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2013/58/EU: Council Decision of 22 January 2013 appointing two Dutch members of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2013-01-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Committee of the Regions, Netherlands, appointment of members








L_2013022EN.01002001.xml










25.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 22/20








            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 22 January 2013
         
appointing two Dutch members of the Committee of the Regions
(2013/58/EU)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal of the Dutch Government,

Whereas:







(1)


On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.












(2)


Two members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr J.C. (Co) VERDAAS and Ms A.E. (Anne) BLIEK-DE JONG,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions as members for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:






—


Ms Annemieke TRAAG, member of the Executive Council of the Province of Gelderland,










—


Mr A. GIJSBERTS, member of the Executive Council of the Province of Flevoland.






Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 22 January 2013.


For the Council


The President

M. NOONAN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22.

(2)  
            OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.
Joined Cases T-225/06 RENV, T-255/06 RENV, T-257/06 RENV and T-309/06 RENV: Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2013 — Budějovický Budvar v OHIM — Anheuser-Busch (BUD) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Applications for Community word and figurative marks BUD — Appellations ‘bud’ — Relative grounds for refusal — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Date: 2013-01-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, beer, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2013063EN.01001702.xml










2.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 63/17





Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2013 — Budějovický Budvar v OHIM — Anheuser-Busch (BUD)
(Joined Cases T-225/06 RENV, T-255/06 RENV, T-257/06 RENV and T-309/06 RENV) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Applications for Community word and figurative marks BUD - Appellations ‘bud’ - Relative grounds for refusal - Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
2013/C 63/33
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik (České Budějovice, Czech Republic) (represented by: F. Fajgenbaum, C. Petsch, S. Sculy-Logotheti and T. Lachacinski, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Anheuser-Busch LLC (Saint Louis, Missouri, United States) (represented by: V. von Bomhard, B. Goebel and A. Renck, lawyers)

Re:

Actions brought against the decisions of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 June 2006 (Case R 234/2005-2), 28 June 2006 (Cases R 241/2005-2 and R 802/2004-2) and 1 September 2006 (Case R 305/2005-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik, and Anheuser-Busch, Inc.,

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the actions;










2.


Orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 261, 28.10.2006.
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
Date: 2013-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, commemoration, euro, issuing of currency








C_2013018EN.01000401.xml










22.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 18/4





New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
2013/C 18/05




National side of the new commemorative 2-euro coin intended for circulation and issued by France

Euro coins intended for circulation have legal tender status throughout the euro area. For the purpose of informing the public and all parties who handle the coins, the Commission publishes a description of the designs of all new coins (1). In accordance with the Council conclusions of 10 February 2009 (2), euro area Member States and countries that have concluded a monetary agreement with the Community providing for the issuing of euro coins are allowed to issue commemorative euro coins intended for circulation, provided that certain conditions are met, particularly that only the 2-euro denomination is used. These coins have the same technical characteristics as other 2-euro coins, but their national face features a commemorative design that is highly symbolic in national or European terms.
Issuing country: France
Subject of commemoration: 50th anniversary of the signing of the Élysée Treaty
Description of the design: The coin, which was designed by Yves Sampo of the Monnaie de Paris, Stefanie Lindner of the Berlin State Mint, Alina Hoyer (Berlin) and Sneschana Russewa-Hoyer (Berlin), depicts stylised portraits of the Élysée Treaty’s signatories (the then-Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Konrad Adenauer and the former President of the French Republic Charles de Gaulle), their signatures and the words ‘50 ANS JAHRE’ with the year ‘2013’ in the centre, the words ‘TRAITÉ DE L’ÉLYSÉE’ at the top and the words ‘ÉLYSÉE-VERTRAG’ at the bottom. The right side of the inner part features the mint mark as well as the issuing country’s code ‘RF’ and the left side features the ‘fleurette’, hallmark of the engraving workshop.
The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.
Number of coins to be issued: 10 million
Date of issue: January 2013


(1)  See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1 for the national faces of all the coins issued in 2002.

