do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-410/09 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 7 May 2010 — Almamet v Commission (Interim measures — Competition — Commission decision imposing a fine — Bank guarantee — Application for suspension of operation of a measure — Financial loss — No exceptional circumstances — No urgency)
Date: 2010-05-07
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Germany, competition policy, fine, gas industry, metallurgical industry, summary procedure








C_2010179EN.01003902.xml










3.7.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 179/39






Order of the President of the General Court of 7 May 2010 — Almamet v Commission
(Case T-410/09 R)
(Interim measures - Competition - Commission decision imposing a fine - Bank guarantee - Application for suspension of operation of a measure - Financial loss - No exceptional circumstances - No urgency)
(2010/C 179/68)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Almamet GmbH Handel mit Spänen und Pulvern aus Metall (Ainring, Germany) (represented by: S. Hautbourg and C. Renner, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: N. Khan, V. Bottka and N. von Lingen, agents)

Re:

APPLICATION for suspension of the operation of the Commission Decision of 22 July 2009 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/F-1/39.396 — Calcium carbide and magnesium based reagents for the steel and gas industries)

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.5807 — ENI/Fox Energy) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-05-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, exchange of information, lubricants, merger control, petroleum product








C_2010119EN.01001001.xml










7.5.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 119/10





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5807 — ENI/Fox Energy)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 119/05






1.


On 29 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 undertaking enirete oil & nonoil S.p.A. (‘Enirete’, Italy) belonging to Eni S.p.A. (‘ENI’, Italy) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Fox Energy S.p.A. (‘Fox Energy’, Italy), previously jointly controlled by Enirete together with Fox Petroli S.p.A. and Mariani & C. S.r.l., by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Enirete: retail sales of petroleum products and lubricants in Italy,










—


for ENI: a vertically integrated energy company,










—


for Fox Energy: non-retail sales of petroleum products and lubricants in central Italy.














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.5807 — ENI/Fox Energy, 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’).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5878 — CVC/Caixanova/R Cable) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-05-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, financial services, merger control, telecommunications industry








C_2010119EN.01001201.xml










7.5.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 119/12





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5878 — CVC/Caixanova/R Cable)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 119/07






1.


On 29 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 undertaking CVC Capital Partners Sicav-Fis, SA (‘CVC’, Luxembourg), acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, joint control with Caixa De Aforros de Vigo, Ourense e Pontevedra (‘Caixanova’, Spain) of R Cable y Telecomunicaciones de Galicia, SA (‘R Cable’, Spain) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for CVC: global private equity and investment advisory firm,










—


for Caixanova: private savings bank,










—


for R Cable: provision of telecommunication services by cable and other telecommunication and audiovisual services.














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.5878 — CVC/Caixanova/R Cable, 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’).
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities
Date: 2010-05-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, inorganic acid








C_2010119EN.01000401.xml










7.5.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 119/4





Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities
2010/C 119/02
Pursuant to Article 9(1)(a), second indent, of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities (2) are amended as follows:

Page 140

Between the Explanatory Notes to subheadings 2933 21 00 and 2933 52 00 the following text is inserted:

‘2933 49 10:   Halogen derivatives of quinoline; quinolinecarboxylic acid derivatives

See also the HS Explanatory Notes to heading 2933, first paragraph, (D).
For the purpose of this subheading the term “halogen derivatives of quinoline” covers only such derivatives of quinoline in which one or more hydrogen atom(s) of the aromatic ring system have been substituted with the corresponding number of halogen atoms.
The term “quinolinecarboxylic acid derivatives” includes derivatives of quinolinecarboxylic acid in which one or more hydrogen atom(s) of the aromatic ring system and/or the acid function has/have been substituted.’



(1)  OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 133, 30.5.2008, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5873 — Advent/DFS Furniture Company) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-05-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, financial services, furniture industry, merger control








C_2010119EN.01001101.xml










7.5.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 119/11





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5873 — Advent/DFS Furniture Company)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 119/06






1.


