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Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 40/2010 of 30 April 2010 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2010-04-30
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: chemical product, consumer information, consumer protection, food safety, foodstuffs legislation, labelling, marketing standard




L_2010181EN.01000601.xml










15.7.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 181/6








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 40/2010
of 30 April 2010
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 24/2010 of 12 March 2010 (1).












(2)


Commission Directive 2007/68/EC of 27 November 2007 amending Annex IIIa to Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain food ingredients (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(3)


Directive 2007/68/EC repeals Commission Directive 2005/26/EC (3) which is incorporated into the Agreement and is therefore to be repealed under the Agreement.












(4)


This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:






1.


the following indent shall be added in point 18 (Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32007 L 0068: Commission Directive 2007/68/EC of 27 November 2007 (OJ L 310, 28.11.2007, p. 11).’;














2.


the text of point 54zzu (Commission Directive 2005/26/EC) shall be deleted.






Article 2
The texts of Directive 2007/68/EC, in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 May 2010, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 30 April 2010.


For EEA the Joint Committee


The President

Alan SEATTER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 143, 10.6.2010, p. 17.

(2)  
            OJ L 310, 28.11.2007, p. 11.

(3)  
            OJ L 75, 22.3.2005, p. 33.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Case T-203/10: Action brought on 30 April 2010 — Stichting Woonpunt and Others v Commission
Date: 2010-04-30
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Netherlands, State aid, action for annulment (EU), control of State aid, subsidised housing








C_2010179EN.01005101.xml










3.7.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 179/51






Action brought on 30 April 2010 — Stichting Woonpunt and Others v Commission
(Case T-203/10)
(2010/C 179/87)
Language of the case: Dutch

Parties


Applicants: Stichting Woonpunt (Beek, Netherlands), Stichting Com.wonen (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Woningstichting Haag Wonen (The Hague, Netherlands), Stichting Woonbedrijf SWS.Hhvl (Eindhoven, Netherlands) (represented by: E. Henny, T. Ottervanger and P. Glazener, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought







—


Annul the Commission’s decision concerning existing aid, in accordance with Article 263 TFEU;










—


annul the Commission’s decision concerning new aid, in accordance with Article 263 TFEU;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The applicants seek annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 9963 final of 15 December 2009 relating to State aid E 2/2005 and N 642/2009 (Netherlands) — Existing and special project aid to housing corporations.
The applicants put forward eight pleas in law in support of the first head of claim. Those pleas are the same as the pleas which the applicants put forward in Case T-202/10 Stichting Woonlinie and Others v Commission.
The applicants put forward three further pleas in support of their second head of claim.
First, according to the applicants, the Commission infringed Articles 107 TFEU and 108 TFEU and Regulation No 659/1999 (1) by deeming project aid for declining urban areas to be part of an existing aid scheme, and by imposing mandatory requirements without following the procedure laid down under Regulation No 659/1999.
Second, the applicants submit that the Commission erroneously took the view that the fourth criterion referred to in Altmark (2) had not been satisfied inasmuch as housing corporations are not chosen by means of a public procurement procedure. According to the applicants, the Commission should have confined itself to checking that the measure did not lead to inefficiency.
Third, the applicants claim that the Commission should have considered whether there was any overcompensation for the service of general economic interest.


(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty (OJ 1999 L 83, p. 1).

(2)  Case C-280/00 Altmark Trans and Regierungspräsidium Magdeburg [2003] ECR I 7747.
Corrigendum to the Common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species — 28th complete edition ( OJ C 302 A of 12.12.2009 )
Date: 2010-04-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: catalogue, cereals, fodder beet, fodder plant, oleaginous plant, sugar beet, textile plant








CA2010111EN.01003702.xml










30.4.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CA 111/37





Corrigendum to the Common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species — 28th complete edition

(
Official Journal of the European Union C 302 A of 12 December 2009
)

2010/C 111 A/04
Page 279, ‘75. HORDEUM VULGARE L - BARLEY’, under 1 ‘2-row barley’, the following item is inserted after the row relating to ‘Nairobi’:









‘Natival


*BE 212


 


(15)’





Page 291, ‘75. HORDEUM VULGARE L - BARLEY’, under 2 ‘6-row barley’:
for:









‘Lyseval


 


 


f: 30.6.2011’





read:









‘Lyseval


*BE 212


 


(15)’
Case T-71/10 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 30 April 2010 — Xeda International v European Commission (Application for interim measures — Directive 91/414/EEC — Decision concerning the non-inclusion of diphenylamine in Annex I to Directive 91/414 — Application for suspension of operation of a measure — Lack of urgency)
Date: 2010-04-30
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: France, health risk, market approval, pharmaceutical product, plant health product, summary procedure, withdrawal from the market








C_2010179EN.01004001.xml










3.7.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 179/40






Order of the President of the General Court of 30 April 2010 — Xeda International v European Commission
(Case T-71/10 R)
(Application for interim measures - Directive 91/414/EEC - Decision concerning the non-inclusion of diphenylamine in Annex I to Directive 91/414 - Application for suspension of operation of a measure - Lack of urgency)
(2010/C 179/70)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Xeda International SA (Saint-Andiol, France) (represented by: C. Mereu, K. Van Maldegem, lawyers, and P. Sellar, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Bianchi and L. Parpala, acting as Agents, assisted by J. Stuyck, lawyer)

Re:

APPLICATION for suspension of operation of Commission Decision 2009/859/EC of 30 November 2009 concerning the non-inclusion of diphenylamine in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing that substance (OJ 2009 L 314, p. 79) pending judgment in the main proceedings.

Operative part of the order







1.


The application for interim measures is dismissed.










2.


Costs are reserved.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5860 — Cooper/Danaher/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-04-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, hand tool, machine tool, medical device, merger control








C_2010111EN.01003001.xml










30.4.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 111/30





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5860 — Cooper/Danaher/JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 111/06






1.


On 23 April 2010, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Cooper Industries plc. (‘Cooper’, Ireland) and Danaher Corporation (‘Danaher’, USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a JV which combines parts of their respective tools businesses by way of transfer of assets.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for undertaking Cooper: manufacturing, marketing and selling of electrical products and tools,










—


for undertaking Danaher: design, manufacturing and marketing of industrial and consumer products in the business area of professional instrumentation, medical technologies, industrial technologies, and tools,










—


for the JV: manufacturing and selling of hand tools, power tools, chain products, soldering products, and specialty products.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the EC Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.










4.


The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5860 — Cooper/Danaher/JV, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




J-70




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32 (‘Notice on a simplified procedure’).
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 52/2010 of 30 April 2010 amending Annex XIV (Competition) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2010-04-30
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: competition, insurance, insurance company, insurance contract, insured risk, inter-company agreement, restrictive trade practice




L_2010181EN.01002001.xml










15.7.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 181/20








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 52/2010
of 30 April 2010
         
amending Annex XIV (Competition) to the EEA Agreement


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex XIV to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 156/2006 of 8 December 2006 (1).












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 267/2010 of 24 March 2010 on the application of Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to certain categories of agreements, decisions and concerted practices in the insurance sector (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(3)


Commission Regulation (EC) No 358/2003 (3), which has been incorporated into the Agreement, expired on 31 March 2010 and is therefore to be repealed under the Agreement,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
The text of point 15b (Commission Regulation (EC) No 358/2003) of Annex XIV to the Agreement shall be replaced by the following:

                  ‘
                  32010 R 0267: Commission Regulation (EU) No 267/2010 of 24 March 2010 on the application of Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to certain categories of agreements, decisions and concerted practices in the insurance sector (OJ L 83, 30.3.2010, p. 1).’
               


Article 2
The texts of Regulation (EU) No 267/2010 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 May 2010, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1). It shall apply from 1 April 2010.


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 30 April 2010.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Alan SEATTER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 89, 29.3.2007, p. 31.

