do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Notice concerning the anti-dumping measures in force in respect of imports into the Union of certain welded tubes and pipes of iron or non-alloy steel: modification of the name of companies subject to individual anti-dumping duty rates
Date: 2014-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ukraine, anti-dumping measure, import (EU), iron, originating product, registration of a company, steel, tube








C_2014013EN.01000901.xml










17.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 13/9





Notice concerning the anti-dumping measures in force in respect of imports into the Union of certain welded tubes and pipes of iron or non-alloy steel: modification of the name of companies subject to individual anti-dumping duty rates
2014/C 13/08
Imports of certain welded tubes and pipes of iron or non-alloy steel originating, inter alia, in Ukraine are subject to definitive anti-dumping duties, imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1256/2008 of 16 December 2008 (1).
The Ukrainian exporting producers OJSC Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant and OJSC Interpipe Novomoskovsk Pipe Production Plant are subject to anti-dumping duties imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1256/2008 of 16 December 2008.
On 29 May 2013, the two companies informed the Commission that their names have changed due to a legislative change in Ukraine. This change has affected the abbreviations of the legal form in the denominations of the two companies as follows:






—


‘OJSC Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant’ was renamed as ‘PJSC Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant’,
and










—


‘OJSC Interpipe Novomoskovsk Pipe Production Plant’ was renamed as ‘PJSC Interpipe Novomoskovsk Pipe Production Plant’.




The Commission has examined the information supplied and concluded that the change of name does not affect the findings of the Council Regulation mentioned above.
Therefore, the reference to ‘OJSC Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant’ should be read as ‘PJSC Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant’ in Regulation (EC) No 1256/2008, and the reference to ‘OJSC Interpipe Novomoskovsk Pipe Production Plant’ should be read as ‘PJSC Interpipe Novomoskovsk Pipe Production Plant’ in Regulation (EC) No 1256/2008.
The TARIC additional code A345 previously attributed to ‘OJSC Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant’ and ‘OJSC Interpipe Novomoskovsk Pipe Production Plant’ in Regulation (EC) No 1256/2008 shall apply to ‘PJSC Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant’ and ‘PJSC Interpipe Novomoskovsk Pipe Production Plant’.


(1)  OJ L 343, 19.12.2008, p. 1.
Information on the date of signature of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Seychelles
Date: 2014-01-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Seychelles, financial compensation of an agreement, fishing agreement, fishing rights, interim agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement, signature of an agreement








L_2014012EN.01000101.xml










17.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 12/1







Information on the date of signature of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Seychelles

On 18 December 2013, the European Union and the Republic of Seychelles signed the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement.
The Protocol accordingly applies provisionally from 18 January 2014 pursuant to Article 15 thereof.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.7005 — Schneider Electric/Invensys)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical engineering, electronics industry, merger control








C_2014013EN.01000102.xml










17.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 13/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.7005 — Schneider Electric/Invensys)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 13/02
On 29 November 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 32013M7005. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.6927 — Goldman Sachs/TPG Lundy/Barclays/Intertain)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, bank, catering industry, economic concentration, financial services, investment company, merger control








C_2014013EN.01000201.xml










17.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 13/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.6927 — Goldman Sachs/TPG Lundy/Barclays/Intertain)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 13/03
On 9 January 2014, 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 32014M6927. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2014-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2014013EN.01000401.xml










17.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 13/4





Euro exchange rates (1)

16 January 2014
2014/C 13/05

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3597




JPY


Japanese yen


142,21




DKK


Danish krone


7,4620




GBP


Pound sterling


0,83215




SEK


Swedish krona


8,8174




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2350




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,3890




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,491




HUF


Hungarian forint


300,55




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1692




RON


Romanian leu


4,5303




TRY


Turkish lira


2,9991




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5457




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4851




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,5441




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6375




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7318




KRW


South Korean won


1 447,27




ZAR


South African rand


14,8164




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,2360




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6260




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


16 481,01




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,4834




PHP


Philippine peso


61,323




RUB


Russian rouble


45,4230




THB


Thai baht


44,595




BRL


Brazilian real


3,2269




MXN


Mexican peso


18,0439




INR


Indian rupee


83,7100






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.7136 — Marubeni/INCJ/AGS) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Brazil, Portugal, economic concentration, energy industry, financial services, investment company, merger control, water management








C_2014013EN.01001001.xml










17.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 13/10





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.7136 — Marubeni/INCJ/AGS)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 13/09






1.


