do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Reserve list — Open competitions — EPSO/AD/251/13 — Administrators (AD 7) — Food safety (audit, inspection and evaluation)
Date: 2014-03-12
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: EPSO, administrator, competition (EU), food safety








CA2014073EN.01000301.xml










12.3.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CA 73/3






RESERVE LIST
 (1)


OPEN COMPETITIONS

EPSO/AD/251/13 — ADMINISTRATORS (AD 7)

FOOD SAFETY (AUDIT, INSPECTION AND EVALUATION)

(2014/C 73 A/02)






BELESI


ELENI




BURGOS GUTIERREZ


ANA




CELMS


INGUS




FAESTER


LONE




GIMENEZ


MANUEL




GRANADO LOIS


GONZALO




JOST (SARINGER)


EVA




JURAS


MILOS




KIRKAGASLIS-KARAGIANNOPOULOS


STEPHANOS




KREBS


HANNS-ACHIM




KRIEGER


NICOLAS JEAN GEORGES




O'FLAHERTY


RICHARD




ORLANDI


MARIA CHIARA




SKUBLICKI


PAWEL PIOTR




TCHERKEZOVA-NIKOLTCHEVA


SVETLANA




The reserve list will be valid until 5 February 2017.


(1)  A successful candidate may explicitly request her/his name not be published.
Case T-592/10: Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2014 — El Corte Inglés v OHIM — Technisynthese (BTS) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark BTS — Earlier Community and national figurative marks TBS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2014-03-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, textile industry, trade-mark law








C_2014129EN.01001701.xml










28.4.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 129/17






Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2014 — El Corte Inglés v OHIM — Technisynthese (BTS)
(Case T-592/10) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark BTS - Earlier Community and national figurative marks TBS - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2014/C 129/20)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: El Corte Inglés, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by M. López Camba and J. L. Rivas Zurdo initially, then J. L. Rivas Zurdo, E. Seijo Veiguela and I. Munilla Muñoz, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Technisynthese SARL (Saint-Pierre-Montlimart, France)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 23 September 2010 (Case R 1380/2009-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Technisynthese SARL and El Corte Inglés, SA.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders El Corte Inglés, SA to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 80, 12.3.2011.
Case T-381/12: Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2014 — Borrajo Canelo and Others v OHIM (Community trade mark — Proceedings for revocation — Community word mark PALMA MULATA — Genuine use — Article 15(1)(a) and Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctiveness)
Date: 2014-03-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, sugar product, trade-mark law








C_2014129EN.01002001.xml










28.4.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 129/20






Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2014 — Borrajo Canelo and Others v OHIM
(Case T-381/12) (1)

((Community trade mark - Proceedings for revocation - Community word mark PALMA MULATA - Genuine use - Article 15(1)(a) and Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctiveness))
(2014/C 129/25)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicants: Ana Borrajo Canelo (Madrid, Spain); Carlos Borrajo Canelo (Madrid); and Luis Borrajo Canelo (Madrid) (represented by: A. Gómez López, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Schifko, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Tecnoazúcar (Havana, Cuba) (represented by: J. Carbonell Callicó, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 21 May 2012 (Case R 2265/2010-2) concerning proceedings for revocation between Ana Borrajo Canelo, Carlos Borrajo Canelo and Luis Borrajo Canelo, of the one part, and Tecnoazúcar, of the other.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Ms Ana Borrajo Canelo, Mr Carlos Borrajo Canelo and Mr Luis Borrajo Canelo to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 343, 10.11.2012.
Joined Cases T-102/11 and T-369/12 to T-371/12: Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2014 — American Express Marketing & Development v OHIM (IP ZONE) (Community trade mark — Applications for Community word marks IP ZONE, EUROPE IP ZONE, IP ZONE EUROPE and EUROPEAN IP ZONE — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Date: 2014-03-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, banking system, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2014129EN.01001702.xml










28.4.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 129/17






Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2014 — American Express Marketing & Development v OHIM (IP ZONE)
(Joined Cases T-102/11 and T-369/12 to T-371/12) (1)

