do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
Date: 2014-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, ironmongery








C_2014272EN.01000401.xml










20.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 272/4





Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
(2014/C 272/05)
Pursuant to the second indent of Article 9(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (2) are hereby amended as follows:

On page 308, the Explanatory note to CN subheading ‘8302 20 00 Castors’ is replaced by the following:








‘8302 20 00




Castors

For the purpose of this subheading, “castors” are wheels with mountings of base metal. The mountings serve to fix the wheel to the relating product without further processing and without the addition of other components.
Parts of base metal which are parts of the wheel itself (for example, the rim or the ball bearing) are not considered “mountings of base metal” of heading 8302.
The castors of this subheading may swivel or be fixed. They typically have the following appearance:



Castors which do not have mountings of base metal or which do not satisfy the conditions of note 2 to Chapter 83 may be classified as parts or accessories or according to their constituent material.’







(1)  OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 137, 6.5.2011, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7282 — Liberty Global / Discovery / All3Media)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: audiovisual industry, economic concentration, merger control








C_2014272EN.01000901.xml










20.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 272/9





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7282 — Liberty Global / Discovery / All3Media)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/C 272/08)






1.


On 11 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 undertakings Liberty Global plc (‘Liberty Global’, United Kingdom) and Discovery Communications, Inc. (‘Discovery’, United States) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of the undertaking All3Media Holdings Limited (‘All3Media’, United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Liberty Global: provision of TV, voice telephony and broadband internet services via its cable network in 12 countries across Europe, as well as in certain countries outside of Europe,
—   for Discovery: global distribution of TV channels and non-fiction media entertainment,
—   for All3Media: production and distribution of television programmes.










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.7282 — Liberty Global / Discovery / All3Media, 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-532/14 R: Order of the General Court of 20 August 2014  — Alsharghawi v Council (Interim measures — Common foreign and security policy — Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Libya — List of persons and entities to which those measures apply — Application for suspension of operation — Lack of urgency — Weighing of interests)
Date: 2014-08-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Libya, common foreign and security policy, international sanctions








C_2014361EN.01001002.xml










13.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 361/10





Order of the General Court of 20 August 2014 — Alsharghawi v Council
(Case T-532/14 R)
((Interim measures - Common foreign and security policy - Restrictive measures taken in view of the situation in Libya - List of persons and entities to which those measures apply - Application for suspension of operation - Lack of urgency - Weighing of interests))
2014/C 361/13
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Bashir Saley Bashir Alsharghawi (Johannesburg, South Africa) (represented by: E. Moutet, lawyer)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: A. Vitro and V. Piessevaux, Agents)

Re:

Application for suspension of operation of Council Decision 2011/137/CFSP of 28 February 2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya (OJ 2011 L 58, p. 53) and Council Decision 2011/178/CFSP of 23 March 2011 amending Decision 2011/137/CFSP (OJ 2011 L 78, p. 24) in so far as they concern the applicant.

Operative part of the order







1.


The application for interim measures is dismissed.










2.


Costs are reserved.
Case C-398/14: Action brought on 20 August 2014  — European Commission v Portuguese Republic
Date: 2014-08-20
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Portugal, infringement of EU law, national implementing measure, wastewater, water treatment








C_2014380EN.01000301.xml










27.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 380/3





Action brought on 20 August 2014 — European Commission v Portuguese Republic
(Case C-398/14)
2014/C 380/03
Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties


Applicant: European Commission (represented by: P. Guerra e Andrade and E. Manhaeve, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Portuguese Republic

Form of order sought







—


Declare that, by not ensuring an adequate level of treatment of urban waste water in the 52 listed agglomerations regarding which there is infringement, the Portuguese Republic did not comply with its duties under Article 4 of Directive 91/271/EEC (1) concerning urban waste water treatment.










—


Order the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

Article 4 of Directive 91/271/EEC establishes in particular that, at the latest by 31 December 2005, discharges of urban waste water to fresh-water and estuaries from agglomerations with a population equivalent of between 2  000 and 10  000 must, before discharge, be subject to secondary treatment or an equivalent treatment.
The Commission considers that there is a systemic problem in Portugal, as the Portuguese State has not taken planning measures, either at national or regional level, to ensure orderly compliance with the provisions of Directive 91/271/EEC.