On 8 January 2014, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Marubeni Corporation (‘Marubeni’, Japan) and Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (‘INCJ’, Japan) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the Administração e Gestão de Sistemas de Salubridade, SA (‘AGS’, Portugal) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


for Marubeni: active in the trading of goods on a worldwide basis across many sectors, including the energy and energy related sectors as well as infrastructure-related sectors,










—


for INCJ: active in the provision of financial, technological and management support services to businesses as well as investments in green energy, electronics, IT and biotechnology and infrastructure-related sectors such as water supply on a worldwide level,










—


for AGS: active in the management, operation and maintenance of water and wastewater facilities in Portugal and in Brazil.














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.7136 — Marubeni/INCJ/AGS, 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 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 (‘Notice on a simplified procedure’).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.7105 — NTT Data Corporation/Everis Participaciones)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, information technology industry, merger control, telecommunications industry








C_2014013EN.01000101.xml










17.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 13/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case COMP/M.7105 — NTT Data Corporation/Everis Participaciones)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 13/01
On 7 January 2014, 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 32014M7105. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.
Case F-5/14: Action brought on 17 January 2014 — ZZ v Commission
Date: 2014-01-17
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Anti-fraud Office, European civil service, damages, dismissal, indemnification, social-security benefit








C_2014085EN.01002702.xml










22.3.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 85/27





Action brought on 17 January 2014 — ZZ v Commission
(Case F-5/14)
2014/C 85/47
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: ZZ (represented by: É. Boigelot, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Application to annul the Commission’s decision to remove the applicant from his post under Article 9(1)(h) of Annex IX to the Staff Regulations without reduction of his pension rights following an internal investigation begun following an investigation by OLAF opened against an undertaking, and the claim for damages and interest for the non-financial and financial harm allegedly suffered.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision adopted on 16 October 2013, notified at the applicant’s residence on 18 October thereafter by the Commission Security Service, taken by the tripartite AA in Case CMS 12/042, under which ‘Mr ZZ is removed from his post under Article 9(1)(h) of Annex IX to the Staff Regulations without reduction of his pension rights’ and taking ‘effect in the month following the date of his signature’;










—


order the Commission to pay EUR 33 000, by way of compensation for non-material, medical, family, professional and material damage and the adverse effect on the applicant’s career, provisionally set at EUR 1 on an assessed amount, subject to increase or decrease during the proceedings;










—


in any event, order the defendant to pay the entire costs, in accordance with Article 87(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Civil Service Tribunal.
Case C-477/12: Order of the President of the Court of 17 January 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundespatentgericht — Germany) — Hogan Lovells International LLP v Bayer CropScience K.K.
Date: 2014-01-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: certificate of origin, interpretation of the law, market approval








C_2014112EN.01002601.xml










14.4.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/26





Order of the President of the Court of 17 January 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundespatentgericht — Germany) — Hogan Lovells International LLP v Bayer CropScience K.K.
(Case C-477/12) (1)

2014/C 112/32
Language of the case: German
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 26, 26.1.2013.
Case C-20/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundespatentgericht (Germany) lodged on 17 January 2014 — BGW Marketing- & Management-Service GmbH v Bodo Scholz
Date: 2014-01-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU trade mark, advertising, consumer protection, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2014129EN.01001101.xml










28.4.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 129/11






Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundespatentgericht (Germany) lodged on 17 January 2014 — BGW Marketing- & Management-Service GmbH v Bodo Scholz
(Case C-20/14)
(2014/C 129/14)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundespatentgericht

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: BGW Marketing- & Management-Service GmbH

Defendant: Bodo Scholz

Question referred

Must Article 4(1)(b) of Directive 2008/95/EC (1) be interpreted as meaning that, in the case of identical and similar goods and services, there may be taken to be a likelihood of confusion for the public if a distinctive sequence of letters which dominates the earlier word/figurative trade mark of average distinctiveness is made use of in a third party’s later mark in such a way that the sequence of letters is supplemented by a descriptive combination of words relating to it which explains the sequence of latters as an abbreviation of the descriptive words?