((Community trade mark - Applications for Community word marks IP ZONE, EUROPE IP ZONE, IP ZONE EUROPE and EUROPEAN IP ZONE - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2014/C 129/21)
Language of the cases: English

Parties


Applicant: American Express Marketing & Development Corp. (New York, New York, United States) (represented by: V. Spitz, A. Gaul, T. Golda and S. Kirschstein-Freund, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo and P. Bullock, acting as Agents)

Re:

Actions brought against the decisions of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 December 2010 (Case R 1125/2010-2) and 12 June 2012 (Cases R 1451/2011-2, R 1452/2011-2 and R 1453/2011-2) concerning applications for registration of the sign IP ZONE and of the signs EUROPE IP ZONE, IP ZONE EUROPE and EUROPEAN IP ZONE, respectively, as Community trade marks.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the actions;










2.


Orders American Express Marketing & Development Corp. to pay the costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 130, 30.4.2011.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 531/2014 of 12 March 2014 amending Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens' initiative
Date: 2014-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European citizenship, composition of parliament, petition, power of initiative








L_2014148EN.01005201.xml










20.5.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 148/52








            COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 531/2014
of 12 March 2014
         
amending Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens' initiative


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on the citizens' initiative (1), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 provides that, in at least one quarter of Member States, the minimum number of signatories of a citizens' initiative should correspond to the number of the Members of the European Parliament elected in each Member State, multiplied by 750. Those minimum numbers are set out in Annex I of the Regulation.












(2)


On 28 June 2013 the European Council adopted European Council Decision 2013/312/EU establishing the composition of the European Parliament (2). That decision which entered into force on 30 June 2013 sets the number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State for the 2014-2019 parliamentary term. The 2014-2019 parliamentary term begins on 1 July 2014.












(3)


Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 should be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 2014.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 March 2014.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 65, 11.3.2011, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 181, 29.6.2013, p. 57.




ANNEX
Minimum number of signatories per Member State






Belgium


15 750 




Bulgaria


12 750 




Czech Republic


15 750 




Denmark


9 750 




Germany


72 000 




Estonia


4 500 




Ireland


8 250 




Greece


15 750 




Spain


40 500 




France


55 500 




Croatia


8 250 




Italy


54 750 




Cyprus


4 500 




Latvia


6 000 




Lithuania


8 250 




Luxembourg


4 500 




Hungary


15 750 




Malta


4 500 




Netherlands


19 500 




Austria


13 500 




Poland


38 250 




Portugal


15 750 




Romania


24 000 




Slovenia


6 000 




Slovakia


9 750 




Finland


9 750 




Sweden


15 000 




United Kingdom


54 750
Case F-128/12: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (3rd Chamber) of 12 March 2014 — CR v Parliament (Civil service — Remuneration — Family allowances — Dependent child allowance — Recovery of overpayments — Intention to mislead the administration — Evidence — Not possible to rely against the administration upon the five year time-limit for bringing the application for recovery of the overpayments — Plea of illegality — Pre-litigation procedure — Requirement of consistency between the complaint and the action — Plea of illegality raised for the first time in the action — Admissibility)
Date: 2014-03-12
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European civil service, administrative procedure, family benefit, proof, redemption, remuneration of work








C_2014129EN.01003601.xml










28.4.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 129/36






Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (3rd Chamber) of 12 March 2014 — CR v Parliament
(Case F-128/12) (1)

((Civil service - Remuneration - Family allowances - Dependent child allowance - Recovery of overpayments - Intention to mislead the administration - Evidence - Not possible to rely against the administration upon the five year time-limit for bringing the application for recovery of the overpayments - Plea of illegality - Pre-litigation procedure - Requirement of consistency between the complaint and the action - Plea of illegality raised for the first time in the action - Admissibility))
(2014/C 129/43)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: CR (represented by: A. Salerno and B. Cortese, lawyers)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: V. Montebelle-Demogeot and E. Taneva, Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer and A. Bisch, Agents)

Re:

Application to annul the decision to recover, under Article 85(2) of the Staff Regulations, all of the dependent child allowance overpaid to the applicant and not only that overpaid to him during the last five years.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders CR to bear his own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Parliament;










3.


