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Commission Regulation (EU) No 770/2012 of 21 August 2012 establishing a prohibition of fishing for haddock in EU and international waters of Vb and VIa by vessels flying the flag of Spain
Date: 2012-08-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, Faroes, Scotland, Spain, catch quota, fishing rights, international waters, sea fish, ship's flag








L_2012229EN.01001801.xml










24.8.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 229/18








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 770/2012
of 21 August 2012
         
establishing a prohibition of fishing for haddock in EU and international waters of Vb and VIa by vessels flying the flag of Spain


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Council Regulation (EU) No 43/2012 of 17 January 2012 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities available to EU vessels for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are not subject to international negotiations or agreements (2), lays down quotas for 2012.












(2)


According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2012.












(3)


It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2012 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.


Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.


Article 3

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 August 2012.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
Lowri EVANS
            

Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 25, 27.1.2012, p. 1.




ANNEX






No


15/TQ43




Member State


Spain




Stock


HAD/5BC6A.




Species


Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)





Zone


EU and international waters of Vb and VIa




Date


6.8.2012
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6537 — Faurecia/Plastal)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-08-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, motor vehicle industry, plastics industry








C_2012251EN.01000102.xml










21.8.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 251/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6537 — Faurecia/Plastal)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 251/02
On 23 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:






—


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 32012M6537. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case T-379/12: Action brought on 21 August 2012 — Electric Bike World v OHIM — Brunswick (LIFECYCLE)
Date: 2012-08-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clothing, leather, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, two-wheeled vehicle








C_2012355EN.01002802.xml










17.11.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 355/28





Action brought on 21 August 2012 — Electric Bike World v OHIM — Brunswick (LIFECYCLE)
(Case T-379/12)
2012/C 355/61
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Electric Bike World Ltd (Southampton, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Brunswick Corp. (Lake Forest, United States)

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 16 May 2012 in case R 2308/2011-1; and










—


Order the Office and the other party to bear their own costs and pay those of the applicant.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Applicant for a Community trade mark: The applicant

Community trade mark concerned: The word mark ‘LIFECYCLE’ for goods in classes 12, 18 and 25 — Community trade mark application No 8546401

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Mark or sign cited in opposition: Spanish trade mark registration No 1271758 of the word mark ‘LIFECYCLE’, for goods in class 28

Decision of the Opposition Division: Rejected the opposition in its entirety

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Annulled the contested decision to the extent that it rejected the opposition for goods in class 12; rejected the CTM application for these goods; and dismissed the appeal for the remaining goods in class 12

Pleas in law: Infringement of Articles 8(1)(b) and 75 of Council Regulation No 207/2009.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6618 — Raiffeisen Bank International/Raiffeisen Bank Polska)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-08-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Poland, bank, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, mobile phone








C_2012251EN.01000201.xml










21.8.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 251/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6618 — Raiffeisen Bank International/Raiffeisen Bank Polska)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 251/03
On 30 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:






—


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 32012M6618. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6622 — Banco Santander/Kredyt Bank/Zagiel)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-08-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bank, economic concentration, merger control








C_2012251EN.01000202.xml










21.8.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 251/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6622 — Banco Santander/Kredyt Bank/Zagiel)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 251/04
On 18 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:






—


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 32012M6622. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Notice concerning the termination of the Agreement between the European Community and the Russian Federation on trade in certain steel products and the repeal of Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2007 on administering certain restrictions on imports of certain steel products from the Russian Federation
Date: 2012-08-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Russia, World Trade Organisation, cooperation agreement (EU), extra-EU trade, iron and steel product








L_2012223EN.01000101.xml










21.8.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 223/1







Notice concerning the termination of the Agreement between the European Community and the Russian Federation on trade in certain steel products and the repeal of Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2007 on administering certain restrictions on imports of certain steel products from the Russian Federation

Pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 529/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) the Commission hereby informs that on 22 August 2012 the Russian Federation accedes to the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Pursuant to Article 10(4) of the Agreement between the European Community and the Russian Federation on trade in certain steel products (2) the Agreement is terminated on 22 August 2012.
Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2007 (3) on administering certain restrictions on imports of certain steel products from the Russian Federation was repealed by Regulation (EU) No 529/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The repeal takes effect on 22 August 2012.


(1)  
            OJ L 172, 30.6.2012, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 300, 17.11.2007, p. 52.

(3)  
            OJ L 300, 17.11.2007, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6691 — AXA IMPEE/FIVES) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-08-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, technology








C_2012251EN.01000401.xml










21.8.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 251/4





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6691 — AXA IMPEE/FIVES)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 251/06






1.


On 10 August 2012 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the venture capital funds AXA LBO Fund IV Supplementary FCPR (‘AXA LBO Fund IV Supplementary’, France) and AXA LBO Fund V FCPR (‘AXA LBO Fund V’, France), managed by AXA Investment Managers Private Equity Europe SA (‘AXA IMPEE’, France), belonging to the AXA group (‘AXA’, France), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the entire Fives group (‘Fives’, France) by way of purchase of securities.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


AXA IMPEE: investment fund,










—


Fives: industrial engineering.














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.6691 — AXA IMPEE/FIVES, 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’).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2012-08-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2012251EN.01000301.xml










21.8.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 251/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

20 August 2012
2012/C 251/05

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2300




JPY


Japanese yen


97,82




DKK


Danish krone


7,4456




GBP


Pound sterling


0,78345




SEK


Swedish krona


8,2339




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2010




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,3130




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,905




HUF


Hungarian forint


277,84




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6962




PLN


Polish zloty


4,0697




RON


Romanian leu


4,4958




TRY


Turkish lira


2,2161




AUD


Australian dollar


1,1784




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,2167




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,5412




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5230




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5432




KRW


South Korean won


1 396,50




ZAR


South African rand


10,2264




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,8235




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4694




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


11 686,50




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,8480




PHP


Philippine peso


52,148




RUB


Russian rouble


39,4883




THB


Thai baht


38,771




BRL


Brazilian real


2,4817




MXN


Mexican peso


16,1413




INR


Indian rupee


68,5100






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case F-89/12: Action brought on 21 August 2012 — ZZ v Commission
Date: 2012-08-21
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European civil service, equal treatment, reassignment








C_2012331EN.01003301.xml










27.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 331/33






Action brought on 21 August 2012 — ZZ v Commission
(Case F-89/12)
(2012/C 331/62)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: ZZ (represented by: S. Rodrigues, A. Blot and A. Tymen, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the Commission’s decision not to regrade the applicant.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision adopted on 10 May 2012 by the Director of Directorate D of DG Human Resources and Security and sent to the applicant by note of 11 May 2012 rejecting the applicant’s claim of 25 January 2012;










—


In so far as necessary, annul the decision of 21 November 2011 rejecting the applicant’s request of 29 June 2011;










—


Order the defendant to take the corrective measures necessary to re-establish compliance with the principle of career equivalence as regards the applicant;










—


Order the Commission to pay all the costs.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6619 — TSR Recycling/HKS Scrap Metals)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-08-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, metal waste, metallurgical industry, steel, waste recycling








C_2012251EN.01000101.xml










21.8.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 251/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6619 — TSR Recycling/HKS Scrap Metals)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 251/01
On 13 August 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 32012M6619. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.