do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-171/09: Order of the President of the Eighth Chamber of the Court of 2 December 2009 — European Commission v French Republic
Date: 2009-12-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, France, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, banking, customers, political figure








C_2010051EN.01002804.xml










27.2.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 51/28





Order of the President of the Eighth Chamber of the Court of 2 December 2009 — European Commission v French Republic
(Case C-171/09) (1)

2010/C 51/49

Language of the case: French

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


(1)  OJ C 153, 4.7.2009.
Action brought on 2 December 2009 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against Iceland (Case E-8/09)
Date: 2009-12-02
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA Court, European standard, Iceland, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, application of EU law, building, harmonisation of standards, hoisting equipment, product safety








C_2010008EN.01002601.xml










14.1.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 8/26





Action brought on 2 December 2009 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against Iceland
(Case E-8/09)
2010/C 8/09
An action against Iceland was brought before the EFTA Court on 2 December 2009 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority, represented by Xavier Lewis and Florence Simonetti, acting as Agents of the EFTA Surveillance Authority, Rue Belliard 35, 1040 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË.
The EFTA Surveillance Authority requests the EFTA Court to declare that:






1.


by failing to adopt, or to notify the Authority of, the measures necessary to implement the Act referred to at point 5 of Chapter III of Annex II to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts), as adapted to the EEA Agreement by Protocol 1 thereto, within the time prescribed, the Republic of Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Act and under Article 7 EEA;
and










2.


the Republic of Iceland bear the costs of these proceedings.





Legal and factual background and pleas in law adduced in support:







—


the present case concerns the non-implementation of a directive on machinery,










—


the EFTA Surveillance Authority pleads that it has not received any information from Iceland indicating that the directive on machinery has been implemented into Icelandic law, nor is it in possession of any information on Iceland having taken necessary measures to ensure compliance with the directive,










—


the EFTA Surveillance Authority pleads that the Government of Iceland has not disputed that it has not brought into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the directive.
Case C-495/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division) made on 2 December 2009 — Nokia Corporation v Her Majesty's Commissioners of Revenue and Customs
Date: 2009-12-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, customs regulations, industrial counterfeiting, interpretation of the law, marketing, third country, transit








C_2010037EN.01002201.xml










13.2.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 37/22





Reference for a preliminary ruling from Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division) made on 2 December 2009 — Nokia Corporation v Her Majesty's Commissioners of Revenue and Customs
(Case C-495/09)
2010/C 37/26
Language of the case: English

Referring court

Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division)

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Nokia Corporation

Defendant: Her Majesty's Commissioners of Revenue and Customs

Question referred

Are non-Community goods bearing a Community trade mark which are subject to customs supervision in a Member State and in transit from a non-Member State to another non-Member State capable of constituting ‘counterfeit goods’ within the meaning of Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation 1383/2003/EC (1) if there is no evidence to suggest that those goods will be put ton the market in the EC, either in conformity with a customs procedure or by means of an illicit diversion.


(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003 of 22 July 2003 concerning customs action against goods suspected of infringing certain intellectual property rights and the measures to be taken against goods found to have infringed such rights
OJ L 196, p. 7
Case C-500/09: Action brought on 2 December 2009 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic
Date: 2009-12-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Greece, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, carrier, commercial vehicle, freedom to provide services, postal service, transport licence, transport regulations








C_2010037EN.01002202.xml










13.2.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 37/22





Action brought on 2 December 2009 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic
(Case C-500/09)
2010/C 37/27
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: L. Lozano Palacios and D. Triantafillou, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Hellenic Republic

Form of order sought

The Court is asked to:






—


declare that, by continuing to apply Ministerial Decision A1/44351/3608 of 12 October 2005, the Hellenic Republic is in breach of its obligations under Directive 97/67/EC (1) (as amended), as they result in particular from Article 9(1) and (2);










—


order the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The Hellenic Republic is hindering the liberalisation of postal services, the objective of Directive 97/67, which provides in that connection for the grant of general authorisations and individual licences in an open manner and without discrimination.
The Greek legislation requires of authorised carriers, when licences are issued for postal transport vehicles, that they should themselves be postal undertakings entered in the appropriate register as holders of a general authorisation. That necessitates radical restructuring of postal networks and makes it impossible for the principal undertakings to employ franchisees, unless they opt to convert themselves into undertakings leasing vehicles with the costs that that implies.
Moreover, the Greek legislation allows the transport of heavy loads only by certain commercial vehicles, reserved to a regulated profession, which prevents other undertakings from providing the same service.
The Hellenic Republic has not submitted sufficient justification for those restrictions.


