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: 2009-08-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, State aid, control of State aid, environmental protection, environmental risk prevention, exchange of information








C_2009188EN.01001101.xml










11.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 188/11





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 188/03






Date of adoption of the decision


20.5.2009




Reference number of State Aid


N 456/08




Member State


The Netherlands




Region


Alle regio’s




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


(Concept) Regeling van de Minister van Verkeer en Waterstaat houdende bepalingen met betrekking tot de verstrekking van subsidies voor duurzame mobiliteit, logistiek en duurzaam waterbeheer (Kaderregeling subsidie duurzaamheid verkeer en waterstaat)




Legal basis


(Concept) Regeling van de Minister van Verkeer en Waterstaat houdende bepalingen met betrekking tot de verstrekking van subsidies voor duurzame mobiliteit, logistiek en duurzaam waterbeheer (Kaderregeling subsidie duurzaamheid verkeer en waterstaat)
De (Concept) Kaderregeling subsidie duurzaamheid verkeer en waterstaat is gebaseerd op de Kaderwet subsidies Verkeer en Waterstaat (artikelen 2, aanhef, onderdelen a, c, e, 3 en 4).




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


R&D&I aid, environmental aid




Form of aid


Direct grant, State loans and State shortfall guarantees




Budget


EUR 750 million




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


Six years (upon approval by the Commission)




Economic sectors


Transport




Name and address of the granting authority







Minister van Verkeer en Waterstaat




Postbus 20901




2500 EX Den Haag




NEDERLAND








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
Corrigendum to Directive 2008/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 on credit agreements for consumers and repealing Council Directive 87/102/EEC ( OJ L 133, 22.5.2008 )
Date: 2009-08-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: approximation of laws, consumer information, consumer protection, contract, credit




L_2009207EN.01001401.xml










11.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 207/14







Corrigendum to Directive 2008/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 on credit agreements for consumers and repealing Council Directive 87/102/EEC
(
Official Journal of the European Union L 133 of 22 May 2008
)

On page 82, Article 27(1), first subparagraph:
for:


‘1.   Before 12 May 2010 …’,


read:


‘1.   Before 11 June 2010 …’;


on page 82, Article 27(1), second subparagraph:
for:

               ‘… from 12 May 2010.’,
read:

               ‘… from 11 June 2010.’;
on page 82, Article 27(2):
for:


‘2.   The Commission shall undertake, every five years and for the first time 12 May 2013, …’,


read:


‘2.   The Commission shall undertake, every five years and for the first time 11 June 2013, …’;


on page 83, Article 29:
for:

               ‘… with effect from 12 May 2010.’,
read:

               ‘… with effect from 11 June 2010.’.
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant positions given at its meeting of 7 March 2008 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/38.543 — International removal services (2) — Rapporteur: Italy
Date: 2009-08-11
Institutions: Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions
Subjects: advisory committee (EU), application of EU law, disclosure of information, fine, international trade, opinion (EU), property market, provision of services, residence, restriction on competition








C_2009188EN.01001301.xml










11.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 188/13





Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant positions given at its meeting of 7 March 2008 regarding a draft decision relating to Case COMP/38.543 — International removal services (2)
Rapporteur: Italy
2009/C 188/05






1.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission as regards the addressees of the draft decision and that fines should be imposed on the addressees.










2.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission on the basic amounts of the fines as well as on the respective Commission’s reasoning to fix them.










3.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission's assessment regarding the non-applicability of mitigating and aggravating circumstances.










4.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the application of the Commission’s 2002 Leniency Notice on the non-imposition or reduction of fines.










5.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the fine reduction based on the 2002 Leniency Notice.










6.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that there are no grounds for reducing the amounts of the fines under point 35 of the Fining Guidelines as was requested by five undertakings.










7.


The majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission's granting of a reduction, as well as on the amount of the reduction, to one undertaking on the basis of its inability to pay and other particular circumstances concerning its individual situation. A minority abstains.










8.


The majority of the Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the final amounts of the fines. A minority abstains.










9.


The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of its opinion in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Case C-168/07: Order of the President of the Court of 11 August 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’Appel de Bruxelles (Belgium)) — AXA Belgium SA v État Belge, Administration de la TVA, de l’enregistrement et des domains (État Belge), Administration de l’inspection spéciale des impôts, inspection de Mons 3 (État Belge)
Date: 2009-08-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: association, interpretation of the law, service, tax exemption, tax harmonisation, tax system








C_2010011EN.01001901.xml










16.1.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 11/19





Order of the President of the Court of 11 August 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’Appel de Bruxelles (Belgium)) — AXA Belgium SA v État Belge, Administration de la TVA, de l’enregistrement et des domains (État Belge), Administration de l’inspection spéciale des impôts, inspection de Mons 3 (État Belge)
(Case C-168/07) (1)

