do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6307 — Cassa Depositi e Prestiti/OMV Gas/Trans Austria Gasleitung JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-12-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, natural gas, oil industry








C_2011380EN.01000102.xml










29.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 380/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6307 — Cassa Depositi e Prestiti/OMV Gas/Trans Austria Gasleitung JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 380/02
On 19 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:






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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 32011M6307. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2011-12-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2011380EN.01000201.xml










29.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 380/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

28 December 2011
2011/C 380/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3074




JPY


Japanese yen


101,51




DKK


Danish krone


7,4358




GBP


Pound sterling


0,83420




SEK


Swedish krona


8,9685




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2196




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,7990




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,820




HUF


Hungarian forint


307,05




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6972




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3947




RON


Romanian leu


4,2863




TRY


Turkish lira


2,4840




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2819




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3269




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,1678




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6812




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6936




KRW


South Korean won


1 511,19




ZAR


South African rand


10,5999




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,2607




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5280




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 026,24




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,1379




PHP


Philippine peso


57,484




RUB


Russian rouble


41,3855




THB


Thai baht


41,235




BRL


Brazilian real


2,4328




MXN


Mexican peso


18,2846




INR


Indian rupee


69,1580






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case F-144/11: Action brought on 29 December 2011 — ZZ v Commission
Date: 2011-12-29
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: EPSO, admission to examinations, assistant, competition (EU), indemnification








C_2012065EN.01002701.xml










3.3.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 65/27





Action brought on 29 December 2011 — ZZ v Commission
(Case F-144/11)
2012/C 65/53
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: ZZ (represented by: I. Ruiz Garcia, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision not to admit the applicant to the selection tests following publication of a corrigendum to the notice of competition annulling the eliminatory mark for situational judgment test (d).

Form of order sought







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Annul decision EPSO/R/17/11 and the decision rejecting the applicant's candidature in application of the corrigendum;










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Invite the applicant to the second stage of the competition EPSO/AST/111/10;










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Award the applicant the sum of EUR 10 400 in damages with interest;










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Order the European Commission to pay the costs.
Case C-677/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’Etat (France) lodged on 29 December 2011 — SNC Doux Élevage and Société Coopérative Agricole UKL-ARREE v Ministère de l’Agriculture, de l’alimentation, de la pêche, de la ruralité et de l'aménagement du territoire and Comité interprofessionnel de la dinde française (CIDEF)
Date: 2011-12-29
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: State aid, consumer information, financing, foreign policy, interprofessional agreement, poultry, sales promotion








C_2012089EN.01001101.xml










24.3.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 89/11





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’Etat (France) lodged on 29 December 2011 — SNC Doux Élevage and Société Coopérative Agricole UKL-ARREE v Ministère de l’Agriculture, de l’alimentation, de la pêche, de la ruralité et de l'aménagement du territoire and Comité interprofessionnel de la dinde française (CIDEF)
(Case C-677/11)
2012/C 89/16
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Conseil d’Etat, France

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: SNC Doux Élevage, Société Coopérative Agricole UKL-ARREE

Defendants: Ministère de l’Agriculture, de l’alimentation, de la pêche, de la ruralité et de l’aménagement du territoire, Comité interprofessionnel de la dinde française (CIDEF)

Question referred

Must Article 107 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, read in the light of Case C-345/02 Pearle BV and Others, be interpreted as meaning that a decision by which a national authority extends to all the traders in a sector an agreement which, like the agreement made within the Comité interprofessionnel de la dinde française (CIDEF), introduces the levying of a contribution in an inter-trade organisation recognised by that national authority, thus rendering that contribution compulsory, in order to make it possible to implement certain activities — publicity activities, promotional activities, external relations activities, quality assurance activities, research activities, activities in defence of the sector’s interests, and the use of studies and consumer panels — is, in view of the nature of the activities in question, the methods by which they are financed and the conditions of their implementation, related to State aid?
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6448 — OPTrust/PGGM/Global Vía Infraestructuras/Globalvía) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-12-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, supplementary pension, urban infrastructure








C_2011380EN.01000301.xml










29.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 380/3





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6448 — OPTrust/PGGM/Global Vía Infraestructuras/Globalvía)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 380/04






1.


On 20 December 2011, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings OPSEU Pension Plan Trust Fund, (‘OPTrust’, Canada), PGGM NV (‘PGGM’, Netherlands) and Global Vía Infraestructuras (‘Global Vía Infraestructuras’, Spain) jointly controlled by Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, SA, and Corporación Financiera Caja Madrid, SA, acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Globalvía Inversiones (‘Globalvía’, Spain) by way of contract.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for OPTrust: pension fund management for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union,










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for PGGM: pension fund management in the Netherlands,










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for Global Vía Infraestructuras: construction and management of infrastructure concessions,










—


for Globalvía: construction and management of infrastructure concessions.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the EC Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.










4.


The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6448 — OPTrust/PGGM/Global Vía Infraestructuras/Globalvía, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




J-70




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32 (‘Notice on a simplified procedure’).
Case T-673/11: Action brought on 29 December 2011 — Sigla v OHIM (VIPS CLUB)
Date: 2011-12-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, catering industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2012065EN.01001802.xml










3.3.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 65/18





Action brought on 29 December 2011 — Sigla v OHIM (VIPS CLUB)
(Case T-673/11)
2012/C 65/34
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Sigla (Madrid, Spain) (represented by E. Armijo Chávarri, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


find the present application and the accompanying documents to be duly lodged and admissible, take note that an action has been brought against the Decision of 6 October 2011 of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) in Case R 641/2011-1 and, following the appropriate procedural steps, give judgment annulling the abovementioned decision and expressly order the Office to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Community trade mark concerned: Word mark ‘VIPS CLUB’ for goods and services in Classes 29, 30 and 43

Decision of the Examiner: Refusal to register the mark applied for

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009, since the sign applied for is not descriptive and has distinctive character.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6376 — Arcelormittal/Atic Services)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2011-12-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, metallurgical industry, transport company








C_2011380EN.01000101.xml










29.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 380/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6376 — Arcelormittal/Atic Services)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 380/01
On 2 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 32011M6376. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case T-656/11: Action brought on 29 December 2011 — Morison Menon Chartered Accountants and Others v Council
Date: 2011-12-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Iran, economic sanctions, international sanctions, ownership, rights of the defence








C_2012058EN.01001401.xml










25.2.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 58/14





Action brought on 29 December 2011 — Morison Menon Chartered Accountants and Others v Council
(Case T-656/11)
2012/C 58/26
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Morison Menon Chartered Accountants (Dubai, United Arab Emirates); Morison Menon Chartered Accountants — Dubai Office (Dubai); and Morison Menon Chartered Accountants — Sharjah Office (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates) (represented by: H. Viaene, T. Ruys and D. Gillet, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought







—


Annul Council implementing Regulation (EU) No 1245/2011 of 1 December 2011 implementing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010 on restrictive measures against Iran (1) and Council Decision 2011/783/CFSP of 1 December 2011 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran (2) insofar as they concern the applicants;










—


Order the Council to pay the costs incurred by the applicants, as well as its own.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of their action, the applicants rely on three pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging






—


an infringement of the duty to state reasons on the part of the Council, as well as the applicants’ rights of defence, in particular the right to be heard and to an effective judicial remedy;














2.


Second plea in law, alleging






—


a manifest error of assessment on the part of the Council;














3.


Third plea in law, alleging






—


an infringement of the right to property.










(1)  OJ L 319, 2.12.2011, p. 11


(2)  OJ L 319, 2.12.2011, p. 71