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Case C-187/09: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 10 December 2009 — European Commission v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2006/40/EC — Air conditioning in motor vehicles — Incomplete transposition)
Date: 2009-12-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, air conditioning, building services, fine, motor vehicle, reduction of gas emissions








C_2010024EN.01001502.xml










30.1.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 24/15





Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 10 December 2009 — European Commission v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
(Case C-187/09) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2006/40/EC - Air conditioning in motor vehicles - Incomplete transposition)
2010/C 24/25
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: O. Beynet and S. Walker, Agents)

Defendants: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: S. Ossowski, Agent)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to have taken, within the prescribed period, the necessary provisions to comply with Directive 2006/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 relating to emissions from air-conditioning systems in motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC (OJ 2006 L 161, p. 12).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by failing to adopt all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2006/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 relating to emissions from air-conditioning systems in motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;










2.


Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 167, 18.7.2009.
Publication, pursuant to Article 12(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs, concerning a cancellation application
Date: 2009-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, beer, designation of origin, product designation








C_2009300EN.01002201.xml










10.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 300/22





Publication, pursuant to Article 12(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs, concerning a cancellation application
2009/C 300/08
This publication confers the right to object to the cancellation application pursuant to Article 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006. Statements of objections must reach the Commission within six months from the date of this publication.
CANCELLATION REQUEST

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 510/2006


Cancellation request according to Article 12(2) and Article 17(2)


‘RIESER WEIZENBIER’


EC No: DE-PGI-0117-1329-03.07.2007


PGI ( X ) PDO ( )

1.   Registered name proposed for cancellation:

‘Rieser Weizenbier’
2.   Member State or Third Country:

Germany
3.   Type of product:







Class: 2.1.


Beer




4.   Person or body making request for cancellation:








Name


:


Ankerbrauerei GmbH & Co. KG




Address


:







Ankergasse 4




86720 Nördlingen




DEUTSCHLAND








Nature of legitimate interest in making the request:
Ankerbräu Nördlingen GmbH & Co. KG is the legal successor to the original applicant, Rieser Weizenbier GmbH, which merged with it in 1997.
5.   Reasons for cancellation:

The applicant is no longer interested in protecting the name ‘Rieser Weizenbier’ for marketing reasons since, as they state, for the purposes of selling the product locally, indicating the name is not important because it is already well known there, whereas the name ‘Ries’ is not sufficiently well known for marketing beyond the region.
No justified interests opposing cancellation of the protected geographical indication have come to light.
There do not appear to have been any other users of the name ‘Rieser Weizenbier’ in the past apart from the applicant, i.e. Rieser Weizenbier GmbH.
Surveys conducted by the Swabian trade corporation and the association of private medium-sized breweries in Bavaria have also shown that no other breweries located in the Nördlinger Ries district are interested in using this geographical indication. Accordingly, those firms have not raised any objections to cancellation of the protection for the name ‘Rieser Weizenbier’. The same applies to the Bavarian State Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Swabian chamber of commerce and industry and the Bavarian brewers association, which were also consulted by the trade mark department.
The assessment is also supported by the fact that the Nördlinger Ries district, to which the name ‘Rieser’ refers, is only a relatively small area and the designation of origin does not appear to be known outside the region.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1206/2009 of 10 December 2009 granting no export refund for skimmed milk powder in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008
Date: 2009-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, skimmed milk powder








L_2009325EN.01002501.xml










11.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 325/25








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1206/2009
of 10 December 2009
         
granting no export refund for skimmed milk powder in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008


THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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), and in particular Article 164(2), in conjunction with Article 4, thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Regulation (EC) No 619/2008 of 27 June 2008 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain milk products (2) provides for a standing invitation to tender procedure.












(2)


Pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1454/2007 of 10 December 2007 laying down common rules for establishing a tender procedure for fixing export refunds for certain agricultural products (3) and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate not to grant any refund for the tendering period ending on 8 December 2009.












(3)


The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
For the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 619/2008, for the tendering period ending on 8 December 2009, no export refund shall be granted for the product and destinations referred to in point (c) of Article 1 and in Article 2 respectively of that Regulation.


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 168, 28.6.2008, p. 20.

