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The need for accessible 112 emergency services Declaration of the European Parliament of 17 November 2011 on the need for accessible 112 emergency services
Date: 2011-11-17
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: emergency medical treatment, facilities for people with disabilities, help desk, marginalisation, telephone, universal service








CE2013153EN.01016501.xml










31.5.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CE 153/165





Thursday 17 November 2011The need for accessible 112 emergency services
P7_TA(2011)0519
Declaration of the European Parliament of 17 November 2011 on the need for accessible 112 emergency services
2013/C 153 E/23

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the 112 single European emergency phone number for the European Union, established by Council Decision of 29 July 1991 (91/396/EEC), reinforced by Directive 98/10/EC on the application of open network provision (ONP) to voice telephony and on universal service for telecommunications in a competitive environment,










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having regard to Directive 2009/136/EC, amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services,










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having regard to Rule 123 of its Rules of Procedure,










A.


whereas most EU emergency services remain accessible only using voice, excluding millions of citizens from a life-saving service, such as deaf, hard-of-hearing and speech-disabled users and in situations where discretion is needed in relation to the call,










B.


whereas the European Union has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and adopted its Disability Strategy 2010-2020, as well as the Digital Agenda, promoting the principle of Universal Design,










1.


Calls on the Commission to put forward legislative and standardisation proposals to make 112 services fully accessible to all citizens, giving priority to sign language services using video technologies and text-based services to ensure the inclusion of deaf, hard-of-hearing and speech-disabled users;










2.


Calls on the Commission to promote the development of fully accessible and reliable Next Generation 112 services independent from devices and networks, using the Total Conversation concept;










3.


Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories (1), to the Council, the Commission and the Governments of the Member States.






(1)  The list of signatories is published in Annex 1 to the Minutes of 17 November 2011 (P7_PV(2011)11-17(ANN1)).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6374 — Braskem/Dow polypropylene business) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, plastics








C_2011336EN.01000102.xml










17.11.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 336/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6374 — Braskem/Dow polypropylene business)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 336/02
On 28 September 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,










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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32011M6374. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case C-496/09: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 17 November 2011 — European Commission v Italian Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations — Failure to comply with the judgment — Article 228 EC — Financial penalties)
Date: 2011-11-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, employment aid, reimbursement of aid








C_2012025EN.01000501.xml










28.1.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 25/5






Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 17 November 2011 — European Commission v Italian Republic
(Case C-496/09) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Judgment of the Court establishing a failure to fulfil obligations - Failure to comply with the judgment - Article 228 EC - Financial penalties)
(2012/C 25/07)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: L. Pignataro, E. Righini and B. Stromsky, Agents)

Defendant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, Agent, F. Arena and S. Fiorentino, avvocati dello Stato)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Article 228 EC — Failure to comply with the judgment of the Court of Justice of 1 April 2004 in Case C-99/02 — Application for a penalty payment to be imposed

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by failing, by the date of expiry of the period prescribed in the reasoned opinion issued by the Commission of the European Communities on 1 February 2008 pursuant to Article 228 EC, to take all the measures needed to comply with the judgment of 1 April 2004 in Case C-99/02 Commission v Italy concerning the recovery from the recipients of the aid which was found to be unlawful and incompatible with the common market by Commission Decision 2000/128/EC of 11 May 1999 concerning aid granted by Italy to promote employment, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that decision and Article 228(1) EC;










2.


Orders the Italian Republic to pay to the European Commission, into the ‘European Union own resources’ account, a penalty payment of an amount calculated by multiplying the basic amount of EUR 30 million by the percentage of the unlawful aid that has not yet been recovered, or not shown to have been recovered, at the end of the period concerned, compared to the total amount not yet recovered on the date of delivery of the present judgment, for every six months of delay in implementing the necessary measures to comply with the judgment of 1 April 2004 in Case C-99/02 Commission v Italy, from the present judgment until compliance with the judgment of 1 April 2004;










3.


Orders the Italian Republic to pay to the European Commission, into the ‘European Union own resources’ account, a lump sum of EUR 30 million;










4.


Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 24, 30.1.2010.
Case C-412/10: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 November 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice (Queen’s Bench Division) — United Kingdom) — Deo Antoine Homawoo v GMF Assurances SA (Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Law applicable to non-contractual obligations — Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 — Scope ratione temporis)
Date: 2011-11-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: civil law, commercial law, judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU, limitation of legal proceedings








C_2012025EN.01001501.xml










28.1.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 25/15






Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 November 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice (Queen’s Bench Division) — United Kingdom) — Deo Antoine Homawoo v GMF Assurances SA
(Case C-412/10) (1)

(Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Law applicable to non-contractual obligations - Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 - Scope ratione temporis)
(2012/C 25/23)
Language of the case: English

Referring court

High Court of Justice (Queen’s Bench Division)

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Deo Antoine Homawoo

Defendant: GMF Assurances SA

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — High Court of Justice (Queen’s Bench Division) (United Kingdom) — Interpretation of Articles 15(c), 31 and 32 of Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II) (OJ 2007 L 199, p. 40) and of Article 297 TFEU — Temporal scope — Scope of the law applicable to the facts giving rise to damage

Operative part of the judgment

Articles 31 and 32 of Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (‘Rome II’), read in conjunction with Article 297 TFEU, must be interpreted as requiring a national court to apply the Regulation only to events giving rise to damage occurring after 11 January 2009 and that the date on which the proceedings seeking compensation for damage were brought or the date on which the applicable law was determined by the court seised have no bearing on determining the scope ratione temporis of the Regulation.


(1)  OJ C 301, 6.11.2010.
Case C-435/10: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 November 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Centrale Raad van Beroep (Netherlands)) — J. C. van Ardennen v Raad van bestuur van het Uitvoeringsinstituut werknemersverzekeringen (Directive 80/987/EEC — Protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer — Insolvency benefit — Payment subject to registration as a job-seeker)
Date: 2011-11-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: employer, financial solvency, indemnification, job application, pay, severance pay








C_2012025EN.01001701.xml










28.1.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 25/17






Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 November 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Centrale Raad van Beroep (Netherlands)) — J. C. van Ardennen v Raad van bestuur van het Uitvoeringsinstituut werknemersverzekeringen
(Case C-435/10) (1)

(Directive 80/987/EEC - Protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer - Insolvency benefit - Payment subject to registration as a job-seeker)
(2012/C 25/27)
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Centrale Raad van Beroep

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: J. C. van Ardennen

Defendant: Raad van bestuur van het Uitvoeringsinstituut werknemersverzekeringen

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Centrale Raad van Beroep — Interpretation of Articles 4, 5 and 10 of Council Directive 80/987/EEC of 20 October 1980 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer (OJ 1980 L 283, p. 23), as amended by Directive 2002/74/EC (OJ 2002 L 270, p. 10) — Extent of the guarantee offered by the guarantee institution — National legislation obliging employees to register immediately as job-seekers before they apply for payment of outstanding pay claims.

Operative part of the judgment

Articles 3 and 4 of Council Directive 80/987/EEC of 20 October 1980 relating to the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer, as amended by Directive 2002/74/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 must be interpreted as precluding a national rule which obliges employees to register as job-seekers in the event of the insolvency of their employer, in order to fully assert their right to payment of outstanding wage claims, such as those in issue in the main proceedings.


(1)  OJ C 317, 20.11.2010.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6391 — Dow/Mitsui/Brazilian Polyethylene JV) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: biofuel, chemical product, economic concentration, energy production, hydrocarbon, merger control, motor vehicle, non-ferrous metal, plastics, secondary sector








C_2011336EN.01000201.xml










17.11.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 336/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6391 — Dow/Mitsui/Brazilian Polyethylene JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 336/03
On 27 October 2001, 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 32011M6391. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1181/2011 of 17 November 2011 on the issue of import licences for applications submitted in the first seven days of November 2011 under the tariff quota for high-quality beef administered by Regulation (EC) No 620/2009
Date: 2011-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, import (EU), import licence, tariff quota








L_2011301EN.01001201.xml










18.11.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 301/12








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1181/2011
of 17 November 2011
         
on the issue of import licences for applications submitted in the first seven days of November 2011 under the tariff quota for high-quality beef administered by Regulation (EC) No 620/2009


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 620/2009 of 13 July 2009 providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for high-quality beef (3) sets out detailed rules for the submission and issue of import licences.












