do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Notice for the attention of the person to which the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP, as implemented by Council Decision 2012/635/CFSP, and in Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 945/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran apply
Date: 2012-10-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Iran, economic sanctions, international sanctions








C_2012312EN.01002101.xml










16.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 312/21





Notice for the attention of the person to which the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP, as implemented by Council Decision 2012/635/CFSP, and in Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 945/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran apply
2012/C 312/09
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
The following information is brought to the attention of person that appear in Annex II to Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP, as implemented by Council Decision 2012/635/CFSP (1), and in Annex IX to Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 945/2012 (2) concerning restrictive measures against Iran.
The Council of the European Union has decided that the person that appear in the above-mentioned Annexes should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2010/413/CFSP and in Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran. The grounds for designations of that person appear in the relevant entries in those Annexes.
The attention of the person concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated in the web-sites in Annex X to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 26 of the Regulation).
The person concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the above-mentioned list should be reconsidered, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




DG C — Coordination Unit




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




The attention of the person concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council's decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, 2nd paragraph, and Article 263, 4th and 6th paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  OJ L 282, 16.10.2012, p. 58.

(2)  OJ L 282, 16.10.2012, p. 16.
Case C-364/10: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 October 2012 — Hungary v Slovak Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Article 259 TFEU — Citizenship of the European Union — Article 21 TFEU — Directive 2004/38/EC — Right to move within the territory of the Member States — President of Hungary — Prohibition on entering the territory of the Slovak Republic — Diplomatic relations between Member States)
Date: 2012-10-16
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU visa policy, European citizenship, diplomatic relations, freedom of movement, head of State, residence permit








C_2012379EN.01000202.xml










8.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 379/2





Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 October 2012 — Hungary v Slovak Republic
(Case C-364/10) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Article 259 TFEU - Citizenship of the European Union - Article 21 TFEU - Directive 2004/38/EC - Right to move within the territory of the Member States - President of Hungary - Prohibition on entering the territory of the Slovak Republic - Diplomatic relations between Member States)
2012/C 379/03
Language of the case: Slovak

Parties


Applicant: Hungary (represented by: M.Z. Fehér and E. Orgován, Agents)

Defendant: Slovak Republic (represented by: B. Ricziová, Agent)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Tokár, D. Maidani and S. Boelaert, Agents)

Re:

Article 259 TFEU — Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Breach of Article 18(1) EC, Article 3(2) TEU, Article 21(1) TFEU and Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States (OJ 2004 L 158, p. 77) — Abusive application of European Union law — Prohibition on entering the territory of the Slovak Republic imposed on the President of Hungary when intending to take up the invitation made by a social organisation — Prohibition on entry based, in part, on Directive 2004/38/EC — Application of the provisions of European Union law on the free movement of persons to Heads of State and to other persons representing the Member States

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Hungary to pay the costs;










3.


Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 301, 6.11.2010.
2012/648/EU: Council Decision of 16 October 2012 appointing a Belgian member and a Belgian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2012-10-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Belgium, European Committee of the Regions, appointment of members








L_2012287EN.01001201.xml










18.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 287/12








            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 16 October 2012
         
appointing a Belgian member and a Belgian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2012/648/EU)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal of the Belgian Government,

Whereas:







(1)


On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.












(2)


A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Paul FICHEROULLE.












(3)


An alternate member’s seat will become vacant following the appointment of Mr Marc HENDRICKX as member of the Committee of the Regions,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:






(a)


as member:






—


Mr Marc HENDRICKX, Vlaams Volksvertegenwoordiger;




and










(b)


as alternate member:






—


Mr Karim VAN OVERMEIRE, Vlaams Volksvertegenwoordiger.










Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.




Done at Luxembourg, 16 October 2012.


For the Council


The President

A. D. MAVROYIANNIS
            





(1)  
            OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22.

(2)  
            OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6682 — Kinnevik/Billerud/Korsnäs)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, packaging product, pulp and paper industry, telecommunications industry








C_2012312EN.01002301.xml










16.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 312/23





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6682 — Kinnevik/Billerud/Korsnäs)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 312/11






1.


On 5 October 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 Investment AB Kinnevik (‘Kinnevik’, Sweden) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, sole control of Billerud AB (‘Billerud’, Sweden) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Kinnevik: equity interests in various companies active in telecommunication, online selling, media, micro-financing, agriculture and renewable energy, and including in Korsnäs AB active in paper-based packaging materials covering cartonboard, kraftliner, kraft paper and liquid packaging board, and,










—


for Billerud: a manufacturer of pulp and paper based packaging products, which is active in the areas of packaging and specialty paper, kraft paper, packaging boards and market pulp.














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.6682 — Kinnevik/Billerud/Korsnäs, 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’).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6694 — Helvetia/Certain parts of Gan Eurocourtage's Transport and Marine Insurance Portfolio)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, insurance company, merger control








C_2012312EN.01002401.xml










16.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 312/24





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6694 — Helvetia/Certain parts of Gan Eurocourtage's Transport and Marine Insurance Portfolio)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 312/12






1.


