do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
General Court — Amendments to the Practice Directions to parties
Date: 2011-06-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: General Court (EU), judicial proceedings, rules of procedure




L_2011180EN.01005201.xml










8.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 180/52








            GENERAL COURT
         

            AMENDMENTS TO THE PRACTICE DIRECTIONS TO PARTIES
         


THE GENERAL COURT

Having regard to Article 150 of its Rules of Procedure;


Having regard to the Practice Directions to Parties adopted on 5 July 2007, as amended on 16 June 2009 and 17 May 2010;

HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS TO THE PRACTICE DIRECTIONS TO PARTIES:



Article 1

1.   At point 106, the words ‘provides an objective summary of the case. It does not set out every detail of the parties’ arguments but is meant to enable the parties to check that their pleas and arguments have been properly understood and to facilitate study of the documents before the Court by the other Members of the bench hearing the case. However, in intellectual property cases, the Report for the Hearing’ shall be deleted.


2.   The first paragraph of point 108 shall be deleted.



Article 2
These amendments to the Practice Directions to Parties shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
They shall enter into force on the day following their publication.




Done at Luxembourg, 8 June 2011.

E. COULON
            

Registrar



M. JAEGER
            

President
Case T-356/09: Order of the General Court of 8 June 2011 — Commission v Association Fédération Club B2A
Date: 2011-06-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU financing, European Commission, appeal, contract, fine, innovation, investment, redemption, regional cooperation, type of business








C_2011226EN.01003002.xml










30.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 226/30





Order of the General Court of 8 June 2011 — Commission v Association Fédération Club B2A
(Case T-356/09) (1)

2011/C 226/60
Language of the case: French
The President of the Fourth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 267, 7.11.2009.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6189 — Imerys/Rio Tinto Talc Business)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, mining industry, mining of ore








C_2011168EN.01001501.xml










8.6.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 168/15





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6189 — Imerys/Rio Tinto Talc Business)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/C 168/06)






1.


On 30 May 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 Imerys SA (France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the Talc Business of Rio Tinto Plc (United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Imerys: extraction and processing of industrial minerals,










—


for Rio Tinto Talc Business: extraction, processing and marketing of talc.














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.6189 — Imerys/Rio Tinto Talc Business, 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’).
Application of Schengen acquis in Bulgaria and Romania * European Parliament legislative resolution of 8 June 2011 on the draft Council decision on the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania (14142/2010 – C7-0369/2010 – 2010/0820(NLE))
Date: 2011-06-08
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, Schengen Agreement, application of EU law








CE2012380EN.01016001.xml










11.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CE 380/160





Wednesday 8 June 2011Application of Schengen acquis in Bulgaria and Romania *
P7_TA(2011)0254
European Parliament legislative resolution of 8 June 2011 on the draft Council decision on the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania (14142/2010 – C7-0369/2010 – 2010/0820(NLE))
2012/C 380 E/29
(Consultation)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the draft Council decision (14142/2010),










—


having regard to Article 4(2) of the 2005 Act of Accession pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C7-0369/2010),










—


having regard to Rule 55 of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A7-0185/2011),










1.


Approves the draft Council decision as amended;










2.


Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;










3.


Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to substantially amend its draft decision;










4.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.










COUNCIL DRAFT


AMENDMENT





Amendment 1






Draft decision


Recital 4











(4)


On XXXXX 20XX [date of adoption of the relevant Council Conclusions], the Council concluded that the conditions in each of the areas mentioned had been fulfilled by Bulgaria and Romania.












(4)


On XXXXX 20XX [date of adoption of the relevant Council Conclusions], the Council concluded that the conditions in each of the areas mentioned had been fulfilled by Bulgaria and Romania. 
Each Member State concerned should inform the European Parliament and the Council in writing within six-months of the date of entry into force of this Decision on the follow up that was given to the recommendations that are contained in the evaluation reports and are referred to in the follow-up reports, which still need to be implemented.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 556/2011 of 8 June 2011 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2011-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, agricultural product, import price








L_2011150EN.01000401.xml










9.6.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 150/4








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 556/2011
of 8 June 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 9 June 2011.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 June 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 


