do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case F-1/07: Action brought on 3 January 2007 — Chassagne v Commission
Date: 2007-02-24
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Commission, action by staff, professional career, promotion, servant (EU), staff assessment

24.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 42/49

Action brought on 3 January 2007 — Chassagne v
Commission

— order the defendant to pay the costs.

(Case F-1/07)

(2007/C 42/86)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Olivier Chassagne (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by:
Y. Minatchy, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Form of order sought

— annul the decision of the Commission of 17 November
2006 making definitive the list of agents promoted and the
measures following therefrom affecting the applicant;

— order all measures necessary to the maintenance of

the

rights and interests of the applicant;

— order the defendant to pay damages and interest in the sum

of EUR 160 184;

Pleas in law and main arguments

The applicant challenges the decision of the Commission not to
include his name in the list of officials promoted for the 2006
promotion year on the ground that for that year he has not
been able to obtain either a staff report — the assessment
procedure regarding him was still pending at the date of the
contested decision — or promotion points.

The action is brought principally on the basis of the fact that
the Appointing Authority excluded the applicant from the 2006
reporting and assessment exercise, thus causing harmful delay to
the progress of his career.

The applicant takes the view that the contested decision:
(i)
infringes a number of general principles of Community law, in
particular the protection of the rights of the defence, the obliga-
tion to state reasons,
the prohibition of manifest errors of
legal
assessment,
certainty and equal treatment; (ii) wrongly applies a number of
provisions of Community law, inter alia Articles 43 and 45 of
the Staff Regulations and the general implementing provisions
which the Commission has adopted for their application.

legitimate expectations,

the protection of
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2007-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 41/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.2.2007

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

23 February 2007

(2007/C 41/06)

1 euro =

Currency

Exchange rate

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CYP

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

LVL

MTL

PLN

US dollar

Japanese yen

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Swedish krona

Swiss franc

Iceland króna

Norwegian krone

Bulgarian lev

Cyprus pound

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

Latvian lats

Maltese lira

Polish zloty

1,3134

RON

Romanian leu

159,35

7,4552

SKK

TRY

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

0,66920

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

3,3764

34,356

1,8144

1,6630

1,5220

10,2570

1,8608

2,0138

KRW South Korean won

1 232,03

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

MYR Malaysian ringgit

PHP

RUB

THB

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

9,3094

10,1691

7,3504

11 925,02

4,5884

63,240

34,4320

44,060

9,3060

1,6262

87,45

8,0660

1,9558

0,5794

28,325

15,6466

252,34

3,4528

0,7062

0,4293

3,8815

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4585 — BMW INTEC/DEKRA Südleasing SERVICES) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2007-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, hire purchase, management, merger control, motor vehicle industry, parent company, vehicle fleet

24.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 41/21

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4585 — BMW INTEC/DEKRA Südleasing SERVICES)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 41/15)

1.
On 16 February 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking BMW INTEC Beteili-
gungs GmbH (‘BMW INTEC’, Germany) controlled by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (‘BMW
AG’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the
whole of the undertaking DEKRA Südleasing Services GmbH (‘DSS’, Germany) which controls the undertak-
ings Leasing- und Handelsgesellschaft Deutschland mbH (‘LHS’, Germany) and DSL Fleetservices GmbH
(‘DSL’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking BMW AG: production and distribution of cars and motorcycles; leasing of motor vehi-

cles and fleet management;

— for undertaking BMW INTEC: holding company;

— for undertaking DSS: holding company;

— for undertaking LHS: leasing of motor vehicles and fleet management;

— for undertaking DSL: fleet management.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to
the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council
Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the
procedure set out in the Notice.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed

4.
operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (fax No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.4585 — BMW INTEC/DEKRA Südleasing SERVICES, to the following
address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1628 of 24 October 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to national regional investment aid (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, investment aid, regional aid

24.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 41/9

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1628 of 24 October 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to
national regional investment aid

Aid No

Member State

Region

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 41/07)

