do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-12/08: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 May 2009 — M v EMEA (Appeal — Staff case — Temporary staff — Invalidity — Application for reconsideration of the decision rejecting a first request that the Invalidity Committee be convened — Action for annulment — Non-actionable measure — Confirmatory act — New and substantial facts — Admissibility — Non-contractual liability — Non-material harm)
Date: 2009-05-06
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Medicines Agency, European civil service, United Kingdom, action for annulment (EU), professional career, regulations for civil servants








C_2009141EN.01004001.xml










20.6.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 141/40





Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 May 2009 — M v EMEA
(Case T-12/08) (1)

(Appeal - Staff case - Temporary staff - Invalidity - Application for reconsideration of the decision rejecting a first request that the Invalidity Committee be convened - Action for annulment - Non-actionable measure - Confirmatory act - New and substantial facts - Admissibility - Non-contractual liability - Non-material harm)
2009/C 141/82
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellant: M (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis and E. Marchal, lawyers)

Other party to the proceedings: European Medicines Agency (EMEA) (represented by: V. Salvatore and N. Rampal Olmedo, Agents)

Re:

Appeal brought against the order of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union (First Chamber) in Case F-23/07 M v EMEA [2007] ECR-SC I-A-0000 and II-0000 seeking that that order be set aside.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the order of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union (First Chamber) of 19 October 2007 in Case F-23/07 M v EMEA [2007] ECR I-A-0000 and II-0000;










2.


Annuls the decision of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) of 25 October 2006, in so far as it rejected M’s request of 8 August 2006 for his case to be referred to the Invalidity Committee;










3.


Orders EMEA to pay the appellant compensation of EUR 3 000;










4.


Dismisses the appeal as to the remainder;










5.


Orders EMEA to pay the costs of the procedure before the Civil Service Tribunal and those of this case.






(1)  OJ C 64, 8.3.2008.
Draft amending budget No 4/2009 European Parliament resolution of 6 May 2009 on Draft amending budget No 4/2009 of the European Union for the financial year 2009, Section III – Commission (9126/2009 – C6-0156/2009 – 2009/2039(BUD))
Date: 2009-05-06
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, European Parliament
Subjects: amending budget, budget estimate, budgetary expenditure, financial year, fund (EU), general budget (EU), resolution of parliament








CE2010212EN.01025801.xml










5.8.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CE 212/258





Wednesday 6 May 2009Draft amending budget No 4/2009
P6_TA(2009)0355
European Parliament resolution of 6 May 2009 on Draft amending budget No 4/2009 of the European Union for the financial year 2009, Section III – Commission (9126/2009 – C6-0156/2009 – 2009/2039(BUD))
2010/C 212 E/38

The European Parliament,
having regard to Article 272 of the EC Treaty and Article 177 of the Euratom Treaty,
having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (1), and particularly Articles 37 and 38,
having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009, as finally adopted on 18 December 2008 (2),
having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (3),
having regard to Preliminary draft amending budget No 4/2009 of the European Union for the financial year 2009, which the Commission presented on 8 April 2009 (SEC(2009)0496),
having regard to Draft amending budget No 4/2009, which the Council established on 27 April 2009 (9126/2009 – C6-0156/2009),
having regard to Rule 69 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,
having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0281/2009),






A.


whereas Draft amending budget No 4 to the general budget 2009 covers the revision of the ceilings of the multiannual financial framework for Headings 1a and 2,










B.


whereas the purpose of Draft amending budget No 4/2009 is to formally enter these budgetary adjustments into the 2009 budget,










1.


Takes note of Preliminary draft amending budget No 4/2009;










2.


Approves Draft amending budget No 4/2009 unamended;










3.


Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.






(1)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 69, 13.3.2009.

(3)  OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
Case F-137/07: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 6 May 2009 — Sergio v Commission (Staff case — Rights and obligations — Freedom of association — Protocol of Agreement between the Commission and the trade union or professional organisations — Individual decisions on secondment/release from service based on a protocol — Act adversely affecting an official — Locus standi — Official acting on his own account and not on the account of a trade union — Admissibility — Notification of the rejection of the complaint to the applicants’ lawyer — Starting point for the time-limit for bringing an action)
Date: 2009-05-06
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: Civil Service Tribunal, European Commission, European official, action by staff, civil service, duties of civil servants, limitation of legal proceedings, trade union freedom