TR 


110,0 




ZZ 


110,0 




0707 00 05 


TR 


100,7 




ZZ 


100,7 




0709 90 70 


TR 


122,8 




ZZ 


122,8 




0805 50 10 


AR 


83,1 




BR 


36,6 




TR 


64,0 




ZA 


117,5 




ZZ 


75,3 




0808 10 80 


AR 


83,1 




BR 


87,7 




CL 


87,5 




CN 


111,0 




NZ 


113,4 




US 


84,7 




UY 


50,2 




ZA 


94,7 




ZZ 


89,0 




0809 10 00 


TR 


103,1 




ZZ 


103,1 




0809 20 95 


TR 


392,6 




XS 


175,4 




ZZ 


284,0 






(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’.
Case T-20/09: Judgment of the General Court of 8 June 2011 — Commission v Marcuccio (Appeal — Civil service — Officials — Invalidity pension — Action declared founded in part at first instance on the grounds of failure to state the reasons for the contested decision — Article 78 of the Staff Regulations — Retirement on grounds of invalidity — Invalidity Committee)
Date: 2011-06-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, action by staff, disability insurance, early retirement








C_2011219EN.01001401.xml










23.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 219/14





Judgment of the General Court of 8 June 2011 — Commission v Marcuccio
(Case T-20/09) (1)

(Appeal - Civil service - Officials - Invalidity pension - Action declared founded in part at first instance on the grounds of failure to state the reasons for the contested decision - Article 78 of the Staff Regulations - Retirement on grounds of invalidity - Invalidity Committee)
2011/C 219/17
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Appellant: European Commmission (represented by: J. Currall and C. Berardis-Kayser, agents, and A. Dal Ferro, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings: Luigi Marcuccio (Tricase, Italy) (represented by: G. Cipressa, lawyer)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union (First Chamber) of 4 November 2008 in Case F-41/06 Marcuccio v Commission, not published in the ECR, seeking to have that judgment set aside.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Sets aside the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union (First Chamber) of 4 November 2008 in Case F-41/06 Marcuccio v Commission in so far as the Civil Service Tribunal annulled the decision of the European Commission of 30 May 2005 by which Mr Marcuccio was retired on grounds of invalidity and granted an invalidity allowance, in so far as it ordered the Commission to pay to Mr Marcuccio the sum of EUR 3 000 and in so far as it divided the costs on the basis of the annulment and order for payment (paragraphs 1, 2, 4 and 5 of the operative part of the judgment).










2.


Refers the case back to the Civil Service Tribunal.










3.


Costs reserved.






(1)  OJ C 55, 7.3.2009.
Withdrawal of notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5969 — SCJ/Sara Lee insecticides' business)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, household, insecticide, merger control








C_2011168EN.01001801.xml










8.6.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 168/18





Withdrawal of notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.5969 — SCJ/Sara Lee insecticides' business)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/C 168/09)
(Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004)
On 3 November 2010, the European Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration by which the undertaking SC Johnson & Son, Inc. (‘SCJ’, USA) intended to acquire control of part of the undertaking Sara Lee Corporation (‘Sara Lee’, USA) dedicated to household insect control business.
On 22 December 2010, the European Commission decided to initiate proceedings under Article 6(1)(c) of the Merger Regulation. On 9 May 2011, the notifying party informed the Commission that it withdrew its notification.
Case T-86/11: Judgment of the General Court of 8 June 2011 — Bamba v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures adopted in view of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire — Freezing of funds — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2011-06-08
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Côte d'Ivoire, human rights, international sanctions








C_2011219EN.01001503.xml










23.7.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 219/15





Judgment of the General Court of 8 June 2011 — Bamba v Council
(Case T-86/11) (1)

(Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures adopted in view of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire - Freezing of funds - Obligation to state reasons)
2011/C 219/21
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Nadiany Bamba (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire) (represented by: P. Haïk and J. Laffont, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: B. Driessen and A. Vitro, Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: E. Cujo and M. Konstantinidis, Agents)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of Council Decision 2011/18/CFSP of 14 January 2011 amending Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire (OJ 2011 L 11, p. 36) and of Council Regulation (EU) No 25/2011 of 14 January 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire (OJ 2011 L 11, p. 1), in so far as they concern the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Council Decision 2011/18/CFSP of 14 January 2011 amending Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire, and Council Regulation (EU) No 25/2011 of 14 January 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire, in so far as they concern Ms Nadiany Bamba;










2.


Maintains the effects of Decision 2011/18 in respect of Ms Bamba until the annulment of Regulation No 25/2011 takes effect;










3.


Orders the Council of the European Union to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by Ms Bamba;










4.


Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 95, 26.3.2011.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6146 — Xella/H+H)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building materials, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control








C_2011168EN.01001601.xml










8.6.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 168/16





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6146 — Xella/H+H)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/C 168/07)






1.