(2)


Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 provides that in cases where quantities covered by licence applications exceed the quantities available for the quota period, allocation coefficients should be fixed for the quantities covered by each licence application. The applications for import licences submitted pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 620/2009 between 1 and 7 November 2011 exceed the quantities available. Therefore, the extent to which import licences may be issued and the allocation coefficient should be determined,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Import licence applications covered by the quota with order number 09.4449 and submitted between 1 and 7 November 2011 in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 620/2009, shall be multiplied by an allocation coefficient of 0,414127 %.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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, 17 November 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 182, 15.7.2009, p. 25.
Special Report No 11/2011 Do the design and management of the geographical indications scheme allow it to be effective?
Date: 2011-11-17
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: designation of origin, product designation








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17.11.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 336/13





Special Report No 11/2011 ‘Do the design and management of the geographical indications scheme allow it to be effective?’
2011/C 336/10
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 11/2011 ‘Do the design and management of the geographical indications scheme allow it to be effective?’ 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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Case C-454/10: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 17 November 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof — Germany) — Oliver Jestel v Hauptzollamt Aachen (Community Customs Code — Second indent of Article 202(3) — Customs debt incurred through unlawful introduction of goods — Meaning of ‘debtor’ — Participation in unlawful introduction — Person acting as intermediary in conclusion of contracts of sale relating to goods introduced unlawfully)
Date: 2011-11-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: customs debt, customs fraud, customs territory (EU), purchase, trade intermediary








C_2012025EN.01001801.xml










28.1.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 25/18






Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 17 November 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof — Germany) — Oliver Jestel v Hauptzollamt Aachen
(Case C-454/10) (1)

(Community Customs Code - Second indent of Article 202(3) - Customs debt incurred through unlawful introduction of goods - Meaning of ‘debtor’ - Participation in unlawful introduction - Person acting as intermediary in conclusion of contracts of sale relating to goods introduced unlawfully)
(2012/C 25/29)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesfinanzhof

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Oliver Jestel

Defendant: Hauptzollamt Aachen

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Bundesfinanzhof — Interpretation of the second indent of Article 202(3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (OJ 1992 L 302, p. 1) — Customs debt incurred through the unlawful introduction of goods into the customs territory of the European Union — Person acting as intermediary in conclusion of contracts of sale relating to goods introduced unlawfully without directly taking part in that introduction — Conditions under which such a person can be considered to be a debtor of a customs debt.

Operative part of the judgment

The second indent of Article 202(3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code must be interpreted as meaning that a person who, without being directly involved in the introduction of goods, participated in the introduction as intermediary in the conclusion of contracts of sale relating to those goods must be considered to be a debtor of a customs debt incurred through the unlawful introduction of goods into the customs territory of the European Union where that person was aware, or should reasonably have been aware, that that introduction was unlawful, which is a matter for the national court to determine.


(1)  OJ C 317, 20.11.2010.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6406 — Colisée Laffitte/CDC/Ensemble immobilier Paris) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, real estate business








C_2011336EN.01000301.xml










17.11.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 336/3





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6406 — Colisée Laffitte/CDC/Ensemble immobilier Paris)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 336/05
On 10 November 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 French 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 32011M6406. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6276 — AIF VII Euro Holdings/Ascometal) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, processing industry, steel








C_2011336EN.01000101.xml










17.11.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 336/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6276 — AIF VII Euro Holdings/Ascometal)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 336/01
On 17 August 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 32011M6276. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Notice of open competition
Date: 2011-11-17
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: EPSO, assistant, competition (EU), public contract, secretarial staff








C_2011336EN.01001801.xml










17.11.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 336/18





NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITION
2011/C 336/12
The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is organising open competition:
EPSO/AST/117/11 — Assistants (AST 1) in the secretarial field for the following languages: (EL) Greek, (EN) English, (ET) Estonian, (FI) Finnish, (FR) French, (GA) Irish, (HU) Hungarian, (IT) Italian
Further details can be found on the EPSO website: http://eu-careers.eu