do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Opinion 1/12: Request for an opinion submitted by the Commission of the European Communities pursuant to Article 218(11) TFEU
Date: 2013-04-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European Commission, agreement (EU), opinion of the Court of Justice (EU)








C_2013123EN.01001402.xml










27.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 123/14





Request for an opinion submitted by the Commission of the European Communities pursuant to Article 218(11) TFEU
(Opinion 1/12)
2013/C 123/23
Language of the case: all the official languages

Applicant

Commission of the European Communities (represented by: C. Hermes and H. Krämer, Agents)
The President of the Court has ordered that Opinion 1/12 be removed from the register.
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: 2013-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Basque Country, EU financing, Indian Ocean, Spain, State aid, control of State aid, fishing industry, maritime safety, piracy, security services








C_2013122EN.01001301.xml










27.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 122/13





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 122/07






Date of adoption of the decision


10.1.2013




Reference number of State Aid


SA.35300 (12/N)




Member State


Spain




Region


País Vasco




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Ayudas para la seguridad de los atuneros congeladores con puerto base en la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco que faenan en el Océano Índico




Legal basis


Real Decreto 803/2011, de 10 de junio, por el que se regula la concesión directa de subvenciones para la contratación de seguridad privada a bordo en los buques atuneros congeladores que actualmente operan en el Océano Índico (BOE no 157 de 2.7.2011)
Acuerdo de consejo de gobierno por el que se concede a Echebastar Fleet, Atunsa, Pevasa, Inpesca y Albacora una subvención directa para contribuir a garantizar la seguridad de los atuneros congeladores con puerto base en la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


To partially finance the cost of recruiting private security personnel on board freezer tuna vessels operating from a fishing port located in the region concerned and fishing in the Indian Ocean in order to protect them against piracy




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


EUR 1 396 000




Intensity


25 % of the total service expenditure.
Can be cumulated with aid up to a 50 % of the total eligible cost.




Duration (period)


Until 31.12.2012




Economic sectors


Marine fishing




Name and address of the granting authority







Dirección de Pesca y Acuicultura del Gobierno Vasco




C/ Donostia, 1




Edificio Lakua




01010 Vitoria




ESPAÑA








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
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: 2013-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Poland, State aid, aid to undertakings, cessation of trading, coal industry, control of State aid








C_2013122EN.01000601.xml










27.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 122/6





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 122/03






Date of adoption of the decision


23.11.2011




Reference number of State Aid


SA.33013 (11/N)




Member State


Poland




Region


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Pomoc państwa dla sektora górnictwa węgla kamiennego w latach 2011–2015




Legal basis


Ustawa z dnia 7 września 2007 r. o funkcjonowaniu górnictwa węgla kamiennego w Polsce w latach 2008–2015; Ustawa z dnia 27 kwietnia 2001 r. – Prawo ochrony środowiska




Type of measure


Aid scheme




Objective


Closure aid




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: PLN 1 540,19 million




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


1.1.2011-31.12.2015




Economic sectors


Coal




Name and address of the granting authority







Minister Gospodarki




Pl. Trzech Krzyży 3/5




00-507 Warszawa




POLSKA/POLAND








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
Notification of winding up order and appointment of joint liquidators in respect of De Vert Insurance Company Limited
Date: 2013-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Gibraltar, insurance company, liquidation








C_2013122EN.01002101.xml










27.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 122/21





Notification of winding up order and appointment of joint liquidators in respect of De Vert Insurance Company Limited
2013/C 122/15
Notification in accordance with Article 15 of Directive 2001/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2001 on the reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings, implemented in Gibraltar by Section 6(1)(1) of the Insurers (Reorganisation and Winding Up) Act 2004.
In accordance with Section 6(2) of the Insurers (Reorganisation and Winding Up) Act 2004 all known creditors will be notified separately of the date by which claims must be submitted in writing and the other matters specified in Section 6(1)(b) of the Insurers (Reorganisation and Winding Up) Act 2004






Insurance undertaking







De Vert Insurance Company Limited




First Floor




Grand Ocean Plaza




Ocean Village




GIBRALTAR








Date, entry into force and nature of the decision


Date: 25 February 2013
Entry into force: 25 February 2013
Order of the Supreme Court of Gibraltar winding up De Vert Insurance Company Limited and appointing Mr Charles Bottaro and Mr Colin Vaughan as Joint Liquidators of the said company




Effect of decision on contracts of insurance


The decision does not terminate or cancel contracts of insurance but claims under contracts of insurance will not be paid until the assets and liabilities of the company have been ascertained. A further notice will be sent to all known creditors in due course explaining the process of submitting claims.




Date from which any variation to the risks covered by, or the sums recoverable under, contracts of insurance have effect.


