EU legislation — 2023

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1391 of 26 July 2022 granting a Union authorisation for the biocidal product family Lactic acid based products – CID Lines NV (Text with EEA relevance)

Regulation (EU) No 1233/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2011 on the application of certain guidelines in the field of officially supported export credits and repealing Council Decisions 2001/76/EC and 2001/77/EC

Council Regulation (EU) 2022/2576 of 19 December 2022 enhancing solidarity through better coordination of gas purchases, reliable price benchmarks and exchanges of gas across borders

Regulation (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of police and judicial cooperation, asylum and migration and amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, (EU) 2018/1862 and (EU) 2019/816

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Council Decision (EU) 2024/210 of 30 December 2023 on the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1122 of 12 March 2019 supplementing Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the functioning of the Union Registry (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/996 of 14 June 2022 on rules to verify sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria and low indirect land-use change-risk criteria (Text with EEA relevance)

Directive 2008/48/EC Of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 on credit agreements for consumers and repealing Council Directive 87/102/EEC

Directive 2014/17/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 February 2014 on credit agreements for consumers relating to residential immovable property and amending Directives 2008/48/EC and 2013/36/EU and Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 (Text with EEA relevance)

Summary of European Union decisions on marketing authorisations in respect of medicinal products from 1 November 2023 to 30 November 2023 (Published pursuant to Article 13 or Article 38 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council or Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council)

Summary of European Union decisions on marketing authorisations in respect of medicinal products from 1 October 2023 to 31 October 2023 (Published pursuant to Article 13 or Article 38 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council or Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council)

Opinion of the European Central Bank of 29 December 2023 on a legislative package on crisis management in the banking sector (CON/2023/47)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 of 24 October 2023 concerning emergency measures in relation to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in certain Member States (notified under document C(2023)7450) (Text with EEA relevance)

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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.110452Text with EEA relevance.

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.110637Text with EEA relevance.

Notice to the reader

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.110524Text with EEA relevance.

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.110596Text with EEA relevance.

EU Declaration on means of cooperation and implementation

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.110658Text with EEA relevance.

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.110622Text with EEA relevance.

Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates applicable as from 1 January 2024 (Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/46 of 14 January 2015 concerning the authorisation of diclazuril as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, for turkeys for fattening and for guinea fowl for fattening and breeding (holder of authorisation Huvepharma NV) (Text with EEA relevance)

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.109365Text with EEA relevance.

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.110542Text with EEA relevance.

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.110851Text with EEA relevance.

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.110744Text with EEA relevance.

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.109169Text with EEA relevance.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 of 29 May 1995 laying down a uniform format for visas

Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/512 of 22 March 2021 authorising the United Kingdom to apply, in respect of Northern Ireland, a special measure derogating from Articles 16 and 168 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax

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.107161Text with EEA relevance.

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.105781Text with EEA relevance.

Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of information between Member States on short-stay visas, long-stay visas and residence permits (VIS Regulation)

Council Regulation (EC) No 694/2003 of 14 April 2003 on uniform formats for Facilitated Transit Documents (FTD) and Facilitated Rail Transit Documents (FRTD) provided for in Regulation (EC) No 693/2003

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 134/2014 of 16 December 2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to environmental and propulsion unit performance requirements and amending Annex V thereof (Text with EEA relevance)

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)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 of 18 July 2005 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Directive 2009/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles, and the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability (codified version) (Text with EEA relevance)

Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP of 20 December 2010 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Commission Decision of 22/12/2023 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.11333 - CEVA LOGISTICS / FNAC DARTY / JV) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

Council Regulation (EU) 2024/223 of 22 December 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2022/2577 laying down a framework to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy

Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 345/2023 of 22 December 2023 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2024/1421]

Commission Decision of 22/12/2023 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.11262 - FRAMATOME / NAVAL GROUP / JEUMONT ELECTRIC) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the French text is authentic)

Commission Notice – Guidance on the right of free movement of EU citizens and their families

Statutes of the Low Frequency Array European Research Infrastructure Consortium (LOFAR ERIC)

Publication of an application pursuant to Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008

Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006)

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.107610

Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 of 17 December 1999 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound in GATT and certain other Community tariff quotas and establishing detailed rules for adjusting the quotas, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1808/95

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11333 – CEVA LOGISTICS / FNAC DARTY / JV)

Order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 22 December 2023.#Exxonmobil Petroleum & Chemical BVBA v European Commission and European Chemicals Agency.#Action for annulment – REACH – Establishment of a list of substances identified for eventual inclusion in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 – Letter requesting that the Commission ask ECHA to re-examine the inclusion of phenanthrene on that list – The Commission’s refusal to make a request to ECHA to prepare a dossier in accordance with Annex XV to Regulation No 1907/2006 – Act not open to challenge – Inadmissibility.#Case T-121/23.

