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2014/638/EU: European Council Decision of 30 August 2014 electing the President of the European Council
Date: 2014-08-30
Institutions: European Council
Subjects: President of the European Council, appointment of members








L_2014262EN.01000501.xml










2.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 262/5








            EUROPEAN COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 30 August 2014
         
electing the President of the European Council

(2014/638/EU)



THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Treaty on the European Union, and in particular Article 15(5) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


On 30 November 2014, the term of office of the current President of the European Council Mr Herman VAN ROMPUY will come to an end.












(2)


A new President of the European Council should therefore be elected,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Mr Donald TUSK is hereby elected President of the European Council for the period from 1 December 2014 until 31 May 2017.


Article 2
This Decision shall be notified to Mr Donald TUSK by the Secretary-General of the Council.


Article 3
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 30 August 2014.


For the European Council


The President

H. VAN ROMPUY
Case T-644/14: Action brought on 30 August 2014 — ADR Center v Commission
Date: 2014-08-30
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: audit, invoicing, proof, redemption








C_2014388EN.01002101.xml










3.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 388/21





Action brought on 30 August 2014 — ADR Center v Commission
(Case T-644/14)
2014/C 388/25
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: ADR Center Srl (Rome, Italy) (represented by: L. Tantalo, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






—


annul the Commission’s decision set out in its letter of 27 June 2014 for a recovery action against ADR Center;










—


order the immediate payment of the balance due to ADR Center of 79  700,40 EUR, per the pro forma invoice and credit notes issued November 13, 2013;










—


order the immediate payment of damages suffered by ADR Center to its international reputation, and for the time devoted by its senior staff to defend a groundless claim;










—


order the defendant and any interveners to pay the applicants legal costs and expenses for this procedure in an amount to be determined equitably by the Court.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on four pleas in law.






1.


First plea in law, alleging that the contested decision should be annulled on the grounds that the audit actions and the ensuing orders by the Commission are based on a set of rules that were never agreed upon.










2.


Second plea in law, alleging that the contested decision should be annulled on the grounds that the Commission unreasonably delayed its issuance of the final audit reports and accompanying recovery orders.










3.


Third plea in law, alleging that the Commission has failed to meet its burden of proof. The applicant claims in that regard that the Commission has based its final financial audit and the ensuing recovery orders on unsubstantiated findings.










4.


Fourth plea in law, alleging that the findings of the Commission’s audit were erroneous. The applicant claims in that regard that findings of the Commission’s audit are contested based upon a number of manifest errors, procedural and substantive. The applicant also claims that the Commission has not only failed to review the very orders it has issued, the Commission has also blatantly ignored and failed to consider any and all issues that were raised by ADR Center.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7341 — MVD/Postcon/ADVO inter alia) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2014-08-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, postal and telecommunications services








C_2014291EN.01000701.xml










30.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 291/7





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7341 — MVD/Postcon/ADVO inter alia)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2014/C 291/04






1.


On 25 August 2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Postcon Deutschland B.V. & Co GmbH (‘Postcon’, Germany), controlled by PostNL N.V. (Netherlands), and Märkische Verlags- und Druckgesellschaft mbH Potsdam (‘MVD’, Germany), controlled by the publisher Madsack GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the joint venture ADVO-Sansula GmbH (‘ADVO’, Germany), controlled by Postcon and Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






—


Postcon is a group company that offers postal services almost exclusively to business customers in Germany;










—


MVD publishes printed and digital information. Through its subsidiary MAZMAIL GmbH, MVD also offers mail delivery services;










—


ADVO is a holding company that is active in regional mail delivery through its operating subsidiaries.














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. 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 Commission invites interested third parties to submit to it their observations on the proposed operation.
Observations must reach the Commission no later than 10 days following the date on which this notification is published. They can be sent to the Commission under reference number M.7341 — MVD/Postcon/ADVO, inter alia, by fax (+32 22964301), by e-mail (COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu) or by post to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




J-70




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.
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2014-08-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate








C_2014291EN.01000601.xml










30.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 291/6





Euro exchange rates (1)

