do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2010-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2010070EN.01002701.xml










19.3.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 70/27





Euro exchange rates (1)

18 March 2010
2010/C 70/05

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3660




JPY


Japanese yen


123,33




DKK


Danish krone


7,4407




GBP


Pound sterling


0,89400




SEK


Swedish krona


9,7243




CHF


Swiss franc


1,4474




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,9990




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,284




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


261,92




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7081




PLN


Polish zloty


3,8730




RON


Romanian leu


4,0776




TRY


Turkish lira


2,0815




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4821




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3801




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,6010




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,9066




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,9040




KRW


South Korean won


1 548,87




ZAR


South African rand


9,9820




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,3245




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,2580




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 483,42




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,5141




PHP


Philippine peso


62,416




RUB


Russian rouble


39,9500




THB


Thai baht


44,108




BRL


Brazilian real


2,4278




MXN


Mexican peso


17,0286




INR


Indian rupee


62,0920






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2010-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, Viet Nam, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, import, originating product, spare part, two-wheeled vehicle








C_2010070EN.01002801.xml










19.3.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 70/28





Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
2010/C 70/06
1.   As provided for in Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 (1) on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community, the European Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.
2.   Procedure

Union producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury.
Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of the exporting country and Union producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify, rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.
3.   Time limit

Union producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Unit H-1), N-105 4/92, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË (2) at any time from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date mentioned in the table below.
4.   This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009.









Product


Country(ies) of origin or exportation


Measures


Reference


Date of expiry




Bicycles and certain bicycle parts


People's Republic of China
Vietnam


Anti-dumping duty


Council Regulation (EC) No 1524/2000 (OJ L 175, 14.7.2000, p. 39) as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/2005 (OJ L 183, 14.7.2005, p. 1) and extended to bicycles parts by Council Regulation (EC) No 71/97 (OJ L 16, 18.1.1997, p. 55)


15.7.2010






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51.

(2)  Fax +32 22956505.
2010/324/: Decision No 2/2010 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors of 19 March 2010 on the appointment of the Director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
Date: 2010-03-19
Institutions: ACP Committee of Ambassadors
Subjects: ACP countries, appointment of staff, cooperation on agriculture, exchange of information, international organisation, rural development








L_2010145EN.01001601.xml










11.6.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 145/16








            DECISION No 2/2010 OF THE ACP-EU COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS
         
of 19 March 2010
         
on the appointment of the Director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
(2010/324/EU)


THE ACP-EU COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS,

Having regard to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (1), as revised by the Agreement amending the said Partnership Agreement, signed in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (2), and in particular Article 3 of Annex III thereto,

Whereas:







(1)


The previous Director’s term of office expired on 28 February 2010.












(2)


At the end of its proceedings, a joint selection committee established by both sides proposed the appointment of Mr Michael HAILU (Ethiopia) as Director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Sole Article
Without prejudice to any subsequent decisions that the Committee might have to take under its prerogatives, Mr Michael HAILU (Ethiopia) is hereby appointed Director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation with effect from 24 May 2010 until 28 February 2015.




Done at Brussels, 19 March 2010.


For the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors


The Chairman

Carlos BASTARRECHE SAGÜÉS
            





(1)  
            OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.

(2)  
            OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 27.
Case C-307/08: Order of the President of the Second Chamber of the Court of 19 March 2010 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium
Date: 2010-03-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Belgium, European Commission, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, capital market, double taxation, free movement of capital








C_2010148EN.01002201.xml










5.6.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 148/22





Order of the President of the Second Chamber of the Court of 19 March 2010 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium
(Case C-307/08) (1)

2010/C 148/34

Language of the case: French

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


(1)  OJ C 272, 25.10.2008
Case T-427/07: Judgment of the General Court of 19 March 2010 — Mirto Corporación Empresarial v OHIM — Maglificio Barbara (Mirtillino) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark Mirtillino — Earlier Community word mark MIRTO — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Date: 2010-03-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), clothing industry, cosmetic product, leather industry, trade-mark law








C_2010134EN.01003002.xml










22.5.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 134/30





Judgment of the General Court of 19 March 2010 — Mirto Corporación Empresarial v OHIM — Maglificio Barbara (Mirtillino)
(Case T-427/07) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark Mirtillino - Earlier Community word mark MIRTO - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
2010/C 134/50
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Mirto Corporación Empresarial, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: E. Armijo Chávarri, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: Ó. Mondéjar Ortuño, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Maglificio Barbara Srl (Busto Arsizio, Italy)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 August 2007 (Case R 875/2006-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Creaciones Mirto SA and Maglificio Barbara Srl.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Mirto Corporación Empresarial, SL to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 22, 26.1.2008.
Corrigendum to State aid — Latvian Republic — State aid C 39/09 (ex N 385/09) — Public financing of port infrastructure in Ventspils port — Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 108(2) of the TFEU ( OJ C 62, 13.3.2010 )
Date: 2010-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Latvia, State aid, control of State aid, harbour installation, public financing