Order of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 22 December 2023.#TB v European Union Agency for Cybersecurity.#Civil service – Members of the temporary staff – Reorganisation of ENISA – Decision to renew a fixed-term contract – Assignment to non-managerial duties – Partial annulment – Non-severability – No challengeable act – Inadmissibility.#Case T-511/21.

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2725 of 29 November 2023 concerning certain emergency measures relating to sheep pox and goat pox in certain Member States and repealing Implementing Decisions (EU) 2023/2067 and (EU) 2023/2470 (notified under document C(2023) 8351) (Only the Greek and Bulgarian texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)

Update of the list of residence permits referred to in Article 2(16) of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2772 of 31 July 2023 supplementing Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards sustainability reporting standards (Text with EEA relevance)

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.109349Text with EEA relevance.

STATISTICS ON TECHNICAL REGULATIONS NOTIFIED IN 2022 UNDER THE 2015/1535 NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE – Information provided by the Commission in accordance with Article 8, second subparagraph, of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on Information Society services

Notice concerning the date of entry into force of the amendment to Annex 14-B of the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership

OPINION ON THE EX POST EVALUATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION PROGRAMME FOR EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL INNOVATION (EASI) INCLUDING THE FINAL EVALUATION OF THE EUROPEAN PROGRESS MICROFINANCE FACILITY (EPMF)

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11262 – FRAMATOME / NAVAL GROUP / JEUMONT ELECTRIC)

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Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2905 of 21 December 2023 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Commission Decision of 21/12/2023 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.11186 - EQT / DECHRA) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

Commission Decision of 21/12/2023 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.11322 - PSP FUND VI / BCI / DRISCOLLS / COSTA) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2023/2906 of 21 December 2023 implementing Decision 2010/788/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#European Superleague Company, SL v Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil de Madrid.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Competition – Internal market – Rules introduced by international sports associations – Professional football – Private law entities vested with regulatory, control and decision-making powers, and the power to impose sanctions – Rules on prior approval of competitions, on the participation of football clubs and players in those competitions, and also on the exploitation of commercial and media rights related to those competitions – Parallel pursuit of economic activities – Organisation and marketing of competitions – Exploitation of related commercial and media rights – Article 101(1) TFEU – Decision by an association of undertakings adversely affecting competition – Concepts of anticompetitive ‘object’ and ‘effect’ – Exemption under Article 101(3) TFEU – Conditions – Article 102 TFEU – Abuse of dominant position – Justification – Conditions – Article 56 TFEU – Restrictions on the freedom to provide services – Justification – Conditions – Burden of proof.#Case C-333/21.

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#UL and SA Royal Antwerp Football Club v Union royale belge des sociétés de football association ASBL.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de première instance francophone de Bruxelles.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Competition – Internal market – Rules introduced by international and national sports associations – Professional football – Private law entities vested with regulatory, control and sanctioning powers – Rules requiring professional football clubs to use a minimum number of ‘home-grown’ players – Article 101(1) TFEU – Decision by an association of undertakings adversely affecting competition – Concepts of anticompetitive ‘object’ and ‘effect’ – Exemption under Article 101(3) TFEU – Conditions – Article 45 TFEU – Indirect discrimination on the basis of nationality – Restriction on the freedom of movement for workers – Justification – Conditions – Burden of proof.#Case C-680/21.

