do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession ( OJ L 201, 27.7.2012 )
Date: 2012-12-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: inheritance, judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU, jurisdiction, law of succession, mutual recognition principle, official document, private international law








L_2012344EN.01000301.xml










14.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 344/3







Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession
(
Official Journal of the European Union L 201 of 27 July 2012
)

Page 134, Article 84, second paragraph:
for:

               ‘… except for Articles 77 and 78, which shall apply from 16 January 2014 …’,
read:

               ‘… except for Articles 77 and 78, which shall apply from 16 November 2014 …’.
Communication in accordance with Article 12(5)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 on the information provided by the customs authorities of the Member States concerning the classification of goods in the customs nomenclature
Date: 2012-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, customs regulations, exchange of information, tariff nomenclature








C_2012385EN.01000601.xml










14.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 385/6





Communication in accordance with Article 12(5)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 on the information provided by the customs authorities of the Member States concerning the classification of goods in the customs nomenclature
2012/C 385/03
Binding Tariff Information ceases to be valid from this day if it becomes incompatible with the interpretation of the customs nomenclature as a result of the following international tariff measures:
Amendments to the Harmonised System Explanatory Notes and the Compendium of Classification Opinions, approved by the Customs Cooperation Council (CCC doc. NC1760 — report of the 49th Session of the HS Committee):

AMENDMENTS TO THE EXPLANATORY NOTES TO BE DONE UNDER ARTICLE 8 PROCEDURE OF THE HS CONVENTION AND CLASSIFICATION OPINIONS EDITED BY THE HS COMMITTEE OF THE WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANISATION

(49th SESSION OF THE HSC IN MARCH 2012)
DOC. NC1760

Amendments of the Explanatory Notes of the Nomenclature annexed to the HS Convention







Chapter 17 — General


N/20




17.01


N/20




21.06


N/20




22.07


N/22




30.02


N/10, N/11




38.24


N/12




59.06


N/19




Chapter 71 — Annex


N/15




Chapter 72 — Sub-Chapter IV. General


N/18




73.08


N/27




83.03


N/27




Chapter 87 — General


N/33




94.01


N/35




95.04


N/35





Classification Opinions approved by the HS Committee







1902.20/1-2


N/21




2841.90/1


N/23




3808.91/2-3


N/24




6802.99/1


N/25




7308.30/2


N/26




8435.10/1


N/28




8438.60/1


N/29




8438.80/1


N/29




8516.29/1


N/30




8703.23/3


N/31




8711.20/1


N/32




9401.61/1


N/34




Information regarding the contents of these measures can be obtained from the Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union of the European Commission (rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, 1049 Brussels, Belgium) or can be downloaded from the Internet site of this Directorate-General:
http://ec.europa.eu/comm/taxation_customs/customs/customs_duties/tariff_aspects/harmonised_system/index_en.htm
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: 2012-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Catalonia, Greece, Spain, State aid, aquaculture, control of State aid, natural disaster, sea fishing








C_2012385EN.01000101.xml










14.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 385/1





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 385/01






Date of adoption of the decision


8.5.2012




Reference number of State Aid


SA.27318 (N 427/10)




Member State


Greece




Region


Entire country




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Aid for compensation of damages caused to aquaculture undertakings by specific adverse climatic events in 2006




Legal basis


Κοινή υπουργική απόφαση (συνημμένη)




Type of measure


Scheme




Objective


Aid to the aquaculture sector




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall: EUR 2 million




Intensity


Max 70 %




Duration (period)


Until 31.12.2012




Economic sectors


Fisheries and aquaculture sector — Aquaculture undertakings (501 to 1 000)




Name and address of the granting authority


Ministry of rural development






α.







Αχαρνών 2




101 76 Αθήνα/Athens




ΕΛΛΑΔΑ/GREECE














β.







Μεσογείων 45




115 10 Αθήνα/Athens




ΕΛΛΑΔΑ/GREECE












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


19.9.2012




Reference number of State Aid


SA.31176 (NN 30/10)




Member State


Spain




Region


Catalonia




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Ayudas para reparar los perjuicios causados al sector pesquero y de la acuicultura por el temporal de diciembre de 2008 en el litoral de Cataluña




Legal basis


Orden AAR/153/2009 de 26 de marzo, por la cual se aprueban les bases reguladoras de las ayudas para reparar los perjuicios causados al sector pesquero y de la acuicultura por el temporal de diciembre de 2008 en el litoral de Cataluña y se convocan las correspondientes ayudas.




