do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-169/09: Action brought on 13 May 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic
Date: 2009-05-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Greece, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, ecology, energy consumption, energy distribution, legislation








C_2009153EN.01002903.xml










4.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 153/29





Action brought on 13 May 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic
(Case C-169/09)
2009/C 153/56
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: S. Schønberg and M. Kapanasou Apostolopoulou, Agents)

Defendant: Hellenic Republic

Form of order sought

The Court is asked to:






—


declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2005/32/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, or in any event by not informing the Commission thereof, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;










—


order the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The period prescribed for transposing Directive 2005/32/EC into national law expired on 10 August 2007.


(1)  OJ L 191 of 22.7.2005, p. 29.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2009109EN.01000701.xml










13.5.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 109/7





Euro exchange rates (1)

12 May 2009
2009/C 109/05

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3683




JPY


Japanese yen


132,90




DKK


Danish krone


7,4485




GBP


Pound sterling


0,89340




SEK


Swedish krona


10,6218




CHF


Swiss franc


1,5088




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,7510




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


26,744




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


278,78




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7091




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3860




RON


Romanian leu


4,1533




TRY


Turkish lira


2,1349




AUD


Australian dollar


1,7858




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5865




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,6045




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,2555




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,9923




KRW


South Korean won


1 694,60




ZAR


South African rand


11,5129




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,3340




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3510




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 171,36




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,8062




PHP


Philippine peso


64,443




RUB


Russian rouble


43,8935




THB


Thai baht


47,282




BRL


Brazilian real


2,8039




MXN


Mexican peso


18,0274




INR


Indian rupee


67,4810






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 394/2009 of 13 May 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2009-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, common agricultural policy, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit








L_2009119EN.01001901.xml










14.5.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 119/19








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 394/2009
of 13 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 14 May 2009.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 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 


55,4 




TN 


115,0 




TR 


101,9 




ZZ 


90,8 




0707 00 05 


JO 


155,5 




MA 


41,9 




TR 


149,3 




ZZ 


115,6 




0709 90 70 


JO 


216,7 




TR 


120,2 




ZZ 


168,5 




0805 10 20 


EG 


43,3 




IL 


54,0 




MA 


43,1 




TN 


49,2 




TR 


102,3 




US 


51,0 




ZZ 


57,2 




0805 50 10 


AR 


50,9 




TR 


48,7 




ZA 


62,5 




ZZ 


54,0 




0808 10 80 


AR 


81,3 




BR 


72,1 




CA 


127,2 




CL 


85,0 




CN 


99,5 




MK 


42,0 




NZ 


110,2 




US 


131,7 




UY 


71,7 




ZA 


78,8 




ZZ 


90,0 






(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 C-171/09: Action brought on 13 May 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v French Republic
Date: 2009-05-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, France, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, banking, customers, political figure








C_2009153EN.01003002.xml










4.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 153/30





Action brought on 13 May 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v French Republic
(Case C-171/09)
2009/C 153/58
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: V. Peere and P. Dejmek, acting as Agents)

Defendant: French Republic

Form of order sought







—


declare that, by failing to adopt all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Commission Directive 2006/70/EC of 1 August 2006 laying down implementing measures for Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the definition of ‘politically exposed person’ and the technical criteria for simplified customer due diligence procedures and for exemption on grounds of a financial activity conducted on an occasional or very limited basis (1), or in any event by failing to communicate those provisions to the Commission, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;










—


order the French Republic to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The period for the transposition of Directive 2006/70/EC expired on 15 December 2007. However, at the time the present action was brought, the defendant had not yet adopted all the necessary implementing measures or, in any event, had not informed the Commission thereof.


(1)  OJ 2006 L 214, p. 29.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration — (Case COMP/M.5445 — Mytilineos/Motor Oil/Corinthos Power) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy production, exchange of information, merger control, mining extraction, motor fuel, oil refining








C_2009109EN.01000602.xml










13.5.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 109/6





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5445 — Mytilineos/Motor Oil/Corinthos Power)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 109/04
On 30 March 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 Regulation (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 32009M5445. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Case T-190/09: Action brought on 13 May 2009 — Longevity Health Products v OHIM — Performing Science (5 HTP)
Date: 2009-05-13
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), fine, trade-mark law








