do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
State aid — Decision to raise no objections
Date: 2011-02-09
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Norway, State aid, control of State aid, energy production, environmental protection








C_2011278EN.01000601.xml










22.9.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 278/6





State aid — Decision to raise no objections
2011/C 278/07
The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following State aid measure:







Date of adoption of the decision


:


9 February 2011




Case number


:


69042




Decision Number


:


39/11/COL




EFTA State


:


Norway




Name of the beneficiary


:


Finnfjord AS




Type of measure


:


Individual aid under the Energy Fund Scheme, subject to a detailed assessment under the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection




Scheme


:


The Energy Fund scheme approved by the EFTA Surveillance Authority with Decision No 125/06/COL on 3 May 2006




Objective


:


Environmental protection




Form of aid


:


Grant




Aid amount


:


NOK 175 million




Economic sectors


:


Electricity production




Name and address of the granting authority


:







Enova SF




Professor Borchsgt. 2




7030 Trondheim




NORWAY








The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:
http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/
Case C-341/09 P: Order of the President of the Court of 9 February 2011 — Acegas-APS SpA, formerly Acqua, Elettricità, Gas e servizi SpA (Acegas) v European Commission
Date: 2011-02-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: State aid, action for annulment (EU), large business, regions of Italy, rights of the defence, tax exemption








C_2011252EN.01002603.xml










27.8.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 252/26





Order of the President of the Court of 9 February 2011 — Acegas-APS SpA, formerly Acqua, Elettricità, Gas e servizi SpA (Acegas) v European Commission
(Case C-341/09 P) (1)

2011/C 252/50
Language of the case: Italian
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 267, 7.11.2009.
Case C-154/10 P: Order of the President of the Court of 9 February 2011 — Nokia Oyj v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM), Medion AG
Date: 2011-02-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), audiovisual equipment, telecommunications, trade-mark law








C_2011173EN.01000901.xml










11.6.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 173/9





Order of the President of the Court of 9 February 2011 — Nokia Oyj v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM), Medion AG
(Case C-154/10 P) (1)

2011/C 173/18
Language of the case: Finnish
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 179, 3.7.2010.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5986 — Schindler/Droege/ALSO/Actebis)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-02-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: communications industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, information technology industry, investment company, merger control, telecommunications industry








C_2011040EN.01001201.xml










9.2.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 40/12





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5986 — Schindler/Droege/ALSO/Actebis)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 40/06
On 10 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 German 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 32010M5986. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case T-80/11: Action brought on 9 February 2011 — Nath Kalsi v OHIM — American Clothing Associates (RIDGE WOOD)
Date: 2011-02-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), trade-mark law








C_2011103EN.01002601.xml










2.4.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 103/26





Action brought on 9 February 2011 — Nath Kalsi v OHIM — American Clothing Associates (RIDGE WOOD)
(Case T-80/11)
2011/C 103/45
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Dwarka Nath Kalsi and Ajit Nath Kalsi (Agra, India) (represented by: J. Schmidt, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: American Clothing Associates NV (Evergem, Belgium)

Forms of order sought







—


Annul the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 19 November 2010 in Case R 599/2010-1;










—


Order the defendant to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Applicant for a Community trade mark: Dwarka Nath Kalsi and Ajit Nath Kalsi.

Community trade mark concerned: Figurative marks containing the word element ‘RIDGE WOOD’ for goods and services in Classes 18, 24 and 25.

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: American Clothing Associates NV.

Mark or sign cited in opposition: Word mark ‘RIVER WOODS’ and figurative marks containing the word element ‘RIVER WOODS’ und ‘River Woods’ for goods and services in Classes 18, 25 and 40.

Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition dismissed.

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal allowed.

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009, (1) since there is no likelihood of confusion between the two marks at issue; Infringement of Article 15(1) und Article 42 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 on account of failure to prove use of the earlier marks, and infringement of Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009, since the facts presented by American Clothing Associates were insufficient to establish a reputation within the meaning of this Article.


(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6107 — Platinum Equity/Nampak Paper Holdings)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-02-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control








C_2011040EN.01001101.xml










9.2.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 40/11





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6107 — Platinum Equity/Nampak Paper Holdings)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 40/04
On 2 February 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 32011M6107. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case T-222/09: Judgment of the General Court of 9 February 2011 — Ineos Healthcare v OHIM — Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (ALPHAREN) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark ALPHAREN — Earlier national word marks ALPHA D3 — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Examination of the facts of its own motion — Article 74 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 76 of Regulation No 207/2009))
Date: 2011-02-09
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), pharmaceutical industry, trade-mark law








C_2011089EN.01001602.xml










19.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 89/16





Judgment of the General Court of 9 February 2011 — Ineos Healthcare v OHIM — Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (ALPHAREN)
(Case T-222/09) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark ALPHAREN - Earlier national word marks ALPHA D3 - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Examination of the facts of its own motion - Article 74 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 76 of Regulation No 207/2009))
2011/C 89/37
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Ineos Healthcare Ltd (Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister, and A. Smith, Solicitor)

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: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (Jerusalem, Israel)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 24 March 2009 (Case R 1897/2007-2), concerning opposition proceedings between Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and Ineos Healthcare Ltd

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 24 March 2009 (Case R 1897/2007-2) as regards the goods in the following categories: ‘Pharmaceutical and veterinary preparations containing magnesium iron hydroxy carbonate or hydrotalcite or derivatives of these compounds’, ‘Phosphate binders for use in the treatment of hyperphosphataemia’;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay half of the costs incurred by Ineos Healthcare Ltd;










4.


