do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
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: 2013-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, culture








C_2013363EN.01000101.xml










13.12.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 363/1





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 363/01)







Date of adoption of the decision


25.10.2013




Reference number of State aid


SA.37036 (13/N)




Member State


Spain




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Ayudas a la difusión del teatro y del circo y a la comunicación teatral y circense




Legal basis


Resolución del INAEM por la que se convocan ayudas a la difusión del teatro y del circo y a la comunicación teatral y circense




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Culture




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget








 


Overall budget: EUR 22 029 800










 


Annual budget: EUR 7 343 300








Intensity


65 %




Duration (period)


1.1.2014-31.12.2016




Economic sectors


Arts, entertainment and recreation




Name and address of the granting authority







Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música




MECD Plaza de Rey, 1




28004 Madrid




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
Special Report No 14/2013 ‘European Union direct financial support to the Palestinian Authority’
Date: 2013-12-13
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: EU aid, Palestine, financial aid








C_2013363EN.01000801.xml










13.12.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 363/8





Special Report No 14/2013 ‘European Union direct financial support to the Palestinian Authority’
(2013/C 363/09)
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 14/2013 ‘European Union direct financial support to the Palestinian Authority’ has just been published.
The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors' website: http://eca.europa.eu
A hard copy version of the report may be obtained free of charge on request to the Court of Auditors:





European Court of Auditors




Unit ‘Audit: Production of Reports’




12, rue Alcide de Gasperi




1615 Luxembourg




LUXEMBOURG




Tel. +352 4398-1




E-mail: eca-info@eca.europa.eu




or by filling in an electronic order form on EU-Bookshop.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 233/2013 of 13 December 2013 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2013-12-13
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, air safety, air space, air traffic, air traffic control, aircraft, communications systems, revision of an agreement, technical specification, waveband




L_2014154EN.01003601.xml










22.5.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 154/36








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 233/2013
of 13 December 2013
         
amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1079/2012 of 16 November 2012 laying down requirements for voice channels spacing for the single European sky (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1079/2012 repeals Commission Regulation (EC) No 1265/2007 (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The text of point 66we (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1265/2007) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:

                  ‘
                  32012 R 1079: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1079/2012 of 16 November 2012 laying down requirements for voice channels spacing for the single European sky (OJ L 320, 17.11.2012, p. 14).’
               


Article 2
The texts of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1079/2012 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 14 December 2013, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 13 December 2013.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Thórir IBSEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 320, 17.11.2012, p. 14.

(2)  
            OJ L 283, 27.10.2007, p. 25.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Case C-664/13: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā apgabaltiesa (Latvia) lodged on 13 December 2013 — VAS ‘Ceļu satiksmes drošības direkcija’ , Latvijas Republikas Satiksmes ministrija
Date: 2013-12-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European driving licence, access to EU information, civil register, legal domicile, residence








C_2014071EN.01000901.xml










8.3.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 71/9






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā apgabaltiesa (Latvia) lodged on 13 December 2013 — VAS ‘Ceļu satiksmes drošības direkcija’, Latvijas Republikas Satiksmes ministrija
(Case C-664/13)
(2014/C 71/15)
Language of the case: Latvian

Referring court

Administratīvā apgabaltiesa

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellants: VAS ‘Ceļu satiksmes drošības direkcija’, Latvijas Republikas Satiksmes ministrija

Respondent: K. Nīmanis

Question referred

Must Article 12 of Directive 2006/126/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on driving licences, in conjunction with the first sentence of the second recital in the preamble thereto, be interpreted as precluding legislation of a Member State which provides that the only means of proving that a person is normally resident in that State (Latvia) is the declared residence of that person? ‘Declared residence’ must be understood as meaning the obligation of the person, in accordance with the national legislation, to be registered in a state register, in order to notify his accessibility at the declared residence for the purposes of his legal relations with the State and the local authorities.


