do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-291/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 1 July 2009 — Operator ARP v Commission (State aid — Scheme for restructuring aid granted by the Republic of Poland to a steel producer — Decision declaring the aid to be in part incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Protocol No 8 on the restructuring of the Polish steel industry — Action for annulment — Interest in bringing proceedings — Admissibility — Concept of beneficiary — Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999)
Date: 2009-07-01
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: General Court (EU), Poland, State aid, aid for restructuring, control of State aid, exchange of information, iron and steel industry, redemption








C_2009193EN.01001801.xml










15.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 193/18





Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 1 July 2009 — Operator ARP v Commission
(Case T-291/06) (1)

(State aid - Scheme for restructuring aid granted by the Republic of Poland to a steel producer - Decision declaring the aid to be in part incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery - Protocol No 8 on the restructuring of the Polish steel industry - Action for annulment - Interest in bringing proceedings - Admissibility - Concept of beneficiary - Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999)
2009/C 193/25
Language of the case: Polish

Parties


Applicant: Operator ARP sp. z o.o. (Warsaw Poland) (represented: initially, by J. Szymanowska, subsequently, by J. Szymanowska and P. Rosiak, and, finally, by P. Rosiak, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: C. Giolito and A. Stobiecka-Kuik, Agents)

Re:

Partial annulment of Commission Decision 2006/937/EC of 5 July 2005 on State aid C 20/04 (ex NN 25/04) in favour of Huta Częstochowa S.A. (OJ 2006 L 366, p. 1) to the extent to which it declares some of that aid to be incompatible with the common market and orders the Republic of Poland to effect its recovery.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the first subparagraph of Article 3(2) of Commission Decision 2006/937/EC of 5 July 2005 on State aid C 20/04 (ex NN 25/04) in favour of Huta Częstochowa S.A. in so far as it concerns Operator ARP sp. z o.o.;










2.


Orders the Commission to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 310, 16.12.2006.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 572/2009 of 1 July 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2009-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, common agricultural policy, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit








L_2009172EN.01000101.xml










2.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 172/1








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 572/2009
of 1 July 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 2 July 2009.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 1 July 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 


23,3 




TR 


47,0 




ZZ 


38,9 




0707 00 05 


MK 


27,4 




TR 


99,3 




ZZ 


63,4 




0709 90 70 


TR 


94,6 




ZZ 


94,6 




0805 50 10 


AR 


55,6 




TR 


64,2 




ZA 


60,8 




ZZ 


60,2 




0808 10 80 


AR 


77,2 




BR 


78,1 




CL 


95,6 




CN 


97,8 




NZ 


108,6 




US 


93,2 




UY 


55,1 




ZA 


86,4 




ZZ 


86,5 




0809 10 00 


TR 


215,7 




US 


172,2 




XS 


120,6 




ZZ 


169,5 




0809 20 95 


SY 


197,7 




TR 


330,2 




ZZ 


264,0 




0809 30 


TR 


90,5 




US 


175,8 




ZZ 


133,2 




0809 40 05 


IL 


169,6 




US 


196,2 




ZZ 


182,9 






(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-24/07: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 1 July 2009 — ThyssenKrupp Stainless v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Stainless steel flat products — Decision finding an infringement of Article 65 CS after expiry of the ECSC Treaty, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Alloy surcharge — Powers of the Commission — Imputability of the unlawful conduct — Res judicata — Rights of the defence — Access to the file — Limitation period — Principle of non bis in idem — Cooperation during the administrative procedure)
Date: 2009-07-01
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, General Court (EU), access to information, competition law, fine, iron and steel industry, restriction on competition








C_2009193EN.01001802.xml










15.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 193/18





Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 1 July 2009 — ThyssenKrupp Stainless v Commission
(Case T-24/07) (1)

(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Stainless steel flat products - Decision finding an infringement of Article 65 CS after expiry of the ECSC Treaty, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 - Alloy surcharge - Powers of the Commission - Imputability of the unlawful conduct - Res judicata - Rights of the defence - Access to the file - Limitation period - Principle of non bis in idem - Cooperation during the administrative procedure)
2009/C 193/26
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: ThyssenKrupp Stainless AG (Duisburg, Germany) (represented by: M. Klusmann and S. Thomas, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, R. Sauer and O. Weber, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment, in whole or in part, of the Commission’s decision of 20 December 2006 relating to a proceeding under Article 65 [CS] (Case No COMP/F/39.234 — Alloy surcharge — readoption) and, in the alternative, an application for reduction of the fine imposed on ThyssenKrupp Stainless by that decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders ThyssenKrupp Stainless AG to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 82, 14.4.2007.
Case T-16/08: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 1 July 2009 — Perfetti Van Melle v OHIM — Cloetta Fazer (CENTER SHOCK) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark CENTER SHOCK — Earlier national word marks CENTER — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Date: 2009-07-01
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, General Court (EU), Italy, food industry, trade-mark law








C_2009193EN.01002003.xml










15.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 193/20





Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 1 July 2009 — Perfetti Van Melle v OHIM — Cloetta Fazer (CENTER SHOCK)
(Case T-16/08) (1)

