do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
List of credit rating agencies registered in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (CRA Regulation)
Date: 2011-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU office or agency, administrative transparency, credit institution, data recording, operation of the Institutions








C_2011148EN.01000201.xml










19.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 148/2





List of credit rating agencies registered in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (CRA Regulation)
(2011/C 148/02)
According to Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of 16 September 2009 (CRA Regulation), credit rating agencies are legal persons whose occupation includes the issuing of credit ratings on a professional basis. Credit rating agencies established in the Community have to apply for registration pursuant to Article 14(1) in conjunction with Article 2(1) of the CRA Regulation. Registration is granted by the competent authorities of the home Member State if all the requirements set out in the CRA Regulation are fulfilled. The registration shall be effective for the entire territory of the Community. According to Article 18(3) of the CRA Regulation, the Commission shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union and on its website a list of credit rating agencies that have been registered. That list is updated within 30 days after the competent authority of the home Member State has notified the Commission of the registration. Credit rating agencies established in a third country that have been certified according to Article 5 of the CRA Regulation shall also be published in that list.
A registration/certification according to the CRA Regulation does not automatically include the recognition as External Credit Assessment Institution (ECAI) according to Part 2 of Annex VI to Directive 2006/48/EC.
Last update: 19 April 2011








Name of CRA


Address


Competent authority of home Member State


Date of decision by competent authority




Euler Hermes Rating GmbH







Gasstraße 18




22761 Hamburg




DEUTSCHLAND






Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht
(BaFin)


16.11.2010




Japan Credit Rating Agency Ltd







Jiji Building, 5-15-8 Ginza, Chuo-ku




Tokyo 104-0061




JAPAN






Autorité des marchés financiers
(AMF)


6.1.2011




Feri EuroRating Services AG







Rathausplatz 8-10




61348 Bad Homburg




DEUTSCHLAND






Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht
(BaFin)


14.4.2011
Case C-376/09: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 May 2011 — European Commission v Republic of Malta (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 — Article 4(4)(v) and Article 16 — Requirement to decommission fire protection systems and fire extinguishers containing halons for non critical uses on board ships — Exceptions — Critical uses of halons 1301 and 2402)
Date: 2011-05-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, Malta, action for failure to fulfil an obligation, dangerous substance, fire protection, ozone, stratospheric pollution, vessel, waste recycling








C_2011204EN.01000701.xml










9.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 204/7





Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 May 2011 — European Commission v Republic of Malta
(Case C-376/09) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 - Article 4(4)(v) and Article 16 - Requirement to decommission fire protection systems and fire extinguishers containing halons for non critical uses on board ships - Exceptions - Critical uses of halons 1301 and 2402)
2011/C 204/12
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: A. Alcover San Pedro and E. Depasquale, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Malta (represented by: S. Camilleri and A. Buhagiar, acting as Agents)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Article 4(4)(v) and Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 June 2000 on substances that deplete the ozone layer (OJ 2000 L 244, p. 1) — Limitation on the placing on the market and use of controlled substances — Halons — Requirement to decommission fire protection systems and fire extinguishers containing halons — Fire protection systems and extinguishers on ships

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 267, 7.11.2009.
Case C-237/11: Action brought on 19 May 2011 — French Republic v European Parliament
Date: 2011-05-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU institution, France, parliamentary session








C_2011226EN.01001202.xml










30.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 226/12





Action brought on 19 May 2011 — French Republic v European Parliament
(Case C-237/11)
2011/C 226/24
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: French Republic (represented by: E. Belliard, G. de Bergues and A. Adam, Agents)

Defendant: European Parliament

Form of order sought







—


Annul the vote of the European Parliament of 9 March 2011 concerning the calendar of session periods of the Parliament for 2012;










—


Order the European Parliament to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The applicant relies on a single plea in law in support of its action alleging, first, infringement of Protocol No 6 on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies, offices, agencies and departments of the European Union, annexed to the TFEU, and of Protocol No 3 on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies, offices, agencies and departments of the European Union, annexed to the EAEC Treaty and, second, failure to comply with the judgment of the Court in Case C-345/95 France v Parliament [1997] ECR I-5235.
According to the French Government, by laying down that two of the twelve periods of monthly plenary sessions which must take place in Strasbourg every year will be shortened from 4 to 2 days and will take place, in 2012, during the same week of October, the European Parliament has sought to circumvent the rule according to which the twelve periods of monthly plenary sessions, including the budget session, must take place in Strasbourg. The contested vote amounts, in practice, to the abolition of one of the twelve periods of monthly plenary sessions which must take place in Strasbourg every year. Its only objective is thus to reduce the length of time members of the European Parliament spend at the seat of the European Parliament, which is not justified by any requirement relating to the internal organisation of the Parliament’s work.
Case T-385/10: Order of the General Court of 19 May 2011 — ArcelorMittal Wire France and Others v Commission
Date: 2011-05-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: France, archives