(1)  Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment OJ 1991 L 135, p. 40.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7196 — Kuwait Petroleum BV/Kuwait Petroleum Italia/Shell Italia/Shell Aviazione)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Europe, Far East, Italy, economic concentration, holding company, merger control, oil industry, retail trade








C_2014272EN.01000102.xml










20.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 272/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7196 — Kuwait Petroleum BV/Kuwait Petroleum Italia/Shell Italia/Shell Aviazione)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/C 272/02)
On 11 June 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 English 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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32014M7196. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case C-396/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Klagenævnet for Udbud (Denmark) lodged on 20 August 2014  — MT Højgaard A/S and Züblin A/S v Banedanmark
Date: 2014-08-20
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: award of contract, equal treatment, judicial proceedings








C_2014388EN.01000501.xml










3.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 388/5





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Klagenævnet for Udbud (Denmark) lodged on 20 August 2014 — MT Højgaard A/S and Züblin A/S v Banedanmark
(Case C-396/14)
2014/C 388/06
Language of the case: Danish

Referring court

Klagenævnet for Udbud

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: MT Højgaard A/S and Züblin A/S

Defendant: Banedanmark

Question referred

Is the principle of equal treatment in Article 10, cf. Article 51 of Directive 2004/17/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council to be interpreted as precluding, in situation such as the one at issue here, a contracting authority from awarding the contract to a tenderer which had not applied for pre-selection and therefore was not pre-selected?


(1)  Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (OJ 2004 L 134, p. 1).
Case T-217/14 R: Order of the President of the General Court of 20 August 2014  — Gmina Kosakowo v Commission (Interim proceedings — State aid — Airport infrastructure — Public finance granted by the local authorities to a regional airport — Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery — Application for suspension of operation — Lack of urgency)
Date: 2014-08-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: Poland, State aid, airport, control of State aid, regional aid, reimbursement of aid








C_2014361EN.01001001.xml










13.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 361/10





Order of the President of the General Court of 20 August 2014 — Gmina Kosakowo v Commission
(Case T-217/14 R)
((Interim proceedings - State aid - Airport infrastructure - Public finance granted by the local authorities to a regional airport - Decision declaring the aid incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery - Application for suspension of operation - Lack of urgency))
2014/C 361/12
Language of the case: Polish

Parties


Applicant: Gmina Kosakowo (Poland) (represented by: M. Leśny, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Grespan, S. Noë and A. Stobiecka-Kuik, Agents)

Re:

Application to suspend operation of Commission Decision C(2014) 759 final of 11 February 2014 relating to measure S.A,35388 (2013/C) (ex 2013/NN and ex 2012/N) — Poland — Conversion of the Gdynia-Kosakowo airport.

Operative part of the order







1.


The application for interim measures is dismissed.










2.


Costs are reserved.
Case T-640/14: Action brought on 20 August 2014  — Beul v Parliament and Council
Date: 2014-08-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: audit, auditing, management audit, market supervision, principle of subsidiarity, right to work, services of general interest








C_2014409EN.01005001.xml










17.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 409/50





Action brought on 20 August 2014 — Beul v Parliament and Council
(Case T-640/14)
2014/C 409/71
Language of the case: German

Parties


Applicant: Carsten René Beul (Neuwied, Germany) (represented by: H. Pott and T. Eckhold, lawyers)

Defendants: Council of the European Union and European Parliament

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on specific requirements regarding statutory audit of public-interest entities and repealing Commission Decision 2005/909/EC.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies, in essence, on the following pleas in law.
In the first place, the applicant alleges that Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 (1) is not covered by any enabling provision.
In addition, the applicant takes the view that the provisions of Regulation No 537/2014 represent an unlawful infringement of the freedom to choose an occupation guaranteed in accordance with Article 6(1) TEU in conjunction with Article 15 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The applicant submits that the infringement of the freedom to choose an occupation is unjustified particularly on grounds of a lack of proportionality. Furthermore, the applicant claims infringement of the principle of subsidiarity.


(1)  Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on specific requirements regarding statutory audit of public-interest entities and repealing Commission Decision 2005/909/EC (OJ 2014 L 158, p. 77).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7010 — Bolton/Tri-Marine/JV)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, fishery product, food industry, mass-consumption product, merger control, packaging product








C_2014272EN.01000201.xml










20.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 272/2





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7010 — Bolton/Tri-Marine/JV)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/C 272/03)
On 9 December 2013, 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 English 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 32013M7010. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Case F-83/14: Action brought on 20 August 2014  — ZZ v Commission
Date: 2014-08-20
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European official, promotion








C_2015007EN.01004702.xml










12.1.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 7/47





Action brought on 20 August 2014 — ZZ v Commission
(Case F-83/14)
(2015/C 007/54)
Language of the case: French

Parties


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

Defendant: Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision not to promote the applicant to grade AST 10 in the European Commission’s 2013 promotion procedure.

