do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-170/09: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 25 February 2010 — European Commission v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2005/60/EC — Money laundering and terrorist financing — Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
Date: 2010-02-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, France, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, disclosure of information, financial regulation, financing, fine, judgment of the Court (EU), money laundering, terrorism








C_2010100EN.01000801.xml










17.4.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 100/8





Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 25 February 2010 — European Commission v French Republic
(Case C-170/09) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2005/60/EC - Money laundering and terrorist financing - Failure to transpose within the prescribed period)
2010/C 100/11
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: V. Peere and P. Dejmek, Agents)

Defendant: French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues and B. Messmer, Agents)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to have taken or communicated, within the prescribed period, all the necessary measures to comply with Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing (OJ 2005 L 309, p. 15)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;










2.


Orders the French Republic to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 153, 4.07.2009.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 162/2010 of 25 February 2010 fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported under the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 677/2009
Date: 2010-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Portugal, award of contract, import, maize, tariff quota, tax relief, third country








L_2010049EN.01002101.xml










26.2.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 49/21








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 162/2010
of 25 February 2010
         
fixing the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported under the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 677/2009


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), and in particular Article 144(1) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported into Portugal from third countries was opened by Commission Regulation (EC) No 677/2009 (2).












(2)


Under Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1296/2008 of 18 December 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain and imports of maize into Portugal (3) the Commission, in accordance the procedure laid down in Article 195(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, may decide to fix a maximum reduction in the import duty. In fixing this maximum the criteria provided for in Articles 7 and 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1296/2008 must be taken into account.












(3)


A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum reduction in the duty.












(4)


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 tenders lodged from 12 February to 25 February 2010 under the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 677/2009, the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported shall be EUR 19,25/t for a total maximum quantity of 20 000 t.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 February 2010.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 February 2010.


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 196, 28.7.2009, p. 7.

(3)  
            OJ L 340, 19.12.2008, p. 57.
Case C-408/08 P: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 25 February 2010 — Lancôme parfums et beauté & Cie SNC v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), CMS Hasche Sigle (Appeal — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Articles 55(1)(a) and 7(1)(c) — Interest in bringing an application for a declaration of invalidity of a trade mark based on an absolute ground for invalidity — Law firm — Word sign COLOR EDITION — Descriptive character of a word mark composed of descriptive elements)
Date: 2010-02-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: advertising malpractice, brand name, comparative advertising, interpretation of the law, judgment of the Court (EU), trade-mark law








C_2010100EN.01000501.xml










17.4.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 100/5





Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 25 February 2010 — Lancôme parfums et beauté & Cie SNC v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), CMS Hasche Sigle
(Case C-408/08 P) (1)

(Appeal - Community trade mark - Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Articles 55(1)(a) and 7(1)(c) - Interest in bringing an application for a declaration of invalidity of a trade mark based on an absolute ground for invalidity - Law firm - Word sign ‘COLOR EDITION’ - Descriptive character of a word mark composed of descriptive elements)
2010/C 100/07
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellant: Lancôme parfums et beauté & Cie SNC (represented by: A. von Mühlendahl, Rechtsanwalt)

Other parties to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral), CMS Hasche Sigle

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 8 July 2008 in Case T-160/07 Lancôme v OHIM — CMS Hasche Sigle in which the Court of First Instance dismissed the action brought by the appellant against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 26 February 2007 declaring invalid the registration of the trade mark COLOR EDITION in respect of cosmetic and make-up goods — Infringement of Articles 7(1)(c) and 55(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (OJ 1994 L 11, p. 1) — Legal standing to bring an application for a declaration of a trade mark’s invalidity — Law firm — No private economic interest to apply for a declaration of the invalidity of a cosmetics trade mark — Noticeable difference between the association created by the terms suggested for the purpose of a trade mark’s registration and the everyday language used by the target public to describe the goods and services at issue or their essential characteristics

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Lancôme parfums et beauté & Cie SNC to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 6, 10.1.2009.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5771 — CSN/CIMPOR) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cement, disclosure of information, economic concentration, iron and steel industry, logistics, merger control, mining industry, restrictive-practice authorisation








C_2010047EN.01002002.xml










25.2.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 47/20





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5771 — CSN/CIMPOR)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 47/05
On 15 February 2010, 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 32010M5771. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
No State aid within the meaning of Article 61 of the EEA Agreement
Date: 2010-02-25
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: European Economic Area, Norway, State aid, control of State aid, disclosure of information, sale, share








C_2010047EN.01002301.xml










25.2.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 47/23





No State aid within the meaning of Article 61 of the EEA Agreement
2010/C 47/08
The EFTA Surveillance Authority considers that the following measure does not constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement:







Date of adoption of the decision


:


7 October 2009




Case number


:


55120




EFTA State


:


Norway




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


:


Alleged aid being granted in connection with the sale of shares in the company Youngstorget 2 AS




Type of measure


:


No aid




Economic sectors


:


Management of commercial property




Name and address of the granting authority


:







Municipality of Oslo




Rådhuset




0037 Oslo




NORWAY








Other information


:


—




The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:
http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/