do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Notice for the attention of the persons to which measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/639/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 apply
Date: 2011-03-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: civil servant, display, economic sanctions, electoral fraud, human rights








C_2011090EN.01000401.xml










22.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 90/4





Notice for the attention of the persons to which measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/639/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 apply
2011/C 90/04
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in Annexes I to V to Council Decision 2010/639/CFSP (1) as amended by Council Decision 2011/69/CFSP (2) and in Annexes I and II to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 84/2011 (3) amending Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 (4).
The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons that appear in the above mentioned Annexes should be included in the lists of persons subject to restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/639/CFSP as amended by Council Decision 2011/69/CFSP and in Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 84/2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006.
The attention of the persons concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated on the websites in Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 84/2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 84/2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006).
The persons concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the above mentioned list should be reconsidered, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




TEFS Coordination




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




The attention of the persons concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council's decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, second paragraph, and Article 263, fourth and sixth paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  OJ L 280, 26.10.2010, p. 18.

(2)  OJ L 28, 2.2.2011, p. 40.

(3)  OJ L 28, 2.2.2011, p. 17.

(4)  OJ L 134, 20.5.2006, p. 1.
Notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/137/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya apply
Date: 2011-03-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Libya, administrative sanction, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, social conflict








C_2011090EN.01000501.xml










22.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 90/5





Notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/137/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya apply
2011/C 90/05
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities that appear in the Annexes to Council Implementing Decision 2011/175/CFSP (1), implementing Council Decision 2011/137/CFSP, and in the Annex to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 272/2011 (2), implementing Council Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya.
The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons and entities that appear in the above mentioned Annexes should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/137/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 204/2011.
The attention of the persons and entities concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated on the websites in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 204/2011, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 7 of the Regulation).
The persons and entities concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the above mentioned list should be reconsidered, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




TEFS Coordination




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




The attention of the persons concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council's decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, second paragraph, and Article 263, fourth and sixth paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  OJ L 76, 22.3.2011, p. 95.

(2)  OJ L 76, 22.3.2011, p. 32.
Case T-486/07: Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2011 — Ford Motor v OHIM (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community trade mark CA — Earlier Community word and figurative marks KA — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2011-03-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment, safety device, signalling device, trade-mark law








C_2011139EN.01001601.xml










7.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 139/16





Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2011 — Ford Motor v OHIM
(Case T-486/07) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for figurative Community trade mark CA - Earlier Community word and figurative marks KA - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
2011/C 139/30
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan, United States) (represented by: R. Ingerl, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Botis, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Alkar Automotive, SA (Derio, Spain) (represented by: S. Alsonso Maruri, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Chamber of the Board of Appeal of OHIM of 25 October 2007 (Case R 85/2006-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Ford Motor Company and Alkar Automotive, SA.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Ford Motor Company to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 51, 23.2.2008.
Case T-419/03: Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2011 — Altstoff Recycling Austria v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — System for collection and recycling of used packaging in Austria — Agreements for collection and sorting containing exclusivity clauses — Individual exemption decision — Charges imposed — Principle of proportionality)
Date: 2011-03-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment, competition law, inter-company agreement, packaging, waste recycling








C_2011139EN.01001501.xml










7.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 139/15





Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2011 — Altstoff Recycling Austria v Commission
(Case T-419/03) (1)

(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - System for collection and recycling of used packaging in Austria - Agreements for collection and sorting containing exclusivity clauses - Individual exemption decision - Charges imposed - Principle of proportionality)
2011/C 139/28
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Altstoff Recycling Austria AG, formerly Altstoff Recycling Austria AG and ARGEV Verpackungsverwertungs-Gesellschaft mbH (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: H. Wollman, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: initially, W. Mölls, then W. Mölls and H. Gading, and finally R. Sauer, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: EVA Erfassen und Verwerten von Altstoffen GmbH (Vienna) (represented by: A. Reidlinger and I. Hartung, lawyers); and Bundeskammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte (Vienna) (represented by K. Wessely, lawyer)

Re:

Application for annulment of Articles 2 and 3 of Commission Decision 2004/208/EC of 16 October 2003 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Cases COMP D3/35470 — ARA and COMP D3/35473 — ARGEV, ARO) (OJ 2004 L 75, p. 59).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action.










2.


Orders Altstoff Recycling Austria AG to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission, EVA Erfassen und Verwerten von Altstoffen GmbH and the Bundeskammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte, including costs related to the interim proceedings.






(1)  OJ C 59, 6.3.2004.
Notice for the attention of the persons to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/172/CFSP, and in Council Regulation (EU) No 270/2011, concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Egypt apply
Date: 2011-03-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Egypt, administrative sanction, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, social conflict








C_2011090EN.01000301.xml










22.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 90/3





Notice for the attention of the persons to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/172/CFSP, and in Council Regulation (EU) No 270/2011, concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Egypt apply
2011/C 90/03
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons, entities and bodies who appear in the Annex to Council Decision 2011/172/CFSP (1) and in the Annex to Council Regulation (EU) No 270/2011 (2) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Egypt.
The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons, entities and bodies that appear in the above mentioned Annexes should be included in the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/172/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 270/2011.
The attention of the persons, entities and bodies concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated on the websites in Annex II to Council Regulation (EU) No 270/2011, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 4 of the Regulation).
The persons, entities and bodies concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the above mentioned lists should be reconsidered, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




TEFS Coordination




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




The attention of the persons, entities and bodies concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council's decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, second paragraph, and Article 263, fourth and sixth paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  OJ L 76, 22.3.2011, p. 63.