On 30 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 undertaking Xella International Holdings Sàrl (‘Xella’, Luxembourg) jointly controlled by the Goldman Sachs Group Inc (USA) and PAI partners SAS (France) will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking H+H International A/S (‘H+H’, Denmark) by way of a public bid. The intention to launch such a bid was announced by Xella on 14 January 2011.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Xella is a diversified building materials group mainly active in the manufacture and distribution of wall-building materials,










—


H+H manufactures and supplies wall-building materials.














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.6146 — Xella/H+H, 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-283/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundeskommunikationssenat (Austria) lodged on 8 June 2011 — Sky Österreich GmbH v Österreichischer Rundfunk
Date: 2011-06-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Austria, audiovisual production, interpretation of the law, provision of services








C_2011269EN.01002502.xml










10.9.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 269/25





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundeskommunikationssenat (Austria) lodged on 8 June 2011 — Sky Österreich GmbH v Österreichischer Rundfunk
(Case C-283/11)
2011/C 269/47
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundeskommunikationssenat

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Sky Österreich GmbH

Defendant: Österreichischer Rundfunk

Question referred

Is Article 15(6) of Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (1) compatible with Articles 17 and 16 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and with Article 1 of Protocol No 1 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Protocol No 1 to the ECHR)?


(1)  OJ 2010 L 95, p. 1.
Joined Cases C-97/10 to C-99/10: Order of the President of the Court of 8 June 2011 (references for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d’Instance de Dax (France)) — AG2R Prévoyance v SARL Bourdil (C-97/10), SARL Boucalaise de Boulangerie (C-98/10), SARL Baba-Pom (C-99/10)
Date: 2011-06-08
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: France, health insurance, insurance company, interpretation of the law








C_2011252EN.01002702.xml










27.8.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 252/27





Order of the President of the Court of 8 June 2011 (references for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d’Instance de Dax (France)) — AG2R Prévoyance v SARL Bourdil (C-97/10), SARL Boucalaise de Boulangerie (C-98/10), SARL Baba-Pom (C-99/10)
(Joined Cases C-97/10 to C-99/10) (1)

2011/C 252/53
Language of the case: French
The President of the Court has ordered that the cases be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 113, 1.5.2010.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2011-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2011168EN.01000101.xml










8.6.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 168/1





Euro exchange rates (1)

7 June 2011
(2011/C 168/01)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,4652




JPY


Japanese yen


117,55




DKK


Danish krone


7,4568




GBP


Pound sterling


0,89245




SEK


Swedish krona


9,0082




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2237




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,8395




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,219




HUF


Hungarian forint


265,44




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7090




PLN


Polish zloty


3,9487




RON


Romanian leu


4,1540




TRY


Turkish lira


2,3188




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3697




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4297




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


11,3976




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7838




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7988




KRW


South Korean won


1 586,88




ZAR


South African rand


9,8800




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


9,4963




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4408




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 471,67




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,4059




PHP


Philippine peso


63,321




RUB


Russian rouble


40,6650




THB


Thai baht


44,366




BRL


Brazilian real


2,3120




MXN


Mexican peso


17,1634




INR


Indian rupee


65,4650






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
Date: 2011-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, catch of fish, fishing controls, sea fish








C_2011168EN.01001201.xml










8.6.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 168/12





Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
(2011/C 168/03)
In accordance with Article 35(3) 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 (1), a decision has been taken to close the fishery as set down in the following table:






Date and time of closure


21.4.2011 at 24.00




Duration


21.4.2011-31.12.2011




Member State


Germany




Stock or Group of stocks


BLI/5B67-




Species


Blue ling (Molva dypterygia)




Zone


EU waters and international waters of Vb, VI, VII




Type(s) of fishing vessels


—




Reference number


—




Web link to the decision of the Member State:
http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/fishing_rules/tacs/index_en.htm


(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
Date: 2011-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, catch of fish, fishing controls, sea fish








C_2011168EN.01001301.xml










8.6.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 168/13





Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
(2011/C 168/04)
In accordance with Article 35(3) 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 (1), a decision has been taken to close the fishery as set down in the following table:






Date and time of closure


21.4.2011 at 24.00




Duration


21.4.2011-31.12.2011




Member State


Germany




Stock or Group of stocks


BSF/56712-




Species


Black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo)




Zone


EU and international waters of V, VI, VII and XII




Type(s) of fishing vessels


—




Reference number


—




Web link to the decision of the Member State:
http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/fishing_rules/tacs/index_en.htm


(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.