XR 6/07

Germany

(Bundesländer Brandenburg, Mecklenburg–Vorpommern, Sachsen, Sachsen-
Anhalt, Thüringen, Berlin (sole 87(3)c)

Title of aid scheme or the name of the
undertaking
aid
receiving
supplement

ad hoc

Investitionszulagengesetz 2007

Legal basis

Type of measure

Annual budget

Investitionszulagengesetz 2007 vom 15. Juli 2006 (BGBl I S. 1614)

Aid scheme

EUR 580 million

Maximum aid intensity

30 %

In conformity with Article 4 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

Duration

1.1.2007

31.12.2009

Economic sectors

Limited to specific sectors:

NACE15-37; 55.1; 55.21; 55.22; 55.23.1; 72; 73; 74.13; 74.20.4; 74.20.5;
74.20.6; 74.3; 74.4; 74.81.

Name and address of
authority

the granting

omnia Finanzamt in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Internet address of the publication of
the aid scheme

http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/invzulg_2007/index.html

Other information

—
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1628 of 24 October 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to national regional investment aid (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Lithuania, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, investment aid, regional aid

C 41/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.2.2007

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1628 of 24 October 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to
national regional investment aid

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 41/11)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XR 29/07

Lithuania

Kaunas

Title of aid scheme or the name of the
undertaking receiving ad hoc
aid
supplement

Legal basis

Nacionalinės regioninės pagalbos teikimo Kauno laisvojoje ekonominėje zonoje
schema

Lietuvos Respublikos laisvųjų ekonominių zonų įstatymas (Žin., 1995, Nr.
59-1462); Lietuvos Respublikos Kauno laisvosios ekonominės zonos įstatymas
(Žin., 1996, Nr. 109-2474); Lietuvos Respublikos ūkio ministro įsakymas
(Žin., 2007, Nr. 11-462)

Type of measure

Annual budget

Aid scheme

LTL 17 million

Maximum aid intensity

50 %

In conformity with Article 4 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

Duration

19.1.2007

31.12.2013

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for regional investment aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Lietuvos Respublikos Ūkio ministerija
Gedimino pr. 38/2
LT-01104 Vilnius
tel. (370-5) 262 38 63; (370-5) 262 65 84
faks. (370-5) 262 39 74
El. paštas: kanc@ukmin.lt

Internet address of the publication of
the aid scheme

http://www.ukmin.lt/lt/investicijos/

Other information

—
Case T-97/06: Order of the Court of First Instance/Second Chamber of 1 December 2006 — Neoperl v OHIM (Representation of a sanitary pipe)
Date: 2007-02-24
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), piping, trade-mark law

24.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 42/45

Pleas in law and main arguments

Applicant for the Community trade mark: AstraZeneca AB

Furthermore, the Board of Appeal failed to apply the appro-
priate criteria in comparing the goods and failed to compare the
signs globally. Consequently the Board of Appeal erroneously
held that there was no likelihood of confusion.

Community trade mark concerned: The word mark ‘EXANTIN’ for
goods in class 5 — application No 2 694 115

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The
applicant

Mark or sign cited: The international and national word marks
‘ELOXATIN’ and ‘ELOXATINE’ for goods in class 5

Decision of the Opposition Division: Rejection of the opposition

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the appeal

Pleas in law: The Board of Appeal failed to identify the relevant
public in its entirety, and erroneously established a hierarchy of
attentiveness between the sections of the relevant public that it
identified.

Order of the Court of First Instance/Second Chamber of
1 December 2006 — Neoperl v OHIM (Representation of a
sanitary pipe)

(Case T-97/06) (1)

(2007/C 42/78)

Language of the case: German

The President of the Court of First Instance/Second Chamber
has ordered that the case be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 131, 3.6.2006.
List of appointments made by the Council — October, November and December 2006 (social field)
Date: 2007-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: advisory committee (EU), appointment of staff, free movement of workers, occupational health, occupational safety

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COUNCIL

List of appointments made by the Council

October, November and December 2006 (social field)

(2007/C 41/05)

