EU legislation — 2022

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256 of 16 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing a multiannual rolling planning (Text with EEA relevance)

Decision (EU) 2023/135 of the European Central Bank of 30 December 2022 on the paying-up of capital, transfer of foreign reserve assets, and contributions by Hrvatska narodna banka to the European Central Bank’s reserves and provisions (ECB/2022/51)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings, the vineyard register, accompanying documents and certification, the inward and outward register, compulsory declarations, notifications and publication of notified information, and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the relevant checks and penalties, amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 555/2008, (EC) No 606/2009 and (EC) No 607/2009 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/560

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274 of 11 December 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the scheme of authorisations for vine plantings, certification, the inward and outward register, compulsory declarations and notifications, and of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the relevant checks, and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/561

Opinion of the European Central Bank of 30 December 2022 on Italy’s participation in the International Monetary Fund’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust (CON/2022/46)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1018 of 29 June 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying information to be notified by investment firms, market operators and credit institutions (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2581 of 20 June 2022 laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to provision of information in applications for authorisation of a credit institution (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1151/2014 of 4 June 2014 supplementing Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on the information to be notified when exercising the right of establishment and the freedom to provide services (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 641/2014 of 16 June 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2580 of 17 June 2022 supplementing Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the information to be provided in the application for the authorisation as a credit institution, and specifying the obstacles which may prevent the effective exercise of supervisory functions of competent authorities (Text with EEA relevance)

Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1044 of 22 June 2021 granting a Union authorisation for the single biocidal product Pesguard® Gel (Text with EEA relevance)

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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/655 of 19 December 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to monitoring of gaseous pollutant emissions from in-service internal combustion engines installed in non-road mobile machinery (Text with EEA relevance)

Council Decision (EU) 2022/2571 of 24 October 2022 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning the amendment to Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) and Protocol 37 (containing the list provided for in Article 101) to the EEA Agreement (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (Text with EEA relevance)

Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC (Text with EEA relevance)

Directive (EU) 2022/2555 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and Directive (EU) 2018/1972, and repealing Directive (EU) 2016/1148 (NIS 2 Directive) (Text with EEA relevance)

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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/674 of 26 December 2022 amending the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)

Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 establishing a European centre for disease prevention and control

Decision No 1082/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 on serious cross-border threats to health and repealing Decision No 2119/98/EC (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1801 of 11 October 2016 on laying down implementing technical standards with regard to the mapping of credit assessments of external credit assessment institutions for securitisation in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)

Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1102/2008 (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/605 of 7 April 2021 laying down special control measures for African swine fever (Text with EEA relevance)

Council Regulation (EU) 2016/44 of 18 January 2016 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya and repealing Regulation (EU) No 204/2011

Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 of 31 July 2015 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya, and repealing Decision 2011/137/CFSP

Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market

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Council Regulation (EU) 2022/2578 of 22 December 2022 establishing a market correction mechanism to protect Union citizens and the economy against excessively high prices

Council Regulation (EU) 2022/2577 of 22 December 2022 laying down a framework to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy

Commission Decision of 22/12/2022 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.10760 - AIRBUS / SAFRAN / TAC / AUBERT & DUVAL) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

Order of the General Court (First Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#British Airways plc v European Commission.#Action for annulment and for damages – Competition – Agreements, decisions and concerted practices – Market for airfreight – Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU, Article 53 of the EEA Agreement and Article 8 of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport – Annulment by the General Court – Refusal of the Commission to pay default interest – Remedies – Limitation period – Time limit for bringing proceedings – Out of time – Act confirming a previous measure – Inadmissibility.#Case T-480/21.

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#JP v Ministre de la Transition écologique and Premier ministre.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directives 80/779/EEC, 85/203/EEC, 96/62/EC, 1999/30/EC and 2008/50/EC – Air quality – Limit values for microparticles (PM10) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) – Exceeded – Air quality plans – Damage caused to an individual on account of deterioration of the air resulting from the exceedance of those limit values – Liability of the Member State concerned – Conditions for establishing that liability – Requirement that the rule of EU law infringed be intended to confer rights on the individuals who have been harmed – No such intention.#Case C-61/21.

