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Case T-262/13: Action brought on 15 May 2013 — Skysoft Computersysteme/OHIM — British Sky Broadcasting and Sky IP International (SKYSOFT)
Date: 2013-05-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, telecommunications industry, trade-mark law








C_2013207EN.01004301.xml










20.7.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 207/43





Action brought on 15 May 2013 — Skysoft Computersysteme/OHIM — British Sky Broadcasting and Sky IP International (SKYSOFT)
(Case T-262/13)
2013/C 207/72
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Skysoft Computersysteme GmbH (Kleinmachnow, Germany) (represented by: P. Ehrlinger and T. Hagen, lawyers)

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

Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and Sky IP International Ltd (Isleworth, United Kingdom)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


Set aside the contested decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 20 March 2013, as it dismissed the appeal of the plaintiff against the decision of the OHIM Opposition Division of 30 September 2011 and did not reject the opposition of the intervening party;










—


Order the intervening party to pay the costs of the proceedings including the costs incurred during the course of the appeal proceedings.










—


Request the defendant to produce the annexes submitted by the intervening party and the plaintiff within the framework of the opposition proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Applicant for a Community trade mark: The applicant

Community trade mark concerned: The word mark ‘SKYSOFT’ — Community trade mark application No 4 782 645 for products and services in classes 9, 35, 37, 38 and 42

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Mark or sign cited in opposition: The word mark ‘SKY’ for goods and services in classes 9, 16, 18, 25, 28, 35, 38, 41 and 42

Decision of the Opposition Division: Upheld the opposition for all the contested goods and services

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissed the appeal

Pleas in law: Infringement of Articles 8(1)(b) Council Regulation No 207/2009.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6827 — Honeywell/Intermec)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronics industry, information technology industry, merger control








C_2013136EN.01002601.xml










15.5.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 136/26





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6827 — Honeywell/Intermec)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 136/11






1.


On 7 May 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 Honeywell International Inc. (‘Honeywell’, United States of America), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Intermec, Inc. (‘Intermec’, United States of America), by way of purchase of shares. The same concentration was already notified to the Commission on 15 February 2013, but subsequently withdrawn on 13 March 2013.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Honeywell: active in aerospace products and services, automotive products, electronic materials, specialty materials, performance polymers, transportation and power systems, home and building controls, and industrial controls. Through its Automation and Control Solutions division, Honeywell is active in the manufacturing and sale of automatic data identification and data capture (‘AIDC’) equipment, including ruggedised mobile computers, laser and imager scanning engines and barcode scanners, and related services and accessories,










—


Intermec: active in the manufacturing and supply of AIDC equipment, including ruggedised mobile computers, laser and imager scanning engines and barcode scanners, voice recognition systems, barcode printers and labels, radio-frequency identification systems, related services and accessories and life cycle 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.6827 — Honeywell/Intermec, 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’).
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU — Cases where the Commission raises no objections  Text with EEA relevance, except for products falling under Annex I to the Treaty
Date: 2013-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, Slovakia, State aid, control of State aid, environmental protection, rural development, silviculture, tax exemption








C_2013136EN.01000301.xml










15.5.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 136/3





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance, except for products falling under Annex I to the Treaty)
2013/C 136/03







Date of adoption of the decision


27.3.2013




Reference number of State Aid


SA.34640 (12/N)




Member State


Hungary




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Natura 2000 támogatás – EMVA (1698/2005/EK 46. cikk)




Legal basis


A 2009. évi XXXVII. törvény az erdőről, az erdő védelméről és az erdőgazdálkodásról, valamint a vidékfejlesztési miniszter 41/2012 (IV.27.) rendelete az Európai Mezőgazdasági Vidékfejlesztési Alapból Natura 2000 erdőterületeken történő gazdálkodáshoz nyújtandó kompenzációs támogatás részletes szabályairól




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Forestry, Environmental protection, Rural development (AGRI)




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: HUF 11 277 million




Intensity


60 %




Duration (period)


Until 31.12.2013




Economic sectors


Silviculture and other forestry activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Vidékfejlesztési Minisztérium




Budapest




Kossuth Lajos tér 11.




