do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-225/10: Order of the General Court of 21 March 2012 — Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria v Commission (Action for annulment — State aid — Aid scheme allowing the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of the aid — No individual concern — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2012-03-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, amortisation, common market, control of State aid, goodwill, reimbursement of aid, shareholding








C_2012133EN.01002501.xml










5.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 133/25





Order of the General Court of 21 March 2012 — Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria v Commission
(Case T-225/10) (1)

(Action for annulment - State aid - Aid scheme allowing the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions - Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of the aid - No individual concern - Inadmissibility)
2012/C 133/48
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, SA (Bilbao, Spain) (represented by: J. Buendía Sierra, E. Abad Valdenebro, M. Munõz de Juan and R. Calvo Salinero, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lyal and C. Urraca Caviedes, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Article 1(1) of Commission Decision 2011/5/EC of 28 October 2009 on the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions C 45/07 (ex NN 51/07, ex CP 9/07) implemented by Spain (OJ 2011 L 7, p. 48)

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, SA shall pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 179, 3.7.2010.
Case T-228/10: Order of the General Court of 21 March 2012 — Telefónica v Commission (Action for annulment — State aid — Aid schemes allowing for the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of aid — Act entailing implementing measures — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2012-03-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, amortisation, common market, control of State aid, goodwill, reimbursement of aid, shareholding








C_2012133EN.01002502.xml










5.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 133/25





Order of the General Court of 21 March 2012 — Telefónica v Commission
(Case T-228/10) (1)

(Action for annulment - State aid - Aid schemes allowing for the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions - Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of aid - Act entailing implementing measures - Lack of individual concern - Inadmissibility)
2012/C 133/49
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Telefónica, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J. Ruiz Calzado, M. Núñez-Müller and J. Domínguez Pérez, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lyal and C. Urraca Caviedes, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Article 1(1) of Commission Decision 2011/5/EC of 28 October 2009 on the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions C 45/07 (ex NN 51/07, ex CP 9/07) implemented by Spain (OJ 2011 L 7, p. 48).

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


Telefónica, SA is ordered to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 195, 17.7.2010.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2012-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2012082EN.01000701.xml










21.3.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 82/7





Euro exchange rates (1)

20 March 2012
2012/C 82/04

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3198




JPY


Japanese yen


110,48




DKK


Danish krone


7,4353




GBP


Pound sterling


0,83220




SEK


Swedish krona


8,9120




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2059




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,6060




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,464




HUF


Hungarian forint


289,38




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6966




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1270




RON


Romanian leu


4,3788




TRY


Turkish lira


2,4000




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2586




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3098




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,2480




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6160




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6672




KRW


South Korean won


1 486,75




ZAR


South African rand


10,0581




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,3395




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5335




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 083,74




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,0678




PHP


Philippine peso


56,768




RUB


Russian rouble


38,6432




THB


Thai baht


40,637




BRL


Brazilian real


2,4112




MXN


Mexican peso


16,7681




INR


Indian rupee


66,5940






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-142/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad Varna (Bulgaria) lodged on 21 March 2012 — Hristomir Marinov v Direktor na Direktsia ‘Obzhalvane i upravlenie na izpalnenieto’ — gr. Varna pri Tsentralno Upravlenie na Natsionalnata Agentsia za Prihodite
Date: 2012-03-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, basis of tax assessment, cessation of trading, interpretation of the law








C_2012151EN.01002501.xml










26.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 151/25





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad Varna (Bulgaria) lodged on 21 March 2012 — Hristomir Marinov v Direktor na Direktsia ‘Obzhalvane i upravlenie na izpalnenieto’ — gr. Varna pri Tsentralno Upravlenie na Natsionalnata Agentsia za Prihodite
(Case C-142/12)
2012/C 151/39
Language of the case: Bulgarian

Referring court

Administrativen sad Varna (Bulgaria)

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Hristomir Marinov

Defendant: Direktor na Direktsia ‘Obzhalvane i upravlenie na izpalnenieto’ — gr. Varna pri Tsentralno Upravlenie na Natsionalnata Agentsia za Prihodite

Questions referred







1.


Is Article 18(c) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC (1) of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax to be interpreted as meaning that it also covers cases in which the cessation of the taxable economic activity is attributable to the fact that the taxable person is no longer able to charge or deduct VAT because he has been removed from the VAT register?










2.


Do Articles 74 and 80 of Directive 2006/112 preclude a national provision which states that, in the event of the cessation of the taxable economic activity, the taxable amount of the transaction is to be the open market value of the assets in existence at the time of removal from the register?










3.


Does Article 74 of Directive 2006/112 have direct effect?










4.


Are the length of the period from the purchase of the assets to the cessation of the taxable economic activity and the depreciations in value which have occurred since the assets were purchased significant for the purposes of determining the taxable amount in accordance with Article 74 of Directive 2006/112?






