do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1 j 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: 2014-08-14
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Norway, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, innovation, regional development, research and development, single market, small and medium-sized enterprises








C_2014267EN.01000301.xml










14.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/3





Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1 j 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 267/03)
PART I







Aid reference


GBER 4/2014/R&D




EFTA State


Norway




Granting authority


Name


Buskerud fylkeskommune
(Buskerud County Authority)




 


Address







Postboks 3563




N-3007 Drammen




NORWAY








 


Webpage


www.bfk.no




Title of the aid measure


Aid to Regional- knowledge- and business cluster within osteoporosis




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


Letter of commitment from Buskerud County Authority to Papirbredden Innovasjon AS, dated 20.3.2014




Web link to the full text of the aid measure


Minutes of Meeting U.27.11.2013, PS 13/81 (Case 2013/871) - Allocation of regional development funds to Drammen Region 2013 – Further interaction with Drammen Region (1)

http://www.bfk.no/Politikk-1/Motekalender/Fylkesutvalget/#moter/2013/569




Type of measure


Ad hoc aid


Papirbredden Innovasjon AS




Date of granting


Ad hoc aid


20.3.2014




Economic sector(s) concerned


Limited to specific sectors — Please specify in accordance with NACE Rev. 2.


NACE 70.220




Type of beneficiary


SME


X




Budget


Overall amount of the ad hoc aid awarded to the undertaking


NOK 0,150 in millions




Aid instrument
(Article 5)


Grant


X







PART II









General Objectives (list)


Objectives (list)


Maximum aid intensity in % or Maximum aid amount in NOK


SME
– bonuses in %




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


Aid for research and development projects
(Article 31)


Fundamental research
(Article 31(2)(a))


… %


 




 


 


Industrial research
(Article 31(2)(b))


… %


 




 


 


Experimental development
(Article 31(2)(c))


25 %


35 %






(1)  In Norwegian: ‘Møteprotokoll U 27.11.2013, PS 13/81 (Arkivsak 2013/871) - Tildeling av regionale utviklingsmidler til Drammensregionen 2013 – Videre samhandling med Drammensregionen’.
Case T-614/14: Action brought on 14 August 2014 — Fútbol Club Barcelona v OHIM — Kule (KULE)
Date: 2014-08-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, professional sport, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2014351EN.01002402.xml










6.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 351/24





Action brought on 14 August 2014 — Fútbol Club Barcelona v OHIM — Kule (KULE)
(Case T-614/14)
2014/C 351/31
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Fútbol Club Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: J. Carbonell Callicó, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Kule LLC (New York, United States)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


Annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 18 June 2014 given in Case R 2375/2013-4.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Applicant for a Community trade mark: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Community trade mark concerned: The word mark ‘KULE’ for goods in Classes 14, 18 and 25 — Community trade mark application No 9 917 097

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The applicant

Mark or sign cited in opposition: Spanish trademarks and well-known trade mark for the word ‘CULE’

Decision of the Opposition Division: Rejected the opposition in its entirety

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissed the appeal

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 42(2) and (3) CTMR.
Case T-623/14: Action brought on 14 August 2014 — Loewe Technologies v OHIM — DNS International (SoundVision)
Date: 2014-08-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, technology, trade-mark law








C_2014351EN.01002701.xml










6.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 351/27





Action brought on 14 August 2014 — Loewe Technologies v OHIM — DNS International (SoundVision)
(Case T-623/14)
2014/C 351/35
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Loewe Technologies GmbH (Kronach, Germany) (represented by: J. Pröll, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: DNS International Ltd (Tortola, British Virgin Islands)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


Annul the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 12 June 2014 given in Case R 1625/2013-2.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Applicant for a Community trade mark: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Community trade mark concerned: The figurative mark in black and white containing the verbal elements ‘SoundVision’ for goods in Classes 9, 15 and 20 — Community trade mark application No 1 0 5 05  519

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The applicant

Mark or sign cited in opposition: The word mark ‘LOEWE SOUNDVISION’ — CTM No 5 7 98  228

Decision of the Opposition Division: Partially upheld the opposition

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Upheld the appeal and allowed for registration of the contested CTM

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8 (1)(b) CTMR.
Case T-621/14: Action brought on 14 August 2014 — Infocit v OHIM — DIN (DINKOOL)
Date: 2014-08-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, maintenance, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2014351EN.01002601.xml










6.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 351/26





Action brought on 14 August 2014 — Infocit v OHIM — DIN (DINKOOL)
(Case T-621/14)
2014/C 351/33
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Infocit — Prestação de Serviços, Comércio Geral e Indústria, Lda (Luanda, Angola) (represented by: A. Oliveira, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: DIN — Deutsches Institut für Normung eV (Berlin, Germany)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


Annul the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 4 June 2014 given in Case R 1312/2013-2.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Applicant for a Community trade mark: The applicant

Community trade mark concerned: The word mark ‘DINKOOL’ for goods in Classes 1-3, 5-7, 12, 16, 20 and 21 — Community trade mark application No 1 0465 946