C_2009193EN.01003402.xml










15.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 193/34





Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 6 May 2009 — Sergio v Commission
(Case F-137/07) (1)

(Staff case - Rights and obligations - Freedom of association - Protocol of Agreement between the Commission and the trade union or professional organisations - Individual decisions on secondment/release from service based on a protocol - Act adversely affecting an official - Locus standi - Official acting on his own account and not on the account of a trade union - Admissibility - Notification of the rejection of the complaint to the applicants’ lawyer - Starting point for the time-limit for bringing an action)
2009/C 193/56
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: Giovanni Sergio (Brussels, Belgium) and Others (represented by: M. Lucas, lawyer)

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

Re:

First, annulment of the ‘Protocol of Agreement between the trade union or professional organisations and the Directorate General for Personnel and Administration (DG ADMIN)’ and the decisions of the appointing authority confirmed by the Protocol of 19 December 2006 and the decision of 14 November 2006 and, second, a claim for damages in the form of a symbolic EUR 1.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Mr Sergio, Mr Blanchard, Mr Marquez-Garcia, Mr Scheuer and Mr Wurzler to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 79, 29.3.2008, p. 37.
Frequency bands for mobile communications ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 6 May 2009 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 87/372/EEC on the frequency bands to be reserved for the coordinated introduction of public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications in the Community (COM(2008)0762 – C6-0452/2008 – 2008/0214(COD))#P6_TC1-COD(2008)0214 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 May 2009 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2009/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 87/372/EEC on the frequency bands to be reserved for the coordinated introduction of public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications in the Community
Date: 2009-05-06
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee, European Parliament
Subjects: approximation of laws, competition law, regulation of telecommunications, single market, systems interconnection, telecommunications, waveband








CE2010212EN.01031001.xml










5.8.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CE 212/310





Wednesday 6 May 2009Frequency bands for mobile communications ***I
P6_TA(2009)0363
European Parliament legislative resolution of 6 May 2009 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 87/372/EEC on the frequency bands to be reserved for the coordinated introduction of public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications in the Community (COM(2008)0762 – C6-0452/2008 – 2008/0214(COD))
2010/C 212 E/43
(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,
having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2008)0762),
having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 95 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0452/2008),
having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,
having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A6-0276/2009),






1.


Approves the Commission proposal as amended;










2.


Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;










3.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.






Wednesday 6 May 2009P6_TC1-COD(2008)0214
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 May 2009 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2009/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 87/372/EEC on the frequency bands to be reserved for the coordinated introduction of public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications in the Community

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive 2009/114/EC.)
Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the Office ***II European Parliament legislative resolution of 6 May 2009 on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Group of European Regulators in Telecoms (GERT) (16498/1/2008 – C6-0067/2009 – 2007/0249(COD))#P6_TC2-COD(2007)0249 Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 6 May 2009 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the Office
Date: 2009-05-06
Institutions: Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament
Subjects: approximation of laws, competition law, electronic mail, regulation of telecommunications, single market, systems interconnection, telecommunications, transmission network








CE2010212EN.01030901.xml










5.8.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CE 212/309





Wednesday 6 May 2009Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the Office ***II
P6_TA(2009)0362
European Parliament legislative resolution of 6 May 2009 on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Group of European Regulators in Telecoms (GERT) (16498/1/2008 – C6-0067/2009 – 2007/0249(COD))
2010/C 212 E/42
(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,
having regard to the Council common position (16498/1/2008 – C6-0067/2009),
having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2007)0699),
having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2008)0720),
having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,
having regard to Rule 62 of its Rules of Procedure,
having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A6-0271/2009),






1.


Approves the common position as amended;










2.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.






(1)  Texts adopted, 24.9.2008, P6_TA(2008)0450.


Wednesday 6 May 2009P6_TC2-COD(2007)0249
Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 6 May 2009 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the Office

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at second reading corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EC) No 1211/2009.)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 369/2009 of 6 May 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2009-05-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, common agricultural policy, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit








L_2009114EN.01000101.xml










7.5.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 114/1








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 369/2009
of 6 May 2009
         
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables


THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,


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

Whereas:

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


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 May 2009.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 May 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.




