# Official Journal C 45/2015

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 587 February 2015 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 45

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 587 February 2015

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | IV   Notices |
| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | Council |
| 2015/C 045/01 | Notice for the attention of certain persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2014/119/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 208/2014 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Ukraine | 1 |
| | European Commission |
| 2015/C 045/02 | Euro exchange rates | 2 |

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Council

2015/C 045/01

Notice for the attention of certain persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2014/119/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 208/2014 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Ukraine

1

European Commission

2015/C 045/02

Euro exchange rates

2

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| | V   Announcements |
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| | OTHER ACTS |
| | European Commission |
| 2015/C 045/03 | Information Notice — Public Consultation — Geographical indication from the Republic of South Africa | 3 |
| 2015/C 045/04 | Acknowledgement of receipt of complaint CHAP(2014) 1984 | 6 |

V   Announcements

OTHER ACTS

European Commission

2015/C 045/03

Information Notice — Public Consultation — Geographical indication from the Republic of South Africa

3

2015/C 045/04

Acknowledgement of receipt of complaint CHAP(2014) 1984

6

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IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Council

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Notice for the attention of certain persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2014/119/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 208/2014 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Ukraine

(2015/C 45/01)

The following information is brought to the attention of Ms Olena Leonidivna Lukash, Mr. Viktor Ivanovych Ratushniak, Mr. Dmytro Volodymyrovych Tabachnyk and Ms Raisa Vasylivna Bohatyriova, persons appearing under nos. 6, 8, 16 and 17 in the Annex to Council Decision 2014/119/CFSP (1) and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 208/2014 (2) concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Ukraine.

Following a review of the list of designated persons in Decision 2014/119/CFSP and Regulation (EU) No 208/2014, the Council intends to renew the measures in those acts. The Council has also amended the criteria for designation in those acts by Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/143 (3) and Council Regulation (EU) 2015/138 (4).

The Council intends to maintain the restrictive measures against the above-mentioned persons with a new statement of reasons. Those persons are hereby informed that they may submit a request to the Council to obtain the intended statements of reasons and the elements the Council holds in its file regarding their designation, before 13 February 2015, to the following address:

| Council of the European Union |
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| General Secretariat |
| DG C 1C |
| Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175 |
| 1048 Bruxelles/Brussel |
| BELGIQUE/BELGIË |
| E-mail: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu |

Council of the European Union

General Secretariat

DG C 1C

Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175

1048 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

E-mail: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu

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(1)  OJ L 66, 6.3.2014, p. 26.

(2)  OJ L 66, 6.3.2014, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 24, 30.1.2015, p. 1.

(4)  OJ L 24, 30.1.2015, p. 16.

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European Commission

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Euro exchange rates (1)

6 February 2015

(2015/C 45/02)

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
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| USD | US dollar | 1,1447 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 134,28 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4441 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,74730 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 9,4565 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,0534 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 8,5715 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 27,698 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 306,27 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,1650 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,4143 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 2,7878 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,4572 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,4246 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 8,8739 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,5414 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,5377 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 244,86 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 12,9486 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 7,1535 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,7170 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 14 430,56 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,0347 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 50,573 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 76,8600 |
| THB | Thai baht | 37,237 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 3,1536 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 16,8843 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 70,6442 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,1447

JPY

Japanese yen

134,28

DKK

Danish krone

7,4441

GBP

Pound sterling

0,74730

SEK

Swedish krona

9,4565

CHF

Swiss franc

1,0534

ISK

Iceland króna

NOK

Norwegian krone

8,5715

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

27,698

HUF

Hungarian forint

306,27

PLN

Polish zloty

4,1650

RON

Romanian leu

4,4143

TRY

Turkish lira

2,7878

AUD

Australian dollar

1,4572

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,4246

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

8,8739

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,5414

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,5377

KRW

South Korean won

1 244,86

ZAR

South African rand

12,9486

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

7,1535

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,7170

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

14 430,56

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,0347

PHP

Philippine peso

50,573

RUB

Russian rouble

76,8600

THB

Thai baht

37,237

BRL

Brazilian real

3,1536

MXN

Mexican peso

16,8843

INR

Indian rupee

70,6442

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(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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V Announcements

OTHER ACTS

European Commission

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INFORMATION NOTICE — PUBLIC CONSULTATION

Geographical indication from the Republic of South Africa

(2015/C 45/03)

Within the ongoing finalisation of an agreement with the Republic of South Africa in the form of a Protocol on protection of geographical indications (hereafter the Protocol), the South African authorities have provided additional information concerning a Geographical Indication (GI) for agricultural product that was presented, for protection under the Protocol in addition to list published in the notice 2014/C051/09 (1). The European Commission is currently considering whether this GI, annexed hereto, shall be protected under the Protocol as a GI within the meaning of Article 22(1) of the TRIPS Agreement.

The Commission invites any Member State or third country or any natural or legal person having a legitimate interest, resident or established in a Member State or in a third country, to submit oppositions to such protection by lodging a duly substantiated statement.

