do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Council Recommendation of 21 March 2013 concerning the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (ninth EDF) for the financial year 2011
Date: 2013-03-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: ACP countries, European Commission, European Development Fund, implementation of the budget








C_2013088EN.01000201.xml










26.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 88/2





COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION
of 21 March 2013
concerning the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (ninth EDF) for the financial year 2011
2013/C 88/02
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Partnership agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (1) and amended by the Agreement signed in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (2),
Having regard to the Internal Agreement between Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the Financing and Administration of Community Aid under the Financial Protocol to the Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Community and its Member States signed in Cotonou (Benin) on 23 June 2000 and the allocation of financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories to which Part Four of the EC Treaty applies (3) (the ‘Internal Agreement’), setting up, amongst others, the ninth European Development Fund (ninth EDF), and in particular Article 32(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Financial Regulation of 27 March 2003 applicable to the ninth European Development Fund (4), and in particular Articles 96 to 103 thereof,
Having examined the revenue and expenditure account and the balance sheet relating to the operations of the ninth EDF as at 31 December 2011 and the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors on the activities funded by the eighth, ninth and tenth European Development Funds (EDFs) (5), concerning the financial year 2011, together with the Commission's replies contained in that Annual Report,
Whereas:






(1)


Pursuant to Article 32(3) of the Internal Agreement, the discharge for the financial management of the ninth EDF is to be given to the Commission by the European Parliament on the recommendation of the Council.










(2)


The overall implementation by the Commission of the operations of the ninth EDF during the financial year 2011 has been satisfactory,




HEREBY RECOMMENDS that the European Parliament give the Commission a discharge in respect of the implementation of the operations of the ninth EDF for the financial year 2011.

Done at Brussels, 21 March 2013.


For the Council


The President

P. HOGAN




(1)  OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.

(2)  OJ L 287, 28.10.2005, p. 4.

(3)  OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 355.

(4)  OJ L 83, 1.4.2003, p. 1.

(5)  OJ C 344, 12.11.2012, p. 243.
Corrigendum to Communication from the Commission — Guidelines on certain State aid measures in the context of the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme post-2012 ( OJ C 158, 5.6.2012 )
Date: 2013-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to undertakings, greenhouse gas, industrial hazard, investment aid, reduction of gas emissions, tradeable emission permit








C_2013082EN.01000901.xml










21.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 82/9





Corrigendum to Communication from the Commission — Guidelines on certain State aid measures in the context of the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme post-2012
(
Official Journal of the European Union C 158 of 5 June 2012
)
2013/C 82/07
On page 19, in Annex II:
for:








 


NACE code


Description




‘6.


2710


Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys, including seamless steel pipes’





read:








 


NACE code


Description




‘6.


2710


Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys




272210


Seamless steel pipes’
Case C-465/12 P: Appeal brought on 18 October 2012 by Plamen Simov against the order of the General Court delivered on 13 September 2012 in Case T-271/12 Plamen Simov v European Commission and Republic of Bulgaria
Date: 2013-03-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: access to the courts, admissibility, appeal








C_2013225EN.01005502.xml










3.8.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 225/55





Appeal brought on 18 October 2012 by Plamen Simov against the order of the General Court delivered on 13 September 2012 in Case T-271/12 Plamen Simov v European Commission and Republic of Bulgaria
(Case C-465/12 P)
2013/C 225/103
Language of the case: Bulgarian

Parties


Appellant: Plamen Simov

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission and Republic of Bulgaria
By order of 21 March 2013, the Court of Justice (Sixth Chamber) declared the appeal manifestly inadmissible.
Council Decision 2013/144/CFSP of 21 March 2013 amending Decision 2011/172/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Egypt
Date: 2013-03-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Egypt, economic sanctions, international sanctions








L_2013082EN.01005401.xml










22.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 82/54








            COUNCIL DECISION 2013/144/CFSP
of 21 March 2013
         
amending Decision 2011/172/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Egypt


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and in particular Article 29 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


On 21 March 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/172/CFSP (1).












(2)


On the basis of a review of Decision 2011/172/CFSP, the restrictive measures should be renewed until 22 March 2014.












(3)


Decision 2011/172/CFSP should be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
In Article 5 of Decision 2011/172/CFSP, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:
"This Decision shall apply until 22 March 2014.".


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.





Done at Brussels, 21 March 2013.