C_2009167EN.01001702.xml










18.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 167/17





Action brought on 13 May 2009 — Longevity Health Products v OHIM — Performing Science (5 HTP)
(Case T-190/09)
2009/C 167/34
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Longevity Health Products, Inc (represented by: J. Korab, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Performing Science LLC

Forms of order sought







—


Declare the appeal of Longevity Health Products, Inc admissible,










—


Annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of 21 April 2009 and dismiss the application by Performing Science LLC that Community trade mark No 002846483 — ‘5 HTP’ be declared invalid, and










—


Order the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Registered Community trade mark in respect of which a declaration of invalidity has been sought: the word mark ‘5 HTP’ for goods and services in Classes 5, 16 and 35 (Community trade mark No 2 846 483).

Proprietor of the Community trade mark: Longevity Health Products, Inc.

Applicant for the declaration of invalidity: Performing Science LLC.

Decision of the Cancellation Division: Application for declaration of invalidity of the trade mark concerned partially granted.

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the applicant’s appeal.

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (1).


(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1).
Case C-170/09: Action brought on 13 May 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v French Republic
Date: 2009-05-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, France, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, disclosure of information, financial regulation, financing, fine, money laundering, terrorism








C_2009153EN.01003001.xml










4.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 153/30





Action brought on 13 May 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v French Republic
(Case C-170/09)
2009/C 153/57
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: V. Peere and P. Dejmek, acting as Agents)

Defendants: French Republic

Form of order sought







—


Declare that, by failing to adopt all the laws, regulation and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing (1) and, in any event, by failing to notify them to the Commission, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;










—


order the French Republic to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The period for transposition of Directive 2005/60/EC expired on 15 December 2007. At the date on which the present action was brought, the defendant still had not adopted all the transposing measures necessary or, in any event, had not notified them to the Commission.


(1)  OJ L 309, p. 15.
Case C-172/09: Action brought on 13 May 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Poland
Date: 2009-05-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Poland, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, financing, fine, money laundering, terrorism








C_2009167EN.01000502.xml










18.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 167/5





Action brought on 13 May 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Poland
(Case C-172/09)
2009/C 167/09
Language of the case: Polish

Parties


Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: P. Dejmek and K. Gawlik, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Poland

Form of order sought







—


declare that, by not bringing into force all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2005/60/EC of 26 October 2005 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing, (1) and in any event by not informing the Commission of the adoption of those provisions, the Republic of Poland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive and the EC Treaty;










—


order the Republic of Poland to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The period for transposition of Directive 2005/60/EC expired on 15 December 2007. On the day on which the action was brought, meanwhile, the defendant still had not brought into force all the provisions needed for the purpose of transposing the directive and in any event had not informed the Commission of them.


(1)  OJ 2005 L 309, p. 15.
Judgment of the Court of 13 May 2009 in Case E-6/08 — EFTA Surveillance Authority v the Kingdom of Norway (Failure by a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligation — Directive 2002/91/EC on the energy performance of buildings)
Date: 2009-05-13
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: EFTA Court, European standard, Norway, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, building insulation, energy policy, energy saving, heating








C_2009224EN.01001901.xml










17.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 224/19






JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 13 May 2009
in Case E-6/08
EFTA Surveillance Authority v the Kingdom of Norway

(Failure by a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligation — Directive 2002/91/EC on the energy performance of buildings)

2009/C 224/09
In Case E-6/08, EFTA Surveillance Authority v the Kingdom of Norway — APPLICATION for a declaration that, by failing to adopt or notify the EFTA Surveillance Authority of the measures necessary to implement Articles 6-10 of the Act referred to at point 17 of Annex IV to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, i.e. Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on the energy performance of buildings, as adapted to the EEA Agreement by way of Protocol 1 thereto, within the time prescribed, the Kingdom of Norway has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 15(1) of that Act and under Article 7 EEA, the Court, composed of: Carl Baudenbacher, President, Henrik Bull, Judge, and Thorgeir Örlygsson, Judge-Rapporteur, gave judgment on 13 May 2009, the operative part of which is as follows:
The Court hereby:






1.


Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the time limit prescribed, the measures necessary to implement Articles 6-10 of Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on the energy performance of buildings, the Kingdom of Norway has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 15(1) of the Directive and Article 7 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area.










2.


