do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-398/10: Order of the President of the Court of 3 January 2011 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic
Date: 2011-03-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Greece, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, geographical information system, information network








C_2011089EN.01001306.xml










19.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 89/13





Order of the President of the Court of 3 January 2011 — European Commission v Hellenic Republic
(Case C-398/10) (1)

2011/C 89/30
Language of the case: Greek
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 274, 9.10.2010.
Case T-110/07: Judgment of the General Court of 3 March 2011 — Siemens v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market in gas insulated switchgear projects — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement — Market sharing — Effects within the common market — Concept of continuous infringement — Duration of the infringement — Limitation period — Fines — Proportionality — Aggravating circumstances — Role of leader — Mitigating circumstances — Cooperation)
Date: 2011-03-03
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Commission, Germany, action for annulment (EU), electrical equipment, fine, restrictive trade practice








C_2011113EN.01001001.xml










9.4.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 113/10





Judgment of the General Court of 3 March 2011 — Siemens v Commission
(Case T-110/07) (1)

(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market in gas insulated switchgear projects - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement - Market sharing - Effects within the common market - Concept of continuous infringement - Duration of the infringement - Limitation period - Fines - Proportionality - Aggravating circumstances - Role of leader - Mitigating circumstances - Cooperation)
2011/C 113/19
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Siemens (Berlin and Munich, Germany) (represented: initially by I. Brinker, T. Loest and C. Steinle, and subsequently by I. Brinker and C. Steinle, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented: initially by F. Arbault and O. Weber, and subsequently by X. Lewis and R. Sauer, and lastly by R. Sauer and A. Antoniadis, Agents)

Re:

Partial annulment of Commission Decision C(2006) 6762 final of 24 January 2007 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/F/38.899 — Gas insulated switchgear) and, in the alternative, a reduction in the amount of fine imposed on the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the application;










2.


Orders Siemens to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 140, 23.6.2007.
Notice of the expiry of certain countervailing measures
Date: 2011-03-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: India, anti-dumping legislation, countervailing charge, originating product, plastics








C_2011068EN.01000601.xml










3.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 68/6





Notice of the expiry of certain countervailing measures
2011/C 68/05
Further to the publication of a notice of impending expiry (1) following which no request for a review was lodged, the Commission gives notice that the countervailing measure mentioned below will shortly expire.
This notice is published in accordance with Article 18(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 of 11 June 2009 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community (2).









Product


Country of origin or exportation


Measures


Reference


Date of expiry




Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film


India


Countervailing duty


Council Regulation (EC) No 367/2006 (OJ L 68, 8.3.2006, p. 15) as last amended by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 806/2010 (OJ L 242, 15.9.2010, p. 6)


9.3.2011






(1)  OJ C 294, 29.10.2010, p. 9.

(2)  OJ L 188, 18.7.2009, p. 93.
Call for applications 2011 — Second Programme of Community action in the field of Health (2008-2013)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-03-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, financial management, general budget (EU), health care system, health policy, implementation of the budget, invitation to tender, public health








C_2011068EN.01000501.xml










3.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 68/5





Call for applications 2011
Second Programme of Community action in the field of Health (2008-2013)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 68/04
A call for applications ‘Health — 2011’ is launched today within the framework of the Second Programme of Community action in the field of Health (2008-2013) (1).
This call for applications consists of the following parts:






—


a call for proposals for the award of a financial contribution to specific actions in the form of projects,










—


a call for proposals for the award of a financial contribution to specific actions in the form of conferences,










—


a call for proposals for the award of a financial contribution to the functioning of non-governmental bodies and specialised networks (operating grants),










—


an invitation to Member States and participating countries for submission of joint actions.




The deadline for submissions of the proposals under each call is 27 May 2011.
All the information, including the Commission Decision of 22 February 2011 on the adoption of the work plan for 2011 for the implementation of the second programme of Community action in the field of health (2008-2013), and on the selection, award and other criteria for financial contributions to the actions of this programme (2), are available on the website of the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers at the following address:
http://ec.europa.eu/eahc


(1)  Decision No 1350/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 establishing a Second Programme of Community action in the field of Health (2008-2013) (OJ L 301, 20.11.2007, p. 3).

(2)  OJ C 69, 3.3.2011, p. 1.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 218/2011 of 3 March 2011 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2011-03-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit








L_2011059EN.01002101.xml










4.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 59/21








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 218/2011
of 3 March 2011
         
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables


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),


Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in particular Article 138(1) thereof,

Whereas:

Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 March 2011.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 March 2011.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

José Manuel SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
            

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development






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

(2)  
            OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1.




