do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco * European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 May 2011 on the amended proposal for a Council directive on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco (codified text) (COM(2010)0641 – C7-0403/2010 – 2007/0206(CNS))
Date: 2011-05-11
Institutions: Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: excise duty, tax harmonisation, tobacco, tobacco industry








CE2012377EN.01025002.xml










7.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CE 377/250





Wednesday 11 May 2011Excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco *
P7_TA(2011)0216
European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 May 2011 on the amended proposal for a Council directive on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco (codified text) (COM(2010)0641 – C7-0403/2010 – 2007/0206(CNS))
2012/C 377 E/43
(Special legislative procedure – consultation – codification)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2007)0587) and the amended proposal (COM(2010)0641),










—


having regard to its position of 19 February 2008 (1),










—


having regard to Article 113 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C7-0403/2010),










—


having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 – Accelerated working method for official codification of legislative texts (2),










—


having regard to Rules 86 and 55 of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A7-0100/2011),










A.


whereas, according to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the proposal in question contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance,










1.


Approves the amended Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission;










2.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.






(1)  OJ C 184 E, 6.8.2009, p. 119.

(2)  OJ C 102, 4.4.1996, p. 2.
Case C-220/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší Správní Soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 11 May 2011 — Star Coaches s.r.o. v Finanční ředitelství pro hlavní město Prahu
Date: 2011-05-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Czechia, VAT, interpretation of the law, travel agency








C_2011219EN.01000801.xml










23.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 219/8





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší Správní Soud (Czech Republic) lodged on 11 May 2011 — Star Coaches s.r.o. v Finanční ředitelství pro hlavní město Prahu
(Case C-220/11)
2011/C 219/10
Language of the case: Czech

Referring court

Nejvyšší Správní Soud

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Star Coaches, s.r.o.

Defendant: Finanční ředitelství pro hlavní město Prahu

Questions referred







1.


Does Article 306 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (1) refer only to supplies made by travel agents to end users of a travel service (travellers) or also to supplies made to other persons (customers)?










2.


Should a transport company which merely provides transport of persons by providing bus transport to travel agencies (not directly to travellers) and which does not provide any other services (accommodation, information, consultancy etc.) be regarded as a travel agent for the purposes of Article 306 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax?






(1)  OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2011-05-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2011140EN.01001301.xml










11.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 140/13





Euro exchange rates (1)

10 May 2011
2011/C 140/07

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4358




JPY


Japanese yen


115,72




DKK


Danish krone


7,4563




GBP


Pound sterling


0,87790




SEK


Swedish krona


8,9565




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2602




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,8035




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,227




HUF


Hungarian forint


263,85




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7093




PLN


Polish zloty


3,9315




RON


Romanian leu


4,0888




TRY


Turkish lira


2,2398




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3295




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3777




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


11,1595




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,8104




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7698




KRW


South Korean won


1 552,92




ZAR


South African rand


9,6990




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,3218




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,3775




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 281,91




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,2952




PHP


Philippine peso


61,695




RUB


Russian rouble


39,8300




THB


Thai baht


43,332




BRL


Brazilian real


2,3138




MXN


Mexican peso


16,6538




INR


Indian rupee


64,2590






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Notice of open competitions
Date: 2011-05-11
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: EPSO, administrative competition, competition (EU), invitation to tender, translation








C_2011140EN.01002001.xml










11.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 140/20





NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITIONS
2011/C 140/11
The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is organising the following open competitions:






 


EPSO/AD/208/11 — Bulgarian-language (BG) lawyer-linguists










 


EPSO/AD/209/11 — Estonian-language (ET) lawyer-linguists










 


EPSO/AD/210/11 — Hungarian-language (HU) lawyer-linguists










 


EPSO/AD/211/11 — Maltese-language (MT) lawyer-linguists










 


EPSO/AD/212/11 — Polish-language (PL) lawyer-linguists










 


EPSO/AD/213/11 — Slovenian-language (SL) lawyer-linguists










 


EPSO/AD/214/11 — Swedish-language (SV) lawyer-linguists




The competition notice is published in Official Journal C 140 A of 11 May 2011 in Bulgarian, Estonian, Hungarian, Maltese, Polish, Slovenian and Swedish only.
Further details can be found on the EPSO website: http://eu-careers.eu
Latest publication of COM documents other than legislative proposals and legislative proposals adopted by the Commission OJ C 121, 19.4.2011
Date: 2011-05-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU publication, directory, drafting of EU law, official document








C_2011140EN.01001401.xml










11.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 140/14





Latest publication of COM documents other than legislative proposals and legislative proposals adopted by the Commission
2011/C 140/08

OJ C 121 of 19.4.2011


History of previous publications:







 



OJ C 94 of 26.3.2011











 



OJ C 88 of 19.3.2011











 



OJ C 26 of 28.1.2011











 



OJ C 296 of 30.10.2010











 



OJ C 76 of 25.3.2010











 



OJ C 303 of 15.12.2009
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6184 — Indorama/Sinterama/Trevira)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-05-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, man-made fibre, merger control, textile industry








C_2011140EN.01002101.xml










11.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 140/21





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6184 — Indorama/Sinterama/Trevira)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 140/12






1.


