do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU — Cases where the Commission raises no objections  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-12-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Spain, State aid, control of State aid, environmental protection, regional aid








C_2010340EN.01000301.xml










15.12.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 340/3





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 340/04






Date of adoption of the decision


17.11.2010




Reference number of State Aid


N 124/10




Member State


France




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Modification de la carte des aides à finalité régionale (AFR) à moyen terme, prévue à l'article 104 des lignes directrices AFR pour la période 2007-2013




Legal basis


Décret no 2007-732 du 7 mai 2007 modifié relatif aux zones d’aide à finalité régionale et aux zones d’aide à l’investissement des petites et moyennes entreprises




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Regional development




Form of aid


Ad hoc contracts




Budget


—




Intensity


15 %




Duration (period)


1.1.2011-31.12.2013




Economic sectors


All sectors




Name and address of the granting authority







DATAR




8 rue de Penthièvre




75800 Paris Cedex 08




FRANCE








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/state_aids_texts_en.htm






Date of adoption of the decision


15.11.2010




Reference number of State Aid


N 340/10




Member State


Spain




Region


País Vasco




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Subvenciones a empresas para la realización de inversiones destinadas a la protección del medio ambiente




Legal basis


Decreto 91/2002, de 23 de abril, por el que se regula la concesión de subvenciones a empresas para la realización de inversiones destinadas a la protección del medio ambiente




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Environmental protection




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 3 million




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


—




Economic sectors


All sectors




Name and address of the granting authority


Departamento de Medio Ambiente del Gobierno Vasco




Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/state_aids_texts_en.htm
Case T-331/09: Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2010 — Novartis AG v OHIM — Sanochemia Pharmazeutika (TOLPOSAN) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark TOLPOSAN — Earlier international word mark TONOPAN — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2010-12-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), medicinal product, trade-mark law, veterinary drug








C_2011038EN.01001402.xml










5.2.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 38/14





Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2010 — Novartis AG v OHIM — Sanochemia Pharmazeutika (TOLPOSAN)
(Case T-331/09) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark TOLPOSAN - Earlier international word mark TONOPAN - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
2011/C 38/24
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Novartis AG (Basle, Switzerland) (represented by: N. Hebeis, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: B. Schmidt, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Sanochemia Pharmazeutika AG (Vienna, Austria)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 June 2009 (Case R 1601/2007-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Novartis AG and Sanochemia Pharmazeutika AG

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Novartis AG to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 267, 7.11.2009.
2011/29/EU: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2010 on the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument
Date: 2010-12-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU financial instrument, EU financing, general budget (EU)








L_2011014EN.01002001.xml










19.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 14/20








            DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
         
of 15 December 2010
         
on the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument
(2011/29/EU)


THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular the fifth paragraph of point 27 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,


Whereas, after having examined all possibilities for re-allocating appropriations under subheading 1a and heading 4, at the conciliation meeting on 11 November 2010, the two arms of the budgetary authority agreed to mobilise the Flexibility Instrument to complement the financing in the 2011 budget, beyond the ceilings of subheading 1a and heading 4, of:






—


EUR 18 million for the Lifelong Learning programme under subheading 1a,










—


EUR 16 million for the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme under subheading 1a,










—


EUR 71 million for Palestine under heading 4,





HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011, the Flexibility Instrument shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 34 million in commitment appropriations in subheading 1a and of EUR 71 million in commitment appropriations in heading 4.
That amount shall be used to complement the financing of:






—


EUR 18 million for the Lifelong Learning programme under subheading 1a,










—


EUR 16 million for the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme under subheading 1a,










—


EUR 71 million for Palestine under heading 4.






Article 2
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Strasbourg, 15 December 2010.


For the European Parliament


The President

J. BUZEK
            



For the Council


The President

O. CHASTEL
            





(1)  
            OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
Case T-141/08: Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2010 — E.ON Energie v Commission (Competition — Administrative procedure — Decision finding that seals had been broken — Article 23(1)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Burden of proof — Presumption of innocence — Proportionality — Duty to state reasons)
Date: 2010-12-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: action for annulment (EU), application of EU law, competition law, damages, dominant position








C_2011038EN.01001002.xml










5.2.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 38/10





Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2010 — E.ON Energie v Commission
(Case T-141/08) (1)

(Competition - Administrative procedure - Decision finding that seals had been broken - Article 23(1)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 - Burden of proof - Presumption of innocence - Proportionality - Duty to state reasons)
2011/C 38/14
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: E.ON Energie AG (Munich, Germany) (represented by: initially A. Röhling, C. Krohs, F. Dietrich and R. Pfromm, then A. Röhling, F. Dietrich and R. Pfromm, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bouquet, V. Bottka and R. Sauer, acting as Agents)

