do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2012-05-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2012136EN.01000601.xml










11.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 136/6





Euro exchange rates (1)

10 May 2012
2012/C 136/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2961




JPY


Japanese yen


103,31




DKK


Danish krone


7,4335




GBP


Pound sterling


0,80180




SEK


Swedish krona


8,9448




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2013




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,5575




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,162




HUF


Hungarian forint


288,31




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6982




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2292




RON


Romanian leu


4,4190




TRY


Turkish lira


2,3135




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2801




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,2945




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,0615




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6434




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6199




KRW


South Korean won


1 480,27




ZAR


South African rand


10,3800




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,1840




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5055




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 954,38




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,9758




PHP


Philippine peso


55,039




RUB


Russian rouble


39,0370




THB


Thai baht


40,335




BRL


Brazilian real


2,5456




MXN


Mexican peso


17,4001




INR


Indian rupee


69,1310






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Corrigendum to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 392/2012 of 1 March 2012 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household tumble driers ( OJ L 123, 9.5.2012 )
Date: 2012-05-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: energy consumption, energy saving, household electrical appliance, labelling, trade information




L_2012124EN.01005601.xml










11.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 124/56







Corrigendum to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 392/2012 of 1 March 2012 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household tumble driers
(
Official Journal of the European Union L 123 of 9 May 2012
)

On page 3, in Article 8:
for:

               ‘
               29 May 2012
               ’
            
read:

               ‘
               29 May 2013
               ’
            
On page 3, in Article 9(1):
for:

               ‘
               29 September 2012
               ’
            
read:

               ‘
               29 September 2013
               ’
            
On page 3, in Article 9(2):
for:

               ‘
               29 May 2012
               ’
            
read:

               ‘
               29 May 2013
               ’
            
On page 3, in Article 9(3):
for:

               ‘
               29 May 2012
               ’
            
read:

               ‘
               29 May 2013
               ’
            
On page 3, Article 10(2) is replaced as follows:
for:


‘2.   It shall apply from 29 May 2012. However, Article 3(d) and (e) and Article 4(b), (c) and (d) shall apply from 29 September 2012.’


read:


‘2.   It shall apply from 29 May 2013. However, Article 3(d) and (e) and Article 4(b), (c) and (d) shall apply from 29 September 2013.’
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6569 — Lecta/Polyedra) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-05-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, pulp and paper industry








C_2012136EN.01001201.xml










11.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 136/12





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6569 — Lecta/Polyedra)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 136/09






1.


On 30 April 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Lecta SA (‘Lecta’) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Polyedra SpA and Polyedra AG (together, ‘Polyedra’), by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Lecta: mainly active in the manufacture of coated fine paper, and, to a lesser extent in the manufacture of specialty paper, and the merchanting of paper,










—


for Polyedra: active in the merchanting of paper.














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.6569 — Lecta/Polyedra, 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’).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6511 — Solvay/Air Liquide/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-05-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, gas, merger control, parent company








C_2012136EN.01001001.xml










11.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 136/10





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6511 — Solvay/Air Liquide/JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 136/07






1.


On 2 May 2012, 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 Solvay SA (‘Solvay’, Belgium) and Air Liquide International (‘Air Liquide’, France) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of a newly created company constituting a joint venture (‘the JV’, Belgium) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Solvay is the parent of a group of companies which are internationally active in the research, development, production, marketing and sale of chemicals and plastics,










—


Air Liquide is active in the production and supply of industrial gases and the supply of associated services to various industries,










—


the JV will finance, build, operate and service Fluorine gas production facilities located on or adjacent to a customer site for the supply of F2 by pipeline to customers in the photovoltaic industry and the flat panel display industry mainly located in Asia.














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.6511 — Solvay/Air Liquide/JV, 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’).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6567 — Bouygues/Amelia) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-05-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, economic concentration, means of communication, merger control, telecommunications industry








C_2012136EN.01001101.xml










11.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 136/11





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6567 — Bouygues/Amelia)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 136/08






1.


On 3 May 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Bouygues Bâtiment International SA (‘BBI’, France), part of the Bouygues SA group (‘Bouygues’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Amelia Investments Limited (‘Amelia’, United Kingdom), by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Bouygues: construction, telecommunications and media,










—


for Amelia: construction and civil engineering in the United Kingdom through its subsidiaries Thomas Vale Construction Plc and Fitzgerald Contractors Limited.














