do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
2012/808/CFSP: Political and Security Committee Decision Atalanta/4/2012 of 18 December 2012 on the appointment of an EU Operation Commander for the European Union military operation to contribute to the deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast (Atalanta)
Date: 2012-12-18
Institutions: Political and Security Committee
Subjects: EU military mission, Somalia, appointment of members, piracy, theft








L_2012352EN.01004601.xml










21.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 352/46








            POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION ATALANTA/4/2012
of 18 December 2012
         
on the appointment of an EU Operation Commander for the European Union military operation to contribute to the deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast (Atalanta)
(2012/808/CFSP)


THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 38 thereof,


Having regard to Council Joint Action 2008/851/CFSP of 10 November 2008 on a European Union military operation to contribute to the deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast (1) (Atalanta), and in particular Article 6 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 6(1) of Joint Action 2008/851/CFSP, the Council authorised the Political and Security Committee (‘PSC’) to take decisions on the appointment of the EU Operation Commander for the European Union military operation to contribute to the deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast (‘EU Operation Commander’).












(2)


On 15 June 2011, the PSC adopted Decision Atalanta/2/2011 (2) appointing Rear Admiral Duncan POTTS as EU Operation Commander.












(3)


The United Kingdom has proposed that Rear Admiral (designate) Robert TARRANT replace Rear Admiral Duncan POTTS as EU Operation Commander.












(4)


The EU Military Committee supports that proposal.












(5)


In accordance with Article 5 of the Protocol (No 22) on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark does not participate in the elaboration and the implementation of decisions and actions of the Union which have defence implications,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Rear Admiral (designate) Robert TARRANT is hereby appointed EU Operation Commander for the European Union military operation to contribute to the deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast as from 16 January 2013.


Article 2
Decision Atalanta/2/2011 is hereby repealed.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 16 January 2013.




Done at Brussels, 18 December 2012.


For the Political and Security Committee


The Chairperson

O. SKOOG
            





(1)  
            OJ L 301, 12.11.2008, p. 33.

(2)  
            OJ L 158, 16.6.2011, p. 36.
Case T-320/11: Order of the General Court of 18 December 2012 — Hungary v Commission (Action for annulment — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Point from which time starts to run — Out of time — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2012-12-18
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU financing, agricultural expenditure, aid programme, aid to agriculture, pre-accession aid, rural development








C_2013055EN.01001301.xml










23.2.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 55/13





Order of the General Court of 18 December 2012 — Hungary v Commission
(Case T-320/11) (1)

(Action for annulment - Period allowed for commencing proceedings - Point from which time starts to run - Out of time - Inadmissibility)
2013/C 55/23
Language of the case: Hungarian

Parties


Applicant: Hungary (represented by: M. Fehér, K. Szíjjártó and K. Veres, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. von Rintelen and A. Sipos, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action for annulment of Commission Decision 2011/192/EU of 28 March 2011 excluding from EU financing certain expenditure incurred by Hungary under the programme for the support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural development (Sapard) in 2004 (OJ 2011 L 81, p. 14).

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


Hungary is ordered to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 252, 27.8.2011.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1227/2012 of 18 December 2012 on the issue of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of December 2012 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for certain products in the egg sector and for egg albumin
Date: 2012-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: egg, egg product, import (EU), import licence, tariff quota








L_2012349EN.01005101.xml










19.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 349/51








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1227/2012
of 18 December 2012
         
on the issue of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of December 2012 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for certain products in the egg sector and for egg albumin


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (single CMO Regulation) (1),


Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,


Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 of 15 May 2007 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas in the egg sector and for egg albumin (3), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 opened tariff quotas for imports of egg products and egg albumin.












(2)


The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of December 2012 for the subperiod from 1 January to 31 March 2013 relate, for some quotas, to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The quantities for which import licence applications have been lodged under Regulation (EC) No 539/2007 for the subperiod from 1 January to 31 March 2013 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex hereto.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 December 2012.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 December 2012.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

José Manuel SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
            

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development






(1)  
            OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.

(3)  
            OJ L 128, 16.5.2007, p. 19.




