do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-195/08: Judgment of the General Court of 10 December 2009 — Antwerpse Bouwwerken v European Commission (Public procurement — Community tendering procedure — Construction of a reference materials production hall — Rejection of a tender — Action for annulment — Interest in bringing proceedings — Admissibility — Interpretation of a condition laid down in the contract documents — Compliance of a tender with the conditions laid down in the contract documents — Exercise of the power to request clarification of tenders — Action for damages)
Date: 2009-12-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), award of contract, invitation to tender, public contract, tendering








C_2010024EN.01004801.xml










30.1.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 24/48





Judgment of the General Court of 10 December 2009 — Antwerpse Bouwwerken v European Commission
(Case T-195/08) (1)

(Public procurement - Community tendering procedure - Construction of a reference materials production hall - Rejection of a tender - Action for annulment - Interest in bringing proceedings - Admissibility - Interpretation of a condition laid down in the contract documents - Compliance of a tender with the conditions laid down in the contract documents - Exercise of the power to request clarification of tenders - Action for damages)
2010/C 24/83
Language of the case: Dutch

Parties


Applicant: Antwerpse Bouwwerken NV (Antwerp, Belgium) (represented initially by: J. Verbist and D. de Keuster, and subsequently by: J. Verbist, B. van de Walle de Ghelcke and A. Vandervennet, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: E. Manhaeve, acting as Agent, and by M. Gelders, lawyer)

Re:

Application for, firstly, annulment of the decision of the Commission rejecting the tender submitted by the applicant in a restricted public procurement procedure concerning the construction of a reference materials production hall in the grounds of the Institut des matériaux et mesures de référence (Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements) in Geel (Belgium) and awarding the contract to another tenderer and, secondly, compensation for the damage purportedly suffered by the applicant by reason of that decision of the Commission

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Antwerpse Bouwwerken NV to pay the costs, including those relating to the proceedings for interim relief in Case T 195/08 R.






(1)  OJ C 183, 19.7.2008.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1205/2009 of 10 December 2009 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2009-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit








L_2009325EN.01002301.xml










11.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 325/23








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1205/2009
of 10 December 2009
         
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


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 11 December 2009.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 December 2009.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

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 


AL 


50,4 




MA 


51,8 




TN 


90,9 




TR 


64,0 




ZZ 


64,3 




0707 00 05 


EG 


155,5 




MA 


49,3 




TR 


72,7 




ZZ 


92,5 




0709 90 70 


MA 


51,4 




TR 


121,0 




ZZ 


86,2 




0805 10 20 


AR 


70,4 




MA 


48,8 




TR 


60,1 




ZA 


61,3 




ZZ 


60,2 




0805 20 10 


MA 


74,1 




ZZ 


74,1 




0805 20 30 , 0805 20 50 , 0805 20 70 , 0805 20 90 


HR 


54,0 




IL 


75,3 




TR 


75,1 




ZZ 


68,1 




0805 50 10 


TR 


76,0 




ZZ 


76,0 




0808 10 80 


CA 


65,1 




CN 


131,4 




MK 


23,6 




US 


88,2 




ZZ 


77,1 




0808 20 50 


CN 


47,8 




US 


129,6 




ZZ 


88,7 






(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’.
Annual Report 2008
Date: 2009-12-10
Institutions: European Ombudsman
Subjects: European Ombudsman, activity report








C_2009300EN.01000401.xml










10.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 300/4





Annual Report 2008
2009/C 300/03
The European Ombudsman has presented his Annual Report for the year 2008 to the European Parliament.
The Annual Report as well as a shorter version are available on the European Ombudsman's website in all 23 official languages at:
http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu
Paper copies of these publications can be requested free of charge from the European Ombudsman's office:





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Fax +33 388179062




E-mail: eo@ombudsman.europa.eu
2010/14/: Decision of the European Central Bank of 10 December 2009 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2010 (ECB/2009/25)
Date: 2009-12-10
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, issuing of currency, participating country (euro area)








L_2010007EN.01002101.xml










12.1.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 7/21








            DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
         
of 10 December 2009
         
on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2010
(ECB/2009/25)
(2010/14/EU)


THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 128(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


The European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right from 1 January 1999 to approve the volume of coins issued by the Member States that have adopted the euro (hereinafter the ‘participating Member States’).