Form of order sought







—


Annul the decision of 8 November 2013 adopting the list of officials promoted in respect of the 2013 promotion procedure;










—


Order the Commission to pay the costs.
Complaint CHAP/2012/03180 — Information about planned closure
Date: 2014-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, complaint to the Commission, electricity supply, renewable energy, restriction on competition








C_2014272EN.01001001.xml










20.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 272/10





Complaint CHAP/2012/03180 — Information about planned closure
(2014/C 272/09)
The European Commission has received a large number of complaints against Decision No 33 of 14 September 2012 of the Bulgarian Energy Regulator (‘the decision’), which sets grid access tariffs only for the electricity produced from renewable energy sources. All complaints were registered under reference CHAP/2012/03180. The acknowledgment of receipt of the complaints was published in OJ C 50, 21.2.2013, p. 10.
The Commission’s services have assessed the information provided by the complainants and contacted the competent Bulgarian authorities in order to address the points raised in the complaints. The Bulgarian authorities have thoroughly replied to our questions.
In 2012 a considerable number of renewable energy investors contested the regulator’s decision in Bulgarian national courts. On 13 June 2013 a 3-judge panel of the Supreme Administrative Court in Bulgaria repealed the decision. This ruling was later confirmed by a final decision of a 5-judge panel. The Bulgarian authorities have informed the Commission’s services that the decision has been revoked chiefly on account of failure to state reasons or the specific material basis for setting a ‘temporary tariff’ for grid access for producers of electricity from renewable energy sources.
In view of these facts, the Commission’s services consider the matter resolved and intend to close CHAP/2012/03180. Should the complainants have new information that may lead the Commission’s services to reconsider the proposed closure of the file, they are invited to inform the Commission at the latest within four weeks of publication of this notice. In the absence of any such relevant information, the file will be closed.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2014-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2014272EN.01000301.xml










20.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 272/3





Euro exchange rates (1)

19 August 2014
(2014/C 272/04)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3354




JPY


Japanese yen


137,12




DKK


Danish krone


7,4561




GBP


Pound sterling


0,80265




SEK


Swedish krona


9,1529




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2104




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,1975




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


28,004




HUF


Hungarian forint


313,48




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




PLN


Polish zloty


4,1893




RON


Romanian leu


4,4313




TRY


Turkish lira


2,8929




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4298




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4568




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,3499




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5787




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6628




KRW


South Korean won


1 359,96




ZAR


South African rand


14,1996




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,2022




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6076




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 596,14




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,2165




PHP


Philippine peso


58,259




RUB


Russian rouble


48,3057




THB


Thai baht


42,546




BRL


Brazilian real


3,0211




MXN


Mexican peso


17,4323




INR


Indian rupee


81,1032






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7314 — Nordic Capital/Gina Tricot) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Northern Europe, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, textile industry, toiletries








C_2014272EN.01000801.xml










20.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 272/8





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7314 — Nordic Capital/Gina Tricot)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/C 272/07)






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 Nordic Capital VIII Limited (‘Nordic Capital’, Jersey) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the undertaking Gina Tricot AB (‘Gina Tricot’, Sweden), by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Nordic Capital: private equity fund,
—   for Gina Tricot: parent company of the Gina Tricot Group, active in the sale of women’s fashion, accessories and cosmetic, mainly in Northern Europe.










3.


On preliminary examination, the European 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 the 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 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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7314 — Nordic Capital/Gina Tricot 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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7272 — Fortum Corporation/OAO Gazprom/AS Eesti Gaas/AS Vörguteenus Valdus)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Estonia, Finland, Russia, economic concentration, electrical energy, energy grid, energy industry, merger control, natural gas








C_2014272EN.01000101.xml










20.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 272/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7272 — Fortum Corporation/OAO Gazprom/AS Eesti Gaas/AS Vörguteenus Valdus)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/C 272/01)
On 7 August 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 English 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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32014M7272. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.