do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Special Report No 7/2011 ‘Is agri-environment support well designed and managed?’
Date: 2011-09-22
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: State aid, aid system, aid to agriculture, control of State aid








C_2011278EN.01000501.xml










22.9.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 278/5





Special Report No 7/2011 ‘Is agri-environment support well designed and managed?’
2011/C 278/06
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 7/2011 ‘Is agri-environment support well designed and managed?’ has just been published.
The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://www.eca.europa.eu
A hard copy version of the report may be obtained free of charge on request to the Court of Auditors:





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Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6058 — Bank of Scotland/Barclays Bank/KEW Green Hotels)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-09-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control








C_2011278EN.01000101.xml










22.9.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 278/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6058 — Bank of Scotland/Barclays Bank/KEW Green Hotels)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 278/01
On 28 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 32011M6058. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case T-86/09: Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2011 — Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission (Public service contracts — Tendering procedure — Provision of computer and related services, including the maintenance and development of the information systems of the Commission Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries — Rejection of a tender — Obligation to state reasons — Equal treatment — Transparency — Award criteria — Conflict of interests — Manifest error of assessment — Non-contractual liability)
Date: 2011-09-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: computer system, equal treatment, fishery management, invitation to tender, services contract








C_2011319EN.01001501.xml










29.10.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 319/15





Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2011 — Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission
(Case T-86/09) (1)

(Public service contracts - Tendering procedure - Provision of computer and related services, including the maintenance and development of the information systems of the Commission Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries - Rejection of a tender - Obligation to state reasons - Equal treatment - Transparency - Award criteria - Conflict of interests - Manifest error of assessment - Non-contractual liability)
2011/C 319/28
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE (Athens, Greece) (represented by: N. Korogiannakis, P. Katsimani and M. Dermitzakis, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: N. Bambara and E. Manhaeve, Agents, assisted by J. Stuyck, lawyer)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of the Commission’s decision of 12 December 2008 rejecting the tender submitted by the applicant in response to Call for Tenders MARE/2008/01 for the provision of computer and related services, including the maintenance and development of the information systems of the Commission’s Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Directorate-General (OJ 2008, S 115) and of the decision to award the contract to another tenderer, and an application for damages

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.






(1)  OJ C 113, 16.5.2009.
Council Implementing Decision 2011/627/CFSP of 22 September 2011 implementing Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire
Date: 2011-09-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Côte d'Ivoire, economic sanctions, international sanctions, removal








L_2011247EN.01001501.xml










24.9.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 247/15








            COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2011/627/CFSP
of 22 September 2011
         
implementing Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP of 29 October 2010 renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire (1), and in particular Article 6(2) thereof, in conjunction with Article 31(2) of the Treaty on European Union,

Whereas:







(1)


On 29 October 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/656/CFSP.












(2)


In view of the developments in Côte d’Ivoire, the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex II to Decision 2010/656/CFSP should be amended,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The persons listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be deleted from the list set out in Annex II to Decision 2010/656/CFSP.


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




Done at Brussels, 22 September 2011.


For the Council


The President

M. DOWGIELEWICZ
            





(1)  
            OJ L 285, 30.10.2010, p. 28.




ANNEX

Persons referred to in Article 1







2.


Lieutenant-Colonel Nathanaël Ahouman Brouha




19.


Mr Yao N’Dré




52.


Mr Timothée Ahoua N’Guetta




53.


Mr Jacques André Daligou Monoko




54.


Mr Bruno Walé Ekpo




55.


Mr Félix Tano Kouakou




56.


Ms Hortense Kouassi Angoran




57.


Ms Joséphine Suzanne Touré




79.


Colonel Major Hilaire Babri Gohourou




89.


Mr Roland Dagher




105.


Zakaria Fellah




107.


Charles Kader Gore




109.


Kadio Morokro Mathieu
Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EU) No 878/2011 of 2 September 2011 amending Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria ( OJ L 228, 3.9.2011 )
Date: 2011-09-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Syria, economic sanctions, import restriction, international sanctions, petroleum








L_2011245EN.01002201.xml










22.9.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 245/22







Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EU) No 878/2011 of 2 September 2011 amending Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria
(
Official Journal of the European Union L 228 of 3 September 2011
)

On page 4, Annex I, the following introductory text shall be added after the title:


                  ‘The following shall be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 442/2011:’.
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 949/2011 of 22 September 2011 implementing 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
Date: 2011-09-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Côte d'Ivoire, economic sanctions, international sanctions








L_2011247EN.01000101.xml










24.9.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 247/1








            COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 949/2011
of 22 September 2011
         
implementing 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


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 of 12 April 2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire (1), and in particular Article 11a(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


On 12 April 2005, the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No 560/2005.