Committee

End of term of
office

Publication in OJ

Person replaced

Resignation/
Appointment

Member/
Alternate

Category

Country

Person appointed

Affiliation

13.9.2008

C 242, 7.10.2006

13.9.2008

C 242, 7.10.2006

Mr François
LEPAGE

Mr Andrew
MILTON

Resignation Member

Government

France

Mr Cristophe
CAROL

Ministry of the
Interior, Internal
Security and Local
Freedoms

Resignation Member

Government

United
Kingdom

Mr Clinton NIELD IND

20.11.2006

Date of Council
Decision

7.11.2006

31.12.2006

C 321, 31.12.2003
C 116, 30.4.2004
C 122, 30.4.2004

Mr Tom MELLISH Resignation Member

Workers

United
Kingdom

Mr Hugh
ROBERTSON

TUC

7.11.2006

31.12.2006

C 321, 31.12.2003
C 116, 30.4.2004
C 122, 30.4.2004

Mr Marc
BOISNEL

Resignation Member

Government

France

Ms Mireille
JARRY

20.11.2006

Ministry for
Employment,
Social Cohesion
and Housing

Advisory
Committee on
Freedom of Move-
ment for Workers

Advisory
Committee on
Freedom of Move-
ment for Workers

Advisory
Committee for
Safety and Health
at Work

Advisory
Committee for
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Case C-251/04: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 11 January 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Articles 1 and 2(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3577/92 — Transport — Freedom to provide services — Maritime cabotage — Towage services on open sea)
Date: 2007-02-24
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Greece, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, freedom to provide services, maritime cabotage, maritime transport

C 42/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.2.2007

V

(Announcements)

COURT PROCEEDINGS

COURT OF JUSTICE

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 11 January
the European Communities v
2007 — Commission of

Hellenic Republic

(Case C-251/04) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Articles 1
and 2(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3577/92 — Transport —
Freedom to provide services — Maritime cabotage — Towage
services on open sea)

(2007/C 42/02)

Language of the case: Greek

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: G. Zavvos and K. Simonsson, Agents)

Defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: A. Samoni and
S. Chala, Agents)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Breach of
Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3577/92 of
7 December 1992 applying the principle of freedom to provide
services to maritime transport within Member States (maritime
cabotage) (OJ 1992 L 364, p. 7) — National legislation granting
only vessels flying the Greek flag the right to provide towage
services on open sea.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the application;

2. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the

costs.

(1) OJ C 201, 7.8.2004.

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 11 January
2007 — Technische Glaswerke Ilmenau GmbH v Commis-
sion of the European Communities, Schott AG (formerly
Schott Glas)

(Case C-404/04 P) (1)

(Appeal — State aid — Article 87(1) EC — Contractual
promise of payment — Disappearance of an essential condi-
tion of the contract — New pleas and arguments — Substitu-
tion of reasons — Application for the hearing of witnesses —
Test of a private creditor — Grounds of the judgment of the
Court of First Instance — Determination of the amount of aid
— Article 87(3)(c) EC — Right to be heard — Breach, in
respect of the Member State concerned, of the rights of the
defence)

(2007/C 42/03)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Appellant: Technische Glaswerke Ilmenau GmbH (represented by:
C. Arhold and N. Wimmer, Rechtsanwälte)

Other party to the proceedings: Commission of
the European
Communities (represented by: V. Di Bucci and V. Kreuschitz,
Agents), Schott AG (formerly Schott Glas)
(represented by:
U. Soltész, Rechtsanwalt)

Re:

the Court of First
Appeal brought against the judgment of
Instance (Fifth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 8 July 2004
in Case T-198/01 Technische Glaswerke Ilmenau v Commission
dismissing the action for annulment of Commission Decision
2002/185/EC of 12 June 2001 on State aid implemented by
Germany for Technische Glaswerke Ilmenau GmbH (Germany)
(OJ 2002 L 62, p 30)
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1628 of 24 October 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to national regional investment aid (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Lithuania, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, investment aid, regional aid

24.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 41/17

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1628 of 24 October 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to
national regional investment aid

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 41/12)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XR 30/07