(2)


The participating Member States have submitted to the ECB for approval their estimates of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2010, supplemented by explanatory notes on the forecasting methodology,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1

Approval of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2010

The ECB hereby approves the volume of euro coins to be issued by the participating Member States in 2010 as described in the following table:






(EUR million)




 


Issuance of coins intended for circulation and issuance of collector coins (not intended for circulation) in 2010




Belgium


105,2 




Germany


668,0 




Ireland


43,0 




Greece


55,0 




Spain


210,0 




France


290,0 




Italy


283,0 




Cyprus


18,1 




Luxembourg


40,0 




Malta


10,5 




Netherlands


54,0 




Austria


306,0 




Portugal


50,0 




Slovenia


30,0 




Slovakia


62,0 




Finland


60,0 






Article 2

Final provision

This Decision is addressed to the participating Member States.




Done at Frankfurt am Main, 10 December 2009.


The President of the ECB

Jean-Claude TRICHET
Case T-27/09: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 December 2009 — Stella Kunststofftechnik v OHIM — Stella Pack (Stella) (Community trade mark — Revocation proceedings — Community word mark Stella — Earlier opposition proceedings based on that mark — Admissibility — Articles 50(1) and 55(1) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Articles 51(1) and 56(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Date: 2009-12-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), beer, trade-mark law








C_2010024EN.01005101.xml










30.1.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 24/51





Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 December 2009 — Stella Kunststofftechnik v OHIM — Stella Pack (Stella)
(Case T-27/09) (1)

(Community trade mark - Revocation proceedings - Community word mark Stella - Earlier opposition proceedings based on that mark - Admissibility - Articles 50(1) and 55(1) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Articles 51(1) and 56(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
2010/C 24/89
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Stella Kunststofftechnik GmbH (Eltville, Germany) (represented by: M. Beckensträter, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Führer and G. Schneider, Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the Court of First Instance: Stella Pack S.A. (Lubartów, Poland) (represented by: O. Bischof, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 13 November 2008 (Case R 693/2008-4) concerning revocation proceedings between Stella Kunststofftechnik GmbH and Stella Pack sp. z o.o.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action.










2.


Orders Stella Kunststofftechnik GmbH to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 82, 4.4.2009.
The EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for three EFTA States applicable as from 1 September 2009 (Published in accordance with Article 10 of the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL 14 July 2004 ( OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and in the EEA Supplement No 26/2006, 25.5.2006 , p. 1))
Date: 2009-12-10
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA countries, State aid, interest, reimbursement of aid








C_2009300EN.01002101.xml










10.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 300/21





The EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for three EFTA States applicable as from 1 September 2009

(Published in accordance with Article 10 of the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL 14 July 2004 (OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and in the EEA Supplement No 26/2006, 25.5.2006, p. 1))

2009/C 300/07
Base rates are calculated in accordance with the Chapter on the method for setting reference and discount rates of the Authority’s State aid Guidelines as amended by the Authority’s Decision No 788/08/COL of 17 December 2008. To get the applicable reference rate, appropriate margins have to be added in accordance with the State aid Guidelines. For the discount rate this means that the appropriate margin of 100 basis points has to be added to the base rate. The recovery rate will also normally be calculated by adding 100 basis points to the base rate as foreseen in the Authority’s Decision No 789/08/COL of 17 December 2008 amending the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL of 14 July 2004 (published in OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and in the EEA Supplement No 26/2006, 25.5.2006, p. 1).








