do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
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: 2009-07-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, Spain, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, research and development, social security








C_2009165EN.01000101.xml










17.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 165/1





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 165/01






Date of adoption of the decision


8.6.2009




Reference number of State Aid


N 617/08




Member State


Denmark




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Technology Transfer Institutes




Legal basis


Lovbekendtgørelse nr. 835 af 13. august 2008




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Research and development




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Annual budget: DKK 130 million; Overall budget: DKK 780 million




Intensity


50 %




Duration (period)


1.1.2009-31.12.2014




Economic sectors


All sectors




Name and address of the granting authority


—




Other information


Measure does not constitute aid




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


6.7.2009




Reference number of State Aid


N 53/09




Member State


Spain




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Incentivos para la contratación de trabajadores excendentes del sector




Legal basis


Proyecto de Real Decreto por el que se establecen medidas para facilitar la adaptación laboral del sector del juguete a los cambios estructurales en el comercio mundial.




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Employment




Form of aid


Reduction of social security contributions




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 0,13 million




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


until 1.6.2011




Economic sectors


Manufacturing industry




Name and address of the granting authority


Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal




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
Case T-282/09: Action brought on 17 July 2009 — Fédération Internationale des Logis v OHIM
Date: 2009-07-17
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: Community certification, EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), property leasing, trade-mark law








C_2009220EN.01004001.xml










12.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 220/40





Action brought on 17 July 2009 — Fédération Internationale des Logis v OHIM
(Case T-282/09)
2009/C 220/84
Language in which the application was lodged: French

Parties


Applicant: Fédération Internationale des Logis (Paris, France) (represented by B. Brisset, lawyer)

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

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 22 April 2009 in Case R 1511/2008-1 and allow registration of the trade mark applied for;










—


order OHIM to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Community trade mark concerned: Figurative mark representing a green square for goods and services in Classes 3, 18, 24, 43 and 44 — Application No 6 468 789

Decision of the Examiner: Rejection of the application for registration

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the appeal

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009, as the representation of a square with convex edges in a particular and specific green colour is distinctive with regard to the goods and services for which the registration was sought, in so far as those elements give the mark a particular appearance for those goods and services.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 629/2009 of 17 July 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2009-07-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, common agricultural policy, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit








L_2009187EN.01000101.xml










18.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 187/1








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 629/2009
of 17 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 18 July 2009.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 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 


28,7 




ZZ 


28,7 




0707 00 05 


TR 


112,8 




ZZ 


112,8 




0709 90 70 


TR 


98,8 




ZZ 


98,8 




0805 50 10 


AR 


52,7 




TR 


53,0 




ZA 


61,3 




ZZ 


55,7 




0808 10 80 


AR 


82,6 




BR 


77,6 




CL 


94,8 




CN 


96,6 




NZ 


92,9 




US 


92,2 




ZA 


84,1 




ZZ 


88,7 




0808 20 50 


AR 


160,5 




CL 


81,3 




NZ 


138,3 




ZA 


106,5 




ZZ 


121,7 




0809 10 00 


HR 


90,0 




TR 


161,6 




XS 


103,5 




ZZ 


118,4 




0809 20 95 


TR 


266,0 




US 


236,3 




ZZ 


251,2 




0809 30 


TR 


134,4 




ZZ 


134,4 




0809 40 05 


IL 


176,8 




ZZ 


176,8 






(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’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-07-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2009165EN.01000401.xml










17.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 165/4





Euro exchange rates (1)

16 July 2009
2009/C 165/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4130




JPY


Japanese yen


132,63




DKK


Danish krone


7,4456




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85910




SEK


Swedish krona


11,0135




CHF


Swiss franc


1,5154




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,0015




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,861




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


272,82




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7005




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2900




RON


Romanian leu


4,2313




TRY


Turkish lira


2,1570




AUD


Australian dollar


1,7582




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5787




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,9512




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,1852




SGD


Singapore dollar


2,0501




KRW


South Korean won


1 795,45




ZAR


South African rand


11,4575




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,6526




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3270




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 305,53




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,0465




PHP


Philippine peso


67,739




RUB


Russian rouble


44,9351




THB


Thai baht


48,130




BRL


Brazilian real


2,7279




MXN


Mexican peso


19,1829




INR


Indian rupee


68,7710






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-284/09 P: Appeal brought on 17 July 2009 by Herbert Meister against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal delivered on 18 May 2009 in Joined Cases F-138/06 and F-37/08 Meister v OHIM
Date: 2009-07-17
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: Civil Service Tribunal, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), appeal, interpretation of the law








C_2009244EN.01000602.xml










10.10.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 244/6





Appeal brought on 17 July 2009 by Herbert Meister against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal delivered on 18 May 2009 in Joined Cases F-138/06 and F-37/08 Meister v OHIM

(Case T-284/09 P)
2009/C 244/10
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: Herbert Meister (Muchamiel, Spain) (represented by H.-J. Zimmermann, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Form of order sought by the appellant







—


That the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of 18 May 2009 in Case F-37/08 Meister v OHIM be set aside;