ANNEX
Standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables







(EUR/100 kg)




CN code


Third country code (1)



Standard import value




0702 00 00 


IL 


122,2 




MA 


45,8 




TN 


92,7 




TR 


101,1 




ZZ 


90,5 




0707 00 05 


TR 


164,7 




ZZ 


164,7 




0709 90 70 


MA 


31,6 




TR 


132,7 




ZZ 


82,2 




0805 10 20 


EG 


55,0 




IL 


76,8 




MA 


62,9 




TN 


42,9 




TR 


65,9 




ZA 


37,9 




ZZ 


56,9 




0805 50 10 


MA 


45,9 




TR 


53,6 




ZZ 


49,8 




0808 10 80 


BR 


55,2 




CA 


126,3 




CL 


90,0 




CN 


109,4 




MK 


54,8 




US 


112,1 




ZZ 


91,3 




0808 20 50 


AR 


93,2 




CL 


84,9 




CN 


65,8 




US 


92,6 




ZA 


103,2 




ZZ 


87,9 






(1)  Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). Code ‘
            ZZ
            ’ stands for ‘of other origin’.
Case C-109/11: Action brought on 3 March 2011 — European Commission v Czech Republic
Date: 2011-03-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, appeal, regions of the Czech Republic, tax harmonisation, tax on consumption








C_2011160EN.01001101.xml










28.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 160/11





Action brought on 3 March 2011 — European Commission v Czech Republic
(Case C-109/11)
2011/C 160/11
Language of the case: Czech

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: K. Walker and D. Triantafyllou, acting as Agents)

Defendants: Czech Republic

Form of order sought







—


Declare that, by authorising non-taxable persons to become members of a VAT group, the Czech Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 9 and 11 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax; (1)











—


order the Czech Republic to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

According to Article 9(1) of Directive 2006/112/EC, ‘taxable person’ shall mean any person who, independently, carries out in any place any economic activity, whatever the purpose or results of that activity. Article 11 of that directive provides that, after consulting the advisory committee on value added tax (hereafter, the ‘VAT Committee’), each Member State may regard as a single taxable person any persons established in the territory of that Member State who, while legally independent, are closely bound to one another by financial, economic and organisational links.
In the opinion of the Commission, by permitting non-taxable persons to become members of VAT groups in accordance with Article 11 of Directive 2006/112/EC, the Czech Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 9 and 11 of Regulation 20é6/112/EC.


(1)  OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1.
Case C-134/10: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 3 March 2011 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2002/22/EC — Article 31 — Criteria for awarding ‘must-carry’ status — General interest objectives permitting the award of that status — Impact of the number of end-users of communications networks on the award of that status — Principle of proportionality)
Date: 2011-03-03
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, United Kingdom, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, consumer protection, electronic mail, universal service








C_2011130EN.01000702.xml










30.4.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 130/7





Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 3 March 2011 — European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium
(Case C-134/10) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2002/22/EC - Article 31 - Criteria for awarding ‘must-carry’ status - General interest objectives permitting the award of that status - Impact of the number of end-users of communications networks on the award of that status - Principle of proportionality)
2011/C 130/12
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: A. Nijenhuis and C. Vrignon, Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: M. Jacobs and T. Materne, Agents)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Incorrect transposition of Article 31 of Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive) (OJ 2002 L 108, p. 51) - Criteria for the award of the ‘must-carry’ status concerning radio and television - General interest objectives for the award of such status - Impact of the number of the network’s end-users on the award of such status - Principle of proportionality

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by failing correctly to transpose Article 31 of Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (‘Universal Service Directive’), the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under the provisions of that Directive and Article 56 TFEU.










2.


Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 161, 19.6.2010.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2011-03-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2011068EN.01000401.xml










3.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 68/4





Euro exchange rates (1)

2 March 2011
2011/C 68/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3809




JPY


Japanese yen


113,33




DKK


Danish krone


7,4559




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84780




SEK


Swedish krona


8,7330




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2799




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,7020




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,289




HUF


Hungarian forint


271,28




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7050




PLN


Polish zloty


3,9845




RON


Romanian leu


4,2030




TRY


Turkish lira


2,2353




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3619




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3454




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,7585




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8634




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7547




KRW


South Korean won


1 554,74




ZAR


South African rand


9,5742




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,0760




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4225




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 171,77




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,1917




PHP


Philippine peso


60,002




RUB


Russian rouble


39,3190




THB


Thai baht


42,200




BRL


Brazilian real


2,2951




MXN


Mexican peso


16,7422




INR


Indian rupee


62,0710






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6127 — Atos Origin/Siemens IT Solutions & Services)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-03-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, information technology, merger control, technology








C_2011068EN.01000801.xml










3.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 68/8





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6127 — Atos Origin/Siemens IT Solutions & Services)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 68/07






1.


