do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Guidelines for the Member States’ employment policies * European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 March 2009 on the proposal for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (COM(2008)0869 – C6-0050/2009 – 2008/0252(CNS))
Date: 2009-03-12
Institutions: Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EU employment policy, consultation procedure, drafting of EU law, economic and social cohesion, labour flexibility, labour market, occupational safety, productivity, resolution of parliament, social security, vocational training, wage cost








CE2010087EN.01038101.xml










1.4.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CE 87/381





Wednesday 11 March 2009Guidelines for the Member States’ employment policies *
P6_TA(2009)0115
European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 March 2009 on the proposal for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (COM(2008)0869 – C6-0050/2009 – 2008/0252(CNS))
2010/C 87 E/63
(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2008)0869),
having regard to Article 128(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0050/2009),
having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,
having regard to the report of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A6-0052/2009),






1.


Approves the Commission proposal;










2.


Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;










3.


Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;










4.


Reiterates its longstanding call on the Commission and the Council to ensure that the Parliament is given the necessary time, and in any event no less than five months, to fulfil its consultative role, as defined in Article 128(2) of the Treaty, during the full revision of the Employment Guidelines, which is scheduled to take place at the end of 2010;










5.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.
Case F-24/07: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 12 March 2009 — Lafleur Tighe v Commission (Staff cases — Contract staff — Recruitment — Classification in grade — Former individual experts — Professional experience — Degrees — Certificate of equivalence — Admissibility — New and substantial fact)
Date: 2009-03-12
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: Civil Service Tribunal, action by staff, equal treatment, personnel administration, recognition of diplomas, recruitment, regulations for civil servants, staff assessment








C_2009102EN.01003602.xml










1.5.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 102/36





Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 12 March 2009 — Lafleur Tighe v Commission
(Case F-24/07) (1)

(Staff cases - Contract staff - Recruitment - Classification in grade - Former individual experts - Professional experience - Degrees - Certificate of equivalence - Admissibility - New and substantial fact)
2009/C 102/52
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Virginie Lafleur Tighe (Makati, Phillipines) (represented by: S. Rodrigues and C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: J. Currall and G. Berscheid, Agents)

Re:

First, annulment of the decision of the appointing authority to classify the applicant in function group IV, grade 13, step 1 at the date of her recruitment as a member of contract staff inasmuch as the calculation of her professional experience did not take account of the period between the date on which she obtained her bachelor's degree and the date on which she obtained her master's degree and, second, retroactive reclassification of the applicant in grade 14

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:






1.


dismisses the action;










2.


orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 117 of 26.5.2007, p. 36.
Sri Lanka European Parliament resolution of 12 March 2009 on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka
Date: 2009-03-12
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Sri Lanka, civil defence, establishment of peace, freedom of the press, human rights, humanitarian aid, political violence








CE2010087EN.01012701.xml










1.4.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CE 87/127





Thursday 12 March 2009Sri Lanka
P6_TA(2009)0129
European Parliament resolution of 12 March 2009 on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka
2010/C 87 E/23

The European Parliament,
having regard to Rules 91 and 90(4) of its Rules of Procedure,






A.


whereas an estimated 170 000 civilians find themselves in an emergency situation, trapped in the battle zone between the Sri Lankan army and the forces of the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE) without access to the most basic aid,










B.


whereas UN agencies have documented more than 2 300 civilian deaths and at least 6 500 injuries since late January 2009,










1.


Calls for an immediate ceasefire by the Sri Lankan army and the LTTE in order to allow the civilian population to leave the combat zone; condemns all acts of violence and intimidation which are preventing civilians from leaving the conflict area;










2.


Condemns the attacks on civilians as documented by the International Crisis Group;










3.


Calls on both sides to respect international humanitarian law and to protect and assist the civilian population in the combat zone, as well as in the safe zone;










4.


Is concerned about reports of serious overcrowding and poor conditions in the refugee camps established by the Sri Lankan Government;










5.


Demands that international and national humanitarian organisations, as well as journalists, be granted full and unhindered access to the combat zone and to the refugee camps;










6.


Calls on the Sri Lankan Government to cooperate with countries and aid organisations that are willing and able to evacuate civilians;










7.


Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, to the Government of Sri Lanka, to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and, for information, to the Commission.
Corrigendum to Council Directive 96/96/EC of 20 December 1996 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers ( OJ L 46, 17.2.1997 )
Date: 2009-03-12
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: approximation of laws, commercial vehicle, motor vehicle, roadworthiness tests, safety device, transport regulations

12.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 67/95

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Council Directive 96/96/EC of 20 December 1996 on the approximation of the laws of the
Member States relating to roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 46 of 17 February 1997)

On page 11, Annex II, Table, point 2

for:

‘2.

Steering and steering wheel

2.

Steering

2.1. Mechanical condition

2.1. Mechanical condition

2.2. Steering wheel

2.3. Steering play

2.4. Wheel bearings

2.2. Steering play
2.3. Steering system attachment’,

read:

‘2.

Steering and steering wheel

2.

Steering

2.1. Mechanical condition

2.2. Steering wheel

2.3. Steering play

2.1. Mechanical condition

2.2. Steering play

2.3. Steering system attachment
2.4. Wheel bearings’;

on page 13, Annex II, Table, point 7.5

for:

‘7.5.

First-aid kit

7.5.

Safety belts

7.5.1. Security of mountings

7.5.3. Operation

7.5.2. Condition of belts’,

read:

‘7.5.

First-aid kit

7.5.

Safety belts

7.5.1. Security of mountings

7.5.2. Condition of belts

7.5.3. Operation’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

12.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 58/5

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

11 March 2009

(2009/C 58/03)

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

1,2786

AUD Australian dollar

125,35

7,4498

0,92550

11,2475

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

1,9657

1,6325

9,9165

2,5266

1,9600

1,4772

KRW South Korean won

1 889,77

8,8320

1,9558

26,963

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

15,6466

MYR Malaysian ringgit

300,26

3,4528

0,7074

4,5905

4,2815

2,2140

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

MXN Mexican peso

INR

Indian rupee

13,0033

8,7461

7,4210

15 375,17

4,7263

61,760

44,7644

45,994

2,9740

19,4155

65,4130

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case F-104/06: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 12 March 2009 — Arpaillange and Others v Commission (Staff cases — Contract staff — Recruitment — Classification — Former individual experts — Diplomas — Professional experience — Plea of illegality)
Date: 2009-03-12
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: Civil Service Tribunal, European Commission, action by staff, consultancy, equal treatment, servant (EU), staff assessment, staff regulations (EU)








C_2009102EN.01003601.xml










1.5.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 102/36





Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 12 March 2009 — Arpaillange and Others v Commission
(Case F-104/06) (1)

(Staff cases - Contract staff - Recruitment - Classification - Former individual experts - Diplomas - Professional experience - Plea of illegality)
2009/C 102/51
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: Joséphine Arpaillange and Others (Santiago, Chile) (represented by: S. Rodrigues and C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: J. Currall and G. Berscheid, Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by I. Sulce and B. Driessen, Agents)

Re:

First, annulment of the decisions of the authority authorised to conclude contracts stipulating the applicants' conditions of employment, as set out in their contracts as contract staff, on the ground that the number of years of professional experience recognised in their cases by the authority authorised to conclude contracts is less than the number of years' professional experience actually acquired by the applicants and, second, an action for damages.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:






1.


dismisses the action;










2.


orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 261 of 20.10.2006, p. 35.
Authorisation of State aid pursuant to Article 61 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1(3) in Part 1 of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement
Date: 2009-03-12
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Norway, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, maritime surveillance, shipping policy

C 58/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.3.2009

NOTICES CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY

Authorisation of State aid pursuant to Article 61 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1(3) in Part 1
of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement

(2009/C 58/05)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following State aid measure:

Date of adoption of the
decision:

3 December 2008

Case number:

EFTA State:

Region:

63928

Norway

Norway

Title (and/or name of the bene-
ficiary):

Amendments to the Norwegian Special Tax System for Shipping

Legal basis:

Type of measure:

Objective:

Form of aid:

Budget:

Duration:

Economic sectors:

Name and address of the
granting authority:

Article 61(1) and 61(3)(c)

Fiscal measure

Promotion of the maritime sector

Tax exemption

Approx. EUR 220 000 000

Until 2017

Maritime sector

Ministry of Finance
Akersg. 40
Oslo
NORWAY

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found
on the EFTA Surveillance Authority's website:

http://www.eftasurv.int/fieldsofwork/fieldstateaid/stateaidregistry/
Case C-458/07: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 March 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic (Failure of Member State to fulfil obligations — Telecommunications — Directive 2002/22/EC — Universal service — Obligation to make available to end-users a comprehensive directory and telephone directory enquiry service)
Date: 2009-03-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Portugal, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, telecommunications industry, telephone, yearbook