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.6567 — Bouygues/Amelia, 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 C-222/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tartu Ringkonnakohus (Estonia) lodged on 11 May 2012 — A. Karuse AS v Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet
Date: 2012-05-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: carriage of goods, commercial vehicle, interpretation of the law, road services department, weight and size








C_2012209EN.01000502.xml










14.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 209/5





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tartu Ringkonnakohus (Estonia) lodged on 11 May 2012 — A. Karuse AS v Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet
(Case C-222/12)
2012/C 209/08
Language of the case: Estonian

Referring court

Tartu Ringkonnakohus

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: A. Karuse AS

Defendant: Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet

Question referred

Must the expression ‘in connection with road maintenance’ used in the definition of the exception permitted in Article 13(1)(h) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) be interpreted as covering a tipping lorry with a laden weight of 25.5 tonnes carrying gravel along a public highway from a quarry to a site of road improvement and maintenance works?


(1)  Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85, OJ 2006 L 102, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2012-05-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2012136EN.01000501.xml










11.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 136/5





Euro exchange rates (1)

9 May 2012
2012/C 136/02

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,295




JPY


Japanese yen


102,99




DKK


Danish krone


7,435




GBP


Pound sterling


0,80495




SEK


Swedish krona


8,9097




CHF


Swiss franc


1,201




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,563




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,243




HUF


Hungarian forint


290,7




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6983




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2154




RON


Romanian leu


4,421




TRY


Turkish lira


2,3236




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2886




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3007




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,053




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6509




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6232




KRW


South Korean won


1 481,06




ZAR


South African rand


10,3988




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,1726




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,505




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 951,56




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,9808




PHP


Philippine peso


55,18




RUB


Russian rouble


39,3




THB


Thai baht


40,287




BRL


Brazilian real


2,5337




MXN


Mexican peso


17,4978




INR


Indian rupee


69,768






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-207/12 P: Appeal brought on 11 May 2012 by Luigi Marcuccio against the order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 29 February 2012 in Case F-3/11, Marcuccio v Commission
Date: 2012-05-11
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European civil service, medical data, social security








C_2012194EN.01002701.xml










30.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 194/27





Appeal brought on 11 May 2012 by Luigi Marcuccio against the order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 29 February 2012 in Case F-3/11, Marcuccio v Commission
(Case T-207/12 P)
2012/C 194/45
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Appellant: Luigi Marcuccio (Tricase, Italy) (represented by G. Cipressa, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission

Form of order sought by the appellant







—


Annul in its entirety and without exception whatsoever the order under appeal;










—


Grant all the appellant’s claims in the proceedings at first instance under appeal;










—


Order the defendant to pay to the appellant all the costs incurred by him in the appeal proceedings;










—


In the alternative, refer the case back to the Civil Service Tribunal, sitting in a different formation, for a fresh decision on each of the claims referred to in the preceding paragraphs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The present appeal is brought against the order of 29 February 2012 in Case F-3/11 rejecting as manifestly inadmissible an action seeking, first, annulment of the alleged refusal on the part of the European Commission to place a document on the file relating to his accident and, second, an order that the Commission pay to the appellant the sum of EUR 1 000 by way of compensation for the damage alleged.
The appellant relies on two grounds of appeal.






1.


First ground, alleging absolute failure to state reasons for the ruling that the action was manifestly inadmissible and manifest uncertainty, inconsistent reasoning, distortion and misrepresentation of the facts, self-evident, illogical, irrelevant and unreasonable reasoning, infringement of the obligation of clare loqui, failure to rule on one of the appellant’s claims, and incorrect and unreasonable interpretation and application of:






 


Articles 26 and 26a of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union;










 


the rules of law relating to the concept of an actionable measure (in particular, at paragraphs 30 to 47 of the order under appeal);










 


the rules of law concerning the processing of and access by the individual to personal data affecting him which is held by a European Union institution;














2.