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#Airbnb Ireland UC and Airbnb Payments UK Ltd v Agenzia delle Entrate.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Internal market – Article 114(2) TFEU – Exclusion of fiscal provisions – Directive 2000/31/EC – Information society services – Electronic commerce – Online property intermediation platform – Article 1(5)(a) – Exclusion of the ‘field of taxation’ – Directive 2006/123/EC – Services in the internal market – Article 2(3) – Exclusion of the ‘field of taxation’ – Directive (EU) 2015/1535 – Article 1(1)(e) and (f) – Concepts of ‘rule on services’ and ‘technical regulation’ – Obligation on providers of property intermediation services to collect and transmit to the tax authorities data on rental contracts and to withhold tax at source on the payments made – Obligation on service providers that do not have a permanent establishment in Italy to appoint a tax representative – Article 56 TFEU – Restrictive nature – Legitimate objective – Disproportionate nature of the obligation to appoint a tax representative – Third paragraph of Article 267 TFEU – Prerogatives of a national court or tribunal against whose decisions there is no judicial remedy under national law.#Case C-83/21.

Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#Quadrant Amroq Beverages SRL v Agenţia Naţională de Administrare Fiscală - Direcţia Generală de Administrare a Marilor Contribuabili.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Bucureşti.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Harmonisation of fiscal legislation – Directive 92/83/EEC – Harmonisation of the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages – Excise duty – Ethyl alcohol – Exemptions – Article 27(1)(e) – Production of flavours for the preparation of foodstuffs and non-alcoholic beverages with an alcohol strength not exceeding 1.2% volume – Scope – Principles of proportionality and effectiveness.#Case C-332/21.

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#WP v Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale and Repubblica italiana.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Ordinario di Asti.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – European Central Bank (ECB) staff members – Transfer of pension rights acquired in a national pension scheme to the ECB pension scheme – Article 4(3) TEU – Principle of sincere cooperation – ECB Conditions of Employment – Article 8 of Annex IIIa – No provision of national law or agreement between the Member State concerned and the ECB.#Case C-404/21.

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#Generalstaatsanwaltschaft München v S.M.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht München.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Citizenship of the European Union – Articles 18 and 21 TFEU – Request sent to a Member State by a third State for the extradition of a Union citizen who is a national of another Member State and who has exercised his right to free movement in the first of those Member States – Request made for the purpose of enforcing a custodial sentence – Prohibition on extradition applied solely to own nationals – Restriction of freedom of movement – Justification based on the prevention of impunity – Proportionality.#Case C-237/21.

Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#AL v European Commission.#Civil service – OLAF investigation – Acts adopted by OLAF – Identification of the defendant – No act adversely affecting the applicant – Article 76(d) of the Rules of Procedure – Inadmissibility.#Case T-692/21.

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#TJ v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Cluj.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Protection of the safety and health of workers – Directive 90/270/EEC – Article 9(3) – Work with display screen equipment – Protection of workers’ eyes and eyesight – Special corrective appliances – Spectacles – Acquisition by the employee – Arrangements for the employer to meet the costs.#Case C-392/21.

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1956 of 26 November 2019 on the harmonised standards for electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits and drafted in support of Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council

Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#Council of the European Union and European Commission v FI.#Appeal – Article 182 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Civil service – Pension – Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union – Article 20 of Annex VIII – Grant of a survivor’s pension – Surviving spouse of a former official who had been in receipt of invalidity allowance – Marriage entered into after that official had become eligible for invalidity allowance – Condition that the marriage must have lasted for at least five years at the date of the official’s death – Article 19 of Annex VIII – Marriage entered into before the official became eligible for invalidity allowance – No condition as to the minimum duration of the marriage – Plea of illegality in respect of Article 20 of Annex VIII – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 20 – Principle of equal treatment – Article 21(1) – Principle of non-discrimination – Article 52(1) – No arbitrary or manifestly inappropriate differentiation in the light of the objective pursued by the EU legislature.#Joined Cases C-313/21 P and C-314/21 P.