On 24 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 Atos Origin SA (‘AO’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the undertaking Siemens IT Solutions and Services GmbH (‘SIS Holding’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for AO: various information technology services such as Consulting, Systems Integration and Managed Operations (Design, Build and Operate),










—


for SIS Holding: comprehensive IT services (IT infrastructure, IT application management, business process outsourcing and maintenance services), industry specific IT solutions, IT consulting services and system integration services.














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.6127 — Atos Origin/Siemens IT Solutions & Services, 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’).
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 220/2011 of 3 March 2011 fixing the minimum selling price for skimmed milk powder for the 17th individual invitation to tender within the tendering procedure opened by Regulation (EU) No 447/2010
Date: 2011-03-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, market intervention, minimum price, selling price, skimmed milk powder








L_2011059EN.01002501.xml










4.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 59/25








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 220/2011
of 3 March 2011
         
fixing the minimum selling price for skimmed milk powder for the 17th individual invitation to tender within the tendering procedure opened by Regulation (EU) No 447/2010


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(j), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 447/2010 (2) has opened the sales of skimmed milk powder by a tendering procedure, in accordance with the conditions provided for in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 of 11 December 2009 laying down common detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards buying-in and selling of agricultural products under public intervention (3).












(2)


In the light of the tenders received in response to individual invitations to tender, the Commission should fix a minimum selling price or should decide not to fix a minimum selling price, in accordance with Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009.












(3)


In the light of the tenders received for the 17th individual invitation to tender, a minimum selling price should be fixed.












(4)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
For the 17th individual invitation to tender for selling of skimmed milk powder within the tendering procedure opened by Regulation (EU) No 447/2010, in respect of which the time limit for the submission of tenders expired on 1 March 2011, the minimum selling price for skimmed milk powder shall be EUR 252,10/100 kg.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 March 2011.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 March 2011.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
José Manuel SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
            

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development






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

(2)  
            OJ L 126, 22.5.2010, p. 19.

(3)  
            OJ L 349, 29.12.2009, p. 1.
Corrigendum to the notice of open competition EPSO/AST/111/10 — Secretaries (AST 1) — DA/DE/EN/ES/FR/MT/NL/PT/SV ( OJ C 312 A, 17.11.2010 )
Date: 2011-03-03
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: EPSO, administrative competition, invitation to tender








CA2011068EN.01000201.xml










3.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CA 68/2





Corrigendum to the notice of open competition EPSO/AST/111/10 — Secretaries (AST 1) — DA/DE/EN/ES/FR/MT/NL/PT/SV

(
Official Journal of the European Union C 312 A of 17 November 2010
)

(2011/C 68 A/02)
On page 3, in Section IV.2:
for:








‘Test (d)



Professional capability:


accuracy and precision




Marking: 0-20


Pass mark: 10





Test (e)



Professional capability:


prioritising and organising




Marking: 0-20


Pass mark: 10’






read:








‘Test (d)



Professional capability:


accuracy and precision




Marking: 0-20





Test (e)



Professional capability:


prioritising and organising




Marking: 0-20





 



The aggregate pass mark for tests (d) and (e) is 20’
Case T-589/08: Judgment of the General Court of 3 March 2011 — Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission (Public service contracts — Tender procedure — Provision of IT and user support services relating to the Community emissions trading scheme — Rejection of bid — Award criteria — Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based — Manifest error of assessment — Equal treatment — Transparency)
Date: 2011-03-03
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), award of contract, invitation to tender, reduction of gas emissions








C_2011113EN.01001203.xml










9.4.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 113/12





Judgment of the General Court of 3 March 2011 — Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
(Case T-589/08) (1)

(Public service contracts - Tender procedure - Provision of IT and user support services relating to the Community emissions trading scheme - Rejection of bid - Award criteria - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based - Manifest error of assessment - Equal treatment - Transparency)
2011/C 113/24
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE, (Athens, Greece) (represented by: N. Korogiannakis, P. Katsimani and M. Dermitzakis, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Wytinck and B. Hoorelbeke, lawyers)

Re:

First, application for the annulment of the Commission’s decisions of 13 October 2008, rejecting the bids submitted by the applicant for each of the three lots relating to open invitation to tender DG ENV.C2/FRA/2008/0017 ‘Framework contract for Emission Trading Scheme — CITL/CR’ (2008/S 72-096229) and to award those contracts to another tenderer and, secondly, claim for damages

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 69, 21.3.2009.