Orders the Kingdom of Norway to bear the costs of the proceedings.
Case T-136/08: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 13 May 2009 — Aurelia Finance v OHIM (AURELIA) (Community trade mark — Community word mark AURELIA — Failure to pay renewal fee — Removal of trade mark from register on expiry of registration — Application for restitutio in integrum)
Date: 2009-05-13
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, General Court (EU), action for annulment (EU), banking, financial services, investment, provision of services, trade-mark law








C_2009153EN.01003801.xml










4.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 153/38





Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 13 May 2009 — Aurelia Finance v OHIM (AURELIA)
(Case T-136/08) (1)

(Community trade mark - Community word mark AURELIA - Failure to pay renewal fee - Removal of trade mark from register on expiry of registration - Application for restitutio in integrum)
2009/C 153/72
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Aurelia Finance SA (Geneva, Switzerland) (represented by M. Elmslie, Solicitor, and N. Saunders, Barrister)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by D. Botis, Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 January 2008 (Case R 1214/2007-1), concerning the application for restitutio in integrum lodged by the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action.










2.


Orders Aurelia Finance SA to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 128, 24.5.2008.
Case T-194/09: Action brought on 13 May 2009 — Lan Airlines v OHIM — Air Nostrum (LÍNEAS AÉREAS DEL MEDITERRÁNEO LAM)
Date: 2009-05-13
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, airline, appeal, trade-mark law








C_2009167EN.01001802.xml










18.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 167/18





Action brought on 13 May 2009 — Lan Airlines v OHIM — Air Nostrum (LÍNEAS AÉREAS DEL MEDITERRÁNEO LAM)
(Case T-194/09)
2009/C 167/36
Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Lan Airlines, SA (represented by: E. Armijo Chávarri and A. Castán Pérez-Gómez, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Air Nostrum, Líneas Aéreas del Mediterráneo, SA (Manises, Spain)

Form of order sought







—


declare, in view of the lodging of this pleading and the documents attached to it, that the action against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office of 19 February 2009 in Case R 0107/2008-4 has been lodged within the prescribed period and in the correct form and, following the appropriate procedural steps, deliver judgment annulling the said decision and expressly order the Office to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Applicant for a Community trade mark: Air Nostrum, Líneas Aéreas del Mediterráneo, SA

Community trade mark concerned: Word mark ‘LÍNEAS AÉREAS DEL MEDITERRÁNEO LAM’ (Application No 4 448 061) for services in class 39.

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Lan Airlines, SA.

Mark or sign cited in opposition: Community word mark ‘LAN’ (No 3 350 899) for services in classes 35, 39 and 43; and the Community figurative mark constituted by the word ‘LAN’ flanked by a star (No 3 694 957) for services in class 39.

Decision of the Opposition Division: Rejection of the opposition in its entirety.

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the appeal.

Pleas in law: Incorrect application of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 40/94 (replaced by Regulation No 207/2009).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration — (Case COMP/M.5477 — Votorantim/Aracruz) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building materials, chemistry, economic concentration, energy production, exchange of information, merger control, metalworking, mining operation, pulp and paper industry








C_2009109EN.01000601.xml










13.5.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 109/6





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5477 — Votorantim/Aracruz)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 109/03
On 20 April 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 Regulation (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 32009M5477. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm).
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: 2009-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, transport company








C_2009109EN.01000501.xml










13.5.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 109/5





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)
2009/C 109/02






Date of adoption of the decision


24.3.2009




Reference number of the aid


NN 73/08 (ex N 240/08)




Member State


Hungary




Region


Minden régió




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


MÁV Zrt. MÁV-TRAKCIÓ Zrt.




Legal basis


2185/2005. (IX. 9.) Korm. határozat a vasúti közlekedéspolitika stratégiai kérdéseiről 1027/2008. (V. 8.) Korm. határozat a MÁV Zrt. és a MÁV-TRAKCIÓ Zrt. közötti hitelátvállalásokról és a hitelátvállalások miatt szükséges, egyes kezességvállalásról rendelkező kormányhatározatok módosításáról




Objective


Interoperability aid




Type of measure



Ad hoc aid




Form of aid


Guarantee




Intensity


1,46 %




Duration (period)


Until 17 December 2018




Economic sectors


Transport




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministry of Finance




József nádor tér 2—4




1051 Budapest




MAGYARORSZÁG/HUNGARY








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/index.htm