The date may be considered to be 25 February 2013. Another date may be directed by the court




Liquidator appointed







Mr Charles Bottaro & Mr Colin Vaughan




PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited




International Commercial Centre




Casemates Square




GIBRALTAR




Tel. +350 20066842




Fax +350 20048267




E-mail: charles.a.bottaro@gi.pwc.com
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6892 — Bridgepoint/Orlando/Bergamotto/Vima Due)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, cosmetic product, economic concentration, investment company, merger control








C_2013122EN.01001201.xml










27.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 122/12





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6892 — Bridgepoint/Orlando/Bergamotto/Vima Due)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 122/05
On 19 April 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 32013M6892. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Commission information notice pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community — Public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, air transport, inland transport, public service, transport regulations








C_2013122EN.01001901.xml










27.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 122/19





Commission information notice pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community
Public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 122/13






Member State


Italy




Routes concerned


Pantelleria–Trapani and vice-versa
Pantelleria–Palermo and vice-versa
Lampedusa–Palermo and vice-versa
Lampedusa–Catania and vice-versa




Date of entry into force of the public service obligations


30 June 2013




Address where the text and any information and/or documentation relating to the public service obligation can be obtained


For further information, please contact:





Ente nazionale per l’aviazione civile (ENAC)




Direzione sviluppo trasporto aereo




Viale Castro Pretorio 118




00185 Roma RM




ITALIA




Tel. +39 0644596564




Fax +39 0644596591




E-mail: osp@enac.gov.it




Internet: http://www.mit.gov.it




(http://www.mit.gov.it/mit/site.php?p=cm&o=vd&id=1812)




http://www.enac.gov.it
Corrigendum to Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU — Cases where the Commission raises no objections ( OJ C 113, 20.4.2013 )
Date: 2013-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Carinthia, Netherlands, State aid, United Kingdom, aid to undertakings, air conditioning, company in difficulties, control of State aid, culture, electricity supply, environmental protection, gas supply








C_2013122EN.01003501.xml










27.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 122/35





Corrigendum to Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(
Official Journal of the European Union C 113 of 20 April 2013
)
2013/C 122/19
On page 4, State aid SA.34357 (12/NN):
for:







‘Intensity


Measure does not constitute aid’,





read:







‘Intensity


—’.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2013-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2013122EN.01001501.xml










27.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 122/15





Euro exchange rates (1)

26 April 2013
2013/C 122/09

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,2999




JPY


Japanese yen


128,13




DKK


Danish krone


7,4559




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84000




SEK


Swedish krona


8,5579




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2273




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,6215




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,744




HUF


Hungarian forint


301,57




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,6999




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1590




RON


Romanian leu


4,3397




TRY


Turkish lira


2,3420




AUD


Australian dollar


1,2651




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3256




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,0922




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5277




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6099




KRW


South Korean won


1 445,38




ZAR


South African rand


11,8612




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,0139




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5985




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 635,02




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


3,9444




PHP


Philippine peso


53,612




RUB


Russian rouble


40,7105




THB


Thai baht


38,087




BRL


Brazilian real


2,6005




MXN


Mexican peso


15,8523




INR


Indian rupee


70,6170






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union OJ C 114, 20.4.2013
Date: 2013-04-27
Institutions: Court of Justice of the European Union
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union








C_2013123EN.01000101.xml










27.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 123/1





2013/C 123/01
Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union



OJ C 114, 20.4.2013



Past publications


OJ C 108, 13.4.2013


OJ C 101, 6.4.2013


OJ C 86, 23.3.2013


OJ C 79, 16.3.2013


OJ C 71, 9.3.2013


OJ C 63, 2.3.2013

These texts are available on:
EUR-Lex: http://eur-lex.europa.eu
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6914 — Possehl/Cookson European Precious Metals Business) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, investment company, jewellery and goldsmith's articles, merger control, precious metal








C_2013122EN.01003401.xml










27.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 122/34





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6914 — Possehl/Cookson European Precious Metals Business)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 122/18






1.


On 22 April 2013, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking L. Possehl Co. & mbH (‘Possehl’, Germany), via its subsidiary Heimerle+Meule GmbH (Germany), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Cookson European Precious Metals Business (United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Possehl: investing in diverse industrial companies active in a variety of different industries, including precious metal processing,










—


for Cookson European Precious Metals Business: supply of fabricated precious metals to the jewellery industry, production of investment products and providing precious metals refining services.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the EC Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.










