do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
Date: 2012-06-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff








C_2012156EN.01001201.xml










2.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/12





Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
2012/C 156/07
Pursuant to the second indent of Article 9(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (2) are hereby amended as follows:

Page 99


2309   Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding

The penultimate paragraph is replaced by the following text:

‘Products with a starch content lower than 0,5 % should not be considered as containing starch. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) shall be used for the determination of glucose (Commission Regulation (EC) No 904/2008 (OJ L 249, 18.9.2008, p. 9)).’



(1)  OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 137, 6.5.2011, p. 1.
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 1,00 % on 1 June 2012 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2012-06-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, financing, interest








C_2012156EN.01000901.xml










2.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/9





Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations (1):
1,00 % on 1 June 2012
Euro exchange rates (2)

1 June 2012
2012/C 156/05

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2322




JPY


Japanese yen


96,25




DKK


Danish krone


7,4307




GBP


Pound sterling


0,80500




SEK


Swedish krona


8,9947




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2008




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,5745




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,787




HUF


Hungarian forint


306,00




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6980




PLN


Polish zloty


4,4125




RON


Romanian leu


4,4722




TRY


Turkish lira


2,3048




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2772




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,2794




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,5629




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6422




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5945




KRW


South Korean won


1 454,89




ZAR


South African rand


10,6345




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8486




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5548




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 722,21




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,9434




PHP


Philippine peso


53,661




RUB


Russian rouble


41,7546




THB


Thai baht


39,307




BRL


Brazilian real


2,5021




MXN


Mexican peso


17,8118




INR


Indian rupee


68,5190






(1)  Rate applied to the most recent operation carried out before the indicated day. In the case of a variable rate tender, the interest rate is the marginal rate.

(2)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Action brought on 2 June 2012 by Risdal Touring AS against the EFTA Surveillance Authority (Case E-4/12)
Date: 2012-06-02
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: Norway, State aid, access to information, bus, infringement of EU law, private sector, tourism








C_2012324EN.01001101.xml










25.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 324/11





Action brought on 2 June 2012 by Risdal Touring AS against the EFTA Surveillance Authority
(Case E-4/12)
2012/C 324/09
An action against the EFTA Surveillance Authority was brought before the EFTA Court on 2 June 2012 by Risdal Touring AS, represented by Jon Midthjell, advokat, Advokatfirmaet Midthjell AS, Grev Wedels plass 5, 0151 Oslo, Norway.
The Applicant requests the EFTA Court to:






1.


Annul the contested decision; and










2.


Order the defendant and any intervener to bear the costs.





Legal and factual background and pleas in law adduced in support:







—


The Applicant is a privately owned company, incorporated in Norway. The company is an operator in the tour bus market, active in Norway and several EU Member States.










—


The Applicant seeks the annulment of ESA’s decision, as notified on 5 April 2012, and subsequently notified on 4 May 2012, denying public access to the complete statement of content in ESA Case No 70506.










—


The Applicant claims that the EFTA Surveillance Authority:






—


has infringed Article 2(1) RAD and Article 4(2) RAD by refusing to grant access to the full statement of content in ESA Case No 70506,










—


has infringed Articles 2(1) and 4(2) RAD in so far as the contested decision refused to disclose the factual questions ESA asked the Norwegian government, the City of Oslo and the recipient of the potentially unlawful aid in order to establish whether a formal investigation procedure needed to be opened following the State aid complaint that the defendant received on 8 September 2011,










—


has infringed Articles 2(1) and 4(2) RAD in so far as the contested decision refused to disclose the factual answers ESA received from the City of Oslo and the recipient of the potentially unlawful aid in order to establish whether a formal investigation procedure needed to be opened following the State aid complaint that the defendant received on 8 September 2011, and










—


has infringed Article 16 SCA in so far as the contested decision failed to state reasons.
Action brought on 2 June 2012 by Konkurrenten.no AS against the EFTA Surveillance Authority (Case E-5/12)
Date: 2012-06-02
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: Norway, State aid, access to information, bus, infringement of EU law, private sector, tourism








C_2012324EN.01001301.xml










25.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 324/13





Action brought on 2 June 2012 by Konkurrenten.no AS against the EFTA Surveillance Authority
(Case E-5/12)
2012/C 324/11
An action against the EFTA Surveillance Authority was brought before the EFTA Court on 2 June 2012 by Konkurrenten.no AS, represented by Jon Midthjell, advokat, Advokatfirmaet Midthjell AS, Grev Wedels plass 5, 0151 Oslo, Norway.
The Applicant requests the EFTA Court to:






1.