Orders the Council of the European Union, as the intervener, to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 26, 26.1.2013, p. 73.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2014-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2014073EN.01000601.xml










12.3.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 73/6





Euro exchange rates (1)

11 March 2014
2014/C 73/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3850




JPY


Japanese yen


143,05




DKK


Danish krone


7,4626




GBP


Pound sterling


0,83360




SEK


Swedish krona


8,8287




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2175




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,2385




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,350




HUF


Hungarian forint


312,75




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2170




RON


Romanian leu


4,4998




TRY


Turkish lira


3,0859




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5330




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,5390




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,7501




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6319




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7549




KRW


South Korean won


1 475,36




ZAR


South African rand


14,9508




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,5040




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6585




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 850,27




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,5434




PHP


Philippine peso


61,547




RUB


Russian rouble


50,4281




THB


Thai baht


44,718




BRL


Brazilian real


3,2489




MXN


Mexican peso


18,3263




INR


Indian rupee


84,4210






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.7205 — Extra Holding/Dolphin/IDBD) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-foodstuffs, economic concentration, energy industry, financial services, insurance company, merger control, mining industry, real estate business, telecommunications industry, travel agency








C_2014073EN.01003301.xml










12.3.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 73/33





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.7205 — Extra Holding/Dolphin/IDBD)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 73/07






1.


On 5 March 2014, 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 E.T.H. M.B.M. Extra Holding Ltd. (‘Extra Israel’, Israel), controlled together with other subsidiaries by Mr. Mordechay Ben-Moshe (all together referred to as ‘Ben-Moshe Group’) and Dolphin Fund Ltd. (‘Dolphin’, Bermuda), ultimately controlled together with other subsidiaries by the Mr. Eduardo Elsztain (all together referred to as ‘Elsztain Group’), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking IDB Development Corporation Ltd. (‘IDBD’, Israel) by way purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Ben-Moshe Group is active in the area of energy, telecommunications, insurance and travel,










—


Dolphin is active in real estate, agribusiness, banking and mining,










—


IDBD is active in telecommunications, travel, crop protection products, fruits and vegetables, real estate, technology, retail sale, gas and oil exploration and finance and insurance.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (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.7205 — Extra Holding/Dolphin/IDBD, 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 ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
European Parliament legislative resolution of 12 March 2014 on the draft Council regulation extending to the non-participating Member States the application of Regulation (EU) No …/2012 establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting (the ‘Pericles 2020’ programme) (16616/2013 — C7-0463/2013 — 2011/0446(APP))
Date: 2014-03-12
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EU programme, counterfeiting, euro, non-participating country (euro area), vocational training








C_2017378EN.01049301.xml










9.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 378/493





P7_TA(2014)0213
Protection of the euro against counterfeiting (Pericles 2020) ***
European Parliament legislative resolution of 12 March 2014 on the draft Council regulation extending to the non-participating Member States the application of Regulation (EU) No …/2012 establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting (the ‘Pericles 2020’ programme) (16616/2013 — C7-0463/2013 — 2011/0446(APP))
(Special legislative procedure — consent)
(2017/C 378/56)

The European Parliament,







—


having regard to the draft Council regulation (16616/2013),










—


having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C7-0463/2013),










—


having regard to Rule 81(1), first and third subparagraphs, of its Rules of Procedure,










—


having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A7-0152/2014),












1.


