The EU Commission has approved the acquisition of joint control of Ze Energy SAS by WIFRA SAS and Ze Way Invest SAS, all three based in France, and by Marguerite II SCSp, based in Luxembourg. The transaction mainly concerns the production of renewable electricity in France.
Das vorliegende Vorabentscheidungsersuchen bezieht sich auf die Auslegung von Passagen der EU-Verordnung zum Schutz natürlicher Personen bei der Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten (DSGVO) einerseits und der Richtlinie über den Schutz vertraulichen Know- hows und vertraulicher Geschäftsinformationen vor rechtswidrigem Erwerb sowie rechtswidriger Nutzung und Offenlegung andererseits.
Die Vorabentscheidungsersuchen betreffen die Auslegung verschiedener Passagen der Verordnung (EU) 2016/679 des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 27. April 2016 zum Schutz natürlicher Personen bei der Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten, zum freien Datenverkehr und zur Aufhebung der Richtlinie 95/46/EG (Datenschutz-Grundverordnung).
“Hungarian legislation requiring traders to offer for sale certain agricultural products at a fixed price and in predetermined quantities is contrary to EU law. That legislation prevents traders, without appropriate justification, from freely setting the selling prices and the quantities offered for sale of those products on the basis of economic considerations” – Court of Justice.
Strengthening the spitzenkandidat process, ensuring gender balance, a strong focus on social rights overseen by a figure with the experience to deliver, and the fair distribution of Executive Vice-President positions reflecting the majority in the European Parliament. These are the expectations for the composition of the next European Commission.
Today, the European Commission decided to register two European Citizens’ Initiatives, entitled ‘ECI for a Water-Smart and Resilient Europe’ and ‘PsychedeliCare’.
The EU General Court rules for the first time on the financial consequences of alleged irregularities with regard to a former Member of the European Court of Auditors. The General Court largely upholds the decision by the Court of Auditors to recover expenditure considered to be undue.
According to the EU General Court, NSD failed to demonstrate that the EU Council erred in finding that that undertaking was a systemically important financial institution in Russia’s financial system. The Court also points out that NSD provides financial services of significant value both to the Russian Government and the Russian Central Bank, enabling Russia in its financial resources with the aim of pursuing its actions to destabilise Ukraine.
The European Parliament infringed certain protection rules relating to the status as an informant of a parliamentary assistant. By confining itself to relieving the person concerned of his duties, the Parliament did not take all the measures necessary to ensure that he had balanced and effective protection against any form of retaliation.
Economic sanctions against Russia: The EU Council has the power to establish reporting and cooperation obligations to ensure the effectiveness of fund-freezing measures. The need for action to counteract legal and financial arrangements facilitating the circumvention of restrictive measures justifies such obligations.
Tax rulings: The EU Court of Justice sets aside the judgment of the EU General Court concerning tax rulings issued by Ireland in favour of Apple. The Court of Justice gives final judgment in the matter and confirms the European Commission’s 2016 decision: Ireland granted Apple unlawful aid which Ireland is required to recover.
Common foreign and security policy (CFSP): The EU Court of Justice clarifies the scope of the jurisdiction of the Courts of the European Union. The Court of Justice has jurisdiction, in that context, to assess the legality of acts or omissions which are not directly linked to political or strategic choices coming under that policy or to interpret them.
Restrictive measures against Russia: The confiscation of the entire proceeds of a brokering transaction covered by the prohibition on providing brokering services for military equipment is permitted. In addition, the Court has jurisdiction to interpret a measure of general scope of a CFSP decision which should have been implemented in a regulation and which forms the basis for a national sanction.
The EU Court of Justice upholds the fine of €2.4 billion imposed on Google for abuse of its dominant position by favouring its own comparison shopping service. The appeal lodged by Google and Alphabet is dismissed.
The EU Commission has concluded that three German measures in favour of Ryanair and the Frankfurt-Hahn airport are incompatible with EU State aid rules. Germany must now recover the incompatible aid, including interest. The Commission has also found ithat other public funding measures for Frankfurt-Hahn airport, Haitec AG and Ryanair do not constitute State aid.
“In an innovation economy, the focus of enforcement must be on creating and protecting opportunities for innovative firms. That means preserving a fair and open competitive process. A process in which innovators can challenge incumbents and disrupt established positions” – EU Commission EVP Vestager.
In her letter to EU Commission President von der Leyen, Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark, is suggesting Dan Jørgensen as Member of the EU Commission.
In a letter, Ion-Marcel Ciolacu, Prime Minister of Romania, is suggesting Ms Roxana Mînzatu as Member of the Commission.
Dimitar Glavchev, Prime Minister of Bulgaria, is suggesting Ms Ekaterina Zaharieva and Mr Yulian Popov as candidates for the Bulgarian Member of the Commission.
On Monday, Vice-President Schinas will travel to Yerevan, Armenia, to launch a visa liberalisation dialogue. He will meet with Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan to discuss the launch of the visa liberalisation dialogue and other aspects of the EU-Armenia Partnership Agenda.
The transaction relates primarily to the sector of automotive aluminium sheets. The Commission concluded that the notified transaction would not raise competition concerns, given the limited impact on the European Economic Area. The notified transaction was examined under the simplified merger review procedure.
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