do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Plenary session
Date: 2013-10-26
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: General Court (EU), appointment of members, judge, member of the Court of Justice (EU)








C_2013313EN.01000402.xml










26.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 313/4





Plenary session
2013/C 313/07
On 23 September 2013, in accordance with Article 32(1), second indent, of the Rules of Procedure, the General Court decided, for the period from 23 September 2013 to 31 August 2016, that if, following the designation of an Advocate-General under Article 17 of the Rules of Procedure, there is an even number of Judges in the General Court sitting in plenary session, the rota established in advance, applied during the period of three years for which the Presidents of the Chambers of five Judges are elected, according to which the President of the General Court designates the Judge who will not take part in the judgment of the case, is in the reverse order to that of the precedence of the Judges according to their seniority in office in accordance with Article 6 of the Rules of Procedure, unless the Judge so designated is the Judge-Rapporteur. In that latter case, the Judge immediately senior to him will be designated.
Composition of the Grand Chamber
Date: 2013-10-26
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: General Court (EU), appointment of members, judge, president of an institution, vice-president of an institution








C_2013313EN.01000501.xml










26.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 313/5





Composition of the Grand Chamber
2013/C 313/08
On 23 September 2013, the General Court decided that, for the period from 23 September 2013 to 31 August 2016, the thirteen Judges who make up the Grand Chamber, in accordance with Article 10(1) of the Rules of Procedure, are the President of the General Court, the Vice-President, the eight Presidents of Chambers the two Judges of the formation of three Judges initially hearing the case and another Judge. The latter shall be designated, in accordance with the order set out in Article 6 of the Rules of Procedure and on an annual basis, from the two Judges who would have had to sit in the case in question if it had been assigned to a Chamber of five Judges.
Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
Date: 2013-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, EU waters, France, catch by species, catch quota, fishing rights, international waters, sea fish, ship's flag








C_2013312EN.01002101.xml










26.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 312/21





Information communicated by Member States regarding closure of fisheries
2013/C 312/10
In accordance with Article 35(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), a decision has been taken to close the fishery as set down in the following table:






Date and time of closure


29.9.2013




Duration


29.9.2013-31.12.2013




Member State


France




Stock or group of stocks


LIN/05EI.




Species


Ling (Molva molva)




Zone


EU and international waters of V




Type(s) of fishing vessels


—




Reference number


58/TQ40






(1)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6850 — Marine Harvest/Morpol)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, fishing industry, food processing, merger control








C_2013312EN.01000101.xml










26.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 312/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6850 — Marine Harvest/Morpol)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 312/01
On 30 September 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 32013M6850. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2013-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2013312EN.01000201.xml










26.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 312/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

25 October 2013
2013/C 312/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3777




JPY


Japanese yen


134,15




DKK


Danish krone


7,4590




GBP


Pound sterling


0,85190




SEK


Swedish krona


8,7351




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2348




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,1370




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


25,750




HUF


Hungarian forint


292,82




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




LVL


Latvian lats


0,7026




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1858




RON


Romanian leu


4,4511




TRY


Turkish lira


2,7367




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4369




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4380




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,6820




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6601




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7035




KRW


South Korean won


1 464,88




ZAR


South African rand


13,5502




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,3814




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6265




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 175,04




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,3488




PHP


Philippine peso


59,243




RUB


Russian rouble


43,8000




THB


Thai baht


42,842




BRL


Brazilian real


3,0121




MXN


Mexican peso


17,8719




INR


Indian rupee


84,7680






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Election of the President of the General Court
Date: 2013-10-26
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: General Court (EU), appointment of members, judge, president of an institution








C_2013313EN.01000201.xml










26.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 313/2





Election of the President of the General Court
2013/C 313/02
On 16 September 2013, the Judges of the General Court, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of the Rules of Procedure, elected Mr Marc Jaeger President of the General Court for the period from 16 September 2013 to 31 August 2016.
Notice to economic operators — New round of requests for the suspension of the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain industrial and agricultural products
Date: 2013-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, agricultural product, common customs tariff, import (EU), industrial product, suspension of customs duties, tax