(2)  See the conclusions of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of 10 February 2009 and the Commission Recommendation of 19 December 2008 on common guidelines for the national sides and the issuance of euro coins intended for circulation (OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 52).
Case T-218/00: Order of the General Court of 22 January 2013 — Cooperativa Mare Azzurro and Others v Commission (Action for annulment — State aid — Relief from social security contributions for firms in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme to be incompatible with the common market and requiring the recovery of aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
Date: 2013-01-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Italy, State aid, Veneto, aid to undertakings, common market, reimbursement of aid, social-security contribution








C_2013071EN.01001802.xml










9.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 71/18





Order of the General Court of 22 January 2013 — Cooperativa Mare Azzurro and Others v Commission
(Case T-218/00) (1)

(Action for annulment - State aid - Relief from social security contributions for firms in Venice and Chioggia - Decision declaring the aid scheme to be incompatible with the common market and requiring the recovery of aid paid - Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
2013/C 71/28
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicants: Cooperativa Mare Azzurro Soc. coop. rl (Chioggia, Italy); Cooperativa vongolari Sottomarina Lido Soc. coop. rl (Chioggia) (represented initially by: G. Boscolo, and subsequently by A. Boscolo, lawyers); and Ghezzo Giovanni & C. Snc di Ghezzo Maurizio & C. (Venice, Italy) (represented by: R. Volpe and C. Montagner, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: V. Di Bucci, Agent, assisted by A. Dal Ferro, lawyer)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2000/394/EC of 25 November 1999 on aid to firms in Venice and Chioggia by way of relief from social security contributions under Laws Nos 30/1997 and 206/1995 (OJ 2000 L 150, p. 50).

Operative part of the order







1.


The objection of inadmissibility raised by the European Commission is joined to the substance;










2.


The action is dismissed as being, in part, manifestly inadmissible and, in part, manifestly lacking any foundation in law;










3.


Cooperativa Mare Azzurro Soc. coop. rl, Cooperativa vongolari Sottomarina Lido Soc. coop. rl and Ghezzo Giovanni & C. Snc di Ghezzo Maurizio & C. are to bear the Commission’s costs in addition to their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 302, 21.10.2000.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6805 — Apollo/Aurum Holdings)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, jewellery and goldsmith's articles, merger control








C_2013018EN.01000102.xml










22.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 18/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6805 — Apollo/Aurum Holdings)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 18/02
On 15 January 2013, 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 32013M6805. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
2013/57/EU: Council Decision of 22 January 2013 appointing a German member and a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2013-01-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Committee of the Regions, Germany, appointment of members








L_2013022EN.01001901.xml










25.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 22/19








            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 22 January 2013
         
appointing a German member and a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2013/57/EU)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal of the German Government,

Whereas:







(1)


On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.












(2)


A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Niclas HERBST.












(3)


An alternate member’s seat has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Rolf FISCHER,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following are hereby appointed to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:






a)


as member:






—


Ms Regina POERSCH, Mitglied des Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landtags





and










b)


as alternate member:






—


Mr Peter LEHNERT, Mitglied des Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landtags.










Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 22 January 2013.


For the Council


The President

M. NOONAN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22.

(2)  
            OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6773 — Canon/I.R.I.S.)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: audiovisual industry, automation, economic concentration, information system, merger control, software








C_2013018EN.01000601.xml










22.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 18/6





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6773 — Canon/I.R.I.S.)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 18/08






1.


On 14 January 2013, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration following a referral pursuant to Article 22 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Canon Inc. (‘Canon’, Japan) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking I.R.I.S. Group SA (‘I.R.I.S.’, Belgium) by way of public bid announced on 18 September 2012.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Canon: the development, manufacture and sale of consumer and professional imaging products and information systems. These comprise mainly (i) office automation equipment including printers, copiers, scanners and multi-functional combinations thereof as well as some related software sales and services; (ii) cameras, lenses and camcorders; (iii) medical equipment; and (iv) semiconductor manufacturing equipment and other mainly industrial products; and,










—


for I.R.I.S.: the development and sale of software related to office automation equipment, as well as some related hardware sales and services.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.










4.


The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6773 — Canon/I.R.I.S., to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




J-70




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).
Case C-33/13: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyjny w Łodzi (Poland) lodged on 22 January 2013 — Marcin Jagiełło v Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w Łodzi
Date: 2013-01-22
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Poland, VAT, basis of tax assessment, harmonisation of standards, interpretation of the law, invoicing, tax evasion, tax relief








C_2013141EN.01000802.xml










18.5.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 141/8





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyjny w Łodzi (Poland) lodged on 22 January 2013 — Marcin Jagiełło v Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w Łodzi
(Case C-33/13)
2013/C 141/13
Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyjny w Łodzi

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Marcin Jagiełło

Defendant: Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w Łodzi

Questions referred







1.


Must Article 4(1) and (2) of Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment, (1) in conjunction with Article 5(1) thereof, be interpreted as meaning that a sale effected by a trader who, with the authorisation of another person, used the company name of that person to conceal its economic activity cannot be regarded as a supply of goods?