Re:

Annulment of Commission Decision C(2008) 377 final of 30 January 2008 imposing a fine under Article 23(1)(e) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 for breaking seals affixed by the Commission during an inspection (Case COMP/B-1/39.326 — E.ON Energie AG)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders E.ON Energie AG to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 158, 21.6.2008.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1203/2010 of 15 December 2010 establishing a prohibition of fishing for mackerel in VIIIc, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 by vessels flying the flag of Spain
Date: 2010-12-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, Spain, catch quota, fishing area, fishing regulations, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag








L_2010333EN.01004301.xml










17.12.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 333/43








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1203/2010
of 15 December 2010
         
establishing a prohibition of fishing for mackerel in VIIIc, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 by vessels flying the flag of Spain


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Council Regulation (EU) No 53/2010 of 14 January 2010 fixing for 2010 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (2), lays down quotas for 2010.












(2)


According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2010.












(3)


It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2010 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.


Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.


Article 3

Entry into force

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, 15 December 2010.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
Lowri EVANS
            

Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 21, 26.1.2010, p. 1.




ANNEX






No


56/T&Q




Member State


Spain




Stock


MAC/8C3411




Species


Mackerel (Scomber scombrus)




Zone


VIIIc, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1




Date


2.11.2010
Case T-451/09: Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2010 — Wind v OHIM-Sanyang Industry (Wind) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark Wind — Earlier national figurative mark Wind — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Lack of similarity of the goods and of the services)
Date: 2010-12-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment, trade-mark law








C_2011038EN.01001502.xml










5.2.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 38/15





Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2010 — Wind v OHIM-Sanyang Industry (Wind)
(Case T-451/09) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark Wind - Earlier national figurative mark Wind - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Lack of similarity of the goods and of the services)
2011/C 38/27
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Harry Wind (Selfkant, Germany) (represented by: J. Sroka, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Sanyang Industry Co., Ltd (Hsinchu, Taïwan)

Re:

ACTION against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 September 2009 (Case R 1470/2008-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Harry Wind and Sanyang Industry Co., Ltd

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Mr Harry Wind to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 24, 30.1.2010.
Case C-590/10: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 15 December 2010 — Wolfgang Köppl v Freistaat Bayern
Date: 2010-12-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Germany, approximation of laws, driving licence, interpretation of the law, vehicle








C_2011095EN.01000201.xml










26.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 95/2





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 15 December 2010 — Wolfgang Köppl v Freistaat Bayern
(Case C-590/10)
2011/C 95/02
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Wolfgang Köppl

Defendant: Freistaat Bayern

Questions referred







1.


Are Article 1(2) and Article 8(2) and (4) of Directive 91/439/EEC (1) — with particular regard to Article 2(1) and Article 3(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — to be interpreted as meaning that a Member State (the ‘host Member State’) is entitled not to recognise a Category B driving licence which another Member State (‘the issuing Member State’) has issued to a person on whom the host Member State has imposed prior measures within the meaning of Article 8(2) of Directive 91/439/EEC and which driving licence is on the face of the document itself in breach of the residence requirement of Article 7(1)(b) of Directive 91/439/EEC, if that person has subsequently obtained in the issuing Member State a Category C driving licence which is not on the face of that driving licence in breach of the residence requirement?










2.


If the answer to that question is in the affirmative, can the host Member State refuse to recognise the Category C driving licence issued to that person?






(1)  Council Directive 91/439/EEC of 29 July 1991 on driving licences (OJ 1991 L 237, p. 1).
Call for proposals under the work programme ‘People’ of the Seventh EC Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities
Date: 2010-12-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, proposal (EU), research, technological change, technology








C_2010340EN.01002001.xml










15.12.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 340/20





Call for proposals under the work programme ‘People’ of the Seventh EC Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities
2010/C 340/13
Notice is hereby given of the launch of a call for proposals under the work programme ‘People’ of the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities (2007 to 2013).
Proposals are invited for the following call concerning transnational operation of the EURAXESS Services Network. The call deadline and budget are given in the call text, which is published on the CORDIS website.

‘People’ Specific Programme:

Call Identifier: FP7-PEOPLE-2011-EURAXESS-II

This call for proposals relates to the work programme adopted by Commission Decision C(2010) 8940 of 14 December 2010.