(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark CENTER SHOCK - Earlier national word marks CENTER - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
2009/C 193/31
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Perfetti Van Melle SpA (Lainate, Italy) (represented by: P. Perani and P. Pozzi, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: Cloetta Fazer AB (Ljungsbro, Sweden) (represented by: J. Runsten and S. Sparring initially, and subsequently by M. Treis, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 November 2007 (Case R 149/2006-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Cloetta Fazer AB and Perfetti Van Melle SpA.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Perfetti Van Melle SpA to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 64, 8.3.2008.
Case C-238/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden lodged on 1 July 2009 — Handelsmaatschappij J. van Hilst and Others v The Jaguar Collection Limited and Others
Date: 2009-07-01
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU law, appeal to the Court (EU), motor vehicle industry








C_2009312EN.01001001.xml










19.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 312/10





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden lodged on 1 July 2009 — Handelsmaatschappij J. van Hilst and Others v The Jaguar Collection Limited and Others
(Case C-238/09)
2009/C 312/15
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Hoge Raad der Nederlanden

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Handelsmaatschappij J. van Hilst and Others

Defendants: The Jaguar Collection Limited and Others
By order of 20 July 2009 the case was removed from the Register of the Court of Justice
Joined Cases T-273/06 and T-297/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 1 July 2009 — ISD Polska and Others v Commission (State aid — Scheme for restructuring aid granted by the Republic of Poland to a steel producer — Decision declaring the aid to be in part incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Protocol No 8 on the restructuring of the Polish steel industry — Actions for annulment — Right of action — Period within which proceedings must be brought — Admissibility — Legitimate expectations — Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 — Rate of interest to be applied to the repayment of incompatible aid — Duty to cooperate closely with the Member State — Compound interest rate — Articles 9(4) and 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 794/2004)
Date: 2009-07-01
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, General Court (EU), Poland, State aid, aid for restructuring, control of State aid, exchange of information, iron and steel industry








C_2009193EN.01001701.xml










15.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 193/17





Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 1 July 2009 — ISD Polska and Others v Commission
(Joined Cases T-273/06 and T-297/06) (1)

(State aid - Scheme for restructuring aid granted by the Republic of Poland to a steel producer - Decision declaring the aid to be in part incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery - Protocol No 8 on the restructuring of the Polish steel industry - Actions for annulment - Right of action - Period within which proceedings must be brought - Admissibility - Legitimate expectations - Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 - Rate of interest to be applied to the repayment of incompatible aid - Duty to cooperate closely with the Member State - Compound interest rate - Articles 9(4) and 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 794/2004)
2009/C 193/23
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants in Case T-273/06: ISD Polska sp. z o.o. (Warsaw Poland) and Industrial Union of Donbass Corp. (Donetsk Ukraine) (represented: initially by C. Rapin and E. Van den Haute, and subsequently by C. Rapin, E. Van den Haute and C. Pétermann, lawyers)

Applicant in Case T-297/06: ISD Polska sp. z o.o. (formerly Majątek Hutniczy sp. z o.o.) (Warsaw) (represented: initially by C. Rapin and E. Van den Haute, and subsequently by C. Rapin, E. Van den Haute and C. Pétermann, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: C. Giolito and A. Stobiecka-Kuik, Agents)

Re:

Partial annulment of Commission Decision 2006/937/EC of 5 July 2005 on State aid C 20/04 (ex NN 25/04) in favour of Huta Częstochowa S.A. (OJ 2006 L 366, p. 1) to the extent to which it declares some of that aid to be incompatible with the common market and orders the Republic of Poland to effect its recovery.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the actions;










2.


Orders ISD Polska sp. z o.o. and Industrial Union of Donbass Corp. to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 294, 2.12.2006.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5551 — F2i/Finavias/ERG) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, gas supply, investment transaction, merger control, provision of services, urban construction








C_2009149EN.01002701.xml










1.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 149/27





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5551 — F2i/Finavias/ERG)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 149/10






1.


On 23 June 2009, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings F2i Fondi Italiani per le Infrastrutture S.G.R. S.p.A. (‘F2i’, Italy) and Finavias S.à.r.l. (‘Finavias’, Luxembourg), (a company indirectly owned by the AXA Group), acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation, joint control of the majority shareholding of the undertaking ENEL Rete Gas S.p.A. (‘ERG’, Italy) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


F2i: mutual investment fund specialized in infrastructure sectors,










—


Finavias: private equity and asset management activities,










—


ERG: provision of gas distribution via low-and medium-pressure pipelines.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.










4.