C_2010070EN.01003901.xml










19.3.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 70/39





Corrigendum to State aid — Latvian Republic — State aid C 39/09 (ex N 385/09) — Public financing of port infrastructure in Ventspils port — Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 108(2) of the TFEU

(
Official Journal of the European Union C 62 of 13 March 2010
)

2010/C 70/10
On page 7, third paragraph, address:
for:






‘European Commission




Directorate-General for Transport and Energy




Directorate A




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




Fax +32 22964104’,





read:






‘European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




State Aid Greffe




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




Fax +32 22961242’.
Case T-338/07 P: Judgment of the General Court of 19 March 2010 — Bianchi v ETF (Appeal — Staff case — Temporary staff — Contract for a fixed period — Decision refusing to renew the contract — Article 47(b) of the CEOS)
Date: 2010-03-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Training Foundation, action by staff, dismissal, personnel administration, servant (EU)








C_2010134EN.01003001.xml










22.5.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 134/30





Judgment of the General Court of 19 March 2010 — Bianchi v ETF
(Case T-338/07 P) (1)

(Appeal - Staff case - Temporary staff - Contract for a fixed period - Decision refusing to renew the contract - Article 47(b) of the CEOS)
2010/C 134/49
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellant: Irène Bianchi (Turin, Italy) (represented by: M.-A. Lucas, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings: European Training Foundation (ETF) (Turin, Italy) (represented by: M. Dunbar, Agent, assisted by G. Vandersanden, then by L. Levi, lawyers)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment of 28 June 2007 of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) in Case F-38/06 Bianchi v ETF, not yet published in the ECR, seeking the setting aside of that judgment

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Mrs Irène Bianchi to bear her own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Training Foundation (ETF) for the purposes of these proceedings.






(1)  OJ C 269, 10.11.2007.
Case T-50/05: Judgment of the General Court of 19 March 2010 — Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission (Public service contracts — Community tendering procedure — Provision of computer services relating to telematic systems to control the movement of products subject to excise duty — Rejection of a tenderer’s bid — Action for annulment — Consortium of tenderers — Admissibility — Principles of equal treatment of tenderers and transparency — Award criteria — Principles of sound administration and diligence — Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based — Manifest error of assessment)
Date: 2010-03-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), award of contract, invitation to tender, services contract, software








C_2010134EN.01002901.xml










22.5.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 134/29





Judgment of the General Court of 19 March 2010 — Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
(Case T-50/05) (1)

(Public service contracts - Community tendering procedure - Provision of computer services relating to telematic systems to control the movement of products subject to excise duty - Rejection of a tenderer’s bid - Action for annulment - Consortium of tenderers - Admissibility - Principles of equal treatment of tenderers and transparency - Award criteria - Principles of sound administration and diligence - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based - Manifest error of assessment)
2010/C 134/47
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE (Athens, Greece) (represented by: N. Korogiannakis, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented: initially by L. Parpala and K. Kańska, subsequently by L. Parpala and E. Manhaeve and lastly by L. Parpala, E. Manhaeve and M. Wilderspin, Agents)

Re:

Action for the annulment of the Decision of the Commission of the European Communities of 18 November 2004 rejecting the tender submitted by the consortium formed by the applicant and another undertaking in a tendering procedure relating to the provision of computer services concerning the specification, development, maintenance and support of telematic systems to control the movement of products subject to excise duty within the European Community under the excise-duty suspension arrangements and awarding the contract to another tenderer.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.






(1)  OJ C 106, 30.4.2005.
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2010-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, Thailand, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, hoisting equipment, import, originating product








C_2010070EN.01002901.xml










19.3.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 70/29





Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
2010/C 70/07
1.   As provided for in Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 (1) on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community, the European Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.
2.   Procedure

Union producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury.
Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of the exporting country and Union producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify, rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.
3.   Time limit

Union producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Unit H-1), N-105 4/92, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË (2) at any time from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date mentioned in the table below.
4.   This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009.









Product


Country(ies) of origin or exportation


Measures


Reference


Date of expiry




Hand pallet trucks and their essential parts


People's Republic of China
Thailand


Anti-dumping duty


Council Regulation (EC) No 1174/2005 (OJ L 189, 21.7.2005, p. 1) and extended to imports consigned from Thailand by Council Regulation (EC) No 499/2009 (OJ L 151, 16.6.2009, p. 1)


22.7.2010






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51.