C_2011204EN.01002902.xml










9.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 204/29





Order of the General Court of 19 May 2011 — ArcelorMittal Wire France and Others v Commission
(Case T-385/10) (1)

2011/C 204/53
Language of the case: French
The President of the First Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 301, 6.11.2010.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 489/2011 of 19 May 2011 on the allocation of import rights for applications lodged during the first seven days of May 2011 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for poultrymeat
Date: 2011-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, import licence, poultrymeat, tariff quota








L_2011133EN.01001301.xml










20.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 133/13








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 489/2011
of 19 May 2011
         
on the allocation of import rights for applications lodged during the first seven days of May 2011 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for poultrymeat


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 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 (3) opened tariff quotas for imports of poultrymeat products originating in Brazil, Thailand and other third countries.












(2)


The applications for import rights lodged during the first seven days of May 2011 for the subperiod from 1 July to 30 September 2011 in respect of Group No 5 relate to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which import rights may be allocated should therefore be determined by establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The quantities for which import rights applications have been lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 for the subperiod from 1 July to 30 September 2011 in respect of Group No 5 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficient set out in the Annex hereto.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 May 2011.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 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 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.

(3)  
            OJ L 142, 5.6.2007, p. 3.




ANNEX







Group No


Order No


Allocation coefficient for import rights applications lodged for the subperiod from 1.7.2011-30.9.2011
(%)




5


09.4215


1,485885
2011/323/EU: Council Decision of 19 May 2011 designating the European Capital of Culture for the year 2015 in Czech Republic
Date: 2011-05-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Czechia, European cultural event, capital city








L_2011146EN.01000101.xml










1.6.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 146/1








            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 19 May 2011
         
designating the European Capital of Culture for the year 2015 in Czech Republic
(2011/323/EU)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Decision No 1622/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 establishing a Community action for the European Capital of Culture event for the years 2007 to 2019 (1), and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,


Having regard to the recommendation from the European Commission,


Having regard to the Selection Panel report of September 2010 regarding the selection process of the European Capitals of Culture in the Czech Republic,

Whereas:

Considering that the criteria referred to in Article 4 of Decision No 1622/2006/EC are entirely fulfilled,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Plzeň is designated as ‘European Capital of Culture 2015’ in the Czech Republic.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 19 May 2011.


For the Council


The President


               CZENE A.





(1)  
            OJ L 304, 3.11.2006, p. 1.
Case T-260/11: Action brought on 19 May 2011 — Spain v Commission
Date: 2011-05-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: catch of fish, catch quota, common fisheries policy, fish, fishing controls








C_2011211EN.01002902.xml










16.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 211/29





Action brought on 19 May 2011 — Spain v Commission
(Case T-260/11)
2011/C 211/63
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Spain (represented by: N. Díaz Abad, Agent)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought







—


annul Commission Regulation (EU) No 165/2011 of 22 February 2011 providing for deductions from certain mackerel quotas allocated to Spain in 2011 and subsequent years on account of overfishing in 2010, and










—


order the Commission to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The Annex to the contested regulation contains the penalty imposed on Spain for overfishing of mackerel in 2010 in zones VIIIc, IX and X in EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1, the quota being reduced by 39 242 tonnes, with reductions of 4 500 tonnes in 2011, 5 500 in 2012, 9 748 in 2013, 9 747 in 2014 and 9 747 in 2015 and ‘where appropriate … in subsequent years’.
In support of the action, the applicant relies on six pleas in law.






1.


Infringement of Article 105(6) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006 (‘Regulation No 1224/2009’), in so far as the contested regulation was adopted before the Commission adopted the implementing regulation provided for in Article 105(6).










2.


Infringement of an essential procedural requirement in that there was no Management Committee report, given that until now measures to punish Member States for exceeding their quotas were adopted by means of a Commission Regulation following a prior report by the Management Committee.










3.


Infringement of the rights of the defence, since the contested regulation was adopted without the Kingdom of Spain having previously been heard.










4.


Infringement of the principle of legal certainty, in so far as, in imposing the contested measure, the Commission left open the possibility of extending that penalty thereafter, over an unspecified number of years.










5.


Infringement of the principle of legitimate expectations, since the contested regulation entered into force when the fishing year for mackerel had already begun.










6.


