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Case C-181/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 18 April 2012 — Yvon Welte v Finanzamt Velbert
Date: 2012-04-18
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU law - national law, acquisition of property, basis of tax assessment, capital transfer tax, interpretation of the law, legal domicile, real property








C_2012174EN.01002001.xml










16.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 174/20





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 18 April 2012 — Yvon Welte v Finanzamt Velbert
(Case C-181/12)
2012/C 174/31
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Finanzgericht Düsseldorf

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Yvon Welte

Defendant: Finanzamt Velbert

Question referred

Are Articles 56 and 58 of the Treaty establishing the European Community to be interpreted as precluding national legislation of a Member State on the charging of inheritance tax which, where land situated within the country is acquired through inheritance by a non-resident person, provides for a tax-free amount of only EUR 2 000 for the non-resident acquirer, whereas on the acquisition through inheritance a tax-free amount of EUR 500 000 would apply if at the time of the inheritance the deceased person or acquirer had a permanent residence in the Member State concerned?
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2012-04-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2012111EN.01000201.xml










18.4.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 111/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

17 April 2012
2012/C 111/02

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3132




JPY


Japanese yen


105,96




DKK


Danish krone


7,4397




GBP


Pound sterling


0,82340




SEK


Swedish krona


8,8822




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2018




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,5475




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,799




HUF


Hungarian forint


297,35




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6989




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1905




RON


Romanian leu


4,3753




TRY


Turkish lira


2,3515




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2664




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3082




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,1902




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6034




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6412




KRW


South Korean won


1 493,52




ZAR


South African rand


10,2708




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,2758




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4900




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 051,80




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,0223




PHP


Philippine peso


56,008




RUB


Russian rouble


38,8550




THB


Thai baht


40,433




BRL


Brazilian real


2,4229




MXN


Mexican peso


17,2779




INR


Indian rupee


67,6000






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Accession of the European Union to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia *** European Parliament legislative resolution of 18 April 2012 on the draft Council decision on the accession of the European Union to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (07434/2012 – C7-0085/2012 – 2012/0028(NLE))
Date: 2012-04-18
Institutions: Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: South-East Asia, accession to an agreement, conflict prevention, cooperation agreement, economic cooperation, peacekeeping, scientific cooperation, settlement of disputes, technical cooperation, trade cooperation








CE2013258EN.01012602.xml










7.9.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CE 258/126





Wednesday 18 April 2012Accession of the European Union to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia ***
P7_TA(2012)0122
European Parliament legislative resolution of 18 April 2012 on the draft Council decision on the accession of the European Union to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (07434/2012 – C7-0085/2012 – 2012/0028(NLE))
2013/C 258 E/18
(Consent)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the draft Council decision (07434/2012),










—


having regard to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia and the draft Third Protocol thereto,










—


having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Articles 209 and 212 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), and Article 218(8), second subparagraph, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C7-0085/2012),










—


having regard to Rules 81 and 90(7) of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A7-0139/2012),










1.


Consents to the accession of the Union to the Treaty;










2.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the States signatories of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia.
Children with Down syndrome Declaration of the European Parliament of 18 April 2012 on children with Down syndrome
Date: 2012-04-18
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: children's rights, congenital disease, disabled person, genetics, medical research, mental illness, public awareness campaign








CE2013258EN.01005102.xml










7.9.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CE 258/51





Wednesday 18 April 2012Children with Down syndrome
P7_TA(2012)0130
Declaration of the European Parliament of 18 April 2012 on children with Down syndrome
2013/C 258 E/06

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to Rule 123 of its Rules of Procedure,










A.


whereas it is estimated that the chances of a child being born with Down syndrome are between 600 and 1 000 to 1;










B.


whereas Down syndrome is one of the commonest genetic causes of learning disabilities;










C.


whereas congenital anomalies are one of the main causes of infant mortality and long-term disability, and children with Down syndrome can suffer from numerous congenital disturbances, the most frequent being heart disease;










D.


whereas Article 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union states: 'The Union recognises and respects the right of persons with disabilities to benefit from measures designed to ensure their independence, social and occupational integration and participation in the life of the community';










E.


whereas the EU has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which lays down universal minimum standards protecting and guaranteeing a whole range of civil, political, social and economic rights;










1.


Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to:






—


contribute to the social inclusion of children with Down syndrome by means of awareness-raising campaigns at national and European level;










—


promote pan-European research into the treatment of this condition;










—


draw up a Europe-wide strategy for protecting the rights of children with Down syndrome in the EU;














2.


Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories (1), to the Commission, the Council and the national authorities concerned.