1055




MAGYARORSZÁG/HUNGARY








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







Date of adoption of the decision


21.3.2013




Reference number of State Aid


SA.35733 (13/N)




Member State


Slovakia




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Zákon o podpore poľnohospodárskej prvovýroby v roku 2013




Legal basis


Zákon o podpore poľnohospodárskej prvovýroby v roku 2013




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Tax exemptions under Directive 2003/96/EC




Form of aid


Other – daňové zvýhodnenie – vrátenie časti dane




Budget








 


Overall budget: EUR 10 million










 


Annual budget: EUR 10 million








Intensity


Measure does not constitute aid




Duration (period)


Until 31.12.2013




Economic sectors


Agriculture, forestry and fishing




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva a rozvoja vidieka SR




Dobrovičova 12




812 66 Bratislava




SLOVENSKO/SLOVAKIA








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
2013/234/EU: Guideline of the European Central Bank of 15 May 2013 amending Guideline ECB/2006/4 on the Eurosystem’s provision of reserve management services in euro to central banks and countries located outside the euro area and to international organisations (ECB/2013/14)
Date: 2013-05-15
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: central bank, foreign-exchange reserves, money laundering, non-participating country (euro area), provision of services, terrorism




L_2013138EN.01001901.xml










24.5.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 138/19








            GUIDELINE OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
         
of 15 May 2013
         
amending Guideline ECB/2006/4 on the Eurosystem’s provision of reserve management services in euro to central banks and countries located outside the euro area and to international organisations
(ECB/2013/14)
(2013/234/EU)


THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Articles 12.1 and 14.3 and Article 23 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Guideline ECB/2006/4 of 7 April 2006 on the Eurosystem’s provision of reserve management services in euro to central banks and countries located outside the euro area and to international organisations (1) should address the issue of counterparties subject to restrictive measures in the area of anti-money laundering and terrorist financing.












(2)


Therefore, Guideline ECB/2006/4 should be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS GUIDELINE:



Article 1

Amendment

In Article 7 of Guideline ECB/2006/4, the following point (f) is added:






‘(f)


state that the customer shall confirm to the Eurosystem member that it complies with all Union and national laws for the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing, insofar as and to the extent applicable to it, including instructions given by competent authorities, and that it is not involved with any form of money laundering or terrorist financing.’.






Article 2

Taking effect and implementation


1.   This Guideline shall take effect on the day of its notification to the national central banks of the Member States whose currency is the euro (hereinafter the ‘NCBs’).


2.   The NCBs shall comply with this Guideline from six weeks after notification is given to them.





Done at Frankfurt am Main, 15 May 2013.


For the Governing Council of the ECB


The President of the ECB

Mario DRAGHI
            





(1)  
            OJ L 107, 20.4.2006, p. 54.
Case F-45/13: Action brought on 15 May 2013 — ZZ and Others v EIB
Date: 2013-05-15
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: damages, indemnification, pay cut, wage determination








C_2013207EN.01006201.xml










20.7.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 207/62





Action brought on 15 May 2013 — ZZ and Others v EIB
(Case F-45/13)
2013/C 207/108
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: ZZ and Others (represented by: L. Levi)

Defendant: European Investment Bank

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decisions contained in salary slips to apply the general decision of the European Investment Bank setting a salary progression capped at 2.3 % for all staff and the decision establishing a merit grid entailing the loss of 1 to 3 % of salary and the subsequent application for an order that the institution pay the difference in remuneration together with damages.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decisions to apply to the applicants the decision of the EIB’s Board of Directors of 18 December 2012 setting a salary progression capped at 2.3 % and the decision of the EIB’s Management Committee of 29 January 2013 establishing a merit grid entailing the loss of 1 to 3 % of salary, according to the applicants, decisions that are contained in the salary slips of April 2013, and the annulment to the same extent of all the decisions contained in subsequent salary slips and, so far as necessary, the annulment of the information letter sent by the defendant to the applicants on 5 February 2013;










—


order the defendant to pay the difference in remuneration resulting from the aforementioned decisions of the EIB’s Board of Directors of 18 December 2012 and of the EIB’s Management Committee of 29 January 2013 in relation to the application of the merit grid ‘4-3-2-1-0’ and the ‘young’ grid ‘5-4-3-1-0’ or, in the alternative, in respect of applicants awarded a grade A, in relation to the application of the merit grid 3-2-1-0-0 and, in respect of applicants covered by the ‘young’ grid, in relation to a young grid ‘4-3-2-0-0’; with interest on arrears to be added to that difference in remuneration with effect from 12 April 2013 and then on the 12th day of every month until full payment, the rate of interest being the ECB rate, increased by three percentage points;










—


order the defendant to pay damages for the loss suffered by reason of the loss of purchasing power, such loss being assessed equitably, and on a provisional basis, at 1.5 % of the monthly remuneration of each applicant;










—


order the EIB to pay the costs.
Case T-198/12 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 15 May 2013 — Germany v Commission (Interim relief — Limit values for antimony, arsenic, barium, lead and mercury in toys — Refusal of the Commission to approve, in their entirety, the national provisions notified by the German authorities maintaining the limit values for those substances — Application for provisional measures — Admissibility — Urgency — Fumus boni juris — Balance of interests)
Date: 2013-05-15
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: marketing standard, metals, toy industry








