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Support of an International Day of the Girl Declaration of the European Parliament of 15 December 2011 in support of an International Day of the Girl
Date: 2011-12-15
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Canada, UN General Assembly, child, public awareness campaign, the EU's international role, woman








CE2013168EN.01012901.xml










14.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CE 168/129





Thursday 15 December 2011Support of an International Day of the Girl
P7_TA(2011)0593
Declaration of the European Parliament of 15 December 2011 in support of an International Day of the Girl
2013/C 168 E/18

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to Rule 123 of its Rules of Procedure,










A.


recalling the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, which was established in 1911 to acknowledge and commemorate the social, political and economic achievements of women,










B.


recalling the United Nations decision, in 1975, to choose 8 March as International Women’s Day, the day on which to celebrate women’s contributions across the world,










C.


recognising that across the world, research has shown that girls are more likely to suffer from malnutrition, be subject to violence or intimidation; be trafficked, sold or coerced into the sex trade; be forced into an early marriage; become infected with HIV or suffer life-threatening conditions from a pregnancy which was not of their choosing,










1.


Supports the proposal that will be made by Canada at this year’s General Assembly for a UN Resolution that would proclaim 22 September as an International Day of the Girl;










2.


Calls on the European Union to support the UN Resolution for an International Day of the Girl;










3.


Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories (1), to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to the Commission, to the Council and to the Parliaments of the Member States.






(1)  The list of signatories is published in Annex 1 to the Minutes of 15 December 2011 (P7_PV(2011)12-15(ANN1)).
Notice regarding the adaptation in line with inflation of certain amounts laid down in the life and non-life insurance directives
Date: 2011-12-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: financial solvency, inflation, insurance company, life assurance, provision








C_2011365EN.01000501.xml










15.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 365/5





Notice regarding the adaptation in line with inflation of certain amounts laid down in the life and non-life insurance directives
2011/C 365/06
In accordance with Article 30 of Directive 2002/83/EC (1) concerning life assurance, the amount laid down in euros in Article 29(2) was reviewed in 2011 in order to take account of changes in the European index of consumer prices comprising all Member States, as published by Eurostat. As a result of the review, the amount laid down in euros is increased from EUR 3 500 000 to EUR 3 700 000. The Commission Services have informed the European Parliament and the Council of the review and the adapted amount.
In accordance with Article 17a of Directive 73/239/EEC (2) on the coordination of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the taking-up and pursuit of the business of direct insurance other than life assurance, as amended by Directive 2002/13/EC (3), the amounts laid down in euros in Article 16(a)(3) and (4) and Article 17(2) were reviewed in 2011 in order to take account of changes in the European index of consumer prices comprising all Member States, as published by Eurostat. As a result of the review, the amount laid down in euros in Article 16(a)(3) is increased from EUR 57 500 000 to EUR 61 300 000. The amount laid down in euros in Article 16(a)(4) is increased from EUR 40 300 000 to EUR 42 900 000. The amounts laid down in euros in Article 17(2) are increased from EUR 2 300 000 to EUR 2 500 000 and from EUR 3 500 000 to EUR 3 700 000 respectively. The Commission Services have informed the European Parliament and the Council of the review and the adapted amounts.


(1)  OJ L 345, 19.12.2002, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 228, 16.8.1973, p. 3.

(3)  OJ L 77, 20.3.2002, p. 17.
Case C-126/11: Order of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 December 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Cassatie van België — Belgium) — Inno NV v Unie van Zelfstandige Ondernemers VZW (UNIZO), Organisatie voor de Zelfstandige Modedetailhandel VZW (Mode Unie), Couture Albert BVBA (First subparagraph of Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Directive 2005/29/EC — Unfair commercial practices — National legislation prohibiting announcements of price reductions and those suggestive of such reductions)
Date: 2011-12-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: advertising malpractice, consumer protection, reduced price








C_2012073EN.01001201.xml










10.3.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 73/12





Order of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 December 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Cassatie van België — Belgium) — Inno NV v Unie van Zelfstandige Ondernemers VZW (UNIZO), Organisatie voor de Zelfstandige Modedetailhandel VZW (Mode Unie), Couture Albert BVBA
(Case C-126/11) (1)

(First subparagraph of Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure - Directive 2005/29/EC - Unfair commercial practices - National legislation prohibiting announcements of price reductions and those suggestive of such reductions)
2012/C 73/20
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Hof van Cassatie van België

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Inno NV

Defendants: Unie van Zelfstandige Ondernemers VZW (UNIZO), Organisatie voor de Zelfstandige Modedetailhandel VZW (Mode Unie), Couture Albert BVBA

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Hof van Cassatie van België — Interpretation of Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC and Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’) (OJ 2005 L 149, p. 22)

Operative part of the order

Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC and Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’) must be interpreted as precluding a provision of national law, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which lays down a general prohibition on announcements of price reductions and those suggestive of such reductions in the period preceding the period of sales, in so far as that provision pursues objectives related to consumer protection.


