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Case T-385/07: Judgment of the Court of 17 February 2011 — FIFA v Commission (Television broadcasting — Article 3a of Directive 89/552/EEC — Measures taken by the Kingdom of Belgium concerning events of major importance for Belgian society — Football World Cup — Decision declaring the measures compatible with Community law — Statement of reasons — Articles 43 EC and 49 EC — Right to property)
Date: 2011-02-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Belgium, European Commission, action for annulment (EU), broadcasting, exclusive distribution agreement, freedom to provide services, sporting event, television








C_2011103EN.01001902.xml










2.4.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 103/19





Judgment of the Court of 17 February 2011 — FIFA v Commission
(Case T-385/07) (1)

(Television broadcasting - Article 3a of Directive 89/552/EEC - Measures taken by the Kingdom of Belgium concerning events of major importance for Belgian society - Football World Cup - Decision declaring the measures compatible with Community law - Statement of reasons - Articles 43 EC and 49 EC - Right to property)
2011/C 103/33
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) (Zurich, Switzerland) (represented initially by: R. Denton, E. Batchelor, F. Young, Solicitors, and A. Barav, lawyer, and subsequently by E. Batchelor, A. Barav, D. Reymond, lawyer, and F. Carlin, Barrister)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: E. Montaguti and N. Yerrell, Agents, assisted by J. Flynn, QC, and L. Maya, Barrister)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: L. Van den Broeck and C. Pochet, Agents, assisted by J. Stuyck, A. Berenboom and A. Joachimowicz, lawyers); Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: M. Lumma and J. Möller, Agents); and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: S. Behzadi-Spencer, E. Jenkinson and L. Seeboruth, Agents, assisted initially by T. de la Mare, and subsequently by B. Kennelly, Barristers)

Re:

Application for partial annulment of Commission Decision 2007/479/EC of 25 June 2007 on the compatibility with Community law of measures taken by Belgium pursuant to Article 3a(1) of Council Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (OJ 2007 L 180, p. 24).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;










3.


Orders the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 315, 22.12.2007.
Case T-486/10 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 17 February 2011 — Iberdrola v Commission (Interim measures — State aid — Compensation for the additional production costs of certain power plants arising from the public service obligation to produce certain volumes of electricity out of indigenous coal and implementation of a ‘preferential dispatch mechanism’ in their favour — Decision not to raise objections — Application for suspension of operation — Prima facie case — Lack of urgency — Weighing of the interests)
Date: 2011-02-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Commission, State aid, action for annulment, energy industry








C_2011152EN.01002202.xml










21.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 152/22





Order of the President of the General Court of 17 February 2011 — Iberdrola v Commission
(Case T-486/10 R)
(Interim measures - State aid - Compensation for the additional production costs of certain power plants arising from the public service obligation to produce certain volumes of electricity out of indigenous coal and implementation of a ‘preferential dispatch mechanism’ in their favour - Decision not to raise objections - Application for suspension of operation - Prima facie case - Lack of urgency - Weighing of the interests)
2011/C 152/41
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Iberdrola, SA (Bilbao, Spain) (represented by: J. Ruiz Calzado and É. Barbier de la Serre, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: É. Gippini Fournier and C. Urraca Caviedes, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: J.M. Rodríguez Cárcamo, acting as Agent)

Re:

Application for interim measures seeking, in essence, an order for the suspension of operation of Commission Decision C(2010) 4499 of 29 September 2010 relating to State aid No N 178/2010 notified by the Kingdom of Spain in the form of a public service compensation linked to a preferential dispatch mechanism in favour of electricity power plants which use indigenous coal

Operative part of the order







1.


E.ON Generación, SL, Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico SA and the Federación Nacional de Empresarios de Minas de Carbón are granted leave to intervene in support of the form of order sought by the European Commission.










2.


The order of the President of the General Court of 3 November 2010 in Case T-486/10 R Iberdrola v Commission, not published in the ECR, is cancelled.










3.


A period shall be fixed for Iberdrola, the Commission and the Kingdom of Spain to request that certain confidential information in the file and in the present order be excluded from communication to the parties referred to in point 1 of this operative part and to provide, for the purposes of that communication, a non-confidential version of the documents in the file and of the present order.










4.


The costs are reserved.
Case T-274/10: Order of the General Court of 17 February 2011 — Suez Environnement and Lyonnaise des eaux France v Commission
Date: 2011-02-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: action for annulment, economic concentration, merger control, wastewater, water supply, water treatment








C_2011113EN.01002101.xml










9.4.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 113/21





Order of the General Court of 17 February 2011 — Suez Environnement and Lyonnaise des eaux France v Commission
(Case T-274/10) (1)

2011/C 113/43
Language of the case: French
The President of the Fourth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 234, 28.8.2010.
Case T-104/11: Action brought on 17 February 2011 — Ferrari v OHIM (PERLE’)
Date: 2011-02-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), trade-mark law








C_2011113EN.01002001.xml










9.4.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 113/20





Action brought on 17 February 2011 — Ferrari v OHIM (PERLE’)
(Case T-104/11)
2011/C 113/39
Language in which the application was lodged: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Ferrari F.lli Lunelli SpA (Trento, Italy) (represented by P. Perani and G. Ghisletti, lawyers)

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

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM in Case R 1249/2010-2 delivered on 8 December 2010 and notified on 17 December 2010.










