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Joined Cases T-197/11 P and T-198/11 P: Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2012 — Commission v Strack (Appeal — Civil Service — Officials — Access to documents — Articles 26 and 26a of the Staff Regulations — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Jurisdiction of the Civil Service Tribunal — Inadmissibility of the action at first instance — No act adversely affecting an official — Article 90(a) of the Rules of Procedure)
Date: 2012-12-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Civil Service Tribunal, European civil service, access to EU information, document, provision of documents, ruling








C_2013038EN.01001902.xml










9.2.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 38/19





Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2012 — Commission v Strack
(Joined Cases T-197/11 P and T-198/11 P) (1)

(Appeal - Civil Service - Officials - Access to documents - Articles 26 and 26a of the Staff Regulations - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Jurisdiction of the Civil Service Tribunal - Inadmissibility of the action at first instance - No act adversely affecting an official - Article 90(a) of the Rules of Procedure)
2013/C 38/32
Language of the case: German

Parties


Appellant: European Commission (represented by: P. Costa de Oliveira and B. Eggers, Agents)

Other party to the proceedings: Guido Strack (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: H. Tettenborn, lawyer)

Re:

Two appeals brought against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union (Second Chamber) of 20 January 2011 in Case F-121/07 Strack v Commission (2011) ECR-SC I-A-1-0000 and II-A-1-0000 and seeking to have that judgment set aside.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Joins Cases T-197/11 P and T-198/11 P for the purposes of the present judgment;










2.


Sets aside the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union (Second Chamber) of 20 January 2011 in Case F-121/07 Strack v Commission (2011) ECR I-A-1-0000 and II-A-1-0000 in so far as that Tribunal considered itself to have jurisdiction to hear and determine an action for annulment against a decision adopted under Regulation No 1049/2001;










3.


Dismisses the appeal in Case T-198/11 P;










4.


Orders Mr Guido Strack to bear his own costs in Cases T-197/11 P and T-198/11 P and pay the costs incurred by the European Commission in Case T-198/11 P;










5.


Orders the Commission to bear its own costs in Case T-197/11 P;










6.


Orders Mr Strack to pay the Civil Service Tribunal EUR 2 000 in order to reimburse part of the costs which that latter had to incur.






(1)  OJ C 186, 25.6.2011.
Composition of the EFTA Court — Appointment of the Registrar of the EFTA Court
Date: 2012-12-13
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: EFTA Court, appointment of members, secretariat of an Institution








C_2012384EN.01001501.xml










13.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 384/15





Composition of the EFTA Court
Appointment of the Registrar of the EFTA Court
2012/C 384/13
Mr Gunnar Selvik was appointed Registrar of the EFTA Court pursuant to Article 9, Protocol 5 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement for the period from 1 September 2012 to 31 August 2015, to succeed Mr Skúli Magnússon.
Case C-593/11 P: Order of the Court of 13 December 2012 — Alliance One International Inc. v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions or concerted practices — Italian market for the purchase and first processing of raw tobacco — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Attributability of unlawful conduct of subsidiaries to their parent companies — Presumption of innocence — Rights of defence — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2012-12-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Italy, domestic market, fine, fixing of prices, market-sharing agreement, restriction on competition, rights of the defence, subsidiary, tobacco industry








C_2013108EN.01000402.xml










13.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 108/4





Order of the Court of 13 December 2012 — Alliance One International Inc. v European Commission
(Case C-593/11 P) (1)

(Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions or concerted practices - Italian market for the purchase and first processing of raw tobacco - Price-fixing and market-sharing - Attributability of unlawful conduct of subsidiaries to their parent companies - Presumption of innocence - Rights of defence - Obligation to state reasons)
2013/C 108/07
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellant: Alliance One International Inc. (represented by: G. Mastrantonio, avvocato)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: E. Gippini Fournier, Agent)

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 9 September 2011 in Case T-25/06 Alliance One International v Commission dismissing an action for annulment in part of Commission Decision 2006/901/EC of 20 October 2005 relating to a proceeding under Article 81(1) of the EC Treaty (Case COMP/C.38.281/B.2 — Raw tobacco — Italy) (notified under document number C(2005) 4012) (OJ 2006 L 353, p. 45) concerning a cartel designed to fix prices paid to producers and other intermediaries and to share suppliers in the Italian raw tobacco market, and reduction of the fine imposed on the appellant.