(1)  OJ 2006 L 403, p. 18.
Case C-663/13: Action brought on 13 December 2013 — European Commission v Republic of Austria
Date: 2013-12-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Austria, infringement of EU law, national implementing measure, renewable energy








C_2014031EN.01000701.xml










1.2.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 31/7





Action brought on 13 December 2013 — European Commission v Republic of Austria
(Case C-663/13)
2014/C 31/11
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: P. Hetsch, K. Herrmann and T. Maxian Rusche, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Austria

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


Declare that, by not adopting the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 2(a), (b), (d), (f), (g), (h) and (n); Article 3(4)(a) and (b); Article 5; Article 13(1)(e) and the second and third subparagraphs of Article 13(6); Article 14(2), (3), (4) and (5); the second sentence of Article 16(1), the first subparagraph of Article 16(3), the second sentence of Article 16(4), Article 16(6), (7) and (8); Article 17(1)(c) in relation to biofuels, Article 17(2) in relation to bioliquids, Article 17(3)(b)(i) in relation to other Member States and third countries, Article 17(3)(a), Article 17(3)(b)(ii), Article 17(3)(c), Article 17(4)(a) to (c) and Article 17(8); Article 18(1) in relation to bioliquids; and Article 19(1) and (3) in respect of bioliquids of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (1), and with Annexes II, III, IV and V to that directive, either in the whole of the federal territory or in some parts thereof, or by not informing the Commission of such provisions, the Republic of Austria has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 27(1) of that directive;










—


Order the Republic of Austria, in accordance with Article 260(3) TFEU, on account of its failure to fulfil the obligation to notify implementing measures, to pay a penalty payment in the daily amount of EUR 40 512, payable to the own-resources account of the European Union, as from the date of the Court’s judgment declaring that there has been a failure to fulfil obligations;










—


order the Republic of Austria to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The period prescribed for transposition of the directive expired on 5 December 2010.


(1)  OJ 2009 L 140, p. 16.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.7082 — EVO/PKO/eService JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronic commerce, electronic money, financial institution, merger control








C_2013363EN.01000401.xml










13.12.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 363/4





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.7082 — EVO/PKO/eService JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2013/C 363/04)
On 6 December 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 32013M7082. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.
Case T-687/13: Action brought on 13 December 2013 — Unibail Management v OHIM (Representation of two lines and four stars)
Date: 2013-12-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, shopping centre, trade-mark law








C_2014052EN.01004202.xml










22.2.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/42





Action brought on 13 December 2013 — Unibail Management v OHIM (Representation of two lines and four stars)
(Case T-687/13)
2014/C 52/81
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Unibail Management (Paris, France) (represented by: L. Bénard, A. Rudoni, O. Klimis, lawyers)

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

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul in part the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 3 September 2013 in Case R 299/2013-2 in so far as the registration of Community mark No 10 939 981 for goods and services in Classes 16, 35, 36, 38, 41 and 42 was refused;










—


order the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Community trade mark concerned: Figurative mark composed of four five-pointed stars, preceded and followed by a horizontal line for goods and services in Classes 16, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 42 and 43 — Community trade mark application No 10 939 981

Decision of the Examiner: Rejection of the application for registration

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(b), read in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 75, of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 219/2013 of 13 December 2013 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2013-12-13
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, Germany, hemp, market approval, revision of an agreement




L_2014154EN.01001201.xml










22.5.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 154/12








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 219/2013
of 13 December 2013
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Decision 2013/404/EU of 25 July 2013 authorising Germany to prohibit on its territory the marketing of certain varieties of hemp listed in the Common Catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species, pursuant to Council Directive 2002/53/EC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding phytosanitary matters. Legislation regarding phytosanitary matters shall not apply to Liechtenstein as long as the application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products is extended to Liechtenstein, as specified in the sectoral adaptations to Annex I to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.












(3)


Annex I to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Under the heading ‘
               ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT
               ’ the following point is inserted after point 83 (Commission Implementing Decision 2012/340/EU) of Chapter III of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:






‘84.



32013 D 0404: Commission Implementing Decision 2013/404/EU of 25 July 2013 authorising Germany to prohibit on its territory the marketing of certain varieties of hemp listed in the Common Catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species, pursuant to Council Directive 2002/53/EC (OJ L 202, 27.7.2013, p. 33).’