(1)  OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6487 — Mitsui/Sanyo/Musco/Navyug Special Steel)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, metallurgical industry








C_2012082EN.01000501.xml










21.3.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 82/5





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6487 — Mitsui/Sanyo/Musco/Navyug Special Steel)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 82/02
On 15 March 2012, 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 32012M6487. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case T-227/09: Judgment of the General Court of 21 March 2012 — Feng Shen Technology v OHIM — Majtczak (FS) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark FS — Applicant acting in bad faith — Article 51(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Date: 2012-03-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: China, EU trade mark, Ghana, dictionary of abbreviations, product designation, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2012133EN.01002301.xml










5.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 133/23





Judgment of the General Court of 21 March 2012 — Feng Shen Technology v OHIM — Majtczak (FS)
(Case T-227/09) (1)

(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community figurative mark FS - Applicant acting in bad faith - Article 51(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
2012/C 133/43
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Feng Shen Technology Co. Ltd (Guieshan Township, Taïwan) (represented by: P. Rath and W. Festl-Wietek, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: (Jarosław Majtczak (Łódź, Poland) (represented by: initially by J. Wyrwas, and subsequently by J. Radłowski, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 April 2009 (Case R 529/2008-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Feng Shen Technology Co. Ltd and Jarosław Majtczak

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 1 April 2009 (Case R 529/2008-4);










2.


Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and pay the costs of Feng Shen Technology Co. Ltd;










3.


Orders Mr Jarosław Majtczak to bear his own costs.






(1)  OJ C 193, 15.8.2009.
Case T-174/11: Order of the General Court of 21 March 2012 — Modelo Continente Hipermercados v Commission (Action for annulment — State aid — Aid schemes allowing for the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of aid — Lack of individual concern — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2012-03-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Spain, State aid, amortisation, common market, control of State aid, goodwill, reimbursement of aid, shareholding








C_2012133EN.01002602.xml










5.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 133/26





Order of the General Court of 21 March 2012 — Modelo Continente Hipermercados v Commission
(Case T-174/11) (1)

(Action for annulment - State aid - Aid schemes allowing for the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions - Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of aid - Lack of individual concern - Inadmissibility)
2012/C 133/51
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Modelo Continente Hipermercados, SA, sucursal en España (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J. Buendía Sierra, E. Abad Valdenebro, M. Muñoz de Juan and R. Calvo Salinero, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lyal and C. Urraca Caviedes, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Article 1(1) of Commission Decision 2011/5/EC of 28 October 2009 on the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions C 45/07 (ex NN 51/07, ex CP 9/07) implemented by Spain (OJ 2011 L 7, p. 48).

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed;










2.


Modelo Continente Hipermercados, SA, sucursal en España, is ordered to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 139, 7.5.2011.
Case F-41/12: Action brought on 21 March 2012 — ZZ v Parliament
Date: 2012-03-21
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: contract, damages, indemnification, servant (EU)








C_2012138EN.01003802.xml










12.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 138/38






Action brought on 21 March 2012 — ZZ v Parliament
(Case F-41/12)
(2012/C 138/90)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: ZZ (represented by: R. Adam and P. Ketter, lawyers)

Defendant: European Parliament

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Application for (i) annulment of the European Parliament’s decision terminating the applicant’s contract as a member of the temporary staff appointed for an indefinite period and (ii) for compensation.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of the Parliament of 20 June 2011 terminating the applicant’s contract as a member of the temporary staff appointed for an indefinite period;










—


so far as is necessary, annul the express decision of the European Parliament rejecting the complaint;










—


reinstate the applicant at the European Parliament;










—


in the alternative and if, contrary to all probability, the Tribunal should conclude that that no reinstatement was possible, such reinstatement being in the interests of neither the applicant nor the European Parliament, order the European Parliament to pay 36 months’ salary by way of compensation for material damage, or alternatively any other amount to be assessed ex aequo et bono, in addition to EUR 15 000 by way of compensation for non-material damage;










—


in any event, order the Parliament to pay EUR 15 000 by way of compensation for non-material damage;










—


reserve to the applicant all other rights, remedies, pleas and actions, in particular with regard to (i) claiming additional damages for the harm suffered by reason of the Parliament’s wrongful conduct, (ii) producing additional evidence and (iii) calling the relevant witnesses;










—


order the Parliament to pay all the costs of the proceedings, including the lawyers’ fees incurred by the applicant.
Case T-63/09: Judgment of the General Court of 21 March 2012 — Volkswagen v OHIM — Suzuki Motor (SWIFT GTi) (Community Trade Mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark SWIFT GTi — Earlier international and national marks GTI — Relative grounds for refusal — Similarity of the goods — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Assessment of the likelihood of confusion — Rejection of the opposition)
Date: 2012-03-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, motor vehicle, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2012133EN.01002202.xml