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Aid to compensate for damage caused by the storm on 26, 27 and 28 December 2008 in the fisheries sector, which affected fishing vessels and fish farms




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Total amount of EUR 350 000




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


One year




Economic sectors


A 3 Fisheries and aquaculture




Name and address of the granting authority







Dirección General de Pesca y Acción Maritima del Departamento de Agricultura, Alimentación y Acción




Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 612-614




08007 Barcelona




ESPAÑA








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.6673 — Bolloré/Havas) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, means of communication, merger control, miscellaneous industries








C_2012385EN.01000801.xml










14.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 385/8





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6673 — Bolloré/Havas)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 385/04
On 7 December 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 French 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 32012M6673. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6814 — Elavon/Banco Santander/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial institution, merger control








C_2012385EN.01001501.xml










14.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 385/15





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6814 — Elavon/Banco Santander/JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 385/09






1.


On 6 December 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Banco Santander SA (‘Banco Santander’, Spain) and Elavon Financial Services Limited (‘Elavon’, Ireland), controlled by US Bancorp (‘US Bancorp’, USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a newly created joint venture (the ‘JV’, Spain) by way of purchase shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Banco Santander: international banking and financial group active in Spain and internationally in retail banking, asset management, corporate and investment banking, treasury and insurance,










—


Elavon: provision of merchant services in respect of card transactions to merchants at an international level; corporate trust securitization administration and related administration services for structured and securitized transactions; and corporate payment systems (including issuance of corporate bankcards) to multinational corporations and governments with complex payments processing needs,










—


US Bancorp: bank holding company incorporated in Delaware,










—


the JV: will be active in the market for merchant acquiring services mainly in Spain.














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.6814 — Elavon/Banco Santander/JV, 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’).
Case T-357/11: Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2012 — Bimbo v OHIM — Grupo Bimbo (GRUPO BIMBO) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community trade mark GRUPO BIMBO — Earlier national word mark BIMBO — Relative ground for refusal — Mark with a reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2012-12-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, food industry, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2013038EN.01002002.xml










9.2.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 38/20





Judgment of the General Court of 14 December 2012 — Bimbo v OHIM — Grupo Bimbo (GRUPO BIMBO)
(Case T-357/11) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for figurative Community trade mark GRUPO BIMBO - Earlier national word mark BIMBO - Relative ground for refusal - Mark with a reputation - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
2013/C 38/34
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Bimbo, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: J. Carbonell Callicó, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Grupo Bimbo, SAB de CV (Mexico City, Mexico)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 April 2011 (Case R 1272/2010-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Bimbo, SA and Grupo Bimbo, SAB de CV.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls points 1, 3 and 4 of the operative part of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 14 April 2011 (Case R 1272/2010-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Bimbo, SA and Grupo Bimbo, SAB de CV;










2.


Orders OHIM to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 252, 27.8.2011.
Recruitment for the European Medicines Agency (London)
Date: 2012-12-14
Institutions: Provisional data
Subjects: European Medicines Agency, administrator, job vacancy








CA2012385EN.01000101.xml










14.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CA 385/1





RECRUITMENT FOR THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY (LONDON)
(2012/C 385 A/01)

The Agency is responsible for co-ordinating the evaluation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use in the European Union (see Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council
 (1)
). The Agency was established in January 1995. It has many close contacts with the European Commission, the 27 EU Member States, EEA-EFTA countries and many other groups in government and the private sector.

Further information on the Agency and its activities is readily accessible through the Internet; our web address is http://www.ema.europa.eu

The European Medicines Agency is organising a selection procedure with a view to drawing up a reserve list for:






 



EMA/AD/341: Administrator (Web editor), Communications, Office of the Executive Director (AD5)





Selected candidates will be included on a reserve list and, depending on the budgetary situation, may be offered a five-year renewable contract in accordance with the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (2).
The place of employment shall be London.
Candidates must be nationals of a Member State of the European Union, or of Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway, on condition that they have full rights as a citizen.

The complete conditions and job description should be downloaded from the Agency website:


http://www.ema.europa.eu/htms/general/admin/recruit/recruitnew.htm


Applications have to be submitted electronically using the form available on the Agency website. The deadline for submission of application forms is 14 January 2013 at midnight.


