do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation))
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Norway, State aid, aid to undertakings, common market, control of State aid, innovation, research and development, small and medium-sized enterprises, trade event, vocational training








C_2014196EN.01000501.xml










26.6.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 196/5





Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation))
(2014/C 196/05)
PART I







Aid reference


GBER 2/2014/R&D




EFTA State


Norway




Region


Oslo and Akershus




Granting authority


Name


City of Oslo




 


Address







City Hall




N-0037 Oslo




NORWAY








Webpage


www.oslo.kommune.no




Title of the aid measure


Regional innovation programme 2014




National legal basis
(Reference to the relevant national official publication)


Prop. 1 S (2012-2013)
http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/fin/dok/regpubl/prop/2012-2013/prop-1-s-20122013--20122013.html?id=703367




Web link to the full text of the aid measure


http://www.akershus.no/ansvarsomrader/neringsutvikling/innovasjon%20og%20nettverk/regionalt-innovasjonsprogram/




Type of measure


Scheme


Yes




Duration


Scheme


1.1.2014 to 31.12.2014




Economic sector(s) concerned


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid


All sectors




Type of beneficiary


SME


Yes




 


Large enterprises


Yes




Budget


Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme


Total amount (2014)
EUR 1 351 250




Aid instrument
(Art.5)


Grant


Yes







PART II








General Objectives (list)


Objectives (list)


Maximum aid intensity in % or Maximum aid amount in NOK


SME – bonuses in %




Aid for consultancy in favour of SMEs and SME participation in fairs
(Art. 26-27)


Aid for consultancy in favour of SMEs
(Art. 26)


50 %


 




Aid for research, development and innovation
(Art. 30-37)


Aid to young innovative enterprises
(Art. 35)


EUR 1 million


 




 


Aid for innovation advisory services and for innovation support services
(Art. 36)


EUR 200 000 per beneficiary within any three-year period


 




Training aid
(Art. 38-39)


Specific training
(Art. 38(1))


25 %


 




 


General training
(Art. 38(2))


60 %
Case T-564/10: Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2014  — Quimitécnica.com and de Mello v European Commission (Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European market in animal feed phosphates — Fines — Payment in instalments — Commission decision requiring a bank guarantee to be set up — Obligation to state reasons — Proportionality)
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: animal nutrition, credit guarantee, fine, principle of proportionality, restriction on competition








C_2014261EN.01002201.xml










11.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/22





Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2014 — Quimitécnica.com and de Mello v European Commission
(Case T-564/10) (1)

((Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - European market in animal feed phosphates - Fines - Payment in instalments - Commission decision requiring a bank guarantee to be set up - Obligation to state reasons - Proportionality))
2014/C 261/43
Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties


Applicants: Quimitécnica.com — Comércio e Indústria Química, SA (Lordelo, Portugal); and José de Mello — Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais, SA (Lisbon, Portugal) (represented by: J. Calheiros and A. de Albuquerque, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Mongin, V. Bottka and F. Ronkes Agerbeek, Agents, assisted by M. Marques Mendes, lawyer)

Re:

Application for the annulment in part of the decision allegedly set out in the letter from the Commission’s accounting officer of 8 October 2010 concerning payment of the fine imposed on the applicants under Commission Decision C (2010) 5004 final of 20 July 2010 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/38.886 — Animal feed phosphates), in so far as that letter requires the applicants to provide a bank guarantee from a bank that has received a long-term ‘AA’ credit rating in order for the application to pay in instalments to be granted.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders Quimitécnica.com — Comércio e Indústria Química, SA and José de Mello — Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais, SA to bear their own costs and to pay those of the European Commission.