(1)  The list of signatories is published in Annex 2 to the Minutes of 18 April 2012 (P7_PV(2012)04-18(ANN2)).
Calls for proposals — ESPON 2013 programme ( 18 April 2012 - 13 June 2012 )
Date: 2012-04-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, invitation to tender, regional development








C_2012111EN.01000601.xml










18.4.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 111/6





Calls for proposals — ESPON 2013 programme
(18 April 2012-13 June 2012)
2012/C 111/04
ESPON is the European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion. It supports policy development related to EU cohesion policy. ESPON is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund under objective 3 for European territorial cooperation and by 31 countries (27 EU Member States and Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway and Switzerland).
In the framework of the ESPON 2013 programme, calls for proposals are now open.






1.


Call for proposals on targeted analyses/priority 2:






—


North Sea — Spreading transnational results (budget EUR 340 000).




One single proposal will be selected for the indicated theme.










2.


Call for proposals within the ESPON scientific platform/priority 3:






—


European territorial monitoring system (budget EUR 598 000),










—


Detecting territorial potential and challenges (budget EUR 350 000),










—


European urban benchmarking web tool (budget EUR 200 000).




The total available budget for this call amounts to EUR 1 148 000 which is distributed on projects as indicated above. One single proposal will be selected for each of the three indicated themes.










3.


Call for proposals for transnational networking activities by the ESPON contact point network/priority 4:






—


Capitalisation activities at transnational level by the ESPON contact point network.




The available budget will be communicated on the ESPON website by the opening of the call. More than one proposal can be selected.
The deadline for submitting proposals is 13 June 2012.
Potential beneficiaries are researchers, scientists, experts, research institutes, public bodies and private companies from 31 countries (27 EU Member States, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway and Switzerland). The call on transnational networking activities is dedicated to the institutions confirmed as national ESPON contact points.
An Info Day and Partner Café for potential beneficiaries will take place on 10 May 2012 in Brussels.
All the documentation related to the calls, including the procedure for applying, the eligibility rules, the evaluation criteria and the application form, is available at the ESPON website: http://www.espon.eu
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6346 — APMT/Bolloré/Congo Terminal)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-04-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: container, economic concentration, logistics, maritime transport, merger control, self-employed person








C_2012111EN.01000101.xml










18.4.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 111/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6346 — APMT/Bolloré/Congo Terminal)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 111/01
On 12 April 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 32012M6346. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case C-183/12 P: Appeal brought on 18 April 2012 by Chafiq Ayadi against the order of the General Court (Second Chamber) delivered on 31 January 2012 in Case T-527/09: Chafiq Ayadi v European Commission
Date: 2012-04-18
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Afghanistan, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, rights of the defence, terrorism








C_2012194EN.01001201.xml










30.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 194/12





Appeal brought on 18 April 2012 by Chafiq Ayadi against the order of the General Court (Second Chamber) delivered on 31 January 2012 in Case T-527/09: Chafiq Ayadi v European Commission
(Case C-183/12 P)
2012/C 194/19
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: Chafiq Ayadi (represented by: H.A.S. Miller, Solicitor)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission, Council of the European Union

Form of order sought

The Appellant seeks the following order if successful on both pleas:






—


the order of the General Court dated 31 January 2012 is quashed










—


it is declared that the action for annulment is not devoid of purpose










—


the matter be remitted back to the General Court for it to determine the annulment application










—


The Commission do pay the costs of this appeal and the costs of defending the Commission's application to find the annulment action devoid of purpose before the General Court.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The Appellant raises the following two pleas in law:






A.


The General Court erred when it failed to:






(a)


hear from the Advocate-General and/or










(b)


invite representations from the Appellant as to whether the oral procedure ought to be opened and/or










(c)


open the oral procedure on the question as to whether the application to annul was devoid of purpose.














B.


The General Court erred in finding that the action for annulment was not capable of conferring material advantage upon the Appellant.
Training of national judges in EU competition law and judicial cooperation between national judges
Date: 2012-04-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU law, competition law, in-service training, judge, judicial cooperation








C_2012111EN.01000801.xml










18.4.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 111/8





Training of national judges in EU competition law and judicial cooperation between national judges
2012/C 111/05
A new call for proposals on training of national judges in EU competition law and judicial cooperation between national judges has been published on:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/calls/index.html
New deadline for applications: 31 May 2012
Fish as a common good Declaration of the European Parliament of 18 April 2012 on fish as a common good
Date: 2012-04-18
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: common fisheries policy, conservation of fish stocks, fishing controls, international cooperation, public awareness campaign








