do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Communication in accordance with Article 12(5)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 on the information provided by the customs authorities of the Member States concerning the classification of goods in the customs nomenclature
Date: 2012-06-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, customs regulations, exchange of information, tariff nomenclature








C_2012175EN.01000901.xml










19.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 175/9





Communication in accordance with Article 12(5)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 on the information provided by the customs authorities of the Member States concerning the classification of goods in the customs nomenclature
2012/C 175/02
Binding Tariff Information ceases to be valid from this day if it becomes incompatible with the interpretation of the customs nomenclature as a result of the following international tariff measures:
Amendments to the Compendium of Classification Opinions, approved by the Customs Cooperation Council (CCC doc. NC1705 — report of the 48th Session of the HS Committee):

AMENDMENTS TO THE CLASSIFICATION OPINIONS EDITED BY THE HS COMMITTEE OF THE WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANISATION

(48th SESSION OF THE HSC IN SEPTEMBER 2011)
DOC. NC1705

Classification Opinions approved by the HS Committee







2106.90/28


O/3




3824.90/18-19


O/4




8537.10/1


O/5




Information regarding the contents of these measures can be obtained from the Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union of the European Commission (rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, 1049 Brussels, Belgium) or can be downloaded from the Internet site of this Directorate-General:
http://ec.europa.eu/comm/taxation_customs/customs/customs_duties/tariff_aspects/harmonised_system/index_en.htm
Case T-557/10: Judgment of the General Court of 19 June 2012 — H.Eich v OHIM — Arav (H.EICH) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark H.EICH — Earlier national figurative mark H SILVIAN HEACH — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2012-06-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, textile product, trade-mark law








C_2012227EN.01001902.xml










28.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 227/19





Judgment of the General Court of 19 June 2012 — H.Eich v OHIM — Arav (H.EICH)
(Case T-557/10) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark H.EICH - Earlier national figurative mark H SILVIAN HEACH - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
2012/C 227/29
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: H.Eich Srl (Signa, Italy) (represented by: D. Mainini, T. Rubin, A. Masetti Zannini de Concina, M. Bucarelli, G. Petrocchi and B. Passaretti, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Mannucci and R. Pethke, Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Arav Holding Srl (Palma Campania, Italy) (represented by: R. Bocchini, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 September 2010 (Case R 1411/2009-1) concerning opposition proceedings between Arav Holding Srl and H.Eich Srl.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 9 September 2010 (Case R 1411/2009-1);










2.


Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by H.Eich Srl in the proceedings before the General Court;










3.


Orders OHIM to pay the costs necessarily incurred for the purposes of the proceedings before the First Board of Appeal;










4.


Orders Arav Holding Srl to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 30, 29.1.2011.
Case T-234/11 P: Judgment of the General Court of 19 June 2012 — Arango Jaramillo and Others v EIB (Appeals — Staff cases — EIB staff — Pensions — Contribution to the pension scheme — Dismissal of the action at first instance as manifestly inadmissible — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Lateness — Reasonable period of time)
Date: 2012-06-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European Investment Bank, European official, damages, indemnification, pay, social-security benefit, social-security contribution








C_2012227EN.01001903.xml










28.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 227/19





Judgment of the General Court of 19 June 2012 — Arango Jaramillo and Others v EIB
(Case T-234/11 P) (1)

(Appeals - Staff cases - EIB staff - Pensions - Contribution to the pension scheme - Dismissal of the action at first instance as manifestly inadmissible - Period allowed for commencing proceedings - Lateness - Reasonable period of time)
2012/C 227/30
Language of the case: French

Parties


Appellants: Oscar Orlando Arango Jaramillo (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) and the 34 other members of the staff of the European Investment Bank whose names appear in the Annex to the judgment (represented by: B. Cortese and C. Cortese, lawyers)

Other party to the proceedings: European Investment Bank (represented by: C. Gómez de la Cruz and T. Gilliams, acting as Agents, assisted by P.-E. Partsch, lawyer)

Re:

Appeal against the Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union (First Chamber) of 4 February 2011 in Case F-34/10 Arango Jaramillo and Others v EIB ECR SC I-A-1-0000 and II-A-1-0000, seeking to have that order set aside.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


dismisses the appeal;










2.


orders Mr Oscar Orlando Arango Jaramillo and the 34 other members of the staff of the European Investment Bank (EIB) whose names appear in the Annex to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the EIB in these proceedings.






(1)  OJ C 211, 16.7.2011.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6616 — Lion Capital/Alain Afflelou Group) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-06-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, optical industry, trade mark








C_2012175EN.01003301.xml










19.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 175/33





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6616 — Lion Capital/Alain Afflelou Group)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 175/12






1.


On 11 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 the undertaking Lion/Seneca France 2 (‘LF2’, France), ultimately controlled by Lion Capital LLP (‘Lion Capital’, UK), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of 3 AB Optique Developpement (‘3ABOD’, France) by way of purchase of securities.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Lion Capital: private equity investment manager focused on investments in companies engaged in the production and/or sale of consumer-branded goods,










—


for 3ABOD: ultimate parent of Alain Afflelou Group which is active in distribution of optical products through a national and international network of both franchised and fully-owned retail outlets.














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.6616 — Lion Capital/Alain Afflelou Group, 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’).
2012/367/EU: Decision of the European Central Bank of 19 June 2012 amending Decision ECB/2007/5 laying down the Rules on Procurement (ECB/2012/10)
Date: 2012-06-19
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: award of contract, invitation to tender, services contract, supplies contract, works contract




L_2012178EN.01001401.xml










10.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 178/14








            DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
         
of 19 June 2012
         
amending Decision ECB/2007/5 laying down the Rules on Procurement
(ECB/2012/10)
(2012/367/EU)


THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Article 11.6 thereof,


Having regard to Decision ECB/2004/2 of 19 February 2004 adopting the Rules of Procedure of the European Central Bank (1), and in particular Article 19 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


The thresholds for public tender procedures laid down in Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts (2) have been changed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1251/2011 of 30 November 2011 amending Directives 2004/17/EC, 2004/18/EC and 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of their application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts (3).












(2)


The European Central Bank (ECB), although not subject to Directive 2004/18/EC, intends to apply the same thresholds for its public tender procedures.












(3)


Decision ECB/2007/5 of 3 July 2007 laying down the Rules on Procurement (4) should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1

Amendments

Article 4(3) of Decision ECB/2007/5 is replaced by the following:

‘3.   The following threshold amounts shall apply:






(a)


EUR 200 000 for supply and service contracts;










(b)


EUR 5 000 000 for works contracts.’.







Article 2

Entry into force


1.   This Decision shall enter into force on 1 September 2012.


2.   Tender procedures started before the entry into force of this Decision shall be completed in accordance with the provisions of Decision ECB/2007/5 in force at the date when the tender procedure started. For the purpose of this provision a tender procedure is deemed to start on the date on which the contract notice was sent to the Official Journal of the European Union or, in cases where no such notice is required, on the date when the ECB invited one or several suppliers to submit a tender.





Done at Frankfurt am Main, 19 June 2012.


The President of the ECB

Mario DRAGHI
            





(1)  
            OJ L 80, 18.3.2004, p. 33.

(2)  
            OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 114.

(3)  
            OJ L 319, 2.12.2011, p. 43.

(4)  
            OJ L 184, 14.7.2007, p. 34.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6490 — EADS/Israel Aerospace Industries/JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-06-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aeronautical industry, economic concentration, merger control, military aircraft








C_2012175EN.01003401.xml










19.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 175/34





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6490 — EADS/Israel Aerospace Industries/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 175/13






1.


On 11 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 the undertakings European Advanced Technology SA (‘EAT’, Belgium) controlled by Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (‘IAI’, Israel), and Airbus Invest S.A.S. (France) controlled by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. (‘EADS’, Netherlands) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, joint control of a newly created company constituting a joint venture (‘JV’, Belgium) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for EADS: research, design, development, manufacture, modification, sale and supply servicing of civil and military aircraft, guided weapons, satellites, drones, space vehicles, electronics and telecommunications equipment,










—


for Airbus: development, manufacture and sale of civil and military aircraft,










—


for IAI: research and development, design, manufacture, marketing and other related services primarily in missile and space systems, military and civil aircraft, military electronics and airplane maintenance,










—


for EAT: holdings in aerospace, aviation, defence and related sectors,










—


for the JV: development, manufacture, and marketing of pilot-controlled semi-robotic towing tractors for commercial aircraft.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.










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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6490 — EADS/Israel Aerospace Industries/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’).
Communication of the European Parliament concerning the European Citizens' Prize — CIVI EUROPAEO PRAEMIUM
Date: 2012-06-19
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European citizenship, candidate, cultural prize








C_2012208EN.01000301.xml










14.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 208/3





Communication of the European Parliament concerning the European Citizens' Prize — CIVI EUROPAEO PRAEMIUM

2012/C 208/05
The Chancellery of the European Citizens’ Prize held its annual meeting on 19 June 2012 with Mrs Anni PODIMATA, Vice-President of the European Parliament, in the chair.
At that meeting the following list of prize winners for 2012 was drawn up.
The prizes will be awarded at public award ceremonies in the Member States where laureates are based, and will be organised by the information offices of the European Parliament. The laureates will also meet at the European Parliament in Brussels for a central event on 7 and 8 November 2012.