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#X v Udlændingenævnet.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Østre Landsret.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – EEC-Turkey Association Agreement – Article 9 – Decision No 1/80 – Article 10(1) – Article 13 – Standstill clause – Family reunification – National rule introducing new more restrictive conditions in the area of family reunification for spouses of Turkish nationals who hold a permanent residence permit in the Member State concerned – Requirement that Turkish workers successfully take a test demonstrating a certain level of knowledge of the official language of that Member State – Justification – Objective of ensuring successful integration.#Case C-279/21.

Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523 of 15 December 2022 on ensuring a global minimum level of taxation for multinational enterprise groups and large-scale domestic groups in the Union

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1926 of 11 October 2022 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2022 on account of overfishing in the previous years

Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#Hauptzollamt Hamburg v Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2003/96/EC – Taxation of energy products and electricity – Fourth indent of Article 5 – Differentiated rates of excise duty according to whether those products are for business or non-business use – Optional tax exemptions and reductions – Submission of an application for an optional tax reduction after the expiry of the period prescribed for that purpose but before the expiry of the period for assessment of the tax concerned – Principle of legal certainty – Principle of effectiveness – Principle of proportionality.#Case C-553/21.

Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#European Commission and Council of the European Union v KM.#Appeal – Article 182 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Civil service – Pension – Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union – Article 20 of Annex VIII – Grant of a survivor’s pension – Surviving spouse of a former official in receipt of a retirement pension – Marriage entered into after termination of that official’s service – Condition that the marriage must have lasted for at least five years at the date of the official’s death – Article 18 of Annex VIII – Marriage entered into before termination of the official’s service – Condition that the marriage must have lasted for at least one year only – Plea of illegality in respect of Article 20 of Annex VIII – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 20 – Principle of equal treatment – Article 21(1) – Principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age – Article 52(1) – No arbitrary or manifestly inappropriate differentiation in the light of the objective pursued by the EU legislature.#Joined Cases C-341/21 P and C-357/21 P.

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL pursuant to Article 16(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable COVID-19 vaccination, test and recovery certificates (EU Digital COVID Certificate) to facilitate free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#Sambre & Biesme SCRL and Commune de Farciennes v Société wallonne du logement (SWL).#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Public contracts – Directive 2014/24/EU – Award of the contract without initiating a tendering procedure – Public contracts between entities within the public sector – Article 12(3) – Public contracts subject to in-house awards – Concept of ‘similar control’ – Conditions – Representation of all participating contracting authorities – Article 12(4) – Contract between contracting authorities pursuing common public interest objectives – Concept of ‘cooperation’ – Conditions – Failure to transpose within the time limits laid down – Direct effect.#Joined Cases C-383/21 and C-384/21.

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#European Investment Bank (EIB) v KL.#Appeal – Civil service – Staff of the European Investment Bank (EIB) – Concept of ‘invalidity’ – Declaration of fitness to work – Unjustified absence – Action for annulment and for damages.#Case C-68/22 P.

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#Universität Koblenz-Landau v European Education and Culture Executive Agency.#Case C-288/21 P.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/373 of 1 March 2017 laying down common requirements for providers of air traffic management/air navigation services and other air traffic management network functions and their oversight, repealing Regulation (EC) No 482/2008, Implementing Regulations (EU) No 1034/2011, (EU) No 1035/2011 and (EU) 2016/1377 and amending Regulation (EU) No 677/2011 (Text with EEA relevance)

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#Christian Louboutin v Amazon Europe Core Sàrl and Others.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d'arrondissement de Luxembourg and Tribunal de l’entreprise francophone de Bruxelles.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – EU trade mark – Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 9(2)(a) – Rights conferred by an EU trade mark – Concept of ‘use’ – Operator of an online sales website incorporating an online marketplace – Advertisements published on that marketplace by third-party sellers using, in those advertisements, a sign which is identical with a trade mark of another person for goods which are identical with those for which that trade mark is registered – Perception of that sign as forming an integral part of the commercial communication of that operator – Method of presenting the advertisements which does not make it possible to distinguish clearly the offerings of that operator from those of the third-party sellers.#Joined Cases C-148/21 and C-184/21.

Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#Jean-François Jalkh v European Parliament.#Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Law governing the institutions – Member of the European Parliament – Protocol (No 7) on the privileges and immunities of the European Union – Third paragraph of Article 9 – Decision to waive parliamentary immunity – Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded.#Case C-82/22 P.