(1)  OJ C 55, 19.2.2011.
State aid — Decision to raise no objections
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Iceland, State aid, control of State aid, financing, harbour installation, regional development, transport infrastructure








C_2014196EN.01000401.xml










26.6.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 196/4





State aid — Decision to raise no objections
(2014/C 196/04)
The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following State aid measure:








Date of adoption of the decision



:


26 February 2014





Case number



:


73992





Decision number



:


90/14/COL





EFTA State



:


Iceland





Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)



:


Norðurþing Harbour fund





Legal basis



:


Article 61(3)(c) of the EEA Agreement





Type of measure



:


Individual aid





Objective



:


Infrastructure financing for regional development





Form of aid



:


Equity, municipality loan and subordinated loan





Budget



:


ISK 969 million





Duration



:


15 years for municipality loan and 25 years for subordinated loan





Economic sectors



:


Port infrastructure





Name and address of the granting authority



:







State Treasury, The Ministry of Industries and Innovation




Skúlagata 4




150 Reykjavík




ICELAND




and





Bureau of Norðurþing




Ketilsbraut 7-9




640 Húsavík




ICELAND








The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:
http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/
Case T-476/14: Action brought on 26 June 2014  — Poal Investments XXI and Others v Commission
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, domestic market, hire purchase, investment








C_2014261EN.01004901.xml










11.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/49





Action brought on 26 June 2014 — Poal Investments XXI and Others v Commission
(Case T-476/14)
2014/C 261/77
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicants: Poal Investments XXI, SL (Madrid, Spain); Poal Investments XXII, SL (Madrid); Naviera Cabo Vilaboa C-1658, AIE (Madrid); and Naviera Cabo Domaio C-1659, AIE (Madrid) (represented by: J.L. Buendía Sierra, E. Abad Valdenebro, R. Calvo Salinero, and A. Lamadrid de Pablo, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the General Court should:






—


annul the contested decision in so far as it categorises the measures which, according to that decision, together constitute the ‘Spanish Tax Lease System’ as new State aid that is incompatible with the internal market;










—


in the alternative, annul Articles 1 and 4 of the contested decision, which identify the investors in the Economic Interest Groupings (EIGs) as the beneficiaries of the alleged aid and as the sole addressees of the order for recovery;










—


in the alternative, annul Article 4 of the contested decision, in so far as it orders recovery of the alleged aid;










—


annul Article 4 of the contested decision, in so far as it makes a determination as to the lawfulness of private contracts between the investors and other entities; and










—


order the Commission to pay the costs of these proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and main arguments are those raised in Case T-700/13 Bankia v Commission.
Reorganisation measures — Decision on a reorganisation measure in respect of DIRECT Pojišťovna, a.s., in liquidation
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, EU control, insurance company, liquidation








C_2014196EN.01000301.xml










26.6.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 196/3





Reorganisation measures
Decision on a reorganisation measure in respect of DIRECT Pojišťovna, a.s., in liquidation
(2014/C 196/03)
Notification made in accordance with Article 6 of Directive 2001/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2001 on the reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings.






Insurance undertaking


DIRECT Pojišťovna, a.s., in liquidation
Registered office:





Jankovcova 1566/2b




170 00 Praha 7




ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA








Date, entry into force and nature of the decision


Czech National Bank decision No 2014/2850/570 of 18 March 2014, file No Sp/2014/41/571, withdrawing authorisation to conduct insurance business, which entered into force on 1 April 2014.




Competent authorities


Czech National Bank
Registered office:





Na Příkopě 28




115 03 Praha 1




ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA








Supervisory authority


Czech National Bank
Registered office:





Na Příkopě 28




115 03 Praha 1




ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA








Administrator appointed


By decision No 2014/2738/570 of 18 March 2014, file No Sp/2014/33/573, the Czech National Bank appointed Mr Roman Fink, Dolní Bělá – Líté 48, postcode: 331 52, date of birth: 24 March 1978, as liquidator.




Applicable law


Czech law, and in particular the relevant provisions of the Civil Code (Act No 89/2012, as amended), the Business Corporations Act (Act No 90/2012, as amended) and the Insurance Act (Act No 277/2009, as amended).
Case F-13/14: Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (1st Chamber) of 26 June 2014 — DL v Commission (Removal from the register — Withdrawal by the applicant — Article 89(7) of the Rules of Procedure — Agreement of the parties on costs)
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: dependant, health expenditure, legal expenses, redemption, therapeutics








C_2014351EN.01003002.xml










6.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 351/30





Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (1st Chamber) of 26 June 2014 — DL v Commission
(Case F-13/14) (1)

((Removal from the register - Withdrawal by the applicant - Article 89(7) of the Rules of Procedure - Agreement of the parties on costs))
2014/C 351/40
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: DL (Orp-Jauche, Belgium) (represented by: S. Orlandi, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and V. Joris, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision rejecting the request for extension, for the year 2012/2013, of the reimbursement of the costs of speech therapy for the applicant’s son as part of the treatment of his serious illness.

