do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
2009/762/EC: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, in accordance with point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management
Date: 2009-09-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: France, aid to disaster victims, emergency aid, financial management, fund (EU), general budget (EU), natural disaster








L_2009273EN.01001401.xml










17.10.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 273/14








            DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
         
of 16 September 2009
         
on mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, in accordance with point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management
(2009/762/EC)


THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 26 thereof,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund (2),


Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:







(1)


The European Union has created a European Union Solidarity Fund (the Fund) to show solidarity with the population of regions struck by disasters.












(2)


The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the annual ceiling of EUR 1 billion.












(3)


Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 contains the provisions whereby the Fund may be mobilised.












(4)


France submitted an application to mobilise the Fund, concerning a disaster caused by storm,





HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009, the European Union Solidarity Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 109 377 165 in commitment and payment appropriations.


Article 2
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Strasbourg, 16 September 2009.


For the European Parliament


The President

J. BUZEK
            



For the Council


The President

C. MALMSTRÖM
            





(1)  
            OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 3.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5518 — Fiat/Chrysler) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-09-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: construction equipment, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, metal product, motor vehicle, motor vehicle industry








C_2009223EN.01001102.xml










16.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 223/11





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5518 — Fiat/Chrysler)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 223/04
On 24 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 32009M5518. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case T-358/09: Action brought on 16 September 2009 — Sociedad Agricola Requingua v OHIM — Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Toro (TORO DE PIEDRA)
Date: 2009-09-16
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), trade-mark law








C_2009267EN.01007901.xml










7.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/79





Action brought on 16 September 2009 — Sociedad Agricola Requingua v OHIM — Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Toro (TORO DE PIEDRA)
(Case T-358/09)
2009/C 267/141
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicants: Sociedad Agricola Requingua Ltda (Santiago, Chile) (represented by: E. Vorbuchner, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Toro (Toro, Spain)

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 18 June 2009 in case R 1117/2008-2;










—


Order the defendant to bear all the costs, i.e. the costs of the opposition proceedings, the proceedings before the Board of Appeal and the present proceedings; and










—


Order the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay its own costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Applicant for the Community trade mark: The applicant

Community trade mark concerned: The word mark “TORO DE PIEDRA”, for goods in class 33

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Mark or sign cited: Community trade mark registration of the figurative mark “D. ORIGEN TORO” for goods in class 33; Spanish trade mark registration of the figurative mark “Denominación de Origen TORO” for goods in class 33

Decision of the Opposition Division: Upheld the opposition

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissed the appeal

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Council Regulation 207/2009 as the Board of Appeal wrongly held that there was a likelihood of confusion between the trade marks concerned; infringement of Article 75(2) of Council Regulation 207/2009 and the right to be heard as the Board of Appeal failed to hear the latest submission of the applicant; infringement of the obligation to state reasons according to Article 75(1) of Council Regulation 207/2009, as the Board of Appeal failed to reason why it abstained from taking the latest submission of the applicant into account.
Case T-180/07: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 September 2009 — Promomadrid v OHIM (MADRIDEXPORTA) (Community trade mark — Application for Community figurative mark MADRIDEXPORTA — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2009-09-16
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), foreign trade, trade-mark law








C_2009267EN.01005702.xml










7.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/57





Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 September 2009 — Promomadrid v OHIM (MADRIDEXPORTA)
(Case T-180/07) (1)

(Community trade mark - Application for Community figurative mark MADRIDEXPORTA - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
2009/C 267/99
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Promomadrid Desarrollo Internacional de Madrid, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: M. Aznar Alonso, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas, Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 March 2007 (Case R 1130/2006-1) concerning an application for registration of the figurative mark MADRIDEXPORTA as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 7 March 2007 (Case R 1130/2006-1);










2.


Orders OHIM to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 155, 7.7.2007.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 840/2009 of 16 September 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2009-09-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, common agricultural policy, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit, stone fruit








L_2009245EN.01000101.xml










17.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 245/1








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 840/2009
of 16 September 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 17 September 2009.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 September 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 


34,5 




ZZ 


34,5 




0707 00 05 


MK 


35,4 




TR 


112,5 




ZZ 


74,0 




0709 90 70 


TR 


110,1 




ZZ 


110,1 




0805 50 10 


AR 


81,5 




CL 


134,9 




TR 


108,0 




UY 


76,3 




ZA 


83,0 




ZZ 


96,7 




0806 10 10 


EG 


137,1 




IL 


115,4 




TR 


96,6 




ZZ 


116,4 




0808 10 80 


AR 


124,5 




BR 


68,1 




CL 


75,9 




NZ 


86,0 




ZA 


76,4 




ZZ 


86,2 




0808 20 50 


AR 


160,8 




CN 


70,8 




TR 


110,5 




ZA 


69,4 




ZZ 


102,9 




0809 30 


TR 


121,6 




US 


228,1 




ZZ 


174,9 




0809 40 05 


IL 


113,9 




TR 


113,9 




ZZ 


113,9 






(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’.
Joined Cases T-305/07 and T-306/07: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 September 2009 — Offshore Legends v OHIM — Acteon (OFFSHORE LEGENDS in black and white and OFFSHORE LEGENDS in blue, black and green) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for two Community figurative marks OFFSHORE LEGENDS, one in black and white, the other in blue, black and green — Earlier national figurative mark OFFSHORE 1 — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of goods and signs — Absence of request for proof of genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation No 40/94 in conjunction with Article 15(2)(a) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 42(2) and (3) and point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Date: 2009-09-16
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), clothing industry, trade-mark law








