do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-34/11: Action brought on 21 January 2011 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic
Date: 2011-01-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Portugal, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, environmental protection, pollution control








C_2011103EN.01001501.xml










2.4.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 103/15





Action brought on 21 January 2011 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic
(Case C-34/11)
2011/C 103/26
Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: P. Guerra e Andrade and A. Alcover San Pedro, Agents)

Defendant: Portuguese Republic

Form of order sought







—


Declare that, by failing to ensure that the concentrations of PM10 in ambient air do not exceed the limit values required under Article 13 of Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe, (1) the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 13 of Directive 2008/50/EC.










—


Order the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In view of the objections raised by the Commission in its decision of 26 November 2009, and in the light of the reports submitted by Portugal, which show that the PM10 limit values continue to be exceeded in various zones and agglomerations and indicate in some cases a trend towards the long-term exceedance of the limits, the Commission takes the view that for the agglomerations and zones of Braga, Porto literal, Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Norte and Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Sul the Portuguese State has failed to fulfil the requirements of Article 13 of Directive 2008/50/EC.


(1)  OJ 2008 L 152, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6067 — PAI/Swissport)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aeronautical industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control








C_2011020EN.01000801.xml










21.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 20/8





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6067 — PAI/Swissport)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 20/03
On 14 January 2011, 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 32011M6067. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
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: 2011-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, Italy, State aid, control of State aid, economic aid








C_2011020EN.01000601.xml










21.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 20/6





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 20/02






Date of adoption of the decision


7.12.2010




Reference number of State Aid


N 536/10




Member State


Hungary




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Tőkeemelés és befolyásszerzés




Legal basis


2008. évi CIV. törvény a pénzügyi közvetítőrendszer stabilitásának erősítéséről




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Aid to remedy serious disturbances in the economy




Form of aid


Other forms of equity intervention




Budget


Overall budget: HUF 300 000 million




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


1.1.2011-30.6.2011




Economic sectors


Financial intermediation




Name and address of the granting authority







Pénzügyminisztérium




Budapest




József nádor tér 2–4.




1051




MAGYARORSZÁG/HUNGARY








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


20.12.2010




Reference number of State Aid


SA.32039 (2010/N)




Member State


Italy




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Aiuti sotto forma di tasso di interesse agevolato




Legal basis


Schema di Decreto del Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri Modalità di applicazione della Comunicazione della Commissione europea — Quadro temporaneo dell’Unione per le misure di aiuto di Stato a sostegno dell'accesso al finanziamento nell’attuale situazione di crisi economica e finanziaria — Articolo 5




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Aid to remedy serious disturbances in the economy




Form of aid


Interest subsidy




Budget


Annual budget: EUR 30 million
Overall budget: EUR 30 million




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


1.1.2011-31.12.2011




Economic sectors


All sectors




Name and address of the granting authority







Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri




Dipartimento per il coordinamento delle politiche comunitari




Piazza Nicosia 20




00186 Roma RM




ITALIA








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
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2011-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2011020EN.01001001.xml










21.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 20/10





Euro exchange rates (1)

20 January 2011
2011/C 20/06

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3472




JPY


Japanese yen


110,93




DKK


Danish krone


7,4518




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84360




SEK


Swedish krona


8,9490




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2873




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,8745




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,420




HUF


Hungarian forint


275,00




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7029




PLN


Polish zloty


3,9132




RON


Romanian leu


4,2681




TRY


Turkish lira


2,1278




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3583




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3463




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,4850




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7684




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7338




KRW


South Korean won


1 513,54




ZAR


South African rand


9,5302




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,8719




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3935




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 209,23




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,1231




PHP


Philippine peso


60,043




RUB


Russian rouble


40,4225




THB


Thai baht


41,164




BRL


Brazilian real


2,2511




MXN


Mexican peso


16,3188




INR


Indian rupee


61,4800






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 54/2011 of 21 January 2011 amending Regulation (EU) No 447/2010 opening the sale of skimmed milk powder by a tendering procedure, as regards the date of entry into storage of intervention skimmed milk powder
Date: 2011-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, intervention buying, intervention stock, skimmed milk powder




L_2011019EN.01000701.xml










22.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 19/7








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 54/2011
of 21 January 2011
         
amending Regulation (EU) No 447/2010 opening the sale of skimmed milk powder by a tendering procedure, as regards the date of entry into storage of intervention skimmed milk powder


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 43(f) and (j), in conjunction of Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 447/2010 of 21 May 2010 (2) lays down that intervention skimmed milk powder placed on sale should have entered into storage before 1 May 2009.












