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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 27/2014 of 19 December 2013 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Anglesey Sea Salt/Halen Môn (PDO)]
Date: 2013-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, designation of origin, product designation, salt








L_2014010EN.01000101.xml










15.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 10/1








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 27/2014
of 19 December 2013
         
entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Anglesey Sea Salt/Halen Môn (PDO)]


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)


Pursuant to Article 50(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the United Kingdom’s application to register the name ‘Anglesey Sea Salt/Halen Môn’ was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).












(2)


As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 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, 19 December 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 C 232, 10.8.2013, p. 17.




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

Class 1.8   other products of Annex I to the Treaty (spices, etc.)

UNITED KINGDOM
Anglesey Sea Salt/Halen Môn (PDO)
Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
Date: 2013-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Thailand, anti-dumping duty, import (EU), iron, originating product, steel, tube








C_2013372EN.01003001.xml










19.12.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 372/30





Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures
(2013/C 372/11)
Further to the publication of a notice of impending expiry (1) following which no duly substantiated request for a review was lodged, the Commission gives notice that the anti-dumping measure mentioned below will shortly expire.
This notice is published in accordance with Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 (2) on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community.









Product


Country(ies) of origin or exportation


Measures


Reference


Date of expiry (3)





Certain welded tubes and pipes of iron or non-alloy steel


Thailand


Anti-dumping duty


Council Regulation (EC) No 1256/2008 (OJ L 343, 19.12.2008, p. 1)


20.12.2013






(1)  OJ C 136, 15.5.2013, p. 25.

(2)  OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 51.

(3)  The measure expires at midnight of the day mentioned in this column.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.7116 — Sixth AP Fund/Nordstjernan/Salcomp) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Sweden, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, mobile phone, supplementary pension








C_2013372EN.01004101.xml










19.12.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 372/41





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.7116 — Sixth AP Fund/Nordstjernan/Salcomp)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2013/C 372/13)






1.


On 9 December 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 undertakings Sixth AP Fund (‘AP6’, Sweden) and Nordstjernan AB (‘Nordstjernan’, Sweden) acquire, within the meaning of article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, joint control of the undertaking Salcomp Oyj (‘Salcomp’, Finland) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


For AP 6: Swedish national pension fund,










—


For Nordstjernan: Swedish private equity fund,










—


For Salcomp: manufacture of chargers for mobile phones, tablets and other mobile devices.














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.7116 — Sixth AP Fund/Nordstjernan/Salcomp, 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’).
Case C-274/12 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 December 2013 — Telefónica SA v European Commission (Appeal — Action for annulment — Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU — Right to bring an action — Standing to bring proceedings — Natural or legal persons — Act of individual concern to them — Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures — Decision declaring a State aid scheme incompatible with the common market — Right to effective judicial protection)
Date: 2013-12-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: State aid, common market, control of State aid, goodwill, reimbursement of aid, right to justice, shareholding








C_2014052EN.01001202.xml










22.2.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/12





Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 December 2013 — Telefónica SA v European Commission
(Case C-274/12 P) (1)

(Appeal - Action for annulment - Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU - Right to bring an action - Standing to bring proceedings - Natural or legal persons - Act of individual concern to them - Regulatory act not entailing implementing measures - Decision declaring a State aid scheme incompatible with the common market - Right to effective judicial protection)
2014/C 52/19
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Appellant: Telefónica SA (represented by: J. Ruiz Calzado and J. Domínguez Pérez, abogados, and M. Núñez Müller, Rechtsanwalt)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: P. Němečková and C. Urraca Caviedes, acting as Agents)

Re:

Appeal brought against the order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 21 March 2012 in Case T-228/10 Telefónica v Commission by which the General Court dismissed as inadmissible an action for annulment of Article 1(1) of Commission Decision 2011/5/EC of 28 October 2009 on the tax amortisation of financial goodwill for foreign shareholding acquisitions C 45/07 (ex NN 51/07, ex CP 9/07) implemented by Spain (OJ 2011 L 7, p. 48).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Telefónica SA to pay the costs.