Information on the modalities of the call, the work programme, and the guidance for applicants on how to submit proposals is available through the CORDIS website: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/calls/
Case C-587/10: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany) lodged on 15 December 2010 — Vogtländische Straßen- Tief und Rohrleitungsbau GmbH (VSTR) v Finanzamt Plauen; other participant: Bundesministerium der Finanzen
Date: 2010-12-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, basis of tax assessment, delivery, distributive trades, interpretation of the law, provision of services, tax exemption








C_2011080EN.01001002.xml










12.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 80/10





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof (Germany) lodged on 15 December 2010 — Vogtländische Straßen- Tief und Rohrleitungsbau GmbH (VSTR) v Finanzamt Plauen; other participant: Bundesministerium der Finanzen
(Case C-587/10)
2011/C 80/19
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesfinanzhof

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: VSTR Vogtländische Straßen- Tief und Rohrleitungsbau GmbH (VSTR)

Defendant: Finanzamt Plauen

Intervening party: Bundesministerium der Finanzen

Questions referred







1.


Does Council Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes (1) allow the Member States to accept an intra-Community supply as tax-exempt only where the taxable person provides evidence in the accounts of the VAT identification number of the person acquiring the goods?










2.


Is it relevant to the answer to that question:
that the person acquiring the goods was a trader with its seat in a third State, which admittedly dispatched the object of the supply in the course of a chain transaction from one Member State to another Member State, but is not registered for VAT purposes in any Member State,
and
whether the taxable person has proved that the person acquiring the goods submitted a tax return concerning the intra-Community acquisition.






(1)  OJ 1977 L 145, p. 1.
Joined Cases T-219/09 and T-326/09: Order of the General Court of 15 December 2010 — Albertini and Others and Donnelly v European Parliament (Actions for annulment — Additional pension scheme for Members of the European Parliament — Amendment of the additional pension scheme — Measure of general scope — No individual concern — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2010-12-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Parliament, Member of the European Parliament, action for annulment (EU), supplementary pension








C_2011055EN.01002202.xml










19.2.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 55/22





Order of the General Court of 15 December 2010 — Albertini and Others and Donnelly v European Parliament
(Joined Cases T-219/09 and T-326/09) (1)

(Actions for annulment - Additional pension scheme for Members of the European Parliament - Amendment of the additional pension scheme - Measure of general scope - No individual concern - Inadmissibility)
2011/C 55/39
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: Gabriele Albertini (Milan, Italy) and the 62 other Members or former Members of the European Parliament whose names appear in the annex to the order (Case T-219/09); and Brendan Donnelly (London, United Kingdom) (Case T-326/09) (represented by: S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis and E. Marchal, lawyers)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: H. Krück, A. Pospíšilová Padowska and G. Corstens, and subsequently by N. Lorenz, A. Pospíšilová Padowska and G. Corstens, Agents)

Re:

Annulment of the decisions of the European Parliament of 9 March and 1 April 2009 amending the Additional Voluntary Pension Scheme for Members of the European Parliament in Annex VIII to the Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament

Operative part of the order







1.


Cases T-219/09 and T-326/09 are joined for the purposes of the order.










2.


The actions are dismissed as inadmissible.










3.


Mr Gabrielle Albertini, the 62 other applicants listed in the annex and Mr Brendan Donnelly shall bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the European Parliament.






(1)  OJ C 205, 29.8.2009.
Case F-14/09: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 15 December 2010 — Almeida Campos and Others v Council (Civil Service — Officials — Promotion — 2008 promotion procedure — Comparative examination of the merits of administrators assigned to language posts and administrators assigned to general posts)
Date: 2010-12-15
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: Council of the European Union, European official, action for annulment (EU), promotion








C_2011038EN.01001802.xml










5.2.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 38/18





Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 15 December 2010 — Almeida Campos and Others v Council
(Case F-14/09) (1)

(Civil Service - Officials - Promotion - 2008 promotion procedure - Comparative examination of the merits of administrators assigned to language posts and administrators assigned to general posts)
2011/C 38/34
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: Ana Maria Almeida Campos (Brussels, Belgium) and Others (represented by: S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis and É. Marchal, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer, G. Kimberley, Agents)

Re:

Annulment of the appointing authority’s decisions not to promote the applicants to grade AD 12 under the 2008 promotion procedure and, so far as necessary, the decisions to promote to that grade, under the same promotion procedure, the officials whose names are included on the list of promoted officials published in Staff Note No 72/08 of 21 April 2008.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:






1.


Annuls the decisions of the Council of the European Union refusing to promote to grade AD 12 Ms Almeida Campos, Ms Dariol, Ms Morello and Ms Verstreken under the 2008 promotion procedure;










2.


Dismisses the rest of the action;










3.


Orders the Council of the European Union to pay all the costs.






(1)  OJ C 90, 18.4.2009, p. 40.