(1)  OJ L 15 of 21.1.1998, p. 14.
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: 2009-12-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, control of State aid, innovation, regional development, research and development








C_2009292EN.01000401.xml










2.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 292/4





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 292/02






Date of adoption of the decision


30.9.2009




Reference number of State Aid


N 501/09




Member State


Germany




Region


Freistaat Thüringen




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Änderung der Richtlinie über die Gewährung von Zuwendungen aus Mitteln des Europäischen Sozialfonds und/oder des Freistaats Thüringen zur Förderung von Personal in Forschung und Entwicklung




Legal basis


Richtlinie über die Gewährung von Zuwendungen aus Mitteln des Europäischen Sozialfonds und/oder des Freistaats Thüringen zur Förderung von Personal in Forschung und Entwicklung




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Research and development, Regional development, Innovation




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Annual budget: EUR 6,4 million
Overall budget: EUR 38 million




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


1.9.2009-31.12.2013




Economic sectors


All sectors




Name and address of the granting authority







Thüringer Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Technologie und Arbeit




Max-Reger-Str. 4—8




99096 Erfurt




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/state_aids_texts_en.htm
Decision of the President of the European Commission of 2 December 2009 on the signature of Commission regulations, directives and decisions, when the latter do not specify to whom they are addressed (C(2009) 9848)
Date: 2009-12-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC Directive, EC Regulation, European Commission, legislative procedure, operation of the Institutions








L_2009332EN.01007801.xml










17.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 332/78








            DECISION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
         
of 2 December 2009
         
on the signature of Commission regulations, directives and decisions, when the latter do not specify to whom they are addressed
(C(2009) 9848)


THE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,


Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 297(2) thereof,


Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Commission regulations, directives and decisions, when the latter do not specify to whom they are addressed, adopted by oral procedure pursuant to Article 8 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission, shall be signed by the President by means of a summary note during the Commission meeting when they are adopted. This note shall be signed by the President or the Member of the Commission who deputises for him, following the order of precedence laid down by the President.
Commission regulations, directives and decisions, when the latter do not specify to whom they are addressed, adopted by written procedure pursuant to Article 12 of the Rules of Procedure, shall be listed in a day note. The day notes shall be mentioned in and attached to the summary note prepared for the Commission meeting in accordance with Article 17(1) of the Rules of Procedure, which is signed by the President during the meeting. However, the President delegates to the Secretary General the signature of those acts where urgency requires that they cannot await the next Commission meeting in order to be published and enter into force.
The signature of Commission regulations, directives and decisions, when the latter do not specify to whom they are addressed, adopted by empowerment procedure pursuant to Article 13 of the Rules of Procedure, is delegated to the Members of the Commission to whom powers of adoption are conferred.
The signature of Commission regulations, directives and decisions, when the latter do not specify to whom they are addressed, adopted by delegation or subdelegation procedure pursuant to Articles 13, 14, and 15 of the Rules of Procedure, is delegated to the delegated officials to whom powers of adoption are conferred.


Article 2
This Decision shall apply as of 1 December 2009.




Done at Brussels, 2 December 2009.


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
Case T-434/07: Judgment of the General Court of 2 December 2009 — Volvo Trademark v OHIM — Grebenshikova (SOLVO) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark SOLVO — Earlier Community and national word and figurative marks VOLVO — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Date: 2009-12-02
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), software, trade-mark law








C_2010024EN.01004702.xml










30.1.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 24/47





Judgment of the General Court of 2 December 2009 — Volvo Trademark v OHIM — Grebenshikova (SOLVO)
(Case T-434/07) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark SOLVO - Earlier Community and national word and figurative marks VOLVO - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
2010/C 24/82
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Volvo Trademark Holding AB (Gothenburg, Sweden) (represented by: T. Dolde, V. von Bomhard and A. Renck, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Laitinen and A. Folliard Monguiral, Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the General Court: Elena Grebenshikova (Saint Petersburg, Russia) (represented by: M. Björkenfeldt, lawyer)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 2 August 2007 (Case R 1240/2006-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Volvo Trademark Holding AB and Ms Elena Grebenshikova.

Operative part of the judgment

The General Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 2 August 2007 (Case R 1240/2006-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Volvo Trademark Holding AB and Ms Elena Grebenshikova;










2.


Orders the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) to bear its own costs and to pay half of those incurred by Volvo Trademark Holding;










3.


Orders Ms Grebenshikova to bear her own costs and to pay half of those incurred by Volvo Trademark Holding.






(1)  OJ C 37, 9.2.2008.
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 1,00 % on 1 December 2009 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-12-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, interest








C_2009292EN.01000501.xml










2.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 292/5





Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations (1):
1,00 % on 1 December 2009
Euro exchange rates (2)

1 December 2009
2009/C 292/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,5074




JPY


Japanese yen


131,02




DKK


Danish krone


7,4422




GBP


Pound sterling


0,90985




SEK


Swedish krona


10,4185




CHF


Swiss franc


1,5079




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,4805




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,950




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


271,86




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7082




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1098




RON


Romanian leu


4,2550




TRY


Turkish lira


2,2662




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6355




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5761




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


11,6824




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,0769




SGD


Singapore dollar


2,0822




KRW


South Korean won


1 748,18




ZAR


South African rand


11,0666




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


10,2895




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3140




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 250,60




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,0924




PHP


Philippine peso


70,632




RUB


Russian rouble


43,9200




THB


Thai baht


50,035




BRL


Brazilian real


2,6136




MXN


Mexican peso


19,4078




INR


Indian rupee


69,7550






(1)  Rate applied to the most recent operation carried out before the indicated day. In the case of a variable rate tender, the interest rate is the marginal rate.