—


that OHIM be ordered to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The appeal is brought against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of 18 May 2009 in Joined Cases F-138/06 and F-37/08 Meister v OHIM, in which, inter alia, the appellant’s pleas in Case F-37/08 were rejected.
In support of his appeal, the appellant claims primarily that, the Civil Service Tribunal breached its duty of neutrality and objectivity, that it did not carry out an accurate assessment of the facts of the case but rather a one-sided assessment, and that it distorted the facts of the case. Furthermore, the Civil Service Tribunal is criticised for improper procedural confusion regarding the respective subject-matter of Case F-138/06 and Case F-37/08. In addition, the appellant alleges that the Civil Service Tribunal erred in law in its judgment on the facts of the case. Lastly, the appellant criticises the Civil Service Tribunal’s decision on costs.
The appellant takes the view that the Civil Service Tribunal, by its infringements, also breached its duty to provide lawful grounds for the judgment under appeal.
Case T-285/09: Action brought on 17 July 2009 — CEVA v Commission
Date: 2009-07-17
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), algae, contract, fishery produce, infringement of EU law








C_2009220EN.01004002.xml










12.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 220/40





Action brought on 17 July 2009 — CEVA v Commission
(Case T-285/09)
2009/C 220/85
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Centre d’Étude et de Valorisation des Algues SA (CEVA) (Pleubian, France) (represented by: J.-M. Peyrical, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court of First Instance should:






—


declare that no statement of reasons has been provided for the enforcement orders for four debit notes of the European Commission, dated 11 May 2009: No 3230901933, No 3230901935, No 3230901936 and No 3230901937;










—


declare that there is a likelihood of unjust enrichment on the part of the Commission in the event that CEVA refunds the amount of EUR 173 435 together with default interest;










—


in consequence, annul the enforcement orders for the four debit notes dated 11 May 2009, namely, No 3230901933, No 3230901935, No 3230901936 and No 3230901937;










—


lastly, declare that the Commission has failed to comply with the terms and conditions of the ‘SEAPURA’ contract, namely Contract No Q5RS-2000-31334;










—


declare that the Commission has failed, in particular, to comply with Article 22(5)(3) and Article 3.5 of Annex II to Contract No Q5RS-2000-31334;










—


in consequence, annul the enforcement orders for the four debit notes dated 11 May 2009, namely, No 3230901933, No 3230901935, No 3230901936 and No 3230901937.





Pleas in law and main arguments

By the present action, CEVA is seeking annulment of the enforcement orders by which the Commission demanded full reimbursement of the advance payments made to CEVA in the context of the SEAPURA Contract (No Q5RS-2000-31334) concerning a research and technological development project.
In support of its action, CEVA relies on three pleas in law:






—


failure to provide an adequate statement of reasons, in so far as the Commission based its position on the allegation that CEVA was in breach of its contractual obligations but did not set out the factual and legal grounds for that allegation;










—


breach of the principle that there should be no unjust enrichment since, if the sum claimed by the Commission were to be refunded in full, the Commission would be unjustly enriched in that the work and research carried out by CEVA would be available to the Commission without it having to pay for it;










—


failure on the part of the Commission to make proper use of its powers of control during the performance of the contract.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5513 — KMG/CNPC/MMG) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-07-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Kazakhstan, economic concentration, exchange of information, extraction of oil, gas pipeline, merger control, natural gas, oil pipeline, petroleum production








C_2009165EN.01000301.xml










17.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 165/3





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5513 — KMG/CNPC/MMG)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 165/02
On 9 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 32009M5513. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case T-278/09: Action brought on 17 July 2009 — Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter v OHIM (GG)
Date: 2009-07-17
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), trade-mark law, viticulture, wine








C_2009220EN.01003901.xml










12.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 220/39





Action brought on 17 July 2009 — Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter v OHIM (GG)
(Case T-278/09)
2009/C 220/82
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter eV (Gau-Algesheim, Germany) (represented by N. Schindler, lawyer)

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

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 30 April 2009 (Case R 1568/2008-1);










—


order OHIM to pay its own costs and those of the applicant.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Community trade mark concerned: the word mark ‘GG’ for goods in Class 33 (registration application No 6 388 284)

Decision of the Examiner: Refusal to register

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the appeal

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 75 due to a lack of reasons on which the decision was based and of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (1), since the trade mark applied for has the requisite distinctive character and there is no need for it to be allowed to remain available.


(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1)
Case T-281/09: Action brought on 17 July 2009 — Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer v OHIM (CHROMA)
Date: 2009-07-17
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), building, building materials, plumbing equipment, trade-mark law








C_2009244EN.01000601.xml










10.10.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 244/6





Action brought on 17 July 2009 — Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer v OHIM (CHROMA)
(Case T-281/09)
2009/C 244/09
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer AG (Frechen, Germany) (represented by J. Albrecht, lawyer)

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

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (Fourth Board of Appeal) of 8 May 2009, in so far as the application for registration of the mark in respect of the requested goods in Classes 19 and 11 was rejected;










—


order OHIM to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Community trade mark concerned: The word mark ‘CHROMA’ for goods and services in Classes 11, 19 and 37 (Application No 6 731 103)

Decision of the Examiner: Registration rejected in part.

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed.

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009, (1) in that the word ‘CHROMA’ has no directly descriptive meaning.


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