(2)  
            OJ L 83, 30.3.2010, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ L 53, 28.2.2003, p. 8.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2010-04-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2010111EN.01000101.xml










30.4.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 111/1





Euro exchange rates (1)

29 April 2010
2010/C 111/01

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3256




JPY


Japanese yen


124,76




DKK


Danish krone


7,4421




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86785




SEK


Swedish krona


9,6267




CHF


Swiss franc


1,4348




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,8430




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,540




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


268,28




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7081




PLN


Polish zloty


3,9153




RON


Romanian leu


4,1370




TRY


Turkish lira


1,9673




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4272




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3292




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,2936




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8339




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,8145




KRW


South Korean won


1 477,79




ZAR


South African rand


9,7596




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,0484




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,2460




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 948,32




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,2320




PHP


Philippine peso


59,186




RUB


Russian rouble


38,7577




THB


Thai baht


42,797




BRL


Brazilian real


2,3044




MXN


Mexican peso


16,2651




INR


Indian rupee


59,0090






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Corrigendum to the Common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species — 6th supplement to the 27th complete edition ( OJ C 183 A of 5.8.2009 )
Date: 2010-04-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: catalogue, cereals, fodder beet, fodder plant, oleaginous plant, sugar beet, textile plant








CA2010111EN.01003701.xml










30.4.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CA 111/37





Corrigendum to the Common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species — 6th supplement to the 27th complete edition

(
Official Journal of the European Union C 183 A of 5 August 2009
)

2010/C 111 A/03
On page 26, ‘69. HORDEUM VULGARE L.’, under 1 ‘2-row barley’, the following item is deleted:









‘Natival


 


 


(del.)’





on page 27, ‘69. HORDEUM VULGARE L.’, under 2 (6-row barley), the following item is deleted:









‘Lyseval


 


 


f: 30.6.2011’
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2010-04-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, anti-dumping duty, anti-dumping legislation, brick, heat-resisting materials, import, originating product








C_2010111EN.01002901.xml










30.4.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 111/29





Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
2010/C 111/05
1.   As provided for in Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1), 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009.









Product


Country(ies) of origin or exportation


Measures


Reference


Date of expiry




Certain magnesia bricks


People's Republic of China


Anti-dumping duty


Council Regulation (EC) No 1659/2005 (OJ L 267, 12.10.2005, p. 1) as last amended by Council Regulations (EC) No 825/2009 (OJ L 240, 11.9.2009, p. 1) and (EC) No 826/2009 (OJ L 240, 11.9.2009, p. 7)


13.10.2010






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51.

(2)  Fax +32 22956505.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 49/2010 of 30 April 2010 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2010-04-30
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: approximation of laws, consumer information, consumption, coordination of EMU policies, cross-border cooperation, economic recession, harmonisation of standards, single market




L_2010181EN.01001701.xml










15.7.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 181/17








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 49/2010
of 30 April 2010
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 71/2004 of 8 June 2004 (1).












(2)


Commission Recommendation 2009/524/EC of 29 June 2009 on measures to improve the functioning of the single market (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
Under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL TAKE NOTE’ of Chapter XX of Annex II to the Agreement, the following point shall be inserted after point 6 (Resolution of the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States, meeting with the Council of 7 December 1998 on the free movement of goods):






‘7.



32009 H 0524: Commission Recommendation 2009/524/EC of 29 June 2009 on measures to improve the functioning of the single market (OJ L 176, 7.7.2009, p. 17).’






Article 2
The text of Recommendation 2009/524/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 May 2010, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 30 April 2010.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Alan SEATTER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 349, 25.11.2004, p. 26.

(2)  
            OJ L 176, 7.7.2009, p. 17.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 47/2010 of 30 April 2010 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2010-04-30
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: aerosol, allergy, animal product, approximation of laws, consumer protection, cosmetic product, dyestuff, health legislation, product safety, public health




L_2010181EN.01001501.xml










15.7.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 181/15








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 47/2010
of 30 April 2010
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 9/2010 of 29 January 2010 (1).












(2)


Commission Directive 2006/78/EC of 29 September 2006 amending Council Directive 76/768/EEC, concerning cosmetic products, for the purposes of adapting Annex II thereto to technical progress (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
The following indent shall be added in point 1 (Council Directive 76/768/EEC) of Chapter XVI of Annex II to the Agreement:






‘—



32006 L 0078: Commission Directive 2006/78/EC of 29 September 2006 (OJ L 271, 30.9.2006, p. 56).’






Article 2
The text of Directive 2006/78/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 May 2010, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 30 April 2010.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Alan SEATTER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 101, 22.4.2010, p. 18.

(2)  
            OJ L 271, 30.9.2006, p. 56.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.