do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case F-6/13: Action brought on 17 January 2013 — ZZ v Commission
Date: 2013-01-17
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: wage determination








C_2013108EN.01003901.xml










13.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 108/39





Action brought on 17 January 2013 — ZZ v Commission
(Case F-6/13)
2013/C 108/91
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 to apply the correction coefficient for the town of Varese in accordance with Council Regulation (EU) No 1239/2010 of 20 December 2010 to the remuneration of the applicant for the month of April 2012 and following months.

Form of order sought







—


Declare illegal Article 1 of Annex XI to the Staff Regulations and the methodological manual referred to in Annex I to Regulation No 1445/2007 of 11 December 2007;










—


declare illegal Article 3 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1239/2010 of 20 December 2010 fixing the correction coefficient for the calculation of the remuneration of staff assigned to Varese at 92.3










—


annul the decisions establishing the applicant’s salary statements on the basis of the correction coefficient for the town of Varese set out in Council Regulation (EC) No 1239/2010 of 20 December 2010 applicable with effect from 1 July 2010;










—


annul the appointing authority’s decision of 5 October 2012 rejecting the applicant’s complaint concerning the correction coefficient applied in Varese;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs.
Case C-361/11: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 January 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Haarlem — Netherlands) — Hewlett-Packard Europe BV v Inspecteur van de Belastingdienst/Douane West, kantoor Hoofddorp (Common Customs Tariff — Combined Nomenclature — Tariff classification — Multifunctional printers combining a laser printing module and a scanning module, with a copying function — CN code 84433191 — Validity of Regulation (EC) No 1031/2008)
Date: 2013-01-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, customs duties, digitisation, interpretation of the law, printer, tariff nomenclature








C_2013063EN.01000501.xml










2.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 63/5





Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 January 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Haarlem — Netherlands) — Hewlett-Packard Europe BV v Inspecteur van de Belastingdienst/Douane West, kantoor Hoofddorp
(Case C-361/11) (1)

(Common Customs Tariff - Combined Nomenclature - Tariff classification - Multifunctional printers combining a laser printing module and a scanning module, with a copying function - CN code 8443 31 91 - Validity of Regulation (EC) No 1031/2008)
2013/C 63/06
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Rechtbank Haarlem

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Europe BV

Defendant: Inspecteur van de Belastingdienst/Douane West, kantoor Hoofddorp

Re:

Request for a preliminary ruling — Rechtbank Haarlem — Common Customs Tariff — Tariff classification of multifunctional printers consisting of the assembled combination of three units (printer, scanner and photocopier) — Classification, prior to 1 January 2007, under subheading 8471 60 20 of the Combined Nomenclature, with resulting exemption from customs duties, by reason of application of the Court’s judgment in Joined Cases C-362/07 and C-363/07 Kip Europe and Others [2008] ECR I-9489 — Validity of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1031/2008 of 19 September 2008 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ 2008 L 291, p. 1)

Operative part of the judgment

Consideration of the question raised has disclosed no factor of such a kind as to affect the validity of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1031/2008 of 19 September 2008 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, in so far as it classifies under CN code 8443 31 91 of the Combined Nomenclature, contained in Annex I to Regulation No 2568/87, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 254/2000 of 31 January 2000, multifunctional printers, such as those at issue in the main proceedings, combining a laser printing module and a scanning module, with a copying function, released for free circulation in April 2009.


(1)  OJ C 282, 24.9.2011.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2013-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2013014EN.01000301.xml










17.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 14/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

16 January 2013
2013/C 14/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3277




JPY


Japanese yen


117,06




DKK


Danish krone


7,4624




GBP


Pound sterling


0,83010




SEK


Swedish krona


8,6341




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2359




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,4200




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,580




HUF


Hungarian forint


294,99




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6976




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1312




RON


Romanian leu


4,3388




TRY


Turkish lira


2,3500




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2593




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3102




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,2934




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5826




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6254




KRW


South Korean won


1 406,90




ZAR


South African rand


11,7330




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,2552




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5605




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 820,16




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,0090




PHP


Philippine peso


53,989




RUB


Russian rouble


40,3750




THB


Thai baht


39,645




BRL


Brazilian real


2,7082




MXN


Mexican peso


16,8084




INR


Indian rupee


72,8040






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
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: 2013-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, State aid, Styria, competition, control of State aid, environmental protection








C_2013014EN.01000101.xml










17.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 14/1





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 14/01






Date of adoption of the decision


17.10.2012




Reference number of State Aid


SA.33496 (11/N)




Member State


Austria




Region


Steiermark




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Einzefall, Altlast, DECON Umwelttechnik GmbH




Legal basis


Förderungrichtlinien 2008 für die Altlastensanierung oder -sicherung; Altlastensanierungsgesetz, BGBL. Nr. 299/1989, zuletzt geändert durch BGBl. I Nr. 15/2011; Umweltförderungsgesetz, BGBl. Nr. 185/1993, zuletzt geändert durch BGBl. Nr. 111/2010