(2)  OJ L 76, 22.3.2011, p. 4.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2011-03-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2011090EN.01000601.xml










22.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 90/6





Euro exchange rates (1)

21 March 2011
2011/C 90/06

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4194




JPY


Japanese yen


115,04




DKK


Danish krone


7,4571




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87170




SEK


Swedish krona


8,9006




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2836




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,8795




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,473




HUF


Hungarian forint


271,15




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7089




PLN


Polish zloty


4,0436




RON


Romanian leu


4,1610




TRY


Turkish lira


2,2398




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4114




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3860




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


11,0688




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,9286




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7971




KRW


South Korean won


1 592,29




ZAR


South African rand


9,8733




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,3184




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3770




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 387,10




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,3048




PHP


Philippine peso


61,816




RUB


Russian rouble


40,1405




THB


Thai baht


42,979




BRL


Brazilian real


2,3592




MXN


Mexican peso


17,0186




INR


Indian rupee


63,8870






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-233/09: Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2011 — Access Info Europe v Council (Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Document concerning an ongoing legislative procedure — Partial refusal of access — Action for annulment — Period allowed for bringing proceedings — Admissibility — Disclosure by a third party — Interest in bringing proceedings not lost — Identification of the Member State delegations which made proposals — Exception relating to the protection of the decision-making process)
Date: 2011-03-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Council of the European Union, action for annulment, confidentiality, disclosure of information








C_2011139EN.01001602.xml










7.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 139/16





Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2011 — Access Info Europe v Council
(Case T-233/09) (1)

(Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Document concerning an ongoing legislative procedure - Partial refusal of access - Action for annulment - Period allowed for bringing proceedings - Admissibility - Disclosure by a third party - Interest in bringing proceedings not lost - Identification of the Member State delegations which made proposals - Exception relating to the protection of the decision-making process)
2011/C 139/31
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Access Info Europe (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: O.W. Brouwer and J. Blockx, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: C. Fekete and M. Bauer, Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by E.-M. Mamouna and K. Boskovits, Agents) and by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by E. Jenkinson and S. Ossowski, Agents, and by L.J. Stratford, Barrister)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision of the Council of 26 February 2009 refusing in part to grant the applicant access to a note from the General Secretariat of the Council to the Working Party on Information (Document No 16338/08) concerning the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the Council’s decision of 26 February 2009 refusing access to certain information, contained in a note of 26 November 2008, concerning a proposal for a regulation regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents;










2.


Orders the Council to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Access Info Europe;










3.


Orders the Hellenic Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 205, 29.8.2009
Notice for the attention of the persons to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/638/CFSP, as amended by Decision 2011/169/CFSP, and in Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 269/2011, concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea apply
Date: 2011-03-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Guinea, economic sanctions, human rights, international sanctions, military equipment, natural person, technical cooperation, technology transfer








C_2011090EN.01000201.xml










22.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 90/2





Notice for the attention of the persons to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/638/CFSP, as amended by Decision 2011/169/CFSP, and in Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 269/2011, concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea apply
2011/C 90/02
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons who appear in the Annex to Council Decision 2011/169/CFSP (1) and in the Annex to Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2011 (2) concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea.
The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons that appear in the above mentioned Annexes should be included in the list of persons subject to restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/638/CFSP (3) and in Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 (4).
The attention of the persons concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated on the websites in Annex III to Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 8 of the Regulation).
The persons concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the above mentioned lists should be reconsidered, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




TEFS Coordination




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




The attention of the persons concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council's decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, second paragraph, and Article 263, fourth and sixth paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  OJ L 76, 22.3.2011, p. 59.

(2)  OJ L 76, 22.3.2011, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 280, 26.10.2010, p. 10.

(4)  OJ L 346, 23.12.2009, p. 26.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU — Cases where the Commission raises no objections  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-03-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, aid system, aid to industry, control of State aid, regional development








C_2011090EN.01000101.xml










22.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 90/1





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 90/01






Date of adoption of the decision


9.2.2011




Reference number of State Aid


NN 24/09 (ex N 234/09)




Member State


Germany




Region


Sachsen-Anhalt




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Texplast GmbH




Legal basis


Investitionszulagengesetz 1999, Gesetz über die Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur“




Type of measure


Individual aid




Objective


Regional development




Form of aid


Direct grant, Tax allowance




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 1,0107 million




Intensity


50 %




Duration (period)


1.10.2003-31.12.2006




Economic sectors


Manufacturing industry




Name and address of the granting authority







Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt




Domplatz 12




39104 Magdeburg




Finanzamt Bitterfeld-Wolfen




DEUTSCHLAND








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/state_aids_texts_en.htm
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6106 — Caterpillar/MWM)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-03-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: company with share capital, economic concentration, electricity supply, engine, exchange of information, financial services, merger control








C_2011090EN.01001701.xml










22.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 90/17





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6106 — Caterpillar/MWM)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 90/10






1.


On 14 March 2011, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Caterpillar Inc. (‘Caterpillar’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation indirect sole control of MWM Holding GmbH (‘MWM’, Germany) by way of a purchase of shares. The concentration has been referred to the Commission by the German Competition Authority pursuant to Article 22(3) of the Merger Regulation. The referral was subsequently joined by Austria and Slovakia.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Caterpillar: the manufacture and sale of machinery and engines, including reciprocating engines, as well as the provision of financial products,










—


for MWM: a holding company that controls 100 % of MWM GmbH, a company that together with its subsidiaries, is active in the provision of products, services and technologies for decentralized energy supply using reciprocating engines.














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.6106 — Caterpillar/MWM, 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’).