On 27 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 undertaking Advent International Corporation (‘Advent’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the EC the undertaking DFS Furniture Company (UK) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Advent: private equity,










—


DFS Furniture Company: manufacture and retail sale of furniture.














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.5873 — Advent/DFS Furniture Company, 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’).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2010-05-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2010119EN.01000501.xml










7.5.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 119/5





Euro exchange rates (1)

6 May 2010
2010/C 119/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2727




JPY


Japanese yen


119,34




DKK


Danish krone


7,4430




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84295




SEK


Swedish krona


9,7120




CHF


Swiss franc


1,4132




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,7855




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,968




EEK


Estonian kroon


15,6466




HUF


Hungarian forint


279,42




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7072




PLN


Polish zloty


4,0923




RON


Romanian leu


4,1805




TRY


Turkish lira


1,9566




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4075




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3142




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,8908




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7544




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7715




KRW


South Korean won


1 452,70




ZAR


South African rand


9,7158




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,6882




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,2576




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 688,58




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,1458




PHP


Philippine peso


57,769




RUB


Russian rouble


38,6150




THB


Thai baht


41,178




BRL


Brazilian real


2,2912




MXN


Mexican peso


16,2397




INR


Indian rupee


57,6720






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Judgment of the Court of 7 May 2010 in Case E-8/09 — EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Republic of Iceland (Failure by a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts — Judgment by default)
Date: 2010-05-07
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA Court, European standard, Iceland, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, national implementing measure








C_2010320EN.01002001.xml










25.11.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 320/20





JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
of 7 May 2010
in Case E-8/09
EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Republic of Iceland

(Failure by a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts — Judgment by default)

2010/C 320/09
In Case E-8/09, EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Republic of Iceland — Application for a declaration that by failing to adopt, or to notify the EFTA Surveillance Authority of, the measures necessary to implement the Act referred to at point 5 of Chapter III of Annex II to the EEA Agreement, i.e. Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts, as adapted to the EEA Agreement by way of Protocol 1 thereto, within the time limit prescribed, the Republic of Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that Act and Article 7 of the EEA Agreement, the Court, composed of Carl Baudenbacher, President, Thorgeir Örlygsson (Judge-Rapporteur), and Henrik Bull, Judges, gave judgment on 7 May 2010, the operative part of which is as follows:
The Court hereby:






1.


declares that, by failing to adopt, within the time limit prescribed, the measures necessary to implement Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC, as adapted to the EEA Agreement by way of Protocol 1 thereto, the Republic of Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Directive and under Article 7 of the EEA Agreement;










2.


orders the Republic of Iceland to bear the costs of the proceedings.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 396/2010 of 7 May 2010 opening a tariff quota for certain quantities of industrial sugar for the 2010/2011 marketing year
Date: 2010-05-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, sugar, sugar industry, tariff quota








L_2010115EN.01002501.xml










8.5.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 115/25








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 396/2010
of 7 May 2010
         
opening a tariff quota for certain quantities of industrial sugar for the 2010/2011 marketing year


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 142, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


In order to ensure that the supply necessary for the production of the products referred to in Article 62(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 is available at a price that corresponds to the world price, it is in the interest of the Union to suspend the import duties on sugar intended for the production of those products for the 2010/2011 marketing year, for a quantity that would correspond to half of its industrial sugar needs.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 of 25 September 2009 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas in the sugar sector (2) provides for the administration of the tariff quotas for imports of sugar products pursuant to Article 142 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 with order number 09.4390 (industrial import sugar). However, in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 891/2009 the quantities of those products for which import duties are to be suspended has to be determined by a separate legal act.












(3)


The import quantities of industrial sugar for which no import duties should apply for the 2010/2011 marketing year, need to be set accordingly.