Update of the list of border crossing points as referred to in Article 2(8) of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code)

Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#CDIL ̶ Companhia de Distribuição Integral Logística Portugal, SA v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Free movement of goods – Article 34 TFEU – Quantitative restrictions on importation – Measures having equivalent effect – National legislation limiting the quantity of cigarettes which can be released for consumption during a given period to a maximum corresponding to the monthly average of the quantities released for consumption in the preceding 12 months – Article 36 TFEU – Justification – Combating tax avoidance and abusive practices – Protection of public health – Taxation – Excise duties – Directive 2008/118/EC – Article 7 – Time at which excise duties become chargeable – Release for consumption of excise goods – Article 9 – Chargeability conditions and applicable rate of excise duty – Applicable quantitative limit exceeded – Excess – Application of the rate of excise duty in force on the date on which the declaration of discharge is lodged.#Case C-96/22.

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#TP v Administration de l'enregistrement, des domaines et de la TVA.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d'arrondissement de Luxembourg.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Taxation – Common system of value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/CE – Article 9 – Taxable persons – Economic activity carried out independently – Concept of ‘economic activity’ – Concept of ‘independent exercise of the activity’ – Activity as a member of the board of directors of a public limited company.#Case C-288/22.

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#AUTOTECHNICA FLEET SERVICES d.o.o. v Hrvatska agencija za nadzor financijskih usluga.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Upravni sud u Zagrebu.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Freedom of establishment – Freedom to provide services – Directive 2006/123/EC – Article 2(2)(b) – Scope – Exclusion of financial services – Long-term rental of motor vehicles – Articles 9(1) and 10(1) and (2) – Services subject to prior authorisation.#Case C-278/22.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/574 of 15 December 2017 on technical standards for the establishment and operation of a traceability system for tobacco products (Text with EEA relevance)

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#United Parcel Service, Inc. v European Commission.#Appeal – Action for damages – Concentrations of undertakings – European Commission decision declaring the concentration to be incompatible with the internal market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement – Annulment of the decision on account of procedural defect – Non-contractual liability of the European Union – Causal link.#Case C-297/22 P.

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#Criminal proceedings against GN.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – European arrest warrant – Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA – Article 1(3) – Article 15(2) – Surrender procedure between Member States – Grounds for non-execution – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 7 – Respect for private and family life – Article 24(2) and (3) – Taking into consideration the best interests of the child – Right of every child to maintain on a regular basis a personal relationship and direct contact with both parents – Mother of young children living with her.#Case C-261/22.

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#Cofidis 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 – Direct taxation – Article 49 TFEU – Freedom of establishment – Introduction of a tax on the liabilities of credit institutions for the purpose of funding the national social security system – Alleged discrimination against branches of foreign credit institutions – Directive 2014/59/EU – Framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms – Scope.#Case C-340/22.

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#GV v Chief Appeals Officer and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Citizenship of the European Union – Articles 21 and 45 TFEU – Right of Union citizens to move and reside freely in the territory of the Member States – Worker having acquired the nationality of the host Member State while retaining his or her nationality of origin – Directive 2004/38/EC – Article 3 – Beneficiaries – Article 2(2)(d) – Family member – Dependent direct relatives in the ascending line of a worker who is a Union citizen – Article 7(1)(a) and (d) – Right of residence for more than three months – Retention of the status of dependant in the host Member State – Article 14(2) – Retention of the right of residence – Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 – Article 7(2) – Equal treatment – Social advantages – Social assistance benefits – Unreasonable burden on the social assistance system of the host Member State.#Case C-488/21.

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kammergericht Berlin.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA – European arrest warrant – Article 4a(1) – Surrender procedure between Member States – Conditions for execution – Grounds for optional non-execution – Exceptions – Mandatory execution – Sentence handed down in absentia – Concept of ‘trial resulting in the decision’ – Proceedings amending sentences previously passed – Decision imposing a cumulative sentence – Decision handed down without the person concerned having appeared in person – National legislation imposing an absolute prohibition on surrender of the person concerned in the case of a decision rendered in absentia – Obligation to interpret national law in conformity with EU law.#Case C-396/22.

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#RQ.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kammergericht Berlin.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA – European arrest warrant – Article 4a(1) – Surrender procedure between Member States – Conditions for execution – Grounds for optional non-execution – Exceptions – Mandatory execution – Sentence handed down in absentia – Concept of ‘trial resulting in the decision’ – Person concerned not having appeared in person either at first instance or on appeal – National legislation imposing an absolute prohibition on surrender of the person concerned in the case of a decision rendered in absentia – Obligation to interpret national law in conformity with EU law.#Case C-398/22.

