do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case C-369/12: Order of the Court of 15 November 2012 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel, Brașov — Romania) — Corpul Național al Polițiștilor — Biroul Executiv Central, reprezentant al reclamanților Chițea Constantin și alții v Ministerul Administrației și Internelor, Inspectoratul General al Poliției Române, Inspectoratul de Poliție al Județului Brașov (Request for a preliminary ruling — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Validity of national legislation imposing salary reductions on a number of categories of civil servants — Failure to implement European Union law — Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court of Justice)
Date: 2012-11-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Romania, application of EU law, civil servant, equal treatment, interpretation of the law, jurisdiction, ownership, pay cut








C_2013108EN.01001202.xml










13.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 108/12





Order of the Court of 15 November 2012 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel, Brașov — Romania) — Corpul Național al Polițiștilor — Biroul Executiv Central, reprezentant al reclamanților Chițea Constantin și alții v Ministerul Administrației și Internelor, Inspectoratul General al Poliției Române, Inspectoratul de Poliție al Județului Brașov
(Case C-369/12) (1)

(Request for a preliminary ruling - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Validity of national legislation imposing salary reductions on a number of categories of civil servants - Failure to implement European Union law - Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court of Justice)
2013/C 108/24
Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Curtea de Apel Brașov

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Corpul Național al Polițiștilor — Biroul Executiv Central

Defendant: Ministerul Administrației și Internelor, Inspectoratul General al Poliției Române, Inspectoratul de Poliție al Județului Brașov

Re:

Request for a preliminary ruling — Curtea de Apel, Brașov — Interpretation of Articles 17(1), 20, 21(1) and 51(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Admissibility of national legislation imposing salary reductions on a number of categories of civil servants — Infringement of the principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination and of the right of property

Operative part of the order

The Court of Justice of the European Union clearly has no jurisdiction with regard to the request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel, Brașov (Romania), made by decision of 27 June 2012.


(1)  OJ C 343, 10.11.2012.
Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2012-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, Russia, anti-dumping duty, chemical fertiliser, chemical salt, coal, import (EU), originating product








C_2012349EN.01001901.xml










15.11.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 349/19





Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
2012/C 349/07
1.   As provided for in Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1), the Commission gives notice that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the following procedure, the anti-dumping measures mentioned below will expire on the date mentioned in the table below.
2.   Procedure

Union producers may lodge a written request for a review. This request must contain sufficient evidence that the expiry of the measures would be likely to result in a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury.
Should the Commission decide to review the measures concerned, importers, exporters, representatives of the exporting country and Union producers will then be provided with the opportunity to amplify, rebut or comment on the matters set out in the review request.
3.   Time limit

Union producers may submit a written request for a review on the above basis, to reach the European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (Unit H-1), N-105 4/92, 1049 Brussels, Belgium (2) at any time from the date of the publication of the present notice but no later than three months before the date mentioned in the table below.
4.   This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009.









Product


Country(ies) of origin or exportation


Measures


Reference


Date of expiry (3)





Powdered activated carbon


The People's Republic of China


Anti-dumping duty


Council Regulation (EC) No 649/2008 (OJ L 181, 10.7.2008, p. 1)


11.7.2013




Ammonium nitrate


Russia


Anti-dumping duty


Council Regulation (EC) No 661/2008 (OJ L 185, 12.7.2008, p. 1)


13.7.2013






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51.

(2)  Fax +32 22956505.

(3)  The measure expires at midnight of the day mentioned in this column.
Corrigendum to the reserve lists of Open competition EPSO/AST/117/11 — Assistants (AST 1) in the secretarial field ( OJ C 288 A, 25.9.2012 )
Date: 2012-11-15
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: EPSO, assistant, competition (EU), secretarial staff








CA2012349EN.01000201.xml










15.11.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CA 349/2





Corrigendum to the reserve lists of Open competition EPSO/AST/117/11 — Assistants (AST 1) in the secretarial field

(
Official Journal of the European Union C 288 A of 25 September 2012
)

(2012/C 349 A/02)
On page 9:
for:

‘The reserve lists will be valid until 7 August 2015.’,

read:

‘The reserve lists will be valid until 7 August 2013 and may be extended.’.
Case C-517/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 15 November 2012 — CTP v Regione Campania
Date: 2012-11-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: indemnification, interpretation of the law, transport company








C_2013026EN.01003402.xml










26.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 26/34





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 15 November 2012 — CTP v Regione Campania
(Case C-517/12)
2013/C 26/64
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: CTP — Compagnia Trasporti Pubblici SpA

Defendant: Regione Campania

Question referred

Does the right to compensation arise, for the purposes of Article 4 of Regulation No 1191/69, (1) only where, following the submission of an appropriate application, the competent authorities have not terminated the public service obligation which imposes an economic disadvantage on the transport undertaking, or is that provision applicable only in respect of service obligations which are to be terminated and cannot be maintained under the regulation?