 


Iceland


Liechtenstein


Norway




1.1.2009-31.1.2009


16,42


2,95


6,43




1.2.2009-28.2.2009


16,42


2,33


5,41




1.3.2009-31.3.2009


16,42


1,58


4,26




1.4.2009-30.6.2009


16,42


1,10


3,38




1.7.2009-31.7.2009


11,24


0,86


2,84




1.8.2009-31.8.2009


8,52


0,86


2,84




1.9.2009-


6,67


0,86


2,84
Guideline of the European Central Bank of 10 December 2009 amending Guideline ECB/2008/18 on temporary changes to the rules relating to eligibility of collateral (ECB/2009/24)
Date: 2009-12-10
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: EU Member State, Economic and Monetary Union, European Central Bank, financial legislation, loan, single monetary policy




L_2009330EN.01009501.xml










16.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 330/95








            GUIDELINE OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
         
of 10 December 2009
         
amending Guideline ECB/2008/18 on temporary changes to the rules relating to eligibility of collateral
(ECB/2009/24)
(2009/963/EU)


THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in particular to the first indent of Article 127(2) thereof,


Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank and in particular Article 12.1 and Article 14.3, in conjunction with the first indent of Article 3.1, Article 18.2 and the first paragraph of Article 20 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to prolong the widening of certain eligibility criteria for collateral laid down in Guideline ECB/2008/18 of 21 November 2008 on temporary changes to the rules relating to eligibility of collateral (1).












(2)


It is therefore necessary to amend Guideline ECB/2008/18 accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS GUIDELINE:



Article 1
Guideline ECB/2008/18 is amended as follows:
Article 10(2) is replaced by the following:
‘This Guideline shall apply from 1 December 2008 until 31 December 2010 or until the maturity date of the last 12-month refinancing operation launched by 31 December 2010, whichever is the latest.’


Article 2

Entry into force


1.   This Guideline shall enter into force two days following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.


2.   It shall apply from 1 January 2010.



Article 3

Addressees and implementing measures


1.   This Guideline is addressed to the national central banks (NCBs) of participating Member States.


2.   The NCBs shall notify the ECB of the means by which they intend to comply with this Guideline.





Done at Frankfurt am Main, 10 December 2009.


For the Governing Council of the ECB


The President of the ECB

Jean-Claude TRICHET
            





(1)  
            OJ L 314, 25.11.2008, p. 14.
Case C-512/09: Action brought on 10 December 2009 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic
Date: 2009-12-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Greece, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, approximation of laws, electricity storage device, environmental protection, marketing, marketing restriction, national implementing measure, quality of the environment, waste management








C_2010037EN.01002501.xml










13.2.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 37/25





Action brought on 10 December 2009 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic
(Case C-512/09)
2010/C 37/31
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: I. Dimitriou and A. Margelis, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Hellenic Republic

Form of order sought

The Court is asked to:






—


declare that, by failing to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2006/66/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC, or in any event by failing to communicate the measures concerned to the Commission, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fill its obligations under Article 26(1) of that directive;










—


order the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The period prescribed for transposing Directive 2006/66/EC into national law expired on 26 September 2008.


(1)  OJ L 266 of 26.9.2006, p. 1.
Case C-260/08: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 December 2009 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Bundesfinanzdirektion West v Heko Industrieerzeugnisse GmbH (Community Customs Code — Article 24 — Non-preferential origin of goods — Definition of substantial processing or working — Criterion for a change of tariff heading — Steel cables manufactured in North Korea using stranded steel wire originating in China)
Date: 2009-12-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, interpretation of the law, processing industry, wire








C_2010024EN.01000801.xml










30.1.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 24/8





Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 December 2009 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Bundesfinanzdirektion West v Heko Industrieerzeugnisse GmbH
(Case C-260/08) (1)

(Community Customs Code - Article 24 - Non-preferential origin of goods - Definition of ‘substantial processing or working’ - Criterion for a change of tariff heading - Steel cables manufactured in North Korea using stranded steel wire originating in China)
2010/C 24/11
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Bundesfinanzdirektion West

Defendant: Heko Industrieerzeugnisse GmbH

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Bundesfinanzhof — Interpretation of Article 24 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (OJ 1992 L 302, p. 1) –Determining the origin of steel cables manufactured in North Korea under a process using steel wires originating in China — Criteria to be taken into consideration for the purpose of treating a given manufacturing stage as establishing the non-preferential origin of a product — Potential significance of the fact that the tariff heading remains unchanged subsequent to the processing at issue.