Consents to the draft Council regulation;












2.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.
Case C-119/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Rüsselsheim (Germany) lodged on 12 March 2014  — Henricus Cornelis Maria Niessen and Others v Condor Flugdienst GmbH
Date: 2014-03-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: air transport, carriage of passengers, consumer protection, delegation of power, indemnification, transport company








C_2014159EN.01001302.xml










26.5.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 159/13





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Rüsselsheim (Germany) lodged on 12 March 2014 — Henricus Cornelis Maria Niessen and Others v Condor Flugdienst GmbH
(Case C-119/14)
2014/C 159/18
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Amtsgericht Rüsselsheim

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Henricus Cornelis Maria Niessen, Angelique Francisca Niessen-Steeghs, Melissa Alexandra Johanna Niessen, Kenneth Gerardus Henricus Niessen

Defendant: Condor Flugdienst GmbH

Questions referred







1.


Are adverse actions by third parties acting on their own responsibility and to whom certain tasks that constitute part of the operation of an air carrier have been entrusted, to be deemed to be extraordinary circumstances within the meaning of Article 5(3) of Regulation No 261/2004? (1)











2.


If the answer to Question 1 is in the affirmative, does the assessment of the situation depend on who (airline, airport operator etc.) entrusted the task(s) to the third party?






(1)  Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91 (OJ 2004 L 46, p. 1).
Reserve list — Open competitions — EPSO/AD/250/13 — Administrators (AD 6) — Food safety (policy and legislation)
Date: 2014-03-12
Institutions: European Personnel Selection Office
Subjects: EPSO, administrator, competition (EU), food safety








CA2014073EN.01000101.xml










12.3.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CA 73/1






RESERVE LIST
 (1)


OPEN COMPETITIONS

EPSO/AD/250/13 — ADMINISTRATORS (AD 6)

FOOD SAFETY (POLICY AND LEGISLATION)

(2014/C 73 A/01)






BAAYEN


ROBERT PAUL




BARNA


ADRIENN




BERLINGIERI


FRANCESCO




BERTEZZOLO


GIULIA




BRIGGS


JONATHAN WILLIAM




CARLUCCI


FRANCESCO FELICE




COGNAULT


CAROLINE




DI RUBBO


PASQUALE




DOMINGUEZ ORIVE


FRANCISCO JAVIER




FABRIZI


LAURA




FERRARA


MARIA




GOULAKI


OLGA




KAMMENOU


MARIA




KANTORSKA


KAJA




KILGALLEN


BRIAN




KLEMENCIC


MATJAZ




KOSTENZER


KLAUS




KROON


KAIDO




PAOLINO


MARIANNA




PEREZ ALVAREZ


LAURA




PERUCHO MARTINEZ


SARA




RADEMAKERS


ELINE




RÄSÄNEN


LEENA




ROSADO MARTIN


PEDRO




VANDER STAPPEN


ARIANE




VELIGRATLI


ELENI




VERNIER


LAURENT




VILA


GEMA




The reserve list will be valid until 11 February 2017.


(1)  A successful candidate may explicitly request her/his name not be published.
Case T-315/12: Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2014 — Tubes Radiatori v OHIM — Antrax It (Radiator) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing a radiator for heating — Earlier design — Ground for invalidity — Lack of individual character — Overall impression not different — Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — No scope for innovation — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2014-03-12
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, textile industry, trade-mark law








C_2014129EN.01001901.xml










28.4.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 129/19






Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2014 — Tubes Radiatori v OHIM — Antrax It (Radiator)
(Case T-315/12) (1)

((Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing a radiator for heating - Earlier design - Ground for invalidity - Lack of individual character - Overall impression not different - Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 - No scope for innovation - Obligation to state reasons))
(2014/C 129/23)
Language of the case: Italian

Parties


Applicant: Tubes Radiatori Srl (Resana, Italy) (represented by S. Verea, K. Muraro, M. Balestriero and P. Menapace, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by F. Mattina initially, then P. Bullock, Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the General Court: Antrax It Srl (Resana) (represented by L. Gazzola, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 April 2012 (Case R 953/2011-3) relating to invalidity proceedings between Antrax It Srl and Tubes Radiatori Srl.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decisions of the Third Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 3 April 2012 (Case R 953/2011-3);










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Tubes Radiatori Srl;










4.


Orders Antrax It Srl to bear its own costs.






(1)  
            OJ C 273, 8.9.2012.