ANNEX







Group No


Order No


Allocation coefficient for import licence applications lodged for the subperiod from 1.1.2013-31.3.2013
(%)




E2


09.4401


30,039342
Case T-205/11: Order of the General Court of 18 December 2012 — Germany v Commission (Action for annulment — State aid — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Out of time — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2012-12-18
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, corporation tax








C_2013055EN.01001202.xml










23.2.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 55/12





Order of the General Court of 18 December 2012 — Germany v Commission
(Case T-205/11) (1)

(Action for annulment - State aid - Period allowed for commencing proceedings - Out of time - Inadmissibility)
2013/C 55/21
Language of the case: Germany

Parties


Applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze and J. Möller, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lyal, T. Maxian Rusche and M. Adam, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action for annulment of Commission Decision 2011/527/EU of 26 January 2011 on State aid C 7/10 (ex CP 250/09 and NN 5/10) implemented by Germany — Scheme for the carry-forward of tax losses in the case of restructuring of companies in difficulty (Sanierungsklausel) (OJ 2011 L 235, p. 26).

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed.










2.


The Federal Republic of Germany is ordered to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 186, 25.6.2011.
Calls for proposals under the 2013 work programme in the specific programme ‘Capacities’ of the seventh framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013)
Date: 2012-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, Framework Programme for Research and Development, invitation to tender








C_2012390EN.01001901.xml










18.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 390/19





Calls for proposals under the 2013 work programme in the specific programme ‘Capacities’ of the seventh framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013)
2012/C 390/11
Notice is hereby given of the launch of calls for proposals under the 2013 ‘Capacities’ work programme of the seventh framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013).
Proposals are invited for the following calls. Call deadlines and budgets are given in the call texts, which are published on the relevant European Commission website.






Part


Call identifier










3.


Regions of knowledge






FP7-JPROG-REGIONS-2013










4.


Research potential






FP7-ERAChairs-Pilot Call-2013





These calls for proposals relate to the work programmes adopted by Commission Decision C(2012) 9379 of 17 December 2012.
Information on the modalities of the calls, the work programmes, and the guidance for applicants on how to submit proposals is available through the relevant European Commission website (http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal).
Case T-548/12: Action brought on 18 December 2012 — Deutsche Rockwool Mineralwoll v OHIM — Redrock Construction (REDROCK)
Date: 2012-12-18
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, building materials, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2013063EN.01002101.xml










2.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 63/21





Action brought on 18 December 2012 — Deutsche Rockwool Mineralwoll v OHIM — Redrock Construction (REDROCK)
(Case T-548/12)
2013/C 63/41
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Deutsche Rockwool Mineralwoll GmbH & Co. OHG (Gladbeck, Germany) (represented by: J. Krenzel, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Redrock Construction s.r.o. (Prague, Czech Republic)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


Set aside the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 16 October 2012 in case R 1596/2011-4; and










—


Order the defendant to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Registered Community trade mark in respect of which a declaration of invalidity has been sought: The figurative mark in black and white ‘REDROCK’, for, among others, goods and services in classes 1, 2, 17, 19 and 37 — Community trade mark registration No 3866365

Proprietor of the Community trade mark: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Applicant for the declaration of invalidity of the Community trade mark: The applicant

Grounds for the application for a declaration of invalidity: The request for a declaration of invalidity was based on the grounds laid down in Article 53(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 8(1)(b) of Council Regulation No 207/2009. The cancellation applicant invoked the following earlier rights: German trade mark registration No 30229274 of the word mark ‘Rock’, for goods and services in classes 1, 6, 7, 8, 17, 19, 37 and 42; German trade mark registrations No 30312115, No 2078534, No 2078535, No 2079579, No 39502727, No 39517348, No 39543868, No 39551027, No 39605619, No 39644214, No 39707589, No 39737546, No 39920622, No 30166175, No 30166176, No 30166177, No 30212141, of the word marks ‘KEPROCK’, ‘FLEXIROCK’, ‘FORMROCK’, ‘FLOOR-ROCK’, ‘TERMAROCK’, ‘KLIMAROCK’, ‘SPEEDROCK’, ‘DUROCK’, ‘SPLITROCK’, ‘PLANAROCK’, ‘TOPROCK’, ‘KLEMMROCK’, ‘FLIXROCK’, ‘SONOROCK PLUS’, ‘VARIROCK’, ‘SONOROCK’, AND ‘MASTERROCK’, for goods and services in classes 17, 19 and 37.

