do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5488 — Magna/Cadence Innovation) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, motor vehicle industry, subcontracting








C_2009191EN.01000302.xml










14.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 191/3





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5488 — Magna/Cadence Innovation)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 191/03
On 7 May 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 32009M5488. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case T-321/09: Action brought on 14 August 2009 — skytron energy v OHIM (arraybox)
Date: 2009-08-14
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), trade-mark law








C_2009267EN.01006801.xml










7.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/68





Action brought on 14 August 2009 — skytron energy v OHIM (arraybox)
(Case T-321/09)
2009/C 267/123
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: skytron energy GmbH & Co. KG (Berlin, Germany) (represented by H.-J. Omsels, 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 of 4 June 2009 in Case R 1680/2008-1;










—


In the alternative, refer the case back to the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market;










—


Order the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Community trade mark concerned: The word mark ‘arraybox’ for goods and services in Classes 9, 37, 38 and 42 (application No 6 710 479)

Decision of the Examiner: Registration refused

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 207/2009 (1) as the sign applied for is not descriptive and has the requisite distinctive character.


(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1).
Case T-318/09: Action brought on 14 August 2009 — Audi and Volkswagen v OHIM (TDI)
Date: 2009-08-14
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), trade-mark law








C_2009267EN.01006701.xml










7.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/67





Action brought on 14 August 2009 — Audi and Volkswagen v OHIM (TDI)
(Case T-318/09)
2009/C 267/121
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicants: Audi AG (Ingolstadt, Germany) and Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany) (represented by P. Kather, 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 of 14 May 2009 (Case R 226/2007-1);










—


Order the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Community trade mark concerned: The word mark ‘TDI’ for goods in Class 12 (application No 3179058)

Decision of the Examiner: Registration refused

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed
Pleas in law:






—


Infringement of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (1) as the mark applied for has the requisite acquired distinctiveness;










—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 207/2009 as the mark applied for has the requisite distinctive character;










—


Infringement of the first clause of Article 76(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 as the defendant failed to take up the applicants’ offers of evidence;










—


Infringement of Article 75 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).
Case C-327/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 14 August 2009 — Mensch und Natur AG v Freistaat Bayern
Date: 2009-08-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: dried product, food inspection, human nutrition, interpretation of the law, market approval, marketing








C_2009282EN.01002101.xml










21.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 282/21





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 14 August 2009 — Mensch und Natur AG v Freistaat Bayern
(Case C-327/09)
2009/C 282/38
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Mensch und Natur AG

Defendant: Freistaat Bayern

Questions referred







1.


Does the fourth paragraph of Article 249 EC preclude a Commission decision which, according to its wording, is addressed to a particular person from being interpreted as being also binding on other undertakings which, according to the spirit and purpose of the decision, are to be treated in the same way?










2.


Is the Commission Decision of 22 February 2000 refusing the placing on the market of “Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni: plants and dried leaves” as a novel food or novel food ingredient (2000/196/EC), (1) under Article 1 of which Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni: plants and dried leaves may not be placed on the Community market as a food or food ingredient, also binding on the claimant which at present places “Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni: plants and dried leaves” on the Community market?






(1)  Commission Decision of 22 February 2000 refusing the placing on the market of ‘Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni: plants and dried leaves’ as a novel food or novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2000) 77); OJ 2000 L 61, p. 14.
Case C-328/09: Action brought on 14 August 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Estonia
Date: 2009-08-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Estonia, European Commission, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, equal treatment, gender equality, national implementing measure, provision of services, service industry








C_2009297EN.01001701.xml










5.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 297/17





Action brought on 14 August 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Estonia
(Case C-328/09)
2009/C 297/21
Language of the case: Estonian

Parties


Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by M. van Beek and K. Saaremäel-Stoilov, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Estonia

Form of order sought







—


declare that, by failing to adopt all the necessary laws, regulations and administrative provisions for fully transposing Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services, (1) or in any event by failing to notify the Commission of the adoption of the necessary provisions for fully transposing the directive, the Republic of Estonia has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 17 of the directive;










—


order the Republic of Estonia to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The period for transposing the directive into national law expired on 21 December 2007.


(1)  OJ 2004 L 373, p. 37.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5572 — Barclays/CNP/Barclays Vida Y Pensiones) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, heritage protection, insurance company, investment, merger control








C_2009191EN.01000301.xml










14.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 191/3





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5572 — Barclays/CNP/Barclays Vida Y Pensiones)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 191/02
On 6 August 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 32009M5572. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2009191EN.01000401.xml










14.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 191/4





Euro exchange rates (1)

13 August 2009
2009/C 191/04

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4293




JPY


Japanese yen


137,52




DKK


Danish krone


7,4447




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85865




SEK


Swedish krona


10,1960




CHF


Swiss franc


1,5328




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,6080




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,738




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


268,21




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7008




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1085




RON


Romanian leu


4,2150




TRY


Turkish lira


2,1056




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6931




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5451




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


11,0786




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,1021




SGD


Singapore dollar


2,0599




KRW


South Korean won


1 759,41




ZAR


South African rand


11,3690




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,7674




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3245




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 225,10




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,0147




PHP


Philippine peso


68,495




RUB


Russian rouble


45,4120




THB


Thai baht


48,664




BRL


Brazilian real


2,6029




MXN


Mexican peso


18,3544




INR


Indian rupee


68,6920






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-317/09: Action brought on 14 August 2009 — Concord Power Nordal v Commission
Date: 2009-08-14
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: action for annulment (EU), derogation from EU law, energy grid, energy supply, energy transport, natural gas