Second ground, alleging that the court at first instance’s rulings on costs are unlawful (between paragraphs 47 and 48 of the order under appeal).
Case C-220/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Hannover (Germany) lodged on 11 May 2012 — Andreas Ingemar Thiele Meneses v Region Hannover
Date: 2012-05-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Germany, discrimination on the basis of nationality, education grant, freedom of movement, interpretation of the law, residence permit, residential mobility








C_2012287EN.01001603.xml










22.9.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 287/16





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Hannover (Germany) lodged on 11 May 2012 — Andreas Ingemar Thiele Meneses v Region Hannover
(Case C-220/12)
2012/C 287/29
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgericht Hannover

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Andreas Ingemar Thiele Meneses

Defendant: Region Hannover

Question referred

Does the right to freedom of movement and freedom of residence conferred on a Union citizen by Articles 20 and 21 TFEU preclude a regulatory system in national law under which German nationals with a permanent residence outside the Federal Republic of Germany may be awarded an education grant to attend an education establishment situated in a Member State of the European Union only if the education establishment is either in the country of permanent residence or in a neighbouring state of that country and, moreover, special circumstances of the individual case justify the grant?
The EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on current state aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for three EFTA States applicable as from 1 January 2012 (Published in accordance with Article 10 of the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL of 14 July 2004 ( OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and in the EEA Supplement No 26/2006, 25.5.2006 , p. 1))
Date: 2012-05-11
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, State aid, interest, reimbursement of aid








C_2012136EN.01000701.xml










11.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 136/7





The EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on current state aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for three EFTA States applicable as from 1 January 2012
(Published in accordance with Article 10 of the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL of 14 July 2004 (OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and in the EEA Supplement No 26/2006, 25.5.2006, p. 1))
2012/C 136/04
Base rates are calculated in accordance with the Chapter on the method for setting reference and discount rates of the Authority’s State aid Guidelines as amended by the Authority’s Decision No 788/08/COL of 17 December 2008. To get the applicable reference rate, appropriate margins have to be added in accordance with the State aid Guidelines. For the discount rate this means that the appropriate margin of 100 basis points has to be added to the base rate. The recovery rate will also normally be calculated by adding 100 basis points to the base rate as foreseen in the Authority’s Decision No 789/08/COL of 17 December 2008 amending the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL of 14 July 2004 (published in OJ L 340, 22.12.2010, p. 1 and in the EEA Supplement No 72/2010, 22.12.2010, p. 1).








 


Iceland


Liechtenstein


Norway




1.1.2012-


4,70


0,31


3,57
Case C-198/11 P: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 11 May 2012 — Lan Airlines SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Air Nostrum, Líneas Aéreas de Mediterráneo SA (Appeal — Article 119 of the Rules of Procedure — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Article 8(1)(b) — Community word mark LÍNEAS AÉREAS DEL MEDITERRÁNEO LAM — Application for registration — Opposition by the proprietor of the earlier Community word and figurative marks LAN — Rejection of the opposition — No likelihood of confusion — Appeal manifestly inadmissible)
Date: 2012-05-11
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, Spain, air transport, consumer protection








C_2012303EN.01000302.xml










6.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 303/3





Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 11 May 2012 — Lan Airlines SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Air Nostrum, Líneas Aéreas de Mediterráneo SA
(Case C-198/11 P) (1)

(Appeal - Article 119 of the Rules of Procedure - Community trade mark - Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Article 8(1)(b) - Community word mark LÍNEAS AÉREAS DEL MEDITERRÁNEO LAM - Application for registration - Opposition by the proprietor of the earlier Community word and figurative marks LAN - Rejection of the opposition - No likelihood of confusion - Appeal manifestly inadmissible)
2012/C 303/04
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Appellant: Lan Airlines SA (represented by: E. Armijo Chávarri. lawyer)

Other parties to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: O. Mondéjar Ortuño, Agent), Air Nostrum, Líneas Aéreas del Mediterráneo SA

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 February 2011 in Case T-194/09 Lan Airlines v OHIM — Air Nostrum, Líneas Aéreas del Mediterráneo, by which the General Court dismissed an appeal brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 February 2009 (Case R 107/2008-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Lan Airlines, SA and Air Nostrum, Líneas Aéreas del Mediterráneo, SA

Operative part of the order







1.


The appeal is dismissed.










2.


LAN Airlines SA is ordered to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 186, 25.6.2011.