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#Scuola europea di Varese v PD and LC.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Convention defining the Statute of the European Schools – Article 27(2) – General Rules of the European Schools – Articles 62, 66 and 67 – Challenge to the decision of a Class Council not to authorise a pupil to be promoted to the year above in the secondary school – Lack of jurisdiction of the national courts – Sole jurisdiction of the Complaints Board of the European Schools – Effective judicial protection.#Case C-431/22.

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#Infraestruturas de Portugal, SA and Futrifer Indústrias Ferroviárias, SA v Toscca - Equipamentos em Madeira Lda.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal Administrativo.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts – Directive 2014/24/EU – Point (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 57(4) – Award of public contracts in the transport sector – Directive 2014/25/EU – Article 80(1) – Facultative grounds for exclusion – Obligation to transpose – Economic operator entering into agreements aimed at distorting competition – Competence of the contracting authority – Impact of an earlier decision of a competition authority – Principle of proportionality – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right to an effective remedy – Principle of sound administration – Obligation to state reasons.#Case C-66/22.

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#SIA 'DOBELES AUTOBUSU PARKS' and Others v Iepirkumu uzraudzības birojs and VSIA 'Autotransporta direkcija'.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Senāts).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Transport – Public passenger transport services by rail and by road – Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 – Article 1(1) – Article 2a(2) – Article 3(1) – Article 4(1) – Article 6(1) – Contract for the provision of public passenger transport services by bus – Procedure for awarding a public service contract – Open, transparent and non-discriminatory tendering procedure – Specifications – Amount of compensation granted by the competent national authority – Indexation limited in terms of time and categories of specific costs – Spreading of risk.#Case C-421/22.

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#ZQ v Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung Nordrhein, Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 6(1) – Conditions for lawful processing – Article 9(1) to (3) – Processing of special categories of data – Data concerning health – Assessment of an employee’s working capacity – Health insurance medical service processing data concerning the health of its own employees – Conditions for such processing and whether permissible – Article 82(1) – Right to compensation and liability – Compensation for non-material damage – Compensatory function – Impact of negligence on the part of the data controller.#Case C-667/21.

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#L.G. v Krajowa Rada Sądownictwa.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 267 TFEU – Concept of ‘court or tribunal’ – Criteria – Izba Kontroli Nadzwyczajnej i Spraw Publicznych (Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs) of the Sąd Najwyższy (Supreme Court, Poland) – Reference for a preliminary ruling from an adjudicating panel which does not have the status of an independent and impartial tribunal previously established by law – Inadmissibility.#Case C-718/21.

Order of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 December 2023.#Broad Far (Hong Kong) Ltd and M21 Srl v European Commission.#Case T-791/22.

Council Regulation (EU) 2023/2919 of 21 December 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2022/2576 as regards the prolongation of its period of application

Council Regulation (EU) 2023/2920 of 21 December 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2022/2578 as regards the prolongation of its period of application

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2809 of 21 December 2023 amending Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 as regards the entries for Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States in the lists of third countries authorised for the entry into the Union of consignments of poultry and germinal products of poultry, and of fresh meat of poultry and game birds

Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2907 of 21 December 2023 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/512 authorising the United Kingdom to apply, in respect of Northern Ireland, a special measure derogating from Articles 16 and 168 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards an extension of the authorisation

Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/196 of 21 December 2023 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/195 of 21 December 2023 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

Commission Decision of 21/12/2023 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.11356 - PLATINUM / BAIN CAPITAL / US LBM) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

Commission Decision of 21/12/2023 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.11233 - OMERS / ABP / KENTER) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

Council Decision (EU) 2023/2921 of 21 December 2023 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within 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, as regards the transitional product-specific rules for electric accumulators and electrified vehicles

Decision No 1/2023 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 2023 as regards the transitional product-specific rules of origin for electric accumulators and electrified vehicles [2023/2891]

Council Decision (EU) 2024/414 of 21 December 2023 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in New York on 7 December 2022