Article 2
The texts of Implementing Decision 2013/404/EU in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 14 December 2013, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 13 December 2013.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Thórir IBSEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 202, 27.7.2013, p. 33.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
Date: 2013-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, commemoration, euro, issuing of currency




C_2013363EN.01000701.xml










13.12.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 363/7





New national side of euro coins intended for circulation
(2013/C 363/08)




National side of the new commemorative 2-euro coin intended for circulation and issued by Finland

Euro coins intended for circulation have legal tender status throughout the euro area. For the purpose of informing the public and all parties who handle the coins, the Commission publishes a description of the designs of all new coins (1). In accordance with the Council conclusions of 10 February 2009 (2), euro-area Member States and countries that have concluded a monetary agreement with the European Union providing for the issuing of euro coins are allowed to issue commemorative euro coins intended for circulation, provided that certain conditions are met, particularly that only the 2-euro denomination is used. These coins have the same technical characteristics as other 2-euro coins, but their national face features a commemorative design that is highly symbolic in national or European terms.

Issuing country: Finland

Subject of commemoration: The 150th anniversary of the Parliament of 1863 when regular Parliament sessions started in Finland

Description of the design: The 2-euro commemorative coin is depicted with the year 1863 and a shoot growing out of it symbolising the start of democracy and Finland’s development. In semicircle, at the bottom, the name of the issuing country ‘SUOMI FINLAND’ with the two words separated by the mint mark, and the year ‘2013’.
The Diet of 1863 is the start of period of illumination. In Finland, the year 1863 marked a start for genuine democracy, transparent press operations and the right to use the Finnish language. With the beginning of regular meetings of the Diet, the opportunities of Finns to influence affairs in their own country improved in an unprecedented way. The year marked the beginning of a period of illumination for Finnish democracy.
The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

Number of coins to be issued: 1 million

Date of issue: September 2013


(1)  See OJ C 373, 28.12.2001, p. 1 for the national faces of all the coins issued in 2002.

(2)  See the conclusions of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of 10 February 2009 and the Commission Recommendation of 19 December 2008 on common guidelines for the national sides and the issuance of euro coins intended for circulation (OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 52).
Case T-678/13: Action brought on 13 December 2013 — AENM v Parliament
Date: 2013-12-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU financing, abuse of power, equal treatment, fringe benefit, infringement of EU law, party financing, political parties, powers of the institutions (EU), rights of the defence








C_2014085EN.01002002.xml










22.3.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 85/20





Action brought on 13 December 2013 — AENM v Parliament
(Case T-678/13)
2014/C 85/35
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Alliance of European National Movements (AENM) (Matzenheim, France) (represented by: J.-P. Le Moigne, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul Decision No 110655 of 14 October 2013, which fixed the definitive allowance granted by the European Parliament to the Alliance of European National Movements in respect of 2012 at EUR 186 292,12 and consequently decided that the Alliance of European National Movements should reimburse EUR 45 476,00, having regard to the fact that EUR 231 412,80 has already been allocated to the applicant association;










—


order the European Parliament to pay all the costs and to pay on that basis a sum of EUR 20 000,00 to the Alliance of European National Movements.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on four pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging a lack of competence on the part of the author of the act, since the signatory of that act did not have any authority to adopt, sign and notify the contested decision.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging infringement of essential procedural requirements, since the Parliament did not give the applicant the opportunity to state its views on the discrepancies noted.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging infringement of the rule of law, in so far as:






—


contributions in kind are a lawful method of financing;










—


the applicant has been discriminated against in terms of its budget as against other European political parties;










—


the right of an individual to be heard prior to the enactment of a measure adversely affecting him has not been observed.














4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging misuse of powers, since the Parliament used financial constraints in order to restrict the means of action of a political party whose ideals are not shared by some of the Parliament’s members.
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: 2013-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Loire Region, Rhône-Alpes, State aid, broadcasting, communications industry, control of State aid, culture, information industry, services of general interest








C_2013363EN.01000201.xml










13.12.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 363/2





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 363/02)







Date of adoption of the decision


8.11.2013




Reference number of State Aid


SA.37136 (13/N)




Member State


France




Region


Rhône-Alpes, Pays de la Loire


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Financement de la station de radio locale France Bleu Saint-Étienne Loire




Legal basis








 


Loi no 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 modifiée relative à la liberté de communication










 


Décret du 13 novembre 1987 portant approbation du cahier des missions et des charges de la société Radio France










 


Contrat d’objectifs et de moyens entre l'Etat et Radio France (2010-2014)








Type of measure


Individual aid


Radio France




Objective


Services of general economic interest, Culture




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 0,6 million




Intensity


50 %




Duration (period)


—




Economic sectors


Information and communication, Radio broadcasting




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministère de la culture et de la communication




3 rue de Valois




75033 Paris Cedex 01




FRANCE








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