Decision of the Cancellation Division: Rejected the request of declaration of invalidity against the CTM registration

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissed the appeal

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Council Regulation No 207/2009.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1228/2012 of 18 December 2012 on the issue of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of December 2012 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007 for poultrymeat
Date: 2012-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import (EU), import licence, poultry, poultrymeat, tariff quota








L_2012349EN.01005301.xml










19.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 349/53








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1228/2012
of 18 December 2012
         
on the issue of import licences for applications lodged during the first seven days of December 2012 under the tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007 for poultrymeat


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),


Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,


Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007 of 26 November 2007 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 as regards opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for poultrymeat (3), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,

Whereas:

The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of December 2012 for the subperiod from 1 January to 31 March 2013 relate, for some quotas, to quantities exceeding those available. The extent to which import licences may be issued should therefore be determined by establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to the quantities requested,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The quantities for which import licence applications have been lodged for the subperiod from 1 January to 31 March 2013 under Regulation (EC) No 1385/2007 shall be multiplied by the allocation coefficients set out in the Annex hereto.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 December 2012.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 December 2012.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

José Manuel SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
            

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development






(1)  
            OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.

(3)  
            OJ L 309, 27.11.2007, p. 47.




ANNEX







Group No


Order No


Allocation coefficient for import licence applications lodged for the subperiod from 1.1.2013-31.3.2013
(%)




1


09.4410


0,29533 




2


09.4411


0,304506 




3


09.4412


0,327761 




4


09.4420


0,398565 




6


09.4422


0,400962
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6760 — Clariant/Wilmar/JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, economic concentration, merger control








C_2012390EN.01000302.xml










18.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 390/3





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6760 — Clariant/Wilmar/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 390/06
On 13 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 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 32012M6760. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Case T-574/12: Action brought on 18 December 2012 — PAN Europe en Stichting Natuur en Milieu v Commission
Date: 2012-12-18
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: agricultural waste, consumer protection, food safety, health control, quantitative restriction








C_2013055EN.01002202.xml










23.2.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 55/22





Action brought on 18 December 2012 — PAN Europe en Stichting Natuur en Milieu v Commission
(Case T-574/12)
2013/C 55/40
Language of the case: Dutch

Parties


Applicants: Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) (Brussels, Belgium) and Stichting Natuur en Milieu (Utrecht, Netherlands) (represented by: F. Martens, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the General Court should:






—


annul the defendant’s decision of 16 October 2012 whereby the claims of the applicants for review of Commission Regulation (EC) No 149/2008 of 29 January 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing Annexes II, III and IV setting maximum residue levels for products covered by Annex I thereto (OJ 2008 L 58, p. 1) were declared admissible but unfounded;










—


order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of their action, the applicants rely on a single plea in law, alleging infringement of Articles 11, 168, 169 and 191 TFEU, Articles 7, 35 and 38 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Articles 1, 14(2), 22, 23, 24 and 25 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, (1) Articles 5 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 (2) and of Articles 4 and 10 of Directive No 91/414/EEC. (3)







—


The applicants dispute that the maximum residue levels (MRLs) were set at the lowest achievable level consistent with good agricultural practice.










—


The applicants claim that the dossiers were not assessed in a thorough manner. The defendant takes the view in particular that Articles 22 to 25 of Regulation (EC) 396/2005 make no provision whatsoever for a procedure for an entire assessment of a complete dossier in the process for the initial setting of temporary MRLs.










—


Furthermore, the cumulative exposure of consumers was not taken into account.










—


Lastly, a large number of temporary MRLs exceeds health limits.






(1)  Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC (OJ 2005 L 70, p. 1).

(2)  Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ 2002 L 31, p. 1).

(3)  Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (OJ 1991 L 230, p. 1).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6711 — Advent/Douglas Holding)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer goods, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, retail trade








C_2012390EN.01000102.xml










18.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 390/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6711 — Advent/Douglas Holding)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 390/02
On 16 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 32012M6711. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6726 — AAEC/Rabo Investments/Vecelia/HVEG)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: clothing industry, economic concentration, holding company, merger control








C_2012390EN.01000101.xml










18.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 390/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6726 — AAEC/Rabo Investments/Vecelia/HVEG)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 390/01
On 28 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 32012M6726. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.