(2)  Fax +32 22956505.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5732 — Hewlett-Packard/3COM) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, economic concentration, merger control, provision of services, restrictive-practice authorisation, software, technology, telecommunications industry








C_2010070EN.01002601.xml










19.3.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 70/26





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5732 — Hewlett-Packard/3COM)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 70/04
On 12 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 32010M5732. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Joined Cases C-411/09 to C-420/09: Order of the President of the Court of 19 March 2010 (references for preliminary rulings from the tribunal de grande instance de Nanterre — France) — Tereos, Vermandoise Industries SA, Sucreries de Toury et Usines annexes SA, Roquette Frères SA, Sucreries & Distilleries de Souppes — Ouvré Fils SA, Cruistal Union, Lesaffre Frères SA, Sucreries Bourdon, SAFBA, Sucreries du Marquenterre SA v Directeur général des douanes et droits indirects, Receveur principal des douanes et droits indirects de Gennevilliers
Date: 2010-03-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: export refund, interpretation of the law, sugar industry, sugar levy








C_2010148EN.01002304.xml










5.6.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 148/23





Order of the President of the Court of 19 March 2010 (references for preliminary rulings from the tribunal de grande instance de Nanterre — France) — Tereos, Vermandoise Industries SA, Sucreries de Toury et Usines annexes SA, Roquette Frères SA, Sucreries & Distilleries de Souppes — Ouvré Fils SA, Cruistal Union, Lesaffre Frères SA, Sucreries Bourdon, SAFBA, Sucreries du Marquenterre SA v Directeur général des douanes et droits indirects, Receveur principal des douanes et droits indirects de Gennevilliers
(Joined Cases C-411/09 to C-420/09) (1)

2010/C 148/40

Language of the case: French

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


(1)  OJ C 312, 19.12.2009.
Case T-533/08: Order of the General Court of 19 March 2010 — Telekomunikacja Polska v Commission
Date: 2010-03-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), electronic document management, electronic mail








C_2010148EN.01005104.xml










5.6.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 148/51





Order of the General Court of 19 March 2010 — Telekomunikacja Polska v Commission
(Case T-533/08) (1)

2010/C 148/86

Language of the case: Polish

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


(1)  OJ C 44, 21.2.2009
Case T-42/06: Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 19 March 2010 — Gollnisch v Parliament (Privileges and immunities — Member of the European Parliament — Decision not to defend his privileges and immunities — Action for annulment — No longer any interest in bringing proceedings — No need to adjudicate — Action for damages — Conduct alleged against the Parliament — Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals — Causal link)
Date: 2010-03-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Parliament, Member of the European Parliament, Statute for Members of the Parliament, action for annulment (EU), freedom of expression, indemnification








C_2010134EN.01002902.xml










22.5.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 134/29





Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 19 March 2010 — Gollnisch v Parliament
(Case T-42/06) (1)

(Privileges and immunities - Member of the European Parliament - Decision not to defend his privileges and immunities - Action for annulment - No longer any interest in bringing proceedings - No need to adjudicate - Action for damages - Conduct alleged against the Parliament - Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals - Causal link)
2010/C 134/48
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Bruno Gollnisch (Limonest, France) (represented by: W. de Saint Just and G. Dubois, lawyers)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: H. Krück, C. Karamarcos and A. Padowska and subsequently by H. Krück, D. Moore and A. Padowska, Agents)

Re:

Application for, first, annulment of the decision of the European Parliament of 13 December 2005 not to defend the immunity and privileges of Mr Bruno Gollnisch and, second, compensation for the damage suffered by Mr Gollnisch as a result of that decision

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Rules that there is no need to adjudicate on the claim for annulment;










2.


Dismisses the claim for damages;










3.


Orders the European Parliament to bear its own costs and to pay two thirds of the costs incurred by Mr Bruno Gollnisch, including those relating to the application for interim measures;










4.


Orders Mr Bruno Gollnisch to bear one third of his costs, including those relating to the application for interim measures.






(1)  OJ C 86, 8.4.2006.
Commission Decision of 19 March 2010 appointing the member of the European Consumer Consultative Group for Malta and its alternate
Date: 2010-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU office or agency, Malta, appointment of members, consumer information, consumer movement, consumer protection








C_2010073EN.01001101.xml










23.3.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 73/11





COMMISSION DECISION
of 19 March 2010
appointing the member of the European Consumer Consultative Group for Malta and its alternate
2010/C 73/04
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Commission Decision 2009/705/EC of 14 September 2009 setting up a European Consumer Consultative Group (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:






(1)


The mandate of the members of the European Consumer Consultative Group expired on 14 November 2009.










(2)


New members and alternates were appointed by Commission Decision of 17 February 2010 for a three-year period.










(3)


It is necessary to appoint a full and an alternate member representing consumer organisations from Malta for the remainder of the three-year term of office, on the basis of the proposals put forward by national authorities from Malta,




HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
The following persons are appointed member or alternate of the European Consumer Consultative Group for the remainder of its term of office:






Member


Alternate




Renald BLUNDELL (MT)


Stefan XUEREB (MT)





Done at Brussels, 19 March 2010.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Robert MADELIN

Director-General for Health and Consumers





(1)  OJ L 244, 16.9.2009, p. 21.