do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2013-06-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2013182EN.01000201.xml










27.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 182/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

26 June 2013
2013/C 182/02

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3024




JPY


Japanese yen


127,33




DKK


Danish krone


7,4599




GBP


Pound sterling


0,84820




SEK


Swedish krona


8,7615




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2262




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


7,9470




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,858




HUF


Hungarian forint


297,28




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7023




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3445




RON


Romanian leu


4,4500




TRY


Turkish lira


2,5208




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4033




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,3649




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,1048




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6730




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6602




KRW


South Korean won


1 506,81




ZAR


South African rand


13,1663




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,0065




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,4595




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


12 977,00




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,1780




PHP


Philippine peso


56,631




RUB


Russian rouble


42,8745




THB


Thai baht


40,609




BRL


Brazilian real


2,8828




MXN


Mexican peso


17,2046




INR


Indian rupee


79,1100






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 623/2013 of 27 June 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 1238/95 as regards the level of the annual fee payable to the Community Plant Variety Office
Date: 2013-06-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community Plant Variety Office, patents licence, plant variety right, tax




L_2013177EN.01002001.xml










28.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 177/20








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 623/2013
of 27 June 2013
         
amending Regulation (EC) No 1238/95 as regards the level of the annual fee payable to the Community Plant Variety Office


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights (1) (‘the Basic Regulation’), and in particular Article 113 thereof,


After consulting the Administrative Council of the Community Plant Variety Office,

Whereas:







(1)


Article 9(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1238/95 of 31 May 1995 establishing implementing rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 as regards the fees payable to the Community Plant Variety Office (2), sets out the level of the fee payable to the Community Plant Variety Office (‘the Office’), for each year of the duration of a Community plant variety right as provided for in Article 113(2)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94.












(2)


The financial reserve of the Office has exceeded the level necessary to maintain a balanced budget and to safeguard the continuity of its operations. For this reason the annual fee should be reduced as from the year 2014.












(3)


Regulation (EC) No 1238/95 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(4)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Community Plant Variety Rights,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
In Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1238/95, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.   The Office shall charge a holder of a Community plant variety right (‘the holder’) a fee of EUR 250 for each year of the duration of a Community plant variety right (‘annual fee’), as referred to in Article 113(2)(d) of the Basic Regulation.’



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.
It shall apply from 1 January 2014.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 June 2013.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 227, 1.9.1994, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 121, 1.6.1995, p. 31.
Case T-341/13: Action brought on 27 June 2013 — Groupe Léa Nature/OHIM — Debonaire Trading (SO'BiO ētic)
Date: 2013-06-27
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, United Kingdom, cosmetic product, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2013260EN.01004203.xml










7.9.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 260/42





Action brought on 27 June 2013 — Groupe Léa Nature/OHIM — Debonaire Trading (SO'BiO ētic)
(Case T-341/13)
2013/C 260/76
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Groupe Léa Nature (Périgny, France) (represented by: S. Arnaud, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Debonaire Trading Internacional, Lda (Funchal, Portugal)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


Declare the application admissible;










—


Annul decision R 203/2011-1 of the First Board of Appeal for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 26 March 2013, notified 18 April 2013;










—


Order DEBONAIRE TRADING INTERNACIONAL LDA and OHIM each to bear the costs, which they have incurred in the course of the proceedings before the General Court.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Applicant for a Community trade mark: The applicant

Community trade mark concerned: The word mark ‘SO’Bio ētic’, for goods in classes 3, 24 and 25 — Community trade mark application No 6 827 281

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

Mark or sign cited in opposition: Community trade mark registrations and United Kingdom trade mark registrations of the word mark ‘SO…?’et al., for goods in classes 3 and 25

Decision of the Opposition Division: Rejected the opposition

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Annulled the contested decision and rejected the CTM application with respect to all goods claimed in classes 3 and 25

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8 (1)(b) and (5) of CTMR.
Case C-569/10: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 June 2013 — European Commission v Republic of Poland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 94/22/EC — Conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons — Non-discriminatory access)
Date: 2013-06-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Poland, equal treatment, extraction of oil, hydrocarbon, infringement of EU law, market access, national implementing measure, petroleum exploration, public contract








C_2013225EN.01000301.xml










3.8.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 225/3





Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 June 2013 — European Commission v Republic of Poland
(Case C-569/10) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 94/22/EC - Conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons - Non-discriminatory access)
2013/C 225/04
Language of the case: Polish

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: K. Herrmann and M. Owsiany-Hornung, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Poland (represented by: M. Szpunar, M. Drwięcki and. B. Majczyna, acting as Agents)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Incorrect and/or incomplete transposition of Articles 2(2), 3(1) and 5(1) and (2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons (OJ 1994 L 164, p. 3) — Non-discriminatory access to those activities and to the exercise thereof

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, in failing to adopt the measures necessary to ensure that access to activities relating to the prospection, exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons is free of all discrimination as between interested entities and that the authorisations to carry out those activities are granted following a procedure in which all interested entities may submit applications in accordance with criteria published in the Official Journal of the European Union prior to the beginning of the period in which applications may be submitted, the Republic of Poland has failed to comply with its obligations under Articles 2(2) and 5(1) and (2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons.










