do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-378/08: Order of the Court of First Instance of 5 March 2009 — Portugal v Commission
Date: 2009-03-05
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU act, Portugal, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, infringement of EU law, professional qualifications








C_2009113EN.01004404.xml










16.5.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 113/44





Order of the Court of First Instance of 5 March 2009 — Portugal v Commission
(Case T-378/08) (1)

2009/C 113/91

Language of the case: Portuguese

The President of the Third Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 285, 8.11.2008.
Case C-479/07: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 5 March 2009 — French Republic v Council of the European Union (Action for annulment — Regulation (EC) No 809/2007 — Definition of the concept of drift nets — Thonaille — Duty to state reasons — Infringement of the principles of proportionality and non-discrimination)
Date: 2009-03-05
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Council of the European Union, France, action for annulment (EU), fishing net, fishing regulations, fishing rights








C_2009102EN.01000701.xml










1.5.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 102/7





Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 5 March 2009 — French Republic v Council of the European Union
(Case C-479/07) (1)

(Action for annulment - Regulation (EC) No 809/2007 - Definition of the concept of drift nets - ‘Thonaille’ - Duty to state reasons - Infringement of the principles of proportionality and non-discrimination)
2009/C 102/09
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: French Republic (represented by: E. Belliard, G. de Bergues and A.-L. During, Agents)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: A. De Gregorio Merino, M.-M. Joséphidès and E. Chaboureau, Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: M. Nolin, M. van Heezik and M.T. van Rijn, Agents)

Re:

Action for annulment — Annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 809/2007 of 28 June 2007 amending Regulations (EC) No 894/97, (EC) No 812/2004 and (EC) No 2187/2005 as concerns drift nets (OJ 2007 L 182, p. 1) — Concept of ‘drift nets’ — Inclusion in that concept of stabilised nets such as the ‘thonaille’ — Infringement of the duty to provide reasons and of the principles of proportionality and non-discrimination

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.



dismisses the action;











2.


orders the French Republic to pay the costs;










3.



orders the Commission of the European Communities to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 297,8.12.2007.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 176/2009 of 5 March 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2009-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, common agricultural policy, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

L 62/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.3.2009

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 176/2009

of 5 March 2009

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Whereas:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri­
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri­
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),

Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations,
the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values
for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and
periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007
of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for
Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and
(EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in
particular Article 138(1) thereof,

The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regu­
lation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 March 2009.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 5 March 2009.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1.

6.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 62/3

Standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0709 90 80

0805 10 20

0805 50 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

IL
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

EG
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

EG
MA
TR
ZZ

AR
CA
CL
CN
MK
NZ
US
ZZ

AR
CL
CN
US
ZA
ZZ

148,7
70,6
134,4
95,8
112,4

78,7
165,0
121,9

49,1
106,2
77,7

88,5
88,5

47,1
62,4
53,9
48,1
63,3
55,0

49,6
61,0
59,6
56,7

109,4
87,4
104,8
70,9
23,7
95,4
118,5
87,2

82,7
155,1
65,0
105,7
102,3
102,2

(1) Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). Code ‘ZZ’ stands

for ‘of other origin’.
Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2009-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Pakistan, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, import, textile product

5.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 52/25

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON
COMMERCIAL POLICY

COMMISSION

Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures

(2009/C 52/08)

Further to the publication of a notice of impending expiry (1) following which no request for a review was
lodged, the Commission gives notice that the anti-dumping measure mentioned below will shortly expire.

This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of
22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European
Community (2).

Product

Bed Linen (cotton
type)

Country(ies) of
origin or
exportation

Pakistan

Measures

Reference

Date of expiry

Anti-dumping
duty

Council Regulation (EC) No 397/2004
(OJ L 66, 4.3.2004, p. 1) as
last
amended by Council Regulation (EC)
No 396/2008 (OJ L 118, 6.5.2008,
p. 1)

5.3.2009

(1) OJ C 255, 8.10.2008, p. 8.
(2) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 178/2009 of 5 March 2009 fixing the maximum export refund for skimmed milk powder in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008
Date: 2009-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, skimmed milk powder

L 62/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.3.2009

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 178/2009

of 5 March 2009

fixing the maximum export refund for skimmed milk powder in the framework of the standing
invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri­
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri­
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular
Article 164(2), in conjunction with Article 4, thereof,

Whereas:

refunds for certain agricultural products (3) and following
an examination of the tenders submitted in response to
is appropriate to fix a
it
the invitation to tender,
maximum export
tendering period
ending on 3 March 2009.

refund for

the

(3)

The Management Committee for the Common Organis­
ation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an
opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 619/2008 of 27 June
2008 opening a standing invitation to tender for export
refunds concerning certain milk products (2) provides for
a standing invitation to tender procedure.

For the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC)
No 619/2008, for the tendering period ending on 3 March
2009, the maximum amount of refund for the product and
destinations referred to in Article 1(c) and in Article 2 of that
Regulation shall be EUR 22,00/100 kg.

Pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1454/2007 of 10 December 2007 laying down common
rules for establishing a tender procedure for fixing export

This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 March 2009.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 5 March 2009.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 168, 28.6.2008, p. 20.

