do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2009-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate








C_2009313EN.01000501.xml










22.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 313/5





Euro exchange rates (1)

21 December 2009
2009/C 313/04

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4368




JPY


Japanese yen


130,10




DKK


Danish krone


7,4415




GBP


Pound sterling


0,89180




SEK


Swedish krona


10,4035




CHF


Swiss franc


1,4938




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,3520




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


26,361




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


274,53




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7070




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1865




RON


Romanian leu


4,2140




TRY


Turkish lira


2,1892




AUD


Australian dollar


1,6211




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5165




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


11,1405




NZD


New Zealand dollar


2,0237




SGD


Singapore dollar


2,0155




KRW


South Korean won


1 701,10




ZAR


South African rand


10,9761




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,8105




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,2850




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


13 654,58




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,9351




PHP


Philippine peso


67,077




RUB


Russian rouble


43,7900




THB


Thai baht


47,746




BRL


Brazilian real


2,5516




MXN


Mexican peso


18,3850




INR


Indian rupee


67,3000






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Council Decision of 22 December 2009 appointing three Polish members and two Polish alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2009-12-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Committee of the Regions, Poland, appointment of members








L_2009353EN.01006801.xml










31.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 353/68








            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 22 December 2009
         
appointing three Polish members and two Polish alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
(2009/1025/EU)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal of the Polish Government,

Whereas:







(1)


On 24 January 2006, the Council adopted Decision 2006/116/EC appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2006 to 25 January 2010 (1).












(2)


Three members' seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Rafal DUTKIEWICZ, Mr Krzysztof SZYMAŃSKI and Mr Brunon SYNAK. One alternate member's seat has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Norbert OBRYCKI. An alternate member's seat has become vacant following the appointment of Mr Konstanty DOMBROWICZ as a member of the Committee of the Regions,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2010:






a)


as members:






—


Mr Konstanty DOMBROWICZ, prezydent miasta Bydgoszczy (change of mandate),










—


Mr Marcin JABŁOŃSKI, marszałek województwa lubuskiego,










—


Mr Jan KOZŁOWSKI, marszałek województwa pomorskiego,




and










b)


as alternate members:






—


Mr Władysław HUSEJKO, marszałek województwa zachodniopomorskiego,










—


Ms Elżbieta RUSIELEWICZ, Radna Miasta Bydgoszczy.










Article 2
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 22 December 2009.


For the Council


The President

A. CARLGREN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 56, 25.2.2006, p. 75.
Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1295/2009 of 22 December 2009 adjusting with effect from 1 July 2009 the rate of contribution to the pension scheme of officials and other servants of the European Union
Date: 2009-12-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European official, pension scheme, regulations for civil servants, servant (EU)








L_2009348EN.01000901.xml










29.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 348/9








            COUNCIL REGULATION (EU, EURATOM) No 1295/2009
of 22 December 2009
         
adjusting with effect from 1 July 2009 the rate of contribution to the pension scheme of officials and other servants of the European Union


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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


Having regard to the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities and the conditions of employment of other servants of the Communities laid down by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (1), and in particular Article 83a of and Annex XII to the Staff Regulations,


Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:







(1)


In accordance with Article 13 of Annex XII to the Staff Regulations, on 1 September 2009, Eurostat submitted a report on the 2009 actuarial assessment of the pension scheme updating the parameters referred to in that Annex. According to this assessment, the rate of contribution required to maintain actuarial balance of the pension scheme is 11,3 % of the basic salary.












(2)


In the interests of actuarial balance of the pension scheme of officials and other servants of the European Union, the rate of contribution should therefore be adjusted to 11,3 % of the basic salary,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
With effect from 1 July 2009, the rate of the contribution referred to in Article 83(2) of the Staff Regulations shall be 11,3 %.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 December 2009.


For the Council


The President

A. CARLGREN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5556 — JPMC/Schoeller Arca Systems) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2009-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, hoisting equipment, investment company, marketing, merger control, plastics








C_2009313EN.01000402.xml










22.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 313/4





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5556 — JPMC/Schoeller Arca Systems)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2009/C 313/03
On 20 November 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 language 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 32009M5556. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case T-254/08: Order of the Court of First Instance of 22 December 2009 — Associazione Giùlemanidallajuve v Commission (Alleged infringements of Articles 81 EC and 82 EC — Complaint — Application for a declaration of failure to act — Adoption of a position by the Commission bringing the failure to act to an end — No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2009-12-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), competition law, professional sport, sports body








C_2010051EN.01003201.xml










27.2.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 51/32





Order of the Court of First Instance of 22 December 2009 — Associazione Giùlemanidallajuve v Commission
(Case T-254/08) (1)

(Alleged infringements of Articles 81 EC and 82 EC - Complaint - Application for a declaration of failure to act - Adoption of a position by the Commission bringing the failure to act to an end - No need to adjudicate)
2010/C 51/61
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Associazione Giùlemanidallajuve (Cerignola, Italy) (represented by: L. Mission, A. Kettels, G. Ernes and A. Pel, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouquet, Agent)

Re:

Application seeking a declaration, under Article 232 EC, that the Commission unlawfully abstained from adopting a position on the applicant’s complaint, concerning infringements of Articles 81 EC and 82 EC allegedly committed by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC), the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (CONI), the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA).