(1)  Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69 of the Council of 26 June 1969 on action by Member States concerning the obligations inherent in the concept of a public service in transport by rail, road and inland waterway, (OJ 1969 L 156, p. 1).
Case C-518/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 15 November 2012 — CTP v Regione Campania, Provincia di Napoli
Date: 2012-11-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: indemnification, interpretation of the law, transport company








C_2013026EN.01003403.xml










26.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 26/34





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 15 November 2012 — CTP v Regione Campania, Provincia di Napoli
(Case C-518/12)
2013/C 26/65
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: CTP — Compagnia Trasporti Pubblici SpA

Defendants: Regione Campania, Provincia di Napoli

Questions referred

Does the right to compensation arise, for the purposes of Article 4 of Regulation No 1191/69, (1) only where, following the submission of an appropriate application, the competent authorities have not terminated the public service obligation which imposes an economic disadvantage on the transport undertaking, or is that provision applicable only in respect of service obligations which are to be terminated and cannot be maintained under the regulation?


(1)  Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69 of the Council of 26 June 1969 on action by Member States concerning the obligations inherent in the concept of a public service in transport by rail, road and inland waterway (OJ 1969 L 156, p. 1).
Case C-34/11: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 November 2012 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Pollution control — Limit values for concentrations of PM10 in ambient air)
Date: 2012-11-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Portugal, air quality, health care, infringement of EU law, pollution control








C_2013009EN.01000901.xml










12.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 9/9





Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 November 2012 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic
(Case C-34/11) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Pollution control - Limit values for concentrations of PM10 in ambient air)
2013/C 9/12
Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: P. Guerra e Andrade, A. Alcover San Pedro and S. Petrova, Agents)

Defendant: Portuguese Republic (represented by: L. Inez Fernandes and M.J. Lois, Agents)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Article 13 of Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (OJ 2008 L 152, p. 1) — Limit values and alert thresholds for the protection of human health — Concentrations of PM10 in ambient air

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by having failed to ensure that, for the years 2005 to 2007, the daily concentrations of PM10 in ambient air did not exceed the limit values set in Article 5(1) of Council Directive 1999/30/EC of 22 April 1999 relating to limit values for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and oxides of nitrogen, particulate matter and lead in ambient air, in the zones and agglomerations of Braga, Porto Litoral, Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Norte and Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Sul, the Portuguese Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under that provision;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders the European Commission and the Portuguese Republic to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 103, 2.4.2011.
Case T-278/09: Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2012 — Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter v OHIM (GG) (Community trade mark — Application for the Community collective word mark GG — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)
Date: 2012-11-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, vineyard








C_2012399EN.01001702.xml










22.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 399/17





Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2012 — Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter v OHIM (GG)
(Case T-278/09) (1)

(Community trade mark - Application for the Community collective word mark GG - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Obligation to state reasons - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)
2012/C 399/29
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter eV, formerly Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter eV (Mainz, Germany) (represented by: N. Schindler, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: initially B. Schmidt, subsequently G. Schneider and lastly D. Walicka, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 30 April 2009 (Case R 1568/2008-1), concerning an application for registration of the word sign GG as a Community trade mark

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter eV to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 220, 12.9.2009.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU — Cases where the Commission raises no objections  Text with EEA relevance, except for products falling under Annex I to the Treaty
Date: 2012-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Latvia, State aid, aid to agriculture, biodiversity, control of State aid, farming sector, fishing industry, silviculture








C_2012349EN.01000101.xml










15.11.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 349/1





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance, except for products falling under Annex I to the Treaty)
2012/C 349/01







Date of adoption of the decision


11.10.2012




Reference number of State Aid


SA.35036 (12/N)




Member State


Latvia




Region


Latvia


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


LAP pasākuma “Natura 2000 maksājumi (meža īpašniekiem)” nodrošināšana




Legal basis


Ministru kabineta noteikumu projekts “Noteikumi par valsts un Eiropas Savienības lauku attīstības atbalsta piešķiršanu, administrēšanu un uzraudzību vides un lauku ainavas uzlabošanai”




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Payments Natura 2000 and payments linked to the Directive 2000/60/EC




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget








 


Overall budget: LVL 7,46 million










 


Annual budget: LVL 1,55 million








Intensity


0 %




Duration (period)


Until 30.12.2012




Economic sectors


Agriculture, forestry and fishing




Name and address of the granting authority







Lauku atbalsta dienests




Republikas laukums 2




Rīga, LV-1981




LATVIJA








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6721 — First Reserve Management/SK Capital Partners/TPC)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, petrochemicals








