do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-07-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2009177EN.01000401.xml










30.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 177/4





Euro exchange rates (1)

29 July 2009
2009/C 177/02

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4104




JPY


Japanese yen


133,86




DKK


Danish krone


7,4451




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86110




SEK


Swedish krona


10,5849




CHF


Swiss franc


1,5268




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,7890




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,540




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


269,75




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7020




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1928




RON


Romanian leu


4,2183




TRY


Turkish lira


2,0975




AUD


Australian dollar


1,7220




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5335




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,9307




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,1457




SGD


Singapore dollar


2,0353




KRW


South Korean won


1 752,15




ZAR


South African rand


11,1778




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,6350




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3420




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 043,96




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9836




PHP


Philippine peso


67,859




RUB


Russian rouble


44,2170




THB


Thai baht


47,989




BRL


Brazilian real


2,6679




MXN


Mexican peso


18,7160




INR


Indian rupee


68,3000






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-305/09: Action brought on 30 July 2009 — Commission v Italian Republic
Date: 2009-07-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Italy, State aid, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, aid recipient, control of State aid, redemption, tax incentive, trade event, type of business








C_2009256EN.01001103.xml










24.10.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 256/11





Action brought on 30 July 2009 — Commission v Italian Republic
(Case C-305/09)
2009/C 256/22
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: L. Flynn and E. Righini, Agents)

Defendant: Italian Republic

Form of order sought







—


Declare that, by failing to take, within the prescribed time-limits, all the measures necessary to withdraw the aid scheme considered unlawful and incompatible with the common market by Commission Decision 2005/919/EC of 14 December 2004 on the aid scheme for urgent measures to promote development and correct the trend in public finances (notified on 17 December 2004 under document No C(2004) 4746 (OJ 2005 L 335, p. 39) and to recover from the beneficiaries the aid granted under that scheme, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 2, 3 and 4 of that decision and the EC Treaty.










—


Order the Italian Republic to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The time limit within which Italian Republic was required to withdraw the aid scheme and recover the unlawfully paid aid expired two months after the date of notification of the decision in question. More than four years later, the Italian authorities have recovered only approximately 65 % of the aid, in respect of which an order for payment has been issued, and have yet to communicate to the Commission the amount of aid paid to beneficiaries who were not entitled in the first place to benefit from scheme.
Corrigendum to Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections ( OJ C 174, 28.7.2009 )
Date: 2009-07-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, France, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Spain, State aid, control of State aid, economic recession, exchange of information








C_2009177EN.01002001.xml










30.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 177/20





Corrigendum to Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(
Official Journal of the European Union C 174 of 28 July 2009
)

2009/C 177/08
On page 1, ‘Reference number of State Aid’:
for:
‘NN 71/09’,
read:
‘NN 71/08’.
Case F-52/09: Action brought on 30 July 2009 — Da Silva Pinto Branco v Court of Justice
Date: 2009-07-30
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union, European official, action by staff, action for annulment (EU), dismissal, indemnification, personnel administration, staff assessment, traineeship








C_2009244EN.01001602.xml










10.10.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 244/16





Action brought on 30 July 2009 — Da Silva Pinto Branco v Court of Justice
(Case F-52/09)
2009/C 244/27
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Delfina Da Silva Pinto Branco (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: M. Erniquin, lawyer)

Defendant: Court of Justice of the European Communities

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

First, application for annulment of the decision to dismiss the applicant. Next, application for the applicant to be established as an official or to be reinstated in her post as a probationary official. Lastly, application for damages for non-pecuniary losses suffered.