CIVI EUROPAEO PRAEMIUM



Laureates/Winners







—


Albergo Etico










—


Arbeitskreis Schule Rhauderfehn e. V.










—


Biagio Conte










—


CIJE'12 — Congresso Ibérico de Jovens Engenheiros










—


Colours of Carinthia — Franz Tomazic (Projektleitung für die Personengruppe), Karlheinz FESSL, Christian BRANDSTÄTTER, Erich KUGI, Lojze WIESER










—


DEFRIT










—


Deutsch-Französische Gesellschaft e.V. Montabaur










—


Dr. Christoph LEITL










—


ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ Περιβάλλοντος και Πολιτισμού










—


Ekipa projekta Simbioz@










—


Eurofeesten Geel 2012










—


Europäische Vereinigung für Eifel und Ardennen










—


Giovanni RIEFOLO










—


Gisela PATERKIEWICZ










—


Jacek ŁUCZAK










—


Jeunes Européens — France










—


Kató Béla, református lelkész, püspökhelyettes










—


Latvijas Lauku sieviešu apvienība, padomes priekšsēdētāja, Rasma Freimane










—


Lovro ŠTURM










—


Mgr. Victor GRECH










—


Μουσικό Εργαστήρι «ΛΑΒΥΡΙΝΘΟΣ»










—


PassodopoPasso










—


Paul BRUSSON










—


Петър Петров, България










—


Πέτρος ΣΟΥΠΠΟΥΡHΣ και Huseyin ANKANSOY










—


Polska Federacja Ruchów Obrony Życia










—


Róka GYULA










—


Sophie ROSSEELS










—


Stichting Werkgroep Polen










—


Stolpersteine










—


Stowarzyszenie św. Celestyna










—


Stowarzyszenie WIOSNA










—


Symon KLIMAN










—


Szekely JANOS










—


UNITALSI










—


Vanhustyön keskusliitto — Centralförbundet för de gamlas väl ry










—


Vencer o Tempo, Associação para a Educação e Prevenção da Saúde
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6604 — CPPIB/Atlantia/Grupo Costanera)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-06-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, food industry, investment, merger control, motorway








C_2012175EN.01001002.xml










19.6.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 175/10





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6604 — CPPIB/Atlantia/Grupo Costanera)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 175/04
On 11 June 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 32012M6604. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case T-37/11: Order of the General Court of 19 June 2012 — Hungary v Commission (Action for annulment — Temporary instrument intended to finance actions at the new external borders of the European Union for the purpose of the implementation of the Schengen acquis and border control (Schengen Facility) — Contribution to Hungary in respect of the period from 2004 to 2006 — Recovery of part of the amount paid — Challengeable act — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2012-06-19
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Community acquis, EU financing, Hungary, Schengen Agreement, external border of the EU








C_2012250EN.01001402.xml










18.8.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 250/14





Order of the General Court of 19 June 2012 — Hungary v Commission
(Case T-37/11) (1)

(Action for annulment - Temporary instrument intended to finance actions at the new external borders of the European Union for the purpose of the implementation of the Schengen acquis and border control (Schengen Facility) - Contribution to Hungary in respect of the period from 2004 to 2006 - Recovery of part of the amount paid - Challengeable act - Inadmissibility)
2012/C 250/26
Language of the case: Hungarian

Parties


Applicant: Hungary (represented by: Z. Fehér, K. Szíjjártó and G. Koós, Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: V. Bottka and F. Coudert, Agents)

Re:

Application for partial annulment of debit note No 3241011280 issued by the Commission on 28 October 2010 after the final report on the clearance of the accounts of the Schengen Facility concerning aid paid to Hungary during the period from 2004 to 2006 was sent to Hungary.

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as inadmissible.










2.


Hungary is ordered to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 95, 26.3.2011.
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant positions given at its meeting of 19 June 2012 concerning a draft decision in Case COMP/39.966 — Gas Insulated Switchgear (fines) — Rapporteur: Ireland
Date: 2012-06-19
Institutions: Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions
Subjects: Japan, electrical equipment, electrical industry, fine, restriction on competition, restrictive trade practice








C_2013070EN.01001001.xml










9.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 70/10





Opinion of the Advisory Committee on restrictive agreements and dominant positions given at its meeting of 19 June 2012 concerning a draft decision in Case COMP/39.966 — Gas Insulated Switchgear (fines)
Rapporteur: Ireland
2013/C 70/04






1.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the European Commission that a fine should be imposed on the addressees of the draft decision.










2.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission that 2003 should be used as the reference year for the purpose of calculating the fine for the addressees of the draft decision.










3.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the basic amounts of the fines.










4.


The Advisory Committee agrees with the Commission on the final amounts of the fines.










5.


The Advisory Committee recommends the publication of its opinion in the Official Journal of the European Union.