C_2012349EN.01000301.xml










15.11.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 349/3





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6721 — First Reserve Management/SK Capital Partners/TPC)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 349/02
On 9 November 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 32012M6721. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case C-516/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 15 November 2012 — CTP v Regione Campania, Provincia di Napoli
Date: 2012-11-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: indemnification, interpretation of the law, transport company








C_2013026EN.01003401.xml










26.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 26/34





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 15 November 2012 — CTP v Regione Campania, Provincia di Napoli
(Case C-516/12)
2013/C 26/63
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: CTP — Compagnia Trasporti Pubblici SpA

Defendants: Regione Campania, Provincia di Napoli

Questions referred

Does the right to compensation arise, for the purposes of Article 4 of Regulation No 1191/69, (1) only where, following the submission of an appropriate application, the competent authorities have not terminated the public service obligation which imposes an economic disadvantage on the transport undertaking, or is that provision applicable only in respect of service obligations which are to be terminated and cannot be maintained under the regulation?


(1)  Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69 of the Council of 26 June 1969 on action by Member States concerning the obligations inherent in the concept of a public service in transport by rail, road and inland waterway (OJ 1969 L 156, p. 1).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2012-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2012349EN.01000401.xml










15.11.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 349/4





Euro exchange rates (1)

14 November 2012
2012/C 349/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2726




JPY


Japanese yen


102,00




DKK


Danish krone


7,4581




GBP


Pound sterling


0,80260




SEK


Swedish krona


8,6260




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2040




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,3220




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,500




HUF


Hungarian forint


285,06




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6961




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1775




RON


Romanian leu


4,5430




TRY


Turkish lira


2,2965




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2217




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,2741




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


9,8634




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5658




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5549




KRW


South Korean won


1 380,85




ZAR


South African rand


11,2764




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,9222




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5370




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 249,52




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,8914




PHP


Philippine peso


52,372




RUB


Russian rouble


40,3450




THB


Thai baht


39,082




BRL


Brazilian real


2,6280




MXN


Mexican peso


16,8079




INR


Indian rupee


69,7500






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case C-145/12 P: Order of the Court of 15 November 2012 — Neubrandenburger Wohnungsgesellschaft mbH v European Commission, Bavaria Immobilien Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. Objekte Neubrandenburg KG, Bavaria Immobilien Trading GmbH & Co. Immobilien Leasing Objekt Neubrandenburg KG (Appeals — State aid — Legal interest in bringing proceedings — Opening of the formal investigation procedure — No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2012-11-15
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Germany, State aid, contract, privatisation, real estate business, subsidised housing








C_2013108EN.01000902.xml










13.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 108/9





Order of the Court of 15 November 2012 — Neubrandenburger Wohnungsgesellschaft mbH v European Commission, Bavaria Immobilien Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. Objekte Neubrandenburg KG, Bavaria Immobilien Trading GmbH & Co. Immobilien Leasing Objekt Neubrandenburg KG
(Case C-145/12 P) (1)

(Appeals - State aid - Legal interest in bringing proceedings - Opening of the formal investigation procedure - No need to adjudicate)
2013/C 108/18
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: Neubrandenburger Wohnungsgesellschaft mbH (represented by: M. Núñez-Müller, Rechtsanwalt, and J. Dammann de Chapto, Rechtsanwältin)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: B. Martenczuk and T. Maxian Rusche, acting as Agents), Bavaria Immobilien Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. Objekte Neubrandenburg KG, Bavaria Immobilien Trading GmbH & Co. Immobilien Leasing Objekt Neubrandenburg KG (represented by: C. von Donat, Rechtsanwalt)

Re:

Appeal brought against the order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 9 January 2012 in Case T-407/09 Neubrandenburger Wohnungsgesellschaft v Commission, by which the General Court dismissed as inadmissible the applicant’s action seeking, firstly, annulment of the Commission’s alleged decision contained in the letter of 29 July 2009 declaring that certain contracts concluded by the applicant concerning the sale of dwellings as part of the privatisation of public dwellings in Neubrandenburg do not come within the scope of Article 87(1) EC and, secondly, judgment establishing the Commission’s failure to act for the purposes of Article 232 EC in that the Commission failed to state its position on those contracts on the basis of Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article [88 EC] (OJ 1999 L 83, p. 1) — Infringement of Articles 263(4) and 265 TFEU and the right to an effective judicial remedy — Insufficient statement of reasons by the General Court

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no need to adjudicate on the appeal.










2.


Neubrandenburger Wohnungsgesellschaft mbH, la Commission européenne, Bavaria Immobilien Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. Objekte Neubrandenburg KG et Bavaria Immobilien Trading GmbH & Co. Immobilien Leasing Objekt Neubrandenburg KG shall each bear their own costs relating to the present appeal proceedings.






(1)  OJ C 138, 12.5.2012.