C_2013189EN.01002302.xml










29.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 189/23





Order of the President of the General Court of 15 May 2013 — Germany v Commission
(Case T-198/12 R)
(Interim relief - Limit values for antimony, arsenic, barium, lead and mercury in toys - Refusal of the Commission to approve, in their entirety, the national provisions notified by the German authorities maintaining the limit values for those substances - Application for provisional measures - Admissibility - Urgency - Fumus boni juris - Balance of interests)
2013/C 189/48
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze and A. Wiedmann, Agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Patakia and G. Wilms, Agents)

Re:

Application for provisional approval to continue to apply the national provisions notified by the German authorities concerning the limit values for antimony, arsenic, barium, lead and mercury in toys until the General Court has decided on the substance of the case.

Operative part of the order







1.


The European Commission is ordered to authorise the continued application of the national provisions notified by the Federal Republic of Germany concerning the limit values for antimony, arsenic, barium, lead and mercury in toys until the General Court has delivered its judgment in the main proceedings.










2.


The application for interim relief is dismissed as to the remainder.










3.


The costs are reserved.
Information related to the Commission's ‘compiled list’ of Member States' trusted lists as notified under Commission Decision 2009/767/EC, as amended by Decision 2010/425/EU
Date: 2013-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: administrative formalities, electronic government, electronic mail, electronic signature, provision of services








C_2013136EN.01000101.xml










15.5.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 136/1





Information related to the Commission's ‘compiled list’ of Member States' trusted lists as notified under Commission Decision 2009/767/EC (1), as amended by Decision 2010/425/EU (2)

2013/C 136/01
Digest information to ensure the authenticity and integrity of the Commission's ‘compiled list’ of Member States' trusted lists as notified to the Commission by Member States pursuant to Article 2.3 of Commission Decision 2009/767/EC was published in the 
Official Journal of the European Union C 45 of 23 February 2010
 (3).
The latest information with regard to the certificate that supports the TLS/SSL secured connection for the publication of the human readable version of the ‘compiled list’ was published in the 
Official Journal of the European Union C 57 of 9 March 2010
 (4).
The digest information published on 9 March 2010 expired on 28 March 2013. The new certificate supporting the TLS/SSL connection is valid as of 20 March 2013 and can be authenticated through the following digest information:






—


SHA-1 (Hex): fbd7e65b62260c0ee3abe009ccd88917fe53fbf2










—


SHA-256 (Hex): fd4b54cfad0e8e24d7be38c28f7baae65fbae8d5f3fafed831d7873fa4dd74ea










—


SHA-1 (Base64): +9fmW2ImDA7jq+AJzNiJF/5T+/I=










—


SHA-256 (Base64): /UtUz60OjiTXvjjCj3uq5l+66NXz+v7YMdeHP6TddOo=




The above data is valid until 21 March 2015.
The authenticity and integrity of the ‘compiled list’ should be verified by relying parties prior to any use. The Commission accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the content of the pointed national trusted lists which lies exclusively with the Member States.


(1)  Commission Decision 2009/767/EC of 16 October 2009 setting out measures facilitating the use of procedures by electronic means through the ‘points of single contact’ under Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market (OJ L 299, 14.11.2009, p. 18).

(2)  Commission Decision 2010/425/EU of 28 July 2010 amending Decision 2009/767/EC as regards the establishment, maintenance and publication of trusted lists of certification service providers supervised/accredited by Member States (OJ L 199, 31.7.2010, p. 30).

(3)  OJ C 45, 23.2.2010, p. 16.

(4)  OJ C 57, 9.3.2010, p. 15.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 475/2013 of 15 May 2013 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Agnello del Centro Italia (PGI))
Date: 2013-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, designation of origin, meat product, product designation, sheepmeat








L_2013138EN.01000301.xml










24.5.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 138/3








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 475/2013
of 15 May 2013
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Agnello del Centro Italia (PGI))


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 entered into force on 3 January 2013. It repealed and replaced Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (2).












(2)


Pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, Italy’s application to register the name ‘Agnello del Centro Italia’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (3).












(3)


As no statement of objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 has been received by the Commission, that name should therefore be entered in the register,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The name contained in the Annex to this Regulation is hereby entered in the register.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 15 May 2013.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
Dacian CIOLOȘ
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.

(3)  
            OJ C 197, 5.7.2012, p. 29.




ANNEX
Agricultural products intended for human consumption listed in Annex I to the Treaty:

Class 1.1.   Fresh meat (and offal)

ITALY
Agnello del Centro Italia (PGI)