do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Notice of open competitions
Date: 2013-04-25
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: Croatia, EPSO, administrator, competition (EU), economy, legal profession, public administration








C_2013118EN.01003201.xml










25.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 118/32





NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITIONS
2013/C 118/08
The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is organising the following open competitions:






—


EPSO/AD/252/13 (AD 9) and EPSO/AD/253/13 (AD 12) — Heads of Unit with Croatian citizenship (HR)




in the following fields:






1.


Law










2.


Economics










3.


European public administration




The competition notice is published in 23 languages in Official Journal C 118 A of 25 April 2013.
Further information can be found on the EPSO website: http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/eu-careers.info/
Case C-74/11: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 25 April 2013 — European Commission v Republic of Finland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Taxation — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 9 and 11 — National legislation permitting the inclusion of non-taxable persons in a group of persons which can be regarded as a single taxable person for VAT purposes and restricting the possibility of forming such a group to the financial and insurance sector)
Date: 2013-04-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, provision of services, tax exemption, tax relief








C_2013171EN.01000302.xml










15.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 171/3





Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 25 April 2013 — European Commission v Republic of Finland
(Case C-74/11) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Taxation - Directive 2006/112/EC - Articles 9 and 11 - National legislation permitting the inclusion of non-taxable persons in a group of persons which can be regarded as a single taxable person for VAT purposes and restricting the possibility of forming such a group to the financial and insurance sector)
2013/C 171/05
Language of the case: Finnish

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: I. Koskinen and D. Triantafyllou, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Finland (represented by: H. Leppo, J. Heliskoski and S. Hartikainen, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek and T. Müller, acting as Agents); Kingdom of Denmark (represented by: C. Vang, acting as Agent); Ireland (represented by: D. O’Hagan, acting as Agent, and G. Clohessy, SC, and N. Travers, BL); Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: A. Falk and S. Johannesson, acting as Agents); United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: H. Walker, acting as Agent, and M. Hall, QC)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Articles 9 and 11 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of Value Added Tax (OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1) — National legislation permitting non-taxable persons to be included in a VAT group and restricting the VAT group system to providers of financial services and insurance services.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the European Commission to pay the costs;










3.


Orders the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 113, 9.4.2011.
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: 2013-04-25
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Norway, State aid, care of people with disabilities, common market, control of State aid, employment aid, large business, small and medium-sized enterprises








C_2013118EN.01002601.xml










25.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 118/26





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 118/06
PART I







Aid reference


GBER 2/13/EMP




EFTA State


Norway




Granting authority


Name


Arbeids- og velferdsetaten (The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration)




Address







Postbox 8019 Dep




0030 Oslo




NORWAY








Webpage


http://www.nav.no




Title of the aid measure


Forsøk med arbeidsavklaringspenger som lønnstilskudd (Pilot project — use of work assessment allowance as wage subsidies)




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


Forskrift av 21. desember 2012 nr. 1418 om forsøk med arbeidsavklaringspenger som lønnstilskudd — Lovdata Hl-2012-1184
Norwegian Regulation No 1418 of 21 December 2012 on use of work assessment allowance as wage subsidies




Web link to the full text of the aid measure


http://lovdata.no/for/sf/ad/xd-20121221-1418.html




Type of measure


Scheme


X




Duration


Scheme


1.1.2013-31.12.2017




Economic sector(s) concerned


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid


X




Type of beneficiary


SME


X




Large enterprises


X




Budget


Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme


NOK 25,2 million




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 the employment of disabled workers in the form of wage subsidies
(Article 41)


40 %
Case C-95/11: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 25 April 2013 — European Commission v Kingdom of Denmark (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Taxation — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 9 and 11 — National legislation allowing non-taxable persons to be considered as a single taxable person subject to VAT)
Date: 2013-04-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, infringement of EU law, tax harmonisation








C_2013171EN.01000402.xml










15.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 171/4





Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 25 April 2013 — European Commission v Kingdom of Denmark
(Case C-95/11) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Taxation - Directive 2006/112/EC - Articles 9 and 11 - National legislation allowing non-taxable persons to be considered as a single taxable person subject to VAT)
2013/C 171/07
Language of the case: Danish

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lyal, acting as Agent, assisted by H. Peytz, lawyer)

Defendant: Kingdom of Denmark (represented by: C. Vang and V. Pasternak Jørgensen, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, J. Očková and T. Müller, acting as Agents), Ireland (represented by: D. O’Hagan, acting as Agent, assisted by G. Clohessy SC and N. Travers BL), Republic of Finland (represented by: H. Leppo and S. Hartikainen, acting as Agents), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: S. Behzadi-Spencer, acting as Agent, assisted by M. Hall QC)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Articles 9 and 11 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006, on the common system of value added tax (OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1) — Concept of taxable person — National legislation allowing non-taxable persons to be part of a VAT group

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders the European Commission to pay the costs;










3.


