do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5503 — SIBUR/CITCO) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, fertiliser, gas supply, merger control, oil industry, pneumatic tyre, synthetic rubber








C_2009148EN.01000802.xml










30.6.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 148/8





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5503 — SIBUR/CITCO)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 148/04
On 23 June 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:






—


in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/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 (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32009M5503. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case T-285/08: Order of the Court of First Instance of 30 June 2009 — Securvita v OHIM (Natur-Aktien-Index) (Community trade mark — Application for the Community word mark Natur-Aktien-Index — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Request for an amendment — Manifest inadmissibility)
Date: 2009-06-30
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, General Court (EU), financial market, financial services, ordinance, trade-mark law








C_2009205EN.01003802.xml










29.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 205/38





Order of the Court of First Instance of 30 June 2009 — Securvita v OHIM (Natur-Aktien-Index)
(Case T-285/08) (1)

(Community trade mark - Application for the Community word mark Natur-Aktien-Index - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Request for an amendment - Manifest inadmissibility)
2009/C 205/71
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Securvita — Gesellschaft zur Entwicklung alternativer Versicherungskonzepte mbH (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: M. van Eendenburg, C. Uhlig and J. Nabert, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Schäffner, acting as Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 26 May 2008 (Case R 525/2007-4), concerning an application for the registration of the word sign Natur-Aktien-Index as a Community trade mark

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


dismisses the action as manifestly inadmissible;










2.


orders Securvita Gesellschaft zur Entwicklung alternativer Versicherungskonzepte mbH to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 247, 27.9.2008.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2009148EN.01001001.xml










30.6.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 148/10





Euro exchange rates (1)

29 June 2009
2009/C 148/06

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4058




JPY


Japanese yen


134,03




DKK


Danish krone


7,4463




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84865




SEK


Swedish krona


10,8658




CHF


Swiss franc


1,5260




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,0340




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


26,020




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


276,21




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7007




PLN


Polish zloty


4,4960




RON


Romanian leu


4,2135




TRY


Turkish lira


2,1619




AUD


Australian dollar


1,7451




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,6236




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,8949




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,1673




SGD


Singapore dollar


2,0444




KRW


South Korean won


1 807,30




ZAR


South African rand


10,9867




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,6070




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,2801




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 435,59




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9758




PHP


Philippine peso


67,783




RUB


Russian rouble


43,8375




THB


Thai baht


47,846




BRL


Brazilian real


2,7209




MXN


Mexican peso


18,5321




INR


Indian rupee


67,5490






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-106/08 R: Order of the Court of First Instance of 18 April 2008 — CPEM v Commission (Application for interim measures — Application for suspension of operation — New application — New facts — Absence — Inadmissibility — Article 109 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance)
Date: 2009-06-30
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, European Social Fund, action for annulment (EU), image, judicial investigation, micro-enterprise, ordinance, services of general interest








C_2009220EN.01003201.xml










12.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 220/32





Order of the Court of First Instance of 18 April 2008 — CPEM v Commission
(Case T-106/08 R) (1)

(Application for interim measures - Application for suspension of operation - New application - New facts - Absence - Inadmissibility - Article 109 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance)
2009/C 220/66
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Centre de promotion de l’emploi par la micro-entreprise (CPEM) (Marseilles, France) (represented by: C. Bonnefoi, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: L. Flynn and A. Steiblytė, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for suspension of the operation of debit note No 3240912189 of 17 December 2007 relating to Commission Decision C(2007) 4645 of 4 October 2007, cancelling the assistance granted to CPEM by the European Social Fund (ESF) by Decision C(1999) 2645 of 17 August 1999

Operative part of the order







1.


The application for interim measures is dismissed.










2.


Costs are reserved.






(1)  OJ C 107, 26.4.2008.
Case T-550/08 R: Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 30 June 2009 — Tudapetrol Mineralölerzeugnisse Nils Hansen v Commission (Application for interim measures — Commission decision imposing a fine — Application for suspension of operation of the measure and interim relief (repayment of the fine already paid and waiver of a bank guarantee — No prima facie case and no urgency)
Date: 2009-06-30
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, General Court (EU), access to information, decision (EU), fine, guarantee, limitation of legal proceedings, summary procedure