C_2009113EN.01000802.xml










16.5.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 113/8





Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 March 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic
(Case C-458/07) (1)

(Failure of Member State to fulfil obligations - Telecommunications - Directive 2002/22/EC - Universal service - Obligation to make available to end-users a comprehensive directory and telephone directory enquiry service)
2009/C 113/15
Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties


Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: G. Braun and P. Guerra e Andrade, Agents)

Defendant: Portuguese Republic (represented by: L. Inez Fernandes, Agent, and L. Morais, Advogado)

Re:

Failure by Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Article 5(1) and (2) and Article 25(1) and (3) of Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive) (OJ 2002 L 108, p. 51) — Failure to include certain subscribers in the universal directory

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by not guaranteeing, in practice, the making available to all end-users of at least one comprehensive directory and at least one comprehensive telephone directory enquiry service in accordance with the provisions of Article 5(1) and (2) and Article 25(1) and (3) of Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive), the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;










2.


Orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 297, 8.12.2007.
Case C-234/08: Order of the President of the Court of 12 March 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland
Date: 2009-03-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Bulgaria, European Commission, Ireland, Romania, accession to the European Union, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, free movement of persons, national implementing measure








C_2009141EN.01003404.xml










20.6.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 141/34





Order of the President of the Court of 12 March 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Ireland
(Case C-234/08) (1)

2009/C 141/64

Language of the case: English

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


(1)  OJ C 183, 19.7.2008.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 195/2009 of 12 March 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2009-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, common agricultural policy, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

13.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 68/1

(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory)

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 195/2009

of 12 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 13 March 2009.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 12 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.

L 68/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.3.2009

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
JO
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

EG
JO
MA
MK
TR
ZZ

JO
MA
TR
ZZ

EG
ZZ

EG
IL
MA
TN
TR
ZZ

EG
MA
TR
ZZ

AR
BR
CA
CL
CN
MK
US
UY
ZZ

AR
CL
CN
US
ZA
ZZ

148,7
78,3
56,2
134,4
96,6
102,8

147,3
158,4
78,7
139,3
165,6
137,9

249,0
58,2
96,9
134,7

88,5
88,5

43,5
56,5
45,2
57,1
61,6
52,8

51,3
61,0
50,9
54,4

102,3
82,7
86,3
79,2
85,6
22,7
117,7
68,9
80,7

77,7
163,9
44,9
104,6
92,9
96,8

(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’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5399 — Mubadala/Rolls Royce/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aerospace industry, air transport, economic concentration, electricity supply, energy production, exchange of information, investment company, maritime transport, merger control, provision of services

C 58/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.3.2009

II

(Information)

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5399 — Mubadala/Rolls Royce/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 58/02)

On 16 February 2009, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public
after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32009M5399. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Decision to close the formal investigation regarding the scheme Regional aid for the transport of round wood
Date: 2009-03-12
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union, EFTA, Norway, State aid, carriage of goods, control of State aid, fuel wood

12.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 58/15

Decision to close the formal investigation regarding the scheme ‘Regional aid for the transport of
round wood’

(2009/C 58/10)

On 29 October 2008, the Authority decided to close the formal investigation procedure under Article 1(2)
in Part I of Protocol 3 of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance
Authority and a Court of Justice initiated on 11 June 2008 in respect of the Regional aid for the transport
of round wood scheme recording that Norway had withdrawn its notification on 9 July 2008.
Case C-132/07: Order of the President of the Second Chamber of the Court of 12 March 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van koophandel Brussel (Belgium)) — Beecham Group plc, SmithKline Beecham plc, Glaxo Group Ltd, Stafford-Miller Ltd, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare NV, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare BV v Andacon NV
Date: 2009-03-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: customs inspection, customs regulations, form, fraud, illicit trade, industrial counterfeiting, interpretation of the law, surveillance concerning imports








C_2009141EN.01003401.xml










20.6.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 141/34





Order of the President of the Second Chamber of the Court of 12 March 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van koophandel Brussel (Belgium)) — Beecham Group plc, SmithKline Beecham plc, Glaxo Group Ltd, Stafford-Miller Ltd, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare NV, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare BV v Andacon NV
(Case C-132/07) (1)

2009/C 141/61

Language of the case: Dutch

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


(1)  OJ C 117, 26.5.2007.