Orders the Czech Republic, Ireland, the Republic of Finland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 186, 25.6.2011.
Case T-80/10: Judgment of the General Court of 25 April 2013 — Bell & Ross v OHIM — KIN (Wristwatch case) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design or model representing a wristwatch case — Earlier design — Ground for invalidity — Lack of individual character — Overall impression not different — Informed user — Degree of freedom of the designer — Articles 4, 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Related to a counterclaim for a declaration of invalidity — Community design court — Article 91 of Regulation No 6/2002)
Date: 2013-04-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, clock and watch industry, product design, trade-mark law








C_2013171EN.01002601.xml










15.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 171/26





Judgment of the General Court of 25 April 2013 — Bell & Ross v OHIM — KIN (Wristwatch case)
(Case T-80/10) (1)

(Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design or model representing a wristwatch case - Earlier design - Ground for invalidity - Lack of individual character - Overall impression not different - Informed user - Degree of freedom of the designer - Articles 4, 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 - Related to a counterclaim for a declaration of invalidity - Community design court - Article 91 of Regulation No 6/2002)
2013/C 171/49
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Bell & Ross BV (Zoetermeer, Netherlands) (represented by: S. Guerlain, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: KIN AB (Upplands Väsby, Sweden) (represented by: M. Nielsen and C. Galichet, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 December 2009 (Case R 1285/2008-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Klockgrossisten i Norden AB and Bell & Ross BV.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action.










2.


Orders Bell & Ross BV to pay the costs, including those incurred by KIN AB in the proceedings before the Board of Appeal.






(1)  OJ C 113, 1.5.2010
Case T-240/13: Action brought on 25 April 2013 — Aldi Einkauf v OHIM — Alifoods (Alifoods)
Date: 2013-04-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, foodstuff, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2013207EN.01003702.xml










20.7.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 207/37





Action brought on 25 April 2013 — Aldi Einkauf v OHIM — Alifoods (Alifoods)
(Case T-240/13)
2013/C 207/62
Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties


Applicant: Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co. OHG (Essen, Germany) (represented by: N. Lützenrath, U. Rademacher, L. Kolks and C. Fürsen, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Alifoods, SA (Alicante, Spain)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 25 February 2013 in Case R 407/2012-4;










—


order the defendant to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Applicant for a Community trade mark: Alifoods, SA

Community trade mark concerned: the figurative mark including the word element ‘Alifoods’ for goods and services in Classes 29, 32 and 35 — Community trade mark application No B 1 825 002

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: the applicant

Mark or sign cited in opposition: the international and Community word mark ‘ALDI’ for goods and services in Classes 3, 4, 9, 16, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42

Decision of the Opposition Division: the opposition was rejected

Decision of the Board of Appeal: the appeal was dismissed

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009
Case T-44/13 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 29 April 2013 — AbbVie v EMA (Application for interim measures — Access to documents — Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 — Documents held by the EMA containing information submitted by an undertaking as part of its application for authorisation to place a medicinal product on the market — Decision to grant a third party access to the documents — Application for suspension of operation of a measure — Urgency — Prima facie case — Weighing up of interests)
Date: 2013-04-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: access to EU information, document, market approval, medicinal product








C_2013189EN.01002403.xml










29.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 189/24





Order of the President of the General Court of 29 April 2013 — AbbVie v EMA
(Case T-44/13 R)
(Application for interim measures - Access to documents - Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - Documents held by the EMA containing information submitted by an undertaking as part of its application for authorisation to place a medicinal product on the market - Decision to grant a third party access to the documents - Application for suspension of operation of a measure - Urgency - Prima facie case - Weighing up of interests)
2013/C 189/51
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: AbbVie, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware, United States); and AbbVie Ltd (Maidenhead, United Kingdom) (represented by: P. Bogaert and G. Berrisch, lawyers, B. Kelly, G. Castle, Solicitors, D. Anderson QC and D. Scannell, Barrister)

Defendant(s): European Medicines Agency (EMA) (represented by: T. Jablonski, N. Rampal Olmedo and A. Spina, Agents)

Re:

Application, in essence, for suspension of operation of EMA Decision EMA/748792/2012 of 14 January 2013, granting a third party access to certain documents containing information submitted as part of an application for authorisation to place the medicinal product Humira, used to treat Crohn’s Disease, on the market, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ 2001 L 145, p. 43).

