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2013/93/EU: Council Decision of 14 April 2011 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin
Date: 2011-04-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EFTA countries, Faroes, Mediterranean third countries, international convention, originating product, signature of an agreement, trade agreement (EU)




L_2013054EN.01000101.xml










26.2.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 54/1








            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 14 April 2011
         
on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin
(2013/93/EU)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(5) thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:







(1)


The Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Convention’, aims at replacing the protocols on rules of origin currently in force among the countries of the pan-Euro-Mediterranean area.












(2)


The participants in the Stabilisation and Association Process have been included in the pan-Euro-Mediterranean system of cumulation of origin through the Convention.












(3)


On 26 November 2009 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the EFTA States, the participants in the Barcelona Process, the participants in the Stabilisation and Association Process and the Faroe Islands on the Convention.












(4)


On 9 December 2009 the text of the Convention was endorsed by the Euromed Trade Ministers at their Conference held in Brussels.












(5)


The Convention should be signed and the attached Declaration be approved,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The signing of the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin is hereby approved on behalf of the European Union, subject to the conclusion of the said Convention (1).


Article 2
The Declaration set out in the Annex to this Decision is hereby approved on behalf of the European Union.


Article 3
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Convention on behalf of the European Union subject to its conclusion and to make the Declaration set out in the Annex to this Decision.


Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.




Done at Luxembourg, 14 April 2011.


For the Council


The President


               FAZEKAS S.





(1)  The text of the Convention will be published together with the Decision on its conclusion.




ANNEX



DECLARATION

The European Union states that the reference to Kosovo prejudges neither the European Union Member States’ position nor any European Union position on the status of Kosovo nor the European Union Member States’ right to determine their relations with Kosovo.
Case T-466/08: Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2011 — Lancôme v OHIM — Focus Magazin Verlag (ACNO FOCUS) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark ACNO FOCUS — Earlier national word mark FOCUS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009))
Date: 2011-04-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), cosmetic product, trade-mark law








C_2011160EN.01001602.xml










28.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 160/16





Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2011 — Lancôme v OHIM — Focus Magazin Verlag (ACNO FOCUS)
(Case T-466/08) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark ACNO FOCUS - Earlier national word mark FOCUS - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009))
2011/C 160/20
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Lancôme parfums et beauté & Cie (Paris, France) (represented by: A. von Mühlendahl and J. Pagenberg, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Focus Magazin Verlag GmbH (Munich, Germany) (represented by: R. Schweizer and J. Berlinger, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 July 2008 (Case R 1796/2007-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Focus Magazin Verlag GmbH and Lancôme parfums et beauté & Cie.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Lancôme parfums et beauté & Cie to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 6, 10.1.2009.
Case C-390/10: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 April 2011 — European Commission v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2007/36/EC — Exercise of certain rights of shareholders in listed companies — Failure to transpose within the period prescribed)
Date: 2011-04-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Province of Luxembourg, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, national implementing measure








C_2011179EN.01000602.xml










18.6.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 179/6





Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 April 2011 — European Commission v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
(Case C-390/10) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2007/36/EC - Exercise of certain rights of shareholders in listed companies - Failure to transpose within the period prescribed)
2011/C 179/09
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: G. Braun and de Schietere de Lophem, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (represented by: C. Schiltz, acting as Agent)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to take or communicate, within the prescribed period, the measures necessary to comply with Directive 2007/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on the exercise of certain rights of shareholders in listed companies (OJ L 184, p. 17)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the prescribed period, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2007/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on the exercise of certain rights of shareholders in listed companies, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;










2.


Orders the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 274, 9.10.2010.
Case C-460/10 P: Order of the Court of 14 April 2011 — Luigi Marcuccio v Court of Justice of the European Union (Appeal — Non-contractual liabity — Representation of the appellant — Lawyer not authorised to act — Service of an appeal — Claim for damages — Court of Justice of the European Union — Rejection — Action for annulment — Harm allegedly suffered — Action for damages — Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded)
Date: 2011-04-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union, action for annulment (EU), allowances and expenses, indemnification, judicial proceedings








C_2011232EN.01001101.xml










6.8.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 232/11






Order of the Court of 14 April 2011 — Luigi Marcuccio v Court of Justice of the European Union
(Case C-460/10 P) (1)

(Appeal - Non-contractual liabity - Representation of the appellant - Lawyer not authorised to act - Service of an appeal - Claim for damages - Court of Justice of the European Union - Rejection - Action for annulment - Harm allegedly suffered - Action for damages - Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded)
(2011/C 232/18)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Appellant: Luigi Marcuccio (represented by: G. Cipressa, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings: Court of Justice of the European Union (represented by: A. V. Placco, agent)

Re:

Appeal against the order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 July 2010 in Case T-401/09 Marcuccio v Commission, in which that court dismissed, first, the action for annulment of the purported decisions of the Court of Justice dismissing the claim for compensation for the harm allegedly suffered as a result of an alleged unlawful act committed when the appeal was served on Mr Luigi Marcuccio in Case T-20/09 P and, second, a claim for damages.

Operative part of the order







1.


The appeal is dismissed.










2.


Mr Marcuccio is orderd to pay the costs of the appeal.






(1)  OJ C 328, 4.12.2010.
Case T-461/07: Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2011 — Visa Europe and Visa International Service v Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for the provision of credit and deferred debit card acquiring services — Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC — Restriction of competition — Potential competitor — Fines — Mitigating circumstances — Reasonable time — Legal certainty — Rights of the defence)
Date: 2011-04-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), electronic money, financial institution, fine, market access, regions of the United Kingdom, restriction on competition








C_2011160EN.01001502.xml










28.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 160/15





Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2011 — Visa Europe and Visa International Service v Commission
(Case T-461/07) (1)

(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Market for the provision of credit and deferred debit card acquiring services - Decision finding an infringement of Article 81 EC - Restriction of competition - Potential competitor - Fines - Mitigating circumstances - Reasonable time - Legal certainty - Rights of the defence)
2011/C 160/18
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Visa Europe Ltd (London, United Kingdom); and Visa International Service (Wilmington, Delaware, United States) (represented initially by S. Morris QC, H. Davies and A. Howard, Barristers, V. Davies and H. Masters, Solicitors, and subsequently by S. Morris and P. Scott, Solicitor, A. Howard, V. Davies and C. Thomas, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by F. Arbault, N. Khan and V. Bottka, and subsequently by N. Khan and V. Bottka, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2007) 4471 final of 3 October 2007 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (COMP/D1/37.860 — Morgan Stanley/Visa International and Visa Europe) and, in the alternative, an application for annulment or reduction of the fine imposed on the applicants by that decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Visa Europe Ltd and Visa International Service to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 51, 23.2.2008.