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder.










3.


Orders the European Commission and the Republic of Poland to bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 46, 12.2.2011.
Case C-354/13: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Retten i Kolding (Denmark) lodged on 27 June 2013 — FOA, acting on behalf of Karsten Kaltoft v Billund Kommune
Date: 2013-06-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Denmark, anti-discriminatory measure, disabled person, equal treatment, job access, nutritional disease, recruitment








C_2013252EN.01002203.xml










31.8.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 252/22





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Retten i Kolding (Denmark) lodged on 27 June 2013 — FOA, acting on behalf of Karsten Kaltoft v Billund Kommune
(Case C-354/13)
2013/C 252/37
Language of the case: Danish

Referring court

Retten i Kolding

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: FOA, acting on behalf of Karsten Kaltoft

Defendant: Billund Kommune

Questions referred







1.


Is it contrary to EU law as expressed, for example, in Article 6 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, generally or particularly for a public-sector employer to discriminate on grounds of obesity in the labour market?










2.


If there is an EU prohibition on discrimination on grounds of obesity, is it directly applicable as between a Danish citizen and his employer, a public authority?










3.


Should the Court find that there is a prohibition under EU law on discrimination on grounds of obesity in the labour market generally or in particular for public-sector employers, is the assessment as to whether action has been taken contrary to a potential prohibition on discrimination on grounds of obesity in that case to be conducted with a shared burden of proof, with the result that the actual implementation of the prohibition in cases where proof of such discrimination has been made out requires that the burden of proof be placed on the respondent/defendant employer (see recital 18 in the preamble to Council Directive 97/80/EC of 15 December 1997 on the burden of proof in cases of discrimination based on sex (1))?










4.


Can obesity be deemed to be to be a handicap covered by the protection provided for in Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (2) and, if so, which criteria will be decisive for the assessment as to whether a person’s obesity means specifically that that person is protected by the prohibition on discrimination on grounds of handicap as laid down in that directive?






(1)  OJ 1998 L 14, p. 6.

(2)  OJ 2000 L 303, p. 16.
Case C-358/13: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 27 June 2013 — Criminal proceedings against Markus D.
Date: 2013-06-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Germany, health care, interpretation of the law, medicinal product, narcotic








C_2013325EN.01000803.xml










9.11.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 325/8





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 27 June 2013 — Criminal proceedings against Markus D.
(Case C-358/13)
2013/C 325/13
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesgerichtshof

Party/parties to the main proceedings

Markus D.

Question referred

Is Article 1(2)(b) of Directive 2001/83/EC of 6 November 2001, (1) as amended by Directive 2004/27/EC of 31 March 2004, (2) to be interpreted as meaning that substances or combinations of substances within the meaning of that provision which merely modify — that is, do not restore or correct — human physiological functions are to be regarded as medicinal products only if they are of therapeutic benefit or at any rate bring about a modification of bodily functions along positive lines? Consequently, do substances or combinations of substances which are consumed solely for their — intoxication-inducing — psychoactive effects, and in the process also have an effect which at least poses a risk to health, fall under the definition of ‘medicinal product’ contained in the directive?


(1)  Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ 2011 L 311, p. 67).

(2)  Directive 2004/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 amending Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ 2004 L 136, p. 34).
Notification of the Austrian Government pursuant to Article 10(2) of Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( ‘Gas Directive’ ) concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas regarding the designation of Gas Connect Austria GmbH as a transmission system operator in Austria
Date: 2013-06-27
Institutions: Austria
Subjects: gas supply, private sector, public contract








C_2013182EN.01000502.xml










27.6.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 182/5





Notification of the Austrian Government pursuant to Article 10(2) of Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Gas Directive’) concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas regarding the designation of Gas Connect Austria GmbH as a transmission system operator in Austria
2013/C 182/07
Following the Austrian regulatory authority's final decision of 6 July 2012 regarding the certification of Gas Connect Austria GmbH as independent transmission operator (Chapter IV of the Gas Directive), Austria has notified to the Commission the official approval and designation of this company as a transmission system operator operating in Austria in accordance with Article 10 of the Gas Directive.
Any additional information can be obtained from:
Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth — Department Security of Supply and Energy Transport Systems, Mr Matthias Neubauer (Matthias.Neubauer@bmwfj.gv.at) — http://www.bmwfj.gv.at