Operative part of the order







1.


The operation of EMA Decision EMA/748792/2012 of 14 January 2013 of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), granting a third party access to Clinical Study Reports M02-404, M04-691 and M05-769, submitted as part of an application for authorisation to place the medicinal product Humira, used to treat Crohn’s Disease, on the market, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, is suspended.










2.


The EMA is ordered not to disclose the documents referred to in point 1 of the operative part of this order.










3.


Costs are reserved.
Case T-130/11: Judgment of the General Court of 25 April 2013 — Gossio v Council (Common foreign and security policy — Specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire — Freezing of funds — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment)
Date: 2013-04-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: amendment of a law, common foreign and security policy, international sanctions








C_2013164EN.01001502.xml










8.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 164/15





Judgment of the General Court of 25 April 2013 — Gossio v Council
(Case T-130/11) (1)

(Common foreign and security policy - Specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire - Freezing of funds - Obligation to state reasons - Manifest error of assessment)
2013/C 164/27
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Marcel Gossio (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire) (represented: initially by G. Collard then S. Zokou, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: B. Driessen and G. Étienne, agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Bordes and M. Konstantinidis, agents) and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire (represented by: J.-P. Mignard, J.-P. Benoit and G. Merland, lawyers)

Re:

Application for annulment, first, of Council Decision 2011/18/CFSP of 14 January 2011 amending Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire (OJ 2011 L 11, p. 36), and, second, of Council Regulation (EU) No 25/2011 of 14 January 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d'Ivoire (OJ 2011 L 11, p. 1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Mr Marcel Gossio to bear his own costs and those incurred by the Council of the European Union;










3.


Orders the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and the European Commission to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 130, 30.4.2011.
Case C-65/11: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 25 April 2013 — European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Taxation — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 9 and 11 — National legislation allowing the inclusion of non-taxable persons in a group of persons that may be regarded as a single taxable person for purposes of VAT — Consultation of the VAT Committee)
Date: 2013-04-25
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, tax exemption, tax relief








C_2013171EN.01000301.xml










15.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 171/3





Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 25 April 2013 — European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands
(Case C-65/11) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Taxation - Directive 2006/112/EC - Articles 9 and 11 - National legislation allowing the inclusion of non-taxable persons in a group of persons that may be regarded as a single taxable person for purposes of VAT - Consultation of the VAT Committee)
2013/C 171/04
Language of the case: Dutch

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: A. Nijenhuis, R. Lyal and D. Triantafyllou, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: C. Wissels, M. de Ree and M. Noort, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, acting as Agent), Kingdom of Denmark (represented: initially by C. Vang, subsequently by V. Pasternak Jørgensen, acting as Agents), Ireland (represented by: D. O’Hagan acting as Agent, and by G. Clohessy, SC and N. Travers, BL), Republic of Finland (represented by: H. Leppo and S. Hartikainen, acting as Agents), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: H. Walker, acting as Agent, and M. Hall, QC)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Articles 9 and 11 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1) — Inclusion of non-taxable persons in a VAT group — Failure to notify the VAT Committee of amendments to the implementation of the VAT group scheme

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action.










2.


Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.










3.


Orders the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland, the Republic of Finland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear their own respective costs.






(1)  OJ C 130, 30.4.2011.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2013-04-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2013118EN.01000301.xml










25.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 118/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

24 April 2013
2013/C 118/04

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3006




JPY


Japanese yen


129,46




DKK


Danish krone


7,4553




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85250




SEK


Swedish krona


8,5885




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2302




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,6780




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,909




HUF


Hungarian forint


299,55




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7001




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1367




RON


Romanian leu


4,3495




TRY


Turkish lira


2,3476




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2659




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3345




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,0980




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5366




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6147




KRW


South Korean won


1 453,80




ZAR


South African rand


11,9395




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,0352




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6065




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 637,76




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,9644




PHP


Philippine peso


53,657




RUB


Russian rouble


40,9583




THB


Thai baht


37,626




BRL


Brazilian real


2,6318




MXN


Mexican peso


15,9395




INR


Indian rupee


70,5190






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6753 — Orkla/Rieber & Son)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-04-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aluminium, economic concentration, food industry, investment, merger control, section








C_2013118EN.01000201.xml










25.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 118/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6753 — Orkla/Rieber & Son)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 118/03
On 4 March 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 32013M6753. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.