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







(EUR/100 kg)




CN code


Third country code (1)



Standard import value




0702 00 00 


MA 


71,9 




TN 


115,0 




TR 


141,3 




ZZ 


109,4 




0707 00 05 


JO 


155,5 




MA 


32,7 




TR 


135,3 




ZZ 


107,8 




0709 90 70 


TR 


118,7 




ZZ 


118,7 




0805 10 20 


EG 


41,2 




IL 


60,3 




MA 


46,8 




TN 


49,5 




TR 


98,3 




US 


55,4 




ZZ 


58,6 




0805 50 10 


TR 


41,7 




ZA 


69,9 




ZZ 


55,8 




0808 10 80 


AR 


77,4 




BR 


71,5 




CA 


114,7 




CL 


79,5 




CN 


94,5 




NZ 


102,5 




US 


121,6 




UY 


71,7 




ZA 


81,2 




ZZ 


90,5 






(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’.
Case T-127/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 May 2009 — KME Germany and Others v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for copper industrial tubes — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Fines — Actual impact on the market — Size of the market concerned — Duration of the infringement — Attenuating circumstances — Cooperation)
Date: 2009-05-06
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, appeal to the Court (EU), competition law, economic concentration, iron and steel industry, tube








C_2009153EN.01003301.xml










4.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 153/33





Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 May 2009 — KME Germany and Others v Commission
(Case T-127/04) (1)

(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for copper industrial tubes - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Price-fixing and market-sharing - Fines - Actual impact on the market - Size of the market concerned - Duration of the infringement - Attenuating circumstances - Cooperation)
2009/C 153/62
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: KME Germany AG, formerly KM Europa Metal AG (Osnabruck, Germany); KME France SAS, formerly Tréfimétaux SA (Courbevoie, France); and KME Italy SpA, formerly Europa Metalli SpA (Florence, Italy) (represented by: M. Siragusa, A. Winckler, G.C. Rizza, T. Graf and M. Piergiovanni, Lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: É. Gippini Fournier, Agent, assisted by C. Thomas, Solicitor)

Re:







(1)


Application for annulment or reduction of the fines imposed on the applicants by Article 2(c)(d) and (e) of Commission Decision C(2004) 4820 final of 16 December 2003 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/E-1/38.240 Industrial tubes); and (2) Counterclaim by the Commission that the amount of those fines be increased





Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action.










2.


Orders KME Germany AG, KME France SAS and KME Italy SpA to pay the costs






(1)  OJ C 146, 29.5.2004.
Case F-39/07: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 6 May 2009 — Campos Valls v Council (Staff case — Officials — Recruitment — Appointment — Post of Head of Unit — Rejection of the applicant’s candidature — Conditions required for the notice of vacancy — Manifest error of assessment)
Date: 2009-05-06
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: Civil Service Tribunal, Council of the European Union, European official, appointment of staff, civil service, job application, opinion (EU), recruitment








C_2009193EN.01003401.xml










15.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 193/34





Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 6 May 2009 — Campos Valls v Council
(Case F-39/07) (1)

(Staff case - Officials - Recruitment - Appointment - Post of Head of Unit - Rejection of the applicant’s candidature - Conditions required for the notice of vacancy - Manifest error of assessment)
2009/C 193/55
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Manuel Campos Valls (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis and É. Marchal, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Arpio Santacruz and I. Šulce, Agents)

Re:

First, annulment of the decisions of the appointing authority to reject the applicant’s candidature for the post of head of the Spanish Language Unit of DG A, Directorate 3 — Translation and Document Production — Language Service, referred to in Staff Note CP46/06 and, second, of the decision to appoint another candidate to that post.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 129, 9.6.2007, p. 28.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-05-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2009104EN.01000101.xml










6.5.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 104/1





Euro exchange rates (1)

5 May 2009
2009/C 104/01

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3403




JPY


Japanese yen


132,59




DKK


Danish krone


7,4482




GBP


Pound sterling


0,88590




SEK


Swedish krona


10,5865




CHF


Swiss franc


1,5113




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,6870




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


26,478




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


283,26




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7094




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3483




RON


Romanian leu


4,1632




TRY


Turkish lira


2,0918




AUD


Australian dollar


1,7998




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5669




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,3873




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,2994




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,9713




KRW


South Korean won


1 700,30




ZAR


South African rand


11,1356




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,1407




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3979




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 106,66




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,7045




PHP


Philippine peso


64,051




RUB


Russian rouble


43,9435




THB


Thai baht


47,058




BRL


Brazilian real


2,8339




MXN


Mexican peso


17,7590




INR


Indian rupee


66,0770






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