do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Appointment of a Member of the European Court of Auditors (Mr Harald Wögerbauer - AT) European Parliament decision of 8 March 2011 on the nomination of Harald Wögerbauer as a Member of the Court of Auditors (C7-0029/2011 – 2011/0801(NLE))
Date: 2011-03-08
Institutions: Committee on Budgetary Control, European Parliament
Subjects: appointment of staff, dissemination of EU information, member of the Court of Auditors (EU)








CE2012199EN.01019201.xml










7.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CE 199/192





Tuesday 8 March 2011Appointment of a Member of the European Court of Auditors (Mr Harald Wögerbauer - AT)
P7_TA(2011)0078
European Parliament decision of 8 March 2011 on the nomination of Harald Wögerbauer as a Member of the Court of Auditors (C7-0029/2011 – 2011/0801(NLE))
2012/C 199 E/27
(Consultation)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to Article 286(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C7-0029/2011),










—


having regard to the fact that at its meeting of 3 March 2011 the Committee on Budgetary Control heard the Council’s nominee for membership of the Court of Auditors,










—


having regard to Rule 108 of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A7-0048/2011),










A.


whereas Harald Wögerbauer fulfils the conditions laid down in Article 286(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU,










1.


Delivers a favourable opinion on the nomination of Harald Wögerbauer as a Member of the Court of Auditors;










2.


Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and, for information, the Court of Auditors, the other institutions of the European Union and the audit institutions of the Member States.
Case F-26/11: Action brought on 8 March 2011 — ZZ v Council
Date: 2011-03-08
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: competition (EU), promotion, servant (EU)








C_2011179EN.01002102.xml










18.6.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 179/21





Action brought on 8 March 2011 — ZZ v Council
(Case F-26/11)
2011/C 179/35
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: ZZ (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: S. Rodrigues and C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision not to include the applicant in the list of those promoted to grade AD 13 in the 2010 promotion exercise, and an order that the defendant pay to the applicant a sum in compensation for the non-material damage suffered.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of the appointing authority not to include the applicant in the list of those promoted to grade AD 13 in the 2010 promotion exercise, as that decision was made known in the Staff Note No 80/10 of 26 April 2010 and the Staff Note No 81/10 of 26 May 2010;










—


annul, as necessary, the decision of the appointing authority rejecting the applicant’s complaint;










—


annul, as necessary, the decision to promote AD 12 officials promoted to grade AD 13 in the 2010 promotion exercise (Staff Note No 80/10 of 26 April 2010 and the Staff Note No 81/10 of 26 May 2010);










—


order the defendant to pay to the applicant the sum of EUR 150 000 in compensation for non-material damage suffered;










—


order the Council of the European Union to pay the costs.
Case F-59/09: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 8 March 2011 — Carlo De Nicola v European Investment Bank (Civil service — Staff of the European Investment Bank — Appraisal — Promotion — Jurisdiction of the Tribunal — Admissibility — Implied decision of rejection — Internal Directive — Staff representative — Principle of respect for the rights of the defence)
Date: 2011-03-08
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Investment Bank, action by staff, action for annulment, challenge, damages, indemnification, psychological harassment








C_2011130EN.01002701.xml










30.4.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 130/27





Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 8 March 2011 — Carlo De Nicola v European Investment Bank
(Case F-59/09) (1)

(Civil service - Staff of the European Investment Bank - Appraisal - Promotion - Jurisdiction of the Tribunal - Admissibility - Implied decision of rejection - Internal Directive - Staff representative - Principle of respect for the rights of the defence)
2011/C 130/54
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Carlo De Nicola (Strassen, Luxembourg) (represented by: L. Isola, lawyer)

Defendant: European Investment Bank (represented by: C. Gómez de la Cruz, T. Gilliams and F. Martin, agents, and A. Dal Ferro, lawyer)

Re:

First, annulment of the promotions of 29 April 2008 which do not include the applicant’s name and the assessment of the applicant for 2007. Second, annulment of the decision of the Appeal Committee to remain seized of the matter notwithstanding an objection. Finally, a declaration that the applicant has been the victim of psychological harassment and an order that the defendant desist from such conduct and compensate the non-material and material damage suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:






1.


Annuls the staff report for 2007 and the decision refusing M. De Nicola promotion.










2.


Dismisses the remainder of the heads of claim.










3.