(2)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-496/09: Action brought on 2 December 2009 (faxed on 30 November 2009 ) — European Commission v Italian Republic
Date: 2009-12-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Italy, State aid, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, control of State aid, employment aid, fine, redemption








C_2010024EN.01004402.xml










30.1.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 24/44





Action brought on 2 December 2009 (faxed on 30 November 2009) — European Commission v Italian Republic
(Case C-496/09)
2010/C 24/77
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: L. Pignataro and E. Righini, agents)

Defendant: Italian Republic

Form of order sought







—


Declare that, by failing to adopt all the measures necessary to comply with the judgment delivered by the Court of Justice of the European Communities on 1 April 2004 in Case C-99/02 concerning the recovery from beneficiaries of aid considered unlawful and incompatible with the common market by Commission Decision 2000/128/EC (1) of 11 May 1999 concerning aid granted by Italy to promote employment, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that decision and under Article 228(1) EC;










—


Order the Italian Republic to pay to the Commission a daily penalty payment of EUR 285 696 for the delay in implementing the judgment in Case C-99/02 concerning Decision 2000/128/EC, from the date on which judgment is delivered in the present case until the judgment in Case C-99/02 is complied with;










—


Order the Italian Republic to pay to the Commission a lump sum, the amount of which is calculated by multiplying a daily amount of EUR 31 744 by the number of days over which the failure to fulfil obligations continues from the date of delivery of judgment in the present case concerning Decision 2000/128/EC;










—


order the Italian Republic to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The Italian Republic has failed to adopt all the measures necessary to recover the aid considered unlawful and incompatible in the decision in that, by June 2009, it had recovered only EUR 52 088 600,60 out of a total sum to be recovered of EUR 281 525 688,79. The Italian Republic acknowledges that the sum yet to be recovered is EUR 229 437 086,19. It has therefore failed to adopt all the measures necessary to comply with the decision, which it was required to do in the judgment in Case C-99/02.


(1)  OJ 2000 L 42, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5579 — TLP/ERMEWA) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-12-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, container, economic concentration, exchange of information, hiring, merger control, organisation of transport, provision of services, rail transport, vehicle on rails








C_2009292EN.01002401.xml










2.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 292/24





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5579 — TLP/ERMEWA)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 292/08






1.


On 25 November 2009, pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1), the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration by which the undertaking Transport et Logistique Partenaires SA (‘TLP’, France), a member of the SNCF group, acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, control of the whole undertaking Financière Ermewa SA (‘Ermewa’, Switzerland) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


TLP: freight wagon hire, combined transport and freight forwarding in several Member States of the European Union,










—


Ermewa: freight wagon hire, container leasing and freight forwarding in several Member States of the European Union.














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.5579 — TLP/ERMEWA, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-42/09: Order of the President of the Court of 2 December 2009 — European Commission v Italian Republic
Date: 2009-12-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Italy, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, maritime court, recognition of diplomas








C_2010051EN.01002803.xml










27.2.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 51/28





Order of the President of the Court of 2 December 2009 — European Commission v Italian Republic
(Case C-42/09) (1)

2010/C 51/48

Language of the case: Italian

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


(1)  OJ C 69, 21.3.2009.
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2009-12-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to undertakings, beverage industry, control of State aid, employment aid, food industry, investment aid








C_2009292EN.01002301.xml










2.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 292/23





Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 292/07







Reference number of State Aid


X 166/09




Member State


Czech Republic




Member State reference number


Znovu oznámení podpory dle nařízení Komise č. 800/2008




Name of the Region (NUTS)


Vysocina
Article 87(3)(a)




Granting authority







Vysočina




Žižkova 57




587 33 Jihlava




ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA




http://www.kr-vysocina.cz








Title of the aid measure


Podpora investic v souvislosti se zpracováním a uváděním zemědělských produktů na trh




National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication)


Zákon č. 129/2000 Sb., o krajích (krajské zřízení), ve znění pozdějších předpisů
Zákon č. 250/2000 Sb., o rozpočtových pravidlech územních rozpočtů, ve znění pozdějších předpisů
Zákon č. 252/1997 Sb., o zemědělství, ve znění pozdějších předpisů
Program rozvoje kraje Vysočina
Zásady Zastupitelstva kraje Vysočina pro poskytování finančních příspěvků na podporu zemědělství v kraji Vysočina a způsobu kontroly jejich využití č. 13/2007




Type of measure


Scheme




Amendment of an existing aid measure


Modification XR 43/07




Duration


27.1.2009-31.12.2013




Economic sector(s) concerned


Manufacture of food products, Manufacture of beverages




Type of beneficiary


SME




Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme


CZK 5,00 million




For guarantees


—




Aid Instrument (Article 5)


Grant




Reference to the Commission Decision


—




If co-financed by Community funds


—




Objectives


Maximum aid intensity in % or maximum aid amount in national currency


SME-bonuses in %




SME investment and employment aid (Article 15)


50 %


—




Web link to the full text of the aid measure:
http://www.kr-vysocina.cz/vismo5/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=450008&id=1724443&p1=5411