(1)  OJ C 227, 28.7.2012.
Case C-495/12: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 December 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) — United Kingdom) — Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Bridport and West Dorset Golf Club Limited (Taxation — VAT — Directive 2006/112/EC — Exemptions — Article 132(1)(m) — Supply of services closely linked to sport — Access to a golf course — Payment of golf club access charge ( ‘green fee’ ) by visiting non-members — Exclusion from the exemption — Article 133(d) — Article 134(b) — Additional income)
Date: 2013-12-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: VAT, provision of services, sports facilities, tax exemption








C_2014052EN.01002002.xml










22.2.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/20





Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 December 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) — United Kingdom) — Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Bridport and West Dorset Golf Club Limited
(Case C-495/12) (1)

(Taxation - VAT - Directive 2006/112/EC - Exemptions - Article 132(1)(m) - Supply of services closely linked to sport - Access to a golf course - Payment of golf club access charge (‘green fee’) by visiting non-members - Exclusion from the exemption - Article 133(d) - Article 134(b) - Additional income)
2014/C 52/34
Language of the case: English

Referring court

Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellants: Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs

Respondent: Bridport and West Dorset Golf Club Limited

Re:

Request for a preliminary ruling — Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) — United Kingdom — Interpretation of Articles 132(1)(m), 133(d) and 134(b) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1) — Exemptions — Supply of services closely linked with sport or physical education — Sale by a non-profit-making body of rights to use a golf course for a certain period of time for the purpose of playing golf.

Operative part of the judgment







1.


Article 134(b) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax must be interpreted as not excluding from the exemption in Article 132(1)(m) of that directive a supply of services consisting in the grant, by a non-profit-making body managing a golf course and offering a membership scheme, of the right to use that golf course to visiting non-members of that body.










2.


Article 133(d) of Directive 2006/112 must be interpreted as not allowing the Member States, in circumstances such as those in the main proceedings, to exclude from the exemption in Article 132(1)(m) of that directive a supply of services consisting in the grant of the right to use the golf course managed by a non-profit-making body offering a membership scheme when that supply is provided to visiting non-members of that body.






(1)  OJ C 32, 2.2.2013.
Case C-437/12: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 19 December 2013 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof ’s Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)) — X (Internal taxation — Article 110 TFEU — Registration duty — Similar domestic products — Neutrality of the tax between imported used automobile vehicles and similar vehicles already present on the national market)
Date: 2013-12-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Netherlands, environmental tax, import (EU), motor vehicle pollution, tax system, vehicle registration








C_2014052EN.01001801.xml










22.2.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/18





Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 19 December 2013 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof ’s Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)) — X
(Case C-437/12) (1)

(Internal taxation - Article 110 TFEU - Registration duty - Similar domestic products - Neutrality of the tax between imported used automobile vehicles and similar vehicles already present on the national market)
2014/C 52/29
Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Gerechtshof ’s Hertogenbosch

Parties to the main proceedings

X

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Gerechtshof te’s Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) — Interpretation of Article 110 TFEU — Domestic taxation — National legislation imposing a registration levy at the time of the first use of a vehicle on the national road network — Amount of the levy based, as from 2010, on CO2 emissions — Vehicle first used on the roads outside the Netherlands in 2006 and registered in 2010 for use within national territory.

Operative part of the judgment







1.


For the purpose of applying Article 110 TFEU, the similar domestic products which are comparable to a used vehicle such as the one at issue in the main proceedings, which was first put into service before 1 February 2008 and was imported and registered in the Netherlands in 2010, are the vehicles already present on the Netherlands market whose characteristics are closest to those of the vehicle in question.










2.


Article 110 TFEU must be interpreted as precluding a tax, such as the passenger-car and motorcycle tax (belasting personenauto’s en motorrijwielen) as in force in 2010, if and in so far as the amount of that tax levied on used imported vehicles upon their registration in the Netherlands exceeds the lowest residual amount of BPM incorporated into the value of similar used vehicles already registered in that same Member State.






(1)  OJ C 399, 22.12.2012.
Case C-281/11: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 December 2013 — European Commission v Republic of Poland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms — Directive 2009/41/EC — Incorrect and incomplete transposition)
Date: 2013-12-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Poland, genetically modified organism, infringement of EU law, national implementing measure








C_2014052EN.01000502.xml










22.2.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/5





Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 December 2013 — European Commission v Republic of Poland
(Case C-281/11) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms - Directive 2009/41/EC - Incorrect and incomplete transposition)
2014/C 52/07
Language of the case: Polish

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: L. Pignataro Nolin and M. Owsiany-Hornung, Agents)

