do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6132 — Cargill/KVB)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, cocoa, economic concentration, exchange of information, foodstuff, merger control








C_2011096EN.01001201.xml










29.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 96/12





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6132 — Cargill/KVB)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 96/08






1.


On 22 March 2011 the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Cargill, Incorporated (‘Cargill’, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Schwartauer Werke GmbH & Co. KG Kakao Verarbeitung Berlin (‘KVB’, Germany) by way of purchase of assets.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Cargill: production and marketing of a wide range of food and agricultural products and risk management services. Cargill's food activities include the processing of cocoa beans and the production, sale and distribution of cocoa liquor, cocoa powder, cocoa butter and industrial chocolate,










—


for KVB: production and distribution of s cocoa liquor, cocoa powder, cocoa butter and industrial chocolate.














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.6132 — Cargill/KVB, 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’).
Case C-154/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesarbeitsgericht Berlin-Brandenburg (Germany), lodged on 29 March 2011 — Ahmed Mahamdia v People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
Date: 2011-03-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Germany, civil law, commercial law, jurisdiction








C_2011173EN.01000601.xml










11.6.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 173/6





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesarbeitsgericht Berlin-Brandenburg (Germany), lodged on 29 March 2011 — Ahmed Mahamdia v People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
(Case C-154/11)
2011/C 173/10
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landesarbeitsgericht Berlin-Brandenburg

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Ahmed Mahamdia

Defendant: People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

Questions referred







1.


Does an embassy of a State outside the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (‘Regulation No 44/2001’) (1) which is situated in a Member State constitute a branch, agency or other establishment within the meaning of Article 18(2) of Regulation No 44/2001?










2.


If the answer to the first question should be in the affirmative:
Can an agreement conferring jurisdiction reached prior to the existence of a dispute confer jurisdiction on a court outside the scope of Regulation No 44/2001, if, by virtue of the agreement conferring jurisdiction, the jurisdiction conferred under Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation No 44/2001 would not apply?






(1)  OJ 2001 L 12, p. 1.
Case C-565/08: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 29 March 2011 — European Commission v Italian Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Articles 43 EC and 49 EC — Lawyers — Obligation to comply with maximum fee tariffs — Obstacle to market access — No obstacle)
Date: 2011-03-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: action for failure to fulfil an obligation, fundamental rights, lawyer, price fixed in advance, regions of Italy








C_2011152EN.01000301.xml










21.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 152/3





Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 29 March 2011 — European Commission v Italian Republic
(Case C-565/08) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Articles 43 EC and 49 EC - Lawyers - Obligation to comply with maximum fee tariffs - Obstacle to market access - No obstacle)
2011/C 152/03
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: E. Traversa and L. Prete, Agents)

Defendant: Italian Republic (represented: I. Bruni, G. Calmieri and W. Ferrante, Agents)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Articles 43 EC and 49 EC — Lawyers — Obligation to comply with compulsory fee ceilings

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the European Commission and the Italian Republic to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 55, 7.3.2009.
Case T-33/09: Judgment of the General Court of 29 March 2011 — Portugal v Commission (Non-compliance with a judgment of the Court of Justice establishing a failure to fulfil obligations — Penalty payment — Claim for payment — Repeal of the legislation at issue)
Date: 2011-03-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU law, Portugal, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, damages, public contract








C_2011145EN.01002402.xml










14.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 145/24





Judgment of the General Court of 29 March 2011 — Portugal v Commission
(Case T-33/09) (1)

(Non-compliance with a judgment of the Court of Justice establishing a failure to fulfil obligations - Penalty payment - Claim for payment - Repeal of the legislation at issue)
2011/C 145/39
Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties


Applicant: Portuguese Republic (represented by: L. Inez Fernandes and J.A. de Oliveira, Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Konstantinidis, P. Guerra e Andrade and P. Costa de Oliveira, Agents)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of Commission Decision C(2008) 7419 final of 25 November 2008, requiring payment of the penalty payments due pursuant to the judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-70/06 Commission v Portugal [2008] ECR I-1

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Commission Decision C(2008) 7419 final of 25 November 2008;










2.


Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 82, 4.4.2009.
Call for proposals under the 2011 Ideas work programme of the seventh EC framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities
Date: 2011-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU action, EU programme, EU research policy, European organisation, innovation, research and development, scientific research, technological change








C_2011096EN.01001101.xml










29.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 96/11





Call for proposals under the 2011 Ideas work programme of the seventh EC framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities
2011/C 96/07
Notice is hereby given of the launch of a call for proposals under the 2011 Ideas work programme of the seventh framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013).
Proposals are invited for the following call. Call deadlines and budget are given in the call text, which is published on the CORDIS and the Participant Portal websites.

Ideas work programme







Call title


The ERC Proof of Concept Grant




Call identifier


ERC-2011 PoC





This call for proposals relates to the work programme revised by Commission Decision C(2011) 1848 of 24 March 2011.