—


Order OHIM to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Community trade mark concerned: International figurative mark (No W 10510030) containing the word element ‘PERLE’’ for goods in Classes 3, 25 and 33 in respect of which the applicant has sought Community protection.

Decision of the Examiner: Rejected in part the request for protection.

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissed the appeal.

Pleas in law: Misapplication of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and (2) of Regulation No 207/2009.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2011-02-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2011050EN.01000101.xml










17.2.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 50/1





Euro exchange rates (1)

16 February 2011
2011/C 50/01

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3510




JPY


Japanese yen


113,12




DKK


Danish krone


7,4563




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84190




SEK


Swedish krona


8,7325




CHF


Swiss franc


1,3073




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,8275




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,325




HUF


Hungarian forint


270,77




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7053




PLN


Polish zloty


3,9093




RON


Romanian leu


4,2492




TRY


Turkish lira


2,1425




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3507




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3328




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,5248




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7931




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7293




KRW


South Korean won


1 513,00




ZAR


South African rand


9,8147




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,8963




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4080




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 008,79




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,1158




PHP


Philippine peso


58,818




RUB


Russian rouble


39,6080




THB


Thai baht


41,395




BRL


Brazilian real


2,2542




MXN


Mexican peso


16,3809




INR


Indian rupee


61,4980






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-330/09: Order of the General Court of 17 February 2011 — RapidEye v Commission (Action for annulment — State aid — Aid granted by the German authorities pursuant to the multi-sectoral framework on regional aid — Satellite-based geo-information services system project — Request for confirmation of the scope of a decision declaring aid to be compatible with the common market — Commission's response — Measure not open to appeal — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2011-02-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Commission, Germany, State aid, action for annulment (EU), control of State aid, investment aid, regional aid








C_2011113EN.01001301.xml










9.4.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 113/13





Order of the General Court of 17 February 2011 — RapidEye v Commission
(Case T-330/09) (1)

(Action for annulment - State aid - Aid granted by the German authorities pursuant to the multi-sectoral framework on regional aid - Satellite-based geo-information services system project - Request for confirmation of the scope of a decision declaring aid to be compatible with the common market - Commission's response - Measure not open to appeal - Inadmissibility)
2011/C 113/25
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: RapidEye AG (Brandenbourg-sur-la-Havel, Germany) (represented by: T. Jestaedt, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: K. Gross and B. Martenczuk, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision allegedly contained in the letter from the Commission of 9 June 2009, relating to the aid granted to RapidEye AG by the German authorities for the creation of a satellite-based geo-information services system (State Aid CP 183/2009 — Germany, RapidEye AG (ex-post monitoring MSR 1998 — N 416/2002)).

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as inadmissible.










2.


RapidEye AG shall pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 267, 7.11.2009.
Decision to close the formal investigation procedure after withdrawal by Member State — State aid — Germany (Articles 107 to 109 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) — Commission notice pursuant to Article 108(2) of the TFEU — Withdrawal of notification — State aid C 22/10 (ex N 701/09) — Aid to innovation assistants (R&D) — Germany  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-02-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information








C_2011050EN.01000301.xml










17.2.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 50/3





DECISION TO CLOSE THE FORMAL INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE AFTER WITHDRAWAL BY MEMBER STATE
State aid — Germany
(Articles 107 to 109 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union)
Commission notice pursuant to Article 108(2) of the TFEU — Withdrawal of notification
State aid C 22/10 (ex N 701/09) — Aid to innovation assistants (R&D) — Germany
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 50/03
The Commission has decided to close the formal investigation procedure under Article 108(2) of the TFEU, initiated on 29 September 2010 (1) in respect of the measure referred to above, recording that Germany has withdrawn its notification on 23 November 2010.


(1)  OJ C 302, 9.11.2010, p. 24.
Case T-68/08: Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2011 — FIFA v Commission (Television broadcasting — Article 3a of Directive 89/552/EEC — Measures taken by the United Kingdom concerning events of major importance to United Kingdom society — Football World Cup — Decision declaring the measures compatible with Community law — Statement of reasons — Articles 43 EC, 49 EC and 86 EC — Right to property)
Date: 2011-02-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), competition law, free movement of programmes, professional sport, sporting event, sports body








C_2011103EN.01002002.xml










2.4.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 103/20





Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2011 — FIFA v Commission
(Case T-68/08) (1)

