do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-542/09: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 June 2012 — European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Freedom of movement for persons — Access to education for migrant workers and their family members — Funding for higher educational studies pursued outside the territory of the Member State concerned — Residence requirement)
Date: 2012-06-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: education grant, migrant worker, residence, terms for aid








C_2012227EN.01000201.xml










28.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 227/2





Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 June 2012 — European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands
(Case C-542/09) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Freedom of movement for persons - Access to education for migrant workers and their family members - Funding for higher educational studies pursued outside the territory of the Member State concerned - Residence requirement)
2012/C 227/02
Language of the case: Dutch

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: G. Rozet and M. van Beek, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: C. Wissels, J. Langer and K. Bulterman, acting as Agents)

Intervening parties in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: L. van den Broeck and M. Jacobs, acting as Agents), Kingdom of Denmark, (represented by: V. Pasternak Jørgensen, acting as Agent), Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: J. Möller and C. Blaschke, acting as Agents), Kingdom of Sweden (represented by A. Falk, acting as Agent)

Re:

Failure to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Article 45 TFEU and Article 7(2) of Council Regulation No 1612/68 of 15 October 1968 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community (OJ, English special edition 1968(II), p. 475) — Access to education — Funding of studies abroad — Residence requirement — ‘3 out of 6 years’ rule

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by requiring that migrant workers and dependent family members comply with a residence requirement — namely, the ‘three out of six years’ rule — in order to be eligible to receive funding for higher educational studies pursued outside the Netherlands, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 45 TFEU and Article 7(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 of the Council of 15 October 1968 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community, as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2434/92 of 27 July 1992;










2.


Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 37, 13.2.2010.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6625 — Nordic Capital/Tokmanni) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-06-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, mass-consumption product, merger control








C_2012168EN.01000801.xml










14.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 168/8





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6625 — Nordic Capital/Tokmanni)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 168/08






1.


On 4 June, 2012 the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Nordic Capital VII Limited (‘Nordic Capital’, Jersey) belonging to the Nordic Capital Group (Jersey) acquires control of the whole of Tokmanni Oy (‘Tokmanni’, Finland) and its subsidiaries within the meaning of Article 3(1) (b) of the Merger Regulation, by way of purchase of shares and assets.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Nordic Capital: private equity investment firm,










—


for Tokmanni: discount retailer for the sale of everyday consumer goods, both food and non-food products through modern distribution channels in Finland.














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.6625 — Nordic Capital/Tokmanni, 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 T-546/11: Order of the General Court of 14 June 2012 — Technion and Technion Research & Development Foundation v Commission (Action for annulment — Sixth framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities — Letter confirming the findings of an audit report and informing the applicant of the next steps in the procedure — Acts inseparable from the contract — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2012-06-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Framework Programme for Research and Development, Israel, audit, contract








C_2012250EN.01001501.xml










18.8.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 250/15





Order of the General Court of 14 June 2012 — Technion and Technion Research & Development Foundation v Commission
(Case T-546/11) (1)

(Action for annulment - Sixth framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities - Letter confirming the findings of an audit report and informing the applicant of the next steps in the procedure - Acts inseparable from the contract - Inadmissibility)
2012/C 250/28
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: Technion — Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel) and Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd (Haifa) (represented by: D. Grisay and D. Piccininno, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Dintilhac and B. Conte, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision allegedly contained in the letter of the Commission of 2 August 2011 confirming the conclusions of the financial audit concerning the financial statements declared by Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, concerning four contracts concluded under the sixth framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities, contributing to the creation of the European research area and to innovation (2002-06), and informing Technion of the next steps in the procedure.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as inadmissible;










2.


Technion — Israel Institute of Technology and Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd is ordered to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 355, 3.12.2011.
European cardiac arrest awareness week Declaration of the European Parliament of 14 June 2012 on establishing a European cardiac arrest awareness week
Date: 2012-06-14
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: cardiovascular disease, health care, medical training, public awareness campaign








CE2013332EN.01010401.xml










15.11.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CE 332/104





Thursday 14 June 2012European cardiac arrest awareness week
P7_TA(2012)0266
Declaration of the European Parliament of 14 June 2012 on establishing a European cardiac arrest awareness week
2013/C 332 E/22

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to Rule 123 of its Rules of Procedure,










A.


whereas in Europe approximately 400 000 people suffer an out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest every year, with a survival rate of less than 10 %;










B.


whereas the survival of many apparently healthy victims depends on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) administered by bystanders and early defibrillation, and whereas an intervention within 3-4 minutes may increase the chance of survival to more than 50 %;










C.


whereas in Europe, automated external defibrillator (AED) programmes are only partially implemented;










1.


Calls on the Commission and the Council to encourage:






—


the adoption of common programmes for implementing AED in public places and training lay people in all Member States,










—


the adjustment of legislation in order to facilitate CPR and defibrillation by non-medical persons,










—


systematic data collection for feedback and quality management in every programme;














2.


Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish a European cardiac arrest awareness week aimed at improving the awareness and education of the general public, physicians and healthcare professionals;










3.


Calls on the Commission to support the Member States in adopting and implementing national strategies for equal access to high-quality CPR;










4.


Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enact harmonised legislation across the EU in order to provide immunity from liability to non-medical first responders who offer voluntary assistance in cardiac emergencies;










5.


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






(1)  The list of signatories is published in Annex 1 to the Minutes of 14 June 2012 (P7_PV(2012)06-14(ANN1)).
Commission communication concerning the implementation of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 552/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the European Air Traffic Management network  Text with EEA relevance (Publication of titles and references of Community specifications under the Regulation)
Date: 2012-06-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air traffic, air traffic control, exchange of information, trans-European network








C_2012168EN.01000301.xml










14.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 168/3





Commission communication concerning the implementation of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 552/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the European Air Traffic Management network (1)

(Text with EEA relevance)
(Publication of titles and references of Community specifications under the Regulation)
2012/C 168/03








Organisation


Reference and title of the Community specification


Reference of superseded Community specification


Date of cessation of presumption of conformity of superseded Community specification




ETSI (2)



EN 303 214 V1.2.1
Data Link Services (DLS) System; Community Specification for application under the Single European Sky Interoperability Regulation (EC) No 552/2004; Requirements for ground constituents and system testing


EN 303 214 V1.1.1


1 January 2014






(1)  OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 26.

(2)  European Telecommunications Standards Institute: 650 route des Lucioles, 06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France, tel. +33 492944200, fax +33 493654716, http://www.etsi.org
Information notice from the EFTA Surveillance Authority pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community — Modification of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services in Norway
Date: 2012-06-14
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Norway, air transport, inland transport, invitation to tender, public service, transport regulations








C_2012168EN.01000501.xml










14.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 168/5





Information notice from the EFTA Surveillance Authority pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community
Modification of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services in Norway
2012/C 168/05






Member State


Norway




Route concerned


Røros–Oslo v.v.




Original date of entry into force of the public service obligations


1 April 2012




Date of entry into force of modifications


1 December 2012




Address where the text and any relevant information and/or documentation relating to the modified public service obligation can be obtained







Ministry of Transport and Communications




PO Box 8010 Dep




0030 Oslo




NORWAY




Tel. +47 22248353




Fax +47 22245609




http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/sd/Documents/Other-documents/Tenders.html
Case T-396/09: Judgment of the General Court of 14 June 2012 — Vereniging Milieudefensie, Stichting Stop Luchtverontreiniging Utrecht v Commission (Environment — Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 — Obligation of the Member States to protect and improve ambient air quality — Temporary exemption granted to a Member State — Request for internal review — Refusal — Measure of individual scope — Validity — Aarhus Convention)
Date: 2012-06-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU environmental policy, air quality, prevention of pollution








C_2012217EN.01001702.xml










21.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 217/17





Judgment of the General Court of 14 June 2012 — Vereniging Milieudefensie, Stichting Stop Luchtverontreiniging Utrecht v Commission
(Case T-396/09) (1)

(Environment - Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 - Obligation of the Member States to protect and improve ambient air quality - Temporary exemption granted to a Member State - Request for internal review - Refusal - Measure of individual scope - Validity - Aarhus Convention)
2012/C 217/35
Language of the case: Dutch

Parties


Applicants: Vereniging Milieudefensie (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Stichting Stop Luchtverontreiniging Utrecht (Utrecht, Netherlands) (represented by: A. van den Biesen, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented: initially by P. Oliver, W. Roels and A. Alcover San Pedro, subsequently by P. Oliver, A. Alcover San Pedro and E. Manhaeve, and finally by P. Oliver, A. Alcover San Pedro and B. Burggraaf, Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: C. Wissels, Y. de Vries, J. Langer and M. de Ree, Agents); European Parliament (represented initially by L. Visaggio and A. Baas, and subsequently by L. Visaggio and G. Corstens, Agents); and Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Moore and F. Naert, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 6121 of 28 July 2009 rejecting as inadmissible the applicants’ request for review by the Commission of Decision C(2009) 2560 final of 7 April 2009 granting the Kingdom of the Netherlands a temporary exemption from the obligations laid down in Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (OJ 2008 L 152, p. 1)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls Commission Decision C(2009) 6121 of 28 July 2009;










2.