(2)


Given the current situation on the skimmed milk powder market in terms of demand and prices and the level of intervention stocks, it is appropriate that skimmed milk powder entered into storage before 1 November 2009 is made available for sale.












(3)


Regulation (EU) No 447/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(4)


In order to make the skimmed milk powder available for sale without delay, this regulation should enter into force immediately after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.












(5)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 447/2010 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1
Scope
Sales by a tendering procedure of skimmed milk powder entered into storage before 1 November 2009 are open, under the conditions provided for in Title III of Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009.’



Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of 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, 21 January 2011.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

Štefan FÜLE
            

Member of the Commission






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

(2)  
            OJ L 126, 22.5.2010, p. 19.
Case C-33/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Administrative Court (Finland) lodged on 21 January 2011 — A Oy
Date: 2011-01-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Finland, VAT, air transport, interpretation of the law, tax system








C_2011089EN.01001102.xml










19.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 89/11





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Administrative Court (Finland) lodged on 21 January 2011 — A Oy
(Case C-33/11)
2011/C 89/21
Language of the case: Finnish

Referring court

Supreme Administrative Court

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: A Oy

Defendant: Veronsaajien oikeudenvalvontayksikkö

Questions referred







1.


Is Article 15(6) of the Sixth VAT Directive 77/388/EEC (1) to be interpreted as meaning that the concept ‘airline operating for reward chiefly on international routes’ also refers to a commercial airline operating for reward chiefly on international charter routes for the requirements of companies and private persons?










2.


Is Article 15(6) of the Sixth VAT Directive 77/388/EEC to be interpreted as meaning that the exemption provided therein only applies to that supply of aircraft which takes place directly to airlines operating for reward chiefly on international routes, or does this exemption also apply to the supply of aircraft to a operator which does not itself operate for reward chiefly on international routes, but which in turn supplies the aircraft for the use of such an operator?










3.


Having regard to the reply given to the second question above, is it of significance that the owner of the aircraft in turn makes a charge for the use of the aircraft to a private person who is its shareholder, who uses the procured aircraft for his own business and/or private use, taking into account the fact that the airline has also been able to use the aircraft for other flights?






(1)  Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (OJ 1977 L 145, p. 1).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5778 — Novartis/Alcon)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, medical device, merger control








C_2011020EN.01000802.xml










21.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 20/8





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5778 — Novartis/Alcon)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 20/04
On 9 August 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 32010M5778. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Information on the date of signature of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Partnership Agreement in the fisheries sector between the European Community and the Union of the Comoros
Date: 2011-01-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Comoros, cooperation agreement, economic development, fishery management, fishing agreement, fishing area, fishing industry, fishing rights








L_2011018EN.01000701.xml










21.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 18/7







Information on the date of signature of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Partnership Agreement in the fisheries sector between the European Community and the Union of the Comoros

The European Union and the Government of the Union of the Comoros signed the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Partnership Agreement in the fisheries sector in Brussels on 31 December 2010.
The Protocol accordingly applies provisionally from 31 December 2010 pursuant to Article 13 thereof.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6044 — Alliance Boots/Andreae-Noris Zahn)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: distributor, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, pharmaceutical product








C_2011020EN.01000901.xml










21.1.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 20/9





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6044 — Alliance Boots/Andreae-Noris Zahn)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 20/05
On 16 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 32010M6044. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case T-54/07: Order of the General Court of 21 January 2011 — Vtesse Networks Ltd v Commission (Application for annulment — State aid — Telecommunications — Tax on non-domestic property of undertakings in the United Kingdom — Decision finding that the measure at issue does not constitute aid — No individual concern — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2011-01-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Commission, State aid, United Kingdom, action for annulment (EU), control of State aid, property tax, tax relief, telecommunications industry








C_2011080EN.01001802.xml










12.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 80/18





Order of the General Court of 21 January 2011 — Vtesse Networks Ltd v Commission
(Case T-54/07) (1)

(Application for annulment - State aid - Telecommunications - Tax on non-domestic property of undertakings in the United Kingdom - Decision finding that the measure at issue does not constitute aid - No individual concern - Inadmissibility)
2011/C 80/35
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Vtesse Networks Ltd (Hertford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom) (represented by: H. Mercer, Barrister, and J. Ballard, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: N. Khan and H. van Vliet, Agents)

Interveners in support of the applicant: AboveNet Communications UK Ltd, (London, United Kingdom); Gamma Telecom Ltd (Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom) and VTL (UK) Ltd (Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom), represented by I. Forrester QC, C. Arhold and K. Struckmann, lawyers)

Interveners in support of the defendant: British Telecommunications plc, (London, United Kingdom), (represented by G. Robert and C. Berg, Solicitors) and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by V. Jackson, Agent, and by C. Vajda QC and T. Morshead, Barrister)

Re:

Application for annulment in part of Commission Decision 2006/951/EC of 12 October 2006 on the United Kingdom’s application of the tax on non-domestic property to telecommunications infrastructure in the United Kingdom (No C-4/2005 (ex NN 57/2004, ex CP 26/2004)) (OJ 2006 L 383, p. 70)

Operative part of the order







1.


