do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
2013/108/EU: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, in accordance with point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management
Date: 2012-11-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: Italy, aid to disaster victims, earthquake, financial aid, fund (EU), payment appropriation








L_2013056EN.01001501.xml










28.2.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 56/15








            DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
         
of 21 November 2012
         
on mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, in accordance with point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management
(2013/108/EU)


THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 26 thereof,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund (2),


Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:







(1)


The European Union has created a European Union Solidarity Fund (the ‘Fund’) to show solidarity with the population of regions struck by disasters.












(2)


The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the annual ceiling of EUR 1 billion.












(3)


Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 contains the provisions whereby the Fund may be mobilised.












(4)


Italy submitted an application to mobilise the Fund, concerning a disaster caused by a series of earthquakes in Italy,





HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012, the European Union Solidarity Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 670 192 359 in commitment and payment appropriations.


Article 2
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Strasbourg, 21 November 2012.


For the European Parliament


The President

M. SCHULZ
            



For the Council


The President

A. D. MAVROYIANNIS
            





(1)  
            OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 3.
Case C-662/11: Order of the President of the Court of 21 November 2012 — European Commission v Republic of Cyprus
Date: 2012-11-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Cyprus, accession to the European Union, free movement of capital, infringement of EU law, purchase, secondary residence








C_2013108EN.01001805.xml










13.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 108/18





Order of the President of the Court of 21 November 2012 — European Commission v Republic of Cyprus
(Case C-662/11) (1)

2013/C 108/41
Language of the case: Greek
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 73, 10.3.2012.
Case F-144/12: Action brought on 21 November 2012 — ZZ v Commission
Date: 2012-11-21
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European civil service, legal expenses, transfer of pension rights








C_2013026EN.01007703.xml










26.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 26/77





Action brought on 21 November 2012 — ZZ v Commission
(Case F-144/12)
2013/C 26/163
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: ZZ (represented by: S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis, E. Marchal and D. Abreu Caldas, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision on the transfer of the applicant’s pension rights under the European Union pension scheme applying the new General Implementing Provisions for Articles 11 and 12 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations.

Form of order sought







—


Declare Article 9 of the General Implementing Provisions for Article 11(2) of Annex VIII of the Staff Regulations unlawful;










—


annul the decision of 3 February 2012 to apply the parameters referred to in the General Implementing Provisions for Article 11(2) of Annex VIII of the Staff Regulations of 3 March 2011 to the transfer of the applicant’s pension rights;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs.
European Parliament legislative resolution of 21 November 2012 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, amending the Annexes to Protocols 1 and 2 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part (07433/2012 — C7-0157/2012 — 2011/0457(NLE))
Date: 2012-11-21
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, Committee on Fisheries, Committee on International Trade, European Parliament
Subjects: Israel, Union for the Mediterranean, association agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement, ratification of an agreement, revision of an agreement








C_2015419EN.01021701.xml










16.12.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 419/217





P7_TA(2012)0438
Amendment of the Annexes to Protocols 1 and 2 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the EC and Israel ***
European Parliament legislative resolution of 21 November 2012 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, amending the Annexes to Protocols 1 and 2 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part (07433/2012 — C7-0157/2012 — 2011/0457(NLE))
(Consent)
(2015/C 419/47)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the draft Council decision (07433/2012),










—


having regard to the draft Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, amending the Annexes to Protocols 1 and 2 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part (07470/2012),










—


having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Articles 207(4), first subparagraph, and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C7-0157/2012),










—


having regard to Rules 81 and 90(7) of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A7-0318/2012),












1.


Consents to conclusion of the Agreement;












2.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the State of Israel.
Case T-76/11: Judgment of the General Court of (Third Chamber) of 21 November 2012 –Spain v Commission (Fisheries — Measures for the conservation of living aquatic resources — Article 105 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 — Deductions from quotas allocated for a given year on account of overfishing in previous years — Temporal application — Legal certainty — Interpretation guaranteeing compliance with primary law — Principle that penalties must have a proper legal basis — Non-retroactivity)
Date: 2012-11-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: catch quota, common fisheries policy, conservation of fish stocks, principle of legal certainty








C_2013009EN.01003502.xml










12.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 9/35





Judgment of the General Court of (Third Chamber) of 21 November 2012 –Spain v Commission
(Case T-76/11) (1)

