S.A.

Defendant: ML

Operative part of the judgment

Article 7(1) of Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts, read in the light of the principle of effectiveness,
must be interpreted as meaning that, in the context of the annulment in its entirety of a mortgage loan agreement concluded between a consumer and a banking institution, on the ground that that agreement contains an unfair term without which that agreement cannot continue in existence, it precludes the application of national case-law according to which the submission by that consumer of a declaration of set-off of his or her claim against that of that banking institution entails an implied waiver of the objection that the claim relied on by that institution is time-barred.


(1)  OJ C, C/2025/709.

(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/2026/615/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-121/24, Vaniz: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 11 December 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad Veliko Tarnovo – Bulgaria) – Vaniz EOOD v Direktor na Direktsia Obzhalvane i danachno-osiguritelna praktika – Veliko Tarnovo (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Article 205 – Joint and several liability – Insolvency of the principal debtor – Continued obligation to pay VAT – Joint and several liability of a third party after the removal of the principal debtor from the commercial register – Principle of legal certainty – Principle of proportionality)
Date: 2025-12-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, cessation of trading, debt, financial solvency, principle of legal certainty, principle of proportionality, tax relief, taxpayer








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C/2026/608


9.2.2026






Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 11 December 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad Veliko Tarnovo – Bulgaria) – ‘Vaniz’ EOOD v Direktor na Direktsia ‘Obzhalvane i danachno-osiguritelna praktika’ – Veliko Tarnovo


(Case C-121/24,
                (1)
Vaniz)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Common system of value added tax (VAT) - Directive 2006/112/EC - Article 205 - Joint and several liability - Insolvency of the principal debtor - Continued obligation to pay VAT - Joint and several liability of a third party after the removal of the principal debtor from the commercial register - Principle of legal certainty - Principle of proportionality)
(C/2026/608)
Language of the case: Bulgarian

Referring court

Administrativen sad Veliko Tarnovo

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant:
            ‘Vaniz’ EOOD

Defendant: Direktor na Direktsia ‘Obzhalvane i danachno-osiguritelna praktika’ – Veliko Tarnovo

Operative part of the judgment

Article 205 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, read in the light of the principles of proportionality and legal certainty, must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation under which the person held jointly and severally liable for payment of value added tax, within the meaning of that Article 205, may incur liability after the person liable for payment of that tax has ceased to exist as a legal person, where it is established that that person, while exercising his or her right of deduction himself or herself, knew or should have known that that person liable for payment would not pay that tax.


(1)  OJ C, C/2024/2931.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/608/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
State aid – Decision to raise no objections
Date: 2025-12-11
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Norway, State aid, carriage of goods, control of State aid, rail transport








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C/2025/6692


11.12.2025






State aid – Decision to raise no objections
(C/2025/6692)

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






Date of adoption of the decision


9 July 2025




Case No


94273




Decision No


122/25/COL




EFTA State


Norway




Region


All regions




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


CargoNet AS




Legal basis


Prop. 20 S (2024–2025), pp. 6-7, 12




Type of measure


Individual aid (ad hoc aid)




Objective


Facilitate the development of certain economic activities




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


475 MNOK (max)




Intensity


100%




Duration


31 December 2025




Economic sectors


NACE H – 49.2 (Freight rail transport)




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministry of Transport




PO Box 8010 Dep




N-0030 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/2025/6692/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Case C-497/24, Regione Marche (Maximum aid rate): Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 11 December 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale ordinario di Ancona – Italy) – GC, acting in his own name and as owner of the agricultural holding bearing the same name v Regione Marche (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Agriculture – Common agricultural policy – Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 – Support programme in the wine sector – Financing – Article 50 – European Union contribution – Calculation of the maximum aid rate – Inclusion of a tax credit provided for by national legislation)
Date: 2025-12-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU aid, aid to agriculture, common agricultural policy, tax relief, terms for aid, viticulture, wine








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2026/612


9.2.2026






Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 11 December 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale ordinario di Ancona – Italy) – GC, acting in his own name and as owner of the agricultural holding bearing the same name v Regione Marche


(Case C-497/24,
                (1)
Regione Marche (Maximum aid rate))

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Agriculture - Common agricultural policy - Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 - Support programme in the wine sector - Financing - Article 50 - European Union contribution - Calculation of the maximum aid rate - Inclusion of a tax credit provided for by national legislation)
(C/2026/612)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale ordinario di Ancona

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: GC, acting in his own name and as owner of the agricultural holding bearing the same name

Defendant: Regione Marche

Operative part of the judgment

Article 50(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 must be interpreted as meaning that, for the purpose of calculating the maximum aid rate for investments provided for in that provision, account must be taken of the European Union support paid to a recipient in respect of an investment project, but not of the benefit derived by that recipient from a tax credit provided for by national legislation.