29 August 2014
2014/C 291/03

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,3188




JPY


Japanese yen


137,11




DKK


Danish krone


7,4520




GBP


Pound sterling


0,79530




SEK


Swedish krona


9,1658




CHF


Swiss franc


1,2061




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


8,1465




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,725




HUF


Hungarian forint


315,02




LTL


Lithuanian litas


3,4528




PLN


Polish zloty


4,2171




RON


Romanian leu


4,4065




TRY


Turkish lira


2,8506




AUD


Australian dollar


1,4123




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4314




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


10,2208




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,5752




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,6456




KRW


South Korean won


1 337,97




ZAR


South African rand


14,0190




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


8,1018




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6210




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


15 437,61




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,1648




PHP


Philippine peso


57,583




RUB


Russian rouble


48,7406




THB


Thai baht


42,141




BRL


Brazilian real


2,9600




MXN


Mexican peso


17,2664




INR


Indian rupee


79,8100






(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
2014/639/EU: European Council Decision of 30 August 2014 appointing the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Date: 2014-08-30
Institutions: European Council
Subjects: High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, appointment of members








L_2014262EN.01000601.xml










2.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 262/6








            EUROPEAN COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 30 August 2014
         
appointing the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

(2014/639/EU)



THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 18(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


European Council Decision 2009/950/EU, taken with the agreement of the President of the Commission (1), of 4 December 2009, appointed the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy until 31 October 2014.












(2)


In accordance with Article 17(7), third subparagraph, of the Treaty on European Union, the President, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the other members of the Commission are subject as a body to a vote of consent by the European Parliament.












(3)


The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy should be appointed for the period from the end of the current term of office of the Commission until 31 October 2019.












(4)


The President-elect has agreed to the appointment of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Ms Federica MOGHERINI is hereby appointed High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the period from the end of the current term of office of the Commission until 31 October 2019.


Article 2
This Decision shall be notified to Ms Federica MOGHERINI by the President of the European Council.
It shall take effect on the day of its notification.


Article 3
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 30 August 2014.


For the European Council


The President

H. VAN ROMPUY
            





(1)  
            OJ L 328, 15.12.2009, p. 69.
Communication from the Commission concerning the quantity not applied for to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod 1 January to 31 March 2015 under certain quotas opened by the European Union for products in the poultrymeat sector
Date: 2014-08-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import (EU), poultry, poultrymeat, tariff quota








C_2014291EN.01000501.xml










30.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 291/5





Communication from the Commission concerning the quantity not applied for to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod 1 January to 31 March 2015 under certain quotas opened by the European Union for products in the poultrymeat sector
2014/C 291/02
Commission Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 (1) opened tariff quotas for imports of products in the poultrymeat sector. The applications for import licences lodged during the first seven days of July 2014 for the subperiod 1 October to 31 December 2014 are, for quotas 09.4217, 09.4218, 09.4252 and 09.4256, for quantities smaller than those available. Pursuant to the second sentence of Article 7(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 (2), the quantities that were not applied for are to be added to the quantity fixed for the following quota subperiod, from 1 January to 31 March 2015; they are set out in the Annex to this communication.


(1)  OJ L 142, 5.6.2007, p. 3.

(2)  OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.


ANNEX






Quota order number


Quantities not applied for, to be added to the quantity fixed for the subperiod 1 January to 31 March 2015
(in kg)




09.4217


28 058 400




09.4218


6 957 600




09.4252


2 871 503




09.4256


2 595 003
Notice concerning the provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part
Date: 2014-08-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EAEC, Moldova, association agreement (EU), interim agreement (EU)








L_2014259EN.01000102.xml










30.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 259/1







Notice concerning the provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part

The Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, signed in Brussels on 27 June 2014, will be provisionally applied, by virtue of Article 3(1) of the Council Decision on the signing and provisional application of the Agreement (1), as of 1 September 2014.


(1)  Council Decision 2014/492/EU of 16 June 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part (OJ L 260, 30.8.2014, p. 1).
Notice concerning the provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part
Date: 2014-08-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EAEC, Georgia, association agreement (EU), interim agreement (EU)








L_2014259EN.01000101.xml










30.8.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 259/1







Notice concerning the provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part

The Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part signed in Brussels on 27 June 2014, will be provisionally applied, by virtue of Article 3(1) of the Council Decision on the signing and provisional application of the Agreement (1), as of 1 September 2014.


(1)  Council Decision 2014/494/EU of 16 June 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part (OJ L 261, 30.8.2014, p. 1).