Infringement of the principle of non-discrimination, in that the Commission applied the test relating to socio-economic consequences differently from how it has applied it in other comparable situations.
Case C-253/10: Order of the President of the Eighth Chamber of the Court of 19 May 2011 — European Commission v Slovak Republic
Date: 2011-05-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Slovakia, environmental protection, storage of waste








C_2011252EN.01002703.xml










27.8.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 252/27





Order of the President of the Eighth Chamber of the Court of 19 May 2011 — European Commission v Slovak Republic
(Case C-253/10) (1)

2011/C 252/54
Language of the case: Slovak
The President of the Eighth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 195, 17.7.2010.
Case C-308/10 P: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 19 May 2011 — Union Investment Privatfonds GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Unicre-Cartão International De Crédito SA (Appeal — Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Article 74(2) — Evidence not submitted in support of the opposition within the period prescribed for that purpose — Failure to take account thereof — Discretion of the Board of Appeal)
Date: 2011-05-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, Internet, action for annulment (EU), electronic money, quality label








C_2011204EN.01001102.xml










9.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 204/11





Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 19 May 2011 — Union Investment Privatfonds GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Unicre-Cartão International De Crédito SA
(Case C-308/10 P) (1)

(Appeal - Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Article 74(2) - Evidence not submitted in support of the opposition within the period prescribed for that purpose - Failure to take account thereof - Discretion of the Board of Appeal)
2011/C 204/20
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: Union Investment Privatfonds GmbH (represented by: J.Zindel, Rechtsanwalt)

Other parties to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, Agent), Unicre-Cartão International De Crédito SA

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 27 April 2010 — Union Investment Privatfonds v OHIM — Unicre-Cartão International De Crédito, by which the General Court dismissed the action for annulment brought by the holder of the national figurative marks UniFLEXIO, UniVARIO and UniZERO for goods and services in Classes 35 and 36 against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 10 October 2006 dismissing the appeal brought against the decision of the Opposition Division rejecting the appellant’s opposition to registration of the Community figurative mark unibanco for goods in Classes 36 and 38 — Misinterpretation of Article 74(2) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Discretion of the Board of Appeal in respect of evidence not submitted in support of the opposition within the period prescribed for that purpose.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Union Investment Privatfonds GmbH to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 246, 11.9.2010.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 488/2011 of 19 May 2011 withdrawing the suspension of submission of applications for import licences for sugar products under certain tariff quotas
Date: 2011-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, import, raw sugar, representative price, sugar product, white sugar








L_2011133EN.01001201.xml










20.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 133/12








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 488/2011
of 19 May 2011
         
withdrawing the suspension of submission of applications for import licences for sugar products under certain tariff quotas


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 891/2009 of 25 September 2009 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas in the sugar sector (2), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Submission of applications for import licences concerning order number 09.4320 were suspended as from 22 March 2011 by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 279/2011 of 21 March 2011 fixing the allocation coefficient for the issuing of import licences applied for from 1 to 7 March 2011 for sugar products under certain tariff quotas and suspending submission of applications for such licences (3), in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 891/2009.












(2)


Following notifications on unused and/or partly used licences, quantities became available again for that order number. The suspension of applications should therefore be withdrawn,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The suspension laid down by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 279/2011 of submission of applications for import licences for order number 09.4320 as from 22 March 2011 is withdrawn.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 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 254, 26.9.2009, p. 82.

(3)  
            OJ L 76, 22.3.2011, p. 48.
2011/311/EU: Council Decision of 19 May 2011 appointing one Danish member of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2011-05-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Denmark, European Committee of the Regions, appointment of staff








L_2011140EN.01005401.xml










27.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 140/54








            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 19 May 2011
         
appointing one Danish member of the Committee of the Regions
(2011/311/EU)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal of the Danish Government,

Whereas:







(1)


On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.












(2)


One member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Henning JENSEN,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is hereby reappointed to the Committee of the Regions as a member for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:






—


Mr Henning JENSEN, Byrådsmedlem (change of mandate).






Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 19 May 2011.


For the Council


The President


               BALOG Z.





(1)  
            OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22.

(2)  
            OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.
2011/309/EU: Council Decision of 19 May 2011 appointing one Dutch member of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2011-05-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Committee of the Regions, Netherlands, appointment of members








L_2011138EN.01005801.xml










26.5.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 138/58








            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 19 May 2011
         
appointing one Dutch member of the Committee of the Regions
(2011/309/EU)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal of the Dutch Government,

Whereas:







(1)


On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.












(2)


A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Hans KOK,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions as member for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:






—


Mr J.F.M. (Hans) JANSSEN, burgemeester (mayor) of Oisterwijk.






Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 19 May 2011.


For the Council


The President


               BALOG Z.





(1)  
            OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22.

(2)  
            OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.