Lithuania

Klaipėdos

Title of aid scheme or the name of the
undertaking receiving ad hoc
aid
supplement

Legal basis

Nacionalinės regioninės pagalbos teikimo Klaipėdos laisvojoje ekonominėje
zonoje schema

Lietuvos Respublikos laisvųjų ekonominių zonų įstatymas (Žin., 1995, Nr.
zonos
59-1462); Lietuvos Respublikos Klaipėdos
įstatymas
(Žin., 1996, Nr. 92-2143); Lietuvos Respublikos ūkio ministro
įsakymas (Žin., 2007, Nr. 11-462)

ekonominės

laisvosios

Type of measure

Annual budget

Aid scheme

LTL 20 million

Maximum aid intensity

50 %

In conformity with Article 4 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

Duration

19.1.2007

31.12.2013

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for regional investment aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Lietuvos Respublikos Ūkio ministerija
Gedimino pr. 38/2
LT-01104 Vilnius
tel. (370-5) 262 38 63; (370-5) 262 65 84
faks. (370-5) 262 39 74
El. paštas: kanc@ukmin.lt

Internet address of the publication of
the aid scheme

http://www.ukmin.lt/lt/investicijos/

Other information

—
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1628 of 24 October 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to national regional investment aid (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, investment aid, regional aid

C 41/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.2.2007

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1628 of 24 October 2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to
national regional investment aid

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 41/08)

XR 12/07

Ireland

Border Midlands, West Region, Southern Region, Eastern Region (sine Dublin,
Mid East sub-regions)

Regional Aid (Industry and Services) Scheme 2007-2013

Aid No

Member State

Region

Title of aid scheme or the name of the
undertaking receiving ad hoc
aid
supplement

Legal basis

Industrial Development Acts 1986-2003

Údarás na Gaeltachta Act 1979.

Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited Act, 1959 as amended

Type of measure

Annual budget

Aid scheme

EUR 80 million

Maximum aid intensity

30 %

In conformity with Article 4 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

Duration

1.1.2007

31.12.2007

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for regional investment aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

IDA Ireland
Wilton Park House
Wilton Place
Dublin 2
Irland
Tel. (353-1) 603 40 00
www.idaireland.com

Enterprise Ireland
Glasnevin
Dublin 9
Irland
Tel. (353-1) 808 20 00
www.enterprise-ireland.com

Údarás na Gaeltachta
Na Forbacha
Co na Gaillimhe
Tel. (353-91) 50 31 00
www.udaras.ie

Internet address of the publication of
the aid scheme

www.entemp.ie/enterprise/stateaid/

Other information

—
Case C-219/06: Order of the President of the Court of 7 December 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Date: 2007-02-24
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Luxembourg, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, exchange of information, judgment of the Court (EU), periodic penalty payment, rail transport, transport licence, transport policy

24.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 42/21

Form of order sought

— a declaration that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with
Council Directive 2003/109/EC concerning the status of
third-country nationals who are long-term residents (1) or, in
any case, by failing to communicate them to the Commis-
sion, the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obliga-
tions under that directive;

— order the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The period prescribed for transposition of that directive into
domestic law expired on 23 January 2006.

(1) OJ L 16 of 23 January 2004, p. 44.

Order of the President of the Court of 7 December 2007
— Commission of the European Communities v Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg

(Case C-219/06) (1)

(2007/C 42/39)

Language of the case: French

The President of
removed from the register.

the Court has ordered that

the case be

(1) OJ C 165, 15.7.2006.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Northern Ireland, State aid, control of State aid, research and development

24.2.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 41/1

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 41/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

—

Reference number of the aid

N 779/06

Member State

Region

United Kingdom

Northern Ireland

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Northern Ireland R&D Challenge Fund

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Industrial Development (Northern Ireland) Order 1982

Aid scheme

Research and development

Direct grant

Annual budget: GBP 0,9 million; Overall budget: GBP 0,9 million

60 %

1.1.2007-31.12.2007

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI)
Bedford Square
Bedford Street
Belfast BT2 7EH
United Kingdom

Other information

—

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be
found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/