Orders Mr De Nicola and the European Investment Bank to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 205 of 29.8.09 p. 49.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 229/2011 of 8 March 2011 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2011-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit








L_2011062EN.01001701.xml










9.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 62/17








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 229/2011
of 8 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 9 March 2011.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 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 


50,9 




TN 


115,9 




TR 


92,0 




ZZ 


95,3 




0707 00 05 


TR 


151,8 




ZZ 


151,8 




0709 90 70 


MA 


42,4 




TR 


136,1 




ZZ 


89,3 




0805 10 20 


EG 


52,4 




IL 


70,0 




MA 


50,4 




TN 


45,7 




TR 


69,4 




ZZ 


57,6 




0805 50 10 


EG 


42,1 




MA 


42,1 




TR 


48,8 




ZZ 


44,3 




0808 10 80 


CA 


99,2 




CL 


97,1 




CN 


84,1 




MK 


54,8 




US 


144,9 




ZZ 


96,0 




0808 20 50 


AR 


90,7 




CL 


105,3 




CN 


57,6 




US 


79,9 




ZA 


98,5 




ZZ 


86,4 






(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’.
Restoration of reciprocity in the visa regime – solidarity with the unequal status of Czech citizens following the unilateral introduction of visas by Canada Declaration of the European Parliament of 8 March 2011 on the restoration of reciprocity in the visa regime – solidarity with the unequal status of Czech citizens following the unilateral introduction of visas by Canada
Date: 2011-03-08
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, EU visa policy, Romania, equal treatment








CE2012199EN.01008901.xml










7.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CE 199/89





Tuesday 8 March 2011Restoration of reciprocity in the visa regime – solidarity with the unequal status of Czech citizens following the unilateral introduction of visas by Canada
P7_TA(2011)0087
Declaration of the European Parliament of 8 March 2011 on the restoration of reciprocity in the visa regime – solidarity with the unequal status of Czech citizens following the unilateral introduction of visas by Canada
2012/C 199 E/10

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to Rule 123 of its Rules of Procedure,










A.


whereas in July 2009 Canada unilaterally imposed a visa requirement for citizens of the Czech Republic, whose status is now therefore unequal to that of other citizens in the EU, and Canada, despite repeated calls to do so, has not given a date on which it will abolish this visa requirement,










B.


whereas further delay in the termination of the unequal status of Czech citizens could threaten the future ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada,










C.


whereas the Czech Republic cannot autonomously introduce a visa requirement for Canadian citizens,










D.


whereas the Commission and Council are not acting with sufficient forcibility in this matter,










1.


Calls on the Commission and Council to increase political pressure on Canada in order to set the earliest possible date for abolishing the visa regime for Czech citizens as well as ending other breaches of visa reciprocity towards citizens of Bulgaria and Romania;










2.


Emphasises that unless this breach of reciprocity is resolved soon, equivalent retaliatory measures by the EU are likely to follow;










3.


Calls on the Commission to establish, rather than bilateral arrangements, a new mechanism that guarantees full visa reciprocity for all Member States while ensuring that if a non-EU country breaches that visa reciprocity, all Member States will immediately restore the visa requirement for nationals of that country;










4.


Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories (1), to the Commission, the Council and the parliaments of the Member States.






(1)  The list of signatories is published in Annex 2 to the Minutes of 8 March 2011 (P7_PV(2011)03-08(ANN2)).
Case T-37/05: Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 March 2011 — World Wide Tobacco España v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Spanish market for the purchase and first processing of raw tobacco — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Fines — Deterrent effect — Equal treatment — Mitigating circumstances — Maximum limit of 10 % of turnover — Cooperation)
Date: 2011-03-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: cartel, equal treatment, fixing of prices, market-sharing agreement, tobacco industry








C_2011120EN.01001101.xml










16.4.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 120/11





Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 March 2011 — World Wide Tobacco España v Commission
(Case T-37/05) (1)

(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Spanish market for the purchase and first processing of raw tobacco - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Price-fixing and market-sharing - Fines - Deterrent effect - Equal treatment - Mitigating circumstances - Maximum limit of 10 % of turnover - Cooperation)
2011/C 120/27
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: World Wide Tobacco España SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: initially M. Odriozola Alén, M. Marañon Hermoso and A. Emch, then M. Odriozola Alén, M. Barrantes Diaz and A. João Vide, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and É. Gippini Fournier, agents)

Re:

Application for a reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant in the Commission decision C(2004) 4030 final of 20 October 2004 relating to a proceeding under Article 81(1) [EC] (Case COMP/C.38.238/B.2 — Raw tobacco — Spain.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


sets the amount of the fine imposed on World Wide Tobacco España SA in Article 3 of the Commission decision C(2004) 4030 final of 20 October 2004 relating to a proceeding under Article 81(1) [EC] (Case COMP/C.38.238/B.2 — Raw tobacco — Spain) at EUR 1 579 500;










2.


dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


orders World Wide Tobacco España to bear three quarters of its own costs and three quarters of the costs incurred by the Commission, and orders the Commission to bear one quarter of its own costs and one quarter of the costs incurred by World Wide Tobacco España.