Form of order sought







—


annul the decision of the Appointing Authority dated 24 October 2008 and the opinion of the Reports Committee dated 8 October 2008, the two probationary period reports established by the assessor, dated 22 February 2008 and 10 June 2008, respectively, and also the decision of the Appointing Authority dated 18 April 2008 to extend the probationary period;










—


establish the applicant as an official as from 1 March 2008, and also grant her entitlement to compensation corresponding to the difference between the remuneration she would have received had she been established as an official on 1 March 2008 and the emoluments she has actually received as from that date until the date of judgment; otherwise, in the alternative, reinstate the applicant in her functions as a probationary official either in the same unit where she was prior to her dismissal or in another unit in the institution in order that she may complete a fresh probationary period;










—


order the defendant to pay compensation in the amount of EUR 5 000 by way of damages for non-pecuniary losses suffered;










—


order the Court of Justice of the European Communities to pay the costs.
Case T-305/09: Action brought on 30 July 2009 — Unicid v Commission
Date: 2009-07-30
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, State aid, action for annulment (EU), aid to agriculture, interpretation of the law, marketing, production aid, professional association, research and development, restriction on competition, social-security contribution, technical cooperation








C_2009244EN.01001201.xml










10.10.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 244/12





Action brought on 30 July 2009 — Unicid v Commission
(Case T-305/09)
2009/C 244/19
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Union nationale interprofessionnelle cidricole (Unicid) (Paris, France) (represented by: V. Ledoux and B. Néouze, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Form of order sought







—


annul the contested decision in its entirety;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

By the present action, the applicant seeks annulment of Commission Decision C(2008) 7846 final of 10 December 2008, (1) by which the Commission found that the framework for actions liable to be carried out by French inter-branch organisations, consisting in aid for technical assistance, for production and marketing for quality products, for research and development and marketing for primary producers and undertakings engaged in processing and marketing agricultural products, financed through voluntary levies made compulsory by inter-ministerial decree, to be collected from the members of those inter-branch organisations, were a measure constituting State aid compatible with the common market.
The pleas in law and principal arguments relied on by the applicant are essentially identical or similar to those put forward in Case T-293/09 CNIEL v Commission and Case T-302/09 CNIPT v Commission.


(1)  OJ 2009 C 116, p. 14.
Case T-308/09: Action brought on 30 July 2009 — Italy v Commission
Date: 2009-07-30
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU financing, European Commission, Italy, Structural Funds, action for annulment (EU), operational programme, regional aid, waste management








C_2009233EN.01001902.xml










26.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 233/19





Action brought on 30 July 2009 — Italy v Commission
(Case T-308/09)
2009/C 233/36
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Italian Republic (represented by: P. Gentili, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Form of order sought







—


Annul letter No 4263 of 20 May 2009 of the European Commission — Directorate General for Regional Policy — concerning ‘Regional Operational Programme “Campania” 2000-2006. Request for payment No Sysfin 2009/0154 Adonis A/723 of 12 January 2009’, containing the following decision: ‘The sum of EUR 18 544 968,79 relating to expenditure incurred after 17 May 2006 in relation to measure 1.7 concerning the regional waste management and disposal system is non-eligible’.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and main arguments are similar to those relied on in Case T-99/09 Italy v Commission. (1)

The applicant submits, in particular:






—


Infringement of Articles 32 and 39 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds, (2) in so far as the defendant reduced payment of the expenditure certified in respect of measure 1.7 ‘pending the outcome of Case T-99/09’ and that the fact that there are proceedings pending against previous payment procedure measures is not one of the circumstances in which payment from Structural Funds may be reduced in accordance with the provisions referred to above.










—


Infringement of Article 230 EC. It is submitted in this connection that if, as a result of bringing legal proceedings, Member States should fear that subsequent intermediate payments will be reduced, they will no longer have the freedom to exercise the fundamental right to judicial protection.






(1)  OJ C 102, 1.5.2009, p. 34.