(3) OJ L 325, 11.12.2007, p. 69.
Case C-90/08 P: Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 5 March 2009 — K & L Ruppert Stiftung & Co. Handels-KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Natália Cristina Lopes de Almeida Cunha, Cláudia Couto Simões, Marly Lima Jatobá (Appeal — Community trade mark — Application for registration of the Community figurative mark CORPO LIVRE — Opposition on the part of the proprietor of the earlier national and international word marks LIVRE — Proof of use of the earlier marks submitted out of time — Rejection of the opposition)
Date: 2009-03-05
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, General Court (EU), appeal, building industry, footwear industry, trade-mark law








C_2009141EN.01002102.xml










20.6.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 141/21





Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 5 March 2009 — K & L Ruppert Stiftung & Co. Handels-KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Natália Cristina Lopes de Almeida Cunha, Cláudia Couto Simões, Marly Lima Jatobá
(Case C-90/08 P) (1)

(Appeal - Community trade mark - Application for registration of the Community figurative mark CORPO LIVRE - Opposition on the part of the proprietor of the earlier national and international word marks LIVRE - Proof of use of the earlier marks submitted out of time - Rejection of the opposition)
2009/C 141/37
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: K & L Ruppert Stiftung & Co. Handels-KG (represented by: D. Spohn, Rechtsanwältin)

Other parties to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, acting as Agent), Natália Cristina Lopes de Almeida Cunha, Cláudia Couto Simões, Marly Lima Jatobá

Re:

Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 12 December 2007 in Case T-86/05 K & L Ruppert Stiftung v OHIM — Lopes de Almeida Cunha, Couto Simões, Lima Jatobá by which the Court dismissed an action for annulment brought by the proprietor of the national and international word marks ‘LIVRE’ for goods in Class 25 against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 December 2004 dismissing the appeal against the Opposition Division’s decision rejecting the opposition brought by that proprietor against registration of the Community figurative mark ‘CORPO LIVRE’ in respect of goods in Classes 18 and 25 — Opposition proceedings — Rejection of the opposition on the basis that the proof of use of the earlier marks was submitted out of time

Operative part of the order

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders K & L Ruppert Stiftung & Co. Handels-KG to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 142, 07.06.2008.
Council Common Position 2009/175/CFSP of 5 March 2009 amending Common Position 2003/495/CFSP on Iraq
Date: 2009-03-05
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Iraq, UN resolution, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural gas, petroleum, petroleum product, sale

L 62/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.3.2009

III

(Acts adopted under the EU Treaty)

ACTS ADOPTED UNDER TITLE V OF THE EU TREATY

COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2009/175/CFSP

of 5 March 2009

amending Common Position 2003/495/CFSP on Iraq

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Article 15 thereof,

Whereas:

On 7 July 2003, the Council adopted Common Position
2003/495/CFSP on Iraq (1), in implementation of United
Nations Security Council
(UNSC) Resolution 1483
(2003).

On 22 December 2008, the UNSC adopted Resolution
inter alia, to extend
1859 (2008) by which it decided,
the
until 31 December 2009 the arrangements
for
depositing into the Development Fund for
Iraq of
proceeds from export sales of petroleum, petroleum
products and natural gas and concerning immunity
from legal proceedings of
as
referred to in UNSC Resolution 1483 (2003) and
UNSC Resolution 1546 (2004).

certain Iraqi

assets,

Article 1

Common Position 2003/495/CFSP shall be amended as follows:

in Article 7 the second subparagraph shall be replaced by the
following:

‘Articles 4 and 5 shall apply until 31 December 2009.’

Article 2

This Common Position shall
adoption.

take effect on the date of

its

Article 3

This Common Position shall be published in the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 5 March 2009.

Common Position 2003/495/CFSP should therefore be
amended.

Action by the Community is needed in order
implement certain measures,

to

For the Council
The President
M. ŘÍMAN

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(1) OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 72.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 177/2009 of 5 March 2009 fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008
Date: 2009-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, butter oil, export refund

L 62/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.3.2009

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 177/2009

of 5 March 2009

fixing the maximum export refund for butter in the framework of the standing invitation to tender
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri­
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri­
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular
Article 164(2), in conjunction with Article 4, thereof,

Whereas:

an examination of the tenders submitted in response to
is appropriate to fix a
the invitation to tender,
it
tendering period
maximum export
ending on 3 March 2009.

refund for

the

(3)

The Management Committee for the Common Organis­
ation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an
opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 619/2008 of 27 June
2008 opening a standing invitation to tender for export
refunds concerning certain milk products (2) provides for
a standing invitation to tender procedure.

Pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1454/2007 of 10 December 2007 laying down common
rules for establishing a tender procedure for fixing export
refunds for certain agricultural products (3), and following

For the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC)
No 619/2008, for the tendering period ending on 3 March
2009, the maximum amount of refund for the products and
destinations referred to in Article 1(a) and (b) and in Article 2
respectively of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex
to this Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 March 2009.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 5 March 2009.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 168, 28.6.2008, p. 20.
(3) OJ L 325, 11.12.2007, p. 69.