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no further need to adjudicate on the action.










2.


The Associazione Giùlemanidallajuve and the European Commission shall bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 223, 30.8.2008.
Case F-103/09: Action brought on 22 December 2009 — Allen and Others v Commission
Date: 2009-12-22
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: Civil Service Tribunal, European Commission, action by staff, damages, equal treatment, joint venture, personnel administration, recruitment, servant (EU)








C_2010037EN.01005101.xml










13.2.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 37/51





Action brought on 22 December 2009 — Allen and Others v Commission
(Case F-103/09)
2010/C 37/80
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: John Allen (Oxford, United Kingdom) and Others (represented by: P. Lasok, I. Hutton, B. Lask, Barristers)

Defendant: European Commission

The subject matter and description of the proceedings

An application for damages and for the annulment of a decision refusing to pay damages in respect of the loss suffered by each applicant as a result of the fact that each of them was not recruited as a temporary servant of the Communities during the time when they worked at the JET Joint Undertaking.

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Tribunal should:






—


annul the Commission’s Decision dated 25 September 2009;










—


declare that the applicants had a right to, and should have been, treated as “other personnel” and/or recruited as such, in accordance with Article 8 of the original JET Statutes;










—


declare that the Commission discriminated against the applicants without objective justification during their engagement on the JET Project as regards their remuneration, pension rights and related benefits, and security of future employment;










—


order the Commission to compensate the applicants for the loss of earnings, pensions, and related benefits and privileges occasioned by the aforesaid breaches of Community law, including interest thereon as appropriate;










—


order the costs of this appeal to be paid by the Commission; and










—


take such further measures and grant such further relief, under the Statute of the Court of Justice and/or the Rules of procedure of the Civil Service Tribunal as may be necessary, just or equitable.
Case C-543/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 22 December 2009 — Deutsche Telekom AG v Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Date: 2009-12-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: access to information, data protection, disclosure of information, electronic mail, interpretation of the law, personal data, telecommunications, transmission network, universal service








C_2010080EN.01000802.xml










27.3.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 80/8





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 22 December 2009 — Deutsche Telekom AG v Bundesrepublik Deutschland
(Case C-543/09)
2010/C 80/15
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesverwaltungsgericht

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Deutsche Telekom AG

Respondent: Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Intervening parties: Go Yellow GmbH, Telix AG

Questions referred







1.


Must Article 25(2) of Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive) (1) be interpreted as meaning that Member States may require undertakings which assign telephone numbers to subscribers to make available data relating to subscribers to whom the undertaking in question has not itself assigned telephone numbers for the purpose of the provision of publicly available directory enquiry services and directories, in so far as that undertaking has such data in its possession?










2.


If the answer to the previous question is in the affirmative:
Must Article 12 of Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) (2) be interpreted as meaning that the imposition of the abovementioned obligation by the national legislature is conditional upon the consent of, or at least the lack of any objection by, the other telephone service provider or its subscribers to the transmission of the data?






(1)  OJ 2002 L 108, p. 51.

(2)  OJ 2002 L 201, P. 37.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1278/2009 of 22 December 2009 fixing the amount of private storage aid for certain fishery products in the 2010 fishing year
Date: 2009-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, common fisheries policy, private stock, storage premium








L_2009344EN.01002201.xml










23.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 344/22








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1278/2009
of 22 December 2009
         
fixing the amount of private storage aid for certain fishery products in the 2010 fishing year


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (1),


Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2813/2000 of 21 December 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards the grant of private storage aid for certain fishery products (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


The aid should not exceed the sum of technical and financial costs recorded in the EU during the fishing year preceding the year in question.












(2)


To discourage long-term storage, to shorten payment times and to reduce the burden of controls, private storage aid should be paid in one single instalment.












(3)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Management Committee for Fishery Products,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
For the 2010 fishing year the amount of private storage aid, referred to in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, for the products listed in Annex II to that Regulation shall be as follows:








—


first month


:


EUR 219 per tonne




—


second month


:


EUR 0 per tonne






Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2010.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 December 2009.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.