2010/C 11/31

Language of the case: French

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


(1)  OJ C 129, 9.6.2007.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 736/2009 of 11 August 2009 on the issue of import licences for applications submitted in the first four days of August 2009 under the tariff quota for high-quality beef administered by Regulation (EC) No 620/2009
Date: 2009-08-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community certification, beef, import, import licence, product quality, quantitative restriction, tariff quota








L_2009208EN.01001301.xml










12.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 208/13








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 736/2009
of 11 August 2009
         
on the issue of import licences for applications submitted in the first four days of August 2009 under the tariff quota for high-quality beef administered by Regulation (EC) No 620/2009


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 620/2009 of 13 July 2009 providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for high-quality beef (3) sets out detailed rules for the submission and issue of import licences.












(2)


Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 provides that in cases where quantities covered by licence applications exceed the quantities available for the quota period, allocation coefficients should be fixed for the quantities covered by each licence application. The applications for import licences submitted pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 620/2009 between 1 and 4 August 2009 exceed the quantities available. Therefore, the extent to which import licences may be issued and the allocation coefficient should be determined,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Import licence applications covered by the quota with order number 09.4449 and submitted between 1 and 4 August 2009 in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 620/2009, shall be multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 0,753327 %.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 August 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 182, 15.7.2009, p. 25.
Case T-316/09: Action brought on 11 August 2009 — Google v OHIM (ANDROID)
Date: 2009-08-11
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), computer equipment, mobile phone, software, trade-mark law








C_2009244EN.01001501.xml










10.10.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 244/15





Action brought on 11 August 2009 — Google v OHIM (ANDROID)
(Case T-316/09)
2009/C 244/25
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant(s): Google, Inc. (Mountain View, United States) (represented by A. Bognár and M. Kinkeldey, lawyers)

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

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 26 May 2009 in case R 1622/2008-2; and










—


Order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings.




Auxiliarily, the applicant requests to:






—


Annul the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 26 May 2009 in case R 1622/2008-2 with regard to the goods ‘computer hardware and computer software for use in connection with mobile devices, namely cell phones, mobile phones, smart phones and handheld personal digital assistants (PDAs)’; and










—


Order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings insofar.




Auxiliarily, the applicant requests to:






—


Annul the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 26 May 2009 in case R 1622/2008-2 and remit the case to OHIM for further examination of the list of goods ‘computer hardware and computer software for use in connection with mobile devices, namely cell phones, mobile phones, smart phones and handheld personal digital assistants (PDAs)’.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Community trade mark concerned: The word mark ‘ANDROID’ for goods in class 9

Decision of the examiner: Refused the application for a Community trade mark

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissed the appeal

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Council Regulation 207/2009 as the Board of Appeal wrongly concluded that the trade mark applied for was descriptive for the goods at issue and thus could not be registered; infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Council Regulation 207/2009 as the Board of Appeal erred by not proceeding to examine the perception of the English speaking public with respect to the applicability of this provision.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5533 — Bertelsmann/KKR/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-08-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: audiovisual industry, cultural transmission, economic concentration, exchange of information, film industry, hypermedia, intellectual property, investment transaction, mass media, merger control








C_2009188EN.01002901.xml










11.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 188/29





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5533 — Bertelsmann/KKR/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 188/11






1.


On 4 August 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 Bertelsmann AG (‘Bertelsmann’, Germany) and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP (‘KKR’, United States) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Newco by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Bertelsmann: international media company active in TV, book and magazine publishing, media services and book and media clubs,










—


for KKR: private equity investment,










—


for Newco: management and exploitation of recorded music rights and music publishing rights transferred from Bertelsmann (BMG Rights Management business) and to be acquired from Crosstown Songs America LLC.














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 22964301 or 22967244) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5533 — Bertelsmann/KKR/JV, 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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-08-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2009188EN.01001201.xml










11.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 188/12





Euro exchange rates (1)

10 August 2009
2009/C 188/04

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4202




JPY


Japanese yen


138,01




DKK


Danish krone


7,4450




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85355




SEK


Swedish krona


10,2129




CHF


Swiss franc


1,5345




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,6940




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,678




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


269,31




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7006




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1154




RON


Romanian leu


4,2095




TRY


Turkish lira


2,0929




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6895




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5361




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


11,0070




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,0985




SGD


Singapore dollar


2,0468




KRW


South Korean won


1 742,67




ZAR


South African rand


11,4031




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,7062




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3269




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 103,40




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9771




PHP


Philippine peso


67,729




RUB


Russian rouble


45,0035




THB


Thai baht


48,322




BRL


Brazilian real


2,5813




MXN


Mexican peso


18,3135




INR


Indian rupee


67,9000






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.