(Fisheries - Measures for the conservation of living aquatic resources - Article 105 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 - Deductions from quotas allocated for a given year on account of overfishing in previous years - Temporal application - Legal certainty - Interpretation guaranteeing compliance with primary law - Principle that penalties must have a proper legal basis - Non-retroactivity)
2013/C 9/61
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: N. Díaz Abad, abogado del Estado)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: by F. Jimeno Fernández and D. Nardi, Agents)

Re:

Annulment of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1004/2010 of 8 November 2010 of operating deductions from certain fishing quotas for 2010 on account of overfishing in the previous year (OJ 2010 L 291, p. 31)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 89, 19.3.2011.
Case F-143/12: Action brought on 21 November 2012 — ZZ v Commission
Date: 2012-11-21
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: EPSO, damages, indemnification, traineeship








C_2013026EN.01007702.xml










26.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 26/77





Action brought on 21 November 2012 — ZZ v Commission
(Case F-143/12)
2013/C 26/162
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: ZZ (represented by: L. Levi, A. Tymen, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision of EPSO not to include the applicant in the list of persons who have passed the tests at the end of the programme raining which is part of the certification procedure and a claim for damages.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of EPSO of 16 December 2011 excluding the applicant from the list of officials who have received certification under the 2010-2011 certification exercise;










—


as necessary, annul the decision of EPSO of 16 August 2012 rejecting the applicant’s complaint;










—


award damages of EUR 5 000;










—


order the Commission to pay all the costs.
Case C-603/11: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 November 2012 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juridiction de Proximité, Chartres — France) — Hervé Fontaine v Mutuelle Générale de l’Éducation Nationale (Competition — Articles 101 TFEU and 102 TFEU — Supplementary health insurance — Mutual companies entering into state health service agreements with the practitioners of their choice — Difference in treatment — Manifest inadmissibility)
Date: 2012-11-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: France, additional benefit, competition, economic concentration, equal treatment, health care, insurance, interpretation of the law, merger control, mutual assistance scheme








C_2013108EN.01000501.xml










13.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 108/5





Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 November 2012 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Juridiction de Proximité, Chartres — France) — Hervé Fontaine v Mutuelle Générale de l’Éducation Nationale
(Case C-603/11) (1)

(Competition - Articles 101 TFEU and 102 TFEU - Supplementary health insurance - Mutual companies entering into state health service agreements with the practitioners of their choice - Difference in treatment - Manifest inadmissibility)
2013/C 108/08
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Juridiction de Proximité, Chartres

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Hervé Fontaine

Defendant: Mutuelle Générale de l'Éducation Nationale

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Juridiction de Proximité, Chartres — Interpretation of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU — Competition — National legislation prohibiting mutual companies providing supplementary health insurance from varying their benefits according to the conditions for issuing certificates and the services provided — Prohibition on the mutual companies entering into state health service agreements with practitioners of their choice — Difference of treatment in relation to other health insurance companies and institutions governed by the Code des Assurances or the Code de la Sécurité Sociale — Restrictions

Operative part of the order

The reference for a preliminary ruling submitted by the Juge de proximité, Chartres, by decision of 17 November 2011, is manifestly inadmissible.


(1)  OJ C 39, 11.2.2012.
Information concerning the date of entry into force of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway on the application of certain provisions of the Convention of 29 May 2000 on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union and the 2001 Protocol thereto
Date: 2012-11-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Iceland, Norway, agreement (EU), criminal proceedings, judicial cooperation








L_2012322EN.01000101.xml










21.11.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 322/1







Information concerning the date of entry into force of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway on the application of certain provisions of the Convention of 29 May 2000 on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union and the 2001 Protocol thereto

The Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway on the application of certain provisions of the Convention of 29 May 2000 on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union and the 2001 Protocol thereto (1), signed in Brussels on 19 December 2003, will enter into force on 1 January 2013, in accordance with Article 6 of the Agreement.