6.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 62/5

ANNEX

Product

Export refund Code

(EUR/100 kg)

Maximum amount of export refund for exports
to the destinations referred to in Article 2 of
Regulation (EC) No 619/2008

Butter

Butteroil

ex 0405 10 19 9700

ex 0405 90 10 9000

60,00

73,00
Case C-183/08 P: Order of the Court of 5 March 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Provincia di Imperia (Appeal — Article 119 of the Rules of Procedure — Conditions governing the admissibility of an action for annulment — Interest in bringing an action — Call for proposals regarding the financing of innovative actions under the European Social Fund — Dismissal — Benefit for the applicant arising from a possible annulment of the contested act)
Date: 2009-03-05
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU financing arrangements, EU trade mark, European Social Fund, European Union Intellectual Property Office, Italy, appeal, trade-mark law








C_2009113EN.01001702.xml










16.5.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 113/17





Order of the Court of 5 March 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Provincia di Imperia
(Case C-183/08 P) (1)

(Appeal - Article 119 of the Rules of Procedure - Conditions governing the admissibility of an action for annulment - Interest in bringing an action - Call for proposals regarding the financing of innovative actions under the European Social Fund - Dismissal - Benefit for the applicant arising from a possible annulment of the contested act)
2009/C 113/34
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: D. Martin and L. Flynn, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings: Provincia di Imperia (represented by: K. Platteau and S. Rostagno, avocats)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of 14 February 2008 in Case T-351/05 Provincia di Imperia v Commission, by which the Court of First Instance declared admissible (but unfounded) the action brought by the applicant, seeking the annulment of the Commission’s decision of 30 June 2005 to refuse to grant a subsidy in the context of a call for proposals concerning innovative measures under the European Social Fund — Infringement of the conditions governing the admissibility of an action for annulment — The notion of an interest in bringing an action — No benefit for the applicant arising from a possible annulment of the contested act

Operative part of the order







1.


The appeal is dismissed as manifestly unfounded.










2.


The Commission of the European Communities shall bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 209, 15.8.2008.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

C 52/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.3.2009

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

4 March 2009

(2009/C 52/02)

1 euro =

Currency

Exchange rate

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

LVL

PLN

RON

TRY

US dollar

Japanese yen

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Swedish krona

Swiss franc

Iceland króna

Norwegian krone

Bulgarian lev

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

Latvian lats

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Turkish lira

1,2555

AUD Australian dollar

124,67

7,4506

0,89020

11,5175

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9570

1,6156

9,7421

2,5080

1,9443

1,4782

KRW South Korean won

1 940,31

8,9400

1,9558

27,736

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

15,6466

MYR Malaysian ringgit

310,05

3,4528

0,7075

4,7140

4,2895

2,1708

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

MXN Mexican peso

INR

Indian rupee

13,1435

8,5915

7,4230

15 153,89

4,6623

60,950

45,2445

45,311

3,0172

19,1181

64,7020

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1628/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to national regional investment aid (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2009-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, rural development, tourism

5.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 52/9

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

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 52/04)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XR 65/08

Spain

Galicia

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

Legal basis

Subvenciones a empresas turísticas para el fomento del turismo en el medio
rural

Orden de 18 de marzo de la Consellería de Innovación e Industria, por la que se
establecen las bases reguladoras para la concesión, en régimen de concurrencia
competitiva, de las subvenciones a empresas turísticas para el
fomento del
turismo en el medio rural, y se procede a su convocatoria para el año 2008
(DOG no 67, de 8 de abril de 2008)

Type of measure

Annual budget

Aid scheme

EUR 2,5 million

Maximum aid intensity

40 %

In conformity with Article 4 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

8.5.2008

Duration

31.12.2013

Economic sectors

Limited to specific sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

NACE: 92

Dirección Xeral de Turismo.
C/Plaza de Mazarelos, 15
E-15703 Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña).
Tel. (34) 981 546 378
e-mail: axudas.dxt@xunta.es

Internet address of the publication of
the aid scheme

http://www.conselleriaiei.org

Other information

—

Aid No

Member State

Region

XR 66/08

Spain

Galicia

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

Legal basis

Subvenciones a empresas privadas para la creación y mejora de establecimientos
turísticos

Orden de 18 de marzo de la Consellería de Innovación e Industria, por la que se
establecen las bases reguladoras para la concesión, en régimen de concurrencia
competitiva, de las subvenciones a empresas privadas para la creación y mejora
de establecimientos turísticos, y se procede a su convocatoria para el año 2008
(DOG no 67, de 8 de abril de 2008)

C 52/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.3.2009

Type of measure

Annual budget

Aid scheme

EUR 6,53 million

Maximum aid intensity

40 %

In conformity with Article 4 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

Duration

8.5.2008

31.12.2013

Economic sectors

Limited to specific sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

NACE: 55

Dirección Xeral de Turismo.
C/Plaza de Mazarelos, 15
E-15703 Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña).
Tel. (34) 981 546 378
e-mail: axudas.dxt@xunta.es

Internet address of the publication of
the aid scheme

http://www.conselleriaiei.org

Other information

—