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Case C-9/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Bruxelles (Belgium) lodged on 7 January 2011 — Waypoint Aviation SA v État belge — SPF Finances
Date: 2011-01-07
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Belgium, interpretation of the law, loan, organisation, tax on income, tax system








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26.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 95/4





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Bruxelles (Belgium) lodged on 7 January 2011 — Waypoint Aviation SA v État belge — SPF Finances
(Case C-9/11)
2011/C 95/06
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Cour d’appel de Bruxelles

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Waypoint Aviation SA

Defendant: État belge — SPF Finances

Questions referred







1.


Does Article 49 EC prelude the application of a national provision such as Article 29(2)(d) of the Law of 11 April 1983, in so far as:
first, that provision permits the grant of a tax credit, the notional withholding tax, to the recipients of income from debt-claims or loans granted to a coordination centre, within the meaning of Royal Decree No 187 of 30 December 1982 on the creation of coordination centres, when the company which uses the funds borrowed by or through the coordination centre in order to acquire a tangible asset which it uses in Belgium in the exercise of its business activity, confers the right to use that asset on a company which forms part of the same group of companies and which is resident in Belgium, whereas, second, that provision does not permit the grant of a tax credit when the same company confers a right to use the same tangible asset on a company which also forms part of the same group of companies but which is resident in a Member State other than Belgium?










2.


Must Article 10 EC, read in conjunction with Article 49 EC, be understood as prohibiting an interpretation of a provision such as Article 29(2)(d) of the Law of 11 April 1983, which makes the grant of a tax credit, the notional withholding tax, to the recipients of income from debt-claims or loans granted to a coordination centre, within the meaning of Royal Decree No 187 of 30 December 1982 on the creation of coordination centres, subject to the condition that no right to use the tangible asset financed by means of those debt-claims or loans is conferred on a member of the group established in another Member State, by any company in the group, and not only by the company which acquires the tangible asset through that financing, and which uses it in Belgium in the exercise of its business activity?
Case T-8/11: Action brought on 7 January 2011 — Bank Kargoshaei and Others v Council
Date: 2011-01-07
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Iran, action for annulment (EU), economic sanctions, international sanctions








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5.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 72/24





Action brought on 7 January 2011 — Bank Kargoshaei and Others v Council
(Case T-8/11)
2011/C 72/41
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Bank Kargoshaei, Bank Melli Iran Investment Company, Bank Melli Iran Printing and Publishing Company, Cement Investment & Development Co., Mazandaran Cement Company, Melli Agrochemical Company, Shomal Cement Co., (Tehran, Iran) (represented by: L. Defalque and S. Woog, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought







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annul paragraph 5, section B, of the annex to Council Decision 2010/644/CFSP of 25 October 2010 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Common Position 2007/140/CFSP (1) and paragraph 5, section B, of the annex to VIII of Council Regulation (EU) No 961/2010 of 25 October 2010 on restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 (2) and annul the decision contained in the letter of the Council of 28 October 2010;










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declare Article 20(1)(b) of Council Decision of 26 July 2010 (3) and Article 16(2)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) (EU) No 961/2010 illegal and inapplicable to the applicants;










—


order that the Council pay the applicants’ costs of this application.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicants rely on the pleas in law which are identical as the pleas in law relied on by the applicant in Case T-7/11, Bank Melli Iran v Council.


(1)  OJ L 281, p. 81

(2)  OJ L 281, p. 1

(3)  Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP: of 26 July 2010 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Common Position 2007/140/CFSP, OJ L 195, p. 39
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Case F-2/11: Action brought on 7 January 2011 — Descamps v Commission
Date: 2011-01-07
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Commission, European official, action for annulment, severance pay, transfer of pension rights








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5.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 72/36





Action brought on 7 January 2011 — Descamps v Commission
(Case F-2/11)
2011/C 72/60
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Eric Descamps (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: L. Levi and A. Blot, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision to dismiss the applicant at the end of the probationary period and compensation for the loss suffered as a result of that decision.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision adopted on 1 March 2010 by the Director of Directorate HR.B-HR Core Processes 1: Career, Directorate-General Human Resources and Security of the European Commission, in its capacity as appointing authority, to dismiss the applicant with effect from 31 March 2010;










—


Annul, in so far as necessary, the decision of 24 September 2010 dismissing the complaint;










—


Consequently, reinstate the applicant in his functions as a titular official with effect from 1 April 2010 and award him the amount of remuneration which he should have received as a titular official since that date, including all ancillary rights (such as pension rights), which he assesses, provisionally and ex aequo et bono, at EUR 39 600;










—


Order the defendant to pay damages, assessed provisionally and ex aequo et bono at EUR 10 000, for non-material damage;










—


Order the defendant to pay interest for delay on the capital thus due;










—


Order the European Commission to pay the costs.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6049 — Compagnie de Saint-Gobain/Trakya/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control








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7.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 4/5





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6049 — Compagnie de Saint-Gobain/Trakya/JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 4/05






1.