Orders Ineos Healthcare to bear half of its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 180, 1.8.2009.
European economic statistics.
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Case F-11/11: Action brought on 9 February 2011 — Vincent Bouillez and Others v Council
Date: 2011-02-09
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: Council of the European Union, action by staff, personnel administration, promotion, rights of civil servants








C_2011139EN.01003002.xml










7.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 139/30





Action brought on 9 February 2011 — Vincent Bouillez and Others v Council
(Case F-11/11)
2011/C 139/56
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: Vincent Bouillez (Overijse, Belgium) and Others (represented by: S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis and É. Marchal, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision of the appointing authority not to promote the applicants to a higher grade for the promotions year 2010

Form of order sought







—


Annul the Council’s decision of 3 November 2010 dismissing the applicants’ complaint;










—


In so far as necessary, annul the decisions not to promote the applicants to a higher grade for the promotions year 2010;










—


Order the Council to pay the costs.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6055 — Strabag SE/EW4E Group/BMG JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-02-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, economic concentration, energy industry, exchange of information, merger control, waste management








C_2011040EN.01001102.xml










9.2.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 40/11





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6055 — Strabag SE/EW4E Group/BMG JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 40/05
On 2 February 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 German 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 32011M6055. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6137 — Citigroup Inc/Maltby Acquisitions Limited) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-02-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, financial services, merger control, music








C_2011040EN.01002501.xml










9.2.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 40/25





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6137 — Citigroup Inc/Maltby Acquisitions Limited)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 40/15






1.


On 2 February 2011, 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 Citigroup Inc (‘Citi’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the undertaking Maltby Acquisitions Limited (‘MAL’, UK), which holds all the share capital of EMI Group Ltd (‘EMI’, UK) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Citi: financial services,










—


for EMI: music recording, music publishing and online distribution of music.














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.6137 — Citigroup Inc/Maltby Acquisitions Limited, 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.6117 — Assa Abloy/Cardo)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-02-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, safety device, supplier








C_2011040EN.01002401.xml










9.2.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 40/24





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6117 — Assa Abloy/Cardo)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 40/14






1.


On 2 February 2011, 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 Assa Abloy AB (Sweden) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Cardo AB (Sweden) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Assa Abloy AB is a manufacturer and supplier of door opening solutions, i.e. electronic and mechanical security products, locks and associated products such as emergency exit devices and window hardware,










—


Cardo AB is a supplier of industrial doors and logistics systems, waste water treatment systems, process equipment for the pulp and paper industry and garage doors.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.










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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6117 — Assa Abloy/Cardo, 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’).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2011-02-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2011040EN.01001801.xml










9.2.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 40/18





Euro exchange rates (1)

8 February 2011
2011/C 40/09

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3635




JPY


Japanese yen


112,09




DKK


Danish krone


7,4546




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84860




SEK


Swedish krona


8,7715




CHF


Swiss franc


1,3030




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,8590




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,018




HUF


Hungarian forint


269,23




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7022




PLN


Polish zloty


3,8856




RON


Romanian leu


4,2550




TRY


Turkish lira


2,1509




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3457




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3502




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,6097




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7587




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7349




KRW


South Korean won


1 504,34




ZAR


South African rand


9,8957




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,9786




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4148




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 155,40




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,1335




PHP


Philippine peso


59,052




RUB


Russian rouble


39,9615




THB


Thai baht


41,887




BRL


Brazilian real


2,2850




MXN


Mexican peso


16,3859




INR


Indian rupee


61,7630






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-59/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’Appel de Nancy (France) lodged on 9 February 2011 — Association Kokopelli v Graines Baumaux SAS
Date: 2011-02-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: agricultural product nomenclature, crop production, genetically modified organism, interpretation of the law, marketing, single market








C_2011120EN.01000501.xml










16.4.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 120/5





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’Appel de Nancy (France) lodged on 9 February 2011 — Association Kokopelli v Graines Baumaux SAS
(Case C-59/11)
2011/C 120/08
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Cour d’Appel de Nancy

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Association Kokopelli

Defendant: Graines Baumaux SAS

Question referred

Are Council Directives 98/95/EC (1), 2002/53/EC (2) and 2002/55/EC (3) and Commission Directive 2009/145 (4) valid in the light of the following fundamental rights and principles of the European Union, namely, freedom to pursue an economic activity, proportionality, equal treatment or non-discrimination and the free movement of goods, and also in the light of the commitments arising from the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, particularly in so far as they impose restrictions on the production and marketing of old seed and plants?


(1)  Council Directive 98/95/EC of 14 December 1998 amending, in respect of the consolidation of the internal market, genetically modified plant varieties and plant genetic resources, Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC, 69/208/EEC, 70/457/EEC and 70/458/EEC on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed potatoes, seed of oil and fibre plants and vegetable seed and on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (OJ 1999 L 25, p.1).

(2)  Council Directive 2002/53/EC of 13 June 2002 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (OJ 2002 L 193, p. 1).

(3)  Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed (OJ 2002 L 193, p. 33).

(4)  Commission Directive 2009/145/EC of 26 November 2009 providing for certain derogations, for acceptance of vegetable landraces and varieties which have been traditionally grown in particular localities and regions and are threatened by genetic erosion and of vegetable varieties with no intrinsic value for commercial crop production but developed for growing under particular conditions and for marketing of seed of those landraces and varieties (OJ 1999 L 312, p. 44).