do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Flevoland, Netherlands, State aid, common market, control of State aid, industrial research, processing industry, small and medium-sized enterprises








C_2011360EN.01002701.xml










9.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 360/27





Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 360/06







Reference number of the State Aid


SA.29433 (X 784/09)




Member State


Netherlands




Member State reference number


XS45/2008




Name of the Region (NUTS)


FLEVOLAND
Article 107(3)(a)




Granting authority







Provincie Flevoland




Postbus 55




8200 AB LELYSTAD




NEDERLAND




www.flevoland.nl








Title of the aid measure


Regeling Technologische Innovatie en Milieu Innovatie 2008-2013 (TMI-regeling 2008-2013)




National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication)


Verordening (EG) nr. 1083/2006 (en Bijdragetoekenning nummer C(2007) 3949 van de Europese Commissie van 13.8.2007 (art. 4 lid 1b) en Regeling EFRO doelstelling 2 programmaperiode 2007-2013 van 12 november 2007 (art. 2) (http://eb.sdu.nl/sduwebdata/op/SC82961.pdf) en Besluit EFRO programmaperiode 2007-2013 van 3 oktober 2007 (art.5)(http://eb.sdu.nl/eb/show.do?key=STB11214&type=op).




Type of measure


Scheme




Amendment of an existing aid measure


Modification XS 45/2008




Duration


1.5.2008-31.12.2013




Economic sector(s) concerned


MANUFACTURING




Type of beneficiary


SME




Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme


EUR 3,00 (in millions)




For guarantees


—




Aid Instrument (Article 5)


Direct grant




Reference to the Commission Decision


—




If co-financed by Community funds


—




Objectives


Maximum aid intensity in % or Maximum aid amount in national currency


SME-bonuses in %




Industrial research (Art. 31(2)(b))


20 %


5 %




Web link to the full text of the aid measure:
http://www.flevoland.nl/wat-doen-we/europa/programmas-2007-2013/tmi-regeling/
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1299/2011 of 9 December 2011 approving a non-minor amendment to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Azeites do Ribatejo (PDO)]
Date: 2011-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Portugal, designation of origin, olive oil, product designation








L_2011330EN.01000901.xml










14.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 330/9








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1299/2011
of 9 December 2011
         
approving a non-minor amendment to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Azeites do Ribatejo (PDO)]


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


By virtue of the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 and having regard to Article 17(2) thereof, the Commission has examined Portugal's application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Azeites do Ribatejo’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2).












(2)


Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union (3), as required by the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of that Regulation. As no statement of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been sent to the Commission, the amendments should be approved,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name contained in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby approved.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that 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, 9 December 2011.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
Dacian CIOLOȘ
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.

(2)  
            OJ L 148, 21.6.1996, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ C 56, 22.2.2010, p. 13.




ANNEX
Agricultural products intended for human consumption listed in Annex I to the Treaty:

Class 1.5.   Oils and fats (butter, margarine, oils, etc.)

PORTUGAL
Azeites do Ribatejo (PDO)
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
Date: 2011-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, fruit vegetable, seed, specification of tariff heading








C_2011359EN.01001201.xml










9.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 359/12





Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
2011/C 359/09
Pursuant to the second indent of Article 9(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (2) are hereby amended as follows:

Page 63

The Explanatory Notes to subheading 1209 91 90 are amended as follows:

‘1209 91 90   Other

This subheading includes the seeds of pumpkins when used for sowing.
See also the Explanatory Notes to subheading 1207 99 97 and to subheading 1212 99 70.’


Page 65

In the Explanatory Notes to subheading 1212 99 70, the last sentence is amended as follows:
‘Pumpkin seeds (headings 1207 or 1209) are not included in this subheading, with the exception of shelled pumpkin seeds, which are to be classified under heading 1212 in accordance with the provisions laid down in the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Case C-229/06.’


(1)  OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 137, 6.5.2011, p. 1.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1301/2011 of 9 December 2011 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Vitellone bianco dell’Appennino centrale (PGI)]
Date: 2011-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, beef, designation of origin, fresh meat, product designation








L_2011330EN.01001301.xml










14.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 330/13








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1301/2011
of 9 December 2011
         
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Vitellone bianco dell’Appennino centrale (PGI)]


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


By virtue of the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined Italy’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Vitellone bianco dell’Appennino centrale’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1107/96 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 134/98 (3).












(2)


Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union (4), as required by the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of that Regulation. As no statement of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been sent to the Commission, the amendments should be approved,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name contained in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby approved.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that 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, 9 December 2011.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
Dacian CIOLOȘ
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.

(2)  
            OJ L 148, 21.6.1996, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ L 15, 21.1.1998, p. 6.

(4)  
            OJ C 82, 16.3.2011, p. 7.