(1)  OJ C, C/2024/5790.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/612/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Opinion 01/2026 concerning the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the European Competitiveness Fund (the ECF), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities, repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/522, (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/783, repealing provisions of Regulations (EU) 2021/696, (EU) 2023/588, (EU), and amending Regulation (EU) [EDIP] (SEC(2025) 555 final; SWD(2025) 555 final; SWD(2025) 556 final)
Date: 2025-12-11
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: EU programme, European defence policy, European industrial area, competitiveness, fund (EU), innovation, military research, research and development








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C/2026/363


13.1.2026






Opinion 01/2026
concerning the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the European Competitiveness Fund (‘the ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities, repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/522, (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/783, repealing provisions of Regulations (EU) 2021/696, (EU) 2023/588, (EU), and amending Regulation (EU) [EDIP] (SEC(2025) 555 final; SWD(2025) 555 final; SWD(2025) 556 final)
(C/2026/363)

The European Court of Auditors has published its opinion 01/2026 concerning the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the European Competitiveness Fund (‘the ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities, repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/522, (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/783, repealing provisions of Regulations (EU) 2021/696, (EU) 2023/588, (EU), and amending Regulation (EU) [EDIP] (SEC(2025) 555 final; SWD(2025) 555 final; SWD(2025) 556 final).
The opinion can be consulted directly or downloaded at the European Court of Auditors’ website: https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/publications/OP-2026-01.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/363/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12187 – SMFG / JEFFERIES / JAPANESE EQUITIES JV) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2025-12-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Japan, banking, economic concentration, financial institution, financial services, merger control








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C/2025/6687


11.12.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.12187 – SMFG / JEFFERIES / JAPANESE EQUITIES JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/6687)


1.   
On 1 December 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:






—


Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc (‘SMFG’, Japan),










—


Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (‘Jefferies’, US).




SMFG and Jefferies will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of SMBC Nikko Jefferies Securities Inc. (‘Japanese Equities JV’, Japan).
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.


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






—


SMFG is a global financial institution with an established presence across all consumer and corporate banking businesses,










—


Jefferies is a global full-service investment banking and capital markets firm.






3.   

The Japanese Equities JV will be active in the provision of Japanese investment banking equity-related services.



4.   
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.


5.   
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.12187 – SMFG / JEFFERIES / JAPANESE EQUITIES JV
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/2025/6687/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
Council Decision of 11 December 2025 appointing two members and three alternates to the Administrative Board of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators
Date: 2025-12-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, Portugal, Slovakia, appointment of members, decision-making body (EU)








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C/2025/6712


17.12.2025







            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 11 December 2025
         
appointing two members and three alternates to the Administrative Board of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators
(C/2025/6712)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/942 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 establishing a European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (1), and in particular Article 18 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Regulation (EU) 2019/942 provides that the Council is to appoint five members and their alternates to the Administrative Board of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (the ‘Administrative Board’).












(2)


Regulation (EU) 2019/942 provides that a member of the Administrative Board is not to be a member of the Board of Regulators of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators and that the members of the Administrative Board are to act independently and objectively in the interest of the Union as a whole.












(3)


In view of the expiry of the term of office of two members and three alternates of the Administrative Board appointed by the Council, new appointments should be made to replace them,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following persons are hereby appointed as members to the Administrative Board for a period of four years from 28 January 2026:






—


Mr Václav BARTUŠKA, Czechia,










—


Mr Jorge SOUSA, Portugal.






Article 2
The following persons are hereby appointed as alternates to the Administrative Board for a period of four years from 28 January 2026:






—


Mr Atanas GEORGIEV, Bulgaria,










—


Mr Boris MAKŠIJAN, Croatia,










—


Mr Oliver PÚČEK, Slovakia.






Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 11 December 2025.


For the Council


The President

J. JENSEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 158, 14.6.2019, p. 22, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/942/oj.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6712/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)