(4)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The import duties for industrial sugar falling within CN 1701  and with order number 09.4390 shall be suspended for a quantity of 400 000 tonnes from 1 October 2010 to 30 September 2011.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 October 2010.
It shall expire on 30 September 2011.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 May 2010.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

Dacian CIOLOŞ
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 254, 26.9.2009, p. 82.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 398/2010 of 7 May 2010 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2010-05-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit








L_2010115EN.01002801.xml










8.5.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 115/28








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 398/2010
of 7 May 2010
         
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables


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),


Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,

Whereas:

Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 May 2010.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 May 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 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1.




ANNEX
Standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables







(EUR/100 kg)




CN code


Third country code (1)



Standard import value




0702 00 00 


JO 


68,6 




MA 


66,2 




TN 


112,4 




TR 


104,4 




ZZ 


87,9 




0707 00 05 


MA 


24,8 




MK 


59,4 




TR 


117,9 




ZZ 


67,4 




0709 90 70 


TR 


105,2 




ZZ 


105,2 




0805 10 20 


EG 


36,5 




IL 


63,8 




MA 


47,3 




TN 


47,4 




TR 


52,3 




US 


67,7 




ZZ 


52,5 




0805 50 10 


TR 


62,9 




ZA 


68,0 




ZZ 


65,5 




0808 10 80 


AR 


88,6 




BR 


75,1 




CL 


85,5 




CN 


77,2 




CR 


59,1 




NZ 


122,1 




US 


122,9 




UY 


74,0 




ZA 


85,5 




ZZ 


87,8 






(1)  Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). Code ‘
            ZZ
            ’ stands for ‘of other origin’.
Opinion of the European Central Bank of 7 May 2010 on new coin and banknote denominations (CON/2010/38)
Date: 2010-05-07
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: Sweden, central bank, issuing of currency, money, national law

EN 

OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK 

of 7 May 2010 

on new coin and banknote denominations 

(CON/2010/38) 

Introduction and legal basis 

On 29 March 2010 the European Central Bank (ECB) received a request from Sveriges Riksbank for an 

opinion on a draft legislative proposal to amend the Law on Sveriges Riksbank (1988:1385) (hereinafter 

the ‘legislative proposal’). 

The ECB’s competence to deliver an opinion is based on Articles 127(4) and 282(5) of the Treaty on the 

Functioning of the European Union and the second indent of Article 2(1) of Council Decision 98/415/EC 

of 29 June 1998 on the consultation of the European Central Bank by national authorities regarding draft 
legislative provisions1, as the draft law relates to means of payment. In accordance with the first sentence 

of  Article 17.5  of  the  Rules  of  Procedure  of  the  European  Central  Bank,  the  Governing  Council  has 

adopted this opinion. 

1. 

Purpose of the legislative proposal 

Under the legislative proposal, Sveriges Riksbank is given the right to issue two and 20 kronor coins, and 

200  kronor  banknotes.  It  is  also  proposed  that  the  Riksbank  should  no  longer  have  the  right  to  issue 

50 öre coins, due to their ceasing to be legal tender on 30 September 2010. 

2.   General observations 

According  to  Chapter 9,  Article  14,  of  the  Swedish  Constitution,  Sveriges  Riksbank  has  the  exclusive 

right to issue banknotes and coins. Chapter 5, Article 1, of the Law on Sveriges Riksbank provides that 

banknotes and coins issued by Sveriges Riksbank are legal tender. However, general rules concerning the 

monetary and payment system, such as decisions on certain Swedish banknotes and coins ceasing to be 

legal tender, are laid down by legislation enacted by Sveriges Riksdag (the Swedish Parliament). 

The ECB acknowledges that Sveriges Riksbank has conducted an in-depth examination into the need for 

new  coin  and  banknote  denominations,  taking  into  account  use,  demand  for  and  cost  of  the  different 

1 

OJ L 189, 3.7.1998, p. 42.  

 
 
 
 
 
                                                      
alternatives.  The  opinions  of  the  general  public,  banks  and  the  retail  trade  have  also  been  taken  into 

account. 

This opinion will be published on the ECB’s website. 

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 7 May 2010. 

[signed] 

The President of the ECB 

Jean-Claude TRICHET 

2