(1)  OJ C 152, 21.5.2011.
2011/854/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 15 December 2011 extending the derogation period for Romania to raise objections to shipments of certain waste to Romania for recovery under Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste (notified under document C(2011) 9191)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-12-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Romania, environmental protection, export of waste, intra-EU trade, waste management








L_2011336EN.01007401.xml










20.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 336/74








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
         
of 15 December 2011
         
extending the derogation period for Romania to raise objections to shipments of certain waste to Romania for recovery under Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste
(notified under document C(2011) 9191)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/854/EU)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste (1), and in particular the third and the fifth subparagraphs of Article 63(5) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 63(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 Romania may raise objections to shipments of certain wastes for recovery for a period of time ending on 31 December 2011.












(2)


By letter of 1 June 2011 Romania requested to extend that period until 31 December 2015.












(3)


There is a need to ensure that environmental protection remains at high levels across the Union, in particular where the country of destination has no, or insufficient recovery capacity for certain types of waste. Romania should retain the possibility to object to certain undesired planned waste shipments destined for recovery onto its territory. The derogation regime applicable to Romania should be therefore extended until 31 December 2015.












(4)


The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 39(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2),





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
By way of derogation from Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006, the period during which the Romanian competent authorities may raise objections to shipments to Romania for recovery of the wastes listed in the second and the fourth subparagraphs of Article 63(5) of that Regulation in conformity with the grounds for objection laid down in Article 11 of that Regulation, shall be extended until 31 December 2015.


Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.




Done at Brussels, 15 December 2011.


For the Commission

Janez POTOČNIK
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 190, 12.7.2006, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3.
Case C-624/10: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 15 December 2011 — European Commission v French Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Taxation — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 168, 171, 193, 194, 204 and 214 — Legislation of a Member State obliging a seller or provider established outside the national territory to designate a tax representative and to identify him or herself for VAT purposes in that Member State — Legislation allowing deductible VAT paid by the seller or provider established outside the national territory to be offset against the VAT collected by him or her in the name and on behalf of his or her customers)
Date: 2011-12-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, derogation from EU law, tax system








C_2012039EN.01000701.xml










11.2.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 39/7






Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 15 December 2011 — European Commission v French Republic
(Case C-624/10) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Taxation - Directive 2006/112/EC - Articles 168, 171, 193, 194, 204 and 214 - Legislation of a Member State obliging a seller or provider established outside the national territory to designate a tax representative and to identify him or herself for VAT purposes in that Member State - Legislation allowing deductible VAT paid by the seller or provider established outside the national territory to be offset against the VAT collected by him or her in the name and on behalf of his or her customers)
(2012/C 39/10)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: M. Afonso, acting as Agent)

Defendant: French Republic (represented by: G. de Bergues and N. Rouam, acting as Agents)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Articles 168, 171, 193, 194, 204 and 214 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1) — National legislation imposing the designation of a tax representative by a seller or provider established outside the national territory — Duty to identify oneself for VAT purposes — Nature and scope of the right to deduct

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by providing in Title IV of Administrative Instruction 3 A-9-06 No 105 of 23 June 2006 for an administrative concession derogating from a value added tax reverse charge scheme and necessitating, among other things, the designation of a tax representative by a seller or provider established outside of France, that the seller or provider identifies him or herself for value added tax purposes in France and the offsetting of deductible value added tax that he or she has paid against that which he or she has collected in the name and on behalf of his or her customers, the French Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, and, in particular, Articles 168, 171, 193, 194, 204 and 214 thereof;










2.


Orders the French Republic to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 72, 5.3.2011.
Case T-232/08: Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2011 — Luxembourg v Commission (EAGGF — Guarantee Section — Expenses excluded from Community financing — Rural development measures — ‘Less favoured areas’ and ‘agroenvironment’ — National systems for management, monitoring and sanctions — Flat-rate financial correction)
Date: 2011-12-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, agricultural expenditure








C_2012032EN.01001801.xml










4.2.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 32/18





Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2011 — Luxembourg v Commission
(Case T-232/08) (1)

(EAGGF - Guarantee Section - Expenses excluded from Community financing - Rural development measures - ‘Less favoured areas’ and ‘agroenvironment’ - National systems for management, monitoring and sanctions - Flat-rate financial correction)
2012/C 32/32
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (represented by: F. Probst, Agent, assisted by M. Theisen and K. Spitz, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: initially T. van Rijn, subsequently F. Clotuche-Duvieusart and F. Jimeno Fernández, Agents)

Re:

Application for partial annulment of Commission Decision 2008/321/EC of 8 April 2008 excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) (OJ 2008 L 109, p. 35).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action.










2.