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Mark or sign cited in opposition: International trade mark registration No 2 29  048 and earlier non-registered sign in Germany ‘DIN’

Decision of the Opposition Division: Rejected the opposition in its entirety

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Annulled the contested decision and rejected the contested CTM application in its entirety

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) CTMR.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2014-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2014267EN.01000201.xml










14.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/2





Euro exchange rates (1)

13 August 2014
(2014/C 267/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3360




JPY


Japanese yen


136,89




DKK


Danish krone


7,4556




GBP


Pound sterling


0,79970




SEK


Swedish krona


9,1884




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2135




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,2375




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,839




HUF


Hungarian forint


314,08




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1945




RON


Romanian leu


4,4361




TRY


Turkish lira


2,8830




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4375




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4593




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,3555




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5825




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6701




KRW


South Korean won


1 376,14




ZAR


South African rand


14,1787




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,2216




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6320




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 621,81




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,2658




PHP


Philippine peso


58,690




RUB


Russian rouble


48,4324




THB


Thai baht


42,749




BRL


Brazilian real


3,0374




MXN


Mexican peso


17,5363




INR


Indian rupee


81,8300






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7340 — Ferrero International/Oltan Group)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: confectionery product, economic concentration, food industry, merger control, nut








C_2014267EN.01002801.xml










14.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/28





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7340 — Ferrero International/Oltan Group)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/C 267/08)






1.


On 7 August 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 Ferrero International S.A. (‘Ferrero International’, Luxembourg) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the undertaking Oltan Gida Maddeleri İhracat İthalat ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi, the undertaking Oltan Fındık İşletmeleri Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi, the undertaking Oltan Fındık Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi, the undertaking Oltan Boyer SAS and the undertaking Oltan Grout Limited (together ‘the Oltan Group’) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Ferrero International: the holding company of the Ferrero group, a producer of foodstuffs, active worldwide in the manufacturing and sale of confectionery and other sweet products (e.g. chocolate confectionery, candies, snacks and sweet spreadable products), and in the purchase and commercialization of edible nuts, and in particular hazelnuts, all over the world.
—   for the Oltan Group: a group of companies active in the purchase, processing and commercialization of edible nuts, and in particular hazelnuts, all over the world.










3.


On preliminary examination, the European Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.










4.


The European Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the European Commission.
Observations must reach the European Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the European Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7340 — Ferrero International/Oltan Group 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’).
Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1 j 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: 2014-08-14
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Norway, State aid, aid to undertakings, common market, control of State aid, innovation, regional development, research and development, small and medium-sized enterprises








C_2014267EN.01000501.xml










14.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/5





Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1 j 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 267/04)
PART I







Aid reference


GBER 5/2014/R&D




EFTA State


Norway




Granting authority


Name


Buskerud fylkeskommune
(Buskerud County Authority)




 


Address







Postboks 3563




N-3007 Drammen




NORWAY








 


Webpage


www.bfk.no




Title of the aid measure


Establishment of business cluster for creative industries




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


Letter of commitment from Buskerud County Authority to Papirbredden Innovasjon AS, 21.2.2014




Web link to the full text of the aid measure


http://www.bfk.no/Politikk-1/Motekalender/Hovedutvalget-for-regionalutvikling-og-kultur/#moter/2013/530
‘PS 13/97 (09/300) Application for project aid to the establishment of a business cluster for creative businesses’ (1)





Type of measure


Ad hoc aid


Papirbredden Innovasjon AS




Date of granting


Ad hoc aid


21.2.2014




Economic sector(s) concerned


Limited to specific sectors — Please specify in accordance with NACE Rev. 2.


NACE 70.220




Type of beneficiary


SME


X




Budget


Overall amount of the ad hoc aid awarded to the undertaking


NOK 0,4 in millions




Aid instrument
(Article 5)


Grant


X







PART II









General Objectives (list)


Objectives (list)


Maximum aid intensity in % or Maximum aid amount in NOK


SME
–bonuses in %




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


Aid for research and development projects
(Article 31)


Experimental development
(Article 31(2)(c))


25 %


20 %






(1)  In Norwegian ‘PS 13/97 (09/300) Søknad om prosjektstøtte til etablering av næringsklynge for kreative næringer’.
Case T-594/14: Action brought on 11 August 2014  — Makhlouf v Council
Date: 2014-08-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Syria, indemnification, international sanctions, ownership








C_2014361EN.01001702.xml










13.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 361/17





Action brought on 11 August 2014 — Makhlouf v Council
(Case T-594/14)
2014/C 361/24
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Rami Makhlouf (Damascus, Syria) (represented by: E. Ruchat and C. Cornet d'Elzius, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


declare the applicant’s action admissible and well-founded;










—


in consequence, order the European Union to pay compensation of EUR 5 00  000 for all the damage suffered by the applicant;










—


in the alternative, order that an expert be appointed to establish the extent of the damage suffered by the applicant;










—


order the Council of the European Union to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on three pleas in law which are in essence identical or similar to those relied on in Case T-592/14 Makhlouf v Council.
Case C-388/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 14 August 2014  — Timac Agro Deutschland GmbH v Finanzamt Sankt Augustin
Date: 2014-08-14
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Austria, EU law - national law, Germany, basis of tax assessment, company with share capital, financial loss, group of companies, tax relief, tax system








C_2014372EN.01000501.xml










20.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 372/5





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 14 August 2014 — Timac Agro Deutschland GmbH v Finanzamt Sankt Augustin
(Case C-388/14)
2014/C 372/08
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Finanzgericht Köln

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Timac Agro Deutschland GmbH

Defendant: Finanzamt Sankt Augustin

Questions referred







1.


