do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Notice for the attention of the persons to whom restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP as implemented by Council Implementing Decision 2014/271/CFSP, and in Council Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 479/2014, concerning restrictive measures against certain persons and entities in Côte d'Ivoire apply
Date: 2014-05-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Côte d'Ivoire, economic sanctions, international sanctions








C_2014143EN.01000401.xml










13.5.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 143/4





Notice for the attention of the persons to whom restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP as implemented by Council Implementing Decision 2014/271/CFSP, and in Council Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 479/2014, concerning restrictive measures against certain persons and entities in Côte d'Ivoire apply
2014/C 143/03
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons who appear in Annex II to Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP (1), as implemented by Council Implementing Decision 2014/271/CFSP (2), and in Annex IA to Council Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 479/2014 (4), imposing certain restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in Côte d'Ivoire.
The Council of the European Union has determined that the persons that appear in the abovementioned Annexes should continue to be included in the list of persons subject to restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2010/656/CFSP and in Regulation (EC) No 560/2005.
The attention of the persons concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated on the websites in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 560/2005, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 3 of the Regulation).
For the purpose of the Council's next review of the list of persons subject to restrictive measures, the persons concerned may submit a request to the Council before 31 March 2015, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the said list should be reconsidered, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




DG C 1C




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




e-mail: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu.




The attention of the persons concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council's decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, 2nd paragraph, and Article 263, 4th and 6th paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  OJ L 285, 30.10.2010, p. 28.

(2)  OJ L 138, 13.5.2014, p. 108.

(3)  OJ L 95, 14.4.2005, p. 1.

(4)  OJ L 138, 13.5.2014, p. 3.
Case C-658/13: Order of the President of the Court of 13 May 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hannover — Germany) — Wilhelm Spitzner, Maria-Luise Spitzner v TUIfly GmbH
Date: 2014-05-13
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: air transport, consumer protection, indemnification, transport regulations, traveller








C_2014261EN.01002004.xml










11.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/20





Order of the President of the Court of 13 May 2014 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hannover — Germany) — Wilhelm Spitzner, Maria-Luise Spitzner v TUIfly GmbH
(Case C-658/13) (1)

2014/C 261/39
Language of the case: German
The President of the Court has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 85, 22.3.2014.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7149 — La Banque Postale/SNCF/SOFIAP)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, carriage of goods, carriage of passengers, economic concentration, financial services, merger control, rail transport, real estate credit, subsidised housing, transport company








C_2014143EN.01000101.xml










13.5.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 143/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7149 — La Banque Postale/SNCF/SOFIAP)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 143/01
On 30 April 2014, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in the French language 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 32014M7149. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2014-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2014143EN.01000501.xml










13.5.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 143/5





Euro exchange rates (1)

9 May 2014
2014/C 143/04

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3781




JPY


Japanese yen


140,14




DKK


Danish krone


7,4640




GBP


Pound sterling


0,81725




SEK


Swedish krona


9,0189




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2186




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,1370




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,392




HUF


Hungarian forint


303,98




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1823




RON


Romanian leu


4,4298




TRY


Turkish lira


2,8662




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4714




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4925




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,6826




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5957




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,7215




KRW


South Korean won


1 413,41




ZAR


South African rand


14,2775




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,5821




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,5863




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 841,14




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,4492




PHP


Philippine peso


60,161




RUB


Russian rouble


48,5270




THB


Thai baht


44,934




BRL


Brazilian real


3,0506




MXN


Mexican peso


17,8653




INR


Indian rupee


82,7205






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7207 — Clayton Dubilier & Rice/Ashland Water Technologies)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, security services








C_2014143EN.01000801.xml










13.5.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 143/8





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7207 — Clayton Dubilier & Rice/Ashland Water Technologies)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 143/07






1.


On 2 May 2014, the European Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund IX, L.P. (‘CD&R Fund IX’, US), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control over entities and assets that comprise Ashland Water Technologies (‘AWT’, US) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   CD&R Fund IX: a private equity fund with investments in a variety of sectors,
—   AWT: the supply of specialty chemicals and the provision of different services such as performance-based feed and control systems, proprietary monitoring devices, remote system surveillance, as well as advice on minimising energy, water and other operational costs to different industries.










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.










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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number Case M.7207 — Clayton Dubilier & Rice/Ashland Water Technologies, 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’).
Case T-327/14: Action brought on 13 May 2014  — Compagnie des fromages & Richesmonts v OHIM — Grupo Lactalis Iberia (Representation of a red and white chessboard)
Date: 2014-05-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, cheese, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2014235EN.01002801.xml










21.7.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 235/28





Action brought on 13 May 2014 — Compagnie des fromages & Richesmonts v OHIM — Grupo Lactalis Iberia (Representation of a red and white chessboard)
(Case T-327/14)
2014/C 235/38
Language in which the application was lodged: French

Parties


Applicant: Compagnie des fromages & Richesmonts (Puteaux, France) (represented by: T. Mollet-Vieville and T. Cuche, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Grupo Lactalis Iberia, SA (Madrid, Spain)

Form of order sought







—


Find that Community trade mark No 6 0 59  687 is valid for the designation of cheeses;










—


In consequence, annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market of 3 March 2014 in its entirety in so far as it ruled that Community trade mark No 6 0 59  687 is invalid;










—


In the alternative, annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market of 3 March 2014 in its entirety in so far as it ruled that Community trade mark No 6 0 59  687 is invalid for the designation of cheeses;










—


Order the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Registered Community trade mark in respect of which a declaration of invalidity has been sought: Representation of a red and white chessboard

Proprietor of the Community trade mark: The applicant

Applicant for the declaration of invalidity of the Community trade mark: Grupo Lactalis Iberia, SA

Grounds for the application for a declaration of invalidity: Absolute grounds provided for in Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009, in conjunction with Article 7(1)(b), (c) and (d) of Regulation No 207/2009

Decision of the Cancellation Division: Rejection of the application for invalidity

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Annulment of the decision of the Cancellation Division and declaration of invalidity of the mark in question

Pleas in law: The Board of Appeal erred in fact and in law (infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 207/2009; infringement of Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009)