On 22 December 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 Saint-Gobain Glass France, a subsidiary of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA (‘Saint-Gobain’, France) and Traky Cam Sanayii AS (‘Trakya’, Turkey) belonging to the Sisecam group acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Trakya Glass Rus ZAO (‘JV’, Russia) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Saint-Gobain is mainly engaged in the production and sale of glass, ceramics, plastics and building materials. It is also active in the distribution of building materials in several EEA-countries,










—


Trakya activities encompass mainly the production and sale of glass, glassware, glass packaging and chemicals,










—


The JV will be active in the manufacture and sale of glass in Russia.














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.6049 — Compagnie de Saint-Gobain/Trakya/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’).
2011/7/EU: Commission Decision of 7 January 2011 amending Annex XI to Council Directive 2003/85/EC as regards the list of laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus (notified under document C(2010) 9592)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, disease prevention, foot-and-mouth disease, research body, veterinary inspection








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8.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 5/27








            COMMISSION DECISION
         
of 7 January 2011
         
amending Annex XI to Council Directive 2003/85/EC as regards the list of laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus
(notified under document C(2010) 9592)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/7/EU)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29 September 2003 on Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease repealing Directive 85/511/EEC and Decisions 89/531/EEC and 91/665/EEC and amending Directive 92/46/EEC (1), and in particular Article 67(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Directive 2003/85/EC sets out minimum control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease and certain preventive measures aimed at increasing the awareness and preparedness of the competent authorities and the farming community concerning that disease.












(2)


Those preventive measures include an obligation on Member States to ensure that the handling of foot-and-mouth disease virus for research and diagnosis is carried out only in the authorised national laboratories listed in Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC.












(3)


France has officially informed the Commission that the name of its national laboratory listed in Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC situated in France has changed.












(4)


For legal certainty, it is important to keep the list of laboratories set out in Part A of that Annex updated. Therefore, it is necessary to replace the entry for France in the list of laboratories set out in Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC.












(5)


Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.












(6)


The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
In Part A of Annex XI to Directive 2003/85/EC, the entry for France is replaced by the following:








‘FR


France


Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES), Laboratoire de santé animale de Maisons-Alfort


France’






Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.




Done at Brussels, 7 January 2011.


For the Commission

John DALLI
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 306, 22.11.2003, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5983 — Tyco Electronics/ADC Telecommunications)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, telecommunications industry








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7.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 4/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5983 — Tyco Electronics/ADC Telecommunications)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 4/01
On 6 December 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 32010M5983. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Initiation of proceedings (Case COMP/M.5969 — SCJ/Sara Lee) (Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, food industry, merger control








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7.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 4/2





Initiation of proceedings
(Case COMP/M.5969 — SCJ/Sara Lee)
(COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 4/02
On 22 December 2010, the Commission decided to initiate proceedings in the above-mentioned case after finding that the notified concentration raises serious doubts as to its compatibility with the common market. The initiation of proceedings opens a second phase investigation with regard to the notified concentration, and is without prejudice to the final decision on the case. The decision is based on Article 6(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.
The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their observations on the proposed concentration to the Commission.
In order to be fully taken into account in the procedure, observations should reach the Commission not later than 15 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301 / 2967244) or by post, under reference COMP/M.5969 — SCJ/Sara Lee, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




J-70




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË
Case T-5/11: Action brought on 7 January 2011 — Export Development Bank of Iran v Council
Date: 2011-01-07
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Iran, action for annulment (EU), economic sanctions, international sanctions








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5.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 72/23





Action brought on 7 January 2011 — Export Development Bank of Iran v Council
(Case T-5/11)
2011/C 72/39
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Export Development Bank of Iran (represented by: J.-M. Thouvenin, avocat)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:






—


annul Decision 2010/644/CFSP of 25 October 2010 in so far as it concerns the applicant;










—


annul the decision contained in the Council's letter to the applicant of 28 October 2010;










—


declare Decision 2010/413/CFSP inapplicable to the applicant;










—


order the Council to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and main arguments put forward by the applicant are essentially identical or similar to those advanced in Case T-4/11 Export Development Bank of Iran v Council.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2011-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








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7.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 4/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

6 January 2011
2011/C 4/03

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US dollar


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Japanese yen


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DKK


Danish krone


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Indian rupee


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