2.


Must Article 17 of Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment be interpreted as meaning that tax cannot be deducted from an invoice issued by a person who merely acted as a front for the sale of goods effected by another trader, without it being demonstrated that the acquirer was aware, or on the basis of objective factors could have foreseen, that the transaction in which he was participating was connected with fraud or other irregularities committed by the issuer of the invoice or a trader working with him?






(1)  OJ 1977 L 145, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6709 — Alpha Group Investments/Janoland Properties/NEU Property Holdings/Liberty Mall)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, merger control, private bank, supermarket








C_2013018EN.01000101.xml










22.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 18/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6709 — Alpha Group Investments/Janoland Properties/NEU Property Holdings/Liberty Mall)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 18/01
On 14 January 2013, 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 32013M6709. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
2013/59/EU: Council Decision of 22 January 2013 appointing a Swedish member of the Committee of the Regions
Date: 2013-01-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Committee of the Regions, Sweden, appointment of members








L_2013022EN.01002101.xml










25.1.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 22/21








            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 22 January 2013
         
appointing a Swedish member of the Committee of the Regions
(2013/59/EU)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal of the Swedish Government,

Whereas:







(1)


On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.












(2)


A member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following end of the term of office of Mr Uno ALDEGREN,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is hereby appointed as member to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:






—


Ms Helene FRITZON, Ledamot i kommunfullmäktige, Kristianstads kommun.






Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 22 January 2013.


For the Council


The President

M. NOONAN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22.

(2)  
            OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.
Case T-46/09: Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2013 — Greece v Commission (EAGGF — ‘Guarantee’ Section — Expenditure excluded from financing — Processing of citrus fruits, cotton, beef and olive oil — Financial audit — Key checks — Proportionality — Recurrence — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2013-01-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EAGF, Greece, audit, expenditure, food processing, principle of proportionality, processing industry








C_2013063EN.01001801.xml










2.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 63/18





Judgment of the General Court of 22 January 2013 — Greece v Commission
(Case T-46/09) (1)

(EAGGF - ‘Guarantee’ Section - Expenditure excluded from financing - Processing of citrus fruits, cotton, beef and olive oil - Financial audit - Key checks - Proportionality - Recurrence - Obligation to state reasons)
2013/C 63/34
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Applicant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: V. Kontolaimos, I. Chalkias, S. Charitaki and S. Papaïoannou, acting as Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Markoulli and H. Tserepa-Lacombe, acting as Agents, assisted by N. Korogiannakis)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2008/960/EC of 8 December 2008 excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) (OJ 2008 L 340, p. 99), in so far as it excludes from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Hellenic Republic.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the application;










2.


Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 90, 18.4.2009.
Case T-262/00: Order of the General Court of 22 January 2013 — La Vigile San Marco v Commission (Action for annulment — State aid — Relief from social security contributions for firms in Venice and Chioggia — Decision declaring the aid scheme to be incompatible with the common market and requiring the recovery of aid paid — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
Date: 2013-01-22
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Italy, State aid, Veneto, aid to undertakings, common market, reimbursement of aid, social-security contribution








C_2013071EN.01001901.xml










9.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 71/19





Order of the General Court of 22 January 2013 — La Vigile San Marco v Commission
(Case T-262/00) (1)

(Action for annulment - State aid - Relief from social security contributions for firms in Venice and Chioggia - Decision declaring the aid scheme to be incompatible with the common market and requiring the recovery of aid paid - Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
2013/C 71/29
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: La Vigile San Marco SpA (Venice, Italy) (represented by: A. Vianello, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: V. Di Bucci, Agent, assisted by A. Dal Ferro, lawyer)

Intervener in support of the applicant: Italian Republic (initially represented by: U. Leanza, then by I. Braguglia, then by R. Adam, and finally by I. Bruni, Agents, assisted by G. Aiello and P. Gentili, avvocati dello Stato)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2000/394/EC of 25 November 1999 on aid to firms in Venice and Chioggia by way of relief from social security contributions under Laws Nos 30/1997 and 206/1995 (OJ 2000 L 150, p. 50).

Operative part of the order







1.


The objection of inadmissibility raised by the European Commission is joined to the substance;










2.


The action is dismissed as being, in part, manifestly inadmissible and, in part, manifestly lacking any foundation in law;










3.


La Vigile San Marco SpA shall bear the Commission’s costs in addition to its own costs;










4.


The Italian Republic shall bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 355, 9.12.2000.