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#European Parliament v Giulia Moi.#Appeal – Law governing the institutions – Member of the European Parliament – Principle of ne ultra petita – Subject matter of the dispute – Rights of the defence – Article 232 TFEU – Operating arrangements of the Parliament – Sixth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU – Time limit for bringing proceedings – Cross-appeal.#Case C-246/21 P.

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#SIA 'EUROAPTIEKA' v Ministru kabinets.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Satversmes tiesa.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Medicinal products for human use – Directive 2001/83/EC – Article 86(1) – Concept of ‘advertising of medicinal products’ – Article 87(3) – Rational use of medicinal products – Article 90 – Prohibited advertising methods – Advertising of medicinal products neither subject to medical prescription nor reimbursed – Advertising on the basis of price – Advertising of special sales – Advertising of bundled sales – Prohibition.#Case C-530/20.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1936/2001 of 27 September 2001 laying down control measures applicable to fishing for certain stocks of highly migratory fish

Council Regulation (EC) No 1984/2003 of 8 April 2003 introducing a system for the statistical monitoring of trade in swordfish and bigeye tuna within the Community

Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1904 of 4 December 2018 authorising the Netherlands to introduce a special measure derogating from Article 285 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#Oriol Junqueras i Vies v European Parliament.#Appeal – Institutional law – Members of the European Parliament – Loss of eligibility following a criminal conviction – Declaration that the seat of a Member of the European Parliament is vacant – Request to take an initiative as a matter of urgency to assert the immunity of a Member of the European Parliament – Action for annulment – Inadmissibility.#Case C-115/21 P.

Order of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#W.Ż. and Others v A. S. and Others.#Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Article 267 TFEU – Need for interpretation of EU law to enable the referring court to give judgment – None – Manifest inadmissibility.#Joined Cases C-491/20 REC to C-496/20 REC, C-506/20 REC, C-509/20 REC and C-511/20 REC.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10760 –AIRBUS / SAFRAN / TAC / AUBERT & DUVAL)

Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 of 7 May 2007 laying down technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species and repealing Regulation (EC) No 973/2001

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#European Commission v Kingdom of Spain.#Case C-125/20.

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#IM Gestão de Ativos (IMGA) – Sociedade Gestora de Organismos de Investimento Coletivo SA v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Arbitral Tributário (Centro de Arbitragem Administrativa - CAAD).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2008/7/EC – Article 5(2)(a) – Indirect taxes on the raising of capital – Stamp duty on services relating to the marketing of shares in undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities.#Case C-656/21.

Council Recommendation (EU) 2022/107 of 25 January 2022 on a coordinated approach to facilitate safe free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic and replacing Recommendation (EU) 2020/1475 (Text with EEA relevance)

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#Syndicat Les Entreprises du Médicament (LEEM) v Ministre des Solidarités et de la Santé.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Medicinal products for human use – Directive 89/105/EEC – Transparency of measures regulating the pricing of medicinal products for human use and their inclusion in the scope of national health insurance systems – Article 4 – Price freeze imposed on all medicinal products or on certain categories of medicinal products – National measure concerning only certain medicinal products, on an individual basis – Setting a maximum price for sales to health establishments of certain medicinal products.#Case C-20/22.

Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#Eurelec Trading SCRL and Scabel SA v Ministre de l’Économie et des Finances.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d'appel de Paris.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters – Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 – Article 1(1) – Concept of ‘civil and commercial matters’ – Action brought by a public authority seeking a declaration of the existence of restrictive practices, an order penalising those practices and an order that they cease.#Case C-98/22.