5.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 133/22





Judgment of the General Court of 21 March 2012 — Volkswagen v OHIM — Suzuki Motor (SWIFT GTi)
(Case T-63/09) (1)

(Community Trade Mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark SWIFT GTi - Earlier international and national marks GTI - Relative grounds for refusal - Similarity of the goods - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Assessment of the likelihood of confusion - Rejection of the opposition)
2012/C 133/42
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany) (represented by: H.-P. Schrammek, C. Drzymalla and S. Risthaus, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Suzuki Motor Corp. (Shizuoka-ken, Japan)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 December 2008 (Case R 749/2007-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Volkswagen AG and Suzuki Motor Corp.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Volkswagen AG to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 102, 1.5.2009.
Case T-234/10: Order of the General Court of 21 March 2012 — Ebro Foods v Commission (Action for annulment — State aid — Aid scheme allowing the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions — Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of the aid — No individual concern — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2012-03-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Spain, State aid, amortisation, common market, control of State aid, goodwill, reimbursement of aid, shareholding








C_2012133EN.01002601.xml










5.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 133/26





Order of the General Court of 21 March 2012 — Ebro Foods v Commission
(Case T-234/10) (1)

(Action for annulment - State aid - Aid scheme allowing the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions - Decision declaring the aid scheme incompatible with the common market and not ordering the recovery of the aid - No individual concern - Inadmissibility)
2012/C 133/50
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Ebro Foods, SA, formerly Ebro Puleva, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J. Buendía Sierra, E. Abad Valdenebro, M. Munõz de Juan and R. Calvo Salinero, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lyal and C. Urraca Caviedes, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Article 1(1) of Commission Decision 2011/5/EC of 28 October 2009 on the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions C 45/07 (ex NN 51/07, ex CP 9/07) implemented by Spain (OJ 2011 L 7, p. 48)

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


Ebro Foods, SA shall pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 195, 17.7.2010.
Case T-113/06: Judgment of the General Court of 21 March 2012 — Marine Harvest Norway and Alsaker Fjordbruk v Council (Dumping — Imports of salmon originating in Norway — Definition of the Community industry — Like product — Composition of the sample of Community producers)
Date: 2012-03-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU industrial policy, Norway, anti-dumping duty, dumping, fresh fish, import (EU), originating product








C_2012133EN.01002102.xml










5.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 133/21





Judgment of the General Court of 21 March 2012 — Marine Harvest Norway and Alsaker Fjordbruk v Council
(Case T-113/06) (1)

(Dumping - Imports of salmon originating in Norway - Definition of the Community industry - Like product - Composition of the sample of Community producers)
2012/C 133/40
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: Marine Harvest Norway AS, successor in law to Fjord Seafood Norway AS (Bergen, Norway) and Alsaker Fjordbruk AS (Onarheim, Norway) (represented by: J.M. Juuhl-Langseth and P. Dyrberg, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: J.-P. Hix and B. Driessen, acting as Agents, and by G. Berrisch, lawyer)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented: initially by P. Stancanelli and K. Talabér-Ritz, and subsequently by K. Talabér-Ritz, T. Scharf and H. van Vliet, acting as Agents, and by E. McGovern, Barrister)

Re:

Application for annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 85/2006 of 17 January 2006 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of farmed salmon originating in Norway (OJ 2006 L 15, p. 1)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Council Regulation (EC) No 85/2006 of 17 January 2006 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of farmed salmon originating in Norway in so far as it concerns Marine Harvest Norway AS, legal successor to Fjord Seafood Norway AS, for the anti-dumping duties applied to imports originating from the latter until 18 September 2007, and Alsaker Fjordbruk AS;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs and to pay those of Marine Harvest Norway, legal successor to Fjord Seafood Norway, and Alsaker Fjordbruk;










4.


Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 131, 3.6.2006.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6472 — Groupe Bolloré/CMA CGM/Terminal du Grand Ouest) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: container, economic concentration, logistics, maritime transport, means of communication, merger control, pulp and paper industry, tourism








C_2012082EN.01000801.xml










21.3.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 82/8





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6472 — Groupe Bolloré/CMA CGM/Terminal du Grand Ouest)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 82/05






1.


On 14 March 2012, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the Bolloré Group (France) transfers its handling operations for conventional and dry bulk cargo at the terminal for miscellaneous goods and containers located at Montoir de Bretagne (Saint Nazaire, France) to the undertaking Terminal du Grand Ouest (‘TGO’, France), which will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of those operations. TGO is controlled indirectly by Bolloré and the undertaking CMA-CGM (France).










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Bolloré: among other things, manufacture of paper and plastic films, ticketing terminals, communications, media, plantations and logistics,










—


for CMA-CGM: container shipping, logistics and tourism,










—


for TGO: port handling of containers at the miscellaneous goods and containers terminal at Montoir de Bretagne.














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.6472 — Groupe Bolloré/CMA CGM/Terminal du Grand Ouest, 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’).