Operative part of the order







1.


Case F-13/14 is removed from the register of the Tribunal.










2.


DL and the European Commission are to pay the costs in accordance with their agreement.






(1)  OJ C 102, 7.4.2014, p. 46.
Case T-482/14: Action brought on 26 June 2014  — Banco de Caja España de Inversiones, Salamanca y Soria v Commission
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, domestic market, hire purchase, investment








C_2014261EN.01005101.xml










11.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/51





Action brought on 26 June 2014 — Banco de Caja España de Inversiones, Salamanca y Soria v Commission
(Case T-482/14)
2014/C 261/80
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Banco de Caja España de Inversiones, Salamanca y Soria, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J.L. Buendía Sierra, E. Abad Valdenebro, R. Calvo Salinero and A. Lamadrid de Pablo, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:






—


annul the contested decision in so far as it categorises the measures which, according to that decision, together constitute the ‘Spanish Tax Lease System’ as new State aid that is incompatible with the internal market;










—


in the alternative, annul Articles 1 and 4 of the contested decision, which identify the investors in the Economic Interest Groupings (EIGs) as the beneficiaries of the alleged aid and as the sole addressees of the order for recovery;










—


in the alternative, annul Article 4 of the contested decision, in so far as it orders recovery of the alleged aid;










—


annul Article 4 of the contested decision, in so far as it makes a determination as to the lawfulness of private contracts between the investors and other entities; and










—


order the Commission to pay the costs of these proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and main arguments are those raised in Case T-700/13 Bankia v Commission.
Reorganisation measures — Decision on a reorganisation measure in respect of Societatea Carpatica Asig S.A.
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU control, Romania, insurance company, liquidation








C_2014196EN.01000201.xml










26.6.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 196/2





Reorganisation measures
Decision on a reorganisation measure in respect of Societatea Carpatica Asig S.A.
(2014/C 196/02)
Publication made in accordance with Article 6 of Directive 2001/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2001 on the reorganisation and winding-up of insurance undertakings






Insurance undertaking


Societatea Carpatica Asig S.A., with its registered office at str. Nicolaus Olahus nr. 5, Turnul A, et.3-6, Centrul de Afaceri Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania, registered at the Office of the Trade Register with No J32/1053/29.11.1996 and Tax Code 8990884




Date, entry into force and nature of the decision


Decision No 183 of 16 May 2014
on launching the financial recovery procedure, based on a financial recovery plan, for Carpatica Asig S.A.




Competent authorities


The Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF), with its head office at Splaiul Independenței nr. 15, sector 5, Bucharest, Romania




Supervisory authority


The Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF), with its head office at Splaiul Independenței nr. 15, sector 5, Bucharest, Romania




Administrator appointed


—




Applicable law


Romania
Government Emergency Order No 93/2012 on the establishment, organisation and functioning of the Financial Supervisory Authority, approved with amendments by Law No 113/2013, as amended;
Law No 503/2004 on financial recovery, insolvency, voluntary dissolution and winding-up of insurance business, republished;
Law No 32/2000 on insurance and insurance supervision, as amended.
Case T-483/14: Action brought on 26 June 2014  — Banco de Albacete v Commission
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, domestic market, hire purchase, investment








C_2014261EN.01005201.xml










11.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/52





Action brought on 26 June 2014 — Banco de Albacete v Commission
(Case T-483/14)
2014/C 261/81
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Banco de Albacete, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J.L. Buendía Sierra, E. Abad Valdenebro, R. Calvo Salinero, A. Lamadrid de Pablo and A. Biondi, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the General Court should:






—


annul the contested decision in so far as it categorises the measures which, according to that decision, together constitute the ‘Spanish Tax Lease System’ as new State aid that is incompatible with the internal market;










—


in the alternative, annul Articles 1 and 4 of the contested decision, which identify the investors in the Economic Interest Groupings (EIGs) as the beneficiaries of the alleged aid and as the sole addressees of the order for recovery;