(2)  OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
Case T-296/09: Action brought on 30 July 2009 — EFIM v Commission
Date: 2009-07-30
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), appeal, complaint to the Commission, interpretation of the law, printer, restriction on competition








C_2009256EN.01002702.xml










24.10.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 256/27





Action brought on 30 July 2009 — EFIM v Commission
(Case T-296/09)
2009/C 256/50
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: European Federation of Ink and Ink Cartridge Manufacturers (EFIM) (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: D. Ehle, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of the Commission of 20 May 2009 in case — COMP/C 3/39.391 EFIM;










—


Order the defendant to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The applicant contests the decision of the Commission of 20 May 2009 in case — COMP/C 3/39.391 EFIM. In that decision, the Commission dismissed the applicant’s complaint, in which it claimed various infringements of Articles 81 and 82 EC by several manufactures of ink-jet printers on their markets for ink-cartridges.
In the reasoning for its action, the applicant claims, first, that the Commission did not take into account a large number of important elements of fact and, in so doing, infringed the principle of sound administration, the duty of care, the obligation to state reasons and the right to a fair hearing. Moreover, the applicant contends that the assessments made by the defendant in the contested decision, in particular with regard to the criteria for priority in treatment of the appeal procedure, are obviously incorrect and vitiated by a manifest error of assessment. Finally, it is submitted that an effective protection of competition, against the restrictions alleged by the applicant, can only be safeguarded by the defendant, because the national Competition Authorities and the Courts only have limited territorial jurisdiction.
Case C-301/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands), lodged on 30 July 2009 — Staatssecretaris van Justitie; other party: I. Oguz
Date: 2009-07-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Türkiye, association agreement (EU), interpretation of the law








C_2009267EN.01003302.xml










7.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/33





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands), lodged on 30 July 2009 — Staatssecretaris van Justitie; other party: I. Oguz
(Case C-301/09)
2009/C 267/61
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Raad van State

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Staatssecretaris van Justitie

Other party: I. Oguz

Question referred

Must Article 13 of Decision No 1/80 [of 19 September 1980 on the development of the Association, taken by the Association Council set up under the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey] be interpreted as meaning that a new restriction, within the terms of that provision, includes a tightening in respect of a provision which entered into force after 1 December 1980, and which constituted a relaxation of the provision which had been in force on 1 December 1980, if that tightening does not amount to a deterioration vis-à-vis the provision which was in force on 1 December 1980?
Case C-300/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands), lodged on 30 July 2009 — Staatssecretaris van Justitie; other party: F. Toprak
Date: 2009-07-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Türkiye, association agreement (EU), interpretation of the law








C_2009267EN.01003301.xml










7.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/33





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands), lodged on 30 July 2009 — Staatssecretaris van Justitie; other party: F. Toprak
(Case C-300/09)
2009/C 267/60
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Raad van State

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Staatssecretaris van Justitie

Other party: F. Toprak

Question referred

Must Article 13 of Decision No 1/80 [of 19 September 1980 on the development of the Association, taken by the Association Council set up under the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey] be interpreted as meaning that a new restriction, within the terms of that provision, includes a tightening in respect of a provision which entered into force after 1 December 1980, and which constituted a relaxation of the provision which had been in force on 1 December 1980, if that tightening does not amount to a deterioration vis-à-vis the provision which was in force on 1 December 1980?
Case C-302/09: Action brought on 30 July 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic
Date: 2009-07-30
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Italy, State aid, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, aid recipient, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, redemption, social-security contribution, tax relief








C_2009256EN.01001002.xml










24.10.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 256/10





Action brought on 30 July 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic
(Case C-302/09)
2009/C 256/19
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: V. Di Bucci and E. Righini, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Italian Republic

Form of order sought







—


Declare that, by failing to take, within the prescribed time-limits, all the measures necessary to withdraw the aid scheme considered unlawful and incompatible with the common market by Commission Decision 2000/394/EC of 25 November 1999 on aid to firms in Venice and Chioggia by way of relief from social security contributions under Laws Nos 30/1997 and 206/1995 (notified on 10 January 2000 under document number C(1999) 4268) (OJ 2000 L 150, p. 50) and to recover from the beneficiaries the aid granted under that scheme, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 2, 5 and 6 of that decision and under the EC Treaty;










