do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6534 — Wienerberger/Pipelife International)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building materials, economic concentration, merger control, piping








C_2012139EN.01001701.xml










15.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 139/17





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6534 — Wienerberger/Pipelife International)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 139/05
On 2 May 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 German 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 32012M6534. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case F-27/08 RENV: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 15 May 2012 — Simões Dos Santos v OHIM
Date: 2012-05-15
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: composition








C_2012194EN.01002803.xml










30.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 194/28





Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 15 May 2012 — Simões Dos Santos v OHIM
(Case F-27/08 RENV) (1)

2012/C 194/48
Language of the case: French
The President of the First Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register, following amicable settlement.


(1)  OJ C 158, 21.6.2008, p. 25.
2012/280/EU: Council Decision of 15 May 2012 amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of the Banque de France
Date: 2012-05-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: France, accountant, central bank




L_2012137EN.01000501.xml










26.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 137/5








            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 15 May 2012
         
amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of the Banque de France
(2012/280/EU)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Protocol (No 4) on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular to Article 27.1 thereof,


Having regard to the Recommendation of the European Central Bank of 23 March 2012 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Banque de France (ECB/2012/5) (1),

Whereas:







(1)


The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Eurosystem are to be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the Governing Council of the ECB and approved by the Council of the European Union.












(2)


The mandate of the current external auditors of the Banque de France will end after the audit for the financial year 2011. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors as from the financial year 2012.












(3)


The Banque de France has selected Deloitte & Associés and KPMG SA as its external auditors and BEAS and KPMG Audit FS I SAS as deputy auditors for the financial years 2012 to 2017.












(4)


The Governing Council of the ECB recommended that Deloitte & Associés and KPMG SA should jointly be appointed as the external auditors of the Banque de France and that BEAS should be appointed as deputy auditors to Deloitte & Associés and KPMG Audit FS I SAS as deputy auditors to KPMG SA for the financial years 2012 to 2017.












(5)


It is appropriate to follow the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB and to amend Council Decision 1999/70/EC (2) accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Article 1(4) of Decision 1999/70/EC is hereby replaced by the following:

‘4.   Deloitte & Associés and KPMG SA are hereby approved as the external auditors of the Banque de France for the financial years 2012 to 2017.
BEAS is hereby approved as the deputy auditors to Deloitte & Associés and KPMG Audit FS I SAS as deputy auditors to KPMG SA for the financial years 2012 to 2017.’.



Article 2
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification.


Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the European Central Bank.




Done at Brussels, 15 May 2012.


For the Council


The President

M. VESTAGER
            





(1)  
            OJ C 93, 30.3.2012, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 22, 29.1.1999, p. 69.
Draft amending budget No 2 of the European Union for the financial year 2012 — Council position
Date: 2012-05-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: amending budget, draft budget (EU), financial year, general budget (EU)








C_2012141EN.01002501.xml










17.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 141/25





Draft amending budget No 2 of the European Union for the financial year 2012 — Council position
2012/C 141/04
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 314 thereof, in conjunction with the Treaty establishing the European Atomic and Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (1), as last amended by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1081/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 (2), and in particular Article 37 thereof,
Whereas:






—


the Union's budget for the financial year 2012 was definitively adopted on 1 December 2011 (3),










—


on 16 March 2012, the Commission submitted a proposal containing draft amending budget No 2 to the general budget for the financial year 2012,




HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
The Council's position on draft amending budget No 2 of the European Union for the financial year 2012 was adopted on 15 May 2012.
The full text can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the Council's website: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/

Done at Brussels, 15 May 2012.


For the Council


The President

M. VESTAGER




(1)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1, with corrigenda in OJ L 25, 30.1.2003, p. 43 and in OJ L 99, 14.4.2007, p. 18.

(2)  OJ L 311, 26.11.2010, p. 9.

(3)  OJ L 56, 29.2.2012, with corrigendum in OJ L 79, 19.3.2012.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6518 — ESB NM/BPAEL/Heliex Power Limited)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bolt and screw industry, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, renewable energy








C_2012139EN.01001801.xml










15.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 139/18





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6518 — ESB NM/BPAEL/Heliex Power Limited)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 139/07
On 3 May 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 32012M6518. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2012-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2012139EN.01002001.xml










15.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 139/20





Euro exchange rates (1)

14 May 2012
2012/C 139/09

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2863




JPY


Japanese yen


102,64




DKK


Danish krone


7,4333




GBP


Pound sterling


0,80000




SEK


Swedish krona


9,0020




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2010




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,5915




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,395




HUF


Hungarian forint


291,77




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6975




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3020




RON


Romanian leu


4,4406




TRY


Turkish lira


2,3250




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2881




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,2911




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,9890




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6534




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6170




KRW


South Korean won


1 481,90




ZAR


South African rand


10,5421




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,1325




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5163




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 895,80




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,9644




PHP


Philippine peso


55,015




RUB


Russian rouble


39,0441




THB


Thai baht


40,313




BRL


Brazilian real


2,5417




MXN


Mexican peso


17,5580




INR


Indian rupee


69,4150






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-280/11: Judgment of the General Court of 15 May 2012 — Ewald v OHIM — Kin Cosmetics (Keen) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark Keen — Community figurative mark KIN — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2012-05-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cosmetics industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2012194EN.01002002.xml










30.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 194/20





Judgment of the General Court of 15 May 2012 — Ewald v OHIM — Kin Cosmetics (Keen)
(Case T-280/11) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark Keen - Community figurative mark KIN - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
2012/C 194/33
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Rita Ewald (Frauenwald, Germany) (represented by: S. Reinhardt, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Kin Cosmetics, S.A. (Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 March 2011 (Case R 1383/2010-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Kin Cosmetics, S.A. and Ms Rita Ewald