Orders the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 209, 15.8.2008.
Special Report No 15/2011 ‘Do the Commission’s procedures ensure effective management of State aid control?’
Date: 2011-12-15
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: State aid, administrative check, control of State aid








C_2011365EN.01000602.xml










15.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 365/6





Special Report No 15/2011 ‘Do the Commission’s procedures ensure effective management of State aid control?’
2011/C 365/08
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 15/2011 ‘Do the Commission’s procedures ensure effective management of State aid control?’ 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:





European Court of Auditors




Unit ‘Audit: Production of Reports’




12, rue Alcide de Gasperi




1615 Luxembourg




LUXEMBOURG




Tel. +352 4398-1




E-mail: euraud@eca.europa.eu




or by filling in an electronic order form on EU-Bookshop.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2011-12-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2011365EN.01000301.xml










15.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 365/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

14 December 2011
2011/C 365/04

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2993




JPY


Japanese yen


101,44




DKK


Danish krone


7,4326




GBP


Pound sterling


0,83900




SEK


Swedish krona


9,0852




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2317




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,7660




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,649




HUF


Hungarian forint


304,65




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6973




PLN


Polish zloty


4,5607




RON


Romanian leu


4,3450




TRY


Turkish lira


2,4467




AUD


Australian dollar


1,3023




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3475




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,1126




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,7254




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6975




KRW


South Korean won


1 505,57




ZAR


South African rand


10,8569




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,2659




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5030




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 953,84




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,1419




PHP


Philippine peso


57,435




RUB


Russian rouble


41,3100




THB


Thai baht


40,642




BRL


Brazilian real


2,4275




MXN


Mexican peso


18,0475




INR


Indian rupee


70,0780






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6328 — Socimac/Bollore/Société d'Exploitation du Terminal de Vridi)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-12-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, logistics, maritime transport, merger control, transport company








C_2011365EN.01000102.xml










15.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 365/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6328 — Socimac/Bollore/Société d'Exploitation du Terminal de Vridi)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 365/02
On 9 December 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 32011M6328. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Action brought on 15 December 2011 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against Iceland (Case E-16/11)
Date: 2011-12-15
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: Iceland, bank deposit, infringement of EU law








C_2012044EN.01002101.xml










16.2.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 44/21





Action brought on 15 December 2011 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against Iceland
(Case E-16/11)
2012/C 44/06
An action against Iceland was brought before the EFTA Court on 15 December 2011 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority, represented by Xavier Lewis and Gjermund Mathisen, acting as Agents, 35, Rue Belliard, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.
The EFTA Surveillance Authority requests the EFTA Court to:






1.


declare that by failing to ensure payment of the minimum amount of compensation to Icesave depositors in the Netherlands and in the United Kingdom provided for in Article 7(1) of the Act referred to at point 19a of Annex IX to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (Directive 94/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on deposit-guarantee schemes) within the time limits laid down in Article 10 of the Act, Iceland has failed to comply with the obligations resulting from that Act, in particular its Articles 3, 4, 7 and 10, and/or Article 4 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area;
and










2.


order Iceland to bear the costs.





Legal and factual background and pleas in law adduced in support:







—


Directive 94/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 referred to at point 19a of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement, as amended, provides for minimum harmonised rules as regards deposit guarantee schemes. At the material time, Directive 94/19/EC was implemented into Icelandic law by Act No 98/1999 on Deposit Guarantees and Investor-Compensation Schemes. Under Directive 94/19/EC, deposit-guarantee schemes must cover the aggregate deposits of each depositor up to ECU/EUR 20 000 in the event of deposits being unavailable.










—


In early October 2008, the Icelandic bank Landsbanki Íslands hf. collapsed and was taken over by the Icelandic State. The depositors in the foreign branches of Landsbanki (‘Icesave’) in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands lost access to their deposits.










—


The EFTA Surveillance Authority submits that by failing to ensure payment of the minimum amount of compensation to Icesave depositors in the Netherlands and in the United Kingdom within the time limits laid down in Directive 94/19/EC, Iceland has failed to comply with its obligations arising under Articles 3(1), 4(1), 7(1) and 10(1) of Directive 94/19/EC. Additionally or in the alternative, the EFTA Surveillance Authority submits that Iceland has breached the prohibition on discrimination on grounds of nationality under Article 4 of the EEA.
Case T-637/11: Action brought on 15 December 2011 — Euris Consult v Parliament
Date: 2011-12-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: equal treatment, infringement of EU law, invitation to tender, principle of proportionality, translation








C_2012032EN.01004102.xml










4.2.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 32/41





Action brought on 15 December 2011 — Euris Consult v Parliament
(Case T-637/11)
2012/C 32/82
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Euris Consult Ltd (Floriana, Republic of Malta) (represented by: F. Moyse, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of the Directorate-General for Translation of the European Parliament taken in the framework of call for tenders MT/2011/EU, concerning provision of translation services into Maltese, rejecting at the opening the offer submitted by the applicant for breach of confidentiality;










—


order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings, including those incurred by the applicant;










—


order that the applicant be permitted to seek damages for harm caused by the contested decision.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on five pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging






—


violation of Article 98, paragraph 1, of the Financial Regulation, Article 143 of the Implementing Rules and Article 2.4 of call for tenders MT/2011/EU, and thus the inapplicability exception under Article 277 TFEU;














2.


Second plea in law, alleging






—


violation of the principle of proportionality;














3.


Third plea in law, alleging






—


violation of the principle of equal treatment;














4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging






—


violation of Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in that the contracting authority failed to hear the applicant before adopting the contested decision;














5.


Fifth plea in law, alleging






—


that the contested decision was not sufficiently reasoned.