C_2009193EN.01002202.xml










15.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 193/22





Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 30 June 2009 — Tudapetrol Mineralölerzeugnisse Nils Hansen v Commission
(Case T-550/08 R)
(Application for interim measures - Commission decision imposing a fine - Application for suspension of operation of the measure and interim relief (repayment of the fine already paid and waiver of a bank guarantee - No prima facie case and no urgency)
2009/C 193/35
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Tudapetrol Mineralölerzeugnisse Nils Hansen KG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: M. Dallmann and U. Krauthause, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: A. Antoniadis and R. Sauer, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for suspension of the operation of Commission Decision C(2008) 5476 final of 1 October 2008 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement in Case COMP/39181 — Candle waxes, in so far as it imposes a fine on the applicant, application to release the applicant from the obligation to provide a bank guarantee as a condition for release from the obligation of payment, and other applications for interim measures

Operative part of the order







1.


The application for interim measures is dismissed.










2.


Costs are reserved.
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities
Date: 2009-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common customs tariff, customs duties, information, tariff nomenclature








C_2009148EN.01000901.xml










30.6.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 148/9





Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities
2009/C 148/05
Pursuant to Article 9(1)(a), second indent, of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities (2) are amended as follows:

Page 81:


Chapter 19


General

First paragraph: insert the word ‘normally’ before the word ‘calculated’.


(1)  OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 133, 30.5.2008, p. 1.
2009/505/EC: Commission Decision of 30 June 2009 amending Decision 2008/788/EC fixing the net amounts resulting from the application of voluntary modulation in Portugal for the calendar years 2009 to 2012 (notified under document number C(2009) 5095)
Date: 2009-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Portugal, aid system, aid to agriculture, common agricultural policy, rural development




L_2009171EN.01004601.xml










1.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 171/46








            COMMISSION DECISION
         
of 30 June 2009
         
amending Decision 2008/788/EC fixing the net amounts resulting from the application of voluntary modulation in Portugal for the calendar years 2009 to 2012
(notified under document number C(2009) 5095)
(only the Portuguese text is authentic)
(2009/505/EC)


THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 of 27 March 2007 laying down rules for voluntary modulation of direct payments provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Decision 2008/788/EC (2) establishes the net amounts resulting from the application of voluntary modulation in Portugal for the calendar years 2009 to 2012.












(2)


Under Article 1(5) of Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 the rates established in Article 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (3), reduced by five percentage points, must be deducted from the rate of voluntary modulation applied by the Member States. Consequently, the net amounts resulting from voluntary modulation should be reduced.












(3)


Decision 2008/788/EC should therefore be amended,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Article 1 of Decision 2008/788/EC shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 1
The net amounts resulting from the application of voluntary modulation in Portugal for the calendar years 2009 to 2012 shall be as follows:








(EUR million)




2009


2010


2011


2012




32,8 


29,0 


25,0 


21,0 ’







Article 2
This Decision shall apply from the 2010 budgetary year.


Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic.




Done at Brussels, 30 June 2009.


For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 95, 5.4.2007, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 271, 11.10.2008, p. 44.

(3)  
            OJ L 30, 31.1.2009, p. 16.
2009/506/EC: Commission Decision of 30 June 2009 appointing members of the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2009-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community body, European Medicines Agency, appointment of members, medicinal product




L_2009171EN.01004701.xml










1.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 171/47








            COMMISSION DECISION
         
of 30 June 2009
         
appointing members of the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2009/506/EC)


THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,


Having regard to the Regulation (EC) No 141/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1999 on orphan medicinal products (1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,


Having regard to the recommendation of the European Medicines Agency of 3 April 2009,

Whereas:







(1)


The term of office of four members of the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products, hereinafter ‘the Committee’, set up in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 141/2000, expired on 15 April 2009. One member of the Committee whose term of office expired was appointed by the Commission on the basis of a recommendation from the European Medicines Agency. Three other members whose term of office expired were appointed by the Commission to represent patients organisations. It is necessary, therefore, to appoint four members to the Committee.












(2)


The European Medicines Agency has recommended one person for nomination.












(3)


The members of the Committee should be appointed for a period of three years starting on 1 July 2009,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1

1.   The following is hereby appointed member of the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’, to represent patients organisations for a term of three years, from 1 July 2009:
Ms Lesley Claire GREENE.


2.   The following are hereby reappointed members of the Committee to represent patients organisations for a term of three years, from 1 July 2009:






 


Ms Birthe Byskov HOLM,










 


Dr Marie Pauline EVERS.







Article 2
On the recommendation of the European Medicines Agency, the following is hereby reappointed member of the Committee for a term of three years, from 1 July 2009:
Dr David LYONS.