The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 2 2964301 or 2967244) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5551 — F2i/Finavias/ERG, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




J-70




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.
Case C-239/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Berlin (Germany) lodged on 1 July 2009 — SEYDALAND Vereinigte Agrarbetriebe GmbH & Co. v BVVG Bodenverwertungs- und –verwaltungs GmbH.
Date: 2009-07-01
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Germany, agricultural holding, agricultural land, culture, interpretation of the law, livestock farming








C_2009220EN.01002101.xml










12.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 220/21





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Berlin (Germany) lodged on 1 July 2009 — SEYDALAND Vereinigte Agrarbetriebe GmbH & Co. v BVVG Bodenverwertungs- und –verwaltungs GmbH.
(Case C-239/09)
2009/C 220/40
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landgericht Berlin

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: SEYDALAND Vereinigte Agrarbetriebe GmbH & Co

Defendant: BVVG Bodenverwertungs- und –verwaltungs GmbH

Question referred

Does Paragraph 5(1) points 2 and 3 of the FlächenerwerbsVO (Land Purchase Order), which was passed in application of Paragraph 4(3) point 1 of the AusglLeistG (Compensation Act) — ‘Where there are regional valuations of arable and pasture land, the value should be determined according to them. The regional valuations are published by the Bundesminister der Finanzen (Federal Finance Minister) in the Bundesanzeiger (Federal Gazette)’ — infringe Article 87 EC Treaty?
Case T-467/07: Order of the Court of First Instance of 1 July 2009 — Du Pont de Nemours (France) and Others v Commission
Date: 2009-07-01
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, General Court (EU), dangerous substance, indemnification, ordinance, pharmaceutical product, plant health legislation, plant health product, withdrawal from the market








C_2009205EN.01004701.xml










29.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 205/47





Order of the Court of First Instance of 1 July 2009 — Du Pont de Nemours (France) and Others v Commission
(Case T-467/07) (1)

2009/C 205/86

Language of the case: English

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


(1)  OJ C 51, 23.2.2008.
Case T-288/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 1 July 2009 — Regionalny Fundusz Gospodarczy v Commission (State aid — Scheme for restructuring aid granted by the Republic of Poland to a steel producer — Decision declaring the aid to be in part incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery — Protocol No 8 on the restructuring of the Polish steel industry — Rate of interest to be applied for the repayment of incompatible aid — Duty to cooperate closely with the Member State — Articles 9(4) and 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 794/2004)
Date: 2009-07-01
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, General Court (EU), State aid, aid for restructuring, control of State aid, exchange of information, iron and steel industry








C_2009193EN.01001702.xml










15.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 193/17





Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 1 July 2009 — Regionalny Fundusz Gospodarczy v Commission
(Case T-288/06) (1)

(State aid - Scheme for restructuring aid granted by the Republic of Poland to a steel producer - Decision declaring the aid to be in part incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery - Protocol No 8 on the restructuring of the Polish steel industry - Rate of interest to be applied for the repayment of incompatible aid - Duty to cooperate closely with the Member State - Articles 9(4) and 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 794/2004)
2009/C 193/24
Language of the case: Polish

Parties


Applicant: Regionalny Fundusz Gospodarczy S.A. (formerly Huta Częstochowa S.A.) (Częstochowa, Poland) (represented by: C. Sadkowski and D. Sałajewski, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: C. Giolito and A. Stobiecka-Kuik, Agents)

Re:

Partial annulment of Commission Decision 2006/937/EC of 5 July 2005 on State aid C 20/04 (ex NN 25/04) in favour of Huta Częstochowa S.A. (OJ 2006 L 366, p. 1) to the extent to which it declares some of that aid to be incompatible with the common market and orders the Republic of Poland to effect its recovery.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Regionalny Fundusz Gospodarczy S.A. to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 294, 2.12.2006.
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: 2009-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, Luxembourg, State aid, control of State aid, economic recession, exchange of information








C_2009149EN.01000201.xml










1.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 149/2





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 149/02






Date of adoption of the decision


27.2.2009




Reference number of State Aid


N 99/09




Member State


Luxembourg




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Régime temporaire d'aides au redressement économique




Legal basis


L'article 32(4) de la Constitution constitue la base juridique du régime




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Aid to remedy serious disturbances in the economy




Form of aid


—




Budget


—




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


until 31.12.2010




Economic sectors


All sectors




Name and address of the granting authority


—




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






Date of adoption of the decision


6.5.2009




Reference number of State Aid


N 237/09




Member State


Czech Republic




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Temporary aid scheme for granting aid in the form of loans with subsidised interest rate




Legal basis


Český přechodný rámec, Národní protikrizový plán vlády České republiky; Zákon č. 218/2000 Sb., Zákon č. 47/2002 Sb., Zákon č. 659/2004 Sb., Směrnice MŽP č. 05/2008 Pravidla, kterými se stanovují podmínky pro poskytnutí dotace na projekty programu rozvoje venkova ČR; Zákon č. 435/2004 Sb.; Zákon č. 582/1991 Sb., Vyhláška MPSV č. 161/1998 Sb., Zákon č. 129/2000 Sb., Zákon č. 250/2000 Sb., Zákon č. 40/1964 Sb., občanský zákoník, ve znění pozdějších předpisů; Zákon č. 248/2000 Sb., Zákon č. 131/2000 Sb., Operační programy schválené pro ČR Evropskou komisí pro období 2007–2013.




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Aid to remedy serious disturbances in the economy




Form of aid


Interest subsidy




Budget


Overall budget: CZK 2 600 million




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


1.5.2009-31.12.2010




Economic sectors


All sectors




Name and address of the granting authority


—




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