C_2009267EN.01006001.xml










7.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/60





Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 September 2009 — Offshore Legends v OHIM — Acteon (OFFSHORE LEGENDS in black and white and OFFSHORE LEGENDS in blue, black and green)
(Joined Cases T-305/07 and T-306/07) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for two Community figurative marks OFFSHORE LEGENDS, one in black and white, the other in blue, black and green - Earlier national figurative mark OFFSHORE 1 - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of goods and signs - Absence of request for proof of genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation No 40/94 in conjunction with Article 15(2)(a) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 42(2) and (3) and point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)
2009/C 267/104
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Offshore Legends (Nevele, Belgium) (represented by: P. Maeyaert and N. Clarembeaux, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: Acteon (Saint-Tropez, France) (represented by: M. Milon, lawyer)

Re:

Two actions brought against two decisions of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 May 2007 (Case R 1031/2006-2 and Case R 1038/2006-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Acteon and Offshore Legends

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


dismisses the actions;










2.


orders Offshore Legends to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 269, 10.11.2007.
Case T-271/08: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 September 2009 — Boudova and Others v Commission (Appeal — Public service — Officials — Former members of the auxiliary staff — Appointment — Classification in grade — Competition published before the entry in force of the new Staff Regulations — Reclassification by another institution of its officials — Refusal to reclassify — Principle of equal treatment — Action for annulment — Non-actionable measure — Confirmatory act — Absence of new and substantive facts — Absence of excusable error — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2009-09-16
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, Publications Office of the European Union, action by staff, appointment of staff, equal treatment, professional career, regulations for civil servants, servant (EU)








C_2009267EN.01006302.xml










7.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/63





Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 September 2009 — Boudova and Others v Commission
(Case T-271/08) (1)

(Appeal - Public service - Officials - Former members of the auxiliary staff - Appointment - Classification in grade - Competition published before the entry in force of the new Staff Regulations - Reclassification by another institution of its officials - Refusal to reclassify - Principle of equal treatment - Action for annulment - Non-actionable measure - Confirmatory act - Absence of new and substantive facts - Absence of excusable error - Inadmissibility)
2009/C 267/113
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellants: Stanislava Boudova (Howald, Luxembourg); Iveta Adovica (Luxembourg, Luxembourg); Juraj Kuba (Konz, Germany); Heinrihs Puciriuss (Luxembourg); Agnieszka Strzelecka (Arlon, Belgium); Izabela Szyprowska (Berbourg, Luxembourg); Timea Tibai (Luxembourg); and Birute Vaituleviciene (Luxembourg) (represented by: M.-A. Lucas, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: J. Currall and G. Berscheid, acting as Agents)

Re:

Appeal against the Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 21 April 2008 in Case F-78/07 Boudova and Others v Commission, not yet published in the ECR, and seeking the annulment of that order.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Stanislava Boudova, Iveta Adovica, Juraj Kuba, Heinrihs Puciriuss, Agnieszka Strzelecka, Izabela Szyprowska, Timea Tibai and Birute Vaituleviciene to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the Commission in the present proceedings.






(1)  OJ C 260, 11.10.2008.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5585 — Centrica/Venture Production) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-09-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: North Sea, crude oil, economic concentration, energy distribution, energy industry, energy production, exchange of information, extraction of oil, merger control, natural gas








C_2009223EN.01001201.xml










16.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 223/12





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5585 — Centrica/Venture Production)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 223/05
On 21 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 32009M5585. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5582 — Gonvarri/Severstal/JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-09-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, iron and steel industry, merger control, metal structure, motor vehicle, spare part, steel








C_2009223EN.01001101.xml










16.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 223/11





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5582 — Gonvarri/Severstal/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 223/03
On 4 September 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 32009M5582. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
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: 2009-09-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, cultural promotion, cultural transmission, economic recession, exchange of information








C_2009223EN.01000101.xml










16.9.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 223/1





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 223/01






Date of adoption of the decision


10.3.2009




Reference number of State Aid


N 70/09




Member State


United Kingdom




Region


Northern Ireland




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Northern Ireland Screen Fund (the ‘Screen Fund’)




Legal basis


Education and Library Services Etc. Grants Regulation (Northern Ireland) 1994
The Industrial Development (Northern Ireland) Order 1982




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Culture




Form of aid


Soft loan




Budget


Annual budget: GBP 12 million; Overall budget: GBP 51,5 million




Intensity


90 %




Duration (period)


1.4.2007-31.3.2012




Economic sectors


Recreational, cultural sporting activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Northern Ireland Screen Alfred House




Alfred Street




Belfast




BT2 8ED




Northern Ireland




UNITED KINGDOM








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/state_aids_texts_en.htm






Date of adoption of the decision


12.5.2009




Reference number of State Aid


N 241/09




Member State


Ireland




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Allied Irish Bank




Legal basis


The Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008




Type of measure


Individual aid




Objective


Aid to remedy serious disturbances in the economy




Form of aid


Other forms of equity intervention




Budget


Annual budget: EUR 3 500 million




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


12.5.2009-12.11.2009




Economic sectors


Financial intermediation




Name and address of the granting authority


The Minister, acting on behalf of the Government, in accordance with the Act. Department of Finance, Government Building, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2, IRELAND




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/state_aids_texts_en.htm