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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6914 — Possehl/Cookson European Precious Metals Business, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32 (‘Notice on a simplified procedure’).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6819 — Ratos/Ferd/Aibel Group)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Norway, continental shelf, economic concentration, extraction of oil, investment company, merger control








C_2013122EN.01001202.xml










27.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 122/12





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6819 — Ratos/Ferd/Aibel Group)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 122/06
On 4 April 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 32013M6819. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.
Winding-up proceedings — Decision to make a winding-up order in respect of Hill Insurance Company Limited (Publication made in accordance with Article 14 of Directive 2001/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings )
Date: 2013-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Gibraltar, insurance company, judicial proceedings, liquidation








C_2013122EN.01001701.xml










27.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 122/17





Winding-up proceedings
Decision to make a winding-up order in respect of Hill Insurance Company Limited

(Publication made in accordance with Article 14 of Directive 2001/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings
 (1)
)

2013/C 122/11






Insurance undertaking







Hill Insurance Company Limited




Unit 1A, Ground Floor




Grand Ocean Plaza




Ocean Village




GIBRALTAR








Date, entry into force and nature of the decision


24 January 2013
Entry into force: 24 January 2013
Winding-up Order with appointment of liquidator, permission to disclaim contracts of insurance and reinsurance, and directions for valuation and treatment of consequential claims.




Competent authorities







Supreme Court of Gibraltar




Chancery Jurisdiction




277 Main Street




GIBRALTAR








Supervisory authority







Financial Services Commission




Suite 3, Ground Floor




Atlantic Suites




Europort Avenue




PO Box 940




GIBRALTAR








Liquidator appointed







Joseph Caruana




Deloitte Limited




Merchant House




22/24 John Mackintosh Square




GIBRALTAR




Tel. +350 20041200




Fax +350 20041201




E-mail: jcaruana@deloitte.gi








Applicable law


Gibraltar
Companies Act 1930
Insurers (Reorganisation and Winding Up) Act 2004






(1)  OJ L 110, 20.4.2001, p. 35.
Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for 27 Member States applicable as from 1 May 2013 (Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 ( OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1 ))
Date: 2013-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, interest, reimbursement of aid








C_2013122EN.01001601.xml










27.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 122/16





Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for 27 Member States applicable as from 1 May 2013
(Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 (OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1))
2013/C 122/10
Base rates calculated in accordance with the Communication from the Commission on the revision of the method for setting the reference and discount rates (OJ C 14, 19.1.2008, p. 6). Depending on the use of the reference rate, the appropriate margins have still to be added as defined in this communication. For the discount rate this means that a margin of 100 basispoints has to be added. The Commission Regulation (EC) No 271/2008 of 30 January 2008 amending the Implementing Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 foresees that, unless otherwise provided for in a specific decision, the recovery rate will also be calculated by adding 100 basispoints to the base rate.
Modified rates are indicated in bold.
Previous table published in OJ C 82, 21.3.2013, p. 2.

































From


To


AT


BE


BG


CY


CZ


DE


DK


EE


EL


ES


FI


FR


HU


IE


IT


LT


LU


LV


MT


NL


PL


PT


RO


SE


SI


SK


UK




1.5.2013


…


0,66


0,66


1,30


0,66


0,88


0,66


0,85


0,66


0,66


0,66


0,66


0,66


5,57


0,66


0,66



0,88



0,66



1,10



0,66


0,66


3,90


0,66


6,18


1,60


0,66


0,66


0,99




1.4.2013


30.4.2013


0,66


0,66



1,30



0,66


0,88


0,66


0,85


0,66


0,66


0,66


0,66


0,66



5,57



0,66


0,66


1,12


0,66


1,32


0,66


0,66



3,90



0,66


6,18



1,60



0,66


0,66



0,99





1.3.2013


31.3.2013


0,66


0,66


1,53


0,66



0,88



0,66


0,85


0,66


0,66


0,66


0,66


0,66


6,65


0,66


0,66



1,12



0,66



1,32



0,66


0,66


4,80


0,66


6,18


1,91


0,66


0,66


1,19




1.1.2013


28.2.2013



0,66




0,66




1,53




0,66




1,09




0,66




0,85




0,66




0,66




0,66




0,66




0,66




6,65




0,66




0,66




1,37




0,66




1,58




0,66




0,66




4,80




0,66




6,18




1,91




0,66




0,66




1,19
Commission information notice pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community — Repeal of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, air transport, inland transport, public service, transport regulations








C_2013122EN.01001801.xml










27.4.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 122/18





Commission information notice pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community
Repeal of public service obligations in respect of scheduled air services
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 122/12






Member State


Italy




Routes concerned


Pantelleria–Trapani and vice-versa
Pantelleria–Palermo and vice-versa
Lampedusa–Palermo and vice-versa
Lampedusa–Catania and vice-versa




Original date of entry into force of the public service obligations


25 August 2009




Date of repeal


30 June 2013




Address where the text and any relevant information and/or documentation relating to the public service obligation can be obtained


Reference document

OJ C 47, 28.2.2009


OJ C 50, 3.3.2009


OJ C 154, 7.7.2009

For further information, please contact:





Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti




Direzione Generale per Aeroporti e il Trasporto Aereo




Tel. +39 0659084908/4041/4350




Fax +39 0659083280




E-mail: segreteria_dgata@mit.gov.it




Internet: http://www.mit.gov.it