Annul the contested decision; and










2.


Order the defendant and any intervener to bear the costs.





Legal and factual background and pleas in law adduced in support:






—


The Applicant is a privately owned company, incorporated in Norway. The company is active in the regional express bus market between the Southern and Central region in Norway.










—


The Applicant seeks the annulment of ESA’s decision, as notified on 5 April 2012, which denies public access to the complete statement of content in ESA Case No 60510.










—


The Applicant claims that the EFTA Surveillance Authority:






—


has infringed Article 2(1) RAD and Article 4(2) RAD by refusing to disclose a complete statement of content of file; and










—


has infringed Article 16 SCA insofar as the contested decision failed to state reasons.
Notice concerning the entry into force, between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation, of the Arrangement between the European Union and the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway and the Swiss Confederation on the participation by those States in the work of the committees which assist the European Commission in the exercise of its executive powers as regards the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis
Date: 2012-06-02
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Schengen Agreement, Switzerland, agreement (EU), application of EU law, comitology, power of implementation








L_2012143EN.01000101.xml










2.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 143/1







Notice concerning the entry into force, between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation, of the Arrangement between the European Union and the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway and the Swiss Confederation on the participation by those States in the work of the committees which assist the European Commission in the exercise of its executive powers as regards the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis


The abovementioned Arrangement (1) was signed in Brussels on 22 September 2011. As the procedures necessary for the entry into force of this Arrangement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation have been completed on 26 March 2012, this Arrangement entered into force, as far as the Swiss Confederation is concerned, in accordance with Article 7 of the Arrangement, on 1 May 2012.


(1)  
            OJ L 103, 13.4.2012, p. 4.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6548 — RGM/ALPINE Bau/JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-06-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building industry, economic concentration, merger control, metallurgical industry, real estate business, recycling technology








C_2012156EN.01000801.xml










2.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/8





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6548 — RGM/ALPINE Bau/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 156/03
On 25 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 32012M6548. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Corrigendum to the call for expressions of interest for the members of the Scientific Committee of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) — Ref.: CEI-SCIE-2012 ( OJ C 152, 30.5.2012 )
Date: 2012-06-02
Institutions: Provisional data
Subjects: fundamental rights, job vacancy, scientific committee (EU), self-employed person








C_2012156EN.01001401.xml










2.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/14





Corrigendum to the call for expressions of interest for the members of the Scientific Committee of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) — Ref.: CEI-SCIE-2012
(
Official Journal of the European Union C 152 of 30 May 2012
)
2012/C 156/10
On page 11, under ‘9.DEADLINE’, first paragraph:
for:

‘The closing date for submission of applications is 4 July 2012 at 13.00 (local time, GMT +1).’,

read:

‘The closing date for submission of applications is 11 July 2012 at 13.00 (local time, GMT +1).’.
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
Date: 2012-06-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff








C_2012156EN.01001202.xml










2.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/12





Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
2012/C 156/08
Pursuant to the second indent of Article 9(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (2) are hereby amended as follows:

Page 48

In the Explanatory Notes to subheadings 0714 90 11 and 0714 90 19 after the existing text the following line is added:






‘6.


the tubers of chufa (Cyperus esculentus), also known as “tiger nut”.’






(1)  OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 137, 6.5.2011, p. 1.
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
Date: 2012-06-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, fruit product








C_2012156EN.01001301.xml










2.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/13





Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
2012/C 156/09
Pursuant to the second indent of Article 9(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (2) are hereby amended as follows:

Page 85


2007   Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

The third paragraph is deleted.


(1)  OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 137, 6.5.2011, p. 1.
Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union OJ C 151, 26.5.2012
Date: 2012-06-02
Institutions: Court of Justice of the European Union
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union








C_2012157EN.01000101.xml










2.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 157/1





2012/C 157/01
Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union



OJ C 151, 26.5.2012



Past publications


OJ C 138, 12.5.2012


OJ C 133, 5.5.2012


OJ C 126, 28.4.2012


OJ C 118, 21.4.2012


OJ C 109, 14.4.2012


OJ C 89, 24.3.2012

These texts are available on:
EUR-Lex: http://eur-lex.europa.eu
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6339 — Freudenberg & CO/Trelleborg/JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-06-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, motor vehicle industry, vehicle parts








C_2012156EN.01000802.xml










2.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/8





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6339 — Freudenberg & CO/Trelleborg/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 156/04
On 14 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 32012M6339. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.