C_2013312EN.01002201.xml










26.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 312/22





Notice to economic operators — New round of requests for the suspension of the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain industrial and agricultural products
2013/C 312/11
Economic operators are informed that the Commission has received requests in accordance with the administrative arrangements foreseen in the Commission communication concerning autonomous tariff suspensions and quotas (2011/C 363/02) (1) for the July round of 2014.
The list of the products for which a duty suspension is requested is now available on the Commission's thematic (Europa) website on the customs union (2).
Economic operators are also informed that the deadline for objections against new requests to reach the Commission, via the national administrations, is 9 December 2013 which is the date of the second scheduled meeting of the Economic Tariff Questions Group.
Interested operators are advised to consult the list regularly in order to be informed on the status of the requests.
More information on the autonomous tariff suspension procedure can be found on the Europa website:
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/customs/customs_duties/tariff_aspects/suspensions/index_en.htm


(1)  OJ C 363, 13.12.2011, p. 6.

(2)  http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/susp/susp_home.jsp?Lang=en
Criteria for assigning cases to Chambers
Date: 2013-10-26
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: General Court (EU), allocation of work, jurisdiction, operation of the Institutions








C_2013313EN.01000401.xml










26.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 313/4





Criteria for assigning cases to Chambers
2013/C 313/06
On 23 September 2013, the General Court laid down the following criteria for the assignment of cases to the Chambers for the period from 23 September 2013 to 31 August 2016, in accordance with Article 12 of the Rules of Procedure:






1.


Appeals against the decisions of the Civil Service Tribunal shall be assigned to the Appeal Chamber as soon as the application has been lodged and without prejudice to any subsequent application of Articles 14 and 51 of the Rules of Procedure.










2.


Cases other than those referred to in paragraph 1 above shall be assigned to Chambers of three Judges as soon as the application has been lodged and without prejudice to any subsequent application of Articles 14 and 51 of the Rules of Procedure.




Cases referred to in this paragraph shall be allocated to the Chambers in turn, in accordance with the date on which they are registered at the Registry, following three separate rotas:






—


for cases concerning application of the competition rules applicable to undertakings, the rules on State aid and the rules on trade protection measures;










—


for cases concerning intellectual property rights referred to in Article 130(1) of the Rules of Procedure;










—


for all other cases.




The President of the General Court may derogate from the rotas on the ground that cases are related or with a view to ensuring an even spread of the workload.
Notification of the German Government pursuant to Article 10(2) of Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and the Council ( ‘Gas Directive’ ) concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas regarding the designation of bayernets GmbH, GRTgaz Deutschland GmbH, terranets bw GmbH, Nowega GmbH, jordgasTransport GmbH, Fluxys TENP GmbH, Gastransport Nord GmbH, Gasunie Deutschland Transport Services GmbH, GASCADE Gastransport GmbH, ONTRAS-VNG Gastransport GmbH and Thyssengas GmbH as transmission system operators in Germany
Date: 2013-10-26
Institutions: Germany
Subjects: Germany, domestic market, natural gas, private sector, public contract, transport network








C_2013312EN.01001901.xml










26.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 312/19





Notification of the German Government pursuant to Article 10(2) of Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and the Council (‘Gas Directive’) concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas regarding the designation of bayernets GmbH, GRTgaz Deutschland GmbH, terranets bw GmbH, Nowega GmbH, jordgasTransport GmbH, Fluxys TENP GmbH, Gastransport Nord GmbH, Gasunie Deutschland Transport Services GmbH, GASCADE Gastransport GmbH, ONTRAS-VNG Gastransport GmbH and Thyssengas GmbH as transmission system operators in Germany
2013/C 312/08
Following the German regulatory authority's final decision of 9 November 2012, 5 February 2013 and 12 March 2013 regarding the certification of bayernets GmbH, GRTgaz Deutschland GmbH, terranets bw GmbH, Nowega GmbH, jordgasTransport GmbH, Gastransport Nord GmbH, GASCADE Gastransport GmbH, ONTRAS-VNG Gastransport GmbH and Thyssengas GmbH as Independent Transmission Operator (Chapter IV of the Gas Directive) and regarding the certification of Fluxys TENP GmbH and Gasunie Deutschland Transport Services GmbH Ownership Unbundled Transmission System Operator (Article 9 of the Gas Directive), Germany has notified to the Commission the official approval and designation of these companies as a Transmission System Operator operating in Germany in accordance with Article 10 of the Gas Directive.
Any additional information can be obtained at the following address:





Bundesnetzagentur




Referat 313 — International Coordination Energy




Tulpenfeld 4




53113 Bonn




DEUTSCHLAND




E-mail: 313-Postfach@bnetza.de




http://www.bundesnetzagentur.de
Appeal Chamber
Date: 2013-10-26
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: General Court (EU), appointment of members, higher court, judge, president of an institution, vice-president of an institution








C_2013313EN.01000502.xml










26.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 313/5





Appeal Chamber
2013/C 313/09
On 23 September 2013, the General Court decided that, for the period from 23 September 2013 to 31 August 2016, the Appeal Chamber will be composed of the President of the Court and, in rotation, two Presidents of Chambers or, where the Vice-President is called upon to sit, the Vice-President and a President of Chamber.
The Judges who will sit with the President of the Appeal Chamber to make up the extended formation of five Judges will be the three Judges of the formation initially hearing the case and, in rotation, two Presidents of Chambers or, where the Vice-President is called upon to sit, the Vice-President and a President of Chamber.
Composition of the Chambers and attachment of the Judges to Chambers
Date: 2013-10-26
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: Civil Service Tribunal, appointment of members, judge








C_2013313EN.01000601.xml










26.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 313/6





Composition of the Chambers and attachment of the Judges to Chambers
2013/C 313/11
By decision of 30 November 2005, (1) the Tribunal decided to sit in three Chambers and as a full Court. By decision of 8 October 2013, for the period from 8 October 2013 to 30 September 2014, the Tribunal attached the Judges to the Chambers as follows:






 




First Chamber








 


H. KREPPEL, President of Chamber,










 


E. PERILLO and R. BARENTS, Judges,














 




Second Chamber








 


M.I. ROFES I PUJOL, President of Chamber,










 


K. BRADLEY and J. SVENNINGSEN, Judges,














 




Third Chamber, sitting with three Judges








 


S. VAN RAEPENBUSCH, President of the Tribunal,










 


E. PERILLO, R. BARENTS, K. BRADLEY and J. SVENNINGSEN, Judges.








In the Third Chamber, the President will sit, alternately, either with Judges E. Perillo and J. Svenningsen or with Judges R. Barents and K. Bradley, subject always to connections between cases.


(1)  OJ 2005 C 322, p. 16.
Notification of the German Government pursuant to Article 10(2) of Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( ‘Electricity Directive’ ) concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity regarding the designation of 50 Hertz Transmission GmbH, Amprion GmbH and TransnetBW GmbH as transmission system operators in Germany
Date: 2013-10-26
Institutions: Germany
Subjects: Germany, domestic market, electricity supply, private sector, public contract, transport network








C_2013312EN.01002001.xml










26.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 312/20





Notification of the German Government pursuant to Article 10(2) of Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Electricity Directive’) concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity regarding the designation of 50 Hertz Transmission GmbH, Amprion GmbH and TransnetBW GmbH as transmission system operators in Germany
2013/C 312/09
Following the German regulatory authority's final decision of 9 November 2012 and 11 April 2013 regarding the certification of Amprion GmbH and TransnetBW GmbH as independent transmission operators (Chapter V of the Electricity Directive) and the certification of 50 Hertz Transmission GmbH as ownership unbundled transmission system operator (Article 9 of the Electricity Directive), Germany has notified to the Commission the official approval and designation of these companies as a transmission system operator operating in Germany in accordance with Article 10 of the Electricity Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Any additional information can be obtained at the following address:





Bundesnetzagentur




Referat 313 — International Coordination Energy




Tulpenfeld 4




53113 Bonn




DEUTSCHLAND




E-mail: 313-Postfach@bnetza.de




http://www.bundesnetzagentur.de
Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union OJ C 304, 19.10.2013
Date: 2013-10-26
Institutions: Court of Justice of the European Union
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union








C_2013313EN.01000101.xml










26.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 313/1





2013/C 313/01
Last publication of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Official Journal of the European Union



OJ C 304, 19.10.2013



Past publications


OJ C 298, 12.10.2013


OJ C 291, 5.10.2013


OJ C 284, 28.9.2013


OJ C 274, 21.9.2013


OJ C 260, 7.9.2013


OJ C 252, 31.8.2013

These texts are available on:
EUR-Lex: http://eur-lex.europa.eu
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.7067 — 3i/Scandferries Holdings) — Candidate case for simplified procedure Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, economic concentration, holding company, investment company, maritime transport, merger control, transport company








C_2013312EN.01002301.xml










26.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 312/23





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.7067 — 3i/Scandferries Holdings)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 312/12






1.


On 18 October 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 3i Group plc (‘3i Group’, United Kingdom) and investment entities managed by 3i Investments plc (together ‘3i’) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Scandferries Holding GmBH (‘Scandferries’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


3i holds investments in various sectors of industry and services including business and financial services, consumer, healthcare, infrastructure and TMT. 3i Group is a leading international investor focusing on private equity, infrastructure and debt management that makes investments and provides management advice to, and manages investments on behalf of, investment funds,










—


Scandferries is the top holding company of the Scandlines group, offering ferry services on three routes between Germany, Denmark and Sweden.














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.7067 — 3i/Scandferries Holdings, 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’).
Elections of Presidents of Chambers
Date: 2013-10-26
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: General Court (EU), appointment of members, judge








C_2013313EN.01000203.xml










26.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 313/2





Elections of Presidents of Chambers
2013/C 313/04
On 18 September 2013, the General Court, in accordance with Article 15 of the Rules of Procedure, elected Ms Martin Ribeiro, Mr Papasavvas, Mr Prek, Mr Dittrich, Mr Frimodt Nielsen, Mr van der Woude, Mr Gratsias and Mr Berardis as Presidents of the Chambers composed of five Judges and the Chambers composed of three Judges for the period from 18 September 2013 to 31 August 2016.
Designation of the Judge replacing the President as the Judge hearing applications for interim measures
Date: 2013-10-26
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: General Court (EU), appointment of members, judge, president of an institution








C_2013313EN.01000503.xml










26.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 313/5





Designation of the Judge replacing the President as the Judge hearing applications for interim measures
2013/C 313/10
On 23 September 2013, the General Court decided, in accordance with Article 106 of the Rules of Procedure, to designate Judge Forwood to replace the President of the General Court for the purpose of deciding applications for interim measures where the latter is absent or prevented from dealing with them, for the period from 23 September 2013 to 31 August 2016.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6751 — BayWa/Wilhelm Bonhorst/Bohnhorst Agrarhandel JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-foodstuffs, agricultural equipment, agricultural holding, agricultural product, distribution business, economic concentration, holding company, merger control








C_2013312EN.01000102.xml










26.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 312/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6751 — BayWa/Wilhelm Bonhorst/Bohnhorst Agrarhandel JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 312/02
On 6 February 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 German 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 32013M6751. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.
Election of the Vice-President of the General Court
Date: 2013-10-26
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: General Court (EU), appointment of members, judge, vice-president of an institution








C_2013313EN.01000202.xml










26.10.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 313/2





Election of the Vice-President of the General Court
2013/C 313/03
On 17 September 2013, the Judges of the General Court, in accordance with Article 9a of the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, read in conjunction with the first paragraph of Article 47 thereof, elected Mr Heikki Kanninen Vice-President of the General Court for the period from 17 September 2013 to 31 August 2016.