ANNEX
Agricultural products intended for human consumption listed in Annex I to the Treaty:

Class 1.1.   Fresh meat (and offal)

ITALY
Vitellone bianco dell’Appennino centrale (PGI)
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU — Cases where the Commission raises no objections  Text with EEA relevance, except for products falling under Annex I to the Treaty
Date: 2011-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, State aid, advertising, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, research and development, technical cooperation








C_2011359EN.01000101.xml










9.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 359/1





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance, except for products falling under Annex I to the Treaty)
2011/C 359/01







Date of adoption of the decision


29.6.2011




Reference number of State Aid


SA.18760 (NN 10/10)




Member State


France




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Taxe pour financer un comité interprofessionnel national porcin (Inaporc)




Legal basis


Code rural, livre sixième, titre III (articles L. 631-1 à L. 632-13). Arrêtés interministériels relatifs à l’extension des accords interprofessionnels; accords interprofessionnels




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Advertising (AGRI), Encouraging quality products, Research and development, Technical support (AGRI)




Form of aid


Subsidised services




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 44,03 million




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


2.2.2004-9.12.2008




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Inaporc




149 rue de Bercy




75595 Paris Cedex 12




FRANCE








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/state_aids_texts_en.htm
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1300/2011 of 9 December 2011 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Magyar szürkemarha hús (PGI)]
Date: 2011-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, beef, designation of origin, fresh meat, product designation








L_2011330EN.01001101.xml










14.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 330/11








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1300/2011
of 9 December 2011
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Magyar szürkemarha hús (PGI)]


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Hungary's application to register the name ‘Magyar szürkemarha hús’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, that name should therefore be entered in the register,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that 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, 9 December 2011.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
Dacian CIOLOȘ
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.

(2)  
            OJ C 83, 17.3.2011, p. 14.




ANNEX
Agricultural products intended for human consumption listed in Annex I to the Treaty:

Class 1.1.   Fresh meat (and offal)

HUNGARY
Magyar szürkemarha hús (PGI)
Case F-129/11: Action brought on 9 December 2011 — ZZ v Commission
Date: 2011-12-09
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European civil service, administrative procedure, company research, indemnification, rights of the defence








C_2012025EN.01007301.xml










28.1.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 25/73






Action brought on 9 December 2011 — ZZ v Commission
(Case F-129/11)
(2012/C 25/142)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: ZZ (represented by: Ph.-E. Partsch and E. Raimond, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Partial annulment of the decision of the Director-General of OLAF concerning the applicant’s last invitation to an interview in the framework of an internal investigation and indicating that a final report on the investigation will be adopted solely on the basis of the information collected and analysed unilaterally by OLAF if the applicant does not take up that invitation.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of 28 October 2011 by which OLAF, acting through its General Director, invited the applicant to attend an interview that was to take place on 1 and 2 December 2011 in the premises of OLAF, in Brussels, at eight o’clock in the morning, within the framework of the ‘internal’ investigation concerning reference OF/2010/0207 and notified her that a report terminating the investigation would be drawn up without first giving her the opportunity to be heard if she did not take up that invitation, as that infringes her right to a fair hearing and her fundamental rights;










—


grant the applicant the sum of EUR 4 000 in damages and compensatory interest;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs.
Recommendation of the European Central Bank of 9 December 2011 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of De Nederlandsche Bank (ECB/2011/22)
Date: 2011-12-09
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: European System of Central Banks, Netherlands, accountant, bank








C_2011367EN.01000101.xml










16.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 367/1





RECOMMENDATION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 9 December 2011
to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of De Nederlandsche Bank
(ECB/2011/22)
2011/C 367/01
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,
Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Article 27.1 thereof,
Whereas:






(1)


The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and national central banks are audited by independent external auditors recommended by the ECB’s Governing Council and approved by the Council of the European Union.










(2)


The mandate of De Nederlandsche Bank’s external auditors will end following the audit for the financial year 2011. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2012.










(3)


De Nederlandsche Bank has selected Deloitte Accountants BV as its external auditors for the financial years 2012 to 2018,




HAS ADOPTED THIS RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that Deloitte Accountants BV should be appointed as the external auditors of De Nederlandsche Bank for the financial years 2012 to 2018.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 9 December 2011.


The President of the ECB

Mario DRAGHI
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1296/2011 of 9 December 2011 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Riso di Baraggia Biellese e Vercellese (PDO)]
Date: 2011-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, designation of origin, product designation, rice








L_2011330EN.01000301.xml










14.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 330/3








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1296/2011
of 9 December 2011
         
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Riso di Baraggia Biellese e Vercellese (PDO)]


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


By virtue of the first subparagraph of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission has examined Italy’s application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected designation of origin ‘Riso di Baraggia Biellese e Vercellese’ registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 982/2007 (2).












(2)


Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union (3), as required by the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of that Regulation. As no statement of objection within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been sent to the Commission, the amendments should be approved,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name contained in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby approved.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that 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, 9 December 2011.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

Dacian CIOLOȘ
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.

(2)  
            OJ L 217, 22.8.2007, p. 22.

(3)  
            OJ C 56, 22.2.2011, p. 18.




ANNEX
Agricultural products intended for human consumption listed in Annex I to the Treaty:

Class 1.6.   Fruit, vegetables and cereals, fresh or processed

ITALY
Riso di Baraggia Biellese e Vercellese (PDO)
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1293/2011 of 9 December 2011 establishing a prohibition of fishing for industrial fish in Norwegian waters of IV by vessels flying the flag of a Member State of the European Union
Date: 2011-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU waters, North Sea, catch quota, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag








L_2011329EN.01000301.xml










13.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 329/3








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1293/2011
of 9 December 2011
         
establishing a prohibition of fishing for industrial fish in Norwegian waters of IV by vessels flying the flag of a Member State of the European Union


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to 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), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Council Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 of 18 January 2011 fixing for 2011 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters (2), lays down quotas for 2011.












(2)


According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member States referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2011.












(3)


It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member States referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2011 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.


Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member States referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.


Article 3

Entry into force

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, 9 December 2011.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
Lowri EVANS
            

Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 24, 27.1.2011, p. 1.




ANNEX






No


81/T&Q




Member State


European Union – All Member States




Stock


I/F/04-N.




Species


Industrial fish




Zone


Norwegian waters of IV




Date


29.11.2011