do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5505 — CELESIO/PHARMEXX) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-07-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, logistics, marketing, merger control, pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceutical product, plant health product, provision of services, retail selling








C_2009160EN.01000501.xml










14.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 160/5





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5505 — CELESIO/PHARMEXX)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 160/02
On 1 July 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 32009M5505. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 618/2009 of 14 July 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2009-07-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, common agricultural policy, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit








L_2009182EN.01000201.xml










15.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 182/2








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 618/2009
of 14 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 15 July 2009.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 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 


MK 


30,0 




ZZ 


30,0 




0707 00 05 


TR 


106,6 




ZZ 


106,6 




0709 90 70 


TR 


102,0 




ZZ 


102,0 




0805 50 10 


AR 


49,3 




TR 


53,0 




ZA 


67,1 




ZZ 


56,5 




0808 10 80 


AR 


85,4 




BR 


73,6 




CL 


97,7 




CN 


94,7 




NZ 


96,5 




US 


98,1 




ZA 


81,9 




ZZ 


89,7 




0808 20 50 


AR 


84,7 




CL 


76,8 




NZ 


87,2 




ZA 


101,6 




ZZ 


87,6 




0809 10 00 


HR 


90,0 




TR 


189,4 




XS 


103,5 




ZZ 


127,6 




0809 20 95 


TR 


262,6 




ZZ 


262,6 




0809 30 


TR 


145,4 




ZZ 


145,4 






(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-300/08: Order of the Court of First Instance of 14 July 2009 — Hoo Hing v OHIM — Tresplain Investments (Golden Elephant Brand) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Article 63(4) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 65(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Act which upheld the applicant’s claims in their entirety — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2009-07-14
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), supermarket, trade-mark law








C_2009233EN.01001602.xml










26.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 233/16





Order of the Court of First Instance of 14 July 2009 — Hoo Hing v OHIM — Tresplain Investments (Golden Elephant Brand)
(Case T-300/08) (1)

(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Article 63(4) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 65(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Act which upheld the applicant’s claims in their entirety - Inadmissibility)
2009/C 233/29
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Hoo Hing Holdings Ltd (Romford, Essex, United Kingdom) (represented by: M. Edenborough, barrister)

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: Tresplain Investments Ltd (Tsing Yi, Hong Kong) (represented by: D. McFarland, barrister)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 May 2008 (case R 889/2007-1) relating to invalidity proceedings between Hoo Hing Holdings Ltd and Tresplain Investments Ltd.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as inadmissible.










2.


Hoo Hing Holdings Ltd is ordered to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 247, 27.9.2008.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-07-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2009160EN.01000601.xml










14.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 160/6





Euro exchange rates (1)

13 July 2009
2009/C 160/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3975




JPY


Japanese yen


129,03




DKK


Danish krone


7,4451




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86780




SEK


Swedish krona


11,0518




CHF


Swiss franc


1,5133




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,0700




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


26,028




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


277,96




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7000




PLN


Polish zloty


4,4020




RON


Romanian leu


4,2238




TRY


Turkish lira


2,1701




AUD


Australian dollar


1,8010




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,6239




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,8308




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,2407




SGD


Singapore dollar


2,0483




KRW


South Korean won


1 831,85




ZAR


South African rand


11,5835




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,5487




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3310




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 310,09




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,0338




PHP


Philippine peso


67,508




RUB


Russian rouble


45,8900




THB


Thai baht


47,732




BRL


Brazilian real


2,7850




MXN


Mexican peso


19,1576




INR


Indian rupee


68,6030






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-264/09: Action brought on 14 July 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Slovak Republic
Date: 2009-07-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Slovakia, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, approximation of laws, electrical energy, energy distribution, energy production, energy supply, energy transport, single market








C_2009282EN.01001901.xml










21.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 282/19





Action brought on 14 July 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Slovak Republic
(Case C-264/09)
2009/C 282/36
Language of the case: Slovak

Parties


Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: O. Beynet, F. Hoffmeister and J. Javorský, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Slovak Republic

Form of order sought







—


that by failing to grant non-discriminatory access to its transmission system the Slovak Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 20(1) and 9(e) of European Parliament and Council Directive 2003/54/EC of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 96/92/EC (1)











—


order the Slovak Republic to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The time-limit for transposition of the directive expired on 1 July 2004.


(1)  OJ 2003 L 176, p. 37
Case T-297/08: Order of the Court of First Instance of 14 July 2009 — Mepos Electronics v OHIM (MEPOS)
Date: 2009-07-14
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), electro-magnetic equipment, electronics industry, ordinance, trade-mark law








C_2009220EN.01004202.xml










12.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 220/42





Order of the Court of First Instance of 14 July 2009 — Mepos Electronics v OHIM (MEPOS)
(Case T-297/08) (1)

2009/C 220/88

Language of the case: English

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


(1)  OJ C 247, 27.9.2008.
Case T-271/09: Action brought on 14 July 2009 — Sobieski zu Schwarzenberg v OHIM — British-American Tobacco Polska (Romuald Prinz Sobieski zu Schwarzenberg)
Date: 2009-07-14
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), tobacco, tobacco industry, trade-mark law








C_2009220EN.01003701.xml










12.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 220/37





Action brought on 14 July 2009 — Sobieski zu Schwarzenberg v OHIM — British-American Tobacco Polska (Romuald Prinz Sobieski zu Schwarzenberg)
(Case T-271/09)
2009/C 220/78
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Romuald Prinz Sobieski zu Schwarzenberg (Dortmund, Germany) (represented by: U. Fitzner and U. Fitzner, 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: British-American Tobacco Polska S.A. (Augustów, Poland)

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs — OHIM) of 13 May 2009 (Appeal case R 771/2008-4);










—


annul the decision of the Opposition Division of 14 March 2008; and










—


order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Applicant for a Community trade mark: the applicant

Community trade mark concerned: the word mark ‘Romuald Prinz Sobieski zu Schwarzenberg’ for goods in Classes 33 and 34 (application No 4 583 761)

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: British-American Tobacco Polska S.A.