The application is dismissed as inadmissible.










2.


Vtesse Networks Ltd shall bear its own costs and pay the costs of the European Commission.










3.


The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, AboveNet Communications UK Ltd, Gamma Telecom Ltd, VTL (UK) Ltd and British Telecommunications plc shall bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 82, 14.4.2007.
Case F-5/11: Action brought on 21 January 2011 — Mariën v Commission
Date: 2011-01-21
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: Afghanistan, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, damages, international civil servant








C_2011139EN.01003001.xml










7.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 139/30





Action brought on 21 January 2011 — Mariën v Commission
(Case F-5/11)
2011/C 139/55
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Peter Mariën (Elsene, Belgium) (represented by: B. Theeuwes and F. Pons, attorneys)

Defendant: European commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

The annulment of the decision of Head of the EU Delegation to Afghanistan which ordered to members of this Delegation to leave their hotel and to move into a housing compound of the EU.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision contained in the e-mail message of January 11, 2011 of EU Special Representative and Head of the EU Delegation to Afghanistan ordering the Applicant to relocate on January 14, 2011 to the residential compound in Kabul, Afghanistan;










—


order the Commission to bear all costs relating to the temporary residence measures;










—


order the Commission to pay an indemnity of 10 000 euros to the Applicant for the psychological stress and harm caused;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs of the proceedings.
Case T-416/06: Order of the General Court of 21 January 2011 — Sumitomo Chemical Agro Europe v Commission
Date: 2011-01-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), fruit vegetable, marketing, plant health control, plant health product, stone fruit








C_2011089EN.01002702.xml










19.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 89/27





Order of the General Court of 21 January 2011 — Sumitomo Chemical Agro Europe v Commission
(Case T-416/06) (1)

2011/C 89/53
Language of the case: English
The President of the First Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 42, 24.2.2007.
Case C-32/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Magyar Köztársaság Legfelsőbb Bírósága (Hungary) lodged on 21 January 2011 — Allianz Hungária Biztosító Zrt., Generali-Providencia Biztosító Zrt., Gépjármű Márkakereskedők Országos Szövetsége, Magyar Peugeot Márkakereskedők Biztosítási Alkusz Kft. And Paragon-Alkusz Zrt., legal successor of Magyar Opelkereskedők Bróker Kft. v Gazdasági Versenyhivatal
Date: 2011-01-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Hungary, insurance company, inter-company agreement, vehicle








C_2011145EN.01000401.xml










14.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 145/4





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Magyar Köztársaság Legfelsőbb Bírósága (Hungary) lodged on 21 January 2011 — Allianz Hungária Biztosító Zrt., Generali-Providencia Biztosító Zrt., Gépjármű Márkakereskedők Országos Szövetsége, Magyar Peugeot Márkakereskedők Biztosítási Alkusz Kft. And Paragon-Alkusz Zrt., legal successor of Magyar Opelkereskedők Bróker Kft. v Gazdasági Versenyhivatal
(Case C-32/11)
2011/C 145/04
Language of the case: Hungarian

Referring court

Magyar Köztársaság Legfelsőbb Bírósága

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Allianz Hungária Biztosító Zrt., Generali-Providencia Biztosító Zrt., Gépjármű Márkakereskedők Országos Szövetsége, Magyar Peugeot Márkakereskedők Biztosítási Alkusz Kft., Paragon-Alkusz Zrt., legal successor of Magyar Opelkereskedők Bróker Kft.

Defendant: Gazdasági Versenyhivatal

Question referred

Do bilateral agreements between an insurance company and individual car repairers, or between an insurance company and a car repairers’ association, under which the hourly repair charge paid by the insurance company to the repairer for the repair of vehicles insured by the insurance company depends, among other things, on the number and scale of insurance policies taken out with the insurance company by the repairer, as the insurance broker for the insurance company in question, qualify as agreements which have as their object the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition, and thus contravene Article 101(1) TFEU?