For the Council


The President

P. HOGAN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 76, 22.3.2011, p. 63.
Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation))
Date: 2013-03-21
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Norway, State aid, common market, control of State aid, large business, research








C_2013082EN.01000301.xml










21.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 82/3





Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation))
2013/C 82/03
PART I







Aid No


GBER 1/13/R&D




EFTA State


Norway




Granting authority


Name


Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway




Address







7. juni-plassen/Victoria Terrasse




Post box 8114 Dep




0032 Oslo




NORWAY








Webpage


http://www.mfa.no




Title of the aid measure


Regulating Arctic shipping: Political, technological and environmental challenges (ad hoc grant through the Barents 2020 grant scheme)




National legal basis (reference to the relevant national official publication)


Parliamentary appropriation (Prop. 1 S (2011-2012))




Web link to the full text of the aid measure


Ad hoc grant through the Barents 2020 grant scheme
Information about Barents 2020 may be found at:
http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/ud/dep/tilskuddsmidler/utlyst.html?id=612816




Type of measure


Ad hoc aid


‘The Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute (MARINTEK)’ and ‘Akvaplan-niva AS’. The grant is administered by the University of Tromsø.




Duration


Scheme


1.4.2013-31.12.2016, subject to parliamentary appropriations




Date of granting


Ad hoc aid


12.12.2012




Economic sector(s) concerned


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid


Research




Type of beneficiary


Large enterprises


X




Budget


Overall amount of the ad hoc aid awarded to the undertaking


2013-2016: NOK 12 544 594
2013: NOK 4 934 228
2014: NOK 4 826 680
2015: NOK 2 533 936
2016: NOK 249 750




Aid instrument
(Article 5)


Grant


X




PART II









General objectives (list)


Objectives (list)


Maximum aid intensity in % or maximum aid amount in NOK


SME — bonuses in %




Aid for research, development and innovation
(Articles 30-37)


Aid for research and development projects
(Article 31)


Fundamental research
(Article 31(2)(a))


100 %
Case F-93/11: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (2nd Chamber) of 21 March 2013 — Taghani v Commission (Civil service — Open competition — Selection board’s decision not to admit to the assessment tests — Remedies — Court action brought without waiting for a decision on the administrative complaint — Admissibility — Amendment of the competition notice after admission tests held — Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations — Legal certainty)
Date: 2013-03-21
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: EPSO, admission to examinations, assistant, competition (EU), principle of legal certainty








C_2013147EN.01003202.xml










25.5.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 147/32





Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (2nd Chamber) of 21 March 2013 — Taghani v Commission
(Case F-93/11) (1)

(Civil service - Open competition - Selection board’s decision not to admit to the assessment tests - Remedies - Court action brought without waiting for a decision on the administrative complaint - Admissibility - Amendment of the competition notice after admission tests held - Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations - Legal certainty)
2013/C 147/58
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Jamal Taghani (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: S. Rodrigues and A. Blot, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and B. Eggers, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision adopted by the chairman of the selection board for Competition EPSO/AST/111/10 — Secretaries (AST 1) not to admit the applicant to the assessment tests.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:






1.


Annuls the decision of the selection board for open competition EPSO/AST/111/10, of 15 June 2011, not to admit Mr Taghani to the assessment tests;










2.


Orders the European Commission to pay EUR 1 000 to Mr Taghani;










3.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










4.


Orders each party to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 347, 26.11.2011, p. 46.
Case F-24/13: Action brought on 21 March 2013 — ZZ v Commission
Date: 2013-03-21
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: administrative competition, damages, indemnification








C_2013207EN.01005601.xml










20.7.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 207/56





Action brought on 21 March 2013 — ZZ v Commission
(Case F-24/13)
2013/C 207/91
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

Annul the rejection of the applicant’s claim for damages for the errors committed by the Commission during a recruitment procedure which was not completed.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decisions of the appointing authority of 5 June 2012 and 7 December 2012 rejecting the applicant’s claim for compensation;










—


order the Commission to re-establish the applicant’s career;










—


order the Commission to pay EUR 14 911,07 in addition to payment of contributions to the pension scheme from October 2011, and to pay EUR 2 500 in respect of the material and non-material damage caused, subject to increase or reduction during the proceedings, those sums to be increased by late-payment interest calculated from the date on which the sums were due at the rate applied by the ECB to its main refinancing operations plus two points;










—


order the Commission to pay the costs.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2013-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2013082EN.01000101.xml










21.3.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 82/1





Euro exchange rates (1)