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

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Incorrect and incomplete transposition of Directive 2009/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms (OJ 2009 L 125, p. 75).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Declares that, in failing to transpose Articles 3(3), 7, 8(2) and (3), 9(2)(a), 18(1), second subparagraph, and 18(3) and (4), of Directive 2009/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms, the Republic of Poland has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;










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 252, 27.8.2011.
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
Date: 2013-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, poultrymeat








C_2013372EN.01000501.xml










19.12.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 372/5





Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
(2013/C 372/04)
Pursuant to the second indent of Article 9(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1), the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (2) are hereby amended as follows:
On page 74, between heading 1602‘Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood’ and subheading 1602 10 00‘Homogenised preparations’ the following text is inserted:

‘See Additional Note 6(a) to Chapter 2 providing for the classification of uncooked seasoned poultry under Chapter 16. Whether uncooked poultry meat is seasoned or not shall be determined by application of the methods for the sensory testing of uncooked seasoned poultry meat laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1362/2013 (3).



(1)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).

(2)  OJ C 137, 6.5.2011, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.7131 — Compal Electronics/Toshiba Television Central Europe) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronic equipment, merger control








C_2013372EN.01004201.xml










19.12.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 372/42





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.7131 — Compal Electronics/Toshiba Television Central Europe)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2013/C 372/14)






1.


On 13 December 2013, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Compal Electronics, Inc. (‘Compal’, Taiwan), intends to acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Toshiba Television Central Europe sp. z o.o. (‘TTCE’, Poland) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


For Compal Electronics, Inc.: the manufacture of notebooks, tablets, smart phones, and TV products for sale on an Original Design Manufacturer (‘ODM’) basis,










—


For TTCE: the manufacture of TVs.














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 ten 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.7131 — Compal Electronics/Toshiba Television Central Europe, 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’).
Case C-10/12 P: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 December 2013 — Transnational Company ‘Kazchrome’ AO, ENRC Marketing AG v Council of the European Union, European Commission, Euroalliages (Appeal — Dumping — Regulation (EC) No 172/2008 — Imports of ferro-silicon originating in China, Egypt, Kazakhstan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Russia — Partial interim review — Regulation (EC) No 384/96 — Article 3(7) — Known factors — Injury to European Union industry — Causal link)
Date: 2013-12-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: China, Egypt, Kazakhstan, North Macedonia, Russia, anti-dumping duty, ferro-alloy, import (EU), originating product, semi-metal








C_2014052EN.01000701.xml










22.2.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 52/7





Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 19 December 2013 — Transnational Company ‘Kazchrome’ AO, ENRC Marketing AG v Council of the European Union, European Commission, Euroalliages
(Case C-10/12 P) (1)

(Appeal - Dumping - Regulation (EC) No 172/2008 - Imports of ferro-silicon originating in China, Egypt, Kazakhstan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Russia - Partial interim review - Regulation (EC) No 384/96 - Article 3(7) - Known factors - Injury to European Union industry - Causal link)
2014/C 52/10
Language of the case: English

Parties


Appellants: Transnational Company ‘Kazchrome’ AO, ENRC Marketing AG (represented by: A. Willems and S. De Knop, avocats)

Other party to the proceedings: Council of the European Union (represented by: J.-P. Hix, acting as Agent, assisted by G. Berrish, Rechtsanwalt)

Interveners in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: H. van Vliet and S. Thomas, acting as Agents), Euroalliages (represented by: J. Bourgeois, Y. van Gerven and N. McNelis, avocats)

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 25 October 2011 in Case T-192/08 Transnational Company ‘Kazchrome’ and ENRC Marketing v Council, by which the General Court dismissed an action seeking partial annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 172/2008 of 25 February 2008 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duties imposed on imports of ferro-silicon originating in the People’s Republic of China, Egypt, Kazakhstan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Russia (OJ 2008 L 55, p. 6).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal;










2.


Orders Transnational Company ‘Kazchrome’ AO and ENRC Marketing AG to pay the costs of the present proceedings;










3.


Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs;










4.


Orders Euroalliages to bear its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 65, 3.3.2012.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.7066 — CNODC/Novatek/Total EPY/Yamal LNG)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, European Economic Area, Russia, economic concentration, gas, merger control, petroleum








C_2013372EN.01000301.xml










19.12.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 372/3





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.7066 — CNODC/Novatek/Total EPY/Yamal LNG)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2013/C 372/02)
On 13 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 32013M7066. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.