On 2 May 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 undertakings Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (‘Indorama’, Thailand), ultimately controlled by Canopus International Ltd (Mauritius) and Sinterama SpA (‘Sinterama’, Italy), ultimately controlled by Compagnie de l'Ours Sarl (Luxemburg) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Trevira GmbH (‘Trevira’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Indorama: production and supply of PET resin, PET preforms and PET bottles; production and supply of PTA; production and supply of polyester textile chips, staple fibres, filament yarns and worsted wools,










—


for Sinterama: production and supply of polyester filament yarns,










—


for Trevira: production and supply of polyester textile chips, staple fibres and filament yarns.














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.6184 — Indorama/Sinterama/Trevira, 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 455/2011 of 11 May 2011 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2011-05-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit








L_2011123EN.01006801.xml










12.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 123/68








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 455/2011
of 11 May 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 12 May 2011.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 May 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 


MA 


50,3 




TN 


107,9 




TR 


73,3 




ZZ 


77,2 




0707 00 05 


TR 


108,9 




ZZ 


108,9 




0709 90 70 


MA 


86,8 




TR 


113,8 




ZZ 


100,3 




0709 90 80 


EC 


27,0 




ZZ 


27,0 




0805 10 20 


EG 


56,6 




IL 


59,9 




MA 


43,8 




TN 


54,9 




TR 


74,4 




ZZ 


57,9 




0805 50 10 


TR 


54,8 




ZZ 


54,8 




0808 10 80 


AR 


96,6 




BR 


75,3 




CA 


107,1 




CL 


85,2 




CN 


110,3 




NZ 


119,2 




US 


143,7 




UY 


58,3 




ZA 


77,8 




ZZ 


97,1 






(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’.
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: 2011-05-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, State aid, consumer, control of State aid, means of communication








C_2011140EN.01000201.xml










11.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 140/2





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 140/02






Date of adoption of the decision


21.3.2011




Reference number of State Aid


SA.32566 (11/N)




Member State


Slovakia




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Prechod na digitálne televízne vysielanie v Slovenskej republike – Koncové zariadenie pre sociálne znevýhodnene osoby – zmena




Legal basis


zákon č. 523/2004 Z. z. o rozpočtových pravidlách verejnej správy a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov, v znení neskorších predpisov, zákon č. 231/1999 Z. z. o štátnej pomoci v znení neskorších predpisov; výnos MDPT SR o poskytovaní dotácií na podporu prechodu na digitálne televízne vysielanie v Slovenskej republike




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Social support to individual consumers




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 3,8 million




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


Until 1.7.2013




Economic sectors


Media




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministerstvo dopravy, pôšt a telekomunikácií Slovenskej republiky




Námestie Slobody 6




PO Box 100




810 05 Bratislava




SLOVENSKO/SLOVAKIA








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
Case C-219/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany), lodged on 11 May 2011 — BrainProducts GmbH v Bio Semi V.O.F. and Others
Date: 2011-05-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Germany, interpretation of the law, marketing, medical device








C_2011232EN.01001501.xml










6.8.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 232/15






Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany), lodged on 11 May 2011 — BrainProducts GmbH v Bio Semi V.O.F. and Others
(Case C-219/11)
(2011/C 232/24)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Claimant and appellant: BrainProducts GmbH

Defendants and respondents: Bio Semi V.O.F., Antonius Pieter Kuiper,. Robert Jan Gerard Honsbeek, Alexander Coenraad Metting van Rijn

Question referred

Does a product which is intended by the manufacturer to be applied for human beings for the purpose of investigation of a physiological process constitute a medical device, within the terms of the third indent of Article 1(2)(a) of Directive 93/42/EEC, (1) only in the case where it is intended for a medical purpose?


(1)  Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices (OJ 1993 L 169, p. 1), last amended by Directive 2007/47/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 5 September 2007 (OJ 2007 L 247, p. 21).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6127 — Atos Origin/Siemens IT Solutions & Services)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-05-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, information technology, merger control, technology








C_2011140EN.01000101.xml










11.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 140/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6127 — Atos Origin/Siemens IT Solutions & Services)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 140/01
On 25 March 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 32011M6127. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case T-195/11 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 11 May 2011 — Cahier and Others v Council of the European Union and European Commission (Interim proceedings — Non-contractual liability — Application for interim measures — Inadmissible in part — Want of urgency)
Date: 2011-05-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: beverage industry, common organisation of markets, liability








C_2011186EN.01002602.xml










25.6.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 186/26





Order of the President of the General Court of 11 May 2011 — Cahier and Others v Council of the European Union and European Commission
(Case T-195/11 R)
(Interim proceedings - Non-contractual liability - Application for interim measures - Inadmissible in part - Want of urgency)
2011/C 186/49
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant(s): Cahier and Others (Montchaude, France) (represented by: C.-E. Gudin, lawyer)

Defendants: Council of the European Union (represented by E. Sitbon Bercain and P. Mahnič Bruni, Agents) and European Commission (represented by D. Bianchi, B. Schima and M. Vollkommer, Agents)

Re:

Application for interim measures and suspension of operation of Article 28 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (OJ 1999 L 179, p. 1), as maintained in force by Article 128(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 of 29 April 2008 on the common organisation of the market in wine, amending Regulations (EC) No 1493/1999, (EC) No 1782/2003, (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 3/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2392/86 and (EC) No 1493/1999.

Operative part of the order







1.


The application for interim measures is dismissed.










2.


Costs are reserved.