(1)  Directive 2008/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks; OJ 2008 L 299, p. 25.
Corrigendum to the Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures 2013/C 373/11 ( OJ C 373, 20.12.2013 )
Date: 2014-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: India, anti-dumping duty, import (EU), man-made fibre, originating product








C_2014013EN.01001101.xml










17.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 13/11





Corrigendum to the Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures 2013/C 373/11
(
Official Journal of the European Union C 373 of 20 December 2013
)
2014/C 13/10
The Notice of the expiry of certain anti-dumping measures 2013/C 373/11 which was published under the section ‘Competition Policy’ on 20 December 2013 should have been published under the section ‘Common Commercial Policy’.
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: 2014-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Romania, State aid, control of State aid, regional development, telecommunications industry








C_2014013EN.01000301.xml










17.1.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 13/3





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 13/04







Date of adoption of the decision


12.12.2013




Reference number of State Aid


SA.37558 (13/N)




Member State


Romania




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Proiectul Ro-NET – Dezvoltarea infrastructurii de bandă largă în zone nedeservite, prin utilizarea fondurilor structurale




Legal basis








1.


HG nr. 444/2009 – privind aprobarea Strategiei Guvernamentale pentru dezvoltarea comunicațiilor electronice în bandă largă pentru perioada 2009-2015;










2.


HG nr. 548/2013 – privind organizarea și funcționarea Ministerului pentru Societatea Informațională;










3.


Programul Operațional Sectorial – Creșterea Competitivității Economice, aprobat prin Decizia (CE) nr. 3472/2007 din 12 iulie 2007.








Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Sectoral development, Regional development




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget








 


Overall budget: RON 374 million










 


Annual budget: RON 187 million








Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


Until 31.12.2015




Economic sectors


Telecommunications




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministerul pentru Societatea Informațională




Bdul. Libertății nr. 14, sector 5




050706 București




ROMÂNIA








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
Case T-49/14: Action brought on 17 January 2014 — Zentralverband des Deutschen Bäckerhandwerks v Commission
Date: 2014-01-17
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Germany, bakery, designation of origin, location of production, product designation








C_2014112EN.01004601.xml










14.4.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 112/46





Action brought on 17 January 2014 — Zentralverband des Deutschen Bäckerhandwerks v Commission
(Case T-49/14)
2014/C 112/59
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Zentralverband des Deutschen Bäckerhandwerks e.V. (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: I. Jung, M. Teworte-Vey, A. Renvert and J. Saatkamp, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought







—


Annul Commission Implementing Decision of 14 November 2013 concerning the rejection of a request to cancel a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Kołocz śląski/kołacz śląski (PGI)) (notified under document C(2013) 7626).





Pleas in law and main arguments

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






1.


First plea in law, alleging an incorrect legal basis






—


The applicant claims that the defendant based the contested decision, unlawfully, on the new version of Regulation (EU) 1151/2012 (1) applicable when the decision was adopted rather than on the older version Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 (2) applicable at the time of the applicant’s request. The defendant thereby infringed the principle expressed by the maxim ‘tempus regit actum’.










—


The applicant also argues that the request to cancel the entry is admissible and well founded under Regulation No 510/2006. It states in this context inter alia that there are two reasons for the cancellation (the indication at issue is a generic name within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Regulation No 510/2006; the geographical area Silesia is incorrectly defined in the specification of the registration) within the meaning of Article 12(2) of Regulation No 510/2006 and that a divergent interpretation and application of that provision would impinge upon the fundamental rights of bakery businesses in the Federal Republic.














2.


Second plea in law, alleging infringement of Regulation No 1151/2012






—


The applicant claims that the request would even be admissible and well founded were it to be assessed on the basis of Regulation No 1151/2012.










(1)  Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ 2012 L 343, p. 1).

(2)  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 (OJ 2006 L 93, p. 12).