20 March 2013
2013/C 82/01

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2945




JPY


Japanese yen


123,69




DKK


Danish krone


7,4532




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85520




SEK


Swedish krona


8,3374




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2222




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,5450




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,670




HUF


Hungarian forint


304,97




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7017




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1609




RON


Romanian leu


4,4238




TRY


Turkish lira


2,3560




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2469




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3271




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,0489




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5740




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6201




KRW


South Korean won


1 442,98




ZAR


South African rand


12,0201




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,0473




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5928




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 588,63




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,0421




PHP


Philippine peso


52,721




RUB


Russian rouble


39,9500




THB


Thai baht


37,696




BRL


Brazilian real


2,5651




MXN


Mexican peso


16,0388




INR


Indian rupee


70,3500






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case T-170/13: Action brought on 21 March 2013 — Benelli Q.J./OHIM — Demharter (MOTOBI)
Date: 2013-03-21
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, two-wheeled vehicle








C_2013147EN.01002702.xml










25.5.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 147/27





Action brought on 21 March 2013 — Benelli Q.J./OHIM — Demharter (MOTOBI)
(Case T-170/13)
2013/C 147/49
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Benelli Q.J. Srl (Pesaro, Italy) (represented by: P. Lukácsi, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Demharter GmbH (Dillingen, Germany)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


Alter the defendant’s decision and order the dismissal of the application for revocation filed by the cancellation applicant;










—


Annul the defendant’s decision and remit the case to OHIM for further examination and a new decision should the Court consider that it is inevitable to conduct another thorough analysis of the evidence of genuine use;










—


Order the defendant to pay the applicant’s costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Registered Community trade mark in respect of which an application for revocation has been made: The word mark ‘MOTOBI’ for goods in class 12 — Community trade mark registration No 835 264

Proprietor of the Community trade mark: The applicant

Party applying for revocation of the Community trade mark: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Decision of the Cancellation Division: Revoked the Community trade mark

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissed the appeal

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 51(1)(a) of Council Regulation No 207/2009.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 621/2013 of 21 March 2013 correcting the Polish version of Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 implementing Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards information contained in prospectuses as well as the format, incorporation by reference and publication of such prospectuses and dissemination of advertisements  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Poland, approximation of laws, dissemination of information, publication, securities, stock-exchange listing








L_2013177EN.01001401.xml










28.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 177/14








            COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 621/2013
of 21 March 2013
         
correcting the Polish version of Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 implementing Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards information contained in prospectuses as well as the format, incorporation by reference and publication of such prospectuses and dissemination of advertisements
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading and amending Directive 2001/34/EC (1), and in particular Article 5(5), Article 7, Article 11(3), Article 14(8) and Article 15(7) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


The Polish language version of Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 of 29 April 2004 implementing Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards information contained in prospectuses as well as the format, incorporation by reference and publication of such prospectuses and dissemination of advertisements (2) contains several errors. The errors slipped into point 5.1 of Annex XV and could raise problems in interpretation of the scope of information required under this provision. Therefore a correction of the Polish version is necessary. The other language versions are not affected.












(2)


Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 should therefore be corrected accordingly. In order to eliminate the errors in the act being corrected as soon as possible, this Regulation should enter into force on the third day following that of its publication,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Concerns only the Polish version.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 21 March 2013.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 64.

(2)  
            OJ L 149, 30.4.2004, p. 3.
Case C-613/11: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 21 March 2013 — European Commission v Italian Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — State aid — Aid granted by the Italian Republic to the Sardinian shipping sector — Commission Decision 2008/92/EC declaring that aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery from the beneficiaries — Failure to implement within the prescribed period)
Date: 2013-03-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Italy, Sardinia, State aid, common market, infringement of EU law, maritime transport, reimbursement of aid








C_2013156EN.01001001.xml










1.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/10





Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 21 March 2013 — European Commission v Italian Republic
(Case C-613/11) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - State aid - Aid granted by the Italian Republic to the Sardinian shipping sector - Commission Decision 2008/92/EC declaring that aid incompatible with the common market and ordering its recovery from the beneficiaries - Failure to implement within the prescribed period)
2013/C 156/14
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: B. Stromsky and D. Grespan, agents)

Defendant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, agent, and S. Fiorentino, lawyer)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — State aid — Failure to adopt, within the prescribed period, all the provisions necessary to comply with Articles 2 and 5 of Commission Decision 2008/92/EC of 10 July 2007 concerning an Italian State aid scheme to the Sardinian shipping (OJ 2008 L 29, p. 24) — Requirement for immediate and effective enforcement of Commission decisions — Inadequacy of the recovery procedure for the unlawful aid at issue

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, by failing to take, within the prescribed period, all the measures necessary to recover from the beneficiaries the State aid considered unlawful and incompatible with the internal market by Article 1 of Commission Decision 2008/92/EC of 10 July 2007 concerning an Italian State aid scheme to the Sardinian shipping, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 2 and 5 of that decision;










2.


Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 32, 4.2.2012.