(2)


In view of the developments in Côte d’Ivoire, the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 should be amended.












(3)


In view of the urgency, and in order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into force immediately upon its publication,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The natural persons listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be deleted from the list set out in Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 560/2005.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date 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, 22 September 2011.


For the Council


The President

M. DOWGIELEWICZ
            





(1)  
            OJ L 95, 14.4.2005, p. 1.




ANNEX

Natural persons referred to in Article 1







2.


Lieutenant-Colonel Nathanaël Ahouman Brouha




19.


Mr Yao N’Dré




52.


Mr Timothée Ahoua N’Guetta




53.


Mr Jacques André Daligou Monoko




54.


Mr Bruno Walé Ekpo




55.


Mr Félix Tano Kouakou




56.


Ms Hortense Kouassi Angoran




57.


Ms Joséphine Suzanne Touré




79.


Colonel Major Hilaire Babri Gohourou




89.


Mr Roland Dagher




105.


Zakaria Fellah




107.


Charles Kader Gore




109.


Kadio Morokro Mathieu
Case C-487/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā rajona tiesa (Republic of Latvia) lodged on 22 September 2011 — Laimonis Treimanis v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests
Date: 2011-09-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: exemption from customs duties, import (EU), motor vehicle, residence, third country








C_2011347EN.01001502.xml










26.11.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 347/15





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā rajona tiesa (Republic of Latvia) lodged on 22 September 2011 — Laimonis Treimanis v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests
(Case C-487/11)
2011/C 347/23
Language of the case: Latvian

Referring court

Administratīvā rajona tiesa

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Laimonis Treimanis

Defendant: Valsts ieņēmumu dienests

Question referred

Does Article 7(1) of Regulation No 918/83 (1) preclude the owner of a private car imported into the European Union from a third country from transferring the car, for use free of charge, to a family member who has actually moved his residence from that third country to the European Union and who formed part of a household with the owner of the car in that third country before the car was imported into the European Union, where the car owner has essentially remained in the third country since the vehicle was imported?


(1)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 of 28 March 1983 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty (OJ 1983 L 105, p. 1).
Case T-500/09: Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2011 — Italy v Commission (EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenditure excluded from Community financing — Aid for the processing of citrus fruit — Effectiveness of the checks — Proportionality)
Date: 2011-09-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, citrus fruit, food processing








C_2011319EN.01001701.xml










29.10.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 319/17





Judgment of the General Court of 22 September 2011 — Italy v Commission
(Case T-500/09) (1)

(EAGGF - Guarantee Section - Expenditure excluded from Community financing - Aid for the processing of citrus fruit - Effectiveness of the checks - Proportionality)
2011/C 319/33
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Italian Republic (represented by: L. Ventrella and G. Palmieri, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Rossi, Agent)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2009/721/EC of 24 September 2009 excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2009 L 257, p. 28), in so far as it excludes certain expenditure incurred by the Italian Republic in the sector of citrus-fruit processing.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 37, 13.2.2010.
Case C-538/10: Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 22 September 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Court of First Instance, Liège, Belgium) — Richard Lebrun and Marcelle Howet v Belgian State (Articles 92(1), 103(1), 104(3), first subparagraph, of the Rules of Procedure — Reference for a preliminary ruling — Examination of the conformity of a national provision with both European Union law and the national constitution — National legislation granting priority to an interlocutory procedure for the review of constitutionality — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Requirement of link with European Union law — Clear absence of jurisdiction of the Court)
Date: 2011-09-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, judicial proceedings, jurisdiction








C_2012025EN.01002202.xml










28.1.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 25/22






Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 22 September 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Court of First Instance, Liège, Belgium) — Richard Lebrun and Marcelle Howet v Belgian State
(Case C-538/10) (1)

(Articles 92(1), 103(1), 104(3), first subparagraph, of the Rules of Procedure - Reference for a preliminary ruling - Examination of the conformity of a national provision with both European Union law and the national constitution - National legislation granting priority to an interlocutory procedure for the review of constitutionality - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Requirement of link with European Union law - Clear absence of jurisdiction of the Court)
(2012/C 25/38)
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Court of First Instance, Liège

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Richard Lebrun and Marcelle Howet

Defendant: Belgian State

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Court of First Instance, Liège — Interpretation of Articles 6 TEU, 267 TFEU and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Prior obligation on national courts to refer matter to Constitutional Court where it supposes that national legislation may be in conflict with fundamental rights — Compliance with European Union law of the national provision requiring such a prior reference — Right of national courts to review compliance of national law with international treaties where the Constitutional Court has declared the national legislation at issue compatible with the fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitution

Operative part of the order

It is clear that the Court of Justice of the European Union has no jurisdiction to answer the question referred for a preliminary ruling by the Court of First Instance, Liège, Belgium.