Operative part of the order







1.


The appeal is dismissed.










2.


Alliance One International Inc. shall pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 25, 28.1.2012.
Case C-11/12: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 13 December 2012 (request for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven — Netherlands) — Maatschap L.A. en D.A.B. Langestraat en P. Langestraat-Troost v Staatssecretaris van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie (Common agricultural policy — Integrated administration and control system — Reduction of or exclusion from payments in the event of non-compliance with cross-compliance rules — Vicarious liability)
Date: 2012-12-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: agricultural land, aid to agriculture, interpretation of the law, management audit, single payment scheme, transfer of property








C_2013038EN.01001001.xml










9.2.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 38/10





Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 13 December 2012 (request for a preliminary ruling from the College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven — Netherlands) — Maatschap L.A. en D.A.B. Langestraat en P. Langestraat-Troost v Staatssecretaris van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie
(Case C-11/12) (1)

(Common agricultural policy - Integrated administration and control system - Reduction of or exclusion from payments in the event of non-compliance with cross-compliance rules - Vicarious liability)
2013/C 38/11
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Maatschap L.A. en D.A.B. Langestraat en P. Langestraat-Troost

Defendant: Staatssecretaris van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven — Interpretation of Article 23(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (OJ 2009 L 30, p. 16) — Integrated management and control system — Reductions and exclusions in the event of non compliance with the cross-compliance rules — Farmer who leased, from a third party, agricultural land and accepted, on a temporary basis, the spreading of manure on that land by that third party — Non-compliance, on the part of that third party, with the statutory management requirements

Operative part of the judgment

Article 23(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, is to be interpreted as meaning that non-compliance with cross-compliance rules by the person to whom or from whom the agricultural land was transferred, involving reduction of the total amount of direct payments or exclusion from direct support, must be attributed in full to the farmer submitting the aid application.


(1)  OJ C 98, 31.3.2011.
Joined Cases C-237/11 and C-238/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 December 2012 — French Republic v European Parliament (Actions for annulment — Law governing the institutions — Calendar of plenary part-sessions of the European Parliament for 2012 and 2013 — Protocols on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies, offices, agencies and departments of the European Union)
Date: 2012-12-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU office or agency, European Parliament, parliamentary session, parliamentary sitting, seat of institution








C_2013038EN.01000701.xml










9.2.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 38/7





Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 13 December 2012 — French Republic v European Parliament
(Joined Cases C-237/11 and C-238/11) (1)

(Actions for annulment - Law governing the institutions - Calendar of plenary part-sessions of the European Parliament for 2012 and 2013 - Protocols on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies, offices, agencies and departments of the European Union)
2013/C 38/06
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: French Republic (represented by: E. Belliard, G. de Bergues and A. Adam, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: C. Pennera, N. Lorenz and E. Waldherr, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the applicant: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (represented by: C. Schiltz, acting as Agent)

Re:

Actions for annulment — Vote of the European Parliament of 9 March 2011 concerning the calendar of the session periods of the Parliament for 2012 — Calendar laying down that two of the twelve monthly plenary sessions are to be held during the same week in October — Infringement of Protocol No 3 and Protocol No 6 on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies, offices agencies and departments of the European Union — Place of work of the European Parliament.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the votes of the European Parliament of 9 March 2011 adopting the Parliament’s calendar of part-sessions for 2012 and 2013 to the extent that they do not provide for 12 monthly plenary part-sessions to be held in Strasbourg in 2012 and 2013;










2.


Orders the European Parliament to pay the costs;










3.