—


in the alternative, annul Article 4 of the contested decision, in so far as it orders recovery of the alleged aid;










—


annul Article 4 of the contested decision, in so far as it makes a determination as to the lawfulness of private contracts between the investors and other entities; and










—


order the Commission to pay the costs of these proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and main arguments are those raised in Case T-700/13 Bankia v Commission.
Case T-541/11: Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2014  — Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian v OHIM — Gulbenkian (GULBENKIAN) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark GULBENKIAN — Earlier well-known national mark, company name and national logos Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian — Relative grounds for refusal — Evidence of the existence of the earlier rights — Article 8(1)(b), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 90(a) of the Rules of Procedure)
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2014261EN.01002301.xml










11.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/23





Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2014 — Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian v OHIM — Gulbenkian (GULBENKIAN)
(Case T-541/11) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark GULBENKIAN - Earlier well-known national mark, company name and national logos Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Relative grounds for refusal - Evidence of the existence of the earlier rights - Article 8(1)(b), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 90(a) of the Rules of Procedure))
2014/C 261/45
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon, Portugal) (represented by: G. Marín Raigal, P. López Ronda and G. Macias Bonilla, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Micael Gulbenkian (Oeiras, Portugal) (represented by: J. Pimenta and A. Sebastião, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 July 2011 (Case R 1436/2010-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian and Mr Micael Gulbenkian.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1)


Dismisses the action;










2)


Orders Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian to pay the costs;










3)


Orders Mr Micael Gulbenkian to refund to the Court of Justice of the European Union the sum of EUR 1  807,48 in accordance with Article 90(a) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court.






(1)  OJ C 362, 10.12.2011.
Case T-488/14: Action brought on 26 June 2014  — Mdr Inversiones v Commission
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, hire purchase








C_2014282EN.01005001.xml










25.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 282/50





Action brought on 26 June 2014 — Mdr Inversiones v Commission
(Case T-488/14)
2014/C 282/65
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Mdr Inversiones, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: M. Linares Gil, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:






—


annul the contested decision in so far as it categorises the measures which, according to that decision, together constitute the ‘Spanish Tax Lease System’ as new State aid that is incompatible with the internal market;










—


in the alternative, annul Articles 1 and 4 of the contested decision, which identify the investors in the Economic Interest Groupings (EIGs) as the beneficiaries of the alleged aid and as the sole addressees of the order for recovery;










—


in the alternative, annul Article 4 of the contested decision, in so far as it orders recovery of the alleged aid in clear breach of the principle of legal certainty; and










—


order the Commission to pay the costs of these proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and main arguments are similar to those raised in Case T-700/13 Bankia v Commission.
The applicant alleges, in particular, that the Commission erred in characterising as State aid the ‘Spanish Tax Lease System’ as a whole, as well as the individual measures; that it erred in its identification of the beneficiary of the measures; and that it acted in breach of the principle of legal certainty.
Case T-489/14: Action brought on 26 June 2014  — Espacio Activos Financieros v Commission
Date: 2014-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, hire purchase








C_2014282EN.01005101.xml










25.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 282/51





Action brought on 26 June 2014 — Espacio Activos Financieros v Commission
(Case T-489/14)
2014/C 282/66
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Espacio Activos Financieros, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: A. De Zunzunegui Ruano, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:






—


annul the contested decision in so far as it categorises the measures which, according to that decision, together constitute the ‘Spanish Tax Lease System’ as new State aid that is incompatible with the internal market;










—


in the alternative, annul Articles 1 and 4 of the contested decision, which identify the investors in the Economic Interest Groupings (EIGs) as the beneficiaries of the alleged aid and as the sole addressees of the order for recovery;










—


in the alternative, annul Article 4 of the contested decision, in so far as it orders recovery of the alleged aid in clear breach of the principle of legal certainty; and










—


order the Commission to pay the costs of these proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and main arguments are similar to those raised in Case T-700/13 Bankia v Commission.
The applicant alleges, in particular, that the Commission erred in characterising as State aid the ‘Spanish Tax Lease System’ as a whole, as well as the individual measures; that it erred in its identification of the beneficiary of the measures; and that it acted in breach of the principle of legal certainty.