(Television broadcasting - Article 3a of Directive 89/552/EEC - Measures taken by the United Kingdom concerning events of major importance to United Kingdom society - Football World Cup - Decision declaring the measures compatible with Community law - Statement of reasons - Articles 43 EC, 49 EC and 86 EC - Right to property)
2011/C 103/35
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) (Zurich, Switzerland) (represented by: initially by E. Batchelor, F. Young, Solicitors, A. Barav, D. Reymond, lawyers and F. Carlin, Barrister, and subsequently by E. Batchelor, A. Barav, D. Reymond, lawyers and F. Carlin, Barrister)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: initially by F. Benyon, E. Montaguti and N. Yerrell and subsequently by F. Benyon and E. Montaguti, Agents, assisted by J. Flynn QC and M. Lester, Barrister)
Interveners in support of the defendants: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by C. Pochet, Agent, assisted by J. Stuyck and A. Joachimowicz, lawyers); and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented initially by S. Behzadi-Spencer and V. Jackson and subsequently by S. Behzadi-Spencer and L. Seeboruth, Agents, assisted initially by T. de la Mare and subsequently by B. Kennelly, Barristers)

Re:

Partial annulment of Commission Decision 2007/730/EC of 16 October 2007 on the compatibility with Community law of measures taken by the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 3a(1) of Council Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (OJ 2007 L 295, p. 12).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;










3.


Orders the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 107, 26.4.2008.
Case T-490/10 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 17 February 2011 — Endesa and Endesa Generación v Commission (Interim measures — State aid — Compensation for the additional production costs of certain power plants arising from the public service obligation to produce certain volumes of electricity out of indigenous coal and implementation of a ‘preferential dispatch mechanism’ in their favour — Decision not to raise objections — Application for suspension of operation — Prima facie case — Lack of urgency — Weighing of the interests)
Date: 2011-02-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Commission, State aid, action for annulment, energy industry








C_2011152EN.01002301.xml










21.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 152/23





Order of the President of the General Court of 17 February 2011 — Endesa and Endesa Generación v Commission
(Case T-490/10 R)
(Interim measures - State aid - Compensation for the additional production costs of certain power plants arising from the public service obligation to produce certain volumes of electricity out of indigenous coal and implementation of a ‘preferential dispatch mechanism’ in their favour - Decision not to raise objections - Application for suspension of operation - Prima facie case - Lack of urgency - Weighing of the interests)
2011/C 152/42
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicants: Endesa, SA (Madrid, Spain) and Endesa Generación, SA (Seville, Spain) (represented by: M. Merola, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: É. Gippini Fournier and C. Urraca Caviedes, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: J.M. Rodríguez Cárcamo, acting as Agent)

Re:

Application for interim measures seeking, in essence, an order for the suspension of operation of Commission Decision C(2010) 4499 of 29 September 2010 relating to State aid No N 178/2010 notified by the Kingdom of Spain in the form of a public service compensation linked to a preferential dispatch mechanism in favour of electricity power plants which use indigenous coal

Operative part of the order







1.


E.ON Generación, SL, Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico SA and the Federación Nacional de Empresarios de Minas de Carbón are granted leave to intervene in support of the form of order sought by the European Commission.










2.


The order of the President of the General Court of 3 November 2010 in Case T-490/10 R Endesa and Endesa Generación v Commission, not published in the ECR, is cancelled.










3.


A period shall be fixed for Endesa, SA, Endesa Generación, SA, the Commission and the Kingdom of Spain to request that certain confidential information in the file and in the present order be excluded from communication to the parties referred to in point 1 of this operative part and to provide, for the purposes of that communication, a non-confidential version of the documents in the file and of the present order.










4.


The costs are reserved.
Free trade agreement between the EU and the Republic of Korea *** European Parliament legislative resolution of 17 February 2011 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part (08505/2010 – C7-0320/2010 – 2010/0075(NLE))
Date: 2011-02-17
Institutions: Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Committee on International Trade, European Parliament
Subjects: South Korea, free-trade agreement, ratification of an agreement, trade agreement (EU)








CE2012188EN.01011301.xml










28.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CE 188/113





Thursday 17 February 2011Free trade agreement between the EU and the Republic of Korea ***
P7_TA(2011)0063
European Parliament legislative resolution of 17 February 2011 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part (08505/2010 – C7-0320/2010 – 2010/0075(NLE))
2012/C 188 E/31
(Consent)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the draft Council decision (08505/2010),










—


having regard to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part (08530/2010),










—


having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Articles 91, Article 100(2), Article167(3), Article 207 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C7-0320/2010),










—


having regard to Rules 81 and 90(8) of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade and the opinion of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A7-0034/2011),










1.


Consents to conclusion of the agreement;










2.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Korea.
Case T-324/09: Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2011 — J & F Participações v OHIM — Plusfood Wrexham (Friboi) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark Friboi — Earlier national word mark FRIBO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Date: 2011-02-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), agricultural product, trade-mark law








C_2011103EN.01002201.xml










2.4.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 103/22





Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2011 — J & F Participações v OHIM — Plusfood Wrexham (Friboi)
(Case T-324/09) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark Friboi - Earlier national word mark FRIBO - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009)
2011/C 103/38
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: J & F Participações SA (Sorocaba, Brazil) (represented by: A. Fernández Fernández-Pacheco, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J.F. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Plusfood Wrexham Ltd (Llay, Wrexham, United Kingdom) (represented by: G. van Roeyen, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 22 April 2009 (Case R 824/2008-1), concerning opposition proceedings between Fribo Foods Ltd and Agropecuaria Friboi, Ltda.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders J & F Participações SA to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 256, 24.10.2009.