Statements of opposition must reach the Commission within two months of the date of this publication. Statements of opposition should be sent to the following e-mail address:

AGRI-A3-GI@ec.europa.eu

Statements of opposition shall be examined only if they are received within the time limit set out above and if they show that the protection of the name proposed would:

| (a) | conflict with the name of an animal breed and as a result is likely to mislead the consumer as to the true origin of the product; |
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(a)

conflict with the name of an animal breed and as a result is likely to mislead the consumer as to the true origin of the product;

| (b) | be wholly or partially homonymous with that of a name already protected in the Union under Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (2), or contained in the agreements the Union has concluded with the following countries:






  — | Switzerland (3), |
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(b)

be wholly or partially homonymous with that of a name already protected in the Union under Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (2), or contained in the agreements the Union has concluded with the following countries:

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Switzerland (3),

| — | Korea (4), |
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Korea (4),

| — | Central America (5), |
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Central America (5),

| — | Colombia and Peru (6), |
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Colombia and Peru (6),

| — | Montenegro (7), |
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Montenegro (7),

| — | Bosnia and Herzegovina (8), |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina (8),

| — | Serbia (9), |
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Serbia (9),

| — | Moldova (10), |
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Moldova (10),

| — | Georgia (11); |
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Georgia (11);

| (c) | in the light of a trade mark’s reputation and renown and the length of time it has been used, be liable to mislead the consumer as to the true identity of the product; |
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(c)

in the light of a trade mark’s reputation and renown and the length of time it has been used, be liable to mislead the consumer as to the true identity of the product;

| (d) | jeopardise the existence of an entirely or partly identical name or of a trade mark or the existence of products which have been legally on the market for at least five years preceding the date of the publication of this notice; |
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(d)

jeopardise the existence of an entirely or partly identical name or of a trade mark or the existence of products which have been legally on the market for at least five years preceding the date of the publication of this notice;

| (e) | or if they can give details from which it can be concluded that the name for which protection is considered is generic. |
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(e)

or if they can give details from which it can be concluded that the name for which protection is considered is generic.

The criteria referred to above shall be evaluated in relation to the territory of the Union, which in the case of intellectual property rights refers only to the territory or territories where the said rights are protected.

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(1)  OJ C 51, 22.2.2014, p. 22.

(2)  OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

(3)  Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom of the Council, and of the Commission as regards the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with the Swiss Confederation (OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 1) and in particular the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Federation on trade in agricultural products — Annex 7.

(4)  Council Decision 2011/265/EU of 16 September 2010 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part (OJ L 127, 14.5.2011, p. 1).

(5)  Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America on the other (OJ L 346, 15.12.2012, p. 3).

(6)  Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part (OJ L 354, 21.12.2012, p. 3).

(7)  Council Decision 2007/855/EC of 15 October 2007 concerning the signing and conclusion of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part (OJ L 345, 28.12.2007, p. 1).

(8)  Council Decision 2008/474/EC of 16 June 2008 on the signing and conclusion of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part (OJ L 169, 30.6.2008, p. 10) — Protocol 6.

(9)  Council Decision 2010/36/EC of 29 April 2008 concerning the signing and conclusion of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, of the other part (OJ L 28, 30.1.2010, p. 1).

(10)  Council Decision 2013/7/EU of 3 December 2012 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova on the protection of geographical indications of agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 10, 15.1.2013, p. 3).

(11)  Council Decision 2012/164/EU of 14 February 2012 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Georgia on the protection of geographical indications of agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 93, 30.3.2012, p. 1).

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ANNEX

| Type of product | Name as protected in South Africa |
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| meat product | Karoo meat of origin |

Type of product

Name as protected in South Africa

meat product

Karoo meat of origin

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Acknowledgement of receipt of complaint CHAP(2014) 1984

(2015/C 45/04)

| 1. | The European Commission has received a series of complaints about the plans of the Government of Spain for investigation, prospecting and exploitation of hydrocarbons in various areas of the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. |
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The European Commission has received a series of complaints about the plans of the Government of Spain for investigation, prospecting and exploitation of hydrocarbons in various areas of the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean.

| 2. | The Commission has registered these complaints in the central application for the registration of complaints on the application of Union law by a Member State under reference number CHAP(2014) 1984. |
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The Commission has registered these complaints in the central application for the registration of complaints on the application of Union law by a Member State under reference number CHAP(2014) 1984.

| 3. | Given the significant number of complaints it received on this subject, the Commission, with a view to responding swiftly and informing those concerned while making the most economical use of its administrative resources, is publishing this acknowledgment of receipt in the Official Journal of the European Union, and on the Internet at: http://ec.europa.eu/eu_law/complaints/receipt/index_en.htm |
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3.

Given the significant number of complaints it received on this subject, the Commission, with a view to responding swiftly and informing those concerned while making the most economical use of its administrative resources, is publishing this acknowledgment of receipt in the Official Journal of the European Union, and on the Internet at: http://ec.europa.eu/eu_law/complaints/receipt/index_en.htm

| 4. | The complainants will be informed, through the same channels, of the results of the Commission's examination of these complaints and of the follow-up that the Commission may decide to take. |
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The complainants will be informed, through the same channels, of the results of the Commission's examination of these complaints and of the follow-up that the Commission may decide to take.

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