Orders the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 226, 30.7.2011.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU — Cases where the Commission raises no objections Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Spain, aid to undertakings, communications industry, tax collection








C_2012384EN.01000101.xml










13.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 384/1





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 384/01






Date of adoption of the decision


6.2.2012




Reference number of State Aid


SA.33880 (11/N)




Member State


France




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Aides aux cinémas du monde (aide sélective à la production cinématographique)




Legal basis


Article L 111-2, 2o d) et e) du code du cinéma et de l’image animée; loi 2010-873 du 27 juillet 2010 relative à l’action extérieure de l’État; décret 1998-66 du 4 février 1998 portant création du comité interministériel de la coopération internationale et du développement; article 7, 10 et 68 à 71 du décret 1999-130 du 24 février 1999 modifié relatif au soutien financier de l’industrie cinématographique; décret 2006-672 du 8 juin 2006 modifié relatif à la création, à la composition et au fonctionnement de commissions administratives à caractère consultatif; décret 2010-654 du 11 juin 2010 relatif au Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée; décret 2010-1695 du 30 décembre 2010 relatif à l’Institut français




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Culture




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget








 


Annual budget: EUR 6,5 million










 


Overall budget: EUR 39 million








Intensity


80 %




Duration (period)


Until 31.12.2017




Economic sectors


Media




Name and address of the granting authority







Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée




12 rue de Lübeck




75784 Paris Cedex 16




FRANCE








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






Date of adoption of the decision


20.11.2012




Reference number of State Aid


SA.34736 (12/N)




Member State


Spain




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Sistema de amortización anticipada aplicable a determinados elementos patrimoniales arrendados del inmovilizado material




Legal basis


Apartado 11 del artículo 115 del texto refundido de la Ley del Impuesto sobre Sociedades




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


—




Form of aid


Tax deferment




Budget


—




Intensity


Measure does not constitute aid




Duration (period)


—




Economic sectors


All sectors




Name and address of the granting authority


Ministerio de Hacienda y Administraciones Públicas




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
Case T-538/12: Action brought on 13 December 2012 — Optilingua holding SA v OHIM — Esposito (ALPHATRAD)
Date: 2012-12-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, translation








C_2013038EN.01002601.xml










9.2.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 38/26





Action brought on 13 December 2012 — Optilingua holding SA v OHIM — Esposito (ALPHATRAD)
(Case T-538/12)
2013/C 38/47
Language in which the application was lodged: French

Parties


Applicant: Optilingua holding SA (Epalinges, Switzerland) (represented by: S. Rizzo, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Michele Esposito (Cava de’ Tirreni SA, Italy)

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 8 October 2012 in Case R 444/2011-1;





Pleas in law and main arguments


Registered Community trade mark in respect of which an application for revocation has been made: Figurative mark including the word element ‘ALPHATRAD’ for services in Classes 35, 38, 41 and 42 — Community trade mark No 617 316

Proprietor of the Community trade mark: The applicant

Party applying for revocation of the Community trade mark: Esposito

Decision of the Cancellation Division: The application for revocation is upheld

Decision of the Board of Appeal: The appeal is dismissed

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 15(1)(2)(a), in conjunction with Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T-461/11: Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2012 — Natura Selection v OHIM — Ménard (natura) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark natura — Prior Community word mark NATURA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2012-12-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, textile industry, trade-mark law








C_2013038EN.01002003.xml










9.2.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 38/20





Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2012 — Natura Selection v OHIM — Ménard (natura)
(Case T-461/11) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark natura - Prior Community word mark NATURA - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
2013/C 38/35
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Natura Selection, SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: E. Sugrañes Coca, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. García Murillo and D. Botis, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Ernest Ménard SA (Bourseul, France)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 8 June 2011 (Case R 2454/2010-2) concerning opposition proceedings between Ernest Ménard SA and Natura Selection, SL.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Natura Selection, SL to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 340, 19.11.2011.
European Parliament legislative resolution of 13 December 2012 on the draft Council decision establishing a Multiannual Framework for 2013-2017 for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (10449/2012 — C7-0169/2012 — 2011/0431(APP))
Date: 2012-12-13
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, European Parliament
Subjects: EU competence, EU migration policy, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, anti-discriminatory measure, help for victims, operation of the Institutions, social integration