—


order the Italian Republic to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The time-limit within which Italy was to have withdrawn the scheme and recovered the aid unlawfully granted expired two months after notification of the decision. More than nine years later, the Italian authorities has recovered less than 2 %.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 694/2009 of 30 July 2009 on the issue of import licences for applications lodged for the period 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 748/2008 for frozen thin skirt of bovine animals
Date: 2009-07-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, export, export licence, frozen product, meat product, tariff quota








L_2009199EN.01001401.xml










31.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 199/14








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 694/2009
of 30 July 2009
         
on the issue of import licences for applications lodged for the period 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 748/2008 for frozen thin skirt of bovine animals


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 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Regulation (EC) No 748/2008 of 30 July 2008 on the opening and administration of an import tariff quota for frozen thin skirt of bovine animals falling within CN code 0206 29 91  (3) opens an import tariff quota for beef and veal products.












(2)


The applications for import licences lodged for the period 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010 relate to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined and an allocation coefficient laid down to be applied to the quantities applied for,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The quantities for which import licence applications covered by the quota with the order number 09.4020 have been lodged for the period 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010 under Regulation (EC) No 748/2008 shall be multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 9,164852 %.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 July 2009.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 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 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.

(3)  
            OJ L 202, 31.7.2008, p. 28.
Case T-306/09: Action brought on 30 July 2009 — Val’hor v Commission
Date: 2009-07-30
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, State aid, action for annulment (EU), aid to agriculture, interpretation of the law, marketing, production aid, professional association, research and development, restriction on competition, social-security contribution, technical cooperation








C_2009244EN.01001202.xml










10.10.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 244/12





Action brought on 30 July 2009 — Val’hor v Commission
(Case T-306/09)
2009/C 244/20
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Val’hor (Paris, France) (represented by: V. Ledoux and B. Néouze, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Form of order sought







—


Annul the contested decision in its entirety;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

By the present action, the applicant seeks the annulment of Commission Decision C(2008) 7846 final (1) of 10 December 2008 in which the Commission found that the umbrella scheme likely to be run by the inter-branch organisations of French farmers (organisations interprofessionnelles agricoles françaises), consisting in aids for technical assistance; for the production and marketing of high-quality agricultural products; for research and development, and for advertising which promotes primary producers and undertakings active in the processing and marketing of agricultural products, financed by voluntary levies made compulsory by ministerial decree, levied on members of those inter-branch organisations, constitutes State aid which is compatible with the common market.
The pleas and principal submissions relied upon the by the applicant are substantially the same as, or similar to, those put forward in the context of Cases T-293/09 CNIEL v Commission, and T-302/09 CNIPT v Commission.


(1)  OJ 2009 C 116, p. 14.
Case F-70/09: Action brought on 30 July 2009 — Nikolchov v Commission
Date: 2009-07-30
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: Bulgaria, European Commission, action by staff, action for annulment (EU), indemnification, recruitment, regulations for civil servants, work contract








C_2009244EN.01001603.xml










10.10.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 244/16





Action brought on 30 July 2009 — Nikolchov v Commission
(Case F-70/09)
2009/C 244/28
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Vladimir Nikolchov (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: M. Hammouche, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision of the Authority Authorised to Conclude Contracts of Engagement fixing the applicant’s place of recruitment at Aix-la-Chapelle (Germany) and fixing the period of daily allowance at 120 days.

Form of order sought







—


declare that there has been an infringement of the Commission decision of 15 April 2004 adopting the General implementing provisions for giving effect to Article 7(3) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations and of Article 10 of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations;










—


consequently, order the annulment of the decision of the Authority Authorised to Conclude Contracts of Engagement No R/9/09 of 21 April 2009 dismissing the applicant’s claim seeking the fixing of his place of recruitment in Bulgaria and fixing the period of daily allowance in accordance with Article 10(2)(b) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations;










—


order the defendant to pay the applicant unpaid daily allowance amounts totalling EUR 6 942,32, or any other amount fixed by the Court of First Instance, in addition to default interest as from the date of the lodging of the application until the date of payment;










—


order the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs.