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Case T-333/12: Action brought on 25 July 2012 — Soltau v Commission
Date: 2012-07-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: cartel, competition law, fine, legal adviser








C_2012303EN.01002201.xml










6.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 303/22





Action brought on 25 July 2012 — Soltau v Commission
(Case T-333/12)
2012/C 303/43
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Christoff Soltau (Adendorf, Germany) (represented by: T. Rosenkranz, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






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annul the decision of the European Commission of 14 May 2012;










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order the defendant to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of his action, the applicant claims that the second indent of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 (1) does not preclude him from accessing the Commission’s opinion, which the latter communicated to the Austrian Oberster Gerichtshof (Supreme Court) in accordance with Article 15(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (2) in the context of a cartel case. In the applicant’s view, Article 4(2) does not apply to the document to which the applicant seeks access, since the proceedings before the Austrian court do not, in principle, fall within the scope of protection of that provision. Even if that were the case, the document in question would not fall within the scope of the provision, since the document was not communicated by the Commission as a party to the proceedings. Moreover, the Commission’s decision cannot be justified on the basis of protection of the proceedings in Case C-681/11 Schenker and Others, pending before the Court of Justice. Indeed, the reference for a preliminary ruling was made by the Austrian Oberster Gerichtshof in the context of the cartel case at issue; however, the document in question was neither issued by the Commission in the context of the proceedings for a preliminary ruling, nor does its content relate to the questions referred.


(1)  Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ 2001 L 145, p. 43).

(2)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles (101) and (102) (TFEU) (OJ 2003 L 1, p. 1).
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001
Date: 2012-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, State aid, agricultural production, animal disease, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises








C_2012221EN.01000801.xml










25.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 221/8





Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001
2012/C 221/03
Aid No: SA.34749 (12/XA)
Member State: Slovakia
Region: Bratislavský, Západné Slovensko, Stredné Slovensko, Východné Slovensko
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Schéma štátnej pomoci na úhradu strát na hospodárskych zvieratách v dôsledku nariadených veterinárnych opatrení v znení Dodatku č. 1
Legal basis: 






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§ 8 a príslušné ustanovenia nariadenia vlády SR č. 319/2011 Z. z. z 28. septembra 2011 o podpore podnikania v pôdohospodárstve a rozvoji vidieka upravujúce poskytovanie pomoci podľa tejto schémy










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zákon č. 19/2002 Z. z.










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§ 45 zákona č. 39/2007 Z. z.










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zákon č. 523/2004 Z. z.










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zákon č. 231/1999 Z. z.










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zákon č. 513/1991 Zb.










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zákon č. 455/1991 Zb.










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zákon č. 105/1990 Zb.










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zákon č. 181/1995 Z. z.










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zákon č. 111/1990 Zb.




Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme: EUR 1,00 (in millions)
Maximum aid intensity: 100,00 %
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 3.7.2012-31.12.2013
Objective of aid: Animal diseases (Art. 10 of Reg. (EC) No 1857/2006)
Sector(s) concerned: Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
Name and address of the granting authority: 





Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva a rozvoja vidieka SR




Dobrovičova ul. č. 12




Bratislava 812 66




Slovenská republika




Website: http://www.mpsr.sk/sk/index.php?navID=161
Other information: —
Case C-354/12 P: Appeal brought on 25 July 2012 by Asa Sp. z o.o. against the judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) delivered on 22 May 2012 in Case T-110/11 Asa v OHIM — Merck (FEMIFERAL)
Date: 2012-07-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, consumer protection, food supplement, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2012295EN.01002202.xml










29.9.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 295/22





Appeal brought on 25 July 2012 by Asa Sp. z o.o. against the judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) delivered on 22 May 2012 in Case T-110/11 Asa v OHIM — Merck (FEMIFERAL)
(Case C-354/12 P)
2012/C 295/40
Language of the case: Polish

Parties


Appellant: Asa Sp. z o.o. (represented by: M. Chimiak, adwokat)

Other party to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Form of order sought







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set aside the contested judgment of the General Court of the European Union delivered on 22 May 2012 in Case T-110/11;










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refer the case back to the General Court for re-examination;










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order the Office to pay the costs of the proceedings before the Court of Justice.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The appellant alleges that the General Court of the European Union infringed Article 8(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (codified version) (1) by failing to have regard to the legal criteria of essential importance for the application of that provision, and by committing manifest errors in the assessment of those criteria in the circumstances of the present case.
Thus, the appellant alleges that the General Court did not apply correctly the interpretation relating to the criterion of the average consumer, a test which is relevant on the facts of the present case. The appellant further alleges that the General Court misappraised the inherent distinctive character of the earlier marks FEMINATAL, although the appellant submitted in its application to the General Court that the Board of Appeal of OHIM did not examine that question diligently and exhaustively. The appellant also takes the view that the General Court misappraised the trade marks’ visual and conceptual similarity. Finally, the appellant alleges that the General Court misappraised the likelihood of deceiving the average consumer.
Furthermore, the appellant alleges that the General Court infringed Article 9 of the Treaty on European Union through the application of other legal criteria in similar cases.


(1)  OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1.
Case F-78/12: Action brought on 25 July 2012 — ZZ v Council
Date: 2012-07-25
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European civil service, indemnification, promotion








C_2012295EN.01003401.xml










29.9.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 295/34





Action brought on 25 July 2012 — ZZ v Council
(Case F-78/12)
2012/C 295/59
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: ZZ (represented by: M. Velardo, lawyer)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the Council's decision not to include the applicant in the list of officials eligible for promotion in respect of 2011

Form of order sought







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Annul the decision of 12 September 2011 of the Secretariat General of the Council and the decision of the Appointing Authority of 18 April 2012 not to include the applicant in the list of officials eligible for promotion;










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Order the Council to pay material and non-pecuniary damages provisionally assessed at EUR 40 000, which will be more precisely quantified during the proceedings, and compensatory and late-payment interest at the rate of 6.75%;










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Order the Council to pay the costs.
Case C-353/12: Action brought on 25 July 2012 — European Commission v Italian Republic
Date: 2012-07-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, loan, optical industry








C_2012287EN.01002801.xml










22.9.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 287/28





Action brought on 25 July 2012 — European Commission v Italian Republic
(Case C-353/12)
2012/C 287/54
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: S. Thomas, D. Grespan and B. Stromsky, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Italian Republic

Form of order sought

The Commission claims that the Court should:






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declare that, by failing to take, within the prescribed period, all the measures necessary to recover the State aid considered unlawful and incompatible with the internal market by Commission Decision C(2009) 8123 of 28 October 2009 on State aid C 59/07 (ex N 127/06 and NN 13/06) implemented by Italy for Ixfin SpA (notified on 29 October 2009 and published in OJ 2010 L 167, p. 39), the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 2, 3 and 4 of that decision and under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;










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order the Italian Republic to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The subject of the Commission’s action is the non-implementation by the Italian Republic of the Commission’s decision on State aid in the form of a guarantee provided by the Ministry of Economic Development for a loan taken out by Ixfin with Banca Apulia SpA.
The Commission points out that the Italian Republic should have ensured fulfilment of its obligation to recover the aid by 1 March 2010 and, in addition, should have informed the Commission by 29 December 2009 of the measures taken to implement the decision.
At the time the present action was brought, the Italian Republic had not yet taken all the measures necessary for discharging those obligations.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2012-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2012220EN.01001001.xml










25.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 220/10





Euro exchange rates (1)

24 July 2012
2012/C 220/04

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2089




JPY


Japanese yen


94,63




DKK


Danish krone


7,4392




GBP


Pound sterling


0,77850




SEK


Swedish krona


8,4215




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2010




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,3720




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,539




HUF


Hungarian forint


288,93




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6962




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2133




RON


Romanian leu


4,6388




TRY


Turkish lira


2,2105




AUD


Australian dollar


1,1754




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,2307




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,3776




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5288




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5224




KRW


South Korean won


1 388,79




ZAR


South African rand


10,2830




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,7199




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5020




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 470,25




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,8453




PHP


Philippine peso


50,783




RUB


Russian rouble


39,6240




THB


Thai baht


38,431




BRL


Brazilian real


2,4710




MXN


Mexican peso


16,5008




INR


Indian rupee


67,8430






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6620 — Platinum Equity/Caterpillar Logistics Services)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: contract, economic concentration, engine, investment company, machine-tool industry, merger control








C_2012220EN.01000901.xml










25.7.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 220/9





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6620 — Platinum Equity/Caterpillar Logistics Services)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 220/03
On 19 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 32012M6620. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.