(1)  OJ C 82, of 2.4.2005.
Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity of Elmar Brok European Parliament decision of 8 March 2011 on the request for waiver of the immunity of Elmar Brok (2010/2283(IMM))
Date: 2011-03-08
Institutions: Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: Germany, Member of the European Parliament, offence, parliamentary immunity








CE2012199EN.01019001.xml










7.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CE 199/190





Tuesday 8 March 2011Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity of Elmar Brok
P7_TA(2011)0075
European Parliament decision of 8 March 2011 on the request for waiver of the immunity of Elmar Brok (2010/2283(IMM))
2012/C 199 E/26

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the request for waiver of the immunity of Elmar Brok, forwarded by the German authorities on 28 September 2010 and announced in plenary sitting on 22 November 2010,










—


having heard Elmar Brok in accordance with Rule 7(3) of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to Articles 8 and 9 of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union of 8 April 1965 and Article 6(2) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage,










—


having regard to the judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 12 May 1964 and 10 July 1986 (1),










—


having regard to Article 46 of the German Basic Law (Grundgesetz),










—


having regard to the German Fiscal Code (Abgabenordnung), in particular Section 370 thereof,










—


having regard to Rules 6(2) and 7 of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A7-0047/2011),










A.


whereas the facts set out in the explanatory statement constitute a clear case of fumus persecutionis;










B.


whereas criminal charges have been brought against a well-known political figure in respect of a sum and in circumstances which would, in the case of an ordinary citizen, have attracted merely administrative proceedings;










C.


whereas, moreover, the public prosecutor not only sought to withhold knowledge of the charge from Mr Brok on spurious and highly derogatory grounds for no due cause, but also made sure that the case received great publicity in the media, thus inflicting the maximum amount of damage on the Member concerned;










D.


whereas it is therefore plain that the case is one of fumus persecutionis in that it appears that the proceedings were brought with the sole aim of damaging the reputation of the Member concerned;










E.


whereas it would therefore be completely inappropriate to waive the Member’s immunity,










1.


Decides not to waive the immunity of Elmar Brok;










2.


Instructs its President to forward this decision and the report of its competent committee immediately to the appropriate authorities of the Federal Republic of Germany.






(1)  See Case 101/63 Wagner v Fohrmann and Krier [1964] ECR 195 and Case 149/85 Wybot v Faure [1986] ECR 2391.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2011-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2011074EN.01000601.xml










8.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 74/6





Euro exchange rates (1)

7 March 2011
2011/C 74/04

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4028




JPY


Japanese yen


115,15




DKK


Danish krone


7,4572




GBP


Pound sterling


0,86100




SEK


Swedish krona


8,8755




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2960




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,7600




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,226




HUF


Hungarian forint


271,66




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7061




PLN


Polish zloty


3,9732




RON


Romanian leu


4,2005




TRY


Turkish lira


2,2473




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3803




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3616




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,9242




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8985




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7733




KRW


South Korean won


1 565,87




ZAR


South African rand


9,6253




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,1975




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4072




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 321,23




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,2470




PHP


Philippine peso


60,659




RUB


Russian rouble


39,4734




THB


Thai baht


42,673




BRL


Brazilian real


2,3211




MXN


Mexican peso


16,8308




INR


Indian rupee


63,2000






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-121/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Council of State (Belgium) lodged on 8 March 2011 — The non-profit-making association PRO-BRAINE and Others v The Commune of Braine-le-Château
Date: 2011-03-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: action programme, environmental impact, impact study, prevention of pollution, storage of waste








C_2011152EN.01001402.xml










21.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 152/14





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Council of State (Belgium) lodged on 8 March 2011 — The non-profit-making association PRO-BRAINE and Others v The Commune of Braine-le-Château
(Case C-121/11)
2011/C 152/25
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Council of State

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: The non-profit-making association PRO-BRAINE and Others

Defendant: The Commune of Braine-le-Château

Question referred

Does the definitive decision on the carrying on of operations at an authorised or already operational landfill site taken on the basis of Article 14(b) of Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste (1) constitute a consent as referred to in Article 1(2) of Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment? (2)



(1)  OJ 1999 L 182, p. 1.

(2)  OJ 1985 L 175, p. 40.
Communication from the Minister for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands pursuant to Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons
Date: 2011-03-08
Institutions: Netherlands
Subjects: Netherlands, energy site, exploitation of resources, extraction of oil, gas industry, hydrocarbon, oil industry








C_2011074EN.01000701.xml










8.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 74/7





Communication from the Minister for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands pursuant to Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons
2011/C 74/05
The Minister for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation hereby gives notice that an application has been received for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block E5 as indicated on the map appended as Annex 3 to the Mining Regulation (Mijnbouwregeling) (Government Gazette (Staatscourant) 2002, No 245).
With reference to the Directive mentioned in the introduction and Article 15 of the Mining Act (Mijnbouwwet) (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees (Staatsblad) 2002, No 542), the Minister for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation hereby invites interested parties to submit a competing application for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block E5 of the Dutch continental shelf.
The Minister for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation is the competent authority for the granting of authorisations. The criteria, conditions and requirements referred to in Articles 5(1), 5(2) and 6(2) of the above-mentioned Directive are set out in the Mining Act (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 2002, No 542).
Applications may be submitted during the 13 weeks following the publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the European Union and should be sent to:





De minister van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie




ter attentie van dhr. P. Jongerius, directie Energiemarkt




ALP/562




Bezuidenhoutseweg 30




Postbus 20101




2500 EC Den Haag




NEDERLAND




Applications received after the expiry of this period will not be considered.
A decision on the applications will be taken not later than 12 months after this period has expired.
Further information can be obtained by calling Mr E. J. Hoppel on the following telephone number: +31 703797088.