(2)  
            OJ L 326, 22.12.2000, p. 30.
Council Decision of 22 December 2009 appointing a Portuguese member of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2009-12-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Committee of the Regions, Portugal, appointment of members








L_2009353EN.01006901.xml










31.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 353/69








            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 22 December 2009
         
appointing a Portuguese member of the Committee of the Regions
(2009/1026/EU)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal of the Portuguese Government,

Whereas:







(1)


On 24 January 2006, the Council adopted Decision 2006/116/EC appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2006 to 25 January 2010 (1).












(2)


A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of the mandate of Mr José MACÁRIO CORREIA,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
The following is hereby reappointed to the Committee of the Regions as a member for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2010:
Mr José MACÁRIO CORREIA, Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Faro.


Article 2
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 22 December 2009.


For the Council


The President

A. CARLGREN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 56, 25.2.2006, p. 75.
Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2008/577/EC accepting the undertakings offered in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia and Ukraine ( OJ L 185, 12.7.2008 )
Date: 2009-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, Ukraine, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, chemical compound, chemical fertiliser, import, originating product








L_2009339EN.01005902.xml










22.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 339/59







Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2008/577/EC accepting the undertakings offered in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia and Ukraine
(
Official Journal of the European Union L 185 of 12 July 2008
)

On page 46, in the first line of the table in Article 1 of Commission Decision 2008/577/EC:
for:


                  ‘Produced by OJSC NAK Azot, Novomoskovsk, Russia, or OJSC Nevinnomyssky Azot, Nevinnomyssk, Russia, and either sold directly to the first independent customer in the Community or by Eurochem Trading GmbH, Zug, Switzerland or via Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC) Mineral and Chemical Company ‘Eurochem’, Moscow, Russia and Eurochem Trading GmbH, Zug, Switzerland, to the first independent customer in the Community’.

read:


                  ‘Produced by Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC) ‘Azot’, Novomoskovsk, Russia, or Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC) ‘Nevinnomyssky Azot’, Nevinnomyssk, Russia, and either sold directly to the first independent customer in the Community or by EuroСhem Trading GmbH, Zug, Switzerland or via Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC) Mineral and Chemical Company ‘EuroСhem’, Moscow, Russia and EuroСhem Trading GmbH, Zug, Switzerland, to the first independent customer in the Community’.
Case T-513/09: Action brought on 22 December 2009 — Baena Grupo v OHIM — Neuman and Galdeano del Sel (Designs)
Date: 2009-12-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), trade-mark law








C_2010051EN.01003702.xml










27.2.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 51/37





Action brought on 22 December 2009 — Baena Grupo v OHIM — Neuman and Galdeano del Sel (Designs)
(Case T-513/09)
2010/C 51/72
Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: José Manuel Baena Grupo, SA (Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, Spain) (represented by: A. Canela Giménez, lawyer)

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

Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Herbert Neuman and Andoni Galdeano del Sel

Form of order sought







—


allow the action against the decision of 14 October 2009 of the Third Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) in Case R 1323/2008-3;










—


annul OHIM's decision;










—


order OHIM to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Registered Community trade mark in respect of which a declaration of invalidity has been sought: Community registered design No 000 426 895-0002 for ornamentation for T–shirts, ornamentation for caps, ornamentation for stickers, ornamentation for printed material including advertising material.

Proprietor of the Community trade mark: the applicant

Applicant for the declaration of invalidity: Herbert Neuman and Andoni Galdeano del Sel

Trade mark right of applicant for the declaration: figurative Community mark No 1 312 651, for goods in Classes 25, 28 and 32 of the Classification of Nice.

Decision of the Cancellation Division of the Designs Department: allow the application and declare the design to be invalid.

Decision of the Board of Appeal: annul the contested decision and, pursuant to the power conferred on it by Article 60(1) of Regulation No 6/2002 on Community designs, decide the appeal on its merits and declare the invalidity of the Community design.

Pleas in law: incorrect interpretation of Article 6(1) of Regulation No 6/2002.
Council Decision of 22 December 2009 appointing the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union for the period from 26 June 2011 to 30 June 2015
Date: 2009-12-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Council of the European Union, Secretary General of an Institution, appointment of members








L_2009347EN.01003101.xml










24.12.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 347/31








            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 22 December 2009
         
appointing the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union for the period from 26 June 2011 to 30 June 2015
         
(2009/1009/EU)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 240(2), first subparagraph, thereof,


Whereas the Secretary-General of the Council should be appointed for the period from 26 June 2011 until 30 June 2015,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Mr Uwe CORSEPIUS is hereby appointed Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union for the period from 26 June 2011 until 30 June 2015.


Article 2
This Decision shall be notified to Mr Uwe CORSEPIUS by the President of the Council.
It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 22 December 2009.


For the Council


The President

A. CARLGREN