Information on the modalities of the call, the work programme, and the guidance for applicants on how to submit proposals is available through the relevant European Commission websites:






 


http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP7CallsPage and










 


http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/appmanager/participants/portal
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5960 — Credit Agricole/Cassa di Risparmio Della Spezia/Agences Intesa Sanpaolo)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, banking, economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, merger control








C_2011096EN.01000401.xml










29.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 96/4





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5960 — Credit Agricole/Cassa di Risparmio Della Spezia/Agences Intesa Sanpaolo)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 96/02
On 10 November 2010, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in French and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32010M5960. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 308/2011 of 29 March 2011 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2011-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit








L_2011082EN.01000501.xml










30.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 82/5








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 308/2011
of 29 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 30 March 2011.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 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 


61,9 




JO 


68,6 




MA 


53,1 




TR 


87,6 




ZZ 


67,8 




0707 00 05 


TR 


140,7 




ZZ 


140,7 




0709 90 70 


MA 


41,7 




TR 


112,7 




ZA 


49,8 




ZZ 


68,1 




0805 10 20 


EG 


56,9 




IL 


77,3 




MA 


53,3 




TN 


58,2 




TR 


67,8 




ZZ 


62,7 




0805 50 10 


TR 


50,3 




ZZ 


50,3 




0808 10 80 


AR 


82,4 




BR 


76,5 




CA 


106,9 




CL 


91,4 




CN 


88,1 




MK 


45,6 




US 


136,7 




UY 


70,6 




ZA 


67,6 




ZZ 


85,1 




0808 20 50 


AR 


89,5 




CL 


89,1 




CN 


76,4 




US 


79,9 




ZA 


100,0 




ZZ 


87,0 






(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’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5950 — Munksjo/Arjowiggins (Decor and Abrasive Businesses))  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, pulp and paper industry








C_2011096EN.01000402.xml










29.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 96/4





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.5950 — Munksjo/Arjowiggins (Decor and Abrasive Businesses))
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 96/03
On 21 February 2011, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32011M5950. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2011-03-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2011096EN.01000501.xml










29.3.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 96/5





Euro exchange rates (1)

28 March 2011
2011/C 96/04

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4032




JPY


Japanese yen


114,59




DKK


Danish krone


7,4574




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87825




SEK


Swedish krona


8,9729




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2908




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,8745




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,543




HUF


Hungarian forint


267,30




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7090




PLN


Polish zloty


4,0007




RON


Romanian leu


4,1110




TRY


Turkish lira


2,1869




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3678




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3733




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,9433




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8707




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7721




KRW


South Korean won


1 563,17




ZAR


South African rand


9,6642




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,2089




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3880




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 231,91




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,2482




PHP


Philippine peso


61,002




RUB


Russian rouble


39,8420




THB


Thai baht


42,531




BRL


Brazilian real


2,3282




MXN


Mexican peso


16,8284




INR


Indian rupee


62,9190






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-352/09 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 29 March 2011 — ThyssenKrupp Nirosta GmbH, formerly ThyssenKrupp Stainless AG v European Commission (Appeals — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Community market in stainless steel flat products — Decision finding an infringement of Article 65 CS after the expiry of the ECSC Treaty on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Powers of the Commission — Principles of nulla poena sine lege and res judicata — Rights of the defence — Attributability of the unlawful conduct — Transfer of liability by means of a statement — Limitation period — Cooperation during the administrative procedure)
Date: 2011-03-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: General Court (EU), action for annulment (EU), competition law, fine, iron and steel industry, restriction on competition, restrictive trade practice








C_2011152EN.01000402.xml










21.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 152/4





Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 29 March 2011 — ThyssenKrupp Nirosta GmbH, formerly ThyssenKrupp Stainless AG v European Commission
(Case C-352/09 P) (1)

(Appeals - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Community market in stainless steel flat products - Decision finding an infringement of Article 65 CS after the expiry of the ECSC Treaty on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 - Powers of the Commission - Principles of nulla poena sine lege and res judicata - Rights of the defence - Attributability of the unlawful conduct - Transfer of liability by means of a statement - Limitation period - Cooperation during the administrative procedure)
2011/C 152/06
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: ThyssenKrupp Nirosta GmbH, formerly ThyssenKrupp Stainless AG (represented by: M. Klusmann, Rechtsanwalt, and S. Thomas, Universitätsprofessor)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and R. Sauer, Agents)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of 1 July 2009 in Case T-24/07 ThyssenKrupp Stainless v Commission, by which the Court of First Instance dismissed the action for annulment of the Commission Decision of 20 December 2006 relating to a proceeding under Article 65 CS and, in the alternative, the application for reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant by that decision — Cartel on the market for stainless steel flat products — Decision finding an infringement of Article 65 CS after expiry of the ECSC Treaty, pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (OJ 2003 L 1, p. 1) — Infringement of nulla poene sine lege and res judicata principles and of Articles 5, 7(1) and 83 EC — Infringement of applicable rules concerning time-bar for proceedings

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders ThyssenKrupp Nirosta GmbH to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 282, 21.11.2009.
State aid — Decision to raise no objections
Date: 2011-03-29
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Norway, State aid, airport, control of State aid








C_2011278EN.01000801.xml










22.9.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 278/8





State aid — Decision to raise no objections
2011/C 278/09
The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following State aid measure:







Date of adoption of the decision


:


29 March 2011




Case Number


:


68962




Decision Number


:


96/11/COL




EFTA State


:


Norway




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


:


Notodden airport, Tuven




Legal basis


:


Article 61(3)(c) and the Chapter on the financing of airports and start-up aid to airlines departing from regional airports in part IV of the Authority’s State Aid Guidelines




Type of measure


:


Individual aid




Objective


:


Airport infrastructure




Form of aid


:


Grant




Budget


:


NOK 9 485 000




Economic sectors


:


Airport




Name and address of the granting authority


:







Ministry of Transport and Communication




PO Box 8010 Dep.




0030 Oslo




NORWAY








The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:
http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/