(1)  OJ C 38, 5.2.2011.
Reserve list — Open competition — EPSO/AD/185/10 — English-language (EN) translators (AD 5)
Date: 2011-09-22
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: EPSO, competition (EU), information profession, invitation to tender








CA2011278EN.01000101.xml










22.9.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CA 278/1





RESERVE LIST (1)

OPEN COMPETITION
EPSO/AD/185/10
ENGLISH-LANGUAGE (EN) TRANSLATORS (AD 5)
(2011/C 278 A/01)
Option 1






ALEXANDER


Daniel




AMOS


Rhona Margaret




BARRATT


Charlotte




BELL


Alexander




BIRDSEYE


Kevin




BRADBURY


Alex




CAMBAS


Caroline




DUDENHOEFER


Marina




DYER-MEENENGA


Charlotte Serena Kate




ETSE


Sophie




HARTNELL


Alan




HUDSON


Kate




MAMDANI


Geoffrey Aasif




PARTRIDGE


Laura




PORTER


Ryan




PRICE


Ross




ROWE


David




SAVILLE


Melanie




Option 2






BEESON


David




COYARD-GANDER


Alison




EARLS


Selim




GERENCSER


Ádám




GRAY


Sarah




HAYES


Laura




MOORE


Kerry




MOORE


Richard




PAINE


Eleanor




PARRY


Matthew




PEAKE


Marc




PREECE


David




SANDERS


Thomas




TINDLE


Suzanne




TINGA


Jens




TOWNEND


Paul Morris




WALLER


Sarah




The reserve list will be valid until 14 July 2012 and may be extended.


(1)  A successful candidate may explicitly request her/his name not be published.
2011/643/EU: Council Decision of 22 September 2011 appointing three German members and four German alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2011-09-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Committee of the Regions, Germany, appointment of members








L_2011255EN.01001101.xml










1.10.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 255/11








            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 22 September 2011
         
appointing three German members and four German alternate members of the Committee of the Regions
(2011/643/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 German 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)


Three members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Karl-Heinz KLÄR, Ms Kerstin KIESSLER and Mr Rolf HARLINGHAUSEN. Four alternate members’ seats have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Ms Nicole MORSBLECH, Mr Peter STRAUB, Mr Michael GWOSDZ and Ms Jacqueline KRAEGE,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



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






(a)


as members:






—


Dr Eva QUANTE-BRANDT, Staatsrätin, Mitglied des Senats der Freien Hansestadt Bremen,










—


Ms Margit CONRAD, Bevollmächtigte des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz beim Bund und für Europa,










—


Ms Barbara DUDEN, Mitglied des Europaausschusses der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaft;




and










(b)


as alternate members:






—


Ms Ulrike HÖFKEN, Ministerin für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft, Ernährung, Weinbau und Forsten,










—


Mr Nils WIECHMANN, Mitglied des Landtages,










—


Mr Heino VAHLDIECK, Mitglied des Europaausschusses der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaft,










—


Mr Peter FRIEDRICH, Minister für Bundesrat, Europa und internationale Angelegenheiten.










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




Done at Brussels, 22 September 2011.


For the Council


The President

J. MILLER
            





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

(2)  
            OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.
Case C-426/10 P: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 September 2011 — Bell & Ross BV v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Klockgrossisten i Norden AB (Appeal — Signed original application lodged out of time — Regularisable defect)
Date: 2011-09-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2011331EN.01000601.xml










12.11.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 331/6





Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 September 2011 — Bell & Ross BV v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Klockgrossisten i Norden AB
(Case C-426/10 P) (1)

(Appeal - Signed original application lodged out of time - Regularisable defect)
2011/C 331/08
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellant: Bell & Ross BV (represented by: S. Guerlain, avocat)

Other parties to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, Agent), Klockgrossisten i Norden AB

Re:

Appeal against the order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 18 June 2010 in Case T-51/10 Bell & Ross v OHIM — Klockgrossisten i Norden, whereby the General Court dismissed the action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 27 October 2009 (Case R 1267/2008-3) in invalidity proceedings between Klockgrossisten i Norden AB and Bell & Ross BV — Signed original application lodged out of time — Concepts of ‘excusable error’ and ‘unforeseeable circumstances’ — Principles of legitimate expectations and proportionality — Manifest inadmissibility

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Bell & Ross BV to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 346, 18.12.2010.