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Case C-346/14: Action brought on 18 July 2014  — European Commission v Republic of Austria
Date: 2014-07-18
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Austria, building permit, infringement of EU law, power plant








C_2014361EN.01000301.xml










13.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 361/3





Action brought on 18 July 2014 — European Commission v Republic of Austria
(Case C-346/14)
2014/C 361/03
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: E. Manhaeve and G. Wilms, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Republic of Austria

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






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declare that the defendant failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 4(3) TEU in conjunction with Article 288 TFEU, in so far as by granting permission for the construction of a hydropower plant on the Schwarze Sulm (Black Sulm) it incorrectly applied the provisions of Article 4(1) in conjunction with Article 4(7) of the Water Framework Directive (1) (WFD);










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order Republic of Austria to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

Austria sees to avoid the prohibition of deterioration which is laid down in Article 4(1) as a fundamental principle and thereby failed to satisfy the conditions for receiving an exception under Article 4(7) WFD.
The application of the directive ratione temporis is based on the Court’s case-law, according to which during the period allowed for transposition of a directive, Member States must refrain from taking any measures liable seriously to compromise the result prescribed by the directive (Article 4(3) TEU in conjunction with Article 288 TFEU).
The defendant bases its new decision solely on an amended assessment of the water status of the Schwarze Sulm. That amended classification (‘good’ water status instead of ‘very good’ water status) is not compatible with the original management plan. Findings and assessments in the management plan may not simply be amended as the result of an ad-hoc administrative decision based on new criteria. Otherwise, fundamental substantive provisions of the Water Framework Directive, such as in this case the prohibition of deterioration, and important procedural provisions, such as those on public participation, could be easily avoided.


(1)  Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ 2000 L 327, p. 1).
Case C-347/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 18 July 2014  — New Media Online GmbH v Bundeskommunikationssenat
Date: 2014-07-18
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Internet, harmonisation of standards, mass media, provision of services








C_2014329EN.01000501.xml










22.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 329/5





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 18 July 2014 — New Media Online GmbH v Bundeskommunikationssenat
(Case C-347/14)
2014/C 329/07
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: New Media Online GmbH

Defendant: Bundeskommunikationssenat

Additional party: The Bundeskanzler

Questions referred







1.


Should Article 1(1)(b) of Directive 2010/13/EU (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) be interpreted as meaning that the form and content of a service under examination can be considered to be sufficiently comparable to the form and content of television broadcasting if such services are also offered in television broadcasting which can be regarded as mass media and which are intended for reception by, and could have a clear impact on, a significant proportion of the general public?










2.


Should Article 1(1)(a)(i) of Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) be interpreted as meaning that an assessment of the principal purpose of a service offered in the electronic version of a newspaper can be based on a subsection mainly providing a collection of short videos, which in other sections of the website are used only to supplement text articles in the online newspaper?






(1)  OJ 2010 L 95, p. 1.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2014-07-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2014232EN.01000501.xml










18.7.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 232/5





Euro exchange rates (1)

17 July 2014
2014/C 232/08

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3525




JPY


Japanese yen


137,27




DKK


Danish krone


7,4569




GBP


Pound sterling


0,79090




SEK


Swedish krona


9,2470




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2147




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,3825




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,440




HUF


Hungarian forint


310,48




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1440




RON


Romanian leu


4,4437




TRY


Turkish lira


2,8760




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4426




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4537




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,4831




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5569




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6794




KRW


South Korean won


1 390,59




ZAR


South African rand


14,5073




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,3920




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6205




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 799,64




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,2985




PHP


Philippine peso


58,899




RUB


Russian rouble


47,2590




THB


Thai baht


43,505




BRL


Brazilian real


3,0175




MXN


Mexican peso


17,5047




INR


Indian rupee


81,3833






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.