Please note that due to the large number of applications the Agency may receive, when reaching the deadline for submission of applications, the system may have problems to process the large amounts of data. Applicants are therefore advised to send in their application well ahead of the deadline.

If you wish to receive notification of vacancy publications electronically please register online for an RSS feed at http://www.ema.europa.eu/ under ‘RSS news feeds’.


(1)  OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 56, 4.3.1968.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2012-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2012385EN.01000901.xml










14.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 385/9





Euro exchange rates (1)

13 December 2012
2012/C 385/05

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3077




JPY


Japanese yen


109,18




DKK


Danish krone


7,4610




GBP


Pound sterling


0,81005




SEK


Swedish krona


8,7215




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2090




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,3325




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,289




HUF


Hungarian forint


283,50




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6962




PLN


Polish zloty


4,0933




RON


Romanian leu


4,4915




TRY


Turkish lira


2,3280




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2391




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,2852




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,1348




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5476




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5962




KRW


South Korean won


1 404,42




ZAR


South African rand


11,3015




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,1849




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5185




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 598,62




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,9946




PHP


Philippine peso


53,727




RUB


Russian rouble


40,0900




THB


Thai baht


40,081




BRL


Brazilian real


2,7126




MXN


Mexican peso


16,6630




INR


Indian rupee


70,9473






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-32/12: Order of the General Court of 14 December 2012 — Vardar v OHIM — Joker (pingulina)
Date: 2012-12-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, decorative item, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2013038EN.01002701.xml










9.2.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 38/27





Order of the General Court of 14 December 2012 — Vardar v OHIM — Joker (pingulina)
(Case T-32/12) (1)

2013/C 38/49
Language of the case: English
The President of the Seventh Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 109, 14.4.2012.
Case C-589/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) (United Kingdom) made on 14 December 2012 — The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs v GMAC UK PLC
Date: 2012-12-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: United Kingdom, VAT, interpretation of the law, national law








C_2013071EN.01000701.xml










9.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 71/7





Reference for a preliminary ruling from Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) (United Kingdom) made on 14 December 2012 — The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs v GMAC UK PLC
(Case C-589/12)
2013/C 71/12
Language of the case: English

Referring court

Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs

Defendant: GMAC UK PLC

Questions referred







1.


To what extent is a taxable person, in relation to two transactions concerning the same goods, entitled both (i) to invoke the direct effect of one provision of EC Council Directive 77/388 (1) (‘the Sixth VAT Directive’) in respect of one transaction and (ii) to rely on the provisions of national law in relation to the other transaction, when to do so would produce an overall fiscal result in relation to the two transactions which neither national law nor the Sixth VAT Directive applied separately to those two transactions produces or is intended to produce?










2.


If the answer to Question 1 is that there are circumstances in which the taxable person would not be entitled to do so (or would not be entitled to do so to a particular extent), what are the circumstances in which this would be so and in particular what is the relationship between the two transactions which would give rise to such circumstances?










3.


Do the answers to Questions 1 and 2 differ according to whether or not the national treatment of one transaction is in conformity with the Sixth VAT Directive?






(1)  Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment OJ L 145, p. 1
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6805 — Apollo/Aurum Holdings) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, jewellery and goldsmith's articles, merger control, miscellaneous industries








C_2012385EN.01001401.xml










14.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 385/14





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6805 — Apollo/Aurum Holdings)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 385/08






1.


On 7 December 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 AIF VII Euro Holdings LP, ultimately controlled by Apollo Management LP (‘Apollo’, USA), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the undertaking Aurum Holdings Limited (‘Aurum’, UK) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Apollo: portfolio investments in various businesses including chemical, cruise lines, logistics, paper, packaging, and real estate brokerage,










—


for Aurum: retail sale of fine jewellery and watches.














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.6805 — Apollo/Aurum Holdings, 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’).
Case C-538/11: Order of the President of the Court of 14 December 2012 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Salzburg — Austria) — Hermine Sax v Pensionsversicherungsanstalt
Date: 2012-12-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Austria, Germany, disability insurance, disabled person, legal domicile








C_2013063EN.01001503.xml










2.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 63/15





Order of the President of the Court of 14 December 2012 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Salzburg — Austria) — Hermine Sax v Pensionsversicherungsanstalt
(Case C-538/11) (1)

2013/C 63/27
Language of the case: German
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 25, 28.1.2012.