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Commission Decision of 21/12/2022 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.10979 - PROVIDENCE EQUITY PARTNERS / ROTHSCHILD & CO / A2MAC1) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

Decision No 1/2022 of the Community/Switzerland Inland Transport Committee of 21 December 2022 amending Annex 1 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Carriage of Goods and Passengers by Rail and Road and Decision No 2/2019 of the Committee [2023/143]

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 of 21 December 2022 laying down a list of specific high-value datasets and the arrangements for their publication and re-use (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Decision of 21/12/2022 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.10713 - RWE / NEWCO EEMSHAVEN) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2 of 21 December 2022 repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 761/2014 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1 of 21 December 2022 approving non-minor amendments to the product specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (‘Salers’ (PDO))

Commission Decision of 21/12/2022 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.10786 - BNP PARIBAS / CACEIS / JV) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2535 of 21 December 2022 authorising the placing on the market of the freeze-dried powder form of Antrodia camphorata mycelia as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (Text with EEA relevance)

Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2022/2543 of 21 December 2022 implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya

Decision No 3/2022 of the Partnership Council established by the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part of 21 December 2022 establishing a list of individuals who are willing and able to serve as members of an arbitration tribunal under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement [2022/2550]

Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2525 of 21 December 2022 implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/44 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2534 of 21 December 2022 authorising the placing on the market of bovine milk beta-lactoglobulin (β-lactoglobulin) as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (Text with EEA relevance)

Decision No 2/2022 of the Partnership Council established by the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part of 21 December 2022 as regards the second and last extension of the interim period during which the United Kingdom may derogate from the obligation to delete Passenger Name Record data of passengers after their departure from the United Kingdom [2022/2549]

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2568 of 21 December 2022 amending Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/605 laying down special control measures for African swine fever (Text with EEA relevance)

Regulation (EU) 2021/378 of the European Central Bank of 22 January 2021 on the application of minimum reserve requirements (recast) (ECB/2021/1)

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 21 December 2022.#International Masis Tabak LLC v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – International registration designating the European Union – Figurative mark representing a pack of cigarettes – Earlier international figurative mark Marlboro SELECTED PREMIUM TOBACCOS – Relative ground for refusal – Damage to reputation – Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001.#Case T-44/22.

Decision No 2/2019 of the Community/Switzerland Inland Transport Committee of 13 December 2019 on transitory measures to maintain smooth rail traffic between Switzerland and the European Union [2020/40]

Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027

Decision (EU) 2021/2255 of the European Central Bank of 7 December 2021 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2022 (ECB/2021/54)

Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 21 December 2022.#Fallimento Villa di Campo Srl v Agenzia delle Entrate.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 53(2) and Article 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Requirement that the national court indicate the relationship between the provisions of EU law the interpretation of which is sought and the national legislation applicable to the main proceedings – Lack of sufficient information – Manifest inadmissibility.#Case C-250/22.

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 21 December 2022.#Pharmadom v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU figurative mark WellBe PHARMACEUTICALS – Earlier national word mark WELL AND WELL – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – No similarity between the signs – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001).#Case T-644/21.

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 December 2022.#Vialto Consulting Kft. v European Commission.#Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance – Grants – Investigations by OLAF – Administrative penalty – Exclusion, for a period of two years, from public procurement procedures and from procedures for the award of grants financed from the general budget of the European Union – Obligation to state reasons – Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2185/96 – Principle of good administration – Legitimate expectations – Unlimited jurisdiction – Proportionality of the penalty.#Case T-537/18.

Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods

Order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 December 2022.#Lin Suicha v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark MK MARKTOMI MARKTOMI – Earlier EU figurative mark MK MICHAEL KORS – Relative ground for invalidity – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law.#Case T-264/22.

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 21 December 2022.#Artem Viktorovych Pshonka v Council of the European Union.#Common foreign and security policy – Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Ukraine – Freezing of funds – List of the persons, entities and bodies covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources – Maintenance of the applicant’s name on the list – Council’s obligation to verify that the decision of an authority of a third State was taken in accordance with the rights of the defence and the right to effective judicial protection.#Case T-242/21.

Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 December 2022.#OM v European Commission.#Civil service – Members of the temporary staff – Recruitment – Vacancy notice – Rejection of application – Appointment of another candidate – Position of Member of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board – Obligation to state reasons – Infringement of the vacancy notice – Legitimate expectation – Equal treatment – Manifest error of assessment.#Case T-118/22.

Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 December 2022.#Firearms United Network and Others v European Commission.#REACH – Regulation (EU) 2021/57 – Updating of Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 – Restriction on lead – Use of lead shot for hunting in or around wetlands – Manifest error of assessment – Proportionality – Legal certainty – Presumption of innocence.#Case T-187/21.