Is Article 49 TFEU (Article 43 EC) to be interpreted as precluding a provision such as Article 52(3) of the Einkommensteuergesetz (Law on income tax, ‘EStG’), in so far as the cause of the reinstatement of an amount corresponding to losses of a foreign permanent establishment previously taken into account by way of a tax reduction is the sale of that permanent establishment to another company limited by shares within the same group as the seller, and not the making of profits?










2.


Is Article 49 TFEU (Article 43 EC) to be understood as precluding a provision such as Article 23(1)(a) of the DBA Deutschland/Österreich 2000 (2000 Double taxation convention between Germany and Austria) — according to which income from Austria is to be exempt from the basis of assessment for German taxation if that income can be taxed in Austria — if losses accrued in an Austrian permanent establishment of a German company limited by shares can no longer be taken into account in Austria because the permanent establishment is sold to an Austrian company limited by shares belonging to the same group as the German company?
Case F-81/14: Action brought on 14 August 2014  — ZZ v Committee of the Regions
Date: 2014-08-14
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Committee of the Regions, administrator, promotion








C_2014388EN.01003201.xml










3.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 388/32





Action brought on 14 August 2014 — ZZ v Committee of the Regions
(Case F-81/14)
2014/C 388/41
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: ZZ (represented by: J.-N. Louis, D. de Abreu Caldas and R. Metz, lawyers)

Defendant: Committee of the Regions

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision not to promote the applicant to the next grade (AD 13) in the 2013 promotion procedure of the Committee of the Regions.

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Tribunal should:






—


annul the Committee of the Regions’ decision not to promote the applicant to grade AD 13 in the 2013 promotion procedure;










—


order the Committee of the Regions to pay the costs.
Case T-615/14: Action brought on 14 August 2014  — Fútbol Club Barcelona v OHIM (Representation of a crest)
Date: 2014-08-14
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, professional sport, registered trade mark, trade-mark law








C_2014372EN.01002202.xml










20.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 372/22





Action brought on 14 August 2014 — Fútbol Club Barcelona v OHIM (Representation of a crest)
(Case T-615/14)
2014/C 372/28
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Fútbol Club Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by J. Carbonell Callicó, lawyer)

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

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:






—


alter the decisions of the First Board of Appeal of 23 May 2014 and of the Examiner of 23 May 2013, in accordance with Article 65(3) of Regulation No 207/2009, for infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009, acknowledging the distinctive character of the figurative mark applied for in application No 1 1 7 64  354 and, therefore, the inapplicability of the absolute ground for refusal of registration laid down in Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009, and ordering the publication of that trade mark application so that, once the remaining procedures have been dealt with, the application may be granted;










—


order the defendant to pay the costs, in accordance with Article 87(2) of Regulation No 207/2009.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Community trade mark concerned: Figurative mark representing a crest for goods and services in classes 16, 25 and 41 — Community trade mark application No 1 1 7 64  354.

Decision of the Examiner: Application rejected.

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed.

Pleas in law:







—


Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009;










—


Infringement of Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7332 — BSkyB/Sky Deutschland/Sky Italia)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom, advertising, audiovisual programme, economic concentration, merger control, telephone








C_2014267EN.01002701.xml










14.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 267/27





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7332 — BSkyB/Sky Deutschland/Sky Italia)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/C 267/07)






1.


On 6 August 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 Sky Broadcasting Group plc (‘BSkyB’, UK) acquire(s) within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertakings Sky Deutschland AG (‘Sky Deutschland’, Germany) and Sky Italia S.r.l. (‘Sky Italia’, Italy) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for BSkyB (active in particular in the UK and Ireland): licensing and acquisition of audiovisual programmes, wholesale supply of TV channels, retail distribution of audiovisual programmes, provision of technical platform services, sale of TV advertising airtime and provision of other services such as fixed-line retail telephony and broadband services,
—   for Sky Deutschland (active in particular in Germany): licensing and acquisition of audiovisual programmes, retail distribution of audiovisual programmes in particular in Germany, provision of technical platform services and sale of TV advertising airtime,
—   for Sky Italia (active in particular in Italy): licensing and acquisition of audiovisual programmes, retail distribution of audiovisual programmes in particular in Italy and sale of TV advertising airtime.










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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7332 — BSkyB/Sky Deutschland/Sky Italia, 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’).