Type of measure


Individual aid




Objective


Environmental protection




Form of aid


Direct grant, Tax advantage




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 16,82 million




Intensity


95,35 %




Duration (period)


Maximum six years after adoption of the Commission decision




Economic sectors


—




Name and address of the granting authority







Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft




Stubenbastei 5




1010 Wien




ÖSTERREICH








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 C-224/11: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 17 January 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny — Poland) — BGŻ Leasing sp. z o.o. v Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w Warszawie (VAT — Leasing services supplied together with insurance for the leased item, subscribed to by the lessor and invoiced by the latter to the lessee — Classification — Single complex service or two distinct services — Exemption — Insurance transaction)
Date: 2013-01-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, hire purchase, interpretation of the law, property insurance, provision of services, tax exemption








C_2013063EN.01000401.xml










2.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 63/4





Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 17 January 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny — Poland) — BGŻ Leasing sp. z o.o. v Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w Warszawie
(Case C-224/11) (1)

(VAT - Leasing services supplied together with insurance for the leased item, subscribed to by the lessor and invoiced by the latter to the lessee - Classification - Single complex service or two distinct services - Exemption - Insurance transaction)
2013/C 63/04
Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: BGŻ Leasing sp. z o.o.

Defendant: Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w Warszawie

Re:

Request for a preliminary ruling — Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny, Izba Finansowa, Wydział I — Intrerpretation of Articles 2(1)(c), 28 and 135(1)(a) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1) — Leasing service accompanied by a service involving the taking-out of insurance on the subject-matter of the leasing service, entered into by the leasing undertaking and invoiced by the latter to the lessee — Whether the transaction is to be treated, for purposes of VAT, as a single composite service or as two independent services

Operative part of the judgment







1.


The supply of insurance services for a leased item and the supply of the leasing services themselves must, in principal, be regarded as distinct and independents supplies of services for VAT purposes. It if for the referring court to determine whether, having regard to the specific circumstances of the case in the main proceedings, the transactions concerned are so closely linked that they must be regarded as constituting a single supply or whether, to the contrary, they constitute independent services.










2.


Where the lessor insures the leased item itself and re-invoices the exact cost of the insurance to the lessee, such a transaction constitutes, in circumstances such as those at issue in the main proceedings, an insurance transaction within the meaning of Article 135(1)(a) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax.






(1)  OJ C 219, 23.7.2011.
Case C-543/11: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 January 2013 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — Woningstichting Maasdriel v Staatssecretaris van Financiën (Value-added tax — Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 135(1)(k), read in conjunction with Article 12(1) and (3) — Land which has not been built on — Building land — Definitions — Demolition work for the purposes of future construction — Exemption from VAT)
Date: 2013-01-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, building plot, interpretation of the law, tax exemption








C_2013063EN.01000502.xml










2.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 63/5





Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 January 2013 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — Woningstichting Maasdriel v Staatssecretaris van Financiën
(Case C-543/11) (1)

(Value-added tax - Directive 2006/112/EC - Article 135(1)(k), read in conjunction with Article 12(1) and (3) - Land which has not been built on - Building land - Definitions - Demolition work for the purposes of future construction - Exemption from VAT)
2013/C 63/07
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Hoge Raad der Nederlanden

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Woningstichting Maasdriel

Defendant: Staatssecretaris van Financiën

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Interpretation of Article 135(1)(k), read in conjunction with Article 12(1) and (3), of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1) — Exemptions provided for by the Directive — Supply of land which has not been built on.

Operative part of the judgment

Article 135(1)(k) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, read in conjunction with Article 12(1) and (3) therein, must be interpreted as meaning that the exemption from value added tax provided for in Article 135(1)(k) does not cover the supply, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, of land which has not been built on following the demolition of the building situated on it, even where, at the time of that supply, improvement works on the land, apart from that demolition, had not been carried out, where it is apparent from an overall assessment of the factual circumstances surrounding that transaction and prevailing at the time of supply, including the intention of the parties when it is supported by objective evidence, that, at that time, the land at issue was in fact intended to be built on, a matter which is for the referring court to determine.


(1)  OJ C 25, 28.1.2012.
Joined Cases T-582/11 and T-583/11: Judgment of the General Court of 17 January 2013 — Solar-Fabrik v OHIM (Premium XL and Premium L) (Community trade mark — Applications for the Community word marks Premium XL and Premium L — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2013-01-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, solar energy, trade-mark law








C_2013063EN.01001901.xml










2.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 63/19





Judgment of the General Court of 17 January 2013 — Solar-Fabrik v OHIM (Premium XL and Premium L)
(Joined Cases T-582/11 and T-583/11) (1)

(Community trade mark - Applications for the Community word marks Premium XL and Premium L - Absolute grounds for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
2013/C 63/37
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Solar-Fabrik AG für Produktion und Vertrieb von solartechnischen Produkten (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany) (represented by: M. Douglas, lawyer)

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

Re:

Two actions brought against two decisions of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 September 2011 (Case R 245/2011-1 and Case R 246/2011-1 respectively), concerning applications for registration as Community trade marks of the word sign Premium XL and the word sign Premium L respectively

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Joins Cases T-582/11 and T-583/11 for the purposes of the judgment;










2.