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


dismisses the action;










2.


orders Ms Rita Ewald to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 238, 13.8.2011.
Notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP, as implemented by Council Implementing Decision 2012/256/CFSP, and Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 410/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria apply
Date: 2012-05-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Syria, capital movement, economic sanctions, international sanctions








C_2012139EN.01001901.xml










15.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 139/19





Notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP, as implemented by Council Implementing Decision 2012/256/CFSP, and Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 410/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria apply
2012/C 139/08
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities that appear in Annex I to Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP, as implemented by Council Implementing Decision 2012/256/CFSP (1), and in Annex II to Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 410/2012 (2) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria.
The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons and entities that appear in the above mentioned Annexes should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2011/782/CFSP and in Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria. The grounds for designations of those persons and entities appear in the relevant entries in those Annexes.
The attention of the persons and entities concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated on the websites in Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 16 of the Regulation).
The persons and entities concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the above mentioned list should be reconsidered, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




DG C Coordination Unit




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




The attention of the persons and entities concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council's decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, second paragraph, and Article 263, fourth and sixth paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  OJ L 126, 15.5.2012, p. 9.

(2)  OJ L 126, 15.5.2012, p. 3.
Case F-54/12: Action brought on 15 May 2012 — ZZ v European Commission
Date: 2012-05-15
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: admission to examinations, competition (EU)








C_2012194EN.01002802.xml










30.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 194/28





Action brought on 15 May 2012 — ZZ v European Commission
(Case F-54/12)
2012/C 194/47
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: ZZ (represented by: M. Condinanzi, D. Bono and C.A. Chiorino, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision of the selection board of competition EPSO/AST/117/11 not to admit the applicant to the second stage of that competition on the ground that he did not meet the admission requirements laid down in the competition notice.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision taken by the EPSO selection board refusing the applicant admission to the second stage of open competition EPSO/AST/117/11 — Assistants in the secretarial field (AST 1) on the ground of the alleged failure to meet the admission requirements laid down in section III of Notice of open competition EPSO/AST/117/11 and, in particular, because he does not have a level of post-secondary education in the secretarial field attested by a diploma or, alternatively, a level of secondary education attested by a diploma giving access to post-secondary education followed by professional experience in the secretarial field of at least three years, the tasks in which are directly linked to the secretarial function as described in Title 1 of the competition notice;










—


Annul all other subsequent acts and, if necessary, all other measures which the selection board will adopt in connection with the exclusion of the applicant from the competition in question;










—


In the alternative, in the event that it may not be possible for the applicant to take part in the second stage of the competition, order the defendant to pay the applicant the provisional sum ex aequo et bono of EUR 10 000 as compensation for material and non-material loss and in respect of harm to his career, together with late-payment interest at the legal rate with effect from the lodging of the action.










—


Order the Commission to pay the costs.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 454/2012 of 15 May 2012 establishing a prohibition of fishing for hake in VI and VII; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands
Date: 2012-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, EU waters, Netherlands, catch quota, fishing rights, international waters, sea fish, ship's flag








L_2012141EN.01000301.xml










31.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 141/3








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 454/2012
of 15 May 2012
         
establishing a prohibition of fishing for hake in VI and VII; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Council Regulation (EU) No 43/2012 of 17 January 2012 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities available to EU vessels for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are not subject to international negotiations or agreements (2), lays down quotas for 2012.












(2)


According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2012.












(3)


It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2012 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.


Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.


Article 3

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 May 2012.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
Lowri EVANS
            

Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 25, 27.01.2012, p. 1.




ANNEX






No


4/T&Q




Member State


The Netherlands




Stock


HKE/571214




Species


Hake (Merluccius merluccius)




Zone


VI and VII; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV




Date


23.4.2012
Case T-184/11 P: Judgment of the General Court of 15 May 2012 — Nijs v Court of Auditors (Appeal — Civil service — Officials — Disciplinary measures — Disciplinary procedure — Removal from post with entitlement to old-age pension — Articles 22a and 22b of the Staff Regulations — Requirement for precision in the appeal — New plea in law — Effective judicial protection — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights — No obligation on the court to raise of its own motion a plea alleging infringement of the principle that action must be taken within a reasonable period)
Date: 2012-05-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Court of Auditors, European official, committee (EU), judicial proceedings, personnel administration, regulations for civil servants








C_2012194EN.01002001.xml










30.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 194/20





Judgment of the General Court of 15 May 2012 — Nijs v Court of Auditors
(Case T-184/11 P) (1)

(Appeal - Civil service - Officials - Disciplinary measures - Disciplinary procedure - Removal from post with entitlement to old-age pension - Articles 22a and 22b of the Staff Regulations - Requirement for precision in the appeal - New plea in law - Effective judicial protection - Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights - No obligation on the court to raise of its own motion a plea alleging infringement of the principle that action must be taken within a reasonable period)
2012/C 194/32
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellant: Bart Nijs (Bereldange, Luxembourg) (represented by: F. Rollinger and P.-F. Onimus, lawyers)

Other party to the proceedings: Court of Auditors of the European Union (represented by: T. Kennedy, J. Vermer and K. Zavřelová, Agents)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union (Second Chamber) of 13 January 2011 in Case F-77/09 Nijs v Court of Auditors, not published in the ECR, seeking to have that judgment set aside.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Mr Bart Nijs to bear his own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the Court of Auditors of the European Union in the appeal proceedings.






(1)  OJ C 179, 18.6.2011.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6516 — Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group/RBS Aviation Capital Group)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aircraft, commercial bank, economic concentration, hire purchase, investment company, merger control








C_2012139EN.01001602.xml










15.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 139/16





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6516 — Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group/RBS Aviation Capital Group)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 139/04
On 4 May 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 32012M6516. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.