(3)  
            OJ L 325, 11.12.2007, p. 69.
Case C-460/08: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 10 December 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Article 39 EC — Employment in the public service — Captain and officer (chief mate) on vessels — Conferment of powers of public authority on board — Requirement that they must be nationals of the Member State whose flag the vessels are flying)
Date: 2009-12-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Greece, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, anti-discriminatory measure, crew, discrimination on the basis of nationality, fine, job access, maritime shipping, nationality, ship's flag








C_2010024EN.01001301.xml










30.1.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 24/13





Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 10 December 2009 — Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic
(Case C-460/08) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Article 39 EC - Employment in the public service - Captain and officer (chief mate) on vessels - Conferment of powers of public authority on board - Requirement that they must be nationals of the Member State whose flag the vessels are flying)
2010/C 24/20
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: G. Rozet and D. Triantafyllou, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: E.-M. Mamouna, acting as Agent)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Article 39 of the EC Treaty — National legislation which reserves for Greek nationals access to the posts of captain and officer (chief mate) on all commercial and fishing vessels flying the Greek flag

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that in requiring in its legislation Greek nationality for access to the posts of captain and officer (chief mate) on all vessels flying the Greek flag, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Community law and, in particular, under Article 39 EC.










2.


Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 327 of 20.12.2008
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, interest








C_2009300EN.01000101.xml










10.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 300/1





Euro exchange rates (1)

9 December 2009
2009/C 300/01

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4768




JPY


Japanese yen


129,91




DKK


Danish krone


7,4416




GBP


Pound sterling


0,90460




SEK


Swedish krona


10,4995




CHF


Swiss franc


1,5114




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,4650




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,749




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


273,71




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7076




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1336




RON


Romanian leu


4,2449




TRY


Turkish lira


2,2173




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6222




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5643




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


11,4461




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,0709




SGD


Singapore dollar


2,0526




KRW


South Korean won


1 715,20




ZAR


South African rand


11,1630




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


10,0830




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,2640




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


13 975,37




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


5,0189




PHP


Philippine peso


68,410




RUB


Russian rouble


44,8737




THB


Thai baht


48,993




BRL


Brazilian real


2,5953




MXN


Mexican peso


19,0876




INR


Indian rupee


68,7743






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-110/08: Order of the President of the Fourth Chamber of the Court of 10 December 2009 — European Commission v Republic of Austria
Date: 2009-12-10
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Austria, European Commission, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, biotope, environmental protection, exchange of information, protected species








C_2010063EN.01004301.xml










13.3.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 63/43





Order of the President of the Fourth Chamber of the Court of 10 December 2009 — European Commission v Republic of Austria
(Case C-110/08) (1)

2010/C 63/67

Language of the case: German

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


(1)  OJ C 158, 21.6.2008.
New national sides of euro coins intended for circulation
Date: 2009-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, euro, euro area, issuing of currency, technical specification








C_2009300EN.01000201.xml










10.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 300/2





New national sides of euro coins intended for circulation
2009/C 300/02






























1 EURO CENT


2 EURO CENT


5 EURO CENT


10 EURO CENT


























20 EURO CENT


50 EURO CENT


1 EURO


2 EURO





New national sides of euro coins intended for circulation and issued by Spain

Euro coins intended for circulation are legal tender throughout the euro area. For the purpose of informing the public and professionals who handle the coins, the Commission publishes descriptions of the designs of all coins (1).
In order to comply with the common guidelines on the design of the national sides (2), Spain has issued new designs of the national sides of Spanish euro coins to be produced from 2010. Coins from previous years featuring the old Spanish national side will remain valid.
Issuing country: Spain
Date of issue: From January 2010
Description of the designs: 
1 EURO CENT — 2 EURO CENT — 5 EURO CENT
The central part of the coin features the Cathedral of Saint James of Compostela. At the top, between the towers, is the year. On the left, the name of the issuing country appears in an arc: ‘ESPAÑA’. The mintmark appears top right.
The twelve stars of the European flag encircle the design.
10 EURO CENT — 20 EURO CENT — 50 EURO CENT
The central part of the coin features, on the right, a portrait of Miguel de Cervantes. On the left, the inscription ‘Cervantes’ forms an arc above a writer’s quill, below which is the mint mark. The year ‘2010’ is indicated at the bottom in the middle.
The twelve stars of the European flag encircle the design.
1 EURO — 2 EURO
The central part of the coin features a portrait of HM King Juan Carlos I. The name of the issuing country, ‘ESPAÑA’, forms an arc on the left. The mintmark appears on the right and the year appears at the bottom on the left.
The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.Edge lettering of the 2 euro coin: 2 




, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted.

(1)  See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1, for the national sides of all the euro coins issued in 2002; OJ C 225, 19.9.2006, p. 7; OJ C 254, 20.10.2006, p. 6; OJ C 248, 23.10.2007, p. 8.

(2)  See Commission Recommendation of 19 December 2008 (OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 52) corroborated by the Conclusions of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of 10 February 2009, on common guidelines for the national sides and the issuance of euro coins intended for circulation.