(1)  
            OJ L 26, 29.1.2004, p. 3.
Case T-343/12: Order of the General Court of 21 November 2012 — Grupo T Diffusión v OHIM — ABR Producción Contemporánea (Lampe) (Community trade mark — Application for a declaration of invalidity — Withdrawal of that application — No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2012-11-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, miscellaneous industries, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2013026EN.01005001.xml










26.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 26/50





Order of the General Court of 21 November 2012 — Grupo T Diffusión v OHIM — ABR Producción Contemporánea (Lampe)
(Case T-343/12) (1)

(Community trade mark - Application for a declaration of invalidity - Withdrawal of that application - No need to adjudicate)
2013/C 26/101
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Grupo T Diffusión, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: A. Lasala Grimalt, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: ABR Producción Contemporánea, SL (Barcelona, Spain)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 June 2012 (Case R 1622/2010-3) relating to invalidity proceedings between ABR Producción Contemporánea, SL and Grupo T Diffusión, SA.

Operative part of the order







1.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the action.










2.


Each party shall bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 287, 22.9.2012.
Case C-528/12: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Bonn (Germany) lodged on 21 November 2012 — Mömax Logistik GmbH
Date: 2012-11-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: budgetary control, interpretation of the law, national accounts, publication of accounts, right of establishment








C_2013063EN.01000702.xml










2.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 63/7





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Bonn (Germany) lodged on 21 November 2012 — Mömax Logistik GmbH
(Case C-528/12)
2013/C 63/12
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landgericht Bonn

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant: Mömax Logistik GmbH

Other party to the proceedings: Bundesamt für Justiz

Question referred

Is a rule of national law under which the provisions of Article 57(1) of Directive 78/660/EEC (1) concerning the content, auditing and publication of the annual accounts are not applied to companies governed by the law of the Member State only if the parent undertaking is governed by the law of the same Member State and has prepared consolidated accounts in accordance with the law of that State compatible with the freedom of establishment (Article 49 TFEU)?


(1)  Fourth Council Directive 78/660/EEC of 25 July 1978 based on Article 54(3)(g) of the Treaty on the annual accounts of certain types of companies, OJ 1978 L 222, p. 11.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6723 — Ferrovial/Qatar Holding/CDPQ/Baker Street/BAA)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, airport, economic concentration, financial institution, investment company, merger control, transport infrastructure








C_2012358EN.01001001.xml










21.11.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 358/10





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6723 — Ferrovial/Qatar Holding/CDPQ/Baker Street/BAA)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 358/06






1.


On 12 November 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) which would result in FGP Topco Limited, the ultimate parent company of Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited (previously BAA Limited, United Kingdom), being jointly controlled within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation by Ferrovial SA (‘Ferrovial’, Spain), Qatar Holding LLC (‘Qatar Holding’, State of Qatar), Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (‘CDPQ’, Canada) and Baker Street Investment Pte. Ltd (‘Baker Street’, Singapore), by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Qatar Holding: investment holding company operating internationally in strategic private and public equity as well as in other direct investments,










—


Ferrovial: multinational company involved in the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of transport, urban services infrastructure,










—


Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited (previously BAA Limited): company active in the airport management and airport-related property development in the United Kingdom,










—


CDPQ: financial institution that manages funds for public and private pension as well as insurance funds and invests in private equity, infrastructure and real estate,










—


Baker Street: company managed by GIC Special Investment Pte. Ltd, a subsidiary of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte. Ltd, which manages investments in private equity, venture capital and infrastructure funds, as well as direct investments in private companies.














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.6723 — Ferrovial/Qatar Holding/CDPQ/Baker Street/BAA, 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-558/11: Judgment of the General Court of 21 November 2012 — Atlas v OHIM — Couleurs de Tollens (ARTIS) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ARTIS — Earlier national word mark ARTIS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2012-11-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, paints and varnishes, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2013009EN.01003601.xml










12.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 9/36





Judgment of the General Court of 21 November 2012 — Atlas v OHIM — Couleurs de Tollens (ARTIS)
(Case T-558/11) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark ARTIS - Earlier national word mark ARTIS - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
2013/C 9/63
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Atlas sp. z o.o. (Łódź, Poland) (represented by: R. Rumpel, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Couleurs de Tollens (Clichy, France) (represented by J.-G. Monin, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 28 July 2011 (Case R 1253/2010-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Couleurs de Tollens-Agora and Atlas sp. z o.o.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Atlas sp. z o.o. to pay the costs, including those incurred by Couleurs de Tollens during the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).






(1)  OJ C 13, 14.1.2012.