C_2009267EN.01006602.xml










7.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/66





Action brought on 14 August 2009 — Concord Power Nordal v Commission
(Case T-317/09)
2009/C 267/120
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Concord Power Nordal GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: C. von Hammerstein, C.-S. Schweer and C. Wünschmann, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Form of order sought







—


Annul the Commission’s decision of 12 June 2009 (ref: CAB D(2009)) in so far as it concerns the gas pipeline project Ostseepipeline-Anbindungsleitung (‘OPAL’);










—


order the Commission to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The applicant, which is responsible for the NORDAL gas pipeline project, objects to a letter from the Commission to the German energy regulatory authority, the Bundesnetzagentur, of 12 June 2009 in which the Commission requests the Bundesnetzagentur to make certain amendments to the exemption granted in respect of OPAL pursuant to Article 22 of Directive 2003/55/EC. (1) The applicant complains that the Commission failed to object fundamentally to the exemption from regulation granted in respect of some of OPAL’s transportation capacity to the Czech Republic.
In support of its claim, the applicant puts forward five pleas in law.
First, the applicant complains that OPAL does not satisfy the requirements of Article 22(1) of Directive 2003/55/EC, as it is not an interconnector, does not enhance competition or security of supply, does not amount to an extraordinary investment risk and infringes the unbundling requirement. In that respect, it is also submitted that the exemption will be detrimental to competition and to the effective functioning of the internal market and of the regulated system.
Second, the applicant submits that the conditions attached to the grant of the exemption are not capable of preventing harm to competition, or enforceable.
Further, the applicant alleges infringement of Article 82 EC, of its fundamental rights (namely the freedom of enterprise and of ownership) and of the principle of Community loyalty.


(1)  Directive 2003/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 98/30/EC (OJ 2003 L 176, p. 57).
Commission Regulation (EC) No 743/2009 of 14 August 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2009-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, common agricultural policy, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit








L_2009212EN.01000101.xml










15.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 212/1








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 743/2009
of 14 August 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 August 2009.




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


29,6 




XS 


21,6 




ZZ 


25,6 




0707 00 05 


MK 


29,2 




TR 


98,5 




ZZ 


63,9 




0709 90 70 


TR 


101,1 




ZZ 


101,1 




0805 50 10 


AR 


76,1 




NZ 


63,1 




UY 


84,5 




ZA 


68,3 




ZZ 


73,0 




0806 10 10 


EG 


156,9 




IL 


133,8 




MA 


141,6 




TR 


136,0 




US 


170,2 




ZA 


142,6 




ZZ 


146,9 




0808 10 80 


AR 


109,0 




BR 


62,2 




CL 


84,7 




NZ 


104,1 




US 


87,1 




ZA 


79,3 




ZZ 


87,7 




0808 20 50 


AR 


104,5 




CN 


60,2 




TR 


136,8 




ZA 


91,7 




ZZ 


98,3 




0809 30 


TR 


134,5 




ZZ 


134,5 




0809 40 05 


IL 


107,6 




ZZ 


107,6 






(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’.
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: 2009-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, State aid, control of State aid, energy production, environmental protection, exchange of information, investment, regional development, shipbuilding








C_2009191EN.01000101.xml










14.8.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 191/1





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 191/01






Date of adoption of the decision


17.6.2009




Reference number of State Aid


N 485/08




Member State


Austria




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Beihilfen für Fernwärme- und Fernkälteinfrastruktur sowie für Kühlanlagen




Legal basis


Bundesgesetz, mit dem die Errichtung von Leitungen zum Transport von Nah- und Fernwärme sowie Nah- und Fernkälte gefördert wird (Wärme- und Kälteleitungsausbaugesetz) Bundesgesetzblatt vom 8.8.2008, BGB1. I Nr. 113/2008




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Environmental protection




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Annual budget: EUR 60 million; Overall budget: EUR 360 million




Intensity


50 %




Duration (period)


1.1.2009-31.12.2014




Economic sectors


Energy




Name and address of the granting authority







Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit BMWA




Stubenring 1




1011 Wien




ÖSTERREICH








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


13.7.2009




Reference number of State Aid


N 277/09




Member State


Germany




Region


Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Investitionsbeihilfe zugunsten der Volkswerft Stralsund GmbH




Legal basis


36. Rahmenplan der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur“ and Investitionszulagengesetz 2007




Type of measure


Individual aid




Objective


Regional development




Form of aid


Direct grant, Provision of risk capital




Budget


Annual budget: EUR 948 600; Overall budget: EUR 948 600




Intensity


22,5 %




Duration (period)


20.2.2008-31.12.2008




Economic sectors


Shipbuilding




Name and address of the granting authority







Bundeswirtschaftsministerium




Scharnhorststr. 34—37




10115 Berlin




DEUTSCHLAND








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