C_2015434EN.01026201.xml










23.12.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 434/262





P7_TA(2012)0501
Multiannual Framework for the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights ***

European Parliament legislative resolution of 13 December 2012 on the draft Council decision establishing a Multiannual Framework for 2013-2017 for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (10449/2012 — C7-0169/2012 — 2011/0431(APP))
(Special legislative procedure — consent)
(2015/C 434/47)

The European Parliament,






—


having regard to the draft Council decision (10449/2012),










—


having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C7-0169/2012),










—


having regard to Rule 81(1) of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A7-0361/2012),












1.


Consents to the draft Council decision;












2.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.
The EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for three EFTA States applicable as from 1 August 2012 (Published in accordance with Article 10 of the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL of 14 July 2004 )
Date: 2012-12-13
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, State aid, interest, reimbursement of aid








C_2012384EN.01001201.xml










13.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 384/12





The EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for three EFTA States applicable as from 1 August 2012

(Published in accordance with Article 10 of the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL of 14 July 2004
 (1)
)

2012/C 384/10
Base rates are calculated in accordance with the Chapter on the method for setting reference and discount rates of the Authority’s State aid Guidelines as amended by the Authority’s Decision No 788/08/COL of 17 December 2008 (2). To get the applicable reference rate, appropriate margins have to be added in accordance with the State aid Guidelines. For the discount rate this means that the appropriate margin of 100 basis points has to be added to the base rate. The recovery rate will also normally be calculated by adding 100 basis points to the base rate as foreseen in the Authority’s Decision No 789/08/COL of 17 December 2008 (3) amending the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL of 14 July 2004 (4).








 


Iceland


Liechtenstein


Norway




1.1.2012-31.5.2012


4,70


0,31


3,57




1.6.2012-31.7.2012


4,70


0,38


3,57




1.8.2012-


5,90


0,38


3,57






(1)  OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and in the EEA Supplement No 26, 25.5.2006, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 105, 21.4.2011, p. 32 and in the EEA Supplement No 23, 21.4.2011, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 340, 22.12.2010, p. 1 and in the EEA Supplement No 72, 22.12.2010, p. 1.

(4)  See consolidated version on: http://www.eftasurv.int/media/decisions/195-04-COL.pdf
Joined Cases F-7/11 and F-60/11: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 13 December 2012 — AX v ECB (Civil service — ECB Staff — Disciplinary proceedings — Suspension of a staff member without reduction of his basic salary — Withdrawal of a decision — Rights of the defence — Access to the file — Statement of reasons — Reasons for a decision — Allegation of breach of professional duties — Serious misconduct)
Date: 2012-12-13
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: access to information, disciplinary proceedings, pay, rights of the defence, servant (EU)








C_2013046EN.01002703.xml










16.2.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 46/27





Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 13 December 2012 — AX v ECB
(Joined Cases F-7/11 and F-60/11) (1)

(Civil service - ECB Staff - Disciplinary proceedings - Suspension of a staff member without reduction of his basic salary - Withdrawal of a decision - Rights of the defence - Access to the file - Statement of reasons - Reasons for a decision - Allegation of breach of professional duties - Serious misconduct)
2013/C 46/51
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: AX (represented by: L. Levi and M. Vandenbussche, lawyers)

Defendant: European Central Bank (ECB) (represented by: in Case F-7/11 by P. Embley and E. Carlini, Agents, assisted by B. Wägenbaur, lawyer and in Case F-60/11, by P. Embley and M. López Torres, Agents, assisted by B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)

Re:

Civil service — Application for annulment of the defendant’s decision suspending the applicant with effect from 5 August 2010 and compensation for non-material damage suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:






1.


Dismisses the actions in Cases F-7/11 and F-60/11;










2.


Declares that AX must bear his own costs and orders him to pay the costs incurred by the European Central Bank.






(1)  OJ C 152, 21.5.2011, p. 33 and OJ C 211, 16.7.2011, p. 35.