Orders the European Commission to bear, in addition to its own costs, the costs incurred by Vereniging Milieudefensie and Stichting Stop Luchtverontreiniging Utrecht, including those relating to the proceedings for interim relief;










3.


Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 297, 5.12.2009.
Information notice from the EFTA Surveillance Authority pursuant to Article 17(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community — Invitation to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations in Norway
Date: 2012-06-14
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Norway, air transport, inland transport, invitation to tender, public service, transport regulations








C_2012168EN.01000401.xml










14.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 168/4





Information notice from the EFTA Surveillance Authority pursuant to Article 17(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community
Invitation to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations in Norway
2012/C 168/04






Member State


Norway




Concerned routes


Røros–Oslo v.v.




Period of validity of the contract


1 November 2012-31 March 2016




Deadline for submission of tenders


14 August 2012




Address where the text of the invitation to tender and any relevant information and/or documentation related to the public tender and the modified public service obligation can be obtained







Ministry of Transport and Communications




PO Box 8010 Dep




0030 Oslo




NORWAY




Tel. +47 22248353




Fax +47 22245609




http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/sd/Documents/Other-documents/Tenders.html
Notice of Open Competition
Date: 2012-06-14
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: EPSO, assistant, competition (EU)








C_2012168EN.01000601.xml










14.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 168/6





NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITION
2012/C 168/06
The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is organising open competition
EPSO/AST/121/12 — Conference technicians (AST 3)
The competition notice is published in 23 languages in Official Journal C 168 A of 14 June 2012.
Further details can be found on the EPSO website: http://www.eu-careers.info
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2012-06-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2012168EN.01000201.xml










14.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 168/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

13 June 2012
2012/C 168/02

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2534




JPY


Japanese yen


99,80




DKK


Danish krone


7,4318




GBP


Pound sterling


0,80630




SEK


Swedish krona


8,8320




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2009




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,5115




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,578




HUF


Hungarian forint


296,43




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6968




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3240




RON


Romanian leu


4,4616




TRY


Turkish lira


2,2870




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2565




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,2860




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,7241




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6094




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6041




KRW


South Korean won


1 462,90




ZAR


South African rand


10,5297




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,9600




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5514




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 825,17




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,9814




PHP


Philippine peso


53,308




RUB


Russian rouble


40,9050




THB


Thai baht


39,570




BRL


Brazilian real


2,5783




MXN


Mexican peso


17,5102




INR


Indian rupee


69,6890






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-158/11: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 June 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation — France) — Auto 24 SARL v Jaguar Land Rover France SAS (Competition — Article 101 TFEU — Motor vehicle sector — Regulation (EC) No 1400/2002 — Block exemption — Selective distribution system — Concept of ‘specified criteria’ concerning a quantitative selective distribution system — Refusal to grant authorisation as a distributor of new motor vehicles — Lack of precise, objective, proportionate and non-discriminatory quantitative selection criteria)
Date: 2012-06-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: France, motor vehicle, motor vehicle industry, selective distribution agreement








C_2012227EN.01000502.xml










28.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 227/5





Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 June 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation — France) — Auto 24 SARL v Jaguar Land Rover France SAS
(Case C-158/11) (1)

(Competition - Article 101 TFEU - Motor vehicle sector - Regulation (EC) No 1400/2002 - Block exemption - Selective distribution system - Concept of ‘specified criteria’ concerning a quantitative selective distribution system - Refusal to grant authorisation as a distributor of new motor vehicles - Lack of precise, objective, proportionate and non-discriminatory quantitative selection criteria)
2012/C 227/07
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Cour de cassation

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Auto 24 SARL

Defendant: Jaguar Land Rover France SAS

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Cour de Cassation (Court of Cassation) — Interpretation of Article 1(1)(f) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1400/2002 of 31 July 2002 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to vertical agreements and concerted practices in the motor vehicle sector (OJ 2002 L 203, p. 30) — Selective distribution system — Refusal to authorise as a distributor of new Land Rover vehicles — Concept of ‘specified criteria’ in the context of a quantitative selective distribution system — Lack of precise, objective, proportionate and non-discriminatory quantitative selection criteria

Operative part of the judgment

The term ‘specified criteria’, referred to in Article 1(1)(f) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1400/2002 of 31 July 2002 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices in the motor vehicle sector, means, with respect to a quantitative selective distribution system within the meaning of that regulation, criteria the precise content of which may be verified. In order to benefit from the exemption provided for by that regulation, it is not necessary for such a system to be based on criteria that are objectively justified and applied in a uniform and non-differentiated manner in respect of all applicants for authorisation.


(1)  OJ C 179, 18.6.2011.