Mark or sign cited in opposition: the Polish word mark ‘JAN III SOBIESKI’ for goods in Classes 34 (No 110 327) and the Polish word and figurative mark ‘JAN III SOBIESKI’ for goods in Classes 3, 30, 32 and 33 (No 160 417). The opposition concerns registration in Classes 33 and 34

Decision of the Opposition Division: acceptance of the opposition

Decision of the Board of Appeal: dismissal of the appeal

Pleas in law: infringement of Article 60 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (1) in conjunction with Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 (2) and of Article 60 in conjunction with Article 81 of Regulation No 207/2009.


(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1)

(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 of 13 December 1995 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OJ 1995 L 303, p. 33)
Case T-274/09: Action brought on 14 July 2009 — Deutsche Bahn v OHIM — DSB (IC4)
Date: 2009-07-14
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, Germany, action for annulment (EU), trade-mark law, transport company








C_2009220EN.01003801.xml










12.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 220/38





Action brought on 14 July 2009 — Deutsche Bahn v OHIM — DSB (IC4)
(Case T-274/09)
2009/C 220/80
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Deutsche Bahn AG (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: E. Haag, 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: DSB (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Form of order sought







—


Annul the contested decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) of 30 April 2009 and the decision of the Opposition Division of 26 July 2007;










—


order OHIM to pay all the costs of the proceedings, including those incurred during the appeal and opposition proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Applicant for a Community trade mark: DSB

Community trade mark concerned: the word mark ‘IC4’ for goods in Class 39 (application No 4 255 411)

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: the applicant

Mark or sign cited in opposition: the word mark ‘ICE’ for goods and services in Classes 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 19, 37, 38, 39, 41 and 42 (Community trade mark No 170 605) and the German figurative mark ‘IC’ for services in Classes 39 and 42 (No 1 009 258)

Decision of the Opposition Division: rejection of the opposition

Decision of the Board of Appeal: dismissal of the appeal

Pleas in law: infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (1) since there is a likelihood of confusion between the opposing marks.


(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1)
Case C-261/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart (Germany), lodged on 14 July 2009 — Extradition proceedings concerning Gaetano Mantello
Date: 2009-07-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Member State, Germany, criminal law, drug traffic, extradition, interpretation of the law, natural person








C_2009220EN.01002501.xml










12.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 220/25





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart (Germany), lodged on 14 July 2009 — Extradition proceedings concerning Gaetano Mantello
(Case C-261/09)
2009/C 220/50
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart

Party to the main proceedings

Gaetano Mantello

Questions referred







1.


Is the existence of ‘the same acts’ within the meaning of Article 3(2) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (1) to be determined:






a)


according to the law of the issuing Member State,










b)


according to the law of the executing Member State, or










c)


according to an autonomous interpretation, based on the law of the European Union, of the phrase ‘the same acts’?














2.


Are acts consisting of the illicit importation of drugs ‘the same acts’, within the meaning of Article 3(2) of the Framework Decision, as membership of an organisation the purpose of which is illicit drugs trafficking, in so far as the investigating authorities had information and evidence, at the time at which sentence was passed in respect of such importation, which supported a strong suspicion of membership of such an organisation, but omitted for tactical reasons relating to their investigation to provide the relevant information and evidence to the court and to initiate criminal proceedings on that basis?






(1)  OJ 2002 L 190, p. 1
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5461 — Société Lyonnaise des Eaux/Sociétés de Distribution d'Eau et d'Assainissement) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-07-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, management of resources, merger control, water supply, water treatment








C_2009160EN.01001101.xml










14.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 160/11





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5461 — Société Lyonnaise des Eaux/Sociétés de Distribution d'Eau et d'Assainissement)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 160/06






1.


On 3 July 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 undertaking Lyonnaise des Eaux (France) controlled by GDF Suez (France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation exclusive control of the whole of the undertakings Société des Eaux du Nord (France), Société Provençale Des Eaux (France), Société d'Exploitation du Réseau d'Assainissement de Marseille (France), Société des Eaux de Versailles et de Saint-Cloud (France), Société Martiniquaise des Eaux (France) and Société Guyanaise des Eaux (France) by way of exchanges of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Lyonnaise des Eaux: water collection, treatment and supply,










—


for the six undertakings: water collection, treatment and supply (except for Société d'Exploitation du Réseau d'Assainissement de Marseille which is active only in the water treatment sector).














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.










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.5461 — Société Lyonnaise des Eaux/Sociétés de Distribution d'Eau et d'Assainissement, 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.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5571 — OAO Lukoil/TRN) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-07-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy distribution, energy production, exchange of information, extraction of oil, merger control, oil industry, oil refining








C_2009160EN.01001001.xml










14.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 160/10





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5571 — OAO Lukoil/TRN)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 160/05






1.


On 3 July 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 undertaking OAO Lukoil (‘Lukoil’, Russian Federation) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of part of Dow Chemical (‘Dow Refinery Business’, Netherlands) which is made up of a 45 % stake in the capital of Total Raffinaderij Nederland NV (‘TRN’) by way of purchase of shares and assets.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Lukoil: a vertically integrated oil and energy company,










—


Dow Refinery Business/TRN: refining of crude oil.














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.5571 — OAO Lukoil/TRN, 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.