Done at Brussels, 30 June 2009.


For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
            

Vice-President






(1)  
            OJ L 18, 22.1.2000, p. 1.
Extract from the Decision concerning Kaupthing Bank Luxembourg S.A. pursuant to Directive 2001/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reorganisation and winding-up of credit institutions
Date: 2009-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Luxembourg, bank, decontamination, financial institution, liquidation








C_2009148EN.01001501.xml










30.6.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 148/15





Extract from the Decision concerning Kaupthing Bank Luxembourg S.A. pursuant to Directive 2001/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reorganisation and winding-up of credit institutions
2009/C 148/08

EXTENSION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATORS OF KAUPTHING BANK LUXEMBOURG S.A.

By judgment delivered in open court on 8 June 2009, the Second Chamber of the District Court of Luxembourg, sitting in commercial matters, having heard the submissions, in closed session, of the administrators and the representative of the limited liability company Kaupthing Bank Luxembourg S.A., the representatives of the Financial Sector Supervisory Commission and the representative of the public prosecutor, supplements the judgments delivered by the District Court of Luxembourg on 9 and 31 October 2008 and 2 April 2009 and the judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal of Luxembourg on 28 January 2009 as follows:

‘The duration of the stay of payment granted to the limited liability company Kaupthing Bank Luxembourg S.A. is extended until 10 July 2009, 24:00 hours’.

An application may not be made by the party or by a third party to set aside this judgment.
The Administrators
PricewaterhouseCoopers S.àr.l., represented by Emmanuelle Caruel-Henniaux, and Franz Fayot, lawyer
Case T-444/07: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 30 June 2009 — CPEM v Commission of the European Communities (ESF — Cancellation of financial assistance — OLAF report)
Date: 2009-06-30
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Anti-fraud Office, European Commission, European Social Fund, France, General Court (EU), judicial investigation, report, rights of the defence








C_2009193EN.01002002.xml










15.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 193/20





Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 30 June 2009 — CPEM v Commission of the European Communities
(Case T-444/07) (1)

(ESF - Cancellation of financial assistance - OLAF report)
2009/C 193/30
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Centre de promotion de l'emploi par la micro-entreprise (CPEM) (Marseilles, France) (represented by: C. Bonnefoi, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: L. Flynn and A. Steiblytė, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2007) 4645 of 4 October 2007, cancelling the assistance granted by the European Social Fund (ESF) by Decision C(1999) 2645 of 17 August 1999, and also application for damages

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


dismisses the action;










2.


orders the Centre de promotion de l'emploi par la micro-entreprise (CPEM) to pay the costs, including those relating to the interim proceedings.






(1)  OJ C 37, 9.2.2008.
Case T-129/08: Order of the Court of First Instance of 30 June 2009 — Sahlstedt and Others v Commission
Date: 2009-06-30
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, Finland, action for annulment (EU), biotope, environmental protection, protected area, protection of animal life, protection of plant life








C_2009233EN.01002106.xml










26.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 233/21





Order of the Court of First Instance of 30 June 2009 — Sahlstedt and Others v Commission
(Case T-129/08) (1)

2009/C 233/43

Language of the case: Finnish

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


(1)  OJ C 128, 24.5.2008.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 569/2009 of 30 June 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2009-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, common agricultural policy, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit








L_2009171EN.01000101.xml










1.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 171/1








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 569/2009
of 30 June 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 1 July 2009.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 June 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 


46,5 




MK 


21,6 




TR 


97,2 




ZZ 


55,1 




0707 00 05 


MK 


27,4 




TR 


76,9 




ZZ 


52,2 




0709 90 70 


TR 


94,2 




ZZ 


94,2 




0805 50 10 


AR 


50,1 




TR 


64,2 




ZA 


64,9 




ZZ 


59,7 




0808 10 80 


AR 


78,9 




BR 


74,6 




CL 


89,4 




CN 


97,8 




NZ 


106,2 




US 


101,3 




UY 


55,1 




ZA 


85,9 




ZZ 


86,2 




0809 10 00 


TR 


232,2 




US 


172,2 




ZZ 


202,2 




0809 20 95 


SY 


197,7 




TR 


323,1 




ZZ 


260,4 




0809 30 


TR 


92,3 




US 


175,8 




ZZ 


134,1 




0809 40 05 


US 


196,2 




ZZ 


196,2 






(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’.