Operative part of the judgment

With regard to goods classified under heading 7312 of the Combined Nomenclature constituting Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1719/2005 of 27 October 2005, ‘substantial processing or working’ within the meaning of Article 24 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code, may cover not only such processing or working as leads to the goods which have undergone the process being classified under a different heading of the Combined Nomenclature, but also such processing or working as results, without such a change of heading, in the creation of a product with properties and a composition of its own which it did not have before the process.


(1)  OJ C 247, 27.9.2008.
Information concerning the date of entry into force of the Agreements on Extradition and on Mutual Legal Assistance between the European Union and the United States of America
Date: 2009-12-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: United States, agreement (EU), criminal proceedings, extradition, judicial cooperation








L_2009323EN.01001101.xml










10.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 323/11







Information concerning the date of entry into force of the Agreements on Extradition and on Mutual Legal Assistance between the European Union and the United States of America

The Agreements on Extradition and on Mutual Legal Assistance between the European Union and the United States of America, both signed in Washington DC on 25 June 2003
          (1), enter into force on 1 February 2010, in accordance with Article 22 of the Agreement on Extradition and Article 18 of the Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance.


(1)  
            OJ L 181, 19.7.2003, p. 27.
Case T-159-07: Judgment of the General Court of 10 December 2009 — Cofac v Commission (ESF — Reduction of financial assistance — Training schemes — Rights of the defence — Right to a fair hearing)
Date: 2009-12-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU aid, European Commission, European Social Fund, action for annulment (EU), aid system, vocational training








C_2010037EN.01003302.xml










13.2.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 37/33





Judgment of the General Court of 10 December 2009 — Cofac v Commission
(Case T-159-07) (1)

(ESF - Reduction of financial assistance - Training schemes - Rights of the defence - Right to a fair hearing)
2010/C 37/43
Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties


Applicant: Cofac — Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural, CRL (Lisbon, Portugal) (represented by: L. Gomes, J. Ortigão and C. Peixoto, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Guerra e Andrade and A. Steiblytė, Agents)

Re:

Annulment of Commission Decision D(2004) 24253 of 9 November 2004 reducing the amount of assistance granted to the applicant by the European Social Fund by Decision No C(87) 0860 of 30 April 1987 for training schemes (file No 870927 P1)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Cofac — Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural, CRL to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 155, 7.7.2007.
Case T-158/07: Judgment of the General Court of 10 December 2009 — Cofac v Commission (ESF — Reduction in financial assistance — Training schemes — Rights of the defence — Right to be heard)
Date: 2009-12-10
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU aid, European Commission, European Social Fund, action for annulment (EU), aid system, vocational training








C_2010037EN.01003301.xml










13.2.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 37/33





Judgment of the General Court of 10 December 2009 — Cofac v Commission
(Case T-158/07) (1)

(ESF - Reduction in financial assistance - Training schemes - Rights of the defence - Right to be heard)
2010/C 37/42
Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties


Applicant: Cofac — Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural, CRL (Lisbon, Portugal) (represented by: L. Gomes, J. Ortigão and C. Peixoto, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Guerra e Andrade and A. Steiblytė, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action for annulment of Commission Decision D(2005) 13066 of 3 June 2005 reducing the amount of the financial assistance granted to the applicant by the European Social Fund (ESF) by Decision No C(88) 0831 of 29 April 1988 for training schemes (file No 880707 P1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Cofac — Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural, CRL to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 155, 7.7.2007.