On 4 October 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Helvetia Assurances SA (‘Helvetia Assurances SA’, France) indirectly controlled by Helvetia Holding AG (‘Helvetia Holding’, Switzerland acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of part of Gan Eurocourtage SA (‘the target’, France) by way of purchase of assets.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Helvetia is a pan-European insurance company active both in the life and the non-life insurance sectors,










—


the target is the portfolio of GEC’s Marine and Transport Insurance contracts (excluding aviation and space) and their related assets underwritten in France and the various French overseas territories.














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.6694 — Helvetia/Certain parts of Gan Eurocourtage's Transport and Marine Insurance Portfolio, 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’).
Case T-96/12: Order of the General Court of 16 October 2012 — Kingdom of Spain v Commission
Date: 2012-10-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Cohesion Fund, Spain, co-financing








C_2012373EN.01001303.xml










1.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 373/13





Order of the General Court of 16 October 2012 — Kingdom of Spain v Commission
(Case T-96/12) (1)

2012/C 373/24
Language of the case: Spanish
The President of the Third Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 109, 14.4.2012.
Notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision 2012/634/CFSP, and in Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 944/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria apply
Date: 2012-10-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Syria, economic sanctions, international sanctions








C_2012312EN.01002001.xml










16.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 312/20





Notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision 2012/634/CFSP, and in Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 944/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria apply
2012/C 312/08
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities that appear in Annex I to Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision 2012/634/CFSP (1), and in Annex II to Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 944/2012 (2) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria.
The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons and entities that appear in the above-mentioned Annexes should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2011/782/CFSP and in Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria. The grounds for designations of those persons and entities appear in the relevant entries in those Annexes.
The attention of the persons and entities concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated on the websites in Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 16 of the Regulation).
The persons and entities concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the abovementioned list should be reconsidered, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




DG C — Coordination Unit




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




The attention of the persons and entities concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council's decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, second paragraph, and Article 263, fourth and sixth paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  OJ L 282, 16.10.2012, p. 50.

(2)  OJ L 282, 16.10.2012, p. 9.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6680 — CVCIGP II Employee Rosehill/CVCIGP II Client Rosehill/CNK/Holidaybreak)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, travel agency








C_2012312EN.01000301.xml










16.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 312/3





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6680 — CVCIGP II Employee Rosehill/CVCIGP II Client Rosehill/CNK/Holidaybreak)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 312/02
On 5 October 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 32012M6680. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2012-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2012312EN.01002201.xml










16.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 312/22





Euro exchange rates (1)

15 October 2012
2012/C 312/10

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2971




JPY


Japanese yen


102,10




DKK


Danish krone


7,4591




GBP


Pound sterling


0,80745




SEK


Swedish krona


8,6591




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2091




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,4100




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


24,931




HUF


Hungarian forint


278,53




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6962




PLN


Polish zloty


4,0868




RON


Romanian leu


4,5740




TRY


Turkish lira


2,3463




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2661




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,2682




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,0540




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5895




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5838




KRW


South Korean won


1 439,82




ZAR


South African rand


11,3632




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,1318




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5085




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 455,29




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,9671




PHP


Philippine peso


53,710




RUB


Russian rouble


40,1885




THB


Thai baht


39,782




BRL


Brazilian real


2,6459




MXN


Mexican peso


16,6288




INR


Indian rupee


68,7660






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
2012/647/EU: Council Decision of 16 October 2012 appointing a German member of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2012-10-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Committee of the Regions, Germany, appointment of members








L_2012287EN.01001101.xml










18.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 287/11








            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 16 October 2012
         
appointing a German member of the Committee of the Regions
(2012/647/EU)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal of the German Government,

Whereas:







(1)


On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.












(2)


A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Ms Petra ROTH,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is hereby appointed as member to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:






—


Ms Dagmar MÜHLENFELD, Oberbürgermeisterin der Stadt Mülheim an der Ruhr.






Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.




Done at Luxembourg, 16 October 2012.


For the Council


The President

A. D. MAVROYIANNIS
            





(1)  
            OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22.

(2)  
            OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.
Case T-371/11: Judgment of the General Court of 16 October 2012 — Monier Roofing Components v OHIM (CLIMA COMFORT) (Community trade mark — Application for the Community word mark CLIMA COMFORT — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Right to be heard — Second sentence of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Ex officio examination of the facts — Article 76(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Date: 2012-10-16
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, building materials, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2012366EN.01003302.xml










24.11.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 366/33





Judgment of the General Court of 16 October 2012 — Monier Roofing Components v OHIM (CLIMA COMFORT)
(Case T-371/11) (1)

(Community trade mark - Application for the Community word mark CLIMA COMFORT - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctiveness - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Right to be heard - Second sentence of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 - Ex officio examination of the facts - Article 76(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)
2012/C 366/65
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Monier Roofing Components (Oberursel, Germany) (represented by: F. Ekey, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Pohlmann, Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 28 April 2011 (Case R 2026/2010-1), concerning an application for registration of the word sign CLIMA COMFORT as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Monier Roofing Components GmbH to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 269, 10.9.2011.