CE2013258EN.01005101.xml










7.9.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CE 258/51





Wednesday 18 April 2012Fish as a common good
P7_TA(2012)0129
Declaration of the European Parliament of 18 April 2012 on fish as a common good
2013/C 258 E/05

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to Article 117 of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which provides that ‘All States have the duty to take, or to cooperate with other States in taking (…) measures (…) necessary for the conservation of the living resources of the high seas’,










—


having regard to the 1993 Agreement to promote compliance with international conservation and management measures by fishing vessels on the high seas, and the 1995 FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries,










—


having regard to Rule 123 of its Rules of Procedure,










A.


whereas average global fish consumption has reached a record of 17 kg per person per year, and whereas fish provides over 15 % of the protein intake of more than 3 billion people;










B.


whereas the global sustainability of fisheries is a prerequisite for the conservation of fish stocks and for the access of future generations to this invaluable marine resource, and whereas the concentration of fisheries’ ownership in private hands entails severe negative effects;










C.


whereas there is a need for global action to protect this resource and ensure that it is regarded as a common good, while also ensuring equitable distribution of the related collective benefits;










1.


Invites the Commission to promote legislative action, at EU and Member State level, on the importance of fish as a global common good, to implement the necessary measures to protect marine resources, to ensure access to and sustainable use of these resources – through international coordination – and to conduct an information campaign for EU citizens;










2.


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






(1)  The list of signatories is published in Annex 1 to the Minutes of 18 April 2012 (P7_PV(2012)04-18(ANN1)).
Case F-50/11: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 18 April 2012 — Buxton v Parliament (Civil service — Officials — Award of merit points — Staff report — Part-time work — Equal treatment)
Date: 2012-04-18
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European civil service, equal treatment, part-time employment, staff assessment








C_2012184EN.01002101.xml










23.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 184/21





Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 18 April 2012 — Buxton v Parliament
(Case F-50/11) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Award of merit points - Staff report - Part-time work - Equal treatment)
2012/C 184/43
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant:
Dawn Cheryl Buxton (Luxembourg) (represented by: P. Nelissen Grade and G. Leblanc, lawyers)

Defendant:
European Parliament (represented by: S. Alves and N.B. Rasmussen, agents)

Re:

Civil service — Application for annulment of the decision of the appointing authority to grant the applicant only one merit point for the 2009 reports procedure.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Ms Buxton to bear her own costs and to pay the costs of the European Parliament.






(1)  OJ C 186, 25.6.2011, p. 36.
Judgment of the Court of 18 April 2012 in Case E-15/10 — Posten Norge AS v EFTA Surveillance Authority (Action for annulment of a decision of the EFTA Surveillance Authority — Competition — Abuse of a dominant position — Market for business-to-consumer over-the-counter parcel delivery — Distribution network — Exclusivity agreements — Conduct liable to eliminate competition on the market — Justification — Duration of infringement — Fine)
Date: 2012-04-18
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: competition, distributive trades, dominant position, fine, inter-company agreement, offence








C_2012307EN.01002501.xml










11.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 307/25





JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
of 18 April 2012
in Case E-15/10
Posten Norge AS v EFTA Surveillance Authority
(Action for annulment of a decision of the EFTA Surveillance Authority — Competition — Abuse of a dominant position — Market for business-to-consumer over-the-counter parcel delivery — Distribution network — Exclusivity agreements — Conduct liable to eliminate competition on the market — Justification — Duration of infringement — Fine)
2012/C 307/11
In Case E-15/10 Posten Norge AS v EFTA Surveillance Authority — APPLICATION for annulment of Decision No 322/10/COL of 14 July 2010 relating to a proceeding under Article 54 of the EEA Agreement (Case No 34250 Norway Post/Privpak) or, in the alternative, annulment or reduction of the fine imposed on the applicant in that decision, the Court, composed of Carl Baudenbacher, President and Judge-Rapporteur, Per Christiansen and Páll Hreinsson, Judges, gave judgment on 18 April 2012, the operative part of which is as follows:
The Court hereby:






1.


Sets the fine imposed by Article 2 of Decision No 322/10/COL of 14 July 2010 relating to a proceeding under Article 54 of the EEA Agreement (Case No 34250 Norway Post/Privpak) on Posten Norge AS at EUR 11 112 000;










2.


Dismisses the remainder of the application;










3.


Orders Posten Norge AS to bear its own costs and to pay 75 % of ESA’s costs and the costs of Schenker North AB, Schenker Privpak AB and Schenker Privpak AS;










4.


Orders ESA to bear the remainder of its own costs.