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Case C-342/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal do Trabalho de Viseu (Portugal) lodged on 18 July 2012 — Worten — Equipamentos para o Lar, S.A. v ACT — Autoridade para as Condições de Trabalho
Date: 2012-07-18
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Portugal, data protection, interpretation of the law, personal data, working time








C_2012295EN.01002101.xml










29.9.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 295/21





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal do Trabalho de Viseu (Portugal) lodged on 18 July 2012 — Worten — Equipamentos para o Lar, S.A. v ACT — Autoridade para as Condições de Trabalho
(Case C-342/12)
2012/C 295/37
Language of the case: Portuguese

Referring court

Tribunal do Trabalho de Viseu

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Worten — Equipamentos para o Lar, S.A.

Defendant: ACT — Autoridade para as Condições de Trabalho

Questions referred







1.


Is Article 2 of Directive 95/46/EC (1) to be interpreted as meaning that the record of working time, that is, the indication, in relation to each worker, of the times when working hours begin and end, as well as breaks and intervals not included in that period, is included within the concept of personal data?










2.


If so, is the Portuguese State obliged, under Article 17(1) of Directive 95/46/EC, to provide for appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access, in particular where the processing involves the transmission of data over a network?










3.


Likewise, if Question 2 is answered in the affirmative, when the Member State does not adopt any measure pursuant to Article 17(1) of Directive 95/46/EC and when the employer, responsible for processing that data, adopts a system of restricted access to that data which does not allow automatic access by the national authority responsible for inspecting working conditions, is the principle of the primacy of European law to be interpreted as meaning that the Member State cannot penalise that employer for such behaviour?






(1)  Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (OJ 1995 L 281, p. 31).
Case C-344/12: Action brought on 18 July 2012 — European Commission v Italian Republic
Date: 2012-07-18
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: State aid, company in difficulties, control of State aid, electrical energy, price of energy








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22.9.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 287/26





Action brought on 18 July 2012 — European Commission v Italian Republic
(Case C-344/12)
2012/C 287/49
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: D. Grespan and G. Conte, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Italian Republic

Form of order sought







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Declare that, by having failed to adopt, within the periods prescribed, all the measures necessary to implement Decision C(2009) 8112 of 19 November 2009 concerning State aids Nos C 38/A/2004 (ex NN 58/2004) and C 36/B/2006 (ex NN 38/2006) granted by Italy to Alcoa Trasformazioni, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 2, 3 and 4 of that decision and under Article 288 TFEU;










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order the Italian Republic to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The subject-matter of the Commission’s action is the failure by the Italian Republic to give effect to the Commission’s decision relating to unlawful State aid granted to the company Alcoa.
First, pursuant to Article 4 of the decision in question, Italy was required to notify the Commission, by 20 January 2010, of the total amount of the aid to be recovered, of the measures adopted and envisaged for the purpose of complying with the decision and of the documents showing that the beneficiary had been required to repay the aid. Second, in accordance with Article 2, in conjunction with Article 3, of the decision, Italy was required to recover the aid from the beneficiary by 20 March 2010.
As at the date of commencement of this action, the defendant had not yet adopted all the measures necessary to comply with those obligations.
Opinion of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank of 18 July 2012 on a Council recommendation on the appointment of a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (CON/2012/56)
Date: 2012-07-18
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: European Central Bank, appointment of members, decision-making body (EU)








C_2012218EN.01000301.xml










24.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 218/3





OPINION OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 18 July 2012
on a Council recommendation on the appointment of a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank
(CON/2012/56)
2012/C 218/04

Introduction and legal basis

On 16 July 2012, the European Central Bank (ECB) received a request from the President of the European Council for an opinion on a Council Recommendation of 10 July 2012 (1) on the appointment of a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank.
The competence of the ECB’s Governing Council to deliver an opinion is based on Article 283(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

General observations







1.


The Council’s recommendation, which was submitted to the European Council, and on which the European Parliament and the ECB’s Governing Council are being consulted, recommends appointing Yves MERSCH as a member of the ECB’s Executive Board for a term of office of eight years.










2.


The ECB’s Governing Council is of the opinion that the proposed candidate is a person of recognised standing and professional experience in monetary or banking matters as required by Article 283(2) of the Treaty.










3.


The ECB’s Governing Council has no objection to the Council’s recommendation to appoint Yves MERSCH as a member of the ECB’s Executive Board.





Done at Frankfurt am Main, 18 July 2012.


The President of the ECB

Mario DRAGHI




(1)  Not yet published in the Official Journal.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6578 — Tyco Flow Control International/Pentair)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-07-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical equipment, electronic equipment, merger control, water management








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18.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 211/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6578 — Tyco Flow Control International/Pentair)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 211/01
On 11 July 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:






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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,










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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32012M6578. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2012-07-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2012211EN.01000601.xml










18.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 211/6





Euro exchange rates (1)

17 July 2012
2012/C 211/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2281




JPY


Japanese yen


97,14




DKK


Danish krone


7,4421




GBP


Pound sterling


0,78615




SEK


Swedish krona


8,6046




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2010




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,4750




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,340




HUF


Hungarian forint


286,81




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6962




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1705




RON


Romanian leu


4,5673




TRY


Turkish lira


2,2253




AUD


Australian dollar


1,1941




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,2463




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,5253




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5394




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5495




KRW


South Korean won


1 404,93




ZAR


South African rand


10,0543




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8282




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4820




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 605,97




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,8912




PHP


Philippine peso


51,295




RUB


Russian rouble


39,8050




THB


Thai baht


38,783




BRL


Brazilian real


2,4966




MXN


Mexican peso


16,1864




INR


Indian rupee


67,6010






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.