Dismisses the actions;










3.


Orders Solar-Fabrik AG für Produktion und Vertrieb von solartechnischen Produkten to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 25, 28.1.2012.
Special Report No 17/2012 ‘The European Development Fund (EDF) contribution to a sustainable road network in sub-Saharan Africa’
Date: 2013-01-17
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: EU aid, European Development Fund, road network, sub-Saharan Africa, sustainable development








C_2013014EN.01000401.xml










17.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 14/4





Special Report No 17/2012 ‘The European Development Fund (EDF) contribution to a sustainable road network in sub-Saharan Africa’
2013/C 14/04
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 17/2012 ‘The European Development Fund (EDF) contribution to a sustainable road network in sub-Saharan Africa’ has just been published.
The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors' website: http://eca.europa.eu
A hard copy version of the report may be obtained free of charge on request to the Court of Auditors:





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Unit ‘Audit: Production of Reports’




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Commission Regulation (EU) No 44/2013 of 17 January 2013 establishing a prohibition of fishing for Sprat and associated catches in EU waters of subdivisions 22-32 by vessels flying the flag of Germany
Date: 2013-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, EU waters, Germany, catch by species, catch quota, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag








L_2013018EN.01000701.xml










22.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 18/7








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 44/2013
of 17 January 2013
         
establishing a prohibition of fishing for Sprat and associated catches in EU waters of subdivisions 22-32 by vessels flying the flag of Germany


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Council Regulation (EU) No 1256/2011 of 30 November 2011 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) No 1124/2010 (2), lays down quotas for 2012.












(2)


According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2012.












(3)


It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2012 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.


Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.


Article 3

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 January 2013.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
Lowri EVANS
            

Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 320, 3.12.2011, p. 3.




ANNEX






No


86/Baltic




Member State


Germany




Stock


SPR/3BCD-C




Species


Sprat and associated catches (sprattus sprattus)




Zone


EU waters of subdivisions 22-32




Date


20.12.2012
Case C-623/11: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 January 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Société Geodis Calberson GE v Établissement national des produits de l’agriculture et de la mer (FranceAgriMer) (Agriculture — Food aid — Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 — Programme to supply agricultural products to the Russian Federation — Successful tenderer for a contract for the transport of beef — Conferring of jurisdiction — Arbitration clause)
Date: 2013-01-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Russia, agricultural product, aid to agriculture, arbitration clause, award of contract, carriage of goods, cattle, competition, delivery, food aid, indemnification, interpretation of the law








C_2013063EN.01000601.xml










2.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 63/6





Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 January 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État — France) — Société Geodis Calberson GE v Établissement national des produits de l’agriculture et de la mer (FranceAgriMer)
(Case C-623/11) (1)

(Agriculture - Food aid - Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 - Programme to supply agricultural products to the Russian Federation - Successful tenderer for a contract for the transport of beef - Conferring of jurisdiction - Arbitration clause)
2013/C 63/08
Language of the case: French

Referring court

Conseil d’État

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Société Geodis Calberson GE

Defendant: Établissement national des produits de l’agriculture et de la mer (FranceAgriMer)

Re:

Request for a preliminary ruling — Conseil d’Etat — Interpretation of Article 16 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 of 18 January 1999 laying down general rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98 on a programme to supply agricultural products to the Russian Federation (OJ 1999 L 14, p. 3) — Conferring of jurisdiction in a dispute between the successful tenderer for a contract for transporting beef and the national competent intervention agency concerning the payment procedure and compensation for damage suffered — Arbitration clause

Operative part of the judgment

Article 16 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 111/1999 of 18 January 1999 laying down general rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2802/98 on a programme to supply agricultural products to the Russian Federation, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1125/1999 of 28 May 1999, must be interpreted as conferring on the Court of Justice of the European Union jurisdiction to rule on disputes relating to the conditions under which the intervention agency designated to receive the tenders submitted during a tendering procedure for the free supply of agricultural products to the Russian Federation makes the payment owed to the successful tenderer and releases the supply security lodged by that tenderer in favour of that agency, in particular actions for compensation in respect of damage suffered as a result of misconduct by the intervention agency while carrying out those transactions..


(1)  OJ C 39, 11.2.2012.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6662 — Andritz IV/Schuler)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, energy industry, merger control, metallurgical industry, pulp and paper industry








C_2